He Zhenren really didn't doubt Lily's ability to find bones. This girl was useless in other respects, but she was exceptionally strong in the various talents of a husky. Digging holes, carrying things, grinding teeth, running wild, and gnawing on bones – she had reached the pinnacle of the six great talents of the Ha clan. If she said she didn't find anything, then she definitely didn't.

However, Vivian still didn't quite believe it, so she had Lily go down and rummage through the area again. This time, she even sent out her little bats to turn over every inch of the impact crater.

"Nothing," Lily said, crawling out from under a large pile of rocks. She felt like she could dig up oil if she kept going. So she stopped working and reported, "Not to mention Odin's bones, I couldn't even find his clothes."

Hao Ren clicked his tongue. "I could barely believe that Fenrir could completely digest flesh and blood, but Odin went in wearing armor. If not even a bit of residue is left, that's a bit too fantastical. Not only is there no body, but there's no armor either. That's a lot of information."

"Are you sure Odin was eaten by Fenrir?" Nangong Sanba turned to look at Vivian.

Vivian raised her chin. "Didn't Gungnir just get dug out from down there? Why would that be fake?"

"Could someone have taken Odin's body away?" Izhaks, who hadn't said anything the whole time, chimed in. "After all, he was the king of the Nordic 'gods' back then. Even if the situation was terrible, someone might have risked their life to retrieve his body."

Vivian shook her head. "Impossible. The situation at the time was beyond terrible. The Aesir gods simply didn't have the time, and according to Mimir, the Demon Hunters' light cannons directly killed all the survivors on the battlefield in the end. Who could collect Odin's corpse?"

"Eliminating all impossible guesses, what remains, no matter how bizarre, is the only answer," Lily said, pinching her chin with a serious look on her face. "That is: Odin isn't dead! He ran away!"

The scene fell silent. Everyone had different expressions. Some thought Lily was fantasizing, some were frowning in thought, some were nodding slightly, and Nangong Wuyue was blowing bubbles—but no matter what everyone thought, Lily's words seemed to make some sense.

Hao Ren looked around. Asgard was a wasteland. He was very doubtful: "Could Odin really survive in this kind of battlefield?"

"Not only would he have to survive Fenrir's sharp teeth, but he would also have to withstand the Demon Hunters' light beam cannons, and finally, he would have to leave this battlefield on his own," Nangong Sanba said, feeling like he was listening to a fantastic tale. "Can anyone really do all that?"

Lily used her long claws to paw at Fenrir's huge, twisted bone fragments. "The facts are right here. Anyway, Odin is gone, and he didn't die where he should have died. Let's just assume he didn't die back then. Where would he have run off to?"

Hao Ren thought for a moment. He also agreed with Lily's guess. "Assuming he's alive, he either ran to Earth, or he didn't have time to evacuate Asgard and flew into outer space along with Yggdrasil. I lean towards the second scenario."

These guesses weren't just wild speculation. Hao Ren knew very well that the first possibility was small. Not to mention that Odin was seriously injured at the time, and whether he could escape the blockade under the noses of countless Demon Hunters, even if he did escape, the situation between the Earth's otherworldlings and the Demon Hunters had been changing rapidly recently. Why hasn't he appeared? You should know that as soon as the news of the Shadow Council's establishment spread, all the reclusive ancients couldn't sit still. So he felt that if Odin really hadn't died back then, he had most likely stayed in this world, but... it was hard to say whether he was still alive now.

Odin was already seriously injured at the time, so it was also very possible that he died of his injuries afterwards.

Izhaks looked into the distance. "This place still seems to have some life. If it were a powerful life form like Odin, perhaps he could survive."

"Yes, there's still life here," Vivian said, looking up into the distance. Although half of the Asgardian space had been turned into a battlefield, neither the Twilight of the Gods nor the later Demon Hunter bombardment had completely extinguished the life in this space. Greenery could still be seen in the distant mountains, and tenacious mutant plants could still be seen growing in the cracks between the rocks on the edge of the battlefield. These things had survived the deadly radiation storms and survived to this day. "But it's hard to say about other places."

Hao Ren heard the implication in Vivian's words: "Are other places worse than here?"

"Asgard should be in the best condition. Although it was the battlefield of the Twilight of the Gods, the flames of war back then weren't just burning here. At that time, the order of the Nine Realms was overturned, and the various barriers between them all failed. Uncontrolled magical energy filled every realm, and with the super weapons used by the Demon Hunters at the end, this energy could almost completely destroy any ecosystem. The Asgardian space has the protection of the Aesir gods' runes, and the plants and animals here have been modified and strengthened all year round, so life hasn't been cut off. But other places... most likely there won't be any life surviving. The magical radiation will kill all plants and animals within a few days. So if Odin survived the war back then, then the greatest possibility is that he stayed in Asgard—even if he died in the end, he should have died in some corner of this land."

"So are we going to look for Odin's whereabouts?" Gala卓尔 crossed her arms. "Or are we going to look for the ancient starship you mentioned? Or are we going to communicate with the 'Firstborn'?"

Hao Ren thought for a moment and quickly made a decision: to find out Odin's final whereabouts!

Mimir's spaceship was an unchangeable dead object. If it was really in Yggdrasil, it wouldn't be able to run away even if it was left there. But the sudden appearance of "Odin's Death" was even more concerning. What if this ancient "god" was still alive? Still living on this lost continent?

This would be an unprecedented discovery!

And more importantly: Odin might know the whereabouts of Mimir's ship. Even if he didn't know, he would be quite familiar with Yggdrasil and would know quite a bit about the changes in this other dimension in the two thousand years after it separated from the main material plane. If they could find Odin and ask him to help, it would be much easier than leading a group of people to search blindly in the Nine Realms!

As for "communicating with the Firstborn" mentioned by Gala卓尔, Hao Ren decided to postpone this matter, because the situation of Yggdrasil was delicate, and its peaceful state was very fragile. Before obtaining greater exploration results or being forced by the situation, Hao Ren decided not to stimulate this behemoth for the time being.

Just let it continue to sleep at the end of the earth.

"I have a suggestion," Vivian suddenly said, "Let's go to 'Glaesir'."

Glaesir, the palace where Odin lived in Norse mythology, was the peak of the temple, the throne of the King of Kings. It was the most magnificent building in "Asgard," the city of the gods, built of magnificent precious metals. Its walls were covered with gold leaf, and the roof was covered with silver plates. Under the light of the sky, the entire palace would present a golden and brilliant luster. It is said that Odin had a high throne in Glaesir. Every day he sat on this throne, he could see what was happening in the entire universe, and when his vision was blocked by the branches of Yggdrasil, the two ravens he tamed would patrol the world and tell their master about the things he missed, so that the King of the Gods could grasp the state of all things in the universe at any time.

This was of course an exaggeration in mythology. The real situation was: there was a huge monitoring center in Glaesir, and Odin's throne was next to the monitoring room.

Anthony restarted the aircraft and took everyone to the devastated Asgard. Vivian watched the ruins of Glaesir slowly enlarge in her vision and said in a low voice: "If Odin really survived back then, then he would definitely return to Glaesir, at least he would come back once, and if he was seriously injured and dying, then that would be even more so: even if he died, he would not want to be exposed in the wilderness."

Hao Ren looked down and saw a complex pyramidal building. Half of the building had collapsed, but the remaining part was still magnificent. In front of the building was an open crescent-shaped square. In the center of the square was a dry and cracked stone fountain, and some broken sculptures fell into the fountain pool, which might have been Odin's statue.

Everything was lifeless.

"This is a mess. It doesn't look like anyone lives here," Lily muttered.

Vivian nodded: "Let's go down and take a look. Odin may have left, but maybe there are still some clues inside."

After getting closer, Glaesir was even bigger than it looked from the sky, and even more solemn. Its outer walls were not really made of gold and silver as the legend said, but it was indeed made of some kind of magnificent alloy material. This metal structure allowed Glaesir to maintain a considerable degree of strength after the collapse, and to a large extent maintained the original appearance of its uncollapsed parts: those clear and bright walls and roofs were as dazzling as if they were brand new.

Hao Ren held the plasma spear in one hand and the Godslayer sword in the other, leading the team.

He didn't take out the powerful Inspector's pistol, because the lethality of that gun was really difficult to control, and a single shot would cause a range explosion. It would be unwise to use that thing in such a semi-collapsed building ruin.

Despite having the title of "Demolition Genius Ren," he definitely didn't like to be blown up himself.

The inside of Glaesir was as desolate and silent as the outside. This once solemn and magnificent palace, which was full of guards and "gods," was now empty. Besides the alloy walls that were still shining brightly, all that was left here was a bleak atmosphere. Everyone walked in the wide corridors of the palace, accompanied only by the sound of their own footsteps constantly echoing between the walls, and the ubiquitous broken statues and building fragments made people feel depressed.

"Hic... Do you think Odin really came back?" Nangong Wuyue asked carefully, following Vivian and whispering. Her dish soap hadn't been completely digested, so she was still burping and blowing bubbles while speaking. "I don't think... hic... anyone has been here for two thousand years."

"If only Odin survived," Vivian shrugged, "then 90% of such a big palace must be desolate."

At this moment, Lily's ears suddenly twitched, and she whispered, "Wait! Did you hear something?"

The team stopped immediately, and Hao Ren lowered his voice: "What?"

Lily lay on the ground, putting one of her canine ears on the ground: "It sounds like something... and not just one. It sounds like they're wearing armor... They're coming!"

Everyone immediately became vigilant and guarded themselves. After a long while, they finally heard a sound coming from the depths of the corridor ahead:

Clack, clack, clack...

That was the sound of metal armor rubbing against each other during movement!