Thor stood under the mark of the Bifrost Bridge and wailed for four hours, but Heimdall never opened the door for him.
"What happened?" Thor was confused. He firmly believed that no matter what happened, Heimdall would respond to his request.
*Zzzzt!*
In the Bifrost Bridge's transmission chamber, Loki was using the casket of ancient winters to reinforce the ice sealing Heimdall.
"Still trying to break out and ruin my plans? In your dreams!"
Loki said with a cold sneer.
"Once Fang Yuan and Laufey are taken out by me, the kingship will rightfully be mine!"
On Earth.
Fang Yuan was also a bit puzzled. What puzzled him was that he had already leaked the whereabouts of the Asgardian quartet; logically, Loki must know by now, so why hadn't he sent the Destroyer down yet?
He didn't know that what was coming wasn't just the Destroyer, but also the Frost Giants of Jotunheim.
It simply took time for Laufey to assemble his army.
Although Fang Yuan didn't understand this, he didn't stay idle.
Since Thor couldn't go back for the time being anyway, he might as well take this opportunity to do some more promotion.
After all, Thor's reputation was already at 92; increasing it a bit more would unlock the third tier of rewards.
Thus, on the Vought Official Website, a challenge activity suddenly began to circulate—
[Thor Odinson was deceived and exiled by his brother. Now he is trying to return to Asgard to set things right, but he is exiled and the Bifrost Bridge is unusable. Thor needs the people's support to move Odin and restart the Bifrost Bridge!]
[Activity Requirements: Participants can post videos of themselves being doused with ice water online and then nominate others to participate. If the nominee does not accept the challenge, they must donate $100 to the Thor Foundation to help others in need!]
Thor hadn't hidden his origins on Earth; he had always said he was exiled to Earth.
However, this didn't make Earthlings look down on Thor; on the contrary, many were quite fortunate.
If Asgard hadn't exiled Thor, how would they have known that mythological figures were actually real, and how could they have seen the God of Thunder doing commercials on TV with their own eyes?
Consequently, the Ice Bucket Challenge, launched under the banner of helping Thor return to Asgard, garnered significant attention as soon as it was released.
"Ice Bucket Challenge?"
"Helping Thor go home?"
"Is there any connection between these two things?"
Tony Stark's expression was very strange: "Something this absurd must be Fang's handiwork, right?"
"But within one hour of the activity's announcement, over 10,000 people have already initiated the challenge," Pepper Potts said.
Tony suddenly became enthusiastic: "Help me prepare a bucket of ice water... ah, no, a whole truckload!"
"I'm going to wear my Iron Man Suit and accept the impact of a full truck of ice water!" Tony said cockily. "An ice bucket? That's for weaklings."
Pepper was speechless. Tony had just said this was absurd, and the next moment he was so interested.
However, she still seriously helped Tony arrange it. After all, it was just an Ice Bucket Challenge; compared to Tony's other reckless antics, this was simply not worth mentioning.
In fact, Pepper would rather Tony focus on these internet challenges than spend all day in the lab tinkering with his metal toys.
The incident where Tony almost died before had truly terrified her. Although Pepper only found out after Tony had turned the corner, it still left her heart trembling with fear.
Thus, just as the Ice Bucket Challenge was starting to get popular, a top-tier celebrity suddenly jumped in.
Stark Industries quickly released a video. The head of the conglomerate, Tony Stark, wearing his flashy red-and-gold Iron Man Suit, struck a pose he thought was very handsome.
Then, a large truck overhead tipped out its entire cargo hold of ice water. Iron Man stood firm under the onslaught of the water, looking every bit the Superhero.
But just as Tony smugly opened his faceplate to reveal his handsome face, Happy suddenly rushed out from the side and poured a large bucket of ice water over his head, making Pepper, who was filming the video, burst into laughter.
Tony gloomily wiped the water off his face, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud too.
Then, Tony faced the camera and began to nominate the next lucky person—
"General Thaddeus Ross, I invite you to join the challenge!" Tony had a mischievous expression. "You surely won't refuse, right?"
That's right, Tony didn't pick his girlfriend Pepper, or Rhodes, Happy, Howard, or Fang Yuan. He directly nominated General Ross, with whom he had a strained relationship!
General Ross's face turned green when he heard the news.
Wait, am I even close with you, Stark?
Ross originally didn't want to pay any attention to it, but his staff told him that Stark's attention level was very high, and if he ignored it, it could easily be over-interpreted by the public.
Especially since the Abomination turmoil hadn't completely passed yet; it wouldn't be worth the loss if people started digging up old scores.
"Then can't I just donate $100?" Ross simply didn't want to give Tony what he wanted.
The staff could only advise: "That wouldn't meet public expectations either. Doing the Ice Bucket Challenge directly is more approachable and will help the General's national support rating."
"And... after Stark invited you, two congressmen have already reached out, wanting you to nominate them as the next challengers after you accept."
Congressmen have a very keen sense of smell; they certainly wouldn't miss such a show-off opportunity. Moreover, this was a challenge initiated by Iron Man to support Thor, so its value was higher than other participants. The earlier one accepted the invitation, the more attention they would get.
Ross let out a heavy sigh. His ambition wasn't just to be a General; he also wanted to enter politics and even contend for the position of President.
So, out of necessity, Ross kept a stiff face and let his subordinates pour a bucket of ice water over his head.
And with that ice water, Ross nominated the next lucky person, a congressman who had offered a higher price.
In this way, Superheroes, Military bigwigs, and Congressmen all joined in, directly making the atmosphere of the Ice Bucket Challenge explode. New challenges were being initiated everywhere on the internet.
Among these people, some were celebrities and politicians looking to ride the wave of popularity, some were fans of Thor, and many trolls joined in as well.
Furthermore, the Outer Disciples of Kamar-Taj were all given a bounty: promoting the Ice Bucket Challenge to help Thor go home could earn them 10-100 contribution points depending on the effect, which was like pouring an oil well onto the fire.
The internet is like that; often something inexplicable goes viral. Now with so many pushers, the Marvel version of the Ice Bucket Challenge was much hotter than in Fang Yuan's previous life.
The Ice Bucket Challenge in Fang Yuan's previous life happened in 2014, originally to raise social awareness for ALS patients and to raise funds for them.
But because the form of the Ice Bucket Challenge was very novel and the challenge method was simple, it quickly became a craze on the internet, eventually triggering a netizen carnival.
Besides netizens and celebrities, many bigwigs from the political and business Worlds also joined in; Obama, Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Cook, and others all added to the heat of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
In the later stages, the challenge even deviated from its original intention of raising charity funds, becoming more entertainment-oriented and commercialized.
For example, when Obama chose not to take the challenge but instead donated $100, he was criticized, and many domestic entrepreneurs who didn't respond were similarly criticized.
It's often like this: when the public forms a groupthink, not following the public's lead will result in mass ridicule.
Fang Yuan still remembered a time when wealthy people like Bill Gates and Buffett said they would donate their entire fortunes, which stimulated many uninformed people into a series of climaxes, even urging their own country's wealthy to learn from foreign advanced concepts.
In fact, anyone with a little understanding knows that their so-called "donating everything" was given to their own family foundations to avoid high inheritance taxes. Anyone who believed it was a Joker.
Fang Yuan, of course, wouldn't make the mistake of having his reputation collapse like that.
If he said this was to help Thor return to Asgard, then it really was to help.
Anyway, Fang Yuan didn't specify a time limit; he didn't believe Odin could really let Thor never return to the Heavenly Palace.
So under these circumstances, Thor's fame spread to all parts of the World along with the Ice Bucket Challenge, and his reputation on the company panel also climbed rapidly.
93... 95... 98... 101... Just one week into the Ice Bucket Challenge, Thor unlocked the third tier of rewards.
[Name: Thor Odinson]
[Rank: A+]
[Reputation: 115 (Famous)]
[Obtained Character Template - Thor Odinson (Rank A+), Development 21%.]
After obtaining the [Thor Template], Fang Yuan's first reaction was: "I can finally fully lift Mjolnir. Now who dares to say I'm not a great guy?"
However, the development level of Thor's template was truly an eyesore.
21%?
Having lived for a thousand years, Thor's development of his own strength was shockingly low.
But considering that Thor's true essence was the hammer, everything became reasonable again.
Even in the original plot, Thor had to wait until after "Thor: Ragnarok" to start digging into the power within his body, reaching his peak during the star-ring scene in "Avengers 3," before quickly getting fat and losing it all.
However, after Fang Yuan claimed the reward, the development rose to 27%, and his energy attribute also improved to D+, as his level of energy application was higher than Thor's.
That's right, Fang Yuan had only studied magic with the Ancient One for two years, and then lazily figured things out on his own for two more years, yet his energy application level was already higher than Thor's after a thousand years.
Odin's level of education was worrisome.
Considering that Odin actually viewed Loki as his own son but was the type whose love was hard to express, Fang Yuan felt that Odin and Howard should both be thrown into a parenting training class to study properly.
Or they could learn from him; although Fang Yuan didn't have children, he was quite good at being a father to people.
Whether they were men or women.
But although the call on Earth for Thor to return home grew louder and louder, Asgard had yet to send down the Bifrost Bridge.
Whether it was to take Thor back or to send the Destroyer over, neither happened.
Netizens on Earth were still constantly messing around, but Fang Yuan began to feel that something was wrong.
Even if Heimdall had been stripped of his duties, once Thor knew the truth, Loki couldn't possibly remain indifferent.
Until one day, Athena detected a large-scale abnormal energy appearance.
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