Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 856 Kratos's Greatest Skill
In fact, Li You was very puzzled when the cloud gaming storyline was first introduced.

Given Kratos's personality, upon learning that his son was in Asgard, instead of trying to find a way to bring him back, he first went to find the three Norn goddesses, and then went after Heimdall.

Heimdall wants to kill Atreus, but that's not something that should happen now. Shouldn't you be thinking about how to get Atreus back first?

Of course, the situation in the game is different from now. Back then, Kratos did know that Atreus was in Asgard, and he also knew that Atreus was more interested in proving himself, which is why he ran away from home.

But Li You still felt that his motive for prioritizing killing Heimdall seemed a bit strange.

However, in this world, as he became more and more familiar with Kratos, he came to understand Kratos's thoughts.

Simply put, Kratos's logic in the game is as follows.

He knew that Heimdall's desire to kill Atreus was a future matter, and that the most important thing at the moment was to find his son as soon as possible.

However, Asgard was sealed off by Odin, and no one could enter, not even Kratos and his companions.

However, he was not a complete brute. He could also figure out that Odin would deliberately take Atreus away, which meant that he valued Atreus's abilities, which was probably related to the child's giant origins.

So, although we don't know how to bring him back, at least Atreus will be safe for the time being.

Based on this, and after learning that Heimdall was the biggest threat to his son, Kratos began to plan to kill him.

As for how to bring Atreus back, we'll figure that out later.

...This is roughly Kratos's mental journey in the original game.

As for this world? Of course it's different. After all, Atreus didn't run away from home after arguing with Kratos.

So what is Kratos thinking here?

That makes it simple. It perfectly fulfills the words of the Three Norns: Kratos intends to do what he does best.

He intends to storm Asgard, rescue Atreus, and eliminate Heimdall, the threat he seeks.

As for how to get to Asgard, Kratos knew that either Li You or Tyr would definitely have a way.

If Kratos encounters any resistance from the Aesir during this process, he will show no mercy.

This is Kratos's plan for this world.

Li You saw through this, which is why he tried his best to dissuade him and offered to kill Heimdall himself.

After all, now is not the time to engage in direct warfare with Asgard. If Kratos is allowed to go and cause trouble, Ragnarok will likely be accelerated even further.

As for the method of persuasion, it was probably to use Kratos's original thought process to persuade him, and finally convince Kratos with a key sentence.

"If I kill Heimdall in the end, wouldn't that break the prophecy of the Three Norns? In that case, Atreus can also avoid the prophesied future."

These words struck a chord with Kratos, finally making him nod and agree to hand Heimdall over to Li You to deal with.

The thoughts and desires of this father and son were all aimed at preventing the other from dying in the future.

Therefore, Li You's words of persuasion to Kratos at this moment are quite similar in essence to Odin's words of persuading Atreus.

After nodding, Kratos said nothing more and went to a room to calm himself down.

Since he had already agreed, no one else would say anything more.

Brock raised both hands and said, "Fine! Business is lost! I'll go grill meat instead."

Tyr looked thoughtfully at the closed door to Kratos's room.

Brock and Sindri walked away one after the other, while Tyr looked at Li You and Freya and said, "Let's talk again."

"Li You, do you also intend to kill Heimdall?"

Tyr knew without asking why Freya agreed to the action, but he was curious as to why Li You would choose to support it.

When he asked, Freya also looked at Li You, wondering why he wanted to kill Heimdall.

Li You nodded directly and said frankly, "Yes, that's exactly what I'm planning to do."

“Heimdall is Odin’s most trusted confidant, guarding the Rainbow Bridge and keeping the Horn of Galar for him. Since we are going to fight Odin at Ragnarok, we must take him down.”

Tyr asked this question out of a desire for confirmation. Seeing that he understood the reason perfectly, he didn't say anything more, but instead asked another question: "So how do you plan to kill him?"

Li You laughed this time: "Heimdall's abilities are troublesome, but in front of me, his divine power cannot be exerted."

Previously, Li You could hurt him with his clone of the teardrop, but now that he has overcome that hurdle, if he still can't deal with Heimdall, then Li You has wasted his life.

But Tyr said, "I'm not asking about the battle. I mean, how are you going to get to Asgard and kill Heimdall, who's guarding it? Are you planning to just storm it?"

“Oh, this?” Li You replied. “I guess you must have a way back to Asgard, but don’t worry, you won’t need it this time. It’s not the time to fight Odin head-on yet.”

“But if we don’t go over there, we can wait for Heimdall to come out on his own.”

Even Tyr was somewhat puzzled at this moment. Even he didn't understand the "crack" and the tattered mask that Odin was obsessed with.

Seeing that Li You had already made his judgment, he didn't ask any more questions: "Then it's up to you."

The group ended their meeting and went their separate ways to do their own things. Li You also returned to the room that Sindri had prepared for him.

At Li You's special suggestion, this entire small house was built to be much larger than the one in the game, so now everyone can have their own room.

Li You returned to the bedside and sat down, beginning to ponder.

He hadn't expected that Atreus's storyline in Asgard would be triggered so far ahead of schedule.

This has its pros and cons. The advantage is that he won't have to wait several more years in this world, while the disadvantage is that Kratos and Atreus might not be ready yet.

However, considering the impact Li You had on the father and son after arriving in this world, it's actually hard to say.

Putting that aside for now, what Li You was more concerned about was that the two brothers, Brock and Sindri, had actually gone to find the three goddesses of Norn.

Clearly, given the temperament of these two dwarf brothers, they absolutely disliked the three goddesses of Norn.

However, in order to find Atreus, they still took the initiative to seek help. After all, according to the timeline, when they set off, they were also unaware that Li You and his companions had escaped from Valhalla.

Clearly, the dwarf brothers genuinely cared about Atreus.

However, this was not Li You's focus. What he cared about was that the news the two of them heard from the three goddesses of Norn was completely consistent with the original game's plot.

This isn't quite right.

According to the three goddesses of Norn themselves in the game, they do not actually have the ability to control fate or foresee the future. They simply have some understanding of everything that happens in the world, and based on what they know, as well as the personality of each person or god, they can deduce the choices that people will inevitably make, and then use this to figure out what the future will look like.

To put it simply, the abilities of the three goddesses of Norn are somewhat like AI big data analysis, deducing the most likely future based on existing conditions.

Therefore, from this perspective, the abilities they possess are completely different from those of the Greek Fates.

But whether they could foresee or predict the future, the prophecies told to the dwarf brothers by the three goddesses of Norn seem to reveal a problem—Li You seems to be completely absent from their prophecies.

Why is this?
Li You was quite curious about this.

Perhaps at the right time, I should indeed visit the Three Goddesses of Norn.

Li You made up his mind.

Finally, there is the question of how to kill Heimdall.

The Atreus people are currently with Odin, and Li You and Kratos, in particular, are completely clueless about the situation in Asgard, so obtaining intelligence is the top priority no matter what.

Coincidentally, Li You had left something behind in Asgard.

He raised his hand and summoned the bio-teardrop, which revealed its original silver teardrop form.

As divine power was injected, the teardrop-like figure was gradually activated, but instead of transforming into Li You's appearance, it turned into a drifting silver cloud, sometimes spreading throughout the room, and sometimes gathering into a fist-sized sphere.

Li You closed his eyes slightly, placed his hand on the cloud of mist, and transmitted his divine power through the ability of the teardrop-like body, spreading to a country that had been completely sealed off.

Asgard.

As for why he was able to do such a thing?
In that case, we have to thank Saul.

When Li You was escaping Asgard with Tyr, his avatar, the Tear, was smashed to dust by Thor's Thunder Hammer while trying to stop the enemy.

However, the core of the Imitation Tear is bound to Li You. As long as Li You himself is safe and can be supplied with magic, the Imitation Tear can regenerate almost infinitely.

This is why the teardrop's clone was able to transform from a body the size of a pebble into a Heroic Spirit Captain who was two heads taller than a normal person.

At that time, the teardrop-shaped body of the android shattered by Thor did not dissipate, but instead transformed into the smallest particles and drifted across Asgard.

Before crossing the threshold to godhood, separated by the distant barriers of different kingdoms, Li You would not have been able to sense these teardrop particles that had been dispersed to their smallest size and lost their power.

However, now he can not only sense it, but also transmit divine power back to Asgard through the core of the teardrop-like body, guiding these particles to reunite!
Of course, if the bionic teardrop itself weren't so special, Li You wouldn't have been able to do this on his own. So this is a result of his current strength and his past accumulation.

Through the imitation teardrop, Li You transmitted his current divine consciousness across space and attached it to those particles in Asgard.

They were quite separated; some were incorporated into the buildings rebuilt after the war in Asgard, some were buried underground, and some were attached to the residents and animals, which allowed Li You to see the various aspects of life in Asgard.

Li You then guided the particles to reassemble. They detached from their original positions, drifted towards Odin's large wooden house, and finally gathered beneath the floor of his study, transforming back into the shape of stone particles.

However, Li You only dared to do this because Odin's study was empty at the time; otherwise, if Odin were there, it would probably have been much more difficult.

After reburying the listening device, Li You prepared to temporarily withdraw his divine sense.

However, to Li You's surprise, the bionic teardrop particles he could sense were not only present in Asgard.

A significant portion of them were taken outside that country; judging by the location, it's in Muspelheim.
Li You realized something: "Could it be..."

He extended his consciousness over there, and sure enough, he sensed a familiar iron hammer—Mjolnir.

As the weapon and the person who directly shattered Li You's clone, it is only natural that Mjolnir and Thor were the ones with the most particles on them.

Even though most of these particles had dissipated in various realms during his conquests, and the remaining ones were mostly absorbed by Mjolnir, Li You could still briefly sense the situation there.

He focused his attention on that direction and then saw the person he was looking for.

Atreus.

Li You's expression immediately changed.

In fact, this was Li You's first attempt at using the bionic teardrop's ability; he had never imagined that he could succeed so easily.

He knew, of course, that if the original game's storyline were followed strictly, Atreus should now be heading to Muspelheim with Thor to find the first fragment of the mask.

But knowing this is one thing; the nine kingdoms of this world are quite different from the terrain and landscape in the game, and are much larger.

Without the mask fragments to guide him, Li You had no way of locating their position. If he rashly went to search for them, he would be discovered by Odin's ravens and alert them.

That's why he activated the Asgardian avatar tear remnant, hoping to gather information from there.

Unexpectedly, this led them to the location of Thor and Atreus.

Li You was even thinking, why don't he just fly to Muspelheim right now and bring the person back?

While leaving Atreus with Odin could be a strategic move, he is still too young, and Li You is uneasy about leaving him alone by Odin's side.

However, upon seeing Thor's expression and hearing their conversation, Li You, who had already stood up, stopped what he was doing.

"……Um?"

—At this moment in Muspelheim, Atreus is talking to Thor.

Thor, whose memories were sealed by Odin, didn't even react to Li You's name, but he remembered the completely unrelated god name "Gwyn".

Fragments of his vague memory remained. He vaguely remembered that when he last heard someone mention this name, someone had said something to him that left him with much to ponder.

However, no matter how hard Saul tried to recall, he could never remember those words or who that person was.

So he captured Atreus, ignoring even the tasks Odin had assigned him, and made Atreus tell him the story of "Gwyn".

Unfortunately, after listening for a while, Thor couldn't recall anything else. After all, he had only heard of Gwyn's name and didn't know the legends surrounding this god; Li You hadn't told him about them.

Atreus was clever; just by looking at Thor's expression, he knew that the story he was telling was not what Thor wanted to hear.

The child reacted quickly and immediately realized what was happening.

Thor knew the name Gwyn, but had no recollection of his legends. And the only way this Norse god of thunder could connect with Gwyn, the sun god of a distant land, was through one person.

So Atreus looked at Thor and tentatively said, "Actually, the legends about King Gwyn were all told to me by someone else. Perhaps what you want to know is about his story?"

"If you don't mind, I'll tell you about it."

Thor looked at him, and after a moment, he subconsciously nodded: "...Okay."

(End of this chapter)