Loki tossed his head to one side, he couldn't possibly admit that he didn't understand the full potential of these priceless gems. He was a master of magic, and he knew that when the two Infinity Gems were placed together, they must have the same origin.
Loki had long coveted the Time Gem in Strange's possession. The ability to turn back time at will was incredibly convenient in his eyes.
Moreover, he had always disapproved of Strange's overly conservative usage of the gem. If he could get his hands on it, Loki assured himself that he could pull off far more interesting pranks.
However, he later realized that he had been sitting on a goldmine all this time without knowing it. Ever since he became a prince of Asgard, he had free access to the Fairy Palace's treasury. Though he had a liking for gemstones, he didn't care much for the color red. Consequently, he had not paid any attention to this gem until Thor decided to set it into his crown.
Thor shook his head and said, "Asgardians don't like to rely on external things. Besides, I don't think this gemstone can be more powerful than the Father of All Gods himself."
Shiller nodded his head in agreement and said, "In some sense, that's true. Because the Infinity Gems only work within the boundaries of the cosmos. Once something related to anything beyond the cosmos comes into play, it simply becomes an ordinary stone."
"So, what's the use of this gem?" Loki asked.
"It can make your dreams come true," Shiller responded.
Fixing their gaze upon Shiller who was still recovering, he simply responded with a stimulus from Stark's death imagery, the rational side of him emerging once more. He explained in a rather stiff tone,
"The Time Gem lets you turn back time, while the gem in your crown, called the 'Reality Gem', can materialize your thoughts into reality. In simple terms, it makes dreams come true."
Loki and Thor both widened their eyes, exchanging heated glances. However, Shiller then added, "As a consequence, it is the most difficult of all gems to use. You can try activating it, but I suspect you won't be able to use it at all."
Thor eyed his gem-embedded crown, and asked, "It's already set into my crown. Can't I use it?"
After saying so, he called upon his divine power to stimulate the Reality Gem, but it just absorbed the energy like an insatiable black hole, with no reaction.
"If you want your dreams to come true, you must genuinely believe in them," Shiller vaguely explained.
Loki reached out, and Thor naturally handed the crown over to him. Loki took a deep breath and called upon his divine power as well. However, after a while, nothing happened.
The brothers both turned their eyes towards Shiller. Loki asked, "So you're saying you can use the gem?"
Shiller shook his head, "I can't use it, and I won't. However, it may be the key to restoring JARVIS to normal."
Shiller knew that in the movie plot, the Mind Gem granted consciousness to JARVIS, creating Vision. But presently, Thanos had been kicked out of the cosmos and returned empty-handed, without time to invade Earth for the time being.
The relationship between Thor and Loki had become quite delicate. Loki had no particular need to invade Earth, nor did he have any reason to seek out Thanos, who certainly would not have given him the scepter of the Mind Gem.
In fact, Thanos himself was now without the Mind Gem. His entire collection of artifacts and possessions had been left behind in the Dark Quadrant beyond the cosmos.
Therefore, the likelihood of Vision ever being created was now practically nil. Though it was unclear whether an electronic being possessing a real soul was an evolution or a regression, given the current situation, any method of preserving JARVIS should be thoroughly pursued.
"Although I did not witness how JARVIS ended up in this condition, we do have a way of using the two gems to repair it," Shiller proposed.
Strange and Loki both picked up the hint in his words, so they continued watching him. Shiller pointed at the Time Gem in Strange's hand and said, "We can use the Time Gem to go back into the past..."
Strange shook his head helplessly and interrupted, "That's still my method, isn't it? The problem is, the danger of this method rests on the possibility that it might affect Stark somehow and change the future, potentially creating a paradox."
"No, we only go back to the past, we change nothing," Shiller argued, "We go back into the past to gain knowledge."
Strange, Loki, Thor, and Eddie all wore puzzled expressions, but Shiller went on to explain, "Currently, our problem is that no one here, perhaps even no one on Earth, understands the principles behind JARVIS. And Stark won't be able to return here anytime soon."
"We have the Reality Gem, which can materialize thoughts into reality, so there's no issue regarding skills or operation. The only issue remaining is that the premise of the Reality Gem making dreams come true requires you to actually have an idea."
"Our difficulty is that none of us understand the principles of how artificial intelligence was created or how it works. Without an idea, it is impossible to manifest anything. Otherwise, we would only create an empty shell."
"Given our predicament, we can cross into the past and observe from the timeline how Stark created JARVIS, learning all the steps and understanding all the principles."