41. The unknown
The edge of the ruins of an interstellar battlefield in the Southern Galaxy.
Rocket watched in amazement as the green-clothed macho in front of him turned into a green light and disappeared into the sea of stars, and the raccoon's pointed ears moved, and it looked back at Groot.
It says:
"That guy with a missing brain isn't really going to Thanos, is he?"
"My name is Groot."
The Treant spread his hands, a worried expression on his wooden face.
The Treant is a kind-hearted man, and even though he's been playing with the cunning and shameless Rocket for so long, he still does something good within his means.
It was urging the rocket to stop the weird man back.
"I can't catch up with him."
The rocket, knowing what its friend was trying to do, swung the shuttle's communicator, but no matter how it called, it didn't respond.
It had no choice but to turn around and sail away from this sea of death and destruction.
It said to Groot:
"Although the Mad Titan must be a ruthless character, since the man in green dares to go, he must have confidence in himself, we don't have to worry too much..."
"The frontline information has been sent to the Nova Legion, let's go find the treasure."
The raccoon whistled, rerouted, and then took his hands off the joystick and chose a song on the ship's speakers.
Within a few minutes, the two optimists were starting to get excited again to the tone of the pop song.
About that Green Lantern Aso. They put the matter of Bing and the Mad Titans behind them, and the sky is falling with tall men anyway, and they are about to return to Earth to settle down.
No matter what happens on the South Galaxy side, it doesn't matter.
On the other side, in another galaxy a few astronomical units away from the battlefield of destruction, a strange fleet is transiting.
Kilometers of special-shaped warships, shaped like metal giant fishes, wagging their tails, swimming in deep space.
It was covered with heavy alloy decks, piece by piece, like the scales that covered the body of a real monster fish.
Driven by several thrusters, every time this special-shaped battleship swayed, an alloy plate was lifted.
Small shuttles that can only carry a few people, like parasites on the body of strange fish, fly out of the mothership or fall into the tarmac.
On the shuttle, there were soldiers who looked like insects and people, and compared to the humble treemen like Groot, these soldiers wearing heavy white and gray armor and carrying weapons were more like aliens in the traditional concept of human beings.
Their hideous faces, strange roars and twisted bodies, the fierceness and madness that come out of their bodies, all indicate that they are not "pacifists".
Tens of thousands of monster fish-type motherships and millions of soldiers form a group of cosmic locusts that cannot be denied.
From the moment they enter the galaxy, everywhere they go, any planet with life, any force that stands in the way, will be swept away with absolute quantitative and qualitative superiority.
But they have a very strange rule, no matter how strong or weak the opponent is, no matter how the enemy begs for mercy and surrenders, or resists to the end, they will not kill them all.
Kill half, leave half.
It's a weird and enduring way to deal with it, but they've kept doing it.
In fact, this alien race, known as the "Zetari", has been carrying out this war strategy ever since they surrendered to their new masters.
And the first to be affected by this strategy is the "Zetari" people themselves.
Some of the older aliens can remember that after the powerful new master killed the Empress and took over the Zetari race, his first order was to ask the Zetari army to kill half of the life on the home planet.
It is not relying on strength, nor on wisdom, nor on power.
Rather, in a manner similar to the draw.
The lucky live and the unfortunate die.
There is no external influence, absolute fairness and justice.
After surviving the massacre, the remaining Zetarians became followers of the new master.
They have no resentment or disgust for their new masters, and they surrender to the mighty Mad Titan with fear. Sanos.
From being slaughtered, he quickly transformed into a slaughterer and a lackey.
They worship the strong.
A lot of extraterrestrial life has similar traditions.
And in the center of this huge fleet that is advancing like a school of fish on the bottom of the sea, in the advance of those strange fish warships one after another, there are occasionally things that are guarded by them in the center.
A black, massive, monstrous alien starship in the sky.
That's the Mad Titan's throne.
His war palace.
At this time, Thanos was sitting in the command room on the top of the battleship.
The cabin, which was supposed to be filled with high-tech equipment, has been transformed, and now it is imbued with a sense of silence and solemnity set off by the black paintwork.
And at the end of the chamber, which was covered with black halos, was a stone throne.
It looks like it's made of obsidian, not very luxurious, but it's huge, and it fits Sanos's body type perfectly.
The Mad Titans are humanoid creatures.
But he looked very different from the earthlings, sitting on his throne, wearing gold and blue armor and metal boots of the same color.
He also wore a golden-blue helmet studded with gems on top of his head.
He looked like a giant.
Standing up at least 2.5 meters tall, the body is strong, but the exposed skin is purple and full of folds.
Especially on the chin, the folds are a little scary.
However, his blue eyes were very calm.
The guy sat on his throne, sitting in the posture of a thinker, and he looked straight ahead, and at the end of the control room, the infinite stars were reflected in Thanos's eyes.
No one knew what he was thinking, and no one dared to guess.
For the past hundreds of years, he has been far from home, wandering beyond the galaxy, destroying, killing, doing ugly and horrible things.
But recently he suddenly decided to return to the galaxy.
Return to the place where he was born.
Even his most loyal subordinates don't know what his majesty is doing.
But they could guess that Thanos was looking for something that only existed in legends.
Although it now seems that Thanos is just wandering in the sea of stars with his own fleet, no one dares to contradict Thanos' decision.
Because he has an infinite amount of wisdom in his head.
He is one of the last remaining Eternals in the world, the closest to the God of Creation, who is known for his knowledge of the universe and explores the mysteries of the universe.
His wisdom, like his strength, cannot be questioned, much less ignored.
"Power, mind, space, time, soul, reality..."
In the empty command room, Thanos stared at the endless stars, whispering tales of the Eternals for generations.
"The six Infinity Stones, when they are gathered together, can give the wielder enough power to affect the universe, I always thought it was just a legend."
"But it's not."
A smile twinked on Thanos's purple face.
He held his left hand in a vague grip, as if he were holding some kind of source power, and he said:
"The key to the ideal and the future."
"It won't be that easy..."
A voice echoed in Thanos's ears like the whisper of a breeze.
In that ethereal voice, another will whispered.
"Obstacles, challenges, threats, wars, deaths... Are you ready? ”
The voice said:
"There is not only power in this star field, but also dangers that you have never foreseen, and if you are not careful, even you will be ruined."
"Wouldn't that be better?"
Sanos closed his eyes, and he said like a dream:
"Won't I be able to meet you?"
"Huh."
The will to talk to Sanos let out a light laugh, and she said:
"I'm not going to favor losers."
"From the birth to the present..."
Sanos Says:
"Have I ever let you down?"
The voice no longer responded, but a black robe appeared in Thanos's will.
Beneath the dancing black robe was a perfect body, and between the swings of the hood, there was a miserable white skeleton.
Sanos laughed and stepped forward, holding the beautiful woman in his arms.
He lifted the skeletal mask and kissed the woman in his arms gently.
"You have embarked on a path of damnation, and your first challenge is here."
The woman chuckled and said to Thanos.
The next moment, in the empty command room, the Mad Titan opened his eyes, and a flash of green light broke through the obstacles of the Zetarian fleet.
In the light of the explosion and tearing fire, the green light slashed through everything in sight like the sharpest bayonet, and headed straight for the ship of Thanos.
It hovered in front of the black battleship, and in a green halo, the mighty Green Lantern ignored the alien raiders around him who had closed the encirclement.
He stood in front of the black battleship, staring at the Mad Titan in the command room.
"Green Lantern Corps, come and visit!"
Abin. The green ring on Sue's finger shone brightly, and he looked at the purple giant who had risen from his throne, and he said:
"Conqueror of destruction and death, one last warning!"
"Get out of the galaxy now! You're not welcome here! ”
"Bang"
Sanos stood up and casually lifted it, and in the midst of a heavy metallic hiss, a square-headed, golden war knife was held in his hand.
It was a strange weapon.
The grip is in the middle of the weapon, with a front and back blade, and when wielded, it resembles a dangerous knife wheel.
Sanos looked at Abin hovering in front of the battleship. Sue, he waved his finger, and the alien raiders gathered around Green Lantern immediately retreated.
A large space was left in the center of the tumbling Fish-shaped battleships, leaving their formidable leader to teach the ridiculous challenger a lesson.
"Green Lantern, Green Lantern..."
"I thought you were just a legend."
The Mad Titan walked up the extended staircase, eventually standing on the platform above the battleship.
He stared at the Green Lantern, who had come alone, and he raised his weapon in his hand, in the hum of the blade.
He said:
"It seems that during the period of time I left my hometown, this galaxy was really lively."
"I won't kill you, man of courage."
"You will be my messenger to spread the news of my return throughout this star field."
"And you're going to tell everybody..."
"Thanos, Thanos, it's here!"
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At the same time that the Mad Titans were ravaging Green Lantern, far away on the other side of the galaxy, Earth, Nevada, in the base of Pagassos.
Amanda, who has just experienced a mission failure and a high-altitude bungee jump, has not yet recovered. Waller stood at the bottom of the base with a serious face.
In front of her, a group of scientists in white coats were busy, shouting some complicated and obscure words from time to time, and judging by their expressions, something bad must have happened in the laboratory.
The base used to belong to S.H.I.E.L.D., and when S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel evacuated seven months ago, they took all the important stuff with them.
However, at the strong request of the Tianyan Society, S. L.D. returned some of the hazard again.
Among them was the thing in front of Waller's eyes that was glowing blue.
A boxy block of energy like an ice cube, the size of a fist, and in that block, there was a white and blue intertwined light shining.
"Its energy level is still improving, and it is about to break through the dangerous peak."
By Waller's side, Lex who cooperated with the Sky Eye Society. Luther said with a serious face:
"Something has to be done to quiet it."
"What is the essence of this thing?"
Waller looked at Luther, and she asked:
"In the information left by S.H.I.E.L.D., it is only marked as an energy source that is suspected to be brought to Earth by aliens from a third-level civilization or higher. It was used by Hydra to make weapons of destruction during World War II, and he also participated in the Pegasus Project in the 90s..."
"If you have to ask me."
The bald head Luther shrugged his shoulders, and he looked at the glowing cube, and he said to Waller:
"All I can say is that I don't know."
"But I don't think it's just a power source... Howard. I've also read the materials left by Stark, and my predecessors have done a lot of research on it, but alas, those studies have not yet been completed. ”
Luther breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes shining sharply, and he said:
"Before it, I mean, it has been 'sleeping' since it was discovered, contained, and now."
"But now, it's 'woken up.'"
"Perhaps, this is a sign of something."
Right next to Luthor and Waller, behind them, the white-robed Supreme Mage stood silently.
She stood beside these people who were terrified by their energy.
But they didn't notice her at all, as if she was in another world.
Master One quietly looked at the glowing cube in the laboratory, and she looked at the bronze artifact hanging from her neck.
In the magic vessel, which was like an eye, intertwined with bronze patterns, a green glow shone out.
The big sister, who was hairless like Luther, sighed.
She stretched out her finger and flicked it in the air, and in the center of the laboratory, the glowing energy cube silently calmed down as if it had been placed under a sleeping spell.
Amid the scientists' screams of surprise, the Supreme Mage turned and stepped into the glowing portal.
In a cold and snowy wind, she held the magic weapon on her chest, she looked back at the world in front of her, and said:
"Whether you're ready or not..."
"They're coming."
"The peaceful time is gone, where should this world, this sea of stars, go?"
The Ancient One, or rather, the illusion of the true Supreme Mage remaining in this world, let out a long sigh.
At the summit of the Himalayas, the Supreme Mage waved her finger, and in the magical mirror, she saw Merlin in the wasteland hell, holding a bronze key, reshaping hell.
She looked at the back, and she said:
"You've rested enough..."
"Let's go again."