"'Cosmic Spirit Ball', and as you should already know, what is hidden in it is one of the six Infinite Primordial Stones at the beginning of the birth of the universe - the Primordial Stone of Strength." Nova Commander Adora held the metal orb in her hand and said slowly, "That's exactly what you need, right?" ”

Michael looked at the orb in her hand for a moment, then looked up and said, "I guess you wouldn't just give it to me, would you?" ”

The female prefect shook her head.

"That's what I was going to do. But we confronted Thanos...... After seeing for myself what that crazy titan could do now, I changed my mind. ”

She let out a long sigh and casually looked out the window, looking out at the devastation and crumbling buildings. Xandal is trying to rebuild, but it will obviously take a long time for them to recover from this trauma.

After a long silence, she spoke, "What Thanos wants is the ultimate balance. He believes that the population of the universe has exploded, and the resources have been nearly depleted. He believes that the universe has reached a tipping point where it will collapse with a push, and that someone needs to adjust it to restore balance.

I thought it was just a madman's imagination, but now that I saw his strength and felt our powerlessness in front of him, I realized that it was not unrealistic. If he wanted to, this madman really had what it took to do that...... And we can't stop it. ”

Finally she turned her gaze back to Michael.

"So now I've changed my mind, because right or wrong, you're the only option I can see." "I asked you to come just to see for yourself what kind of people I entrust my future to, and I sincerely hope that this choice is the right one," she said. So tell me, can you do it? ”

Michael stared at the orb in her hand for a moment, but didn't reach for it.

"I can't promise you much, because I'm not the kind of person who would sacrifice everything for the sake of the universe. But there is only one thing I can guarantee," he looked at the other calmly, "and that is that I will do everything I can to stop Thanos and fight all I can until the very end...... as a human being. ”

Chief Adora didn't ask any more questions, but reached out and put the spirit ball into his hand.

That's the answer she needs. She doesn't need a person with a messianic heart and a heart that is inclusive of the world, and if there is such a person, it would be unsettling.

The power rough stone is in hand, and now only the last rough stone is left, and it is also the most troublesome one.

"One more thing, Nova Supreme." He asked the chief, "Have you ever heard of a place called 'Vormir'?" ”

***

Vormir, the location of the soul gem explained by Gamora, the daughter of Thanos in the movie. Gamora is ordered by Thanos to find the location of the Soul Stone, and she finds the map of the Stone, but she burns it down because of her disgust with her father. It's just that in the end, because Thanos used her sister as a threat, she finally revealed the address.

Despite his curiosity as to why Michael was interested in such a remote planet, Nova Supreme pointed him in the right direction. So he took the Primordial Stone of Power and said goodbye to the Nova Legion, and Michael then embarked on a journey to Vormir.

As depicted in the movie, it is a foggy peak with a snowstorm on the top of the mountain. But the air and gravity here are very similar to those on Earth, and Michael flew directly to the top of the mountain with the thrusters of his suit.

Just as he had expected, he met a black-robed red skeleton near the peak, the former leader of the Hydra who had been rejected by the Spatial Primordial Stone and punished for guarding the Soul Primordial Stone in this place for eternity.

The gatekeeper was a little surprised when he saw him coming.

"You...... I can't see through you. "It shouldn't be that way," he said curiously. I can see the trajectory of any traveler who finds it here, and you...... Your life is just a fog. ”

Michael didn't know if he was referring to his body or the soul of a time-traveler, and he didn't care.

"Who knows, maybe I'm different." He extinguished the thruster on the back of his suit and landed, "You're the caretaker of the Soul Stone, right?" Then lead the way. ”

Although surprised at how this mysterious visitor could know so much, mission is mission, and Red Skull has not forgotten. He said no more, turned and led Michael to the cliff, the ceremonial altar-like place.

This is the place where Thanos sacrificed his adopted daughter, Black Widow, to voluntarily give her life in exchange for the location of the Soul Primordial. Standing on the edge of it and looking down, there was only an endless white mist in the eye, and even the enhanced vision of the armor could not be seen, as if there was a bottomless abyss in the true sense of the word.

Ignoring the Red Skull's "one life for one life" rhetoric behind him, Michael closed his helmet directly, stood on the edge of the cliff and began to test the scan with various scanner sensors.

As he expected, this is not just a matter of looking directly at Gao. A certain energy field of special nature shrouded the area below, and even the space below was even maintained by the ability of the soul primordial stone.

It's a real no-brainer. You jump, and the Soul Rough will judge that you have agreed to the terms of the deal. It will directly drain your soul as a price in exchange for your soul, there are no tricks, no shortcuts.

Michael spent about an hour studying the energy field and then gave up.

The trading conditions of the Soul Rough Stone are absolute, and Thanos in the movie came here with three Infinity Rough Stones in his hand, but even so, he had no other way than to sacrifice his daughter.

As for whether you can think of a way to circumvent this ritual? Michael doesn't know, but he doesn't think it's optimistic. If the Soul Gem wants your soul, then there may be nothing in the world that can change its mind. If it took a little longer, maybe he would have been able to find a way to deceive the rough stone, but unfortunately he didn't have that much time to try it now.

But Michael didn't have a solution.

Well, in fact it was the one he had in mind in the first place, but he didn't want to do it if he had another choice. The process of trading soul gems cannot be deceived, but there are no loopholes in the use of primordial stones.

The Soul Rough stipulates that the soul of a loved one must be sacrificed in order to be obtained.

But it doesn't stipulate that it can only be used at the expense of loved ones.