1. Between distant stars

There's nothing to say about things on the ground, it's just disagreements, strife, battles and the intermittent peace between battles, human civilization has never escaped this cycle, it was, it is, and it will be, so it's actually quite boring to describe in detail what happened after Gotham disappeared, so let's just look at the infinite stars and see what happened there.

That would be the beginning of a really interesting story.

With the rapid development of human civilization, human beings began to examine themselves and explore the starry sky, in the hearts of the general public, there are some faint speculations, and in the secrets known by the high-level, all reveal a truth between the stars, that is... In the universe, there are not only human beings.

There are many extraterrestrial civilizations, and the vast universe has given birth to countless civilizations of human beings, and the earth is just one of them... Telling the truth will inevitably make ordinary people feel lost and frightened, so this secret has been kept secret.

On the scale of the universe, there is no doubt that the galaxy is narrow, but even in the narrow galaxy, there are also super civilizations, and there is more than one.

On the other side of the galaxy, the conflict between the ancient Kree Empire civilization and the equally ancient Xandar Nova Legion has just ended, and this battle that has enveloped the entire Andromeda galaxy has lasted for decades, and countless warriors and weapons of war have fallen in this conflict, and the intensity of the war is far beyond the imagination of the Earth civilization, which is a super-large-scale space war based on the planet.

But any war will end one day.

"We have signed a peace treaty with Sandar Star, and the two sides will end the frontline fighting that has lasted for 37 years, and it will be the dawn of a new peace, because this damned war, our people are already miserable, we should..."

"!"

"Bang"

With a roar, the screen of the oversized starship, which was playing the peace speech of the Kree Empire's foreign minister, was shattered into tens of thousands of fragments, causing the guards inside the starship to look sideways, and then they saw their angry leader rise from his seat.

That's a tall Cree... Blue skin, slender body, more than 3 meters tall, a much more robust appearance similar to a human, and a pair of deep and furious eyes, he is wearing a set of seemingly ancient but actually extremely advanced armor, heavy and majestic, especially when he wears the hood of the armor and grips the silver-gray war hammer behind his back, a "accuser" Ronan who makes all the Kree and their enemies feel fear.

In the historic Kree Empire, Ronan is one of the honorable "supreme accusers", the military boss, and a staunch main fighter, after seeing his country weakly reach a peace agreement with the Nova Legion, the big man who has been causing victory and slaughter on the battlefield feels the anger of detachment.

"They came to this weak agreement behind my back, they betrayed the hundreds of millions of soldiers who fought on the front lines... These disgusting politicians! Their faces are even more disgusting than those of the rising star samurai, or at least the latter will die generously... They betrayed me! I don't accept this damn deal!"

"Bang"

Ronan's deep voice sounded in the space of the starship, the war hammer in his hand was on the floor, he looked at the boundless sea of stars in front of him angrily, and built a plan for a star raid battle led by himself in his mind, but no matter how he thought about it, Ronan was depressed to find that just relying on the soldiers of his own headquarters, there was no way to break through the weak but impregnable defense of the Nova Legion...

"It's like a turtle!"

Ronan cursed and reached out to pick up a bottle of Kree Empire spirits from the table next to him, but just as he was borrowing the wine to kill his sorrows, a voice sounded in the darkness behind him:

"Look, we predicted this betrayal and weakness peace talks, and you didn't believe us then... Now you should believe it, and most importantly... You should believe that we have the means to help you achieve victory..."

"Get out of my starship!

This mysterious voice didn't seem to be trusted by Ronan, and the moment they appeared, Ronan smashed towards them with the wine glass in his hand, but it was firmly grasped in the air by a mechanical left hand, with Ronan's strong strength, the wine glass reached supersonic speed when it was shot, but it was caught so easily, it was enough to prove the strength of the comer.

"Calm down, Ronan, what you need now is not anger, but methods..."

Another softer woman's voice followed, and she came out of the darkness, looking at the angry master, and whispered:

"Wouldn't you like to listen to our advice, at best, a trial and trust may give you unimaginable rewards, are you really sure that you are going to expel us, especially at this time of humiliation in itself. ”

"Click"

Ronan's fists were clenched, no one would doubt the power of these fists, Ronan was one of the most powerful supreme accusers in the history of the Kree Empire, his eyes were fixed on the green-skinned woman in front of him, the anger in his eyes was still crazy, but there was a hint of thought, and after a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief:

"Then I'll give you a chance... Star pirates, you must understand that although my army cannot capture Shandar, it will be easy to destroy your starport, so don't give me this chance..."

"As you wish!"

The tall woman took a step back, threw over an electronic star map with her hand, and whispered: "Go to this place, you will see everything you want, and we are not lowly interstellar pirates, the power of our allegiance is older than your country itself, and powerful, ten thousand times!!"

"Hmph, the big words are nice!"

Ronan threw the star map to the starship navigator, he sat back on his throne and waved his hand: "Your lives are no longer in your hands, pray that I will be satisfied with everything you say, otherwise the lowly courtyard of the Kree Empire will be your destination!"

Ronan's starship is the crystallization of the Kree Empire's technology, with the standard star map, the fixed-point teleportation between the star fields has become a reality, after a burst of light between the stars, the huge black battleship disappeared in place, and when it came out of the wormhole space, what jumped into the eyes was a crazy gravel belt, which was already the edge of the galaxy, and the gravel belt also made Ronan's gaze shrink suddenly.

As a general who has been fighting for nearly a thousand years, he knows very well what that thing is... When a large enough planet is completely shattered from the center of the earth, the fragments of its explosion will be suspended in the universe in this form, that is, this rubble belt represents a completely destroyed planet.

"Follow me, accuser, and I'll take you to the master of this place!"

The green-skinned woman snorted, and with another woman who looked like a robot, she turned around and walked into the ship's teleportation lane, Ronan's hand waved, and the 20 centurions of the Kree Empire who he trusted the most followed him with weapons in hand, each of them was a battle-hardened super soldier, and with them, Ronan was confident that he could stand out from the encirclement surrounded by tens of thousands of interstellar pirates.

"Huh"

The blue teleportation light flickered, and Ronan opened his eyes to find that they were already standing in the center of the rubble belt, an oversized platform that looked like some kind of lair.

Two women led the way, Ronan walked behind, and what he saw in his eyes was the remnants of the power of the shattered planet, and the beating energy was shocking.

"Oh, the king's daughters are back... May you bring good news to the king!"

A hoarse voice appeared in front of Ronan's eyes, it was a guy in a black robe, with a strange cage-shaped mask on his face, tall and tall, but the hand that stretched out the black robe was curled up like a claw, and it was covered with scales, looking extremely weird and disgusting.

As he stood in the path of the crowd, the two women whispered:

"Herald, we are going to see our father, we have brought Ronan, the accuser of the Kree Empire, who will be our new friend. ”

"The Kree Empire?"

The guy named the herald snorted disdainfully: "The country controlled by weak politicians... I don't think they'll be useful to the High King, but since you recommended it, then come with me, the King is chatting with his agent on the other side of the galaxy, who is also a treacherous person, I hope you don't bring a second untrustworthy guy..."

"What are you talking about!"

Ronan's voice rang out, full of rage, and behind him, 20 centurions raised their weapons in unison, aiming at the herald, but the latter did not panic in the face of the 20 high-energy muzzles, he only smiled evilly:

"Are you sure you want to rebel against the king's might here? You may think you are powerful, but in the presence of the Most High King, you... Not even dust!"

"Bang"

He raised his left hand and waved slightly, and the next moment, in front of Ronan, the small floating stones that were suspended outside the central platform, the nearest were slowly turned, revealing their true colors, strange assault ships ready to go, filled with warriors in armor and weapons they didn't recognize, similar to wormmen.

Even if it was just a thousandth of the gravel floating, that amount made Ronan feel parched in his mouth... There are too many of them.

"It only takes one charge for the king's valiant followers to drown your poor legion... Your proud country and civilization are nothing before the king!"

The herald's voice became harsher:

"Here, in the King's realm, learn to be humble, or I'll gladly turn you into useless cosmic dust..."

The next road became smooth, Ronan no longer provoked, after seeing the power of the owner of this place, Ronan did not feel that he had room for bargaining, and more importantly, this Kree Empire leader saw his own opportunity from it, as long as there was a fifth of these troops... He could easily break through the Nova legion's defenses and turn the abominable Xandar into trash among the stars.

He's starting to look forward to the collaboration.

A few minutes later, guided by the herald, Ronan came to the center of the stone platform, where a special stone throne made of special stone slabs and magic was suspended in the sky, and a large god body sat in it, with his back to Ronan, and behind him, a creature in dark green armor and a blue fluorescent scepter was looking at him curiously.

"What shall I call you, ruler of great power?"

Ronan was not afraid of the man in front of him, he had his own pride, and in the face of his question, the man sitting on the throne shook his hand casually, and let out a low voice, and the moment he spoke, the entire surrounding space began to vibrate, showing his terrifying power:

"I'm a person who doesn't like too much red tape, so let's skip this link, my most trusted daughter recommended you to me, Ronan, I know what you're thinking, I can tell you definitively, my army can be handed over to you... But there is a premise, in the ancient realm of the Kree Empire, your most ancient ancestors were once ordered to guard a special artifact... Go and fetch it and dedicate it to me, and at that time, Xandar and their meaningless civilization will be in ruins, as you wish..."

"I... I've never heard of it. ”

Ronan hesitated and said, "I need to go to the big library to check the materials, it will take time..."

"I'll give you time! It's an ally on my side... We have a lot of time, but I'm going to get bored if we wait too long, and you don't want to see me bored, so... You'd better cherish your time. ”

The man waved his hand, the picture in front of Ronan's eyes flashed, when he regained consciousness, he had already appeared in the starship, everything that happened before was like a dream, but Ronan looked at the rune stone in his hand, he knew that it was not a dream, it was the opportunity that was really in front of him.

"Homecoming! to the Imperial Capital!"

On the other side, just after Ronan left, the figure seated on the throne let out a low laugh:

"Let's continue with that, Loki the Fraudster, you said you were going on an expedition?"

"Yes, my lordship. ”

Loki pretended to lean down towards the figure and whispered, "I'm willing to lay that distant planet for you, and four of the Infinity Stones are there... I'll take them and give them to you..."

"Oh, it sounds like you've done a good job, so go ahead, I'll give you a fifth of my followers, and that's enough for you to destroy that meaningless little galaxy... Don't let me down, Loki. ”

"Thank you for your generosity, and I will live up to your expectations!"

Loki stood up and took a horn made of steel from the herald, he took a few steps back, leaning over again:

"Well, then, wait for news of my victory, great conqueror Thanos, and please don't forget what you promised me..."

[I... I quit my job, and I wrote full-time in the future, so I finally got the freedom I wanted, and now I have to pay the price of freedom... Everything is left to fate and you, thank you brothers for your support, let's go further together...]