"The Titans are long gone, and the Eternals' former glory may still be visible in some of the ruins of Earth."

When Thanos' deep voice echoed through the palace, the edge of the echo trembled with a metallic texture, adding a bit of epicness.

"Returning to reincarnation is the fate of all powerful races in the universe, they must pay the price for their strength, human beings are weak, but lucky, you have not been given the power that cannot be refused, and naturally there is no inescapable fate."

Then, he changed his words and said, "No matter what, I have cleared a great obstacle for mankind to enter the universe. ”

Thanos' tone was as light as if he was joking, but when you think about his own destruction of the Titans, it seems crazy.

In this world, there are not only human races who are born with mental patients, but also among the Titans, and Thanos is obviously the most well-known mad Titan in the universe, who destroyed his race and home planet with his own hands, and to this day, he still feels pleasure in his actions.

Schiller remembers the description of Thanos' childhood in the comics, from the perspective of the comics, Thanos was seduced by the goddess of death from an early age, and thus grew step by step from a withdrawn boy who couldn't even bear to dissect animals, to a terrifying exterminator.

But from a psychiatrist's point of view, the woman who suddenly appeared in Thanos' field of vision and led him to commit all sorts of brutal acts is more like a common fantasy companion for mentally ill people.

It can be said that almost all the fantasy partners of mental patients are the embodiment of their mental pain, confusion, and confusion, and such negative imagination naturally does not urge people to do good things.

This is supported by certain details in the comics, such as the fact that Thanos was born purple-skinned, and unlike other Titans, his mother became insane and went crazy because she gave birth to a monster.

Because of his appearance is different from other Titans, Thanos has been discriminated against and bullied since he was a child, and his father is too busy to care about him at all, even if Thanos happily wants to tell him that he has made new friends, what he gets is only a minimal perfunctory.

His mother's sudden madness may not have been an accident, but a hereditary mental illness, Thanos has not been treated in time, and has been ostracized, and has been in a stimulated mental state for many years, and fantasy partners have become the only consolation.

As for whether this fantasy partner has anything to do with death, Schiller feels that the probability of having something to do is not very high, and the death of their universe is particularly cowardly, and it seems that they have not been very interested in Thanos from beginning to end.

Maybe there is more than one incarnation of death, maybe the death that seduced Thanos and the death that Schiller saw in the realm of death are not the same, but there is no doubt that Thanos has long gone crazy, crazy completely, and basically hopeless.

But Schiller still followed that principle, as long as the patient was not in pain, there was no need to treat it, and as for the harm that madness would bring, there were naturally other ways to deal with it.

So, Schiller was going to change the subject, he remembered what Thanos asked him before, so his fingertips gently rubbed the edge of the knife, and asked thoughtfully: "You asked me before if humans have begun to pay attention to Uranus, since the Titans have long been destroyed, why do you care which planet humans are concerned about?" ”

"It's not that I care, but yesterday a human came to me and asked about Uranus and Saturn, and I thought it was some remnants left on there that interfered with your development of the planet."

Schiller frowned slightly, looked up into Thanos' eyes and spit out a name: "Tony Stark? ”

"He calls himself Iron Man." Thanos said as he ate the food on his plate, "It's a strange human being, and it seems to me that he is half intense light and half boundless darkness. ”

"I know he's not easy to mess with, so I can only tell the history of the Eternals and the Titans, but he doesn't seem to care much about whether the Titans have relics left in the universe."

"Looks like a scientist, I thought he would want to study the technology in the ruins, but he's more interested in some mysterious historical legends."

"For example?"

"Like the origins of the Eternals." Thanos's movements also paused, and he said: "It's a pity that I'm not a historian, I was born on Titan, and I am afraid that I don't know as much about the history of the Eternals on Earth as the Supreme Mage." ”

"Is that how you answered him?"

Thanos nodded, took a bite of the food on the plate, and said, "Oh, by the way, he's still interested in one thing......"

Thanos deliberately pulled a long note, and Schiller understood what he meant, so he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, smiled and said: "Your Majesty Thanos, when you were dancing and strategizing in the interstellar society, your Pope was not lazy, and I also have some immature suggestions for our future direction." ”

"You can speak freely."

"As we all know, you are now a celebrity in the field of interstellar security, this duty is not important, but it is very expensive, and the price is that you have to spend a lot of time maintaining your reputation, and once your sign of interstellar security maintenance is smashed, there will be nothing."

Thanos nodded and agreed with Schiller's words, and before he could ask, Schiller took the initiative to say: "Therefore, if you suddenly turn into a tyrant who fights in the east and west, then the good image and connections you have established before will be completely destroyed." ”

"After all, if a hero who swears to defend interstellar security suddenly manipulates his own civilization to launch a war of aggression against other civilizations, it will definitely attract most of the famous verbal criticism."

"Predatory growth and public opinion image just can't have both." Thanos said calmly: "But the purpose of maintaining my image of public opinion is also to make myself stronger, if the plunder can achieve this goal faster, then I can naturally abandon public opinion." ”

"Why can't you do it all?"

Thanos was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Such an idea is too naïve, as you said, when the interstellar society is still an orderly society, aggression is evil, even if it is for the stability of its own territory, the three empires will not allow the emerging civilization to mess around." ”

Thanos continued to bow his head and cut meat, and slowly spoke: "Although the dark quadrant is not in the center of the interstellar society, this is also beneficial, if I start a war, then the core centers of the three empires will not respond quickly, and I will not lose if I can exchange time for space." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, is it? You're going to go to war directly after you get the territory and resources? ”

"Of course not, although the blitzkrieg strategy has been tested countless times in the interstellar society, there is a big problem that many civilization leaders have overlooked when implementing this tactic, which has led to their final defeat."

"Oh, what's that?"

"The key to blitzkrieg is to achieve an overwhelming advantage in a short period of time, and many generals have the misconception that they must be strong enough to defeat the opposing side in a short period of time, but I don't think so."

Thanos shook his head and said: "I prefer to be weak or in chaos when the other side is very weak, this tactic can achieve the best effect, to defeat the strong with the strong, no matter how good the arrangement is, there are risks, the strong can defeat the weak, even if there will be an accident, there is enough room for error." ”

"I'm not so arrogant that I think that every one of my strategies can be executed perfectly without accidents, in this case, instead of making myself stronger, it is better to find a way to make the other party weaker, or as you said, both, both at the same time."

Schiller raised his glass and hid his look, but Thanos wanted to know what Schiller's suggestion was, but he also knew how greedy Schiller was, and if he didn't play a hole card first, Schiller wouldn't have spoken.

So, Thanos paused and said as if talking to himself:

"The location of the Dark Quadrant is really good, and the biggest advantage is ...... Close to the edge of the Xia Empire. ”

"I'm afraid that searching for the Queen's soul within the Nine Kingdoms will not lead to anything." A voice came from the edge of the dance floor.

Thanos walked over with a wine glass and said, "Have you forgotten that the Xia Empire also has a divine heritage?" The emperor or queen of the Xia Empire was required to swear an oath of faith in the gods of Xia when they succeeded him. ”

In the banquet hall, Hela with her hands wrapped around the breath of death was silent, but turned her head slightly to look at Thanos who came over.

"Your Highness Hela, even if your power comes from death, you still bear the mark of Asgard, and if you touch the souls of other god believers, it will inevitably cause misunderstanding in the Thea god line, right?"

"Is this the time to dwell on this kind of thing?!! A high-pitched tone sounded, and everyone looked at the princess who was lying next to the queen's corpse, and he said with a sad look: "We must find the murderer of the queen as soon as possible and avenge her!" …… Your Highness, please hurry, what if there is any danger to the Queen's soul? ”

"No, Your Highness Hela, you can't do it." Another, younger, voice, turned everyone's eyes to one side, and then found that it was a young guard standing behind the queen of the Xi'an Empire.

He cleared his throat and said, "The two gods of Xi'a are a husband and wife, they have equal power and share each other's strength, so they attach great importance to loyalty, and the same is true for faith, if the queen's soul is polluted by the divine power of other gods, then I am afraid she will be abandoned by the two gods of Xi'a." ”

Schiller saw that the muscles at the corners of the prince's mouth with his head bowed tensed, as if he wanted to continue to open his mouth to wail, but Thanos said again: "I think, as the monarch of the Xia Empire, the queen must want to set an example for her people, maintain a pious faith, and ensure the purity of her soul even if she dies, which is what a king should do." ”

"A devout believer, both in life and after death, will never accept being abandoned by the gods he believes in." Thanos stepped forward and looked down at Wang Fu and said, "As her husband, you must be able to carry out your wife's will, right?" ”

"But ......"

"Or is it that in fact, your husband and wife have different beliefs, and you don't believe in the gods of the Xi'a Empire as devout as the queen, so you naturally don't care if your wife's soul is polluted?"

Everyone present was silent, and when it came to the matter of faith, no one could be so sure, if anyone proposed now, regardless of whether the queen's soul would be tainted by the divine power of Asgard, she must be retrieved and resurrected.

If Queen Xia's resurrection really angered her gods, and she angered others because of her impurity, wouldn't the person who proposed this countermeasure have to face the wrath of the head of one of the three empires?

Everyone didn't want to bear the anger themselves, and they knew they couldn't force others to take the risk.

The atmosphere in the arena fell silent again, but at this time, Schiller turned his attention to the young guard who had spoken earlier.