Chapter 104: Separating the Power of the Phoenix (Delayed Last Night, No Pigeons)
Hundreds of light-years away from Earth, on Temple One, there was silence.
On the throne, Thanos was sitting quietly, leaving only a back full of majesty and oppression to everyone.
And the rest of Thanos' subordinates were silent, for fear that their voice would disturb Thanos' contemplation and eventually attract Thanos' anger.
In the whole spaceship, the silence was a little terrifying.
Airplanes!
Suddenly, in the starry sky not far from Temple One, ripples suddenly rippled in the space, and then a "small" battleship suddenly appeared.
"Great Lord Sanos, General Deathblade has returned with his army!"
"Just ......"
After the battleship docked into the air harbor of Temple One.
Emaciated Ebony Throat led the returning Deathblade General and the Black Dwarf Star to the main hall, but he was a little speechless.
"Dear Lord Sanos, please punish your most faithful servant for disobeying your instructions and not succeeding in taking over Earth, and inflicting heavy casualties on the Great Army."
Now that he has returned, the Dead Blade General is naturally ready to be punished.
Not to mention the fact that he failed to attack the earth, not only did he not succeed in occupying the earth, but also caused heavy damage to his army.
Even if he disobeyed Thanos' orders and broke away from Loki's team without authorization and attacked Earth, it would be enough for him to endure Thanos' punishment.
"The plan to attack the Earth has failed?"
Thanos turned slowly, his purple face full of seriousness.
"Yes, Lord Sanos, the human civilization on the earth is very weak, but it is guarded by several guys with special abilities......"
The Dead Blade General looked at Thanos with a serious face, and knelt down in a panic to plead guilty.
"However, please give me another chance, give me some more time, and I will definitely be able to complete your instructions and completely occupy the earth."
The Dead Blade General knew Thanos' ruthlessness, and his men never raised idlers.
So at this time, he must prove that he still has the value of existence, otherwise......
"No need......"
However, his request was coldly rejected by Thanos.
"Lord Sanos, the Dead Blade General has underestimated the enemy for a while, please give him another chance, don't ......"
The face of the Death Blade General instantly became extremely ugly, but after all, he didn't have the courage to refute Thanos, so he could only wait for the judgment of fate.
Seeing this, Proxima Centauri suddenly knelt down with the Deathblade General and pleaded for him.
"I say no, because our next target is not the earth."
Thanos still spoke with a cold face.
After a pause, he continued: "It's Nidawi! ”
"There, I will get the supreme artifact capable of perfectly manipulating the Infinity Stones!"
Thanos suddenly stood up from the throne, picked up his weapon from the side, the double-edged broadsword, and slowly walked to the front of the battleship.
Pointing the blade in his hand at the cosmic starry sky in front of him, the whole person exuded an incomparably majestic domineering.
Then he said in a deep voice.
"The whole army will go with me!"
"Target, Nidawi!"
"Yes, great Lord Sanos, your faithful servant will always obey your commands, and your prestige will spread throughout the universe!"
Seeing that Thanos didn't seem to have the intention of punishing himself for this defeat, the Dead Blade General instantly raised his arms and shouted with Thanos with a happy face.
……
Meanwhile, just as Thanos' space fleet was heading to Nidavi.
The first large-scale battle between humans and extraterrestrial creatures, the Battle of New York came to an end.
Many superheroes with special abilities appeared in this battle, making their existence known to the whole world.
It's just that this time it successfully repelled the alien invasion.
But it also caused heavy casualties in New York City.
More importantly, let all human beings, following the last threat from outside the universe, truly see the threat from the army of extraterrestrial creatures.
This victory woke humanity up.
The earth, as well as human civilization, has long been exposed to the vision of other extraterrestrial beings in the universe.
At some point, it will endure an invasion from alien creatures.
The whole world is filled with alien panic.
The devastated New York City is undergoing post-disaster rescue and reconstruction efforts.
And the news media, in addition to promoting humanity's victory in the battle of alien invasion, is also focusing on the superheroes who played a huge role in the battle of New York.
Including Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, and the X-Men, it quickly became famous all over the world.
And the mutants, who were originally controversial, finally gained some support and praise from humans after this invasion.
The establishment of the mutant nation of Krako is finally no longer subject to the opposition of all human nations.
At this time, the civilizations on Earth were united like never before.
Of course, I don't know how long this situation will last.
……
Shortly after the end of the Battle of New York.
A figure "woke up" from the core of the sun.
"Hey, it's still a little bit worse after all!"
During this time, Peter had been in the core of the sun, shielding out all perception, as if he had fallen into a silent slumber, trying to take that important step.
It's a pity that it seems that the last step is just away, but it has become a barrier for him to break through.
"I don't know, after fusing the power of the phoenix, can I break through this last step."
Peter predicts that if he only absorbs the energy of the solar core, he will probably have to "sleep" in the solar core for more than ten years.
And fusing the power of the phoenix may accelerate his efficiency in breaking through the last step.
Even if he can't really break through, he can still have the power to destroy everything.
In an instant, Peter's figure turned into a streamer.
Soon he was back on Earth.
"Huh? How did New York City fall into ruins? ”
However, as soon as he returned to Earth, Peter discovered New York City, which was being rebuilt.
"Could it be that while I'm away, someone's home was stolen?"
Peter had some strange use of super hearing and quickly understood everything.
"Alien invasion? Zetarians? Thanos' men? ”
In an instant, Peter learned from the Battle of New York that all this was done by Thanos' men.
"This guy can't help but attack Earth so soon?"
Peter was a little strange, how could this Thanos dare to attack Earth at this time?
You must know that at this time, because of Peter's intervention, the Ancient One did not die as his original destiny trajectory.
Because of this, Peter was able to go to the core of the sun to draw energy with confidence.
After all, with the protection of the Ancient One, unless there is a cosmic-level catastrophe that can easily destroy the earth.
"Mr. Superman, you're finally back."
As Peter's figure appeared in the space station, Reed, who was studying the power of the phoenix and the cosmic storm, couldn't help but say excitedly.
"While you're leaving, aliens have attacked Earth and destroyed half of New York City......"
Then, after recovering his excitement, he told Peter about the battle of New York that had taken place in his absence.
"I know all of this, the space station hasn't been affected in any way."
Peter interrupted Reed's attempt to continue, and asked.
"Not at all, the shield system of the space station has been continuously improved to withstand the bombardment of nuclear bombs, and those alien warships will not be able to break our defenses at all!"
Speaking of this, Reed was also happy and excited.
Even he didn't expect that after their upgraded shield system, it would be able to block the attack of alien warships.
Doesn't this mean that they already have the technological strength to fight aliens?
"It's good that it's not affected."
Peter is not only afraid of how great the aliens will cause to the earth, but he is also afraid that the power of the phoenix stored in the space station will be taken away.
"You have to remember, however, that it is not weakness and ignorance that hinder human progress, but arrogance."
"Don't think that aliens are really weak, they just don't use more powerful weapons."
Peter could see that Reed seemed to be a little proud, and couldn't help but blow his pride and arrogance.
Although the alien technology in the Marvel Universe does not seem to be as powerful as in Star Wars, the Star Destroyer cannon, which can destroy a planet with a single shot.
"Mr. Superman, I understand that compared to extraterrestrial civilizations, we humans still have a long way to catch up."
Reed is not a stubborn person either, especially when it comes to Superman.
Moreover, the occurrence of this alien invasion event did make all human beings, including Reed, understand the weakness of the earth and sounded the alarm for the entire human civilization.
Just an alien warship can easily destroy a human city.
"However, this alien invasion is not entirely a bad thing, at least we can learn a lot of technology from the alien wreckage that is more advanced than Earth."
After putting away his pride, Reed said to Peter with an excited face again.
"For example, these energy guns from aliens and so on can make great progress in our human technology......"
And directly showed Peter the extraterrestrial scientific and technological achievements he was researching.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Superman, to study these ...... without your permission"
However, I remembered that Peter had asked him to obtain Peter's consent before researching any new technology.
Reed couldn't help but look at Peter with some concern.
"Okay, don't take it as an example, you can just look at these technologies and study them yourself."
Peter didn't blame Reed, he didn't value the technology from the Zetarians.
After all, Rocket Raccoon once complained that these guys were the easiest to deal with in the alien army.
"By the way, has the research on the cosmic storm and that special energy been fruitful?"
"Mr. Superman, I was about to report this to you."
At the mention of Cosmic Storm, Reed had an expression of excitement and disbelief on his face.
"It's really incredible, after that energy merges with the cosmic storm, it has the effect of allowing creatures to evolve and give them some special abilities!"
"Not only can it make creatures produce higher intelligence, but it can even allow creatures to control spiritual power, manipulate light and stealth, and incarnate their bodies into special materials......"
Reed said excitedly.
"So, can you completely separate that energy from the cosmic storm now?"
Peter's face was calm, as if he had known that it had these functions.
"Separation?"
Reed was surprised, then lost in thought.
"It's not entirely impossible to separate."
"However, the cosmic storm and that energy have been fused for tens of billions of years, and the cosmic storm has been completely contaminated with the characteristics of that special energy."
"Even if they are separated, there will be some of the properties of that energy left in the cosmic storm."
"Are you sure you want to separate it?"
Reed confirmed to Peter.
"In that case, let's separate."
"The cosmic storm is left for you to continue studying, and that special energy, I will take it with me."
Peter did not hesitate, the cosmic storm had no effect on him, only the power of the phoenix was the target of his fusion.
……
Two chapters make up for yesterday's, and the evening is more normal!
(End of chapter)