[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes":3,"chapter-marvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes-marvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes-chapter-120":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: God-Tier Talent—Infinite Critical Strikes!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1724200,2202,"Chapter 120: Galactus Arrives!","marvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes-chapter-120",120,"\u003Cp>The powerhouses of the Marvel universe were unimaginably strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Distances on a cosmic scale—ones humanity on Earth could never cross in a lifetime—were, to beings like them, nothing more than a brief trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two days ago, Galactus had still been in the Centaurus System.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In barely a day, he had already reached the outskirts of the Solar System and was no longer far from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a body as enormous as his, even if Earth's technology was inferior to that of many great empires in the cosmos, it was still capable of detecting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially S.H.I.E.L.D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent years, S.H.I.E.L.D. had suffered one blow after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First came the Battle of New York, which led to heavy doubts about its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury had no choice but to retire the Helicarriers from active service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Captain America uncovered HYDRA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, what had once been Earth's greatest organization, the massive S.H.I.E.L.D., broke apart just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a pitiful handful remained, struggling desperately to keep things together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury handed S.H.I.E.L.D. over to the agent who had returned from the dead, Phil Coulson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for himself, with the backing of the world's major nations, he established a new organization: the Extraterrestrial Civilization Observation and Response Center—better known as S.W.O.R.D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Tony Stark's technical support, plus the reverse engineering of Chitauri technology, they had finally gained the capability\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to build a massive S.W.O.R.D. installation in space—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a giant orbital base stationed outside Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its purpose was to deal with extraterrestrial threats and monitor civilizations from beyond the planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A great number of elites from all over the world had been gathered there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury was the one in charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, Fury was resting inside the base's environmental simulation room when a sudden alarm interrupted his mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery around him flickered as if the signal had gone bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had been a beachside room instantly reverted to a cramped interior space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Motherfucker, can someone tell me what the hell is going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of catastrophic disaster is important enough that you had to interrupt an old man's brief vacation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury cursed, glaring at the S.W.O.R.D. agent in front of him in obvious irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the agent paid no attention to Fury's anger at all. His pupils were rigid, his face drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fury immediately realized how serious this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S.W.O.R.D. was filled with the finest minds on Earth, people who had seen plenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of situation could make them lose their composure like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down. Tell me what happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury's voice was steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just now, we detected an anomalous signal beyond the Solar System.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our tech team analyzed it immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, we discovered that it's a black hole moving through space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It devours everything in its path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In half a day, Earth will most likely be swallowed by it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young agent could not help swallowing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Motherfucker, have you been drinking? Did you sleep your brain away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can a black hole be moving through space?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black hole was one of the most mysterious and powerful celestial objects in the universe. It was not some wandering asteroid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If black holes could move around freely, then every planet would be dragged in and crushed by that horrifying gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, under normal circumstances, it really shouldn't be able to move. But the facts say otherwise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a black hole heading straight for our planet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we don't do something, in eight hours Earth will be swallowed, and everything will vanish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent's voice had already begun to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury felt as if he had been struck by lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man as cunning and seasoned as he was suddenly felt a trace of despair rise in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the Extraterrestrial Civilization Observation and Response Center—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not some black hole emergency bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not even possess enough power to destroy the Sun, an ordinary star on the cosmic scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with a black hole far more terrifying than Earth itself, what could he possibly do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Earth really going to end like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was humanity about to become nothing more than a final, fading note in the universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury felt grief and fury well up from the depths of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Earth were to be destroyed by a powerful alien civilization, then at least he could have fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a moving black hole?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, all Nick Fury felt was deep helplessness and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Earth really about to be destroyed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth was not the only world that had detected Galactus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many major forces throughout the universe were watching that powerful monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asgard, which had relocated to Vanaheim, had also just noticed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was that other civilizations relied on instruments to observe him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asgard relied on Heimdall's eyes, which watched over the Nine Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the power of the great World Tree, his vision possessed unimaginable might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could observe every corner of the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, Heimdall had been using his sight every day to search the cosmos,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hoping to find another planet—or perhaps a pocket universe—that could carry Asgardian civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while patrolling the universe with his vision that day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he discovered Galactus drawing near to Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the man who, aside from Odin, knew more of Asgard's secrets than almost anyone else, he naturally knew what this thing was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would Galactus set his sights on Earth?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heimdall's expression turned grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Odin, King of the Gods, were still around and at the height of his power, then with the Destroyer, he might have been able to force Galactus to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now Thanos was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Nine Realms, who could possibly stop Galactus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before a being of that magnitude, no matter how many people went, they would only be throwing away their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just the Nine Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about the mighty Kree Empire, famous throughout the universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That empire, renowned for its martial power and fearsome reputation, had watched Galactus devour dozens of resource planets and five or six inhabited worlds—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and did not dare make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its vast fleets did not even have the courage to oppose him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Nine Realms, aside from Odin, who could resist him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Ancient One were here, together with that rising-star sorcerer, Heimdall still would not think highly of their chances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when Galactus was weakened by hunger, he was still a terrifying existence close to the Single-Universe level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Ancient One and that sorcerer joined forces, they still would not be his match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heimdall's heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not tell Thor the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Thor's personality, if he learned of this, he might very well go throw his life away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asgard could no longer afford that kind of loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only hope the Ancient One and that sorcerer are smart enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With their mastery over space, they should be able to save quite a few people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heimdall let out a sigh and closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the universe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>countless beings were watching this unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were excited. Some delighted in Earth's misfortune. There was no shortage of either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not a single one believed Earth could survive Galactus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[100 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Check out my Patreon to read 20+ chapters ahead]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[[email protected]\u002FZukooo]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thanks for your support!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1238,"2026-06-06T15:40:42.120Z",1,"novelbin.me","78296156a5352cbac94318357b9971d3c927331d4b77c718c46e120229c4f136","marvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes-chapter-121","marvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes-chapter-119",168,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-god-tier-talent-infinite-critical-strikes-cover.jpg"]