Chapter 1341: The Mystery of the Feast (Part 8)

"The Titan race has long become the past, and the former glory of the Eternal race may still be seen in some relics on Earth."

When Thanos's low voice echoed in the palace, the edges of the echo carried a metallic tremor, adding a few more epic feelings.

"Returning to reincarnation is the destiny of all powerful races in the universe. They must pay the price for their strength. Humans are weak but lucky. You have not been given power that cannot be refused by anyone, so naturally, there is no destiny that cannot be escaped."

Afterwards, he changed the subject and said: "In any case, I have cleared a big obstacle for humanity to enter the universe."

Thanos's tone was light as if he were joking, but if you think about his deeds of destroying the Titan race with his own hands, it seems very crazy.

There are not only natural mental patients in the human race in this world, but also in the Titans. Thanos is obviously the most well-known crazy Titan in the universe. He destroyed his own race and home planet with his own hands, and to this day, he still feels pleasure for his behavior.

Schiller remembers the description of Thanos's childhood in the comics. From the perspective of the comics, Thanos was seduced by the Goddess of Death from childhood, and step by step grew from a lonely boy who couldn't bear to dissect animals to a terrible race-destroying madman.

But if viewed from the perspective of a psychologist, the woman who suddenly appeared in Thanos's field of vision and guided him to make various cruel behaviors is more like a fantasy partner common to mental patients.

In the cases of mental illness, examples of fantasy partners inducing people to commit violent acts are everywhere. It can be said that almost all fantasy partners of mental patients are the embodiment of pain, chaos, and confusion in their spirits. Such negative imagination naturally will not urge people to do anything good.

Some details in the comics further confirm this. For example, Thanos was born with purple skin and was different from other Titan race members. His mother couldn't accept that she had given birth to a monster, became crazy, and was finally imprisoned.

Because his appearance was different from other Titan race members, Thanos was discriminated against and bullied from childhood. His father was too busy and didn't care about him at all. Even if Thanos wanted to tell him excitedly that he had made a new friend, what he got was only the lowest degree of perfunctory.

His mother's sudden madness may not be an accident, but hereditary mental illness. Thanos did not receive timely treatment and was excluded, and was in a state of mental stimulation all year round, so the fantasy partner became his only comfort.

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

Perhaps there is more than one embodiment of death, perhaps the death that seduced Thanos and the death Schiller saw in the death kingdom are not the same, but there is no doubt that Thanos has long been crazy, very thoroughly, and basically cannot be saved.

But Schiller still follows that principle. As long as the patient is not in pain, there is no need to treat it. As for the harm that madness will bring, there are naturally other means to deal with it.

So, Schiller intended to change the subject. He remembered the words Thanos asked him before, so his fingertips rubbed lightly on the edge of the dinner knife, and he asked after deliberation: "You asked me before whether humanity has begun to pay attention to Uranus. Since the Titan race has long been destroyed, why do you care which planet humans pay attention to?"

"It's not that I care, but yesterday a human found me and asked about Uranus and Saturn. I thought it was some relics left on it that interfered with your development of planets."

Schiller frowned slightly, raised his head to look into Thanos's eyes, and spat out a name: "Tony Stark?"

"He calls himself Iron Man." Thanos said while picking food on the plate: "He is a very strange human. In my opinion, half of him is intense light, and half is boundless darkness."

"I know he is not easy to mess with, so I can only tell the history of the Eternal race and the Titan race. However, he doesn't seem to care much about whether the Titan race has relics left in the universe."

"He looks like a scientist. I thought he would want to study the technology in those relics. However, he is more interested in some mysterious historical legends."

"For example?"

"For example, the origin of the Eternal race." Thanos paused and said: "It's a pity that I am not a historian. I was born on Titan. As for the history of the Eternal race on Earth, I am afraid I don't know as much as the Sorcerer Supreme."

"Is this how you answered him?"

Thanos nodded, ate a piece of food on the plate, and said: "Oh, by the way, he is also interested in one thing..."

Thanos deliberately dragged a long tone, 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 are dancing in the interstellar society and planning, your Pope is not lazy either. Regarding our future direction, I also have some immature little suggestions."

"Feel free to speak."

"As everyone knows, you are now a popular person in the field of interstellar security. This responsibility cannot be said to be important, but it is very precious. The price is that you must spend a lot of time maintaining your reputation. Once your sign of maintaining interstellar security is smashed, then there is nothing left."

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

"After all, a hero who swears to maintain interstellar security suddenly manipulates his own civilization to launch wars of aggression against other civilizations, which will definitely attract the condemnation of most civilizations."

"But predatory growth and public image just can't be had both." Thanos said very calmly: "But the purpose of my maintaining public image is also to make myself stronger. If plundering can achieve this goal faster, then I can naturally abandon public opinion."

"Why can't you have both?"

Thanos was stunned, then shook his head and said: "Such an idea is too naive. Just as you said, when the interstellar society is an orderly society, aggression is evil. Even the three major empires that maintain the stability of their own territory will not allow emerging civilizations to mess around."

Thanos continued to lower his head to cut meat, and said slowly: "Although the Dark Quadrant is not in the center of the interstellar society, this also has advantages. If I launch a war, the core hub of the three major empires will not respond very quickly. I won't lose if I exchange time for space."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, right? You intend to launch a war directly after getting the territory and resources?"

"Of course not. Although the strategy of blitzkrieg has been tested countless times in the interstellar society, many civilization leaders ignored a big problem when implementing this tactic, which led to their final failure."

"Oh, what is that?"

"The key to blitzkrieg lies in achieving overwhelming superiority in a short time. Many generals have a misunderstanding, thinking that they must be strong enough to crush the opposite side in a short time, but I don't think so."

Thanos shook his head and said: "I prefer when the opposite side is weak or falls into chaos. This tactic can achieve the best effect. Winning against the strong with strength, no matter how well arranged, has risks. Winning against the weak with strength, even if there is an accident, there is enough fault tolerance space."

"I won't be so arrogant as to think that every one of my strategies can be perfectly executed without accidents. Since that's the case, instead of constantly making myself stronger, it's better to think of ways to make the other side weaker, or just like you said, have both, double-pronged."

Schiller picked up the wine glass and covered his expression, but Thanos wanted to know what Schiller's suggestion was, but he also knew how greedy Schiller was. If he didn't play a hole card first, Schiller wouldn't speak.

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

"The location of the Dark Quadrant is indeed good, the biggest advantage lies in... close to the edge star area of the Shi'ar Empire."

"I'm afraid searching for the Queen's soul within the Nine Realms won't have any results." A voice came from the edge of the dance floor.

Thanos walked over with a wine glass and said: "Did you forget that the Shi'ar Empire also has a god system inheritance? The Emperor or Queen of the Shi'ar Empire needs to swear faith to the Shi'ar Twin Gods when succeeding to the throne."

In the banquet hall, Hela, whose hands were wrapped in the aura of death, remained silent, just turning her head slightly to look at Thanos who walked over.

"Your Highness Hela, even if your power comes from death, it still carries the mark of Asgard. If you touch the soul of a believer of another god system, it will inevitably cause misunderstanding of the Shi'ar god system, right?"

"Is this the time to worry about such things?!

"A high-pitched tone sounded. Everyone looked at the husband lying beside the Queen's corpse. He said with a painful expression: "We must find the murderer who killed the Queen as soon as possible and avenge her!... Your Highness Hela, please hurry up, what if the Queen's soul encounters any danger?"

"No, Your Highness Hela, you cannot do it." Another younger voice sounded. Everyone's eyes turned to one side, and then they found that the one who spoke was a young guard soldier standing behind the husband of the Shi'ar Queen.

He cleared his throat and said: "The Shi'ar Twin Gods are a couple. They have equal power and share power, so they value loyalty very much, and so is faith. If the Queen's soul is polluted by the divine power of other god systems, I am afraid she will be abandoned by the Shi'ar Twin Gods."

Schiller saw the muscles on the husband's mouth, who was bowing his head, tighten. It seemed that he wanted to continue to howl, but Thanos said again: "I think, as the monarch of the Shi'ar Empire, the Queen must want to set an example for her people and maintain pious faith, even if she dies, she must ensure the purity of her soul. This is what a monarch should do."

"A pious believer, whether alive or dead, absolutely cannot accept being abandoned by the god he believes in." Thanos walked up and looked down at the husband, saying: "You, as her husband, must be able to carry out your wife's will, right?"

"But..."

"Or is it that, in fact, your faiths are different, and you are not as pious as the Queen in believing in the gods of the Shi'ar Empire, so naturally you don't care whether your wife's soul is polluted?"

Everyone on the field was silent. Once it involves the issue of faith, no one can be so certain. If someone proposes now, regardless of whether the Queen's soul will be polluted by Asgardian divine power, she must be found back, and then she must be resurrected.

Then, what if the Shi'ar Queen really angered her god after resurrection, and she blamed others because of her impurity? Wouldn't the person who proposed this countermeasure have to face the anger of the head of one of the three major empires?

Everyone neither wants to bear this kind of anger themselves, nor do they know that they have no position to force others to take this risk.

So, the atmosphere in the field became silent again, but at this time, Schiller focused his gaze on the young guard who had spoken before. ===== CHAPTER 1342 =====