Chapter 1565

By tracing the remnants of celestial movements left within the universe, the group finally summarized the cause of this accident, which can be roughly summarized as—

The Skrull Empire's Infinity-class warship was destroyed by the Zerg, lost control, and slammed into a planet; the planet slammed into a Shi'ar Empire warship; the portal on the Shi'ar warship exploded, was slammed into by a cosmic demon god, and the blasted-away cosmic demon god slammed into a Zerg brood mother; the Zerg brood mother slammed into an Asgardian general who was hacking away at it; and the Asgardian general slammed into a neutron star...

The group was silent. Peter was the first to sigh and said, "Forget it, let's find another spaceship. At the very least, we should transport the corpse of this Zerg back to Earth first."

After saying this, he looked up and scanned his surroundings, only to discover that the Skrull Empire warship that had initially lost control was floating quietly around the star. For some unknown reason, the terrifying Zerg had not torn this ship to pieces but had instead left it abandoned here.

"Doom believes we should head to that ship. Doom has the ability to repair it until it is as good as new," Doom said in his usual indifferent tone.

"It seems that's the only way," Shiler sighed.

Peter, however, raised an eyebrow. As the person present most familiar with Shiler, he noticed that Dr. Shiler seemed a bit off. Shiler also turned his head to look at him and said, "Your intuition is correct. That Dr. Shiler has gone to assist Professor X with treatment; you had best not count on me."

Banner and Otto both looked at Shiler with some surprise. They completely disbelieved that Shiler would actually say something like "don't count on me." Even though they hadn't dealt with Shiler much, they knew that Shiler would prefer the whole world to count on him.

"I am speaking the truth," Shiler sighed again and said, "There are differences even among Shilers. Although I am not very weak, but..."

Just then, the life-support bracelet on Otto's wrist beeped twice. Otto raised his hand to check it and said, "My life-support device is running out of energy. Let's find a place with oxygen-generating equipment first."

Shiler used the gray mist to carry them toward the Skrull Empire warship. Before entering, he first used gray mist factors to scout around, and after discovering there was no danger, the group landed on the deck.

The ship's propulsion system was not damaged, only the transmission components had lost control. Doom and Peter discovered after some inspection that it could be repaired, but Banner discovered something was wrong.

"Judging by the extent of the damage to this warship, it is impossible for the Skrull Empire soldiers to have abandoned the ship and fled. And why didn't that group of bugs stay behind to completely devour the ship? They eat everything..."

At this moment, looking through the porthole, Otto frowned as he stared at the sun not far away, seemingly having discovered something. His expression then changed, and he shouted to the others, "Quick, leave here! Shiler, hurry and take us away!"

!

"What's wrong?" Peter turned his head to look at him and asked.

"The sun is about to explode!

Hurry!

!

"

Just as Otto's shout faded, Shiler discovered that the starlight, which had previously radiated warmth, was gradually beginning to turn cold. The glowing sphere shining in space began to shift from warm colors to silver-white; this was the exact precursor to a supernova explosion.

In an instant, the gray mist spread out once more. Shiler carried the group and flew toward the outer reaches of the star system. By the time they had completely flown out of this star system, the brilliant silver-white light had already rippled outward. Another star had reached the end of its lifespan.

"It must be that the Skrull Empire hit the star while fighting that group of bugs, destroying the internal structure of the star and accelerating the speed of its evolution. They knew they couldn't fix the ship's damage in a short time, and with the external shields damaged, they couldn't resist the power of the sun's explosion, which is why they evacuated urgently."

The group silently watched this magnificent firework display from a small asteroid on the outskirts of the star system. Shiler said, "I'm afraid I must introduce myself to you all. I am actually..."

"Don't say it, Doctor. I just saw that there are actually quite a few shipwrecks near this star system. We can go pick up some spare parts and piece one together ourselves, right, Dr. Doom?"

Peter turned to look at Doom, but Doom, looking at the asteroid beneath his feet, said, "Doom can make a planetary engine, and with an external shield, we can directly pilot this asteroid and leave here."

Peter nodded, feeling that what he said made sense. Otto and Banner both felt there was no problem. Shiler wanted to open his mouth to say something, but Peter had already begun to act.

Both Peter and Doom could operate in space in their normal states; Peter relied mainly on the symbiote Red Bee within him, while Doom relied on his mechanical armor. But Banner and Otto could only maintain basic survival and had no mobility.

Therefore, Peter and Doom split into two groups to search for wreckage parts that might be useful, while Shiler took Banner and Otto to search in another direction. The group agreed to gather back on the asteroid once they had searched for engine parts.

Half an hour later, the group, having split into three, all looked at each other empty-handed. They had found every ship part around the entire star system—except for the engine.

If there had been even one person in this team who wasn't a scientist, they surely would have started complaining long ago. But as it happened, the scientists in this team not only possessed superb academic levels but had also suffered through hardships; their specialty was "three hundred to enter the shop, internet cafe downstairs."

No ready-made ones? It doesn't matter, everything can be made on the spot. Who doesn't know how to hand-craft a spaceship engine?

A quality that any good scientist must possess is not fearing failure, because on the road of scientific research, failures are far more numerous than successes. All scientists who have made a name for themselves on this road possess perseverance beyond the ordinary, daring to face countless failures, and never fearing starting over.

Under normal circumstances, this is a good quality, but in a person's life, one will always encounter some not-so-normal situations.

"Boom! Crackle!"

"Cough, cough... cough, cough, cough... What the hell, what is going on here?!"

"

Peter coughed hard twice and waved his hand in front of his face to disperse the black smoke spitting out of his mouth. He stared at the engine that had just operated for a few seconds before exploding into two halves, completely unable to figure it out.

"Doom believes there is a problem with the magnetic field on this planet," Doom concluded, and said, "Because apart from the test site issue, no problems regarding production could be identified. Our design logic and practical methods are all correct."

"I think, how about we just..."

"Wait, what is that?" Banner frowned as he looked into the distance. He saw some shining red dots at the end of the pitch-black cosmic space.

"It's the eyes of those damn bugs! They've returned, we have to get out of here!" Peter looked at the parts on the ground with some helplessness, but he was not the least bit discouraged.

"Sorry, Doctor, I'm afraid I have to trouble you again." Peter clearly didn't care about what Shiler had said earlier about Shilers being different, but still viewed Shiler as a whole.

Shiler tried to explain several times but failed. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly and said, "Alright, let's go."

Shiler transformed into gray mist again and carried the group to escape the clutches of the Zerg who had returned. Peter, Doom, and the Hulk within Banner all had the ability to fight the Zerg, but the primary problem they needed to solve now was to recharge their life-support items while ensuring the integrity of the Zerg corpse in their hands.

They did find a way to recharge the life-support items: just find a normal star system and bask in the sun for a while. The corpse was also preserved quite intact, without suffering any damage.

The only problem was that on their journey across several star systems, they simply could not find a single spaceship that could be started or materials that could be used to build one.

The entire way relied on Shiler carrying them as they flew. Every time they landed on a planet, they couldn't stay for long due to accidents like sudden star explosions, sudden meteorite impacts, sudden crustal ruptures, sudden satellite orbital deviations, sudden Zerg attacks, or weapons suddenly missing their targets, forcing them to transfer quickly in a short time.

After finally finding another planet, Shiler finally couldn't hold on anymore. He leaned one hand on a protruding stone pillar on the planet's crust and put the other on his hip, panting heavily as he said, "I really can't fly anymore."

Peter looked at him with some disbelief. Shiler shook his head and explained, "The gray mist isn't tired, but I am very tired. Mainly, I'm mentally tired."

At this, the others all looked at him in shock. Shiler sighed deeply and said, "I already said I'm not greedy for money and not life-risking. I just want to find a place to stay peacefully. I..."

"Hum—hum—"

A sharp trembling sensation arrived. Peter's spider-sense went wild. As soon as he turned his head, he saw two humanoid Zerg jump out from a deep purple portal in the space behind him.

The one leading them possessed green skin, antennae on its head, and wings on its back; it was clearly Annihilus, the culprit behind this Annihilation Zerg invasion.

"Those damn demon gods... forget it, I'll settle the score with them later. Let's first... Humans??!"

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"Prepare for battle!" Peter shouted.

Shiler had to turn into gray mist again, but watching Peter and Doom flying over with fluid movements, and Banner and Otto poised on the surface to provide cover, he couldn't help but ask in his heart, "Gray Mist, how do I usually fight?"

"You don't usually fight," Gray Mist answered very straightforwardly.

"Then how do you usually fight?"

"I don't usually fight either."

Shiler was speechless. Gray Mist said in his heart again, "But I have seen that Shiler who is very good at fighting. Why don't you learn from him?"

"How does he fight?"

"No matter what he encounters, he just goes up and slashes."

"Alright, I'll try."

In an instant, the drifting gray mist retracted to Shiler's vicinity, forming an extremely dense mist around his body. Shiler exerted force instantly, flashing in front of Annihilus at an extremely high speed that was difficult for the naked eye to capture.

A massive blade of light composed of gray mist slashed toward Annihilus like a crescent moon. Annihilus turned his head and flexibly vibrated his wings to dodge to the side.

Shiler was indeed trying his best to fight, and Gray Mist was cooperating with him as much as possible, but neither of them had considered one problem: what to do if the slash missed.

After the massive blade of light was dodged by Annihilus, it showed no intention of turning or disappearing, slashing straight toward the portal Annihilus had just jumped out of.

Annihilus was terrified. Before the syllable "No" could escape his lips, the moment the massive blade of light, compressed and condensed from gray mist factors, struck the portal, the spatial explosion caused by the imbalance of the dimensional transport structure instantly swept across the entire star system.

Endless ripples spread out. At both ends of the portal, the cosmic demon gods, Annihilus and the Greed-possessed, Doctor Doom, Spider-Man, and even Banner and Otto, who were staying on the planetary surface, couldn't even let out a scream before being blasted away by the massive explosion.

Shiler, the only one not blasted away, looked at the now empty cosmic space around him and said somewhat uncertainly.

"I guess this counts as me winning... right?"