Chapter 3135

In the imperial palace hall of the Shi'ar Empire, the atmosphere was incomparably oppressive and dull. Empress Lilandra no longer had the sleepy and perfunctory look she once had during morning court, but was cold-faced and imposing.

"What exactly is going on?" Her tone was very light, but no one dared to respond.

The fleet had long been destroyed, and no one knew how these five main ships went to the Skrulls' territory, so she could naturally shift the blame and ask what others in the hall had done.

After a long while, a noble finally stood out, bowed, and said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to care about past losses. The Skrulls are so arrogant, we must teach them a lesson!"

As soon as he said this, many people stood out to echo him, but the Empress knew she couldn't agree so easily, so she opened her mouth again: "You speak lightly! Wanting to save face is easier said than done, and you want to declare war on the New Skrull Empire?!"

"I think we can!" Another taller noble stood out and said: "They were the ones who struck first. Why can't we retaliate?!"

"Confused!" The Empress said in a deep voice: "The current cosmic situation is stable, and it is a great time to do business. The national treasury's income has just improved, and you want to fight a war? What certainty do you have?!"

"Your Majesty, I have a word." Another younger noble stood out and said: "The Kree Empire and the New Skrull Empire are at odds. If we declare war on the Skrulls, they will definitely not sit idly by and will definitely provide help."

"That's right, the Kree Empire has deep hatred for the Skrull Empire. If we take action, the Supreme Intelligence will definitely beat the drowning dog..."

The Empress frowned deeply, seemingly not agreeing with this proposal, but the nobles below were talking one after another, having a bit of the momentum of 600,000 against 800,000, with the advantage on their side.

Thanos walked through the long, dark corridor and walked to his seat in the Lower House chamber. As soon as his butt touched the chair, he heard a long sigh beside him.

"What's wrong? Councilor Vissel?"

"What else could be wrong? The Skrulls don't know what kind of wind they've caught, but they actually wiped out a Shi'ar Empire fleet! The Shi'ar Empire won't swallow this breath."

"Is the emergency meeting for this?"

"What else could it be? It's easy for us to say, but you, the head of the security department, are going to suffer a lot later!"

"How so?"

"What else can I say? The two of them want to fight, and we can't stop them, but we can't do nothing. It's nothing more than mediation. But look at this scene now, who can go to mediate?"

Thanos put on a contemplative state. Sure enough, soon the Speaker said: "Director Thanos, what is your opinion on the candidate for mediation?"

Thanos tidied his clothes, stood up, and said: "I think it's better to let humans go."

"What?!"

"I said, let the humans of Midgard in the Nine Realms go!"

There was an uproar below the stage.

The blue-skinned Speaker frowned, his mind turned a few times, and the discussion sounds below the stage gradually weakened. Immediately after, echoing sounds rose one after another.

This was an open conspiracy because humans were indeed very suitable for mediation.

First of all, humans themselves were particularly weak. 99% of the races present could kill an individual of this fragile race with one punch, although some were strong, most humans were dragging their feet.

This civilization wasn't particularly advanced either, and basic science would take at least a few hundred years to develop to the stage of cosmic colonization.

Earth's location was also particularly remote. Whichever of the three great empires wanted to launch a long-distance expedition to Earth would be a massive mobilization of troops, wasting money and manpower.

But Earth happened to have a group of strong people covering it. Apart from those Asgardians, mutants also came out of Earth, and humans themselves also had strong people.

This meant that the human race wouldn't pose any threat to the universe for a while, wouldn't squeeze any resources, and occasionally a few would ascend to the interstellar stage, but they couldn't pull their own civilization along.

What is the purpose of fighting for power in the court? Isn't it for one's own family? It's the same when changed to the universe. Fighting for power in the Interstellar Alliance is to help one's own civilization grab resources.

But humans haven't reached the step of grabbing resources yet. Although the potential is indeed quite strong, at least they can develop to the step of cosmic colonization, but they haven't yet, so letting humans stand out on the interstellar political stage is better than letting people of other races stand out.

And although humans are relatively down-and-out themselves, their relatives are strong, and their good brothers are one more capable of fighting than the other. They have also produced many strong people, which can be considered enough to hold the field and not be looked down upon by the three great empires.

Isn't this an excellent candidate for mediation?

If successful, it's nothing more than one or two humans having merit, and arranging a leisure position for them is enough, at most giving some eliminated technology. If not successful, it doesn't affect anyone's face. When others are sent to mediate later and it's not successful, there will be a precedent, so it won't be shameful.

Everyone was discussing and discussing, and they were about to decide on this matter, but Thanos said: "Although I think humans are suitable, I don't have any specific candidates. Which civilization of yours has a closer relationship with humans..."

"Eh, what you said is not right, Thanos. I remember you seem to have a closer relationship with Asgard, right? Since the candidate was proposed by you, it should naturally be communicated by you."

"Yes, yes, handing such an important task to a planetary civilization, they must be grateful, and this good news must be reported by you..."

"I think so too. It's better for you to go. None of us know humans."

Listening to them talking one after another, Thanos sneered in his heart. Isn't it just worrying that handing such a difficult job to humans will anger Asgard? A bunch of cowards.

After the meeting dispersed, Thanos still had to keep a straight face and pretend to be depressed. When he returned to his office, Loki had already brought Nick to wait for him.

Nick let out a long breath and said: "Thank you, brother. I finally don't have to attend that damn wedding rehearsal. We have released balloons in the same place more than 20 times today..."

Thanos walked up and shook hands with him, then said: "Director, I believe in your ability. Letting you come over for training was just..."

Nick waved his hand and said: "I understand. Moreover, I do need to understand some knowledge about civilization interaction. How about this, you take me to your finance department to have a look first..."

"Finance department? Why not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?"

Nick had an expression of "you don't understand this," with his hands behind his back, and said: "Diplomacy is all perfunctory and polite empty words. Only real security expenditures can show who is not a simple character."

Thanos deeply agreed. Sure enough, someone who could firmly control the Time Variance Authority was naturally not simple.

Thanos took Nick and walked out. Loki was winking at him fiercely from the side, her eyes blinking until she was almost blind.

But unfortunately, Thanos was a giant, much taller than a human, and Loki, as a female, wasn't that tall. She made expressions for a long time, but Thanos didn't see them at all.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Loki sighed deeply. The King of Hell wants you to die at the third watch, and I can't keep you until the fifth watch. I hope your steps to the finance department can still be so brisk later.

The Shi'ar Empire still declared war on the New Skrull Empire.

Schiller was almost the last one to know this news, and at the same time, he learned from Loki that Nick had become the mediator of the war between the two great empires.

He spat out a mouthful of water on the spot.

When he learned that this was actually Thanos's suggestion, and that Thanos had also let Nick train in the security department for two days, he almost choked himself to death.

Schiller letting the two great empires fight was actually just to stir up the water, so he could take the opportunity to pull out a few radishes, and then press human superheroes like Captain America, who had no strategic deterrence in terms of military power but had diplomatic and political minds, into the radish pit of interstellar politics.

But Nick wasn't going to pull radishes. He was more like the black bear spirit who stole the cassock, aiming to steal the house deed of the farm owner and then sell the farm.

Under Schiller's operation, the two great empires might fight a long-lasting war, occasionally having some small loss of control, leading to some personnel vacancies, but it wouldn't completely subvert the current cosmic situation.

But Nick really wanted the three great empires to die, and he would definitely let them list him as the sole heir to their legacy before they died.

Schiller hurriedly sent a message to Nick, telling him to restrain himself. Before humans truly became strong, the three great empires must not die.

But soon he discovered that his vision was a bit too long-term. Nick wasn't eyeing the three great empires at all, but the security department in Thanos's hands.

Schiller took another deep breath. Without human support, it would be difficult for Nick to deal with the three great empires, but it was simple to deal with the security department of the Interstellar Alliance.

Upon learning that Nick had already persuaded Thanos that as long as he mediated and made initial progress, he would let Thanos arrange a position for him in the finance department of the security department, Schiller really wanted to pry open Thanos's purple brain and see how many tons of water were inside.

Then Schiller called Loki again, questioning her why she didn't stop Thanos. Loki was also helpless. Was this something she could stop?

Schiller wasn't worried that Nick would do something to anger Thanos after taking charge of the finance department, causing his two chess pieces to fight each other, but he was worried that if Thanos discovered Nick's talent in this area, he would directly choose to collude.

Schiller had no doubt that in terms of moral bottom line, Thanos and Nick were on par. Once Thanos discovered what Nick was doing, not only would he not stop it, but he would immediately transform into a bigger rat and gnaw the foundation of the Interstellar Alliance empty with Nick.

Nick would definitely use the resources he obtained for humans, but once Thanos had enough resources, he would definitely restart his dream of being the overlord of the universe.

Schiller was releasing balloons at the wedding scene while thinking about whether it was worth it to strengthen Thanos while getting more resources for Earth. Regardless, the candidate for mediation couldn't be changed, and he could only take action himself when necessary.

Thanos was drinking tea in his office. His secretly developed informant was reporting the situation of the mediation to him. Upon hearing that Nick had accepted a bribe from the Shi'ar Empire, he just smiled slightly.

This kind of thing was too normal. Although the Shi'ar Empire wouldn't withdraw its troops, giving the mediator some face and letting them say a few words for themselves during mediation was also a normal process. And to make these few words sound better, naturally, support from some external objects was needed.

A "lubrication fee," those who understand, understand.

But the next second, Thanos was stunned.

"... You said how much did he receive?!!!"

"Three... three hundred million general coins!"

"Pfft!!!"