Chapter 3428: Midnight Sons (Part 38)

"I think that Asgard's ability to achieve today's artistic achievements is due to your system being the most critical link. Your amazing spirit of seeking outward brings you enough experience and materials, which supports your national culture..."

Loki thought about it and felt that what he said was not wrong. The conquests carried out by Odin indeed completed the original accumulation for Asgard. The powerful strength of the All-Father is the guarantee that Asgard can live in peace.

So he nodded and said: "Every Asgardian worships the All-Father. He is our monarch and our father. Under his protection, Asgard has been able to make progress in all aspects..."

"No, no, no, I don't mean Odin... not the All-Father. I mean your system is good."

"System? Do you mean monarchy?" Loki was a bit confused, not understanding what Dario was talking about.

"No, I mean, your system of constantly exploring outward, plundering resources, and enriching yourself."

Loki felt a bit embarrassed, because although Asgard doesn't discuss this issue now, most people know that this belongs to a last resort.

On the one hand, the prophecy of Ragnarok is pressing on their heads; if they don't become strong, they will die. On the other hand, it is mainly because Odin is a hot-tempered person, and the style of fighting and raising war by war also belongs to Odin's personal interest, or it belongs to the personal interest of that group of reckless people in Asgard.

They were born to love fighting and love fighting, so naturally, it was endless. But now that they have calmed down and thought about it, it is indeed not a way to keep going like that.

Therefore, when they stopped fighting outward, although many people had complaints, most people accepted the reality after a period of time. Thor's rule also became more stable.

Now that Dario brought this matter up, if his tone wasn't too sincere, Loki would have thought he was mocking.

After all, there have always been people in the interstellar society who turn over old accounts, wanting to win over various civilizations and unite to take revenge on Asgard. Thor is so busy that at least 80% of it is solving the hidden dangers brought by such people.

Loki considered it and said: "Asgard's national spirit of valuing martial arts made us not adopt peaceful means to solve problems for a long time. Although this has made us famous, war has also brought not small harm to my race..."

This is not an excuse. Don't look at Asgard being strong, but fighting for so many years hasn't been smooth sailing either. Real gods died, not only did the debt of Yggdrasil become more and more owed, but it also brought the evil result of Hela, and finally beat Odin until he had no heart, which really cannot be said to be a one-sided win.

"No, no, no." Dario waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Your race is so strong, you should rule the universe. I even think you haven't done enough. I heard there are three major empires in the universe; you haven't defeated them all yet, how can you stop?"

Loki really couldn't tell if he was mocking; is this human language?

Fortunately, Loki can be considered to have seen big scenes. He showed a very standard social smile again and said: "Asgard has never had the ambition to rule the universe. In the era of peaceful exchanges, we have also achieved not small social results..."

Dario actually made a "cut" sound and said: "How does it sound so much like those Chinese people? Sure enough, the prince is still not good. If God King Thor were here, he would definitely support my view."

Loki's fist clenched. He considers himself not a very violent person, but now he also understands Thor's way of dealing with things by punching others when he can't decide.

Now Loki is sure that this Dario is really very stupid, because pretending can't produce this feeling.

Why doesn't Asgard rule the universe? If they could do it, would they not? Would any race have the ability to rule the universe and choose not to?

"I really find it hard to imagine that there would be such a superior race as you in the universe. Powerful physical fitness, more powerful divine power, a leader who is almost invincible, no useless, dragging individual. You are simply born for victory..."

These words made Loki's mood complex.

When mentioning powerful physical fitness, you never mention the birth rate. When mentioning powerful divine power, you never mention the one-track brain. When mentioning a leader who is invincible in martial arts, you never mention his political and diplomatic ability. When mentioning that you don't have to worry about survival resources, you never mention the debt of Yggdrasil.

Looking at Dario, who was still spitting and praising Asgard, Loki became uninterested.

He had already seen that this person didn't praise Asgard; he praised a dream civilization that possessed the population of the Kree Empire, the technology of the Skrull Empire, the geographical location of the Shi'ar Empire, the individual quality of Asgard, and the upper limit of human power.

If such a civilization really existed, then what is the need for the existence of cosmic administrators like Eternity?

Loki was not without trying to interrupt Dario and provide some explanations, but the other party couldn't listen at all. He only believed in the facts he determined and didn't care what the real situation was.

As for why Asgard couldn't rule the universe, the reasons were various. In addition to the trouble of Yggdrasil, the strength of the three major empires, and the opposition of various civilizations, the main thing was their own problems.

The lifespan of the god race is too long, the breeding is too slow, and the main ethnic population is really too, too, too small. Scattering them in the universe cannot be said to be a drop in the ocean. If Asgardians are evenly distributed in every corner of the universe, then from a probabilistic point of view, the probability of encountering them is zero.

Some people might think why not learn from the Kree Empire and engage in clone army explosions. But whether it is the Kree Empire or the Skrull Empire, their individual capabilities belong to a low energy level. Even if all equipment and even the per capita frigates are counted, it is still a low energy level, which cannot be compared with the energy level of Asgard's individuals.

You can't clone the god race, so fighting other races has no advantage. But if you want to clone the god race, the efficiency is no different from the god race giving birth themselves. Where does so much energy come from to create so many high-energy individual lives?

Even if it could be created, the speed of entropy increase would definitely be very outrageous, which can simply be called a universe destruction engine.

What determines Asgard's upper limit is the upper limit of the universe. As long as there is no plan for a version update of this universe, Asgard's upper limit is here, and it is impossible to improve.

And this kind of strength is impossible to rule the universe, and it is impossible to become the fourth largest empire. Otherwise, why choose to retreat in a hurry?

Odin also saw this point at the end of the conquest and chose to let go. Otherwise, with his temper, he would have wiped out all the civilizations in the universe that were against Asgard?

Loki felt that any normal person with reason should be able to think of this point. He had even seen many similar views on the human internet.

Although the speculation about Asgard in it is not completely correct, the speculation about why Asgard doesn't go further is infinitely close to the truth, that is, the universe doesn't need a stronger Asgard.

Even ordinary netizens can see it clearly, why can't this leader among humans see it clearly? What blinded his eyes?

The next words of Dario gave him the answer.

"I think since you rule the Nine Realms, all the civilizations here can be counted as Asgard's affiliates. Earth is the same. We are even closer to you. You should choose to accept us..."

"Wait a minute." Loki really couldn't help it, he interrupted Dario and said, "Why do you think Earth would want to be Asgard's affiliate? How could Earth people think so?"

"Of course they wouldn't think so, because they didn't realize it at all. The fastest way to develop a civilization is not to fumble around there by yourself, but to let Asgard conquer Earth..."

Loki couldn't help it again, he interrupted: "Do you want Asgard to conquer Earth?"

"Yes. Actually, I'm also very strange, why don't you do this. Although the resources of the solar system are indeed not much, the location of Earth should still be quite important. If you directly rule here, the benefits you get will be much more than the harm. Human life will also get better."

"Are you serious?" Loki even felt a bit desperate, he said, "How does Asgard want to conquer Earth?"

"Don't you conquer many other civilizations? They are all more advanced than Earth and stronger than Earth people. How you conquer them is naturally how you conquer Earth."

Loki suddenly realized that this Dario didn't seem to know how strong Earth was. But this shouldn't be, logically speaking, reaching his height, information shouldn't be so blocked.

Others may not know, but Stark is always known, right? The Iron God of War is always known, right? This is something even ordinary netizens know. The documentary filmed by Eddie is very popular on major websites, and it has high-definition front shots of the Iron God of War.

Excluding factors such as Earth's specialness and the attention of cosmic administrators, just fighting the Iron God of War, Asgard doesn't have full confidence.

Because in the case of sufficient energy, the upper limit of the Iron God of War is the upper limit of Stark's imagination. The Iron God of War uses energy, but Asgard has to use the lives of the god race to fill it. There are not many people in the first place, and even if one dies, it is a pure loss.

"I know, you will definitely encounter some obstacles. Those superheroes who think they are for the good of humanity will desperately stop you. But this is useless at all. Because most humans are very weak, and he will be bound by them. As long as you have the determination to destroy Earth, they won't dare to do anything to you."

Loki has completely stopped understanding what he means. He said: "You mean we can use the weak individuals among humans to threaten superheroes, so that we can rule Earth?"

"Yes, that's it!"

"But have you ever thought about why Earth is still human's, not some other powerful civilization's?"

"Because you are protecting Earth," Dario spread his hands and said, "The Nine Realms are your territory. Other powerful civilizations can't get in. How to rule Earth?"

Loki was speechless for a moment; good guy, his logic actually closed the loop.

Then he thought carefully about the possibility of this operation succeeding, and then found that this was a problem that had been solved by mages thousands of years ago.

Demon gods want to invade Earth, but mages don't allow it. The method mages took was, although we can't beat you, we can beat ordinary people. If you insist on coming in, we will pull ordinary people to die together, and in the end, everyone gets nothing.

But the premise of doing so is that the demon god really needs Earth. But Asgard doesn't need Earth.

There are no important resources on Earth that Asgard can use, the place is too small for the god race to live, and the location itself is too remote, almost to the 12th ring. Even if you add an engine and drive it, the paint is not cool enough. What do they want Earth for?

But if Asgard needed Earth for even a little bit, Odin wouldn't have treated Midgard as a place of exile for thousands of years, throwing all kinds of messy garbage here, and even throwing Thor here when he caused trouble.

Loki put forward this question of his very sincerely. Dario said with a matter-of-fact look: "Bringing civilization progress to every civilization in your ruling area is your responsibility. Don't you want to save those ordinary Earth people who are still struggling to survive?"

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