Chapter 3700: Doomsday (Part 4)

Thor hadn't had this dizzy feeling of being punched in the head for many years. The last time he had this feeling was when he was hit by the main gun of a Kree Empire warship, captured by the gravity of a neutron star, and finally thrown into a black hole.

So when he saw a few small black shadows flying over from afar, he subconsciously assumed a combat posture. When he realized what he was doing, he couldn't help but feel a bit ashamed. But he didn't expect the generals and ministers around him to react even more strongly, each of them already starting to protect themselves with divine power.

DAMN, THERE ARE LUNATICS!!!

What kind of decent civilization drives its own mother planet around?! Odin was already the most radical of radicals in the universe, and even he led fleets out to fight, at most using the Bifrost to jump in their faces. He didn't throw the Immortal Palace in someone's face!

Why was this terrifying? Because everyone knew that for a civilization, the mother planet was the most important thing, and its significance as a spiritual symbol far outweighed its value as a celestial body.

It was similar to: when countries were at war, if they only fought at the border, no matter how you put it, it was just a regional conflict; but if you bombed someone's capital, it was a fight to the death.

The fall of the capital meant the demise of the nation. At that point, regardless of age or gender, everyone had to fight for their lives. If you won, you could catch your breath; if you lost, the dynasty would change. Interstellar civilizations were the same; once the fighting reached the mother planet, there was absolutely no possibility of the war stopping. The Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire had been entangled for over a thousand years, and they were still far from each other's home base.

What did Earth's move amount to? I want to go to war with you, but instead of probing at the border, fighting sieges along the way, or engaging in tug-of-war battles, I threw my capital directly in your face. As soon as the war started, it turned into a capital defense battle.

Just ask yourself if you're going to attack my capital. If you don't, I'll dance around above your head; if you dare to attack, well, you've already reached my capital, and it's about to enter the mode of national extinction, so I'm going to fight for my life.

Although it sounded a bit absurd, this move might actually be very useful. Because although most ordinary people were weak, you couldn't handle the few who were exceptionally strong!

When Earth was fine, people were there every day researching national conflicts, ethnic conflicts, and racial conflicts. Those powerful super-powered individuals also had their own positions, and their internal friction was enough to exhaust their energy.

But now Earth had been hit by someone else. Unless you were a total anti-human traitor, everyone would contribute some effort. Once this group of people united to contribute, then someone was going to suffer.

In the universe, there were many who could completely destroy Earth, but there wasn't a single one who could destroy Earth and not be retaliated against by the insane Earthlings until they themselves were destroyed. Even the three great empires wouldn't be able to handle it: the Shi'ar Empire with one slap, the Skrull Empire with two, and the Kree Empire with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Essentially, the name "Avengers" was not misnamed at all.

In this situation, basically no one dared to forcibly take action against Earth. However, since the Milky Way was in a very remote place, the probability of not taking the initiative to act but being accidentally affected was very low. If I can't afford to offend you, can't I hide?

Now they really couldn't hide.

Who could have imagined that Earth would grow legs and run? And it wasn't the low-level running-away method driven by chemical fuel, but a direct planetary jump—a jump-in-the-face mode similar to the Bifrost, fast, convenient, and pollution-free.

This was no longer a matter of you rushing over to kick a broken house; it was you walking properly on the side of the road when a broken house suddenly teleported in front of you, you accidentally bumped into it, and then a group of strong men rushed out of the house and beat you up.

DAMN, SOMEONE IS SETTING ME UP!!!

The current Asgardians had this exact feeling. From Thor to Loki, from military officers to civil officials, their faces were all fearfully written with "DON'T COME OVER HERE!!!"

Back then, they followed Odin to conquer the universe, and no matter how hard the bone was to chew, they had never let these tough guys show a look of fear. This could be considered the first time since the beginning of time.

The people flying over were precisely Strange, Captain America, and Charles. For the first time, Thor and Loki didn't want to face these old friends, but the reception posture had already been set, so they had to bite the bullet and face them. You said the door to the house had already been opened, and the person coming in had just fallen into a dung pit, you still had to let them in for a meal before they left.

Loki first let out a long sigh, then took a deep breath, tried his best to show a smile, walked up and shook hands with Strange—he didn't even know he had such great hand strength—and smiled at him: "Welcome. Long time no see, Sorcerer Supreme. May I take the liberty to ask if the model of the cosmic spacecraft you are riding today is... a bit too unique?"

Thor and a group of Asgardian generals were a bit unable to hold it together; the muscles on Sif's face twitched, and Heimdall had already started covering his face.

"It's like this," Strange said, "After internal discussion on Earth, it was agreed that Midgard, as a part of the Nine Realms, naturally also has to contribute to the safety of the Nine Realms. In order not to waste Asgard's military resources, we feel that a more concentrated defensive posture should be adopted, concentrating the main forces around Asgard, so as to better guard against foreign enemies. What do you think?"

"Put that way, it's not entirely unreasonable." Loki bit the bullet and said, "But... isn't it a bit too concentrated?"

"You can rest assured about that," Strange continued, "In the coming period, Earth will use the Earth-Moon system as a template, orbiting Asgard as a satellite. We will maintain a safe distance and will absolutely not affect the safety of the two planets."

"But..." Loki started brainstorming, "What about the solar system? If Earth is gone, what about the solar system's gravity?"

"Through accurate analysis and calculation by scientists, Earth's gravity has little effect on other celestial bodies. My side has already had professionals conduct a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the gravity and electromagnetic waves within the solar system, and adjustments were made before Earth set sail."

"And, and what about Earth itself? The oceans on your planet should rely on the Moon's gravity for tidal movements, right?"

"So we brought the Moon too." Strange turned his head and pointed. Following the direction he pointed, Thor and Loki saw the mages directly open a portal above Earth, Magneto was responsible for pulling the Moon, and a group of Chinese mutants were waving flags there, adjusting the orbit like directing a car reversing.

Loki couldn't help but cover his forehead—how could he have forgotten? A long time ago, the mages' portals had already expanded to accommodate things as big as the Moon. The Moon didn't need to run with Earth at all; once Earth arrived, they could just open a portal and transport it over.

"What about the Sun?" Thor couldn't help but say, "Asgard doesn't have a Sun, but Earth's ecosystem needs the Sun. You didn't bring the Sun too, did you?!!"

"The natural Sun wasn't brought, after all, it still has to supply power to the Mercury base. But we brought portable artificial suns, just like the natural Sun, generating radiation through nuclear fusion, naturally capable of supplying Earth with sufficient ultraviolet rays."

As soon as he finished speaking, Thor and Loki saw a ball of light rising from the Asian continent on Earth.

This ball of light wasn't actually big, and naturally couldn't be compared to the stellar Sun, but it was close! The day-night cycle generated by Earth revolving around the Sun could also be generated by the micro-sun revolving around Earth.

"But what about the temperature? Such a sun shouldn't be enough to provide comprehensive heating for Earth, right?"

"So we brought more than one."

As soon as he finished speaking, they saw the place where the sun was previously launched "bang bang bang bang bang" like shooting fireworks, launching more than twenty large balls of light. These balls of light started moving on the surface of the magical defense network, and then gradually stopped at the marked positions: some places were denser, some places were sparser. Then they started building energy channels between them, like weaving a large net, and this net started rotating slowly. Where the artificial suns were denser, it was like where the sunlight could shine more, such as the equator; where the artificial suns were sparser, it was naturally like where the thermal radiation was insufficient, such as the poles.

This looked like they had been prepared for a long time. Loki was simply gnashing his teeth: "You thick-eyebrowed, big-eyed human, you have this technology and you keep it hidden, just waiting for one day to scare us, right?"

"Actually, that's really not it." Strange saw Loki's expression and knew what he was thinking, "Humanity has always been researching artificial suns, and China and the United States are the most advanced in this regard. China is more inclined toward large-scale and systematic approaches, while the United States is more inclined toward miniaturization and weaponization. You should know Dr. Otto, right? He is an authoritative expert in this field, and the small nuclear fusion thermal ray guns he produces can already be equipped on a large scale."

"I do know that." Loki sighed and said, "I always go to the United States, and rarely have contact with the Asian side. So this is what they came up with?"

"That's right, and it probably started earlier than you imagine. Do you remember the first time the Iron Demon God appeared?"

Loki didn't need to recall much and nodded—for long-lived species like them, that was basically like yesterday's business.

"When the Iron Demon God appeared, China also saw it, and they thought it was a technological product of the United States. In order not to be left behind by the United States in this regard, they have invested heavily in scientific research over the years, which can be said to be concentrating all their strength to improve their technological level. Although what we see currently is only almost perfect thermal nuclear fusion technology, I believe they have more."

"But actually, that was just Iron Man alone." Thor couldn't help but say, "Don't they inquire about it? The Iron Demon God is not entirely a technological product; he is a demon god."

"What's the difference?" Charles said, "Since the establishment of the New Shangdu Kingdom, I have often dealt with them and know them quite well. Let's put it this way: when on the surface, they do everything to be able to fight all countries as one country; after entering space, they do everything to be able to fight all civilizations, all demon gods, and all cosmic entities as one country."

"Too crazy." Loki sighed, "What you often describe to us is not like this. You say they are very conservative, unwilling to conduct excessive cosmic exploration, and always plan in cycles of several generations or even dozens of generations."

"That doesn't conflict." Steve said, "They indeed haven't conducted excessive cosmic exploration; they haven't even left the solar system, and within the solar system, they have at most participated in two major projects: one is building starships, and the other is mining Jupiter. They have indeed spent most of their energy on the surface. These suns you see are what they created on the surface."

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