Chapter 4025

Centauri. In a narrow and dark hotel on the back of a satellite of an unknown planet. Constantine lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

He was holding a piece of paper in his hand, to be precise, a wanted poster. It was full of alien characters like earthworms. But this didn't affect reading, because Doctor Strange's big head photo was printed in the center of the wanted poster.

"Looks like he succeeded. That's fine, saves me from running another trip," Constantine held the cigarette in his mouth and said somewhat vaguely, "However, this guy should look the same as the Sorcerer Supreme of this universe. Who has the guts to want the Sorcerer Supreme?"

"Isn't this a coincidence? Thanos, an important official of the Interstellar Security Committee, just regained his legal territory recently."

Constantine turned to look at the figure in the corner. The other party was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, like a full-fledged human elite, but those goat hooves and the horns on his head betrayed his identity.

"Thanos..." Constantine read the name lightly. He sat at the table, supporting his head with one finger, looking for something on the old terminal in his hand.

"So that's it," Constantine said, looking at the content displayed on it, "this guy is afraid he has always had designs on Earth. Now that there is finally an opportunity to influence the reputation of the Sorcerer Supreme, he is afraid he has been impatient."

"What do you plan to do?"

"Go to the crime scene first to see."

Constantine got up.

The Collector lives in the star system of the Cygnus X-1 star. And this star is a compact star, which is a black hole. The special thing about this black hole is that it has always been rotating at 95% the speed of light. This is also the fastest-rotating black hole humans have discovered so far.

However, X-1 is also a binary star system. In addition to this compact star, there is a blue giant star. The mass of the blue giant is about 20~40 times that of the sun, and the compact star is about 21 times. The Collector's museum is located on the blue giant.

Although the blue giant looks very cold, it is actually a stage of stellar evolution. The surface temperature is also very high, and because the mass is huge, the capture range is also outrageously large. Ordinary people cannot get close at all.

Moreover, there is a deadly black hole next to it. This is obviously a bodyguard the Collector found for his museum. This kind of celestial body with abnormal form and rotation speed, the fleet of general civilizations dare not approach at all, and they take a detour when they see it.

Also, this binary star system is a very strong X-ray source, which is a natural strong radiation field. Even carbon-based organisms with relatively strong body strength exposed to this kind of radiation cannot persist for long. Those who can completely immunize against this kind of powerful radiation are probably only the god race.

In short, the conditions here can be considered right time, right place, and right people. The natural environment is so harsh that no one would want to invade, and the Collector himself is not a vegetarian. Cosmic Elders simply cannot die, and basically no one comes to touch his bad luck.

But isn't this a coincidence? There just happened to be a Doctor Strange who couldn't think straight, and also mastered magic power, completely unafraid of the threat of the natural environment, and wasn't here to kill the Collector, purely here to rob. The Collector was really calling heaven and earth without response, and was robbed of more than half of his collection just like that. These were all treasures he had accumulated over tens of thousands of years.

Now, this matter has spread throughout the interstellar society. The Interstellar Security Committee has issued a wanted poster, and specifically emphasized that although the two look the same, the Sorcerer Supreme of this universe and the Doctor Strange who committed the crime are not the same person.

This wanted poster looks like "there is no silver three hundred taels here" no matter how you look at it. Most people will feel that even if it is not the same person, it is a counterpart. The Sorcerer Supreme cannot manage his counterpart well and lets him harm the existence of this universe; isn't that also stealing from himself?

Constantine floated outside the radiation zone, looking at the dazzling blue giant star and frowning. Even from such a distance, he could feel the magic energy remaining in that place. Violent, chaotic, and extremely aggressive.

"Is Doctor Strange crazy?" He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He observed outside for a while, and then took out a kind of red powder from the box. After the powder was poured out, it quickly drifted in one direction. Constantine also flew in that direction.

Approaching the blue giant, one would discover that there is a different world inside. A star that looks like a supergiant actually has a surface that can be landed on. There should have been a shield outside the planet, but it seems to have been broken. The magic traces seem to have been left when attacking the shield.

"Something's wrong," Constantine said, "does Doctor Strange really have the ability to break the shield of this planet in one blow? If not, how could this guy called the Collector not call his companions to come while stalemating?"

But Constantine still jumped in and landed slowly on the surface. And the Collector's treasure vault is not on the surface, but underground. Constantine lost his patience to find the way. He put away the red powder, and then put a little soil under his feet. The soil that was originally dead suddenly surged, and then swallowed him in.

Climbing out of the soil again, Constantine found himself in a very magnificent hall. He looked up and found that there were no signs of damage here, still magnificent and solemn, as new as ever.

Continuing to walk inside, there was a pointed-top gate, inlaid with gems that Constantine couldn't name. He couldn't help but snort coldly and said: "Inlaying so many valuable things on the door, if you don't rob you, who do you rob? It should be said that it hasn't been robbed for so long, which can be considered a miracle."

"The positioning of the Cosmic Elders is very peculiar," Constantine saw the guy with long horns standing on top of the gate he opened, walking like a tightrope, walking and saying, "Those who can look up to their treasures can't beat them, and those who can beat them don't look up to their pile of junk. And, they are immortal, so you have to be prepared to be hunted for a lifetime if you offend them."

"Immortal?"

"Yes. Back then they made a bet with Death; because of the bet, the Death Kingdom simply doesn't accept them. Even if they die, they will immediately resurrect. You can call them cosmic cockroaches."

Constantine showed a disgusted expression, and then poked his head to look through the crack of the door. Just as he wanted to take a closer look, he heard a earth-shattering scream.

"Ah!!!!"

Rather than a scream, it was more like a cry. Constantine squeezed in through the narrow crack of the door and found that this place looked like a study. The reason it's said to look like one is because it has collapsed for the most part now. Those shelves lying on the ground look a bit like bookshelves, but they could also be museum shelves. However, the most eye-catching thing is the white-bearded old man sitting on the ground and crying his heart out.

Finding someone coming, the other party's screaming stopped abruptly, and he jumped up directly, staring with those round eyes, looking at Constantine and saying: "Who are you? Are you also here to rob my treasures?!"

Constantine sized him up. He was wearing a long green robe with mysterious patterns on the wide belt. Almost no hair, but long white beard. Much taller than Constantine, and also very strong. His appearance was no different from a human.

"Do you still have treasures to rob here?" Constantine's opening was a stab in the heart. The old man froze on the spot.

Seeing that he was about to start crying again, Constantine hurriedly stretched out a hand to interrupt him, and then said: "I won't hide it from you, I'm here to investigate the murderer. My employer is his enemy. Tell me about your situation first."

The white-bearded old man wiped his face, sighed deeply, threw his arms open, spread his hands and said: "What other situation can there be, just this situation. That guy who looks exactly like the Sorcerer Supreme rushed in and robbed all the things here!"

"Wait. You wouldn't have mistaken him for the Sorcerer Supreme, would you?"

"That's not it," the white-bearded old man shook his head and said, "the magic energy he used is very similar to the Sorcerer Supreme, but there are subtle differences. I can feel it. I thought he was disguised, and even specially reinforced the defense. Didn't expect this guy to be like crazy, directly breaking the shield."

"You can't beat him?"

"Of course I can't beat him, I'm not good at fighting at all." He sighed again, sat down on the spot, and then said, "I couldn't even stop him, and could only watch him rob my treasures."

"What did he rob?"

"Of course it's my most important treasure!" The white-bearded old man shouted, "This is my treasure vault! They are all good things that are not usually exhibited, but they were all robbed by him in one go!!!"

Constantine looked left and right. In the corners of the room, there were still some collections that had not been taken away. Some of the energy fluctuations they emitted were truly amazing. It seems they are indeed good things.

Constantine weighed it in his heart, but still said: "Do you know the Infinity Stones?"

"Infinity Stones? Of course I know, I even had one, but it was also robbed by that guy."

"You have an Infinity Stone, how could you be robbed by him?"

The white-bearded old man was blank. After a while, he reacted and then said: "You wouldn't be one of those people who believe in the legend of the Infinity Stones, would you? That's all rumors. This stone has been with me for quite a while, I studied it long ago, that stone simply can't be used."

Constantine frowned, and he couldn't help but look at the figure in the corner of the room. And the figure in the corner of the room nodded to him.

"You can't use the stone?"

"Yes. And I didn't see any special power from that stone. You wouldn't be trying to say that the monster who looks like the Sorcerer Supreme is here for the Infinity Stones, would you?"

"I'm afraid so." Constantine nodded.

The white-bearded old man wailed again. He patted his thigh and shouted: "Then he should have just said so, I would have given it to him, wouldn't I?! That thing is useless with me! Is it worth it for him to rob everything?!"

Constantine also felt that something was wrong. Logically speaking, Doctor Strange could completely disguise himself as the Sorcerer Supreme. The two of them look the same, and although the power they use has subtle differences, as long as they don't take action, ordinary people won't notice.

He disguised himself as the Sorcerer Supreme and said he wanted to borrow the Infinity Stone, then the Collector would probably lend it. Even if the Collector didn't lend it, it wouldn't be too late to take action then. How could he just break the shield with violence and rob it by force?

This involves a key issue: Doctor Strange came from another universe. The energy he carries is not much, and it is troublesome to replenish it in this universe. Then he should be more inclined to save energy, rather than being so wasteful. Even if he completely lost his mind, the instinct of a poor mage is to save energy, how could he be so wasteful?

Constantine couldn't figure it out. Just when he was thinking, the door behind him suddenly made a sound of being pushed. He turned his head sharply, and then saw a man in a blue windbreaker walk in. The other party took off his hat, revealing a face exactly the same as "Mephisto".