Chapter 4031

"You know him, right?" Constantine looked at the figure in the corner and said.

"I don't know who you're talking about. Our primary goal now is to safely escort the Infinity Stone back to Apokolips." Shiler's face was a bit heavy, and he said, "If there are no accidents, I'm afraid this process won't be very smooth."

The two had already boarded the spaceship. Constantine was a bit absent-minded. He said, "I'm afraid I must confess to you. I made a deal with the devil. I attacked the Sorcerer Supreme and got the Time Stone from him, but you know how incredible this is. I'm just thinking, why would the Sorcerer Supreme do this?"

Shiler asked knowingly while starting the spaceship: "What do you mean?"

"This is a betrayal, isn't it? The Sorcerer Supreme is a person of this world, he should know better than me how important the Infinity Stone is, but he gave the stone to me. He knows I will take it to Batman. Why would he do this?"

Constantine paused for a moment and then continued, "I don't think he was manipulated by the devil, or that they are in a cooperative relationship. But what is the benefit of cooperating with the devil and handing over the treasures of one's own universe? What did the devil promise him?"

"Perhaps they just have a good relationship."

Constantine felt he was being perfunctory, so he didn't continue this topic, but lowered his head and fiddled with the Eye of Agamotto in his hand. At this time Shiler said: "Do you think the Sorcerer Supreme's treasures can be used by anyone?"

Constantine's hand stopped. He thought of the box of things he had. Don't look at these things as tattered, but most of them have great backgrounds. Many even appeared in the Bible. These things are not something anyone can use, and even other Constantines can't figure them out.

However, he could use Strange's Eye of Agamotto to heal his body, even if it was just to get a moment of comfort, at least it was usable, and he didn't need to use his own energy; the Eye of Agamotto came with its own energy.

What does this mean? Is the Sorcerer Supreme showing favor to him? But what is he worth doing this for?

Shiler seemed to hear what he was thinking, and said: "He might just be afraid you'll die."

"What is the benefit of me being alive to him?"

Shiler was silent again.

Constantine really felt very strange, so he looked toward the cockpit, using silence to ask questions. Shiler was driving the spaceship attentively. Feeling Constantine's gaze, he said: "Based on your stereotype of Satan, you might find it hard to understand. There is a type of devil in this world who does evil not to get anyone's soul, nor to rule the earth, nor to compete with God, but just to watch the world burn."

Constantine showed a blank expression.

He did have some stereotypes about devils, and it couldn't be said to be stereotypes; to be precise, the devils in their universe were like this. Don't look at the strong religious atmosphere in the universe he was in, but in fact, there was a very rigorous power promotion system.

At the bottom are ordinary humans. They can't see angels and devils, and don't know of their existence. At any time, they might be influenced by mysterious forces and embark on a completely different path.

Next are psychics like Constantine. They can see angels and demons, and know roughly what the battle between heaven and hell is about. But the souls of such people are very delicious, so they are particularly easily targeted by angels and demons, and basically, they are all struggling to survive.

Further up are half-angels and half-demons. They are the descendants of angels and demons left in the human world, possessing some mysterious powers, but not strong enough. Because the power gap between the two sides is too strong, the soul is not very coordinated, and the mental state is not very good; most of them are just muddling through, drinking and hanging out in bars every day, not doing any serious work.

Then there are the real angels and demons. However, there are many types of angels and demons, some are easy to bully, and some are not.

The top layer is naturally Satan and God. It is because of the bet between the two of them that angels and demons could not directly take action against the human world, but they also constantly harassed the human world.

This system is actually more class-distinct than most comic worlds. Because in most comic worlds, various mysterious existences stand in great numbers, and even senior fans may not be able to stack the boxes, and there is no saying who is necessarily stronger than whom. But the world of the Constantine movie is layered and distinct, and crossing classes is basically impossible.

Because of this, the universe he was in should be called a mystery company rather than a mystery world. Hell is one company, Heaven is another company, with distinct ranks, layered progression, and everyone has their own work to do.

For the big boss's bet, every demon must strive to complete performance, constantly tempting and intimidating humans, so that they can go astray, and then their souls will come to hell.

At least the devils Constantine saw who came to Earth all had purposes. And, because of the restrictions of the bet, angels and demons could not really intervene in the human world, and the time they could show their faces was very short, so every time they came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Not every day is suitable for devils to show their faces. Some devils know that today is not a good day but still insist on coming; after biting the bullet and coming over, they finish the work that should be finished, and then run back in a hurry, just like a corporate slave taking a red-eye flight on a business trip.

Even Satan, who often makes things difficult for him, frequently takes action because he has taken a fancy to his soul, and every time he comes, he has a very strong purpose.

So in Constantine's eyes, devils must have serious business to do. Mephisto making trouble behind the scenes must be profitable. He couldn't understand the mentality of "being idle and just coming to add chaos" that Shiler mentioned.

But in fact, Shiler didn't mean that. He probably knew what Greed was doing by tossing and turning behind the scenes.

As everyone knows, this war actually started purely because two worlds had nothing better to do. The two sides didn't have any deep hatred, even Ultron was just a trigger.

Fighting such a war is for training troops. The leaders of both sides basically know this. But precisely because of this, the subjective initiative of both sides is not enough; they are fighting in turn-based mode, you poke me, I poke you, it's too formulaic.

But a real battlefield is not playing international chess, you take a step and I take a step, either killing all the other party's people or killing the other party's king. The actual situation is much more complicated than this, so fighting like this definitely won't work.

Greed is actually creating accidents, or it can be said to be creating conflicts, so that the two sides can break away from the turn-based tower-pushing game and engage in some unconventional battles.

And this unconventional battle is also very particular. It's not that you can just notify the two sides to go somewhere to have an encounter battle; isn't this kind of advance notification just an exercise? It completely fails to achieve the effect of creating accidents.

So, Greed turned into Mephisto and fanned the flames on both sides. If the agent's guess is not wrong, Doctor Strange should also have been fooled by him.

The agent also saw the traces of the shield being broken over the Collector's museum planet. Although it was indeed Doctor Strange who took action, his direct use of violent means clearly showed that he had already lost his head. It is impossible to say that there is no Greed's hand in this.

And the key to creating contradictions and conflicts is that it cannot be a one-sided crushing situation. Snatching local Marvel treasures like the Infinity Stones has too much advantage for local natives. The central universe has already gotten several pieces; if you don't balance it, what are you snatching?

So he joined forces with Strange to create a situation where the Time Stone was snatched, and then fooled Star-Lord into finding the Grandmaster, and directly attacked the Grandmaster, so that the Grandmaster, out of resentment, handed over the stone in his hand to DC.

In this case, Marvel has three pieces, and DC has two pieces; then there is something to snatch.

The agent also felt that if there were no accidents, the last Soul Stone might also fall into their hands. Six Infinity Stones, three on each side, just snatch them. Doesn't this create the contradiction that allows both sides to fight until they kill each other?

Although everyone says they are training troops, they actually want to win. And the Infinity Stones are truly incredible. Although both sides feel that the war cannot be ended in such a sloppy way, they have no way to guarantee that the other side won't use such a way to end the war. Even if it's not to win, just to not lose, they must strive to snatch them.

Although that's what is said, the agent still feels that Greed's primary purpose is to watch the two sides snatch the stones until they are bloody, and the secondary purpose is to use these useless stones.

For the Earth of the central universe, the Infinity Stones are indeed useless. Let's put it this way, if Thanos snaps his fingers and throws half of the people in the central universe to Death, Death could beat him into a half-disabled state on the spot.

Because this means that every day in the future, Shiler can have a legitimate reason to hang out in the Death Realm. But in fact, there is no need to wait that long; on the first day Shiler goes, Death will definitely throw away the person and the house, and it will be renamed the Shiler Realm in the future.

So even if Thanos knows what the counterparts in other universes are doing, he has no interest in the Infinity Stones. Since Thanos doesn't snatch them, it's useless for Earth to take them.

Finding one person to snap their fingers, only that one person is happy. The whole Earth going to the universe to play bumper cars, then all of humanity is happy. This is the so-called "sharing joy is better than enjoying it alone."

So this thing is either embedded in a scepter or embedded in a crown, with decorative functions greater than actual utility. Even Strange's Eye of Agamotto, which has slightly practical functions, hasn't been used many times. After one high-frequency use, it caused Loki and Helen to be caught by the Time Variance Authority.

However, Greed just can't stand people being idle. Similarly, it cannot tolerate the existence of thorough waste. If there are no conditions, create conditions to use it.

It's like you have a warehouse full of powerful cards, but you just don't believe in evil, and you would rather spend effort to brush that kind of very unpopular dungeon, and also find a job position for the warehouse card.

Although he knew Greed's purpose, the agent had already been involved, and could only block the soldiers with soldiers and cover the water with earth. Now, their small team has two Infinity Stones. Since Greed's purpose is to provoke war, these two Infinity Stones will definitely be the focus of the snatching.

After thinking for a while, Shiler pressed the communication button and said: "Batman, mission accomplished. The Infinity Stone has been found."

"……I don't seem to have asked you to find the Infinity Stone, right?"

"Don't worry about this for now. Now I have two Infinity Stones in my hand, and I only have a small spaceship and two guns."

"Constantine isn't with you?"

"He doesn't even have lungs."

"Forget it. You head toward Apokolips first, and I'll find someone to meet you. Don't reveal your coordinates to anyone, remember..."

"Buzz—buzz—"

"Boom!!!"

"Hey?! Buzz—buzz—hey?! Shiler?!!"