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Chapter 922

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Everything happened too suddenly. The sharp arrow pierced through the space of several light-years around the binary star system. In the universe, this was just a small-scale eruption, and under normal circumstances, it would almost not cause any harm.

The universe is actually very empty. The vast majority of celestial bodies are not on the same plane, and it is even more impossible for them to be on a straight line, but the Spider Nebula has two particularly special situations.

One is that it is called the "Stellar Cradle" by the Kree, and it is not without reason. There are many stars here, and the entire star sector is very bright. When observed by human astronomical telescopes, it presents a bright radial shape, just like a spider.

Stars are natural bombs, especially some stars that are still unstable in their early stages. They are prone to chain explosions after being subjected to huge impacts, making the area of destruction wider.

On the other hand, in order to prevent the other side from playing small tricks, the three major empires invited the fleets of many civilizations to come as witnesses. Not every civilization can cross the universe with its flesh like the Asgardians. The vast majority of races still need to drive spaceships.

In interstellar society, except for special events like Gana stealing the Star-Pole, there is almost no single spaceship sailing in the universe. The vast majority of spaceships must be equipped with scout ships and frigates. As long as they set off, it is a fleet going together.

Precisely because many civilizations are also very advanced and are not stingy with the materials for building ships, most of these interstellar civilizations have vast territories and sufficient energy, and the spaceships they build are all very large and magnificent, and also take up a lot of space.

Spaceships cannot be parked one after another, row after row, like cars. Giant spaceships must consider the problem of gravitational influence. If two giant ships are too close, it is easy to affect the gravitational stability system of both sides.

If there is a starport, then these spaceships can be parked in the starport according to the model. The starport will have special facilities used to resist the influence between spaceships.

This is also why Shiler and Stark wanted to get a starport for humanity. After all, humanity already has a few spaceships, and always parking them alone there is also a big problem for maintenance.

But the only starport of the Kree Empire in the Spider Nebula has been destroyed, and it is not known why it was destroyed so cleanly, almost leaving no fragments, so there is not even a temporary docking point.

Without parking spaces, they can only park randomly somewhere in the universe. Anyway, the cosmic space is so big, and there is no need to park with others. Therefore, many giant ships in the Spider Nebula are basically distributed on average, which means that one shot can hit a row of them.

And many civilizations use stellar energy and like to park near stars. While watching the ceremony, they replenish energy. After the super-large star exploded, this group of spaceships that specifically parked by the star to suck energy had bad luck. Not every civilization has the technology of the Shi'ar Empire that can withstand the impact of a star explosion.

The vast majority of spaceships were melted in an instant. Some materials that were relatively good could retain their remains, but most spaceships were not defense ships in the first place and did not have such high surgical strength. After the explosion, nothing was left.

Many spaceships that were further away from the star and not in the range of the black hole jet escaped by luck, but the vast majority of civilizations did not figure out what was going on. At the moment the explosion occurred, it could not be said to be concerted efforts; it could only be said to be fleeing in all directions.

Besides natural disasters, what they feared more was that someone in the three major empires had played tricks, wanting to keep everyone here. Other civilizations knew that they had this strength and perhaps also had this idea.

So, after escaping by luck, their first action was to step on the accelerator to the end, running as far as they could, running as fast as they could. The scout ships and frigates that couldn't be recovered were abandoned; anyway, they didn't cost much money. What could be more important than life?

Many civilizations realized that the situation of the three major empires would definitely become tense when they saw the safety base completely destroyed. They had to return to their own civilizations to remind their compatriots to prepare early and not easily relax their vigilance.

So in a very short time, most of the civilizations that could leave had left, and the fleets of the three major empires, all parked near the safety base, also disappeared with the jet of the black hole.

Not long after, in an inconspicuous dark space in the Spider Nebula, a portal opened. Stark flew out from inside first, followed by Shiler, Strange, Polaris, and a group of mutants.

"I believe everyone is already very familiar with the process, so I won't say much. Start moving," Shiler waved his hand and said concisely.

First, Polaris stepped forward, closed her eyes, and the magnetic field detection unfolded. But soon, she frowned and said, "The magnetic field here is too chaotic. It might be the traces left by those spaceships accelerating away before. I can't judge very well..."

Just as she said this, she felt another more powerful magnetic field ripple spreading out.

Polaris opened her eyes and instinctively revealed a look of horror, but then realized that this was Magneto's magnetic field.

Polaris shook her head and said, "... Since he is here, let him do it. I can't do it..."

But suddenly, she revealed a look of doubt again, because that powerful force suddenly disappeared. Magneto's figure flashed in the cosmic space and disappeared instantly.

He didn't say a word, but within the range of Polaris's re-unfolded perception, the chaotic magnetic field had been artificially combed. Within her field of vision, one mark after another was very conspicuous.

Polaris's expression became somewhat subtle, as if she hadn't finished her homework, and her parents secretly helped her write it, and she had to hand it to the teacher the next day.

But then, she shook her head and transmitted the information to Stark's mecha, saying, "The locations of the valuable wreckage have been marked. You can go over and move them directly."

Stark looked at the star map of the surrounding area provided by Polaris and the marks of valuable wreckage on the star map. He said, "I have to say, this kind of ability is truly unique."

"I'm not sure how many civilizations have the ability to scan such a large star sector clearly in an instant, but I know that this kind of ability, whether it is for interstellar exploration or interstellar war, has extremely important strategic value."

Polaris's expression became even more subtle, as if her parents had written her homework for her, and after handing it to the teacher, she got a full score and was praised.

Besides feeling guilty, there was also a trace of indescribable pride. Although the teacher wasn't praising her, it seemed as if she was being praised indirectly.

Without caring about the changes in Polaris's mood, Strange was the first to flick his cloak and lead several mages to fly toward the nearest location. Before leaving, he snapped his fingers and pointed at Stark, saying:

"Remember the agreement we made before? Whoever gets it is theirs. Don't tell me about any fair distribution. Mages have endured Stark-style fairness for a long time! This time, what we get is all ours!"

Stark revealed a look of disdain, "chi"ed, and then said, "You took half of the starport, and I didn't see you make any breakthrough changes. In the end, didn't you still rely on the original structure of the starport to maintain stability? You think that by putting a shiny magic cover on it, it counts as repaired?"

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two, Peter, who was following behind, scratched his head. He fell into a somewhat awkward situation again.

Logically speaking, he should be following Stark, but the symbiote in his body called Red Bee had undergone specialized evolution after absorbing the faith power brought by the Inheritors.

Now, he should be another symbiote besides Blue Spirit that can skillfully use magic abilities, and Peter also learned to use magic along with it.

Recently, he has been addicted to cracking the mysteries of magic. He wants to follow Strange to do magic energy research, but he is embarrassed to say it. After all, it's not the first time Stark and Strange have fought over the distribution of equipment and spaceships.

Just then, Shiler beckoned to Peter and said, "Peter, come and do me a favor. Help me carve a logo here..."

Peter borrowed the power of the symbiote and flew over. He saw that what Shiler was pointing at was a planet on the edge of the explosion zone. He took the blueprint from Shiler's hand and said somewhat suspiciously, "... Is this some kind of trademark? Is this brand called Thanos???"

"Just treat it as a trademark. Help me carve it on this side of the planet. Carve it a bit bigger... By the way, it must reflect the majesty and dominance of this trademark. In short, the bigger, the more magnificent, the more conspicuous, the better."

"The more conspicuous, the better?" Peter touched his chin and said, "I think magic energy is conspicuous enough. But if you use magic energy, there's no need to carve words on the planet. I can directly put up a sign in the universe."

"What do you mean?" Shiler looked at him and asked, "Do you have any new breakthroughs in the application of those faith powers?"

Peter nodded and said, "Look, Doctor."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand, and a point of light lit up at his fingertip. He used this finger to write letters in the air. He casually wrote a line "I am Spider-Man," and then waved his hand and erased it again.

The light at his fingertip became brighter, and then he wrote a brighter line "I am Spider-Man," and pointed it at Shiler, saying, "Look, just like this. In the absence of energy interference, this line of text will stay here. I think it's conspicuous enough."

Shiler folded his arms and looked at the line of text. He found that, just as Peter said, in the pitch-black cosmic space, a line of bright text was very eye-catching.

The vast majority of celestial bodies are disordered, and complex text with order is particularly conspicuous. What's more, magic energy makes the text appear with brilliant luster. Although it is not as hot and dazzling as a planet, it is easier to distinguish.

So he asked, "Can I write anything?"

"Yes." Peter patted his chest and said, "Last time I absorbed so much faith power, Red Bee hasn't fully absorbed it yet. Some time ago, he was sleeping, but he only digested less than half. My body can't store so much energy, and the excess part has been dissipating. I'm worried about what to do with them..."

"Alright." Shiler revealed a smile, then took out the communicator and said to Stark, "The text database of the three major empires you found on the Kree frigate, can it still be used?"

"Don't worry about what I want to do. Help me translate a few sentences. I'll send them to you in a while."

Then, Shiler turned to Peter and said, "Help me write a few lines of alien text, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No problem, just give me the blueprint." Peter nodded and said, then asked, "How big?"

"The bigger, the better."

Peter widened his eyes, but then thought about it. The light spread from his fingertips to his whole body, and then spread to a few kilometers outside his body. The whole person was like a large firefly, particularly conspicuous in the dark space where there were no bright stars.

After receiving the text information sent back by Stark, Peter began to use his body to write the text of the three major empires in cosmic space.

And when the fleet sent by the Supreme Intelligence to check the situation arrived, the first thing they saw was a huge, bright text sign standing on the ruins of the safety base.

It said:

"Hand over the Infinity Stones! Otherwise, destruction will never stop! — Cosmic Overlord Thanos, left."

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