Chapter 923
One week after the terrorist attack in the Spider Nebula, the heads of the three major empires sat together again. But this time, they completely abandoned certain suspicions and fears, and with a heart full of anger, came to investigate this terrible terrorist attack incident.
That's right, the three major empires defined this matter as a terrorist attack, because they knew that if it were really the other side's ghost, they would not adopt this form, and even more so, they would not specifically run to the crime scene after the matter was over to declare their name.
Magic is a kind of very magical energy. When the investigation ship entered the Spider Nebula and saw that line of text, the brightness it displayed was absolutely insufficient to cross tens of thousands of light-years and be clearly observed by other civilizations in the universe.
However, whether it was the Kree Empire's main star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the capital star of the New Skrull Empire, or the core star sector of the Shi'ar Empire, all could see this line of text very clearly.
Although there was also the reason that their observation equipment was more advanced, it was still very incredible.
But this meant another more terrifying thing, and that was that many civilizations with observation levels similar to theirs could all see this line of words.
This is like someone reaching out and slapping you, and then having to write the fact that it just got slapped on this half of the face.
The three major empires really couldn't think of any use for this behavior other than humiliating them.
It's not that there are no smart people among the three major empires. The powerful interstellar civilizations that can reach today definitely don't rely on luck. Just the Supreme Intelligence alone could find many loopholes in this series of events.
"Don't you think all this is too coincidental?" The Supreme Intelligence said.
"The recording file we received is absolutely true." The Star Interstellar Colonization Commander-in-Chief of the Skrull Empire said, "That is the information sent back by the Star-Pole spaceship. The accent they used is also the one commonly used by Skrulls during the sailing period. There is no problem with the language habits."
"The Skrull Empire's sailing period was very special because we didn't have a fixed main star, we were constantly moving forward, not accepting any outsiders, and not allowing anyone to leave the fleet."
"That was a completely closed civilization period, so it was almost impossible for external spies to infiltrate, and it was impossible for anyone to disguise themselves as Skrull citizens during the sailing period, and disguise themselves so similarly."
Sitting opposite the commander was a woman wrapped in silver armor. Her appearance was more similar to humans, only there was a triangular crown decoration on the top of her head. She was the princess of the Shi'ar Empire and also the female general who commanded the second main fleet of the Shi'ar Empire. The feathers on her head shook, and she said coldly:
"The problem must have occurred in the link of the spaceship crashing into the starport. You also said that the Star-Pole was stolen by a thief for so many years. Just based on a piece of information in the black box, can you conclude that it was just an accidental accident caused by the internal grudge of the Skrull Empire?"
"Are you trying to say that we did it on purpose?!!" The Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief slapped the table and said, "The Skrull Empire never disdains sneak attacks! If we did it, how could we have no next arrangement? And lost a deputy commander-in-chief and six generals in the negotiation?"
Speaking of this, the corner of the commander-in-chief's eye twitched, appearing somewhat painful. In the previous negotiation incident, what was lost were not nobodies; these people were all elites cultivated by the Empire with painstaking efforts.
Losing them all at once made the high level of the entire interstellar colonization army lose a small half directly. Not only was it shameful externally, but it was also criticized internally.
The Supreme Intelligence's projection used a cold tone without any emotion: "The black box is not enough to become the correct judgment of the spaceship's motivation. It is not difficult to fake recording files."
"But according to the Supreme Intelligence's judgment, the mastermind behind the spaceship does not come from any of the three major empires. We have no need to do this; this cannot bring us enough benefits."
"So, what on earth caused the current three-loss situation?" The female general of the Shi'ar Empire stood up and said, "The Shi'ar Empire is the most innocent one. We were invited by you to provide safety guarantees, but you didn't tell me that there is a terrible terrorist called Thanos who not only dares to ignite stars but also dares to blow up black holes!"
"Our security measures have been done to the extreme. Even the safety base so close to the star was safe and sound in the violent explosion of the star. If it weren't for that damn black hole..."
The female general took a deep breath and said, "Now it's good, the Shi'ar Empire has lost a big face. All civilizations are saying that we don't do things rigorously and our technology is very poor. Several civilizations that had already talked about orders with our industrial department before are now hesitating. Do you know how much loss we have?"
Without the female general continuing to speak, the other two leaders also understood that the Shi'ar Empire is actually the youngest among the three major empires. At the same time, their strength is also relatively weak.
Unlike the absolute militarism of the other two major empires, the Shi'ar Empire is a multi-ethnic integrated civilization. At the same time, they are not good at military affairs but are good at basic industry and commerce.
Commerce is very important to them, and precisely because of this, they can have such a big face to invite so many civilizations to witness together. But once this happened, even if some old customers don't say it, they must be suspicious in their hearts. What merchants are most painful about is the loss of reputation.
"We are all victims." The Supreme Intelligence said, "Clearly, this is a trap, and it is a trap that is linked together and extremely precise. And the key to everything falls on a name. I think you should have seen that line of words."
"Your spaceships were destroyed too quickly to transmit signals in time, but my projection heard the attacker mutter that name before it disappeared—'Thanos'."
When the Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief heard this, he frowned and said, "Who is Thanos? Which backwater country bumpkin? Dares to design a conspiracy that makes the three major empires lose face?"
The Supreme Intelligence's huge green human face narrowed his eyes and said, "Interstellar civilizations are as vast as the sea. The three major empires may not know every civilization. We are not familiar with the name Thanos, but the things he mentioned in that line of words have already told us who he is."
The Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief and the female general looked at each other and said in unison: "Infinity Stones!"
"Oh, I remember!" The female general suddenly raised her tone and said, "He is that crazy Titan, right?! I remember very clearly, my father mentioned him to me..."
"It is said that there seems to be a crazy Titan who wiped out the entire Eternal Titan race and then began to crazily look for Infinity Stones in the universe." The female general shook her head and said, "But that is a legend on the Milky Way side. I don't hear it very clearly either. We all know that there are too many crazy people on the Milky Way side. I can't remember what that Titan's name is at all..."
"Eternal Titans should be a branch of the Eternals, right?" The Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief frowned and said, "I remember they are similar to Asgardians, both are that kind of race with natural divine power..."
"According to the Kree Empire's database, they are not a very prosperous race. The vast majority of their activities have not left the Milky Way, and they have not developed into a truly broad interstellar civilization like the three major empires."
"Before carrying out interstellar colonization, some of their activities suddenly stopped. Subsequently, we learned the news of the extinction of the Eternal Titan race, but the name Thanos was not officially entered into the database."
"Later, a sentry robot we placed in the solar system was destroyed. General Ronan of the Accuser Corps went to Uranus to find out. There, we encountered the attack of the Eternal Titans. Up to this point, we entered the name Uranus into the database, and later it was also recorded that his son is named Thanos..."
"Later, through the news from the Elders of the Universe, a purple-skinned Eternal Titan was chasing scattered Infinity Stones in the universe, and for this reason, he had attacked quite a few civilizations in the universe..."
The Supreme Intelligence's voice has always been very cold, the tone has not changed, but the facts have been told very clearly.
Thanos's origin is actually very simple. The Celestials descended on Earth to transform life, creating the Eternals. The Eternal branch, the Eternal Titans, had an internal fight, and both sides fought a bloody battle, wiping out 90% of their own population.
But this actually has nothing to do with Thanos. Thanos is actually just mentally abnormal, or rather, he had already been bewitched by Death at that time and personally wiped out the Eternal Titan race.
After hearing the general situation described by the Supreme Intelligence, the female general of the Shi'ar Empire frowned and said, "He wants to find stones, so he finds stones. Why come to provoke us? We don't have Infinity Stones. Wait, you shouldn't have..."
The female general narrowed her eyes and revealed a look of distrust. She believed that the Shi'ar Empire definitely didn't have such stones, but she wasn't sure whether the other two possessed such stones.
From her logic, it is impossible for Thanos to plan such a big conspiracy without a target. He deliberately left this sentence, it must not be without basis. Maybe it is because the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire have Infinity Stones, so they were targeted by Thanos.
The female general snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I don't know, you have always had a plan to build a Cosmic Cube. Why, this time you took a fancy to Infinity Stones? Ordinary interstellar wars can no longer satisfy your ambition?"
The other two sides also had suspicions. Among them, the Supreme Intelligence knew that the Kree Empire had no stones, because he could listen to the hearts of every member of the Kree Empire, so he didn't worry about anyone hiding it privately.
But the Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief couldn't be sure that the Empire had no stones. After all, besides the Interstellar Colonization Army, the Skrull Empire also had the Guard Army, the Construction Army, etc.
The New Skrull Empire's structure is very complex, and many institutions check and balance each other. The Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief also didn't know whether someone among them had taken the Infinity Stones, attracting Thanos's attention.
"In any case, he shouldn't have provoked the three major empires. This time, if we don't retaliate, the name of the three major empires will be stepped on by a purple-skinned lunatic."
Following the statement of the Skrull Empire's commander-in-chief, the other two also nodded. Regardless of whether the other two sides got the stones, it is not a reason for Thanos to create such a terrorist attack incident and make everyone lose face.
Even if the three of them have too many accounts to settle, they must first crush that mosquito that is buzzing in their ears and doesn't know whether to live or die.
The female general was the first to snort coldly. She said, "I will persuade my father to use the Shi'ar Empire's commercial network to search for Thanos's whereabouts. Sooner or later, we can dig him out..."
"That's too slow." The Supreme Intelligence said, "The Kree Accuser Corps once brought back a corpse of an Eternal when they went to the solar system. We conducted research and gene sampling on it."
"I think we have enough technology to track this gene, directly locate Thanos's location, and then let him know that the three major empires cannot be provoked."
End of Chapter
