Clarke

Milky Way, Earth, International Space Station.

A British engineer gently patted the circuit box cover of the space station's solar panel, lowered his head and unfastened the straps fixed to the side.

The engineer slowly turned around, looked at the entrance not far away to find the direction, bent his legs slightly and kicked hard, drifting towards the entrance of the space station on the opposite side.

The engineer was floating in the air, looking at the earth beneath his feet and missing his daughter at home.

Her work is almost finished. She should have grown a lot taller this time when she goes back...

The engineer took one last glance at the Earth, intending to take one more look before looking away.

The sun just beyond the horizon in the distance and the moon that I have long been tired of seeing are nothing interesting to see.

The bustling night lights of China and Japan may seem unique at first glance, but after watching them for a few months, there is nothing new about them now.

There are some huge white clouds hovering in the blue Pacific Ocean. Well, it seems that there may be another typhoon in a few days.

A dozen mediocre space battleships, none of them were as handsome as the ones I saw in London before...

Yeah space battleship

The engineer stared blankly at the dozens of battleships that had appeared between the space station and the earth at some unknown time, forgetting for a moment that he was still drifting.

"Boom"

The engineer hit the outer wall of the space station, and a crack appeared on his helmet.

"Jack, what's going on? I saw your suit monitor went off."

Jack finally came to his senses, grabbed a handle on the outer wall of the space station in panic, and shouted on the channel.

"Hurry up and report that aliens are coming to Earth again"

......

More than a dozen warships gradually approach the earth.

On one of the battleships, Ebony Throat bent down and lowered his head and asked Thanos, who was sitting on the throne in front of the battleship.

"Sir, are you a little too anxious about this attack? We didn't make any preparations, and..."

Thanos raised a hand and broke Ebony Maw.

"It's okay, we are here to test an idea of ​​mine."

Ebony Throat lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Everything is as you wish."

......

On the Himalayas.

A slender figure wearing a goose-yellow robe stood on the top of a cold and windy snow mountain, looking up at the sky.

"Thanos... why did he come so early... Could it be that he also..."

The slender figure touched something like a pocket watch on his chest, and the "pocket watch" lit up with a green light.

The slender figure let go of the "pocket watch", waved his hand to hide the pocket watch, reached out and took off the hood of his robe, revealing a reflective bald head.

The slender figure's eyes gradually became firm, as if he had made some decision.

A golden circular portal flashing with sparks suddenly appeared in front of the human figure. On the opposite side of the portal, more than a dozen warships outside the earth could be clearly seen. The human figure stepped through the portal in one step and arrived in front of the battleship.

......

Thanos looked at the golden portal that suddenly appeared on the battleship's route. The body that was originally leaning on the throne also sat upright. Thanos stared at the bald woman who walked out of the portal and stood in the void blocking the battleship.

"Ancient One..."

Master Ancient One frowned and looked at Thanos sitting on the throne in the battleship. The two looked at each other.

Ancient Yi spoke first.

"Stranger, we don't accept tourists here right now."

Thanos grinned and chuckled.

"Mage, let your master here come out to see me."

"boom"

A rainbow suddenly appeared, and Odin stood in the void wearing golden armor and holding a spear upside down while riding an eight-legged Pegasus.

The Ancient One, Odin, and Thanos stood facing each other in a triangle.

Odin nodded and said hello to Gu, then turned his head and scanned Thanos' fleet with his one eye.

"Young man, what do you want from me?"

Thanos looked at Odin, who looked energetic, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.

"I didn't expect that Odin, who was said to have conquered the nine kingdoms, is still so energetic. He is really getting stronger with age."

"Humph"

Odin let out a contemptuous chuckle.

"I also didn't expect that the rumored overlord Thanos, who was driven out of Titan and came to rule the other side, looked ordinary, but that's all."

Thanos was stabbed in the painful spot by Odin, and his eyes turned cold.

"You should worry about your son first. I heard he is a reckless man who likes war, hahahaha."

"you"

Odin raised his spear and pointed it at Thanos.

Ancient One spoke.

"I have no objection if you two want to start a war, but please stay away from the earth."

Thanos laughed.

"I don't care. I wonder if His Majesty the God King has the energy."

Odin suddenly calmed down, put down his spear and looked at Thanos coldly.

"What the hell do you want to do"

Thanos shook his head regretfully and leaned back on the throne.

"Just came to visit an old friend."

After speaking, Thanos glanced meaningfully at Gu Yi, who kept looking at Thanos without showing any expression.

The three people were silent, and the scene was somewhat quiet.

Thanos broke the silence and spoke.

"Okay, now that I've finished meeting my friends, I'm going back. I'll come back later."

Thanos waved his hand, and a dozen warships turned around and prepared to leave without hesitation.

Odin and Ancient One quietly watched Thanos' fleet leave, and Odin asked.

"What do you think"

Ancient Yi turned his head and glanced at Odin, as if he wanted to see something, but finally shook his head.

"Nothing at all."

Odin felt that Ancient One was hiding something from him, but there was nothing he could do. He glanced at Ancient One with an unknown meaning, and a rainbow suddenly came and disappeared with Odin.

Ancient One looked at the direction Thanos left and fell into deep thought.

are you the same as me

......

In the distance, enter the leaping battleship.

Ebony Throat stepped forward respectfully, lowered his head and asked.

"Sir, where should we go next?"

A place appeared in Thanos's mind, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

"We're not going anywhere, just wait quietly."

Ebony Maw could see that Thanos was not in high spirits, so he quietly left the room, leaving Thanos alone in his memories.

......

somewhere in the universe.

Clark sat in the seat of the spacecraft and let the spacecraft fly in a certain direction.

After Clark drove away the spacecraft that day, he discovered that the spacecraft did not have a star map of any planet and did not have much energy.

Although the energy supply problem of the spacecraft was solved by relying on ether particles, without a star map, we had to choose a random direction and keep moving forward.

When Clark was bored, he had to combine the teachings of the Queen of Gods to study how to use ether particles.

Clark discovered that ether particles seemed to be able to realize his wishes to a certain extent.

For example, an apple, a sleeping bag, a deck of playing cards, etc. may appear.

Clark has also tried some bigger things, such as a bigger spaceship.

But Clark found that in order to manifest those things, the ether particles needed to absorb a lot of energy.Considering the current situation of wandering in the unknown starry sky, Clark had no choice but to give up this unsafe experiment.

There is no concept of time on the spaceship, and Clark can only rely on an embodied clock to calculate the time of his departure.

The hands on the clock turned in circles, and Clark could only hope that he could fly to an inhabited planet and return to Earth as soon as possible.

The fruit I brought for Martha and Jonathan was preserved with ether particles, and I still carry it with me.

The spacecraft flew smoothly, occasionally passing by some lifeless planets, which made Clark very excited.

However, Clark did not notice that the spacecraft kept turning in a certain direction with an extremely small deflection.

......

A few months later, Clark finally discovered something unusual about the spacecraft and discovered a trace of ether particle energy hidden on the spacecraft's console.

Clark, who realized it was too late, could only frown and watch the spacecraft sail to an unknown place.

A few more months later, the spacecraft finally arrived at the destination of the ether particles, a gray planet illuminated by a red sun.

There is a ring of stardust surrounding the planet, which turns into dark red dust under the illumination of the red sun.

Through the dust, you can vaguely see the surface of the planet. It is a gray planet that seems to have no liquid and no plants. All it has is bulging mountains and a dead silence.

Clark looked at the planet in front of him and felt the ether particles in his body throbbing as if longing for something.

Clark put his right hand on his chest, looking at the planet that seemed to be about to be destroyed, and suddenly remembered the Krypton that Joe had described.

The recent long trip has made Clark think about the past. Some details that he had not noticed in the past gave Clark some ideas and speculations that he had never had before.

Maybe I thought too little before...

Clark murmured quietly.

"Father..."