Shadow of the Beautiful World

Xinghara, the capital of the Cree Empire, is a well-developed world full of cultural traces of the Cree people.

The Kree Empire, which relies on foreign wars to constantly plunder resources, has just suffered an external defeat. The Supreme Accuser Ronan commanded eight fleets to expedition to the other side of the galaxy, but suffered a failure.

Ronan himself died in the joint assassination of the despicable Skrulls and the galaxy predators Chitauri, and his remains have just been sent back to Hala by the surviving fleet.

This should have been an unbearable humiliation for the Kree.

But apart from Ronan's death in battle, the expedition this time did not yield nothing, nor did it only result in failure.

The confidant of the Cree people is a serious problem, and the evil Skrull civilization has been completely wiped out.

Those expeditionary legions sent back not only Ronan's body, but also the heads of the Skrull Queen who had been fleeing, and her last legion, a total of more than 1,300 Skrulls.

It was this vicious queen who planned the assassination of Ronan. Among those soldiers and the new members who had just returned to the Cree Empire, the Inhuman warriors joined forces to eradicate the threat of the Skrulls.

Not only did it wash away the shame for Ronan, but it also saved the Kree Empire from the last hidden danger.

Those heads were sent back to Ronan's family by Black Bolt King of the Inhuman Race. After showing the covenant signed between Ronan and the Inhuman Race, and after some wrangling, Ronan's family finally admitted it.

But the troubles caused by that failed expedition were not over, and the storm was only just beginning.

In the past thousands of years, the Cree Empire has always been led by an artificial intelligence, the Supreme Intelligence, which has gathered all the wisdom of the Cree people's sages.

That powerful artificial intelligence relies on calculations and data to formulate strategies for the empire.

However, in the attack on Earth in 1994, the Supreme Intelligence was accidentally damaged, and it has not fully restored its full function until now.

Therefore, from 1994 to the present, for nearly 20 years, the power of the Cree Empire has been controlled by the Accused Council, which is a power council composed of all the major warlords of the Cree Empire.

As the most powerful and most skilled warlord, Ronan was elected as the Supreme Accuser.

For nearly 20 years when the Supreme Intelligence was unable to lead the Empire forward, Ronan was the uncrowned King and Regent of the Kree Empire.

Black Bolt once asked Ronan if he had the ambition to become Emperor Kerry.

Ronan did not answer directly at the time, but judging from the series of decrees in the past 20 years, the supreme accuser did have that idea.

And it's not just him. After Black Bolt led the aliens to Halla, it was not difficult for him to find that there were not a few warlords who thought like Ronan in the Council of Accusers.

Power.

When no one has this thing, it’s nothing.

But once you have seen the taste of power in your hands, it is very difficult to make people give up.

What's more, in the past 20 years, after the Supreme Intelligence no longer participated in the war, the Cree won a series of consecutive victories.

There have been more victories in these 20 years than in the past hundreds of years combined.

The warlords also naturally think that perhaps, the artificial intelligence of the Supreme Intelligence is not as omniscient and omnipotent as they once imagined...

The defeat of the Skrulls, who had confronted the Kerry Empire for thousands of years, also proved this point extremely favorably.

Perhaps, without the Supreme Intelligence, it would be better for the Empire to devolve its powers into the hands of the accuser warlords?

Now that Ronan is dead and the Supreme Intelligence is still being repaired, the empire cannot be left alone without a leader, and the Council of Accusers must also elect a Supreme Accuser again, and must once again appoint a regent who holds power...

Under such circumstances, the stodgy accusers who seek to re-establish the leadership of the Supreme Intelligence are hated.

Even recently, there have been some gossips of big rebellion that have been spread wildly in Hara Star and the army. People are saying again that perhaps the supreme intelligence of artificial intelligence was indeed beneficial to the empire when it first appeared.

But today, thousands of years later, the artificial intelligence that surpasses all Cree people has become the chains and shackles that restrict the progress of this civilization.

In such a situation where people's hearts are fluctuating, and with the attention of various forces, on a night two months after the aliens returned to the Cree Empire, an earth-shattering event happened so logically and unexpectedly. .

boom

In the middle of the largest city on Hara Star, under the bronze-colored tower that stores the highest intelligence operating program and database, an earth-shattering explosion sounded abruptly.

It was as if someone had detonated a nuclear bomb in the core of the supreme intelligence.

Terrifying energy shock waves rushed from the source of the explosion in all directions, shaking one-fifth of the city, and the undulating earth like an earthquake gave birth to a disaster in a short period of time.

But fortunately, the technological level of the Kerry Empire is much higher than that of the earth, and this sudden earthquake did not cause too many casualties.

But under the horrified gaze of the wounded who were rescued from the ruins, the sky-reaching spire that had stood on Hala for thousands of years, which was almost the symbol of the civilization of the Cree Empire, had completely collapsed.

This seems to symbolize that the era of supreme intelligence controlling the power of the empire has completely ended on this night.

hum

A blue light lit up in a luxurious manor on the outskirts of the city.

Big Dog Tetanus slowly walked out of the portal he opened, behind him was the calm-faced Black Bolt King, this silent king seemed to have gone for a walk, and there was no sign of any emotion on his indifferent face. expression.

Beside the king, there is said to be Queen Medusa in red tights and combat uniform, with long chestnut hair reaching to the heels.

The expression on her face was equally calm, without any waves.

In this luxurious manor specially prepared for the alien royal family, the Kerry servants saw the return of the master, and they took action one after another. In just a few minutes, a sumptuous dinner that was completely different from the flavor of the earth was served. Ready.

Black Bolt and his wife were dining in a restaurant full of futuristic technology. A few minutes later, a servant came to inform him that an important guest had come to visit.

In fact, there is no need to guess who is coming.

Although the Inhumans have returned to the Kree Empire in name, it takes time to build trust between the two parties. At this point in time, the Inhumans have only one friend in the Kree Empire.

A few minutes later, Yon Roger in disguise walked into the restaurant.

He sat on the chair, glanced at Black Bolt King, and said softly:

Simply neat, one hit kills. My family used some connections to get first-hand information. The Supreme Wisdom is finished, the core database is completely destroyed, even if there is a complete blueprint, it will take several years to rebuild it. Ten years.

Well.

Queen Medusa, who was laboriously cutting a piece of alien barbecue, glanced at Yong Rogge coquettishly, touched her long chestnut hair, and said meaningfully:

You mean, those accusers and warlords who are ready to move, still let the scientist faction rebuild the supreme wisdom? No way, are they so generous? Willing to hand over the power that has been sent to them?

They sure don't want to.

Yon Rogge shrugged, he grabbed a green berry and threw it into his mouth, he said:

Including my family, the 14 big families on Hala have already started operations. The situation in the empire in the next few months is destined to be very interesting.

According to the prediction of the elders of my family, soon, the warlords will raise their knives to suppress the scientist faction. The conflict is inevitable. The winner in the next political battle will become the next supreme accuser.

Perhaps in more than ten years, the first emperor of the Cree Empire will be enthroned.

Black Bolt King nodded, he glanced at his wife, the two of them were connected, and after communicating in some indescribable way, the queen asked the second question.

So, about Ronan...

Forget Ronan.

Yong Rogge said sadly:

Politics are the same in any world.

Until the next Supreme Accuser is born, no one will pay attention to matters related to Ronan. It's a pity, if Ronan hadn't been so stubborn at the time...he is now only one step away from being the honorable emperor away.

how about you?

Medusa picked up a glass of strangely colored wine and raised a gesture to Yong Rogge. She took a sip of the wine gracefully, and asked:

What is your next plan? Are you staying in Hara, or returning to Earth?

I'll go back to Earth first.

Without much hesitation, Yong said to his two friends:

My two children are there, and Minerva and I are worried. After the situation becomes clear, I may bring my family back to my hometown, but I may also live on Earth for a long time. I like the tranquility of that world.

Um.

The queen nodded, and she said to Yong:

Please help me with a message to my sister, just say, her brother-in-law and I cannot attend the wedding between her and Kuaiyin, but if she insists on living on Earth, we will not stop her.

The affairs of aliens on Earth will be managed by the afterlife organization. If my husband loses in the struggle for the throne of the Cree Empire, we may bring Attilan back in a few years. of the solar system.

Well, I'll bring it.

Yong nodded, stood up, and planned to leave.

At this sensitive moment when the Supreme Intelligence has just been destroyed, it is better not to run around for a tainted former commander like him.

But just when Yong was about to leave, the door of the restaurant was pushed open again.

The think tank of the Inhuman royal family, the Inhuman Karnak wearing a weird high hat and glasses walked quickly into the restaurant. He looked at Black Bolt and Queen Medusa with a solemn face, and said:

Your Majesty, we have just detected a huge energy vibration outside the Milky Way, and it is rapidly approaching the Milky Way.

What...what does this have to do with us?

Medusa asked in surprise:

Is it targeting the Kerry Empire? Come with malice?

No.

Carnac replied:

According to its current route of advancement, the Kree Empire will not hinder it, but the problem is that we have analyzed several astronomical locations where the energy erupted. If we make a data model of those locations...

Its final destination is likely to be Earth!

!!!

Black Bolt King's expression suddenly changed a bit.

There was a serious gleam in the king's eyes. When Attilan flew out of the solar system before, some of the subjects of the Kree Empire who were reluctant to return to the city were sent to Earth.

And there are many aliens living on the earth, and the crystal is still there.

Even if Black Bolt King doesn't care about the lives of people on Earth, he is a good king and still has a desire to protect his own people.

A few minutes later, Black Bolt and his party saw Karnak's monitoring data on abnormal energy, as well as the route calculated with the help of the Kree Empire's powerful computing equipment.

The intensity of that energy, which was almost close to the monitoring limit, made everyone present change color.

The energy beyond the Heavenly Father can't even be calculated. It is very likely that it is a single universe...God.

Queen Medusa exclaimed.

Yong Rogge behind her also looked ugly, and he said to Black Bat King:

Mineva and I set off immediately, return to Earth, and warn them.

It's too late.

Medusa shook her head, she bit her lip and said:

At its flight speed, it will definitely reach the Earth before you. You go to Xandar. I heard that there is a way to directly contact the Earth's extraterrestrial affairs department.

The Nova Corps should have also detected this abnormal energy activity. That force has always regarded itself as justice and order, and they will not refuse such things.

Well, I'll go right away.

Yong took one last look at the terrifying and rapidly increasing energy readings on the instrument, and he strode away from the manor.

Nearly an hour later, a warning message sent from the Southern Galaxy was transmitted through tens of thousands of information nodes in a special way, and was sent to the m.i.b headquarters 10 minutes later.

Ms. M, the agent supervisor who had just had a romantic date with old K, was woken up by the sound of the phone late at night.

A few minutes later, Agent J, who was sleeping with his new girlfriend, also received a call from his old partner.

I'll give you 15 minutes, meet in the 'storage room,' J.

K's deep voice came into J's ears, and the cool old man gritted his teeth and said:

Big trouble is coming.

This time, we may have to use 'that'!