[Comprehensive] Road to Trench

Waking up to find that the fusion degree of body cells has only reached a quarter, which is not the most deceitful thing.

The worst thing is that when I woke up, I found that I had left the earth and landed on an unknown planet.

Although the human race on this planet has a human body similar to that of humans on Earth, they have green skin like goblins—to tell the truth, when Alex, who just woke up, saw the green-skinned and red-haired girl in his consciousness , For a moment, I thought I saw a hybrid of goblin and human in Clemons...

It is Alex's body that is sleeping at ultra-low temperature. For her consciousness, unless it is a critical moment of fusion, there is not much difference between her being awake and sleeping. For fusion, there is not much difference.

——It's just that her body was unstable at the beginning of the fusion, and she had to go into a deep sleep so that her body could better adjust and adapt to her spiritual body.

So, the next day, when Gamora carried her mother on her back and entered the restricted zone again, to look for the person she had just met in the ice layer, she found that no matter how she called him, she didn't get a response...

Gamora has a little secret.

Her secret is in the forbidden cave, where there is a big and thick block of ice, and a person is frozen inside.

It looks about the same age as her, but it is very powerful, and it seems to have lived for a long time.

That person was often sleeping, and when Gamora looked for her, only once out of ten times did she meet her awake.

Even so, Gamora is very happy.

When that person was awake, Gamora would tell her what happened to her: Sura next door gave birth to her ninth child, but people who passed by that house a few days ago found that the newborn child was gone, and Su La La said that she did not survive, but she secretly listened to the conversations between her mother and others. The newborn child was actually sold by Sura in exchange for winter clothes and food...

The relief food distributed by the government is getting less and less. My mother is working every day, from opening her eyes to closing her eyes, without stopping, but the food that can be exchanged is still decreasing, and she can’t even fill her stomach. Fortunately, she can collect food from the restricted area and bring it back to subsidize her mother...

The people on TV said that the supplier's food could not be sold and had to be dumped into the garbage dump, but they obviously couldn't eat enough...

There was another war in the distance, she didn't know if it would come here, she was a little scared...

In Gamora's intermittent narration, Alex pieced together the current situation of the city where the green-skinned red-haired girl lives: population explosion, high prices, resource shortage...

The memory belonging to the illithids has been fully awakened. Those hundreds of years of memory and experience allow Alex to easily deduce the future of this planet: the competition for resources will lead to wars, and the number of people killed and injured in wars will exceed the capacity of this planet. The population disappears during the war, and resources are redistributed; during the war, the top strata that once held resources were pulled down, and the new class came to power; the huge trauma caused by the war made them unable to dispute any more, so they developed steadily until another population explosion came ... This cycle will continue until the intelligent creatures on this planet develop the technology of flying to the sky, and are able to leave this planet and find a second habitable planet.

Then on the new planet, continue a similar fate.

History is always similar.

——Of course, there is also a great possibility that during the development process, this race died out because of the war.

But these have nothing to do with her. The little green-skinned girl in front of her who is excitedly telling her that this year's plants have grown so much that she and her mother haven't been hungry for a long time will not think so far. For Gamora, and Her mother is happy to live well together.

"By the way, I don't know your name yet!" One day, Gamora suddenly remembered this matter, and she still doesn't know how to call the people in the ice layer.

'Name...call me Alex. ’ The person in the ice still had his eyes closed and didn’t speak, the voice sounded directly in Gamora’s brain, ‘If you need me for something, just call my name in your heart, and I will respond to you—if I woke up then with words. '

The girl with silver curly hair fell asleep quietly in the thick ice, quietly listening to Gamora talking about all the little things in her life, like a silent listener.

This peaceful life continued until the peace was broken.

The change happened in just half a day. Before Gamora realized it, the patrolling policemen on the street who maintained order and prevented the untouchables from the slums from setting foot in the areas where they should not set foot were killed by a large number of armed men. Army instead.

These troops knocked on doors from door to door, and even poured in these people in the slums where no patrolman was willing to set foot in the past. They pulled out those who had made their homes in sheds, corners, and even beside garbage cans one by one, and brought them to the village. on the square.

Gamora didn't know what happened, those troops didn't look like them - aliens?

What are they holding?

Gamora doesn't recognize guns, but she instinctively thinks they're dangerous.

Those armies wearing armor and carrying strange things began to divide the crowd into two sides. Their choices seemed to be without standards. There were old people and children on both sides, well-dressed dignitaries and tattered cloth strips. The poor are on the same side, and those people seem to be just separating people at random.

The mother held Gamora tightly in her arms, for fear of losing her daughter.

But a soldier pulled them away, and the mother was pushed aside, and Gamora was at a loss: "Mom!"

She tried to keep up with her mother, but was stopped by a tall, purple-skinned figure in golden armor.

This person is very powerful - Gamora can feel this, she is terrified to the extreme, but she doesn't even have the strength to refuse at all, she can only be pushed away by his hand on her shoulder.

Mom, mom... The little girl with red hair and green skin called her mom in her heart, but she couldn't see where her mom was anymore.

The man in golden armor and purple skin placed a double-edged ruby ​​dagger with a center handle on her finger, just at the right point to make the double-edged blade in perfect balance.

"For you," he said.

Gamora held the dagger, and the horror in her heart continued to expand: she vaguely felt that if she didn't do anything else, she would lose her important relatives.

By the way, Alex!Alex...Alex...can you hear me...Alex...

Thanos put the balanced dagger that represented his philosophy in the hand of the little girl who he saw at a glance and decided to take back to train as a warrior. Behind him, without his order, the warriors who had performed the same task many times Raising the weapon in his hand, he fired at the crowd that was divided to one side.

half, and half.

Half alive, half dead, this is Thanos' idea of ​​bloodbath every planet.

But this time, something strange happened to them.

The pouring firepower collided with a layer of milky white mask, and the crowd protected behind the mask remained unharmed.

Such a change attracted Thanos' attention, he turned around, and even Gamora, who had been blocked by him from seeing the massacre scene behind him, also looked over.

The milky white mask has not disappeared, it still exists.

Thanos frowned: "What is this?"

Gamora covered her mouth tightly: She had seen this mask once!

One time when she was hunted down by wolves in the wasteland, she silently chanted Alex's name in her heart, and then this milky white mask appeared on her body, and those wolves couldn't break through the mask to hurt the inside. her.

It's Alex!

Alex did it!

"Do you know the origin of this?" Thanos was keenly aware of the emotional changes of the little girl next to him.

Gamora covered her mouth tightly, without saying a word, just staring at the person who terrified her so much.

Then, a clear voice sounded in Thanos and his men—or rather, in the minds of everyone in this square: 'Please don't embarrass the children.Although I encountered a massacre when I woke up, I can feel that you are not a bloodthirsty general. If you have time, would you like to tell me why you want to kill half of the people on this planet? ? '

The voice that rang directly in his head?

Thanos was a little surprised, but what surprised him even more was what the unknown person mentioned: that person said that he is not a murderous person.

It's amazing, the name of Thanos has already become a symbol of the cruel devil king in the universe, because wherever he passes, half of the people will be washed by blood.

But now, someone said that you are not a bloodthirsty general.

How amazing, he has passed through so many planets, no one understands him, but on this planet, he has not even met the other party, and he has not even said a word, but that person dares to say that he is not a bloodthirsty people?

——It is undeniable that Thanos was intrigued by this man's words.

He would have ignored such a voice, according to his usual behavior, he would break through that layer of protective shield, wash half of his life with blood, and then leave.

But now, he actually had the idea of ​​answering.

"Because, I want to save this planet." Thanos said.

The voice was silent for a while before resounding in everyone's minds:

'I see... I see, you are a benevolent leader, carrying everything and moving forward without understanding—even so, you are still firm. '

The people who were originally shrouded in fear couldn't believe what they heard, and even there was a small commotion in Thanos' army:

Thanos?Ren Ci?

Can these two names, which are like the two ends of a magnetic pole, be put together?

Thanos also smiled: "If you want to say something flattering and flattering, I can let people on this planet go, that's impossible."

'This is not flattery. ’ said the voice that came from nowhere, ‘I can’t come to meet you for some reason, but I still want to tell you what I say from the bottom of my heart—great and benevolent monarch, will you condescend to come before me and let I'll be honest about everything? '

At the same time, a map unfolded in Thanos' mind, and the location marked on it was where the owner of the voice was.

Thanos waved back the ebony throat that seemed to be trying to persuade him, stepped on the aircraft, and soon arrived at the entrance of the cave in the wilderness.

Without letting his subordinates follow in, Thanos walked into the cave alone.

Going deep into the cave, he saw the person who was frozen in the thick ice: "The person who protects the next half of life and transmits the voice to my brain is you?" He looked at the thick ice , "This ice layer...it protects you, but also restricts you."

The people in the ice layer were motionless, as if they were just asleep, but the voice sounded on time: "Yes, your judgment is very accurate-it's a pity that I can't come out of the ice layer to pay tribute to you now, please forgive my faux pas." '

Thanos closed his eyes: "I'm not someone who likes to listen to flattery."

'Why do you think this is flattery? ' said the clear, childlike voice, 'I woke up and saw that you ordered the army to kill half of the people, but it is different from the bloodthirsty in the heart that cannot be concealed when the generals who are keen on massacre give orders. When you ordered, I only felt pain, sorrow, and determination from you - you didn't want to kill them, but you had to.From you, I feel no less pain than those who are about to die. '

Thanos slightly opened his eyes.

’ And you answered my query: To save the planet.Please forgive my stupidity, it took me a moment to think about the meaning of salvation in your words.

According to anyone's thinking, what you did should be destroying this planet. You killed half of the race on this planet-but you said that this is salvation.

Then I remembered the pictures I saw every time I woke up.

The population on this planet is exploding, the resources that are scarce enough to supply the population, and the countries that are fighting for resources...Thinking of this, I realized that you are indeed saving them—that is, saving the planet, to be more precise Sakura said that she was saving them who lived on this planet.

Without your intervention, what kind of future will the people on this planet go to?

People at the bottom couldn't eat enough and clothed themselves, and died one by one. Those who were unwilling to do so set off a revolution, trying to pull down those upper-class people who had the vast majority of resources, so the war began... This is a war for survival. Until the forces are reshuffled and everything is restarted, otherwise it will not stop.

And as far as my experience is concerned, many races have died in this kind of infighting-without your intervention, people on this planet will perish in the infighting.

I see the future of this planet, and so do you.But unlike my indifference and indifference, you chose to save them in your own way: half of the people were randomly selected to survive, the forces were shuffled, and the resources that were originally insufficient due to the population explosion became rich again due to the population decline. So the half of the people who survived can live a happy and stable life.

But no one will thank you, everyone remembers the half you killed, and no one wants to see the happiness of the remaining half, so the name of tyranny and blood will remain on you forever.They tell anyone they see how cruel and horrible you are, even wanting to avenge the half that died.

Give them a happy and stable life, bear their hatred and resentment, but never say a word, never defend yourself-please tell me, can such a person deserve the title of greatness and benevolence? '

At some point, Thanos has fully opened his eyes, quietly looking at the person who was frozen in the thick ice.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "It's the first time I meet someone who understands me like you."

He just said a word, but the other party seemed to see through his heart.

It is undeniable that even if he knew the loneliness and incomprehension on this road when he made a decision, Thanos was still a little happy when he really met someone who could understand his ideas.

Unknowingly, he chatted with the person he met for the first time. Many things he had said to his subordinates but had not been truly understood, but this person could quickly and accurately understand—his subordinates They all thought he was just murderous.

They chatted from dawn to dusk, and when Ebony Maw, who was worried about the danger of Thanos outside, came in, they only saw Thanos talking happily with the people in the ice.

Thanos waved his hand, motioning for Ebony Maw to back out, he was having a good time chatting with someone.

Unable to bear it, Thanos said again: "You are the first person I have met who understands me so well."

The person in the ice said softly: "It is my honor to be recognized by you.Only, I have a question. '

It is a kind of luck to meet someone who can understand me, Thanos relaxed a lot: "Please speak."

'From the broken words of those soldiers, I know that this is not the first planet you saved, before it, many planets have been saved by you—just like what you are going to do to this planet, kill Half, live half.That being the case, have you ever thought about yourself? '

"Me?" Thanos froze for a moment, then smiled, "Are you talking about those who survived to avenge me? They are not my opponents."

'The universe is very large, the drive for hatred is like an infinite source of energy, and no one knows what the vengeful man can do for the dead - not even me.I believe that your ambition is not just to save one, two or a few planets. '

Thanos nodded lightly: "Yes, I want to save this universe."

The voice was silent for a few seconds, and seemed to be surprised by his words, and it took a while to ring again: "Enough ants can kill a poisonous snake king, even if you don't pay attention to one or two vengeful people, when half of them When the above-mentioned vengeful people gather together, even with your ability, it will be difficult to deal with it... And you still want to save more planets, in this case, you should protect yourself even more.There are still so many planets that need to be saved by you - if those vengeful people succeed, who can inherit your ideas and continue to move forward firmly on the road that is not understood by others?With all due respect, apart from you, I am afraid there will not be another person who can do this. '

Thanos sighed: "I also know, I want to pick out the one who can understand me best from among my adopted children-although I haven't found one yet, but I saw a child today, maybe she You can understand me in the future..." Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, "No, I have already met it now."

The person in the ice layer probably smiled, very slightly, and quickly disappeared: "No, I am different from you, I can understand your thoughts and actions, but I will not walk on your path—— The fate of being betrayed by everyone and not understood is too heavy for me to bear.

It's clear to me that I'm not the type to be an unsung hero. '

Thanos was a little disappointed, but he could understand that it was so painful when he gave the order, but he had to give the order, and not everyone could have such a magnanimity.

It's good that this person can understand him.

"I'm very glad to meet you." Thanos stood up and said again.

'I'm also very happy, I haven't had such a good conversation with people in a long time. ’ the voice sighed, ‘but when I think of your future, the joy in my heart disappears like dewdrops in the morning light. '

"Don't use honorifics." Thanos' tone slowed down a lot, "You are my friend."

'Friend...? ’ The people in the ice seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then they seemed to have made up their minds, ‘Since you, no, you think we are friends, would you like to hear about it? I hope you can go further and be understood by more people , get support from more people, and allow you to save planets?

I've been watching this planet from the sidelines, it's none of my business whether they live or die - but now, my friend, you're in the mix, and I need to do something about it, because I don't want to see someone from The vengeful of this planet hurt my friend. '

Thanos was already preparing to continue with his plan, but upon hearing this, he temporarily stopped.