[Comprehensive] Road to Trench

Alex woke up from a long sleep.

She felt someone approaching.

The icicles all over the room made the room look like a sculpture of ice and snow. In the center of the icicle, one could clearly see the figure of a little girl in a white dress, but it was difficult to see her face clearly because of the refraction of the light.

The snow-white light spots began to gather beside the icicle, condensing into a shimmering human figure, and when the light gradually faded, a translucent soul that could not be called a living person appeared there.

Its whole body is silvery white, and only because of the different hair color, eye color, skin color and even clothing parts of the main body, it produces darker or lighter silvery white, making it look similar to the "ghost" circulating on some planets.

'What has happened, my friend, I feel that you are in a different mood than usual. 'It spoke in a warm voice—although it said it was an opening, ghosts don't have any vocal organs. The voice Thanos heard was a kind of consciousness similar to voice produced by directly putting what he wanted to say into his brain.

Thanos sat down casually on the step-like steps formed by the ice, and the translucent white-dressed soul slowly walked to his side, watching the ruler of Kirita and the ruler of the planet Gamora touch his body from his arms. Produce a purple spar.

The ghost mage can clearly feel the thrilling power contained in the oval-shaped purple gemstone that seems to be only slightly polished and has a smooth surface.

Alex frowned indistinctly.

This kind of energy... Although it is not the same as the cosmic Rubik's Cube fluctuations that she has handled, but after careful inspection, she can vaguely feel some similar or even the same energy fluctuations...

What does it have to do with the Rubik's Cube?

——When she woke up on the planet Gamora, she found that the cosmic Rubik's Cube that should have been frozen with her disappeared, and she appeared on the planet Gamora alone. After she recovered a little ability, After investigating the traces left behind, it was found that the Rubik's Cube escaped after opening the space wormhole by itself.

"Have you seen it, my friend?" Thanos, the monarch of Kirita, raised the purple spar to his eyes, slowly turned it to check, and asked the ghost mage softly.

'If you mean the jewel in your hand, I haven't seen it.However, in the distant past that I can no longer remember, I have encountered gems similar to it. ' replied the Ghost Mage.

"Oh?" Thanos looked away from the purple spar in his hand and looked at his friend, "What happened next?"

'That gem is very magical. When I wanted to detain it for research, it opened a wormhole by itself and slipped away without a trace. The ghost mage spread his hands gracefully, "It's a pity that I was busy at that time, otherwise I would definitely chase after it and see what happened to that gem that seemed to have its own consciousness——friend, I can feel the gem in your hand. The energy contained in the gem is far greater than the one I have ever encountered, and the two are similar and very different.Where did this come from? '

"This description...you remind me of a space gem." Thanos said thoughtfully, "The one you encountered should be a space gem, and this one in my hand is a power gem. Would you like to hear me tell a story? ,my friend?"

'Appreciate further details. '

"At the beginning of the universe, there were six gems, which we call the Infinity Stones. They each control one aspect of power."

Each gem grants the user omnipotent control over some aspect—including: power, time, space, soul, reality, and mind.

"If someone owns six gems at the same time, it can be said that there is nothing that cannot be achieved except to create a rock that he cannot lift." Thanos looked at the gem in his hand and said, "I once, very much wanted Got it, even went to the dwarves for it, and forged an Infinity Gauntlet, which can be used to control six gems. When I collect all the gems and put them on the Infinity Gauntlet, just snap my fingers lightly, The entire universe will accept the fate of randomly erasing half of life."

'I asked you once, if, like you, bloodbathed half planet after planet to save them, it wouldn't be long before the survivors, along with those who hadn't been saved, would unite against you.At that time, no matter how powerful you are, you will not be able to resist the huge consumption caused by the crowd tactics. The ghost mage said softly, "You said at that time that you made your own decisions-so, what you said at the time was the infinite stones?" '

Thanos smiled briefly: "You still remember the conversation we had when we first met."

'Of course, every moment I have with my friends is worth cherishing. '

Thanos couldn't help laughing at the words, but when his eyes fell on the purple Infinity Stone, the smile from the warm memories disappeared.

"Today, I went to a planet to discuss the construction of the network. The process went smoothly, and that planet welcomed us very much." Thanos recalled what happened not long ago, "Then, at the banquet after the meeting, the planet's The ruler said that for friendship, he would give me the most precious treasure of their planet as a souvenir."

He raised the gem in his hand to his eyes: "When I saw him open the box and hand over the locked gem to my hand, I still couldn't believe it-I have spent countless years and sent countless Man, searched the whole universe for the whereabouts of the Infinity Stones, but I found nothing. Those places where there were rumors of the presence of the Stones, seeing my army, kept silent, would rather die than reveal a word, even a 'no' of denial. And when I met you, my friend, who had given up on saving the universe with the Infinity Gauntlet, someone offered it to me."

Thanos twitched the corners of his mouth, as if smiling: "When I wanted it, I dug three feet into the ground and searched the entire universe, but I didn't see its shadow; when I didn't need it anymore, it appeared in my In front of me, without a single soldier, without any bloodshed or injury, it...was placed in my hands as a testimony of friendship."

The ghost mage looked at him calmly, with eyes that were more dazzling than cosmic star clusters: "So, what do you think now?" '

Thanos looked at the gem of power in his hand and was silent for a long time before saying: "The monarch said that this is a testimony of our friendship with them, and I will keep it. Maybe you can put it in the showroom?" He said tentatively, "Our showroom defenses should be strong enough to hold off people who want to get Infinity Stones for evil purposes. Oh, and my Infinity Gauntlet," he thought as he spoke. bought his own weapon, "I can also put it in the showroom."

The ghost mage looked at him quietly: 'Don't you need infinite gloves and infinite gems? '

Thanos smiled, this time from the bottom of his heart: "Look at the scenery outside the window, my friend, look at the changes in the planet Gamora that we have walked along the way-yes, I don't need infinite gems anymore, and I don't need infinite gems anymore. No need for the Infinity Gauntlet."

The ghost mage also laughed, silently and peacefully: "In this case, why not give them to me, I can make this proof of the establishment of diplomatic relations and friendship appear in a more suitable place." '

Without any hesitation, Thanos handed over the Infinity Gem that he had been asking for so hard, to the ghost mage.

As a monarch who is in charge of an army and a social planet that is undergoing rapid economic development, Thanos’s daily life is very busy. Although General Black Yaowu will assist in governance, many things still need his own knowledge and consent—— This aspect highlights the chicken thief of the ghost mage... Bah, it is witty, even though it has provided essential ideas and development directions throughout the development process, there are very few situations that really require Miss Ghost Mage to personally control it And less, it can be said that when Thanos and his Black Day five generals are busy, our Miss Ghost Mage can still sleep leisurely in the ice lump until she wakes up after sleeping enough ...

Not long after handing the infinite gems to the ghost mage, some men came down to report where Thanos needed to go, so he bid farewell to the ghost mage and left the room full of icicles.

After a while, Gamora came over.

Today's Gamora is no longer the poor little girl in the slums. Thanos himself is very optimistic about this girl, thinking that she can be trained to be the number one fighter in the universe.

His vision has always been extremely accurate. After being led away from the original idea by Miss Mage, he had already given up on this idea, but what he didn't expect was that when the planet Gamora began to recruit troops—yes, in the new There is a mandatory service requirement on the Gamora planet under the system-the green skin has disappeared. The thin girl walked in front of Thanos.

She was the first among the recruits in that class, regardless of whether the opponent was a man or a woman, she defeated all the way, and walked in front of Thanos who came to present the award ceremony.

Gamora still remembers the girl in the ice she met in the wilderness as a child.The girl who seemed to be about her age had saved her, saved her mother, saved the planet.

But when she wanted to keep up with that girl, she was dissuaded:

'Gamora, go to school. "Miss Mage, who has not yet developed a method of soul separation without sequelae, transmitted what she wanted to say to the green-skinned little girl's mind in the ice layer, "If you want to help me, go to school first."Go to school, learn to read, and then think about what I need, and then think about whether you can help me. '

'If at that time, you still think your power is necessary for me, then find a way to come before me. '

Gamora stopped in place, watching that the huge ice block freezing the mage lady was cut off by Kirita's army, put on the transport equipment, and transported to the monarch seat of Kirita.

She followed Ms. Mage's advice and went to the compulsory education school run by Kirita. She worked hard to get excellent grades in the school, learned martial arts, and then was recruited into the army with excellent grades, and won No.

Thanos still remembers this little green-skinned girl who has traveled around half of the universe. This little girl's talent is the best among the children he has ever seen—if Alex hadn't happened later, he would have He intends to take this little child with him and teach her to be the strongest warrior in the universe.

After the Martial Arts Conference, Gamora was summoned. In a room full of icicles, she saw the mage frozen in the icicles.

'Long time no see, Gamora. '

Miss Mage's long-lost voice sounded in her mind.

'Since you have stood in front of me, you already have the answer to the original question, don't you? '

Having grown into a graceful girl warrior, the green-skinned girl nodded and said what she had been thinking about after parting with Alex and finally came to the conclusion:

Knowledge is very important, but without the force to protect it, knowledge will be of little use.

——Even Alex, on the premise of having an equal dialogue with Thanos, she first prevented Thanos from bloodbathing the planet, which is "force".

The girl in the white dress in the icicle listened to her quietly, until she finished the results of these years of thinking, the mage who hadn't seen him for a long time said: "So, what do you want?" '

Gamora stated her thoughts bluntly:

She wants to be Alex's "force".

Not long after, Gamora was promoted step by step in the Kirita army by virtue of his military exploits—although Thanos no longer bloodbathed new planets, there were such things as interstellar pirates in this universe—he was highly appreciated by Thanos She quickly stood on the same level as Obsidian.

Today's Gamora has a terrifying legend in the interstellar pirates. She is called "the most dangerous woman in the universe" by those people--Gamora who is occasionally called by the ghost mage to open a small stove. Tricks are at hand, too—in a way, the Star Pirates would rather meet Obsidian than Gamora and her army.

This time, Gamora also just returned from a mission to suppress bandits.

The development of Planet Gamora is getting better and better, and more and more people are staring at this planet, especially Planet Gamora seems to have a special talent in planning energy.

With the same energy power, the output power can be nearly one-third higher than that of ordinary products, which makes the various energy equipment exported by Planet Gamora in short supply.

And in the black market, there are countless information about buying the export products of the planet Gamora, so those interstellar pirates who can't even dispel the bloody reputation of Thanos and Kirita's army are wandering around the planet Gamora like sharks smelling blood. Waiting for an opportunity to rob and kill on the remote route.

——Although they will come to rob under the pressure of Thanos and Kirita's army, it is impossible for them to fight head-on. They will never go to the main routes protected by the army, and only in remote places without army protection On the route, eat small shrimps to maintain a life like this.

Sensing someone walking in, the ghost mage smiled: 'Are you back, Gamora? '

It's the same this time. I received a report that a bandit seems to be targeting a few fringe routes with little traffic to rob. I reported it to Gamora, and the green-skinned warrior commander set off with the army. Compared After going in and out of the place several times, he accurately waited for the rabbit to clear up the group of bandits and took away their lair.

The green-skinned female soldier nodded sharply, and then slowly talked about the bandit suppression operation: This is a common practice. Basically, every time Gamora completes a mission, after reporting to the superior or before reporting, They will come to the ghost mage and tell the ghost mage in detail about the things she encountered when she went out.

Most of the time, the ghost mage just listened quietly, and sometimes pointed out where her coping methods were inappropriate, maybe there are better coping methods, and would also applaud Kamora's brilliant judgment...

But more often, this kind of telling behavior is not to gain guidance and approval, but just that Gamora wants to share what he has seen and heard in the universe with friends who cannot leave this frozen place...

Even though she knows that the friend who researched "Taotao.com" and "Aliwangwang" may have seen a farther and wider universe than she has seen, Gamora still can't help thinking, maybe, this time I met... The people I met, the things I met, and the scenery I saw were things that Alex had never seen before?

It’s the same this time. Gamora talked about chasing down a planet with a brilliant arc when he was suppressing the bandits. The sky of that planet is colorful, but not dazzling. The translucent curtain slowly opened in the air—and the solid-color curtain was different every time.

In the ghost mage's eyes, the stars flickered on and off, more beautiful than the sky she saw - Gamora somehow stopped talking slowly.

'What's wrong? '

Gamora came back to her senses and didn't know what to answer for a moment. Fortunately, she saw the red gemstone suspended in front of the ghost mage, so she changed the topic logically: "What is this?"

The ghost mage didn't investigate further, seeing that Gamora's eyes fell on the gem suspended by her mage's hand, she chuckled and said, "It was sent by the star master of Baijixing, as a gift with Ka Mola." A symbol of friendship between Planet La—but, to me, it should be a test item? '

The ghost mage smiled inexplicably.

Gamora could feel that there seemed to be a terrifying energy contained in this gemstone: "It looks...it seems, isn't it simple?"

'Yes, but only in relative terms. The ghost mage suspended the gemstone in front of him and stared intently, "Compared to the object it imitates, its energy is nothing but the light of fireflies." '

imitation?Ontology?

"Is this fake?" Gamora was shocked, "Bai Jixing used a fake one to contribute?!"

"I'm not very clear... Does the star master of Baijixing know it's fake and use it as a test, or does he think it's true..." The ghost mage seemed to be saying something confusing, but her eyes were full of confusion. Without the slightest doubt, this convinced Gamora that she actually had a law in her heart.

Now that Alex has made a decision in her heart, there is no need for her to talk anymore... Gamora thought this way, and put aside the question of the authenticity of this gem: "How are you going to do it, Alex? ?Need a gift back for them?"

'Anyway, it's a very useful prop. The ghost mage looked at the gem and said thoughtfully, "...gift? Well, Gamora, you reminded me."

Gamora looked at Ms. Mage suspiciously, not understanding what he had reminded her.

Occasionally, there is still a hobby of telling jokes. The ghost mage didn't speak out, but just changed the subject with a smile.

After handing over the power gem, the star master of Bai Jixing fell into a state of anxiety that he didn't know when the other boot would drop.

The only thing that can comfort him is that his younger brother has left with half of his subjects. If the monarch of Kirita just used false appearances to confuse the world, at least they can keep half of his subjects.

The establishment of diplomatic relations with Planet Gamora is not something that can be completed in a day or two. After the initial establishment of diplomatic relations, there were several exchanges until the equipment base for transmitting signals was established on Baiji Planet, and this planet was also included in Taobao. After being within the radiation range of Taowang, the expected situation where Thanos found out that the offered gems were fake and sent troops to attack Baijixing in anger, still did not happen.

Lord Bai Jixing fell into thinking "Did he find out that it is the power gem?" "Did he discover the power gem and was busy researching it?" You should be angry and attack us for real gems. After all, you can imitate such lifelike treasures. Even if the real gems are not with us, you should have seen them." Waiting for the situation to find out which is the real anxiety.

On the day when the equipment base cut the ribbon, Thanos and Bai Ji Xingzhu attended the event together and delivered congratulatory speeches.

When the event for the public was over, the ruler of Kirita called Lord Baijixing from behind: "Wait a minute, my friend." He said, "I have a gift for you."

The star master of Bai Jixing's heart sank, but he felt a sense of stability.

The other boot finally came down.

He followed the purple-skinned ruler to the space station, and saw a huge tower shaped like a power coil.

Surrounding the most central and thickest tower, there are several slightly shorter towers with the same shape. When Baiji Xingzhu saw this pattern, his heart sank: This is a weapon!

The words of Thanos also confirmed his thoughts:

"This is a weapon." Thanos pointed to the tower that was undergoing the final inspection, and said, "Defense weapon."

defensive?

"The base body can be disassembled and distributed outside the atmosphere according to certain rules, and it is dedicated to building planetary protection nets—if there are enough materials and equipment, even galaxy defense nets can be established. Ability is superimposed." Thanos's tone carried a kind of pride that seemed to show others his outstanding works.

——Although this planetary defense network was not made by him.

"If it's a big project..." Lord Baiji Xingxing couldn't help but marvel, "Then the energy consumed is also extremely huge?"

"Yes, my friend, before this, a friend of mine had already had the idea of ​​such a galaxy or even an interstellar protective net, but he couldn't turn the idea into reality because he didn't have the right energy to drive it." Thanos slowed down With a clear tone, "She has been troubled by this for a long time—however, not long ago, there was a turning point. Do you know what that turning point is?"

Lord Baiji star vaguely realized something, but couldn't believe it.

"It's you, my friend!" Thanos patted him on the shoulder, "The gem you gave me contains powerful energy, which is enough to supply the energy needed for the galaxy defense grid she imagined! So , according to the specific fluctuations emitted by that gemstone, she tailored this special structure for extracting energy, and installed it into the matrix to provide energy for the entire device."

Master Baiji Xing couldn't believe it: This, the one that powers this protective net is the fake power gem that he sent over? !

"Just as you gave me the gem as a symbol of our diplomatic relations and friendship," Thanos waved his hand, pointed to the already assembled protective network base station, and then pressed his hand on the shoulder of Lord Baiji Xing, "I also put This base station tower powered by gems is given to you as a gift from Planet Gamora."

It seems that he is worried that the other party will not accept the high energy consumption. Thanos has a little humor: "Don't worry, the gem you gave me is enough to support the system to operate at the current scale for 100 years. Even if the scale is expanded, time will not Too much less, the increase in energy consumption is larger and slower - this is the specialty of our planet Gamora."

The star master of Baiji star looked at the protective net standing outside the atmosphere of his planet and guarding the planet with dignity, and still couldn't believe what he had encountered:

That Thanos, using the Power Gem as a tool to provide energy, created a galaxy shield for the planet that donated it?

There are still people who doubt Thanos's acting, but there are fewer and fewer such voices.

Nowadays, in interstellar communication, the term Kirita gives the impression to most intelligent life forms that it is no longer the demon king who bloodbathed half the planet, but a huge group dedicated to the establishment of diplomatic relations and development.

Just when more and more planets established communication with Planet Gamora and became the radiation area of ​​Taotao.com, and peaceful development almost became the main theme, a news came that shocked most of the universe:

Kirita army mutiny!

Adopted by Thanos and raised as a warrior, three of the five generals of Obsidian, who became his right-hand man, led a third of the Kirita army to rebel against Thanos!