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Chapter 571 Searching for the Time Stone
"Have you found the trace of the last Time Stone?"
Stepping out of the Portal, Thanos immediately asked Ebony Maw, who was bowing beside him.
"Not yet, Your Majesty," Ebony Maw said humbly, not worried that the Universe Emperor would punish him for his ineffective work after his resurrection.
"Humph." As expected, after hearing Ebony Maw's answer, Thanos only let out a displeased snort and continued walking towards his Throne without any substantial punishment.
It was also at this time that Ebony Maw noticed a strange Figure following behind Thanos. When he was bowing, he thought the person standing behind Thanos was Proxima Midnight, but when he looked up, he realized it wasn't.
Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight disappeared, but Thanos returned with a newcomer. Ebony Maw quickly noticed the fishy business in this. Although he had doubts in his heart, he rationally suppressed his Curiosity.
Some things, if Thanos didn't say, then they were not worthy to know, such as whether Corvus Glaive and the others were dead or alive.
"I understand you, Ebony Maw. If there weren't clues with enough weight, you wouldn't look like this."
Thanos sat steadily on the Throne. Supergiant stopped below the Throne, standing in the position originally belonging to Corvus Glaive, the Leader of the Black Order. Ebony Maw's eyes flickered slightly, and he floated to Supergiant's lower position without saying anything.
"Indeed, nothing can be hidden from Your Majesty. Your subordinate does have some discoveries," Ebony Maw bowed slightly. "Not long after you left, a slight abnormality appeared in the Encirclement Net of the Black Order surrounding Earth."
"What abnormality?" Thanos asked.
"The entire 11th Fleet responsible for monitoring lost contact for about 3 minutes," Ebony Maw raised his Head. "When contact was re-established with the 11th Fleet, none of them knew what caused the three minutes of lost contact."
"They said they were just performing normal monitoring Mission, but received an inquiry from the Main Ship. If the Clerk responsible for Record in the 11th Fleet hadn't discovered the discrepancy in Time, they might still be kept in the dark."
"Bring a member of the 11th Fleet over."
Thanos's expression remained unchanged. Ebony Maw waved his Hand, and his Subordinate immediately understood and brought up a member of the 11th Fleet who had been prepared in advance. It was a Vanguard Guard. When this person saw Thanos, he immediately knelt respectfully on the Ground.
It had been Setting before the Vanguard Guard were even born that they were absolutely loyal to Thanos, and they all regarded sacrificing themselves for Thanos as Glory. To die for Thanos was the Glory of all Vanguard Guard.
Thanos raised his Left Hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and the Vanguard Guard kneeling on the Ground was immediately pulled up by an invisible Power and flew towards Thanos.
Thanos placed his Hand on the Head of the Vanguard Guard who flew over. The yellow Mind Stone lit up, and everything about the Vanguard Guard was displayed before Thanos's Eyes.
Soon Thanos frowned. With the Mind Stone, he noticed something wrong with the other party's Brain the first Time he made contact. His Spirit had been tampered with artificially.
"Humph." Thanos snorted coldly. He immediately guessed who had done it. Even in the vast and boundless Universe, Abilities related to Mind and Spirit were very rare, let alone Control an entire Fleet. There were even fewer people who could achieve this level. Thanos could only think of one.
"That Martian Manhunter." Thanos gritted his Teeth. Although he didn't know the other party's Purpose, this repeated provocative behavior did arouse Thanos's Rage.
It just so happened that the other party was also a Stumbling Block on his path to find the Gem. Thanos felt it was Time to clean up a wave of jumping clowns.
"Indeed, it coincides with my guess," Ebony Maw bowed again. Martian Manhunter was also a suspect he had guessed. "If that's the case, Your Majesty, I may have a Clue about the trace of the last Infinity Stone."
"Oh?" Thanos raised his Brow. "Continue."
"Yes," Ebony Maw accepted the order. "We all know that there is still one last Gem left on Earth, and Earth, as our Information Source, naturally knows this very well."
"In the past two years, the Resistance on Earth, apart from occasionally repelling some of our search Troops, have never actively confronted us."
"But now, they have not only found helpers, but also taken the initiative to attack, causing a Fleet to lose Consciousness for three minutes. I think this is very likely a Signal for them to launch a Resistance."
"And the only reliance of Earthling is the only remaining Time Stone, so I speculate that Earthling may already know the Position of the Time Stone and want to use this to defeat us."
"Interesting Reason." Thanos stroked his Chin. "But what you said makes a lot of Reason, Ebony Maw. Human's recent actions are indeed a bit frequent. Even if they haven't grasped the specific Position of the Gem, it is very likely that they have some big Act. Then it is also Time to eliminate them."
"Your subordinate has already sent Black Dwarf to the Ground to search," Ebony Maw said.
"Black Dwarf is too impetuous, and searching is not his forte," Thanos shook his Head. "Supergiant, you also go to the Ground and use your Ability to search out those Bugs, dig out everything they know, and present it to me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Supergiant showed a charming Smile, and then disappeared from the Throne Room.
Ebony Maw, who silently recorded Supergiant's Information in his Brain, slightly shrank his pupils, and then raised the former's danger Level by several Levels.
Thanos looked at Ebony Maw's Body, which stiffened for a moment inexplicably, and showed a playful Smile, then closed his Eyes and leaned on the Throne to rest.
…
"I really can't believe that we actually have to listen to a magic trick man," Rocket complained while walking, carrying his Gun.
"I also can't believe that I'm actually talking to a Raccoon again," Doctor Strange retorted.
"Want to try the Raccoon's big Gun?"
"Thank you, keep it for your own amusement."
Gamora looked at the quarreling two speechlessly. Such dialogues had been repeated several times. Since they were sent out to search for the trace of the Time Stone, Rocket would always quarrel with that Earthling named Strange.
As for why they came out to search for the Time Stone, this matter has to be traced back to an hour ago. In short, Yang Le took them to the Base, and then used Telepathy to share everything with everyone.
It has to be said that Martian Manhunter's Mind Download Ability is really easy to use. There is no need to bother to explain, just transmit the Idea to others like transferring File. Knowing and understanding are done in one go.
The personnel were all present, and Yang Le could finally start the next step of the Plan, which was to find the whereabouts of the Time Stone, and of course, this matter would depend on the current apprentice Mage, the future Sorcerer Supreme—Doctor Strange to take action.
"Have you found the trace of the last Time Stone?"
Stepping out of the Portal, Thanos immediately asked Ebony Maw, who was bowing beside him.
"Not yet, Your Majesty," Ebony Maw said humbly, not worried that the Universe Emperor would punish him for his ineffective work after his resurrection.
"Humph." As expected, after hearing Ebony Maw's answer, Thanos only let out a displeased snort and continued walking towards his Throne without any substantial punishment.
It was also at this time that Ebony Maw noticed a strange Figure following behind Thanos. When he was bowing, he thought the person standing behind Thanos was Proxima Midnight, but when he looked up, he realized it wasn't.
Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight disappeared, but Thanos returned with a newcomer. Ebony Maw quickly noticed the fishy business in this. Although he had doubts in his heart, he rationally suppressed his Curiosity.
Some things, if Thanos didn't say, then they were not worthy to know, such as whether Corvus Glaive and the others were dead or alive.
"I understand you, Ebony Maw. If there weren't clues with enough weight, you wouldn't look like this."
Thanos sat steadily on the Throne. Supergiant stopped below the Throne, standing in the position originally belonging to Corvus Glaive, the Leader of the Black Order. Ebony Maw's eyes flickered slightly, and he floated to Supergiant's lower position without saying anything.
"Indeed, nothing can be hidden from Your Majesty. Your subordinate does have some discoveries," Ebony Maw bowed slightly. "Not long after you left, a slight abnormality appeared in the Encirclement Net of the Black Order surrounding Earth."
"What abnormality?" Thanos asked.
"The entire 11th Fleet responsible for monitoring lost contact for about 3 minutes," Ebony Maw raised his Head. "When contact was re-established with the 11th Fleet, none of them knew what caused the three minutes of lost contact."
"They said they were just performing normal monitoring Mission, but received an inquiry from the Main Ship. If the Clerk responsible for Record in the 11th Fleet hadn't discovered the discrepancy in Time, they might still be kept in the dark."
"Bring a member of the 11th Fleet over."
Thanos's expression remained unchanged. Ebony Maw waved his Hand, and his Subordinate immediately understood and brought up a member of the 11th Fleet who had been prepared in advance. It was a Vanguard Guard. When this person saw Thanos, he immediately knelt respectfully on the Ground.
It had been Setting before the Vanguard Guard were even born that they were absolutely loyal to Thanos, and they all regarded sacrificing themselves for Thanos as Glory. To die for Thanos was the Glory of all Vanguard Guard.
Thanos raised his Left Hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and the Vanguard Guard kneeling on the Ground was immediately pulled up by an invisible Power and flew towards Thanos.
Thanos placed his Hand on the Head of the Vanguard Guard who flew over. The yellow Mind Stone lit up, and everything about the Vanguard Guard was displayed before Thanos's Eyes.
Soon Thanos frowned. With the Mind Stone, he noticed something wrong with the other party's Brain the first Time he made contact. His Spirit had been tampered with artificially.
"Humph." Thanos snorted coldly. He immediately guessed who had done it. Even in the vast and boundless Universe, Abilities related to Mind and Spirit were very rare, let alone Control an entire Fleet. There were even fewer people who could achieve this level. Thanos could only think of one.
"That Martian Manhunter." Thanos gritted his Teeth. Although he didn't know the other party's Purpose, this repeated provocative behavior did arouse Thanos's Rage.
It just so happened that the other party was also a Stumbling Block on his path to find the Gem. Thanos felt it was Time to clean up a wave of jumping clowns.
"Indeed, it coincides with my guess," Ebony Maw bowed again. Martian Manhunter was also a suspect he had guessed. "If that's the case, Your Majesty, I may have a Clue about the trace of the last Infinity Stone."
"Oh?" Thanos raised his Brow. "Continue."
"Yes," Ebony Maw accepted the order. "We all know that there is still one last Gem left on Earth, and Earth, as our Information Source, naturally knows this very well."
"In the past two years, the Resistance on Earth, apart from occasionally repelling some of our search Troops, have never actively confronted us."
"But now, they have not only found helpers, but also taken the initiative to attack, causing a Fleet to lose Consciousness for three minutes. I think this is very likely a Signal for them to launch a Resistance."
"And the only reliance of Earthling is the only remaining Time Stone, so I speculate that Earthling may already know the Position of the Time Stone and want to use this to defeat us."
"Interesting Reason." Thanos stroked his Chin. "But what you said makes a lot of Reason, Ebony Maw. Human's recent actions are indeed a bit frequent. Even if they haven't grasped the specific Position of the Gem, it is very likely that they have some big Act. Then it is also Time to eliminate them."
"Your subordinate has already sent Black Dwarf to the Ground to search," Ebony Maw said.
"Black Dwarf is too impetuous, and searching is not his forte," Thanos shook his Head. "Supergiant, you also go to the Ground and use your Ability to search out those Bugs, dig out everything they know, and present it to me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Supergiant showed a charming Smile, and then disappeared from the Throne Room.
Ebony Maw, who silently recorded Supergiant's Information in his Brain, slightly shrank his pupils, and then raised the former's danger Level by several Levels.
Thanos looked at Ebony Maw's Body, which stiffened for a moment inexplicably, and showed a playful Smile, then closed his Eyes and leaned on the Throne to rest.
…
"I really can't believe that we actually have to listen to a magic trick man," Rocket complained while walking, carrying his Gun.
"I also can't believe that I'm actually talking to a Raccoon again," Doctor Strange retorted.
"Want to try the Raccoon's big Gun?"
"Thank you, keep it for your own amusement."
Gamora looked at the quarreling two speechlessly. Such dialogues had been repeated several times. Since they were sent out to search for the trace of the Time Stone, Rocket would always quarrel with that Earthling named Strange.
As for why they came out to search for the Time Stone, this matter has to be traced back to an hour ago. In short, Yang Le took them to the Base, and then used Telepathy to share everything with everyone.
It has to be said that Martian Manhunter's Mind Download Ability is really easy to use. There is no need to bother to explain, just transmit the Idea to others like transferring File. Knowing and understanding are done in one go.
The personnel were all present, and Yang Le could finally start the next step of the Plan, which was to find the whereabouts of the Time Stone, and of course, this matter would depend on the current apprentice Mage, the future Sorcerer Supreme—Doctor Strange to take action.
