Chapter 1358: The Mystery of the Feast (VIII)

"The Titans have long since become a thing of the past, and perhaps the glory of the Eternals can still be seen in some of the ruins on Earth."

When Thanos's deep voice echoed in the palace, the edge of the echo trembled with a metallic texture, adding a sense of epic.

"Returning to reincarnation is the fate of all powerful races in the universe. They must pay the price for their own strength. Humans are weak, but lucky. You have not been given an irresistible power by anyone, so naturally there is no inescapable fate."

Then, he changed the subject and said, "No matter what, I have cleared a major obstacle for humans to enter the universe."

Thanos' tone was brisk as if he was joking, but if you think about his deeds of destroying the Titans with his own hands, it seems very crazy.

In this world, there are not only people with congenital mental illnesses among the human race, but also among the Titans. Thanos is obviously the most famous madman Titan in the universe. He destroyed his own race and home planet with his own hands, and to this day, he still feels happy about his behavior.

Schiller remembered the description of Thanos' childhood in the comics. From the perspective of the comics, Thanos was seduced by the goddess of death since he was a child, and gradually grew from a lonely boy who couldn't bear to dissect animals to a terrible genocidal madman.

But from the perspective of a psychiatrist, the woman who suddenly appeared in Thanos's vision and led him to do all kinds of brutal acts was more like a common fantasy partner of mentally ill patients.

In the cases of psychiatric diseases, there are many examples of violent behaviors induced by fantasy partners. It can be said that almost all the fantasy partners of mental patients are the embodiment of pain, confusion and confusion in their minds. Such negative imagination will naturally not urge people to do anything good.

Some details in the comics further prove this point. For example, Thanos was born with purple skin. Unlike other Titans, his mother could not accept that she gave birth to a monster, became crazy, and was finally imprisoned.

Because of his different appearance from other Titans, Thanos has been discriminated against and bullied since childhood. His father is too busy and doesn't care about him at all. Even if Thanos wants to tell him happily that he has made new friends, he only gets the lowest degree of perfunctory response.

His mother's sudden madness may not be an accident, but a hereditary mental illness. Thanos did not receive timely treatment and was excluded. He has been in a stimulating mental state for many years, and the fantasy partner has become his only comfort.

As for whether this fantasy partner is related to death, Schiller thinks that the probability of being related is not very high. The death in their universe is particularly cowardly, and it seems that he has never been very interested in Thanos.

Maybe there is more than one incarnation of death, and maybe the death that seduced Thanos is not the same as the death Schiller saw in the kingdom of death, but there is no doubt that Thanos has been crazy for a long time, crazy very thoroughly, and basically hopeless.

But Schiller still follows that principle. As long as the patient is not in pain, there is no need to treat him. As for the harm caused by madness, there are naturally other means to deal with it.

So, Schiller planned to change the subject. He remembered what Thanos had asked him before, so he gently rubbed his fingertips on the edge of the knife and asked carefully: "You asked me before whether humans have begun to pay attention to Uranus. Since the Titans have been destroyed, why do you care which planet humans pay attention to?"

"It's not that I care, but yesterday a human found me and asked about Uranus and Saturn. I thought it was some relics left there that interfered with your development of the planets."

Schiller frowned slightly, looked up at Thanos' eyes and spit out a name: "Tony Stark?"

"He calls himself Iron Man." Thanos said while eating the food on the plate: "He is a very strange human. In my opinion, half of him is strong light and half is endless darkness."

"I know he is not easy to mess with, so I can only tell the history of the Eternals and Titans, but he doesn't seem to care much about whether the Titans have relics Stay in the universe."

"Looks like a scientist. I thought he would want to study the technology in those ruins, but he is more interested in some mysterious historical legends."

"For example?"

"For example, the origin of the Eternals." Thanos paused for a moment and said, "Unfortunately, I am not a historian. I was born on Titan. I am afraid that I don't know as much about the history of the Eternals on Earth as the Supreme Sorcerer."

"Is that how you answered him?"

Thanos nodded, took a bite of the food on the plate and said, "Oh, by the way, he is also interested in one thing..."

Thanos deliberately dragged out a long tone, and Schiller understood what he meant, so he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, smiled and said, "Your Majesty Thanos, while you are dancing and strategizing in the interstellar society, your Pope is not lazy either. I also have some immature suggestions for our future direction."

"You can speak freely."

"As we all know, you are now a celebrity in the field of interstellar security. This responsibility is not important, but it is very valuable. The price is that you have to spend a lot of time maintaining your reputation. Once your reputation as an interstellar security defender is smashed, you will have nothing."

Thanos nodded and agreed with Schiller's words. Before he asked, Schiller took the initiative to say: "Therefore, if you suddenly turn into a tyrant who fights wars in all directions, the good image and connections you have established before will be completely destroyed."

"After all, a hero who swears to maintain interstellar security suddenly manipulates his own civilization to launch an aggressive war against other civilizations, which will definitely attract the most famous criticism."

"You can't have both predatory growth and public opinion image." Thanos said calmly: "But my purpose of maintaining public opinion image is to make myself stronger. If plundering can achieve this goal faster, then I can naturally abandon public opinion."

"Why can't I have both?"

Thanos was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Such an idea is too naive. As you said, when the Interstellar Society was still an orderly society, aggression was evil. Even for the stability of their own territories, the three empires would not allow emerging civilizations to mess around."

Thanos continued to lower his head and cut meat, and slowly said: "Although the Dark Quadrant is not at the center of the interstellar society, it also has its advantages. If I If we start a war, the core centers of the three empires will not respond quickly. I will not lose out if I can trade time for space. "

"I'm afraid it's not that simple? Do you plan to start a war directly after getting the territory and resources?"

"Of course not. Although the strategy of blitzkrieg has been tested countless times in interstellar society, many leaders of civilizations have overlooked a big problem when implementing this tactic, which led to their final failure."

"Oh, what is that?"

"The key to blitzkrieg is to gain an overwhelming advantage in a short period of time. The misunderstanding of many generals is that they think they must be strong enough to defeat the opponent in a short period of time, but I don't think so."

Thanos shook his head. The leader said: "I prefer to use this tactic when the opponent is weak or in chaos. This tactic can achieve the best effect. The strong can defeat the strong. No matter how well the arrangement is, there are risks. The strong can defeat the weak. Even if there are accidents, there is enough room for error."

"I am not so arrogant as to think that every strategy of mine can be perfectly executed without encountering accidents. In this case, instead of making myself stronger, it is better to find a way to make the opponent weaker, or as you said, both, two-pronged approach."

Schiller raised the wine glass and covered his expression, but Thanos wanted to know what Schiller's suggestion was, but he also knew how greedy Schiller was. If he didn't play a trump card first, Schiller would not speak.

So, Thanos paused and said as if talking to himself:

"The location of the Dark Quadrant is indeed good. The biggest advantage is... close to the edge star area of ​​the Shi'ar Empire."

"I am afraid that searching for the queen's soul in the nine kingdoms will not yield any results." A voice came from the edge of the dance floor.

Thanos came over with a wine glass and said, "Have you forgotten that the Shi'ar Empire also has a pantheon? When the emperor or queen of the Shi'ar Empire succeeds, they need to swear faith in the Shi'ar twin gods."

In the banquet hall, Hela, whose hands were wrapped in the breath of death, remained silent, but turned her head slightly to look at Thanos who was walking over.

"Your Highness Hela, even if your power comes from death, it still carries the mark of Asgard. If you touch the souls of believers of other pantheons, it will inevitably cause misunderstandings in the Shi'ar pantheon, right?"

"Is this the time to be entangled in such things?!!" A high-pitched voice sounded, and everyone looked at the husband lying next to the queen's body. He said with a sad look: "We have to find the murderer who killed the queen as soon as possible and avenge her!... Your Highness Hela, please hurry up, what if the queen's soul is in danger?"

"No, Your Highness Hela, you can't do it." Another younger voice sounded, and everyone turned their eyes to one side, and then found that the one who spoke was a young guard standing behind the husband of the Queen of the Shi'ar Empire.

He cleared his throat and said, "The Shi'ar twins are a couple. They have equal power and share strength, so they value loyalty and faith. If the queen's soul is polluted by the power of other gods, she will probably be abandoned by the Shi'ar twins."

Shiller saw that the muscles at the corners of Wang Fu's mouth were tightened, as if he wanted to continue to wail, but Thanos said again: "I think, as the monarch of the Shi'ar Empire, the queen must want to set a good example for her people and maintain a devout faith. Even if she dies, she must ensure the purity of her soul. This is what a monarch should do."

"A devout believer, whether alive or dead, will never accept being abandoned by the gods he believes in." Thanos walked forward and looked down at Wang Fu, saying, "As her husband, you must be able to implement your wife's will, right?"

"But..."

"Or is it that you and your wife have different beliefs, and you are not as devout as the queen in believing in the gods of the Shi'ar Empire, so you naturally don't care whether your wife's soul is polluted?"

Everyone present was silent. Once it comes to the issue of faith, no one can be so sure. If someone now proposes that no matter whether the queen's soul will be polluted by the power of Asgard, she must be found and resurrected.

What if the Queen of Shi'ar really angered her gods after her resurrection, and she took her anger out on others because of her impurity, then wouldn't the person who proposed this countermeasure have to face the anger of the head of one of the three empires?

Everyone didn't want to bear this anger themselves, and they also knew that they had no position to force others to take this risk.

So, the atmosphere in the field became quiet again, but at this time, Schiller set his eyes on the young guard who had spoken before.

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