A few hours earlier, Loki had arrived at a Shi'ar Empire warehouse with the spatial storage device provided by Asgard, ready to receive the dimensional cutting equipment.
Since the official explanation was that this was a collaboration with other civilizations among the Nine Realms, it was a private transaction. When Loki took the dimensional cutting equipment away, there was barely any commotion. Aside from the queen and a few close attendants, no one knew.
After leaving Feather Star, she immediately found a secluded place with Thanos and began dividing the spoils.
This dimensional cutting technology had originally been obtained for Thanos. After all, he had neither people nor equipment. Even if he went to that universe and beat up his good brother, he would have no way to haul all that stuff away.
But with this technology, he could seize a territory and the supplies accumulated by that universe's Thanos. Just as Schiller and Strange had guessed, there was not much, but Thanos had no other choice.
More importantly, in order to obtain this technology, he had yielded quite a few benefits to Loki. It could even be said that Loki had dragged Thanos into the massive pit of Ragnarok, turning him into one of Asgard's glorious debt-repayment laborers.
Then again, the entire Earth and the other civilizations of the Nine Realms could also be considered laborers helping Asgard repay its debts. Preserving Asgard's absolute military dominance benefited everyone. Not just anyone was qualified to cling to Asgard's thigh.
Clearly, Thanos had realized that cooperation with Asgard brought more advantages than drawbacks, so he did not mind tying their interests together more deeply. Interstellar conflict was like international politics: there were no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
Thanos and Loki both understood this, so neither wasted words. Loki handed the