Please, Stop Jinxing It / The Natural Counter to a Schemer

The hope of revenge was growing increasingly slim, which made the Destroyer, who wasn't very good at thinking, feel resentful and agitated.

However, the optimistic Star-Lord didn't dwell on these difficult problems, because he discovered something useful to make up for the damage to his ship.

Not far away, a spacecraft broken in two floated in space.

The precious metals, gems, and other valuables inside the cabin made Star-Lord's eyes light up. He immediately pulled the mechanical arm and dragged the wreckage of the spacecraft into his own ship.

After the successful salvage, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Mantis, with few worries, squeezed into the cabin at Star-Lord's invitation and sat down to divide the loot.

As for whose small aircraft it is, they only need to use their brains a little to know that it most likely belongs to Valkyrie.

Anyway, consider this compensation and food expenses. Star-Lord happily put away his share of the loot, looking forward to the revelry after the next landing.

"Why were there seven portions? The three of us each got one, but you took four!"

Rocket Raccoon, an interstellar bounty hunter, looked at the pitiful pile of junk around him with a displeased expression.

At this moment, Groot, the tree in the pot, also let out an angry scream, while the gentle Mantis Girl kept sending telepathic signals to soothe everyone's emotions.

"There are exactly 7 of us, is there a problem dividing it into 7 portions?"

Star-Lord remained completely calm upon hearing this, and solemnly counted on his fingers as he explained the current status of the Guardians of the Galaxy to Rocket Raccoon.

Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord, already in a heated argument over the unequal distribution of spoils, then got into a fight.

"Why is that goddess of Asgard included?"

"The stuff belongs to them, shouldn't they at least leave some for living expenses? We're bounty hunters, not space pirates!"

"So when are you going to pay Gamora and Drax their salaries?"

"I will definitely give it to them when they need it!"

"I can keep their share for them."

"Sorry, I'm the captain!"

Looking at Star-Lord's righteous and stern ugly face, Rocket Raccoon wished he could just draw his gun and shoot the dog's head off.

Well, something's better than nothing. I'll find a chance later to have Drex and Gamora chase after him for the debt. That guy won't get away with it.

While trying to reassure himself, Instant Noodles maliciously hatched a plan to get Gamora and the others involved in sharing the profits.

Just as the usual noisy crowd finally quieted down, Mantis Girl, who was rummaging through the stolen goods, suddenly noticed a wanted poster under a bag of gold coins.

Moreover, the wanted persons listed were none other than the members of their Guardians of the Galaxy, each with a bounty far exceeding Valkyrie's personal savings.

The crowd that gathered to investigate paled in shock.

Just then, the door was pushed open, and Gamora, who had come in to check, stood behind Mantis.

When she noticed that Nebula's portrait on the wanted poster was stamped with an arrest warrant, she immediately tensed up, her gaze filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

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Chapter 913, Section 954: Please Stop Nagging

On Titan Star, Thanos leaned against the abandoned throne, his face grim as he stared at the half-red gem embedded in the groove of the ring finger of the Infinity Gauntlet.

He destroyed Asgard, conquered Sakaar, and went through so much trouble, only to end up with half of the Reality Stone!

When did those straightforward Asgard learn to resort to such scheming and trickery?

The burly man with purple skin pondered for a moment, then calmly opened his eyes, suppressing the anger in his heart.

Now, only the Soul Stone is out there, and his adopted daughter Gamora is the best source of information.

Furthermore, based on the previous perception, the Space Stone is still in the hands of the Asgardian God Clan, and it seems that this group has fled to Earth.

In addition, Dormammu also mentioned that the guardian of the Time Stone is also on Earth, and it is currently being kept by the Sorcerer Supreme.

With the addition of the split Reality Stone, once the Soul Stone is obtained, the remaining targets will all gather on Earth.

Therefore, we should proceed with the easier tasks first, completing the pre-battle preparations, and then wage a decisive battle on the Chiwu Star System.

In time, everything will be settled.

After a moment's thought, Thanos made up his mind. His expression was calm as he leaned back on his throne and looked around at the desolate planet before him, his face filled with a sense of nostalgia and sorrow.

Immediately, the burly man with purple skin raised his right hand and gently clenched his fist.

The circular patterns of light emanating from the red gemstone on the upper half of the ring finger rippled outwards with a strange rhythm.

In an instant, as circles of light swept across, the scenery before my eyes distorted and shifted; towering ancient trees rose from the ground, lush green grass spread and covered everything, and sweet springs gushed forth from the dry riverbed...

Meanwhile, the ruins of the dilapidated city, as if touched by the hand of God, automatically pieced together and reconstructed themselves like building blocks, and all sorts of aircraft were docked at the port...

In the forests and wilderness, long-extinct animals run joyfully; in the city streets, the sounds of people fill the air; and the pink-skinned, six-foot-tall Titan Race go about their busy lives...

A mighty and powerful army, defending the monarchy, is taking over the operation of this This Planet with next-generation technologies such as the Anti-Negative Ion Computer (ISAAC).

The prosperous scene from his memory was reshaped by half of the Reality Stone. Thanos stretched out his palm and let a gentle Titan Star bird perch on his left palm.

The soft touch of the feathers, and the playful movements of the little creature jumping around in his palm, craning its neck to cause trouble, sent a pleasant, ticklish sensation through Thanos's skin.

However, as Thanos sensed an object traversing Space Wormhole and about to land on Titan Star, a slight smile crept onto his lips.

The burly man with purple skin suddenly clenched his fingers, and the little bird instantly disintegrated, forming something resembling sand of light that drifted away in the wind.

But when his mind relaxed, the prosperous scene before him, like a soap bubble, instantly crumbled.

Deserts, barren mountains, dried-up riverbeds, ruined city Ruins... everything has returned to the harsh reality.

Often, beauty is merely a self-deceiving fantasy, and the reality he remembers is never beautiful.

Thanos envisioned a scene of the This Planet being relentlessly mined and its environment deteriorating.

When the Titan Race, blindly pursuing technology, broke taboos, disaster utterly wiped out the This Planet.

That was the end of civilization, and it became a persistent nightmare in his heart.

The world has decayed because of its insatiable desires.

The balance has been broken, taboos are about to be broken, and everything must be corrected!

I am Schicksal itself!

Do not presume to be above eternity. The more you want to gain, the more you will lose. Let death bind your desires to this land forever!

The burly, purple-skinned man with a resolute gaze sensed several furtive figures approaching stealthily, using the terrain as cover. The half of the Reality Stone on his ring finger flickered slightly.

Immediately, Nebula, bound by chains, was suspended from a stone pillar in front of the throne, suffering Affliction torment as the chains pulled, constantly emitting piercing screams.

As soon as the seven figures touched the throne, the Guardians of the Galaxy suddenly burst out from different angles.

Beam cannons, particle guns, interstellar swords, Asgard rune swords, and other weapons were thrust out together, piercing into the purple-skinned, muscular man's body.

However, the figure gradually disappeared, Thanos, who slowly walked out from behind a stone pillar, spoke with a strange gentleness in his tone.

"Gamora, my daughter, I hope you like this gift."

An illusion! Everyone's expression changed drastically. Caught in a difficult situation, the Destroyer, who had a deep grudge against Thanos, roared and swung his interstellar sword, charging towards the king of Titan Star.

Left with no other choice, everyone could only follow closely behind, each with their own thoughts.

But within moments, the Guardians of the Galaxy collapsed to the ground, unable to rise again.

The target didn't even use the Infinity Gauntlet; he simply relied on his physical strength, which was close to that of a god-king, to completely overwhelm the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Gamora, the only one standing on the field, held the dagger given to her by her adoptive father Thanos, her hands trembling.

As that towering shadow loomed over her, the female warrior stiffened and looked up, her eyes filled with despair.

Meanwhile, at the Siberia Anti-Entropy base.

In the empty hall, Kevin lay on the table, turning a dark blue Rubik's Cube while reviewing data on the movements and damage reports of Titan Beast from various locations, as well as project progress.

During this time, he gradually mastered the Space Authority of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube and set up a protective layer on the outer side of the Earth to filter out Ghidorah's airdrop.

However, in order to force the surface inhabitants to relocate and to eliminate internal threats from the outside, and to quickly consolidate forces and unite against external forces, Kevin did not completely rule out Ghidorah's airborne invasion.

Therefore, occasionally opening a slit to lure one or two Ghidorah hordes to a designated area to assist ground troops in training has become a tactic someone has been using recently.

This is precisely why various voices of opposition from the public were silenced by the nation's relentless mobilization and the threat of various unusual creatures, all driven by a raw instinct for survival.

Everything is proceeding smoothly and in an orderly manner.

Kevin, who had some free time during this period, originally planned to work with Thor, God of Thunder and Heavenly Base King Hexi to drag out and kill the Moon Angel Sumari, who was hiding in the Vatican.

As it turns out, whether it was a leak or because this guy was too aware of the danger, he had already disappeared from the Roman Papal Legion.

Even Heimdall's wide-area search vision and the angels' Dark Plane Network could not pinpoint his movements.

Sumari seemed to have vanished into thin air, failing to completely resolve the hidden danger, which gave Kevin a major headache.

What frustrated him even more was that he had planned to use the Cosmic Rubik's Cube to teleport to Vormir and get the Soul Stone ahead of time.

Unfortunately, Kevin overlooked a crucial issue: nobody knew the spatial coordinates of this place.

Even Heimdall and Hexi had hardly heard of the Vormir, so their plan to act ahead of schedule came to nothing.

That makes sense; even Thanos needed Gamora to lead the way after learning the exact location, so there must be access restrictions in this place.

If Vormir were so easy to find, the Soul Stone would have appeared long ago.

It seems that only Gamora and her group from the Guardians of the Galaxy know the true passage leading here.

Seriously, these guys shouldn't run into Thanos, right? It can't be that coincidental, can it?

Kevin was feeling frustrated and muttered to himself, but for some reason, a strong sense of unease was brewing in his mind.

Chapter 914, Section 955: Natural Talent Overcomes Cunning

A dessert shop in Tokyo's underground city.

Shino Asada, Asuna Yuuki, and Konomi Konno each ordered a shaved ice and happily enjoyed their sweet treat.

The girls teased the System Elf, Yui, on the watch face, chatting about their recent lives while their eyes occasionally darted towards the corner.

Meanwhile, Kevin, wearing a baseball cap and disguised, was intently watching the crisscrossing red ropes before him, meticulously planning and strategizing in his mind.

Okay, first insert two fingers on either side of the middle square, then flip it towards the center. This time it will definitely work!

The man solemnly breathed on his ten fingers, then inserted them into the correct gaps according to the steps. However, in the process of changing his hand gestures, the originally beautiful bridge suddenly became a tangled mess.

"Yuzuriha Inori, let me try one more time. I'll let you in on a secret: my skills have improved a lot lately. This was just an accident!"

Kevin, a clumsy gamer, reluctantly Yuzuriha Inori, the Three-No Girl whose soul was about to be swapped, his eyes darting around with an air of confidence.

However, the truth that nature can overcome cunning is an age-old truth.

She has a naturally adorable, slightly naive personality, but she completely ignores Kevin's attempts to cheat and start a new game.

After putting the robot down to hibernate, Yuzuriha Inori simply reached out and pushed someone down, her lips close and alluring.

"A reward... I want..."

A pink-haired girl wearing brown sunglasses and a trench coat with a hood was whispering to herself, her head repeatedly lowered, seemingly intending to forcefully kiss the victim in public.

Such immoral and scandalous behavior must be strictly prohibited by the three members of the [World Tree] team.

Immediately, Asuna and Shino Asada rushed forward, lifted Yuzuriha Inori, and prepared to rescue Kevin from his predicament.

However, Konomi Konno sneakily leaned close to Kevin's cheek and quickly took a bite. Afterwards, she giggled and cheered like a little girl who had stolen some candy.

What's this called? When the snipe and the clam fight, the Fisherman Reaps the Benefits... There's actually a traitor within the organization! How shameful!

Seeing this, Shino Asada and Asuna released the bewildered Yuzuriha Inori from the game and looked at Konomi Konno with resentful eyes, who had set the kiss photo as her phone wallpaper.

After all that commotion, the kiss was out of the question. As compensation, Kevin gave up his lap pillow, providing Yuzuriha Inori with a perfect spot to catch up on her sleep.

The Three-No Girl, curled up in Kevin's arms like a cat, letting his gentle, fair fingers smooth her slightly messy pink hair.