A tall humanoid creature with purple skin stepped out of a spatial tunnel. He stood there, his small eyes fixed on Fang Zheng.
"Are the remaining two Infinity Stones in your hands?"
"That's right."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng nodded, then looked at the Golden Gauntlet on the other man's left hand and the four Infinity Stones embedded in it.
"Looks like you have the other four Infinity Stones. You're Thanos?"
"That's right."
Thanos nodded, then glanced at the half-submerged wreckage in the distance.
"Looks like all my subordinates are dead. What a devastating loss. But no matter what..."
As he spoke, Thanos looked toward Fang Zheng.
"At least these two Stones have come before me."
"I've heard of you."
Fang Zheng shrugged.
"I'm quite interested in your idea. Could you tell me how you came up with such an interesting notion? I mean..."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.
"Kill half of them and leave the other half alive?"
"..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Thanos fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"My homeland was once a beautiful and prosperous planet. But like the civilizations of other worlds, we faced a crisis of depleted resources. What we produced was far from enough to meet our needs. If things continued like that, we would face nothing but extinction. So, I made a proposal..."
"Kill half of them and leave the other half alive?"
"That's right."
Thanos nodded.
"But randomly, fairly, regardless of wealth or status. Yet they called me mad... But the outcome was exactly as I predicted. Our homeland was destroyed. I was only one of the survivors. As long as I gather all six Stones, as long as I snap my fingers, half the living beings in this universe will turn to dust... I believe this