As everyone knew, when it came to spreading risk and dragging everyone else down to die with them, Earth's humans were uniquely gifted.
As diplomatic notes were sent out one after another, the space around the Earth-Moon orbit was soon packed with spacecraft from every power and civilization in the universe.
In particular, the Kree Empire and the Shi'ar Empire, the two strongest interstellar empires at present, had both sent heavyweight envoys along with unprecedentedly large, fully armed fleets.
Because they all knew what the Infinity Stones meant, and how terrifying it would be once all six were gathered.
After all, Odin, who had once led Asgard into war across the cosmos, had come close to succeeding.
Any civilization with even a slightly long history remembered that deeply.
Therefore, they would never allow something similar to happen again.
What was more, Thanos was very different from Odin.
The latter had merely wanted to use the Infinity Stones to become the ruler of the entire universe and force every other civilization to bow beneath the feet of the Asgardian Gods.
But what about the former?
The former was a complete lunatic who wanted to use the power of the Infinity Stones to wipe out half the population of the universe.
For civilizations that had evolved to a highly advanced stage and suffered from low birth rates, it was practically an extinction-level disaster.
Many elite members of the ruling class had extended their lives or achieved ascension through all kinds of means. If they were unlucky enough to draw the losing lot and be purged, the entire civilization's power structure could be thrown out of balance, triggering power struggles or even civil war.
If the super geniuses leading cutting-edge research were killed, it could also lead to a series of severe consequences,