The Importance of Uncle Devourer

"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"

"I am death."

Death gently uttered its name, and as its true name was revealed, the desolate and deathly space around it transformed. The sky, which had been devoid of anything but darkness, was suddenly illuminated by shooting stars. The dense starlight flowed like a long river from the other side of the universe, brighter than the sun itself.

Thanos looked at the shooting stars and suddenly understood what they were—the souls of the dead throughout the universe, who needed to return to the source of life, the place of death, after their deaths.

"My goddess, what can I do for you?" Thanos, holding Death's hand, knelt on one knee, bowing his head and asking humbly like a sycophant.

"In this universe, someone is peering into the power of death and deciphering the mysteries of the soul. He is trying to lead all life to a future where 'death' does not exist. That would cause this universe to end prematurely, and the next universe, born on the remnants of the old one, would still have no life, because the imprint of life would be taken away."

"I need you to stop my suitor."

Thanos slightly raised his head, looking at the hand Death held in his palm, and said, "I will kill him for you."

"No, there's one thing you can't do. His existence is an established fact that cannot be erased by any means. What you can do is destroy the conditions he needs before he achieves his goal," Death continued.

Thanos asked himself, "What do I need to do?"

"Life, it needs the existence of life to complete its plan; only a sufficient number of lives can drive its goal forward." Death paused, then said, "I need you to kill half of all life, half of all life in the universe. Less than that population base, and it cannot bring life to that future without death."

"Yes, my goddess."

Thanos solemnly stated that he understood why Death called him its pursuer, because his goals and Death's demands were aligned. Although his starting point was to ensure the survival of half of the universe's life, he constantly craved death because he needed to kill the other half.

As a martyr contemplating the future of the universe, Thanos possesses vast knowledge, including technology and magic. His principle of eliminating half of all life in the universe to create opportunities for the remaining half to reproduce is not without purpose; he can foresee the decline of the universe.

Due to copyright restrictions, there is no Galactus in this universe. Although Galactus in a state of hunger often serves as a combat unit in the cosmic context, he is actually one of the five primordial deities of the universe. Everything he does is to bring the universe to a new balance. He is a link in the universe that can function properly and an important part of life.

Because of the absence of Galactus, the key entity that balances the universe's entropy, the current universe is heading towards destruction due to resource scarcity. Thanos's idea of eliminating half of all life may sound naive and extreme, but it is indeed for the sake of the balance of the entire universe.

Of course, if you're going to spout nonsense like even if Thanos wiped out half the life in the universe, the remaining half could recover to their original level in just a few generations, or even experience explosive population growth due to abundant resources... that would be pointless. Marvel's writers don't know about the one-child policy, a policy whose powerful influence could suddenly plunge a rising nation into an aging society—I mourn for my sister who never got born.

Furthermore, Earth's civilization is unable to even leave its galaxy on its own, confined to a planet in a remote star system. To impose the developmental patterns of its own race and civilization onto a civilization and race measured in the universe is far too presumptuous, like an old farmer in the field fantasizing that the emperor uses a golden carrying pole to carry manure.

After making a promise to death, Thanos opened his eyes. What he saw was no longer the strange space where he coexisted with death, but his vehicle, Sanctuary II.

His ideals and love were aligned like never before, which strengthened his resolve to achieve his goal.

"Ebony Maw... bring the Asgard we found here." Thanos gave the order after a moment's thought.

The so-called Asgard was Loki. After Thor returned to Asgard, this God of Lies realized that his plan had failed. Even the power that he had entrusted to All-Father Odin was too heavy to Gungnir. In despair, Loki jumped off the Bifrost and fell into the endless universe, where he was picked up by Thanos, who was always watching Earth.

The Nine Realms are one, Odin naturally placed himself in the position of guardian of the Nine Realms. He then repelled all enemies who dared to invade the Nine Realms one by one, even daring to fight against the Celestial Group themselves. As a result, the Kree's research on Earthlings to create the Inhuman race and other such practices ceased after Odin took office.

Even Thanos dared not provoke the stubborn Odin, but Loki's appearance made him realize that his opportunity had come—if he personally led a team or sent an army to Earth, it would be a real invasion, and Odin would not let him go no matter what.

The people of Asgard are preoccupied with fighting, feasting, and drinking. Upon hearing of an invasion, they would be overjoyed to grab their weapons and charge into battle.

However, Loki claimed that he was exiled to outer space because of his failed attempt to usurp the throne. If Odin were to lend his army to Loki, the nature of the whole matter would change, becoming an internal affair of Asgard. Odin, concerned about his reputation, would not do much.

In comparison, it was like Wu Sangui opening the Shanhaiguan Pass and letting the Manchu army into the country.

After the Tartars entered the pass, their initial banner was to avenge Emperor Chongzhen. The Tartar leader even pretended to cry at Emperor Chongzhen's grave, so they did not encounter much resistance in the early stages of the war.

Earth is too tempting. To wipe out half of all life in the universe in the Snap is something that can only be done by collecting Six Infinity Stones. His army fought all over the world to find the Mind Stone, and Earth alone contains the Time, Space, and Reality Infinity Stones. How could it not attract attention?

As if no one had noticed, something had appeared next to Thanos at some point. It was a Cosmic Cube emitting a faint, eerie blue light, very similar to the Tesseract containing the Space Stone, yet so different.

It emitted an invisible wave that connected with Thanos's brain, influencing his thinking and interfering with his cognition.

At the same time, an energy source from outside the universe is continuously flowing into this Cosmic Cube, making it increasingly powerful.