While Thanos waited, some Chitauri soldiers and various biological weapons that had survived among the cosmic wreckage by sheer luck remained. Sparta and the Riflemen rode Transport Ships alongside Frigates as they carried out battlefield cleanup.
"Report the status of the cleanup mission." Frank pressed his gun against the head of a Chitauri monster amid the ruins and fired.
After finishing that, he kicked off fiercely and flew toward another piece of wreckage.
Occasionally, some still-lively Monsters hid in the shadows and tried to ambush the Marines, unaware that they had long been locked onto by small Battleships and fighter craft, which destroyed both them and the wreckage around them.
Most of the time, the Marines were merely finishing off survivors. It was an orderly cleanup operation.
"Cleanup of Otter Nebula Battlefield Zone 12 complete. No anomalies."
"Cleanup of Otter Nebula Battlefield Zone 13 complete. No anomalies."
"..."
"Cleanup operation progress uploaded—" After Frank received the information, his assistant AL uploaded the combat data to the group Terminal. Completion had already reached 95%, and the operation would soon be over.
By then, Sparta would no longer need to monitor the battlefield. The remaining cleanup would be handled by lower-level security teams.
Flashes of artillery fire occasionally lit up the silent heaps of space wreckage as the Osborn Group mercilessly wiped out every soldier belonging to Thanos.
They used no special or humane methods, simply killing them one blade and one bullet at a time.
Soon, under Oyin's scans, a drone found the drifting Reality Stone. The gem floated quietly amid space debris, and the drone easily recovered it.
When Harry woke up again, temporary recovery stations had already been established near the battlefield in accordance with postwar procedures.
These temporary recovery stations were formed by dozens of connected Research Ships,