After Hong Fei appeared, Thanos soon emerged as well.
"You're here."
Thanos spoke in a low voice, one fist half-clenched. He had clearly prepared himself to strike at any moment.
Hong Fei ignored him. With a light pinch of his thumb and forefinger in the air, the Soul Stone appeared at once, glowing orange.
In an instant, Thanos's gaze locked onto the Soul Stone. Since Hong Fei knew what he wanted, Thanos made no attempt to conceal his desire or excitement.
The other five stones on the Infinity Gauntlet seemed to sense the appearance of the final stone. Each shone with a different radiance, and the powers of the Infinity Stones intertwined, turning the dark starry sky brilliantly colorful in an instant.
Once he obtained this final stone, Thanos could finally snap his fingers—the snap he had planned for countless years—and fulfill the ultimate ideal that had occupied most of his life.
He stared at the Soul Stone for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Hong Fei.
Meeting his eyes, Hong Fei said, "I have a few questions I'd like to discuss with you."
Thanos's brow twitched slightly. "Go ahead."
"I know why you insist on wiping out half the life in the universe. I'm just curious: after you do it, the balance between life and resources in the universe will indeed improve greatly. But you should also know that after half of all life disappears, the sudden increase in average resources will certainly allow the survivors to live better than before. However, the instinct of life in the universe is to continually reproduce and pass on its legacy. Their numbers will inevitably grow rapidly, then gradually slow over time, but that growth will never stop. Maybe hundreds or thousands of years later, they won't remember what someone named