Through the Wormhole

At this moment, the area around the Wormhole leading to the Milky Way was no longer as pitch-black as before.

Ten enormous Space Fortresses stood guard here, ensuring the Wormhole's security.

Any enemy attempting to pass through the Wormhole would be blasted to pieces by the Space Fortresses.

Besides that, more than a hundred Spaceships had always been stationed here.

Ensuring that not even a fly could enter or leave the Wormhole.

And today, Spaceships arrived here in an unending stream.

Thanos controlled 237 Planets, and each Planet had likely dispatched around forty or fifty Spaceships here.

There were assault ships, Escort Ships, supply ships, carrier ships, and more.

Altogether, there were over ten thousand Spaceships.

Even among the universe's top-tier powers, this force could not be considered weak.

Several hours later.

Thanos's flagship, Sanctuary II, arrived as well.

Only after seeing such a massive fleet did he nod with slight satisfaction.

The warships were piloted by the Black Order's bioengineered soldiers. Their chips had always been controlled by Deep Blue, so there was no need to worry about their loyalty.

Furthermore, the more than two hundred planets held over a trillion people. Even if the Black Order were wiped out, ordinary lifeforms could still be brought into the war.

This was undoubtedly the peak of his war potential throughout his history.

After some consideration, he decided to divide the ten thousand Spaceships into six squadrons.

Each member of the Black Order would lead 1,500 Spaceships, while he himself would command more than 2,500.

Finally, he had Corvus Glaive take the lead and enter the Wormhole first.

More than an hour later, word came from the other side of the Wormhole that it was safe.

Thanos then had his other subordinates line up and enter in an orderly fashion.

This was merely a low-grade Wormhole, with a diameter of around one thousand kilometers.

Only ten Spaceships could enter at the same time.

More than thirty hours passed before all ten thousand Spaceships had made it through.

At last, Thanos piloted Sanctuary II through the Wormhole as well.

On the other side of the Wormhole, the Black Order had already completely surrounded it.

Only after Sanctuary II appeared did they slowly spread out into the surrounding space.

Ten thousand Spaceships seemed like a lot, but in the universe, they appeared exceedingly tiny.

Gathered together, they were not even as large as an ordinary planet.

As their formation slowly spread out, they could only occupy one corner of this Fixed Star.

A short while later, three-dimensional images of the Black Order appeared on the screen before Thanos.

The five of them slowly dropped to one knee. Corvus Glaive, at their head, said respectfully, "My lord, our survey of this unknown Fixed Star indicates that it is a red dwarf. We found no traces of life on the surrounding Planets. It appears to be an abandoned Fixed Star system with no inhabitants."

Uninhabited Fixed Star systems were a common sight in the universe.

It could be said that ninety-nine percent of Fixed Star systems in the universe were unsuitable for life.

For example, a Fixed Star might be too old, too young, or have excessive internal radiation.

Only under extremely harsh conditions could a Planet give birth to life.

After Corvus Glaive finished his report, Supergiant at his side spoke. "My lord, although no life was found in this Fixed Star system, we discovered traces of meteorite mining. Judging from those traces, it should have happened more than a century ago. This Wormhole was most likely formed only recently."

Supergiant was one of the only two women in the Black Order.

She stood around 1.7 meters tall and had blue skin, though she was always shrouded in a silver cloak, making it difficult to see her face clearly.

Like Ebony Maw, she was an expert in mental powers and related fields, but her specialties were mental control, telepathy, psychic transmission, memory theft, and similar abilities.

Compared with Ebony Maw, each had her own strengths.

After Supergiant finished her report, Cull Obsidian also began to give his report.

After a while, once Thanos had heard his subordinates' reports, he merely nodded calmly and ordered, "The five of you will investigate the surrounding Fixed Star systems. If you encounter a planet with life or any enemies, do not rush to attack. Report to me first."

On the screen, the Black Order's three-dimensional projections all nodded.

"As you command, my lord."

After ending the call, the Black Order immediately led their Spaceships toward the nearest Fixed Star.

Thanos, meanwhile, continued having his subordinates transport all kinds of resources through the Wormhole.

He intended to build ten Space Fortresses on this side as well. That way, he would be nearly invincible.

There was no rush to conquer the Milky Way. He only needed to proceed steadily and slowly take it over.

After all, time was on his side.

Odin had already grown old. Even if Thanos did not invade, Odin would fall in a few years.

The universe could be said to be infinitely vast, yet it could also be said to be very small.

On the third day after the Black Order went out to scout, Thanos received a message from Ebony Maw.

He had encountered a Life Planet.

This Planet was roughly two-thirds the size of Tyro and was a beautiful sky-blue color.

Its vegetation coverage was also extremely high, covering nearly seventy percent of its land area.

And according to Ebony Maw's observations.

Several hundred Asgardian warriors were currently collecting resources from the natives on that planet.

Why call them natives?

Because no traces of technology had been found on the Planet.

There were no spaceports in planetary orbit, no skyscrapers on the ground, and certainly no cars or airplanes.

Only five Asgardian space transport ships were parked in the Planet's outer space, and their Engines were not even running.

Clearly, they had no sense of vigilance whatsoever.

But that made sense. They had not encountered war for thousands of years and would never have imagined that anyone would invade.