Space Lockdown

Hearing Thanos say that a great war was about to begin, Cull Obsidian felt a surge of excitement.

Among the Black Order, he could be considered the most battle-hungry.

Now that an unprecedented war was about to begin, he was naturally thrilled.

"My lord, Cull Obsidian requests permission to serve as the vanguard."

Thanos ignored Cull Obsidian's words and instead had his subordinates connect all members of the Black Order.

Seeing the grave expression on his lord's face, Cull Obsidian opened his mouth, but ultimately suppressed the urge to press his request.

After all, this was not the time for him to act willfully.

A moment later, once the five capable generals appeared one after another on the screen, Thanos set down the Mind Stone in his hand and rose to his feet.

"The great war will arrive soon. I will now issue new combat orders!"

Although he had Titan-class Spaceships and held the firepower advantage in a head-on battle, the enemy outnumbered them two and a half to one.

Space warfare was different from ground warfare on a planet.

Because ground warfare had limited space, once numbers reached a certain scale, space itself became a restriction.

It was not true that more soldiers were always better.

But space warfare was a true three-dimensional battle.

Enemies could appear above, below, left, right, ahead, or behind.

Moreover, outer space was Infinity. Tens of thousands of Spaceships could spread out with ease.

So while Titan-class Spaceships were highly useful, they were not decisive.

And at his level, tearing apart a Titan-class Spaceship with one hand was not impossible.

He believed Odin was the same.

Following his orders, the Black Order began moving toward their designated destinations.

He himself led 2,500 Spaceships and remained where he was.

On the other side of the Milky Way.

Odin was clad in armor from head to toe, Gungnir in hand, standing in the control room of a flagship as he coldly watched the image on the screen.

On the screen was Thanos's Titan-class Spaceship, Sanctuary II.

For anyone seeing Sanctuary II for the first time, it was an utterly shocking sight.

Odin was no exception.

He had not expected that after merely sealing off the Milky Way for a thousand years, cosmic technology outside had advanced so greatly.

They had actually managed to build such a colossal Spaceship.

He just did not know how its propulsion system was handled, or how it managed its own gravity and interstellar jumps.

At that moment, Thor, standing behind Odin, wore a battle-hungry expression as he said with rising fervor, "Father, is that our enemy? It looks very impressive."

Although his journey to Blue Planet had matured him considerably, his instinctive love of battle remained unchanged.

He was calculating to himself that for a Spaceship this large, it would probably take quite a while to destroy it with Mjolnir.

Odin did not speak.

He was still thinking that it would be too wasteful to destroy such a massive Spaceship. They had to find a way to seize it.

Seeing that the God-King Odin did not intend to speak, Sif, standing beside Thor, said, "Prince Thor, I think it would be quite nice to seize it and play with it."

After speaking, she gazed at him tenderly.

Although she knew Thor had no interest in her, she could not simply give up.

After all, he was the future king of the Milky Way. Even if she could not become his principal wife, being a lesser wife would not be a loss.

Thor's eyes immediately flashed with excitement.

"That's right. We absolutely must not destroy it. I want to take it for myself."

Hearing this, the Warriors Three behind them immediately began chiming in.

"That's right. Only a spaceship like this is worthy of Prince Thor's status."

"When the time comes, I'll lead the charge. None of you try to steal it from me."

"Listen to yourself. Whoever reaches the control room first gets the credit, of course."

For a moment, the Asgardian warriors seemed to have already captured Sanctuary II and began dividing up the credit.

Odin merely smiled faintly and remained silent.

Because he felt that this war might not be so simple.

It would not be bad to let those three lead the charge when the time came.

A moment later, the spaceship suddenly shook. Everyone staggered, but quickly regained their footing.

At that moment, a valiant-looking female Asgardian approached and respectfully said to Odin, "God-King, we have left the space corridor. We are still ten light-years from the target. One more space jump will bring us there."

Space corridors were installations that every force in the universe set up within its own territory.

A space jump consumed tremendous energy to tear open space and enter subspace.

But if devices for tearing open space were fixed at two locations, consumption could be greatly reduced, and the spaceship would not need to expend additional energy.

They had taken the space corridor to an area near the enemy, then planned to use a space jump to reach them.

Odin nodded and said, "Captain Lucy, begin the space jump."

Captain Lucy stepped back and went to prepare for the space jump.

As the saying went, everyone had their specialty. Although Odin was the God-King, commanding spaceships and planning their tactics were not his strengths, so he entrusted those matters to his subordinates.

Lucy, meanwhile, was one of the few Asgardians who had earned the rank of captain through military achievements and strength.

Thus, Odin had great confidence in her.

But a moment later, Lucy returned with a troubled expression.

"God-King, the space around us appears to be locked down. We cannot make a space jump."

Odin immediately frowned and asked in confusion, "Are we not still ten light-years from our destination? How could space be locked down?"

Lucy shook her head and said uncertainly, "Perhaps they possess a long-range method of locking down space that we do not know about."

Odin narrowed his remaining eye and fell into thought.

It seemed the Milky Way had been sealed off for too long and had become somewhat disconnected from the universe.

After this war ended, he should consider reconnecting with the universe.

At that moment, Thor said impatiently, "If space is locked down, then just increase the energy output and tear through it."

The essence of a space jump was tearing open space, while locking down space meant strengthening its barriers.

So Thor was not wrong. As long as they increased the energy output, they could indeed break through the spatial lockdown.

But when Lucy looked at Thor, a flash of disdain passed through her eyes.

Of course, she concealed it well, and no one noticed.

"Prince Thor, if we expend too much energy now, it may not recover quickly after we reach our destination. The enemy could catch us off guard then."

In truth, she had already phrased it very tactfully.

If the enemy ambushed them and they lacked the energy to activate their shields, they would be delivering themselves straight into the enemy's hands.