A day later, after receiving reports from his subordinates, Thanos understood what had happened while he was away.
In short, nothing major had happened, but minor issues kept cropping up.
For instance, some allied forces along the edge of the Milky Way kept harassing him, trying to test his limits.
The Adventurers' Alliance and Mercenary Alliance wanted to establish branches in the Milky Way and gather intelligence. The Pirate Alliance had entered to plunder, while the Trade Federation wanted to trade, among other things.
He let his subordinates handle all of it as they saw fit and rarely interfered.
Once he created the Origin Infinity Gauntlet, he would rule the universe. None of those matters would mean much then.
After a day of absorption, all the Mental Energy he had stored over the past few months had been converted into Origin Power, which he then converted into Points.
That brought his total to roughly 610,000 Points.
He could now exchange them for Silence Power or Flame-World Power.
After thinking it over for a long time, however, he took out the Reality Source Stone and exchanged more of it for Points.
When his balance reached 650,000, he exchanged them for Annihilation Power.
Silence Power seemed useful, and it could even let him make a nuclear bomb with his bare hands. But at his level, he could bathe inside a Fixed Star.
A nuclear bomb would barely warm him up.
Flame-World Power was energy meant to destroy the universe. He wanted to rule the universe to bring it into balance, not destroy it, so he passed on that too.
Annihilation Power was the one he valued most. The ability to extend his energy down to the level of quarks alone would be an immense improvement.
It would be a potent weapon against