After a while, Thanos's consciousness returned to his true body behind the Gate of Hell.
By now, the green negative energy around the Gate of Hell had diminished so greatly that even his former self, before he exchanged for Dimensional Thought, would not have been affected.
It seemed his guess was right.
As the Celestials destroyed vast numbers of universes, Below All's energy began to diminish too.
No, that didn't add up. If that were true, Below All should have been protecting universes. Instead, he kept devouring them.
Forget it. That was still too far beyond him to worry about.
Shaking his head, he addressed the system. "System, are you there?"
"Host, I'm here."
Hearing the same response as always, Thanos smiled faintly, his expression unreadable.
"I think I've encountered one of your kind."
"One of my kind? Another system?"
The system's voice remained unchanged.
"Yes. But the host that system chose doesn't seem too bright. It was as if he wanted everyone to notice him. The moment he crossed over, he started showing off all kinds of rewards, and even the weakest were Skyfather-level."
The system seemed to ignore the jealousy in Thanos's words and immediately issued a quest.
"Ding! Host has received a quest: determine the other system's level without being detected."
At the first quest the system had ever issued, Thanos smiled to himself.
So systems have levels too. I wonder what level mine is.
"Why should I go snooping around? What if the other system is powerful enough to erase me outright?"
It had issued a quest without even mentioning a reward. Wasn't it asking him to take all the risk for nothing?
"Please rest assured, Host. No system would risk exposing itself by acting directly."
Thanos shook his head again.
"What if that system doesn't