The Collection of The End

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Wortaum lost 50% of its population in one day.

It is not about accepting the conditions of the Dark Order, nor mobilizing the power of the entire clan to defeat them all, but carefully selecting the elites who account for 38% of the population, entrusting all the combat power of the entire civilization to them, and launching an attack on the Dark Order fleet without leaving anything behind. A desperate blow to retreat.

This behavior can be said to be a success or a failure.

This desperate assault successfully wiped out about one-third of the endless dark fleet that almost covered the sky, but none of the warriors who participated in the battle survived.

Now, they can only hope that the purple giant who calls himself "Thanos" will fulfill his promise. Even if he changes his mind and decides to wipe out their entire family, the Wataum people who have lost all their fighting power will not fight back. Power.

"[As the saying goes, 'A summer insect cannot speak of ice', 'A sparrow knows the ambition of a swan.'" Thanos's image appeared on the surveillance screens of all Wotaum people again: "[You are not qualified enough to be betrayed by me." .】"

The meaning of this is... To him, Wattaum is not important at all, at least not as important as him "fulfilling his promise".

In this case, at least 50% of the Wataum people can survive and survive with hatred that makes it almost impossible to complete revenge.

However, if his purpose is to keep Wataum at its current number, will he reduce the population every once in a while?

"As expected of a race known for its 'crazy thoughts'," Thanos seemed to have heard the discussion of the surviving Wortaum, and accurately responded to the most discussed content: "Although it is not necessary, I still let you take a look. That’s the point of my action.”

Along with Thanos's words, an unusually huge ice-blue "light belt" appeared surrounding the entire "Knowledge Palace Planet".

It is like a large and wide "belt", loosely surrounding the equator of the planet, and Wotaum on the ground, no matter where he is, can clearly see this belt that seems to have been there since ancient times. A ring-shaped object surrounding its parent star.

The Wataums were shocked and began to think about what it was.

Could it be that when the empire was prosperous, in order to prevent problems in the bud, they created protective measures for future generations in advance?

However, due to the long period of peace, everyone has forgotten how to operate it.

Even existence itself.

If they had had this weapon in the first place...

"[Don't think about 'what if' and 'what if',]" Thanos shook his head slowly: "[This is a gift given to you by an existence that you have exhausted all your imaginations to imagine. It does not belong to you from the beginning, only Only when your number is reduced to 50% in a very short period of time will it appear and be accessible. I call it the [Reality Gem]."

In other words, it is actually some kind of "security guarantee" to prevent the Wotaum people from plummeting in number due to natural and man-made disasters. The reason why Thanos did not kill more than 50% of the population is actually because he is afraid of the power of this thing. .

Given his disdain for lying to "lower creatures", this can be assumed to be true.

So if Wortaum's population drops again, it will be activated and drive the Dark Order's fleet away?

This time, Thanos did not respond. He just looked at the Wataum man in front of the screen with the eyes of a prey caught in a trap.

Hey, hey, hey, hey—

A moment later, hundreds of blue beams suddenly descended from the "light belt", accurately hitting countless Wataum people who were trying to destroy themselves in various ways, completely "freezing" them, except for these Wataum people. Apart from the eyes that were constantly turning in panic, even if it was in a posture that violated the laws of physics, such as falling from the air, no part of it could move at all.

Wrong, totally wrong.

50% of the population base is just the condition for the emergence of this "light belt". It will prevent any factors that cause the population to fall below 50%, but it does not mean that it will look back on how the 50% was lost before. Perhaps in its The designer thought that if 50% of the population was lost due to war, the invaders would not leave the remaining 50% of the population alone.

Who would have thought that there would be a dark sect that was so familiar with the characteristics of the "Light Belt" that it really controlled the proportion of the population?

"[What a disgusting racial character. If I could, I would really like to wipe your entire race from the universe.]" Thanos' expression showed a little disgust: "[It's a pity that I can't kill you.]"

If his previous attitude was like seeing ants on the roadside, his current attitude was like looking at the termites in his wooden house.

The Wataum people were busy rescuing their compatriots who were in danger, and at the same time they were nervously listening to Thanos's declaration.

"[Oh, as expected, all its functions are set up to ensure the population of your civilization. It has no means of protecting itself at all. It really resembles its master.]" Thanos looked at The halo across space: "[Now, it's mine.]"

Huhuhu——buzz——

The huge fleet of the Dark Order began to project bursts of red beams glowing with black light on the "light belt" in unison.

Those twisted and weird reds and blacks spread on the "light belt" at an incredibly high speed. In less than a moment, its color changed from pure ice blue to pitch black with red lines.

In the next moment of complete transformation, it disappears as suddenly as it appeared.

Although it only took more than ten minutes from the first time they saw the "light belt" to its final disappearance, all Wataum who witnessed this scene felt a strong sense of loss, as if they had lost something very important. thing.

"[You'd better find a way to take care of your compatriots, it no longer has the time to take care of them.]" Thanos in the screen said happily and spread his big hands.

The huge structure that originally surrounded the planet has now become the size of a bracelet, and is slowly rotating in the palm of the purple man's hand, causing the Wataum people watching the two scenes at the same time to feel that Thanos is extremely huge, and is turning a The illusion of playing with planets in the palm of your hand.

Then, the shrunken "light band" began to change its shape. First, the shell became thicker and thicker, then closed the hole in the middle, and finally turned into a red, smooth, round, crystal clear gem.

Thanos held it up and observed it for a moment with satisfaction, and then set it in the groove of the oversized golden glove he wore on his other hand at some point with his backhand.

With a slight "click" sound, his "live broadcast" to the entire Wortaum was interrupted.