The Collection of The End

——AD.2160.1.13——

The giant tower of the Citadel, the secret room.

This is an extremely huge spherical space made of silver-white metal with a diameter of several thousand meters. On the central vertical axis of the space, there is a blue light column that looks like rushing water and is composed of countless small blue light rays. And at its "center", there is a Y-shaped metal structure suspended, with its fork just sandwiching the light beam.

At the ends of the two Y-shaped forks are huge tower-like metal structures, each with a huge red and blue indicator light.

Hoo hum——

Accompanied by a chaotic light and shadow effect that resembled a mass effect transition, Thanos appeared on the platform, and with it, the entire Tetu lost its color, showing a projection of a translucent blue virtual image.

"Well, it looks much more pleasing to the eye this way. There aren't so many weird color combinations, and your sister won't pull her ears and scold her." Thanos glanced at him and commented.

"[Hmph, that's so naive. She only kicks her feet when she's angry. She doesn't know how to curse.]" Tetu's voice had a bit of an electronic sound because it was not his real body.

"I think you may have some misunderstanding about her..." Thanos was sweating a little.

"[She and I have lived under the same roof for so long, don't you know better than you?]" Tetu dismissed it.

"...Okay, you're right." Thanos wanted to say something, but hesitated.

"[In short, I can't give you the 'Cosmic Cube' now, which is what I use to control the entire universe's mass relay network," Tetu continued: "[But if you collect the other five gems, come back and find them." I, I will give it to you, and before that, I can give you the authority to use the 'space gate'.】"

"Well..." Thanos looked around the secret room and suddenly pointed at the red indicator light: "If someone chooses this, I will come in advance to take away the space gem."

"[Huh?]" Tetu glanced sideways, paused for a moment, and seemed to be thinking about the function of that thing: "[You even know this?]"

"How dare you chase your sister without two brushes?" Thanos said confidently.

"[If someone really chooses this, then there is really no need to maintain a repeater network,]" Tetu looked at Thanos: "[Tell me what their functions are? Let me see if they are the same.]"

"This is a function that can only be enabled after the 'Citadel' is equipped with an 'Ocean Furnace'. Selecting red will destroy all repeaters and the Reapers within a 2.4 light-year radius of the repeater. This will cause all space in the current space to be destroyed." Stage civilization falls back to the civilization stage, but the crisis of the reapers will be resolved for a long time. By choosing blue, the user will become part of the 'relay network', fully controlling it while it can retain its own will. Living with the Reapers, making the Reapers return to base or self-destructing or something can also resolve the crisis," Thanos said: "But both options mean the death of the chooser. The former is because the Citadel is also a 'relay' ’, and in the latter case, mortal self-awareness simply cannot last long after being assimilated.”

"[Hmm, um,]" Tetu nodded: "[It's almost the same, but whether it's destruction or control, it's all limited to the Reapers who left the Cyberlux territory in the center of the galaxy and came to the cantilever. The former destroyed their civilization. They are tools for rapid movement between gathering areas. Reapers must rebuild them before they can start systematic harvesting. The delay will be longer, and the latter can basically be delayed for hundreds of years.]"

"...It sounds like someone has already completed this kind of operation?" Thanos raised an eyebrow.

"[Of course, after all, the blueprints of the 'Arriving Sky Furnace' will be released in advance before the start of each generation of civilization. Unless no civilization attempts to resist the Reapers in this reincarnation, the 'gifts' of the 'previous generation civilization' will always be found somewhere. '.]" Tetu spread his hands.

"So, is there an image of someone shooting you, or is there an option of 'neither'?" Thanos glanced at the center of the Y-shaped structure.

"[If you hit me, just kick him out of the secret room and fend for himself,]" Tetu said while raising his hand, causing a green beam of light to appear out of thin air at the midpoint of the Y: "[As for 'fusion', it can only be done when the The combat effectiveness of the civilization in this round is very amazing. I will only provide it when it can withstand the attack of the reapers. The civilizations that should be 'harvested' in this round will all be integrated with the 'reapers'. In this case, after a long enough time, they After becoming a 'Lost Empire', they will eventually become a new generation of 'Reapers'. This choice seems to have saved this round of civilization, but in fact it just makes the next round of civilization more difficult - because in this way, it is basically impossible to There will be no 'predecessor remains' to be excavated.]"

"Hmm... So, if you want to fundamentally solve the problem, you have to completely destroy the 'Cyberlux' in the center of the galaxy?" Thanos nodded and shook his head: "Isn't it possible?"

"[Yes, it is indeed possible to activate the 'Sky Forge' instead of targeting the Reapers, and instead let the Citadel activate the relay function to transmit an entire fleet to the corresponding 'Silver Heart Citadel', but they must have What kind of strength can the Galactic Center defeat the Reapers who have accumulated the remains of countless generations of civilization? You know, the virtual space over there is so large that it has even formed a 'virtual dimension'.]" Tetu raised his hands. , making a "beating an egg against a stone" gesture.

"Hmm... I think it would be faster to wake up your sister directly," Thanos shook his head: "I will find other gems right now, or simply guide the current civilization to find you."

"[That's really welcome, after all, not every generation of civilization can find me,]" Tetu said nonchalantly: "[Do you need me to help you modify the identity record of the Citadel? After all, your [Reality Stone] and [ The changes caused by the Mind Stone will not work on deliberate exploration of people of the same personality.]"

"Then... there's work." Thanos frowned slightly, as if he wanted to ask something but held back.

"[I will tell you even if you don't ask,]" Tetu said with a smirk: "[When I found out that you are as handsome as a male model, I checked your true appearance - don't worry, sister I don’t hate purple.]”

The expression on Thanos's face changed several times, and finally stopped at... "happy".

"I seem to have forgotten to ask you," he said with a smile: "What do you think of [Doomsday Elements]?"

"[...What is that? Something similar to Element Zero?]" Tetu looked confused.

"It's nothing. I just discovered that you are on the third floor and I am on the fifth floor." Thanos smiled and shook his head. Without explaining, he stepped directly into the space door that suddenly appeared in front of him, like a black mist.

"[Hey! Tell me clearly!]"