The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 571 Searching for the Time Stone
"Have you found any trace of the final Time Stone?"

After walking out of the portal, Thanos immediately asked his question to Ebony Maw who was bowing beside him.

"Not yet, Your Majesty." Ebony Maw said humbly, not worrying that after his death the Emperor of the Universe would punish him for his incompetence.

"Hmph." Sure enough, after hearing Ebony Maw's answer, Thanos just snorted in displeasure and continued walking towards his throne without giving him any substantial punishment.

It was also at this time that Ebony Maw noticed that there was a strange figure following Thanos. When he looked down, he thought the person standing behind Thanos was Proxima Midnight, but when he looked up, he found that it was not.

Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight disappeared, but Thanos came back with a newcomer. Ebony Maw quickly discovered the trick. Although he had doubts in his heart, he rationally suppressed his curiosity.

There are some things that Thanos doesn't tell them, so they don't deserve to know, such as whether General Corvus Glaive and others are dead or alive.

"I know you, Ebony Maw. If you didn't have enough clues, you wouldn't be like this."

Thanos sat steadily on the throne. Supergiant stopped under the throne and stood in the position that originally belonged to General Corvus Glaive, the leader of the Dark Order. Ebony Maw's eyes moved slightly and he floated to the position below Supergiant without saying anything.

"As expected, Your Majesty, I cannot conceal this. I have indeed made some discoveries." Ebony Maw bowed slightly. "Shortly after your departure, the Dark Cult's siege network surrounding Earth began to show some anomalies."

"What's abnormal?" asked Thanos.

"The entire 11th Fleet, responsible for surveillance, lost contact for approximately three minutes." Ebony Maw raised his head. "It's time to contact Fleet 3. They don't know what caused the three-minute loss of contact."

"They claimed they were simply conducting a normal surveillance mission, but they received inquiries from the main ship. If the record-keeping clerk of Fleet No. 11 hadn't noticed the discrepancy in the time, they might still be in the dark."

"Bring a member of Fleet 11 here."

Thanos' expression remained unchanged. Ebony Maw waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately understood and brought up the member of Fleet No. 11 who had been arranged long ago. That person was a Vanguard. When he saw Thanos again, he immediately knelt on the ground respectfully.

The Vanguards were set up long before they were born. They are absolutely loyal to Thanos and are proud to sacrifice themselves for Thanos. It is the honor of all Vanguards to die for Thanos.

Thanos raised his left hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and the Vanguard kneeling on the ground was immediately pulled up by an invisible force and flew towards Thanos.

Thanos placed his hand on the head of the flying Vanguard, and the yellow Mind Stone lit up, and everything about the Vanguard was displayed in front of Thanos.

Thanos soon frowned. With the help of the Mind Stone, he realized that something was wrong with the Vanguard's mind the moment he came into contact with it. His mind had been tampered with.

"Hmph." Thanos snorted coldly. He immediately guessed who did it. Even in the vast and boundless universe, mental and spiritual abilities are very rare, not to mention controlling an entire fleet. People who can do this are even rarer. Thanos could think of only one person.

"That Martian." Thanos gritted his teeth. Although he didn't know what the other party's purpose was, this repeated provocative behavior did arouse Thanos' anger.

It just so happened that the other party was also a stumbling block in his search for gems, and Thanos felt that it was time for him to clean up this wave of jumping clowns.

"Indeed, it coincides with my suspicions." Ebony Maw bowed again, and Martian Manhunter was also a suspect in his guess. "If that's the case, Your Majesty, I may have some clues about the whereabouts of the last Infinity Stone." "Oh?" Thanos raised an eyebrow. "Go on."

"Yes," Ebonymaw replied. "We all know there's one last gem left on Earth, and Earth, our source of information, is naturally well aware of this."

"In the past two years, the rebels on Earth, apart from occasionally attacking some of our search teams, have never taken the initiative to attack us."

"But now, not only have they found help, they've also taken the initiative to strike and rendered a fleet unconscious for three minutes. I think this is very likely a signal that they're about to start a rebellion."

"The only thing the Earthlings can rely on is the single remaining Time Stone. So I speculate that they may have already known the location of the Time Stone and want to use it to defeat us."

"Interesting theory." Thanos stroked his chin. "But what you said makes sense, Ebony Maw. Humans have been quite active lately. Even if we don't know the exact location of the gems, they're likely to make some major moves. So, it's time to destroy them."

"I have already sent Black Dwarf to search the ground." said Ebony Maw.

"Black Dwarf is too impatient, and searching isn't his strong point." Thanos shook his head. "Supergiant, you should also go to the surface and use your abilities to search for those bugs. Dig out everything they know and present it to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The superstar smiled charmingly and then disappeared between the thrones.

Ebony Maw, who silently memorized the information about the supergiant, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then raised the danger level of the former by several levels.

Thanos looked at Ebony Maw, whose body stiffened inexplicably for a moment, and smiled playfully. Then he closed his eyes and leaned back on the throne to rest.

...

"I can't believe we have to listen to a magician," Rocket complained as he walked, carrying his gun.

"I can't believe I'm talking to a raccoon again," Strange retorted.

"Want to try out the raccoon's big gun?"

"Thank you. You can keep it to yourself."

Gamora looked at the bickering two people speechlessly. This kind of conversation had been repeated several times. Ever since they were sent out to search for the trace of the Time Stone, Rocket always quarreled with the Earthling named Strange.

As for why they came out to search for the Time Stone, this matter started an hour ago. Simply put, Yang Le took them to the base and then shared everything with everyone through telepathy.

I have to say that the Martians' ability to download minds is really useful. There is no need to bother explaining, you can just transfer your ideas to others like transferring files, and knowing and understanding are done in one go.

Now that everyone is here, Yang Le can finally start the next step of his plan, which is to find the whereabouts of the Time Stone. Of course, this task depends on the current apprentice wizard and future Sorcerer Supreme - Strange.

(End of this chapter)