American comic book: Start as a corpse collector, choose to cultivate immortality with technology

Taking advantage of the chaos, Steppenwolf launched a precise and brutal attack on the Red Room laboratory in Area 51 of America, causing a massive explosion.

It was only at this point that news of America's Area 51 came to light.

Ophelia, Diana, and the others then learned that the Mother Box had always been controlled by America's official authorities, and that the Red Room Laboratory had been conducting various experiments and research on the Mother Box for decades.

At the same time, it was America's official haphazard experiments and research that led to the destruction of the Mother Box's seal, which Darkseid sensed, giving the people of Apokolips the opportunity to manipulate part of the Mother Box's power and frequently open cosmic portals.

The traitor was right beside them all along.

In response, Ophelia, Diana, and the Avengers almost stormed the Black Palace. Even the sea people of Atlantis had to reveal themselves and emerge from the ocean, sending Princess Mera of the Kingdom of Xebel to make various accusations against America.

If it weren't for the mediation of the Security Council and the mediation of the Avengers, who pointed out the existence of Steppenwolf and the Otherworldly Demons, the current great enemies of Earth would not exist.

Before engaging in a full-scale war with the Steppenwolves, the sea creatures might have to first have a major battle with the land-dwelling humans.

It was precisely this scene of various parties converging that made everyone quickly realize that Steppenwolf had already obtained the Sea Clan Mother Box and the Human Clan Mother Box, and only lacked the Paradise Island Mother Box in Diana's possession, so that he could completely fuse the Apokolips Mother Box, this artifact.

It was under these circumstances that the scene of a large number of Avengers and extraordinary powerhouses gathering at the base came about.

Steppenwolf, as Darkseid's vanguard general, has already achieved two-thirds of his objective on this trip. According to the intelligence gathered from Dragon Ball Island and various other parties, the remaining one-third, the Mother Box, is something that the other side absolutely needs to obtain in order for Steppenwolf to achieve his goal.

Without a doubt, once Steppenwolf is fully prepared, he will go all out to seize this last Mother Box.

In war, what the enemy wants to obtain is inevitably what one side demands to destroy.

Unfortunately, even Diana in her power state, armed with six divine weapons, could not damage the Mother Box in the slightest.

This thing, after all, is a top-tier artifact from Apokolips, in no way inferior to Gungnir in Odin's hands or the Thunder Arrow in Zeus's hands.

In cases where the mother box cannot be destroyed.

A crucial battle is inevitable between Earth and Steppenwolf, centered around the final Mother Box.

Chapter 701 The Dwarfs' Crisis, the Vicious Thanos

Just as Diana, Ophelia, S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers, the Sea Clan, and others gathered on Earth, plotting to strike Steppenwolf around the last Mother Box.

At this time, in the Nine Realms, in the land of the dwarves, in Nidavellir.

Within a colossal steel castle atop a snow-capped mountain, a neutron star nearing the end of its life, resembling an enormous fireball, is enveloped by a furnace crafted from layers upon layers of special steel.

On a forging platform not far from the furnace, hundreds of dwarves, all bound hand and foot, stripped of their armor and weapons, knelt on the ground in a sorry state.

Each towering dwarf was guarded by two members of the Dark Order armed with special weapons, who were even ready to kill him at any moment.

At the forefront of hundreds of dwarves, King Etrigue of the Dwarves glared defiantly at Thanos before him.

"Mad Titan, Nidavellir belongs to the Nine Realms and is protected by the royal families of Asgard throughout history. Although Odin has passed away, Hela and Prince Renn are powerful beings who can rival the gods. You have openly invaded Nidavellir..."

The Nine Realms Palace, Asgard, is renowned throughout the universe.

The dwarves are also the forging race that the Asgardian royal family relies on most.

Etri was confident when facing Thanos.

However, in the next instant, Eitri understood why Thanos, as the ruler of the universe, was called the Mad Titan—because this man was simply insane.

When faced with Etri's soft threats.

Thanos's face remained expressionless throughout, his indifferent eyes showing no fluctuation whatsoever. Before Etri could finish speaking, he casually waved his hand.

Immediately afterwards, two hundred members of the Dark Order arrived with cruel smiles on their faces, their weapons emitting dazzling lasers, and in an extremely brutal manner, reduced over a hundred dwarf members to ashes.

"No!"

Upon seeing this, Etri let out a roar of unbearable pain, and then looked at Thanos with an extremely angry gaze.

Thanos grinned and prepared to raise his hand to swing again.

"No! No!" Ai Cui's face changed drastically in an instant, filled with sorrow and anger, but he suppressed all his emotions and knelt down almost pleadingly, saying, "Whatever you want, whatever you want, I will give it to you, just spare my people."

Seeing that Etri had yielded, Thanos slowly lowered his large hand.

After glancing at the extremely rugged yet magnificent forging factory, Thanos's eyes revealed a hint of appreciation as he said, "I've heard that the dwarves can forge an Infinity Gauntlet to harmonize and activate the power of the Infinity Stones?"

"The Infinity Gauntlet?" Eitrich paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, as long as you spare me and my people, we can forge an Infinity Gauntlet for you in three days at most."

"However, the Infinity Gauntlet is useless without the Infinity Stones..."

Just as Ai Cui was speaking.

Thanos opened his palm, flicked his fingertips, and revealed an orange-red gem, the Soul Stone.

"You don't need to worry about the Infinity Stones."

"If you create the Infinity Gauntlet, I will only kill half of your population. That's my rule."

"If this doesn't work, you will all die."

Thanos toyed with the Infinity Stone in his hand, his gaze sweeping over Etri, but he paid no attention to the angry and resentful expression on the other's face.

When roaming the world—no, when roaming the universe—the rule of Thanos is to kill half and spare the other half.

Firstly, Thanos, as the cosmic family planning commissioner, must live up to his name.

Secondly, in the past ten thousand years, the Celestials have developed faster and faster, with more and more members, which has posed a huge threat to the development of the entire universe.

Restraining the development of the Celestials is almost a responsibility that any cosmic overlord should bear.

Thirdly, slaughtering all living beings in the universe would allow Thanos to appease the creator god to the greatest extent possible.

Thanos was able to become the ruler of the universe with power at the level of a mere sub-Celestial, and even openly oppose the Celestials, because he had someone behind him.

Even among the most powerful beings in the multiverse, the death of a creator god is still a significant event.

Moreover, it differs from other creator gods who have various eccentric hobbies.

Death is the most active of the creator gods, and creating death is also one of Thanos's greatest strengths.

Dwarves are an extremely rare race in the entire universe.

Even in the Nine Realms, the birthplace of the dwarves, Nidavellir now only has a few hundred dwarves.

Of course, this dwarf race refers to a special kind of dwarf with Titan blood.

For Thanos, each of these dwarven souls was a perfect sacrifice to please Death.

The whole "kill half and leave half" thing was just a ploy to fool that idiot, Etri.

Thanos was somewhat displeased with Aetry's arrogance, resentment, and anger.

Thanos had even decided that once he had crafted the Infinity Gauntlet, he would wipe out all the dwarves, leaving only Etri, whom he was about to kill, and then cut off his hands so that he would live the rest of his life in endless torment.

Etri was naturally unaware of Thanos's malicious thoughts.

Despite feeling extremely resentful and angry at Thanos's domineering rules, Etri was forced to swallow his anger in the end.

Knowing that half of her people would be killed, Aitri ultimately had no choice but to agree to their demands.

Just as Etri was gritting his teeth and leading his people to begin preparing to forge the Infinity Gauntlet.

Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and the others, who had been busy quelling the chaos in the Nine Realms, finally stabilized the situation in Asgard and turned their attention to Nidavellir.

Thanks to the intimidation that Renn and Hela had previously exerted on the Nine Realms during the throne transfer ceremony, and the fact that Surtur was suppressed by Renn using the Mirror World in conjunction with the Pure Yang Golden Bell, the situation was greatly improved.

Thor, Loki, and others stabilized the situation in Asgard in a relatively short time.

Just as Thor was about to impulsively open the Rainbow Bridge and lead his army directly to Nidavellir, Loki and Heimdall joined forces to restrain him.

The dwarves are an extremely important part of Asgard's rule over the Nine Realms, and can be considered the top-tier arms and weapons supplier in the Nine Realms.

Such a staunch ally should definitely be rescued, but we can't act rashly.

With both Raine and Hela tied down, there is currently no one in Asgard who can rival Thanos.

Not to mention, Thanos also brought his entire elite army.

If they had charged straight in like Thor, Asgard would probably have been wiped out.

Chapter 702 Multi-level Flames, Rein Returns

"Thor, you need to calm down. Thanos knows Asgard very well and has definitely prepared a way to deal with the Rainbow Bridge. If we want to rescue the dwarves, we must have a well-thought-out plan."

“That’s right, Your Majesty. If we lose this battle, the Nine Realms, which have just calmed down, will be in turmoil again.”

Loki and Heimdall are capable; their intelligence is definitely sufficient.

The war to quell the turmoil in the Nine Realms has already proven this.

After being stopped by Loki and Heimdall, Thor, who had already experienced a lot, did not go berserk. Instead, he listened to their advice and looked at the two with clear yet foolish eyes.

Loki: "..."

Heimdall: "..."

Thor: "Wait, why are you all so quiet? What plan?"

A moment of silence.

Before Loki could come up with a plan, Heimdall had already seen more dwarves being executed in Nyidavel.

Thanos is using this pressure to force Etrigue and others to speed up the forging of the Infinity Gauntlet.

Ai Cui, blinded by his own involvement, failed to see the intense murderous intent and ruthlessness emanating from Thanos.