#571 - Searching for the Time Stone

"Have you found any trace of the last Time Stone?"

Stepping out of the portal, Thanos immediately asked Ebony Maw, who was bowing beside him.

"Not yet, Your Majesty," Ebony Maw said humbly, not worried that the cosmic emperor would punish him for his incompetence after his death.

"Hmph." As expected, upon hearing Ebony Maw's answer, Thanos merely let out a displeased snort and continued towards his throne without any substantial punishment.

It was at this moment that Ebony Maw noticed a strange figure following behind Thanos. When he was bowing, he thought the person behind Thanos was Proxima Midnight, but upon looking up, he realized it wasn't.

Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight were gone, and Thanos had returned with a newcomer. Ebony Maw quickly realized the peculiarity of the situation. Although he had doubts in his mind, he rationally suppressed his curiosity.

Some things, if Thanos didn't say, then they weren't worthy of knowing, such as whether Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight were dead or alive.

"I understand you, Ebony Maw. If you didn't have a substantial lead, you wouldn't be acting like this."

Thanos sat securely on his throne. Supergiant stopped below the throne, standing in the position originally belonging to Corvus Glaive, the leader of the Black Order. Ebony Maw's eyes flickered slightly, but he said nothing and floated to Supergiant's lower position.

"Indeed, I can't hide it from Your Majesty. This subordinate does have some discoveries," Ebony Maw said with a slight bow. "Not long after you left, there was a slight anomaly in the Black Order's encirclement of Earth."

"What anomaly?" Thanos asked.

"The entire 11th Fleet responsible for surveillance lost contact for about 3 minutes," Ebony Maw raised his head. "When we contacted the 11th Fleet afterward, all of them were unaware of how this three-minute loss of contact occurred."

"They said they were just performing their surveillance mission normally, but they received an inquiry from the main ship. If it weren't for the clerk responsible for recording in the 11th Fleet noticing the discrepancy in time, they might still be in the dark."

"Bring a member of the 11th Fleet here."

Thanos' expression didn't change. Ebony Maw waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately understood and brought up a member of the 11th Fleet who had been prepared in advance. It was a Vanguard, and upon seeing Thanos, he immediately knelt respectfully on the ground.

It had been programmed into the Vanguards before they were even born that they were absolutely loyal to Thanos, and they all considered it an honor to sacrifice themselves for Thanos. To die for Thanos was the glory of all Vanguards.

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 Vanguard who flew over, and the yellow Mind Stone glowed, revealing everything about the Vanguard to Thanos.

Soon, Thanos frowned. With the Mind Stone, he noticed something wrong with the other party's brain the moment he came into contact with the Vanguard. His mind had been tampered with.

"Hmph." Thanos snorted coldly. He immediately guessed who was responsible. Even in the vast and boundless universe, abilities related to the mind and spirit were very rare, let alone controlling an entire fleet. There were very few people who could do this, and Thanos could only think of one.

"That Martian," Thanos gritted his teeth. Although he didn't know what the other party's purpose was, this repeated act of provocation had indeed aroused Thanos' anger.

It just so happened that the other party was also a stumbling block on his path to finding the stones, and Thanos felt it was time to clean up a wave of jumping clowns.

"Indeed, it coincides with my guess," Ebony Maw bowed again. The Martian Manhunter was also a suspect he had guessed. "If that's the case, Your Majesty, I might have a clue about the whereabouts of that last Infinity Stone."

"Oh?" Thanos raised an eyebrow. "Continue."

"Yes," Ebony Maw accepted the order. "We all know that there is still one last stone left on Earth, and the Earthlings, who are our source of information, are naturally aware of this."

"In the past two years, the rebels on Earth, apart from occasionally迎击 some of our search troops, have never actively confronted us."

"But now, they have not only found helpers but also taken the initiative to make a fleet lose consciousness for three minutes. I think this is likely a signal that they are about to launch a rebellion."

"And the Earthlings' only reliance is the remaining Time Stone, so I speculate that the Earthlings may already know 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. The humans' recent actions have been a little too frequent. Even if they haven't grasped the specific location of the stone, they are likely planning something big, so it's time to eliminate them."

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

"Black Dwarf is too impatient, and searching is not his forte," Thanos shook his head. "Supergiant, you also go to the ground and use your abilities to search out those insects, dig out everything they know, and present it to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Supergiant revealed a charming smile and then disappeared from the throne room.

Silently recording Supergiant's information in his mind, Ebony Maw's pupils shrank slightly, and then he raised the former's danger level by several levels.

Thanos looked at Ebony Maw, whose body stiffened for a moment for some reason, and revealed a playful smile. Then, he closed his eyes and leaned back on the throne to rest.

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

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

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

"Thank you, keep it for your own amusement."

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

As for why they were sent out to search for the Time Stone, this matter has to be said from an hour ago. In short, Yang Le picked them up to the base, and then used telepathy to share all the things to everyone.

I have to say, the Martian's telepathic download ability is really easy to use. You don't have to bother to explain, just transmit ideas to others like transmitting files. Knowing and understanding are done in one go.

With the personnel all present, Yang Le can finally start the next plan, which is to find the whereabouts of the Time Stone, and of course, this matter will depend on the current apprentice mage, the future Supreme Mage—Strange.