AWB Chapter 611 Spirit Ball
Chapter 611 Spirit Ball
Chapter 611 Spirit Ball
Now that it is confirmed that the original stone of power is in the hands of the Nova Corps, and the other party also intends to transfer it, then things are much simpler.Michael agreed to the new star, and within today he could follow the other party to the Nova Corps to have a chat with their commander.
Then there is only the last rough stone—the soul stone.
This was something he had thought about a long time ago, and it was something he knew he would have to face eventually.The original soul stone is set as the highest status among the infinite original stones in the MCU.Due to the particularity of its status and nature, it is necessary to pay a corresponding price in order to obtain the original stone.
One soul is exchanged for another soul. To take this rough stone and sacrifice a life is the only way, there is no other way.
And this life must come from the people you care about most.
This is why Michael has never tried to collect all six rough stones, because the soul stone is the most difficult threshold to cross.He always thought that he already had four rough stones in his hands, even if Thanos got the remaining two, it would not help, so he didn't bother to find them.
But things are different now.The emergence of the Cosmic Cube has changed the situation again. Now Thanos doesn't need the remaining two rough stones and he can't resist them. It suddenly becomes necessary to collect all six rough stones.
So now the question is - is he willing to pay the price?
"Let's go." Michael said to the new star, "I'll go back to Xandar with you now. We better hurry up, maybe one day or two days, Thanos may come back at any time."
"Okay." Xinxing nodded, stood up and geared up for departure.
"Wait," Wanda grabbed his arm, "I'll go too."
Michael shook his head: "No, you stay."
Wanda insisted, "No. You promised me to go to the end with you - and now this is the time. I know this battle is different from the past, and I know you're doing the same old thing again. —trying to carry it all alone. But that's not going to happen. I won't let you."
Michael smiled, touched her head, and interrupted her.
"Maybe you haven't realized it, Wanda." He said slowly, "You have already accompanied me to the end, thank you. But this time is different. This time I have to go on by myself."
Wanda still wanted to insist, but for some reason, she suddenly shut her mouth the moment she saw his eyes.
Since he said so, there should be no problem, right?
Michael waved to everyone, turned around and faced Xin Xing: "Okay, let's go."
No, he couldn't take Wanda with him, because that would make things too easy.If he did, he knew what choice Wanda would be willing to make.She would trade her soul for the last rough stone without hesitation, and that was something Michael would never allow to happen.
It's not like he hasn't thought about this question before.Use the person you care about most in exchange for endless power and save the universe.If one day he does not face such a proposition, how will he make a choice?
And it took almost only a few seconds for him to come up with the answer.
Nothing to struggle with, at least not to Michael.Unlike most superheroes in American comics who have a compassionate heart and always want to save everyone, Michael never regards this as his own task.
All his efforts are only for the sake of mankind and the earth, just because he is a part of it.He never advertised himself as a great hero who rescued the suffering, because he knew what weight the word had.If you want to be a hero, you will never be able to avoid a multiple-choice question of "who to save". It's like you have to have a scale in your heart. As a hero, you will have to choose between the lives at both ends of the scale sooner or later.
And now is that moment.To exchange one life for the lives of hundreds of billions of trillions of creatures in the universe seems to be a graded multiple-choice question, but it is also a choice that Michael will never make.
Maybe you can say that he is selfish, but he is such a person, he will not compromise with reality, will not make concessions.
What's the point of saving more people if you can't even protect the one person you want to protect?
***
It was only a split second to come to Xandar with Nova.Entering the atmosphere, the capital of Xandar quickly came into view.This city is similar to the one shown in the movie, a futuristic city full of sci-fi atmosphere, but it looks dilapidated and embarrassing when viewed.
The orderly streets were blown to pieces, and the large buildings seemed to be smashed into pieces by a giant hand.Debris and spaceship wreckage are all over the floor, and many workers are busy cleaning and rebuilding the city, which looks like it has just experienced a major disaster.
"It's Thanos."
Seeing Michael staring at the miserable scene below, he and his accompanying Nova said in a low voice: "We fought, but we failed. He is too powerful for any of us to deal with, we can only do our best for"
He glanced at Michael, as if he wanted to say something, but shook his head and finally didn't speak.
Michael came to the headquarters of the Nova Corps, and their leader Adora—an older woman with white hair—was already waiting here.
"I've wanted to meet you for a long time." She said leisurely with her hands behind her back when Michael entered the door, "I've heard a lot of rumors about you, and many of them are really impressive."
"As for the rumors, you'd better not believe them all." Michael walked up, "People always like to add fuel to it."
"We have our own sources of information and we know what's real and what's not," Chief Adora said. "That helps us figure out who we're dealing with."
Michael tilted his head: "Then according to your channel, what kind of person am I?"
She looked at Michael carefully for a moment, as if trying to read thoughts through his calm eyes.
"A person worthy of entrustment." She said after a while, "At least I hope so."
She stood up, walked slowly to the center of the room, raised her hand and pressed a suspended translucent virtual button.A series of complex patterns appeared in the space, like some kind of gesture code.She unlocked the code, and a table quickly rose from the ground, with a silver metal sphere on it.
"The Cosmic Orb, I believe this is what you're looking for." She said as she picked up the orb and turned to Michael, "Or you may prefer to call it the 'Power Stone'."
(End of this chapter)