Elt's planet was 150,000 light years away from the newly built commercial port of Earth's civilization. For a warship that could warp through space, it was not a long distance. As the last scholar apprentice of the civilization's remnant, Elt piloted a spaceship that should have been scrapped a long time ago and endured starvation among the stars. It took him 20 days to reach the commercial port, but his return trip only took him 5 minutes.
"Hum!"
As the spaceship silently left the wormhole, Elt, the young apprentice in a white robe, saw his home in a trance. He couldn't help but kneel on the ground and sincerely pray in a strange language.
He didn't know if he brought hope or destruction to his already withered civilization, but at least, this was the last resistance they could make.
And in the eyes of the interstellar agents who followed him back to this planet, this dark red planet floating in the ancient, dead galaxy in front of them represented a regrettable fact.
"Just as Dr. Fitz predicted …"
Black Widow Natasha looked at the kneeling Elt with some sympathy. She turned to her companion, Agent Barton in a space combat suit and whispered.
"This is an apocalyptic wasteland civilization … and their world looks like it's about to die."
Agent Barton, who was operating the observation instrument, nodded. He looked away from the spaceship's spectrum collector and whispered.
"It's not just their planet, but also their sun. It's burning violently. Obviously, it has reached the end of its life. This is a dead galaxy. Their weak civilization was probably born on the wreckage of a super-advanced space civilization that was destroyed in the previous apocalyptic disaster … What a pity."
"The laws of the universe are cruel …"
The third member, a combatant who was also wearing a black skysuit, Robbie Reyes, the former Ghost Rider of SHIELD, said in a low voice, "Along the way, on 70% of the dead planets we saw, there were once glorious civilizations, but in the end, they quietly died. It may be a natural disaster, or it may be a man-made disaster … I don't know how far our Earth civilization will go."
"Stop lamenting! It's time to work! Friends! "
The last voice sounded in the inner cabin of the spy spaceship. As the door opened, a strong smell of tobacco wafted into the cabin. It was a figure that shouldn't be there. A few years ago, this guy was still a wanted criminal of S.H.I.E.L.D. But now, everyone was serving the Alliance for the Survival of Mankind. In front of the stars, some criminals would be reactivated to offset their sins.
Saber-Toothed Tiger Victor was such a typical example. He was now a training officer of an interstellar privateer fleet with an official background. This time, because he was closer, he was transferred to this high-level spy team.
Generally, interstellar reconnaissance was done by Interstellar Pirates. In any case, the lives of those scumbags were worthless. Even if they died, it was nothing more than a death compensation to Pirate Lord Starka. But this time, the matter itself was more important. Therefore, at the request of Utopia, the Alliance for the Survival of Mankind, which was short of manpower, had to send a real elite force to this area.
Outside of this dying world, in the synchronous orbit, there were at least three exotic space stations. There was also a small fleet patrolling the stars. Obviously, this was the army of the War Overlord, the Wasteland Wolf. They were monitoring this world!
"But it's obviously just for show … These guys have many loopholes in their defense line! It looks like they're very confident in their strength and aren't worried about being infiltrated at all. "
Agent Barton ended his deep-space reconnaissance. A few minutes later, a complete infiltration battle plan was formulated.
"Robbie! You control the spaceship! "
Natasha moved her hands and put on the equipment needed for the outer space operation on her combat uniform one by one. She said to Ghost Rider, "We'll use a comet to infiltrate that world.
"We will use the meteorite as a disguise to enter that world. You have to hide carefully. If there is any danger, you have to send us back immediately! And that messenger … He's also very important! "
Ghost Rider nodded. The ability to demonize starships could be said to be a trump card in space warfare. It was said that the Alliance for the Survival of Mankind had been discussing whether they should start trying to cultivate their own Ghost Rider unit.
After doing all this, Victor the Saber-Toothed Tiger, who had a cigar in his mouth, lifted the praying apprentice from the ground and roughly threw him into a simple space armor.
"Apprentice, let's go! Take us to see your wasteland world … "
A few minutes later, a small meteorite silently streaked across the starry sky and smashed into the dark red land. The space station of the War Lord Wasteland Wolf on Apocalypse Planet detected the meteorite's fall, but he didn't take it to heart. For a dying world, due to the instability of gravity, it was a very normal astronomical phenomenon that attracted meteorites. It wasn't surprising at all.
"Whoosh!"
In the dark red sky of the wasteland world, a small meteorite with a slender tail of flames smashed into a desolate desert, as if doomsday was coming. A moment later, a black space vehicle with a powerful stealth function quickly drove out of the crater caused by the meteorite and sped off in a certain direction.
Wasteland … What was the wasteland?
It was that the entire world had been completely destroyed due to war or disaster. It was a ruin, and the wasteland civilization was a civilization that had reappeared from the ruins after the apocalypse.
There was a gap in precious technology and knowledge. In the wreckage of an advanced civilization, new life moved forward in a barbaric and backward manner with difficulty. With the help of the leftovers left behind by their wise ancestors, they used their own superstitious, barbaric, and twisted thinking to try to explain the great miracle left by their ancestors.
Even these latecomers who walked among the ruins themselves didn't know how noble the blood flowing in their bodies used to be!
A great civilization was trampled on in a destructive manner. This was the tragedy of all civilizations …
This was the wasteland … a land without hope.
"This is the Acht Wasteland!"
Elt, who was sitting in the speeding space vehicle, spoke with the pride of a scholar to the outsiders beside him. "This is the kingdom of the first era's kings. They once ruled the entire world. Their knowledge is as vast as the stars. Just the documents salvaged from the ruins are enough for us lowly latecomers to study for a thousand years!"
"Look! There! "
Elt pointed at a metal structure at the edge of the barren wilderness. "That's the Scholar's Tower," he said loudly. "In our time, the wisest youths of the tribe would be sent here to study. I had the chance to do so as well, but the invasion of the despicable wasteland wolves ruined everything. He rudely chased all the scholars out of the Scholar's Tower, and burned the place to the ground along with the precious knowledge."
At this point, the young scholar apprentice's face was filled with hatred. Natasha carefully observed the melted metal structure with a telescope. She spoke to her companions in Earth's language.
"That should be the remnants of a spaceship launch tower. For a civilization of this level, their precious knowledge can't be recorded on paper. So, this civilization's knowledge is truly lost. The so-called precious knowledge Elt is talking about is most likely a drop in the ocean that the wise men of that civilization used a special method to preserve before the end of the world."
"Haha, maybe it's a fantasy novel written by a bored guy. Imaginary reality is treated as precious knowledge. Guys, don't you think it's funny?"
Saber-Toothed Tiger laughed maliciously, but the joke was not funny, especially when he saw Elt's heartfelt admiration for "knowledge."
As mentioned before, this wasteland that was full of disasters was about the fall of a noble civilization.
"In front! There's an excavation site in front of the wasteland! The First Era's Iron Mausoleum is there! "
Elt suddenly shouted. Agent Barton, who was in charge of driving, sped up without saying a word. After going over a mountain made entirely of slag, they finally saw the "wasteland" and "mausoleum" that Elt mentioned.
"That's … that's …"
Natasha was stunned for a moment. She looked at the black metal nest that was at least three kilometers long that had been dug out from the ground. Even though this agent had seen a lot of things, she was still greatly shocked.
"That's … the Colonial Ark!"
"Shh! Someone's coming! Hide! "
Agent Barton shouted in a low voice. Everyone, including Elt, was enveloped by a layer of light that distorted light. It was as if they disappeared into thin air. Under their silent gazes, a few futuristic black spaceships hovered above the "excavation site". Accompanied by a halo similar to a teleportation beam, thousands of chained natives were thrown into the excavation site.
"The Wasteland Wolf Lord's order has been given! You trash, listen up! "
An arrogant voice shouted in the common language of the Moubis civilization. "You have seven days to find at least ten rechargeable crystals! Otherwise, the descendants and women you left behind in the assembly area will all be executed! "
"Anyone who dares to resist will end up like this old man! You trash! Thank the Lord for his mercy … Then, get back to work! "
Bang!
Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the corpse of an old man in a strange black robe was thrown down from the spaceship. It landed right in front of the spies hiding at the side.
"What are you doing! Idiot! "
At this moment, Elt, who was lying quietly beside the saber-toothed tiger, was like an enraged bull. He wanted to jump out from his hiding place, but the saber-toothed tiger was quick enough to press him to the ground. Its sharp adamantium claws were on his neck. With a gentle pull, this last apprentice of the civilization would be completely beheaded.
"That's! That's the elder … "
Tears of pain flowed from Elt's eyes. He struggled and shouted, "That's the elder of my tribe! That's … that's my father … "
This episode stunned the cold-blooded saber-toothed tiger. It was no wonder that Elt wanted to fight with his life on impulse after seeing his father killed.
Swoosh!
After the spaceships left, Barton grabbed Elt and pressed him against a rock. He asked sternly, "What's the matter?
"You told Brigadier General Sergues that the location of the tomb with a large number of shards was a secret that only the Great Elder knew. Now that your father is dead, does this mean that this secret has been completely lost?"
Elt was still immersed in the sorrow of his family's death. He was in despair about everything in the outside world. Seeing him like this, Barton slapped him on the face to wake him up. He asked again, and this time, Elt nodded in despair.
"Yes, only my father knew … They! Damn those Great Plains Wolves, they must have killed my father because he didn't want to tell the secret! That bastard! I want … I want to kill him with my own hands! "
"Very good!"
Barton threw Elt on the ground with satisfaction. "Then this secret is safe! As for your father, don't worry. In our civilization, the soul is the most important carrier … "
Behind him, the soul stone in Natasha's hand emitted a faint light and absorbed the soul of the elder who had just died. She turned her head and looked at the tens of thousands of slaves working hard in the excavation pit. In the subsequent inspection, the energy waves of the phoenix shards in the warehouse near the supervisor's hut were off the charts.
"There are at least 20 small shards in there! Together, there are about 5 large shards … "
The nimble saber-toothed tiger brought two weapons with phoenix shards from the warehouse to be sent back to the starport as evidence. He gritted his teeth and looked at the excavation pit.
"Where did this civilization come from? How did they manage to collect so many shards? Even more than Monarch Planet? Why did the warriors of Apocalypse Planet use such a backward method of mining … Isn't it faster to use machinery? "
"Look at the Colonial Ark buried underground, idiot. Don't you understand?"
Natasha spoke softly as she contacted Robby in outer space.
"If I'm not wrong, this planet is the mother planet of the Moubis Civilization Sphere … Just the legacy it left behind was enough to create a civilization sphere. You can imagine how powerful it was when it was at its peak. Collecting phoenix shards in the universe was not a difficult task for them … Lady Phoenix has traveled the stars for more than 10 billion years, so the number of shards she left behind is astronomical …"
"As for why they didn't use machinery … The phoenix shards are magical items. Machinery can't detect them at all. It's not that the Lord of Apocalypse Planet likes to mine them, but he has no choice!"
Agent Natasha raised her head and looked at the slightly different starry sky. She said thoughtfully, "That's right.
"No wonder the system of this civilization sphere gives off such a strange feeling. After all this time, they are all survivors of a broken civilization … They are just using the legacy left behind by their ancestors to disguise themselves as a space civilization …"
"Let's leave this to the interstellar archaeologists!"
Barton touched the weapon in his hand and said softly, "The fact that there are a large number of shards buried here has been confirmed … The Overlord will not give up on this place. A war is about to begin …"
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