Since the power stone was confirmed to be in the hands of the Rising Star Army and the other party also intends to transfer it, things are much simpler. Michael agreed to the Rising Star, and within today he could follow the Rising Star Army to chat with their commander.

Then the only thing left is the last rough stone - the soul rough stone.

This is a problem he thought of a long time ago, and it is also something he knew he would have to face in the end. The soul rough stone is set as the highest-ranking one among the infinite rough stones in u. Due to its special status and nature, if you want to obtain the rough stone, you must pay the corresponding price.

One soul exchanges another soul, and it is the only way to take away this raw stone and sacrifice a life. There is no other way.

And this life must come from the person you care about the most.

This is why Michael has never tried to collect six raw stones, because the soul raw stone is the most difficult threshold to overcome. He always thought that he had four raw stones in his hand, and even if Thanos got the remaining two, it would be useless, so he didn't bother to find them.

But now things are different. The emergence of the Universe Cube has changed the situation again. Now Thanos doesn't need two raw stones left, he can't resist it. Collecting six raw stones suddenly becomes necessary.

So the question now is - is he willing to pay this price?

"Let's go." Michael said to the new star, "I'll go back to Sandal with you now. We'd better hurry up. Maybe one day or two, and Thanos may call him again at any time."

"Okay." Xinxing nodded, got up and prepared to set off.

"Wait," Wanda grabbed his arm, "I'll go too."

Michael shook his head: "No, you stay."

Wanda said stubbornly: "No. You promised me that you allowed me to walk side by side with you to the end - and now this is that time. I know that this battle is different from the past, and I also know that you have made an old mistake again - trying to carry it alone. But that won't happen. I won't allow you..."

Michael smiled, touched her head, and interrupted her.

"Maybe you haven't realized it yet, Wanda," he said slowly, "You have been with me to the end, thank you. But this time it's different... This time I have to go on my own."

Wanda still wanted to persist, but somehow, she suddenly closed her mouth when she saw his eyes.

Since he said so, there should be no problem, right?

Michael waved to everyone, turned toward the new star: "Okay, let's go."

Yes, he couldn't bring Wanda with him, because then it would be too simple. If he did that, he knew what choice Wanda would be willing to make. She would use her soul to exchange for the last rough stone without hesitation, and that was something Michael would never allow.

He had thought about this question before. He exchanged endless power for the people he cared about to save the universe. If one day he was wrong and faced with such a proposition, how would he make a choice?

And it took almost only a few seconds before he came up with the answer.

There is nothing to hesitate about, at least for Michael. Unlike most American comics who have compassionate hearts 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 part of it. He never boasts himself as a great hero who saves suffering because he knows what weight this word has. If you want to be a hero, you will never be able to avoid a multiple-choice question of "save who" as a hero, just like you have to have a balance in your heart. As a hero, you must sooner or later choose between life at both ends of the balance.

And now is that moment. Using one life to exchange the lives of hundreds of billions of creatures in the universe seems like a multiple-choice question that gives you grades, but this is also a choice Michael will never make.

Maybe you can say that he is selfish, but he is such a person, and will not compromise with reality or make concessions.

If even the only person who wants to protect cannot be protected, then what is the point of saving no matter how many people there are?

***

It was just a moment when the new star came to Sandal. Entering the atmosphere, the capital of Sandal soon came into view. This city is similar to the one presented in the movie, a future city full of science fiction, but it seems a bit broken and embarrassed when you see it.

The staggered and orderly streets were blown up everywhere, and large buildings seemed to be slapped into pieces by a giant hand. The ground was covered with debris and wreckage of spacecraft. Many workers were busy cleaning and reconstruction work in the city, which seemed to have just experienced a major disaster.

"It's Thanos."

Seeing Michael staring at the miserable phenomena below, he said in a low voice with the star he accompanied: "We fought, but we failed. He is too powerful to be able to deal with any of us, we can only do our best..."

He glanced at Michael and seemed to want to say something, but shook his head and finally said nothing.

Michael came to the headquarters of the Rising Star Corps, and their leader, Adora, an elderly woman with white hair, had already been waiting here.

"I've wanted to see you for a long time," she said leisurely, with her hands on her back as Michael entered the door. "I've heard a lot of rumors about you, many of which are really impressive."

"You'd better not believe all the rumors." Michael walked up, "People always like to add fuel to it."

“We have our own information channels, and we know what is real and what is not.” Chief Adora said. “It helps us judge what kind of people we are dealing with.”

Michael leaned down and said, "So what kind of person am I?"

She looked at Michael carefully for a moment, as if she wanted to see through his Gujing Wubo's eyes.

"A person worthy of entrusting," she said after a while, "at least I hope so."

She stood up and walked slowly to the middle of the room, raised her hand and pressed a hanging translucent virtual button. A series of complex patterns appeared in the space, like some kind of gesture password. She unlocked the password, and a table quickly rose from the ground, with a silver metal sphere on the table.

"Cosmic Spirit Ball, I believe this is what you are looking for." She said, picking up the orb and turning to Michael, "or you might prefer to call it...'Broken Stone of Power'."
Chapter completed!