Thanos, who was far away on the planet Vormir, was lamenting the passing of Gamora. He stared blankly at the orange gem in his hand, rarely falling into memories.
"Boom!"
The big explosion from the sky above Vormir awakened Thanos, and a powerful shock wave spread from outer space. The first one to bear the brunt was Thanos's small landing spacecraft docked on the surface of the planet.
Under the impact of the spreading shock wave, the small spacecraft was tragically disintegrated. Thanos crossed his hands in front of him and squatted on the ground to lower his center of gravity.
"boom!"
The huge impact pushed him into the sand. The ripples of destruction swept past Thanos and continued to extend in the distance. As the distance increased, the power gradually weakened.
When Thanos struggled up from the sand, Gamora's body was no longer visible nearby, and the terrain of Vormir had changed dramatically.
"Temple Two?"
Looking up into space, Thanos frowned.
A violent explosion occurred in the middle of the huge mothership's hull. Judging from the power of the explosion, there should be a problem with the energy core area of the spacecraft.
Fortunately, Temple II was large enough and strong enough, so an explosion of this magnitude would not cause it to disintegrate.
But without its energy supply, this interstellar carrier is like a large coffin, floating in the universe and unable to move.
Thanos calmly used his personal terminal to try to call Temple Two: "Death Blade, Proxima Centauri, Ebony Maw?"
Thanos's call received no response. At this time, the Temple II was in chaos. General Deathblade and Proxima Centauri were busy extinguishing the fire and repairing the damaged hull.
Thanos was trapped on Vormir, unable to move, and could only wait patiently for Obsidian 5 to sort out the situation inside the ship before actively contacting him.
"Gamora..."
With nothing going on, Thanos dug around in the sand, trying to find Gamora's body, but failed.
The Red Skull who previously guided him to obtain the Soul Stone also disappeared, and Thanos always felt that something was wrong.
"A body without a soul, a guide in the form of a soul...could it be that?"
…
Lu Xiao witnessed the entire process of Temple 2 from the mutation to the big explosion in Asgard.
This situation was a bit beyond his expectation. It should be that a certain aspect of the plan did not act according to his imagination. It was most likely due to the Ebony Throat that was difficult to control.
Although Ebony Maw chose to betray Thanos, it does not mean that he will stand on the side of the earth. He has his own plans, and he only cooperates with Nebula when their interests are temporarily aligned.
The big explosion of Temple 2 also affected the Asgard spy ship that was hiding in the dark and observing. The originally clear holographic projection dispersed like water mist.
"Fandral?"
Thor tried calling one of the Three Warriors of Asgard who led the operation, but received no response for a long time.
"Let's wait for a while."
Lu Xiao patted Thor on the shoulder: "That big explosion caused the nearby magnetic field and energy field to fall into chaos, and it will take some time to recover."
Yongzhen said with some worry: "I wonder if the Benatar, Gamora and Nebula escaped successfully. If they were involved in the explosion..."
"Ahem!"
The frontline communication was suddenly connected, and a cough connected the audio communication in an imageless manner.
"I am Peter Quill. We have received Gamora in Vormir and are preparing to evacuate."
Loki hurriedly approached the communicator and asked: "Where are Thanos and Nebula? Is the mission completed?"
"Not sure."
Star-Lord's voice was intermittent, and it was clear that the situation at the scene was still very bad.
"I...as soon as possible...Gamora...呲呲!"
"Tsk~"
Loki hung up the communication unhappily. Apparently there was another problem with the communication signal on the other side.
Lu Xiao touched his chin thoughtfully, 'Gamora is not dead, does that mean Thanos didn't get the Soul Stone?'
'Something is wrong. Considering Thanos's character, as long as Gamora follows him to Vormir, it is basically impossible to survive.'
'What's going on? What's happening ahead?'
The group of people waited anxiously in the war conference room for more than an hour before the spy ship driven by Fandral finally regained contact with Asgard.
Although the picture quality is still a bit poor, and it may flicker a bit, at least we can see what Fandral looks like.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry that it took so long to get in touch. The situation at the scene is too chaotic. We can only evacuate the explosion range first."
"This is not important." Thor asked resolutely: "Reporting the situation, have you rendezvoused with the Benatar?"
"Yes, we also received Miss Nebula. She brought back two weapons from Thanos, but she did not get the power stone."
A woman with a mechanical structure that looked like silicon-based life appeared in front of the screen: "I am Nebula, let me explain the situation."
…
When Nebula told Lu Xiao, Thor and others what happened in Temple 2, Star-Lord Quill squatted anxiously in front of Gamora.
Gamora has been looking like this since she was rescued from Vormir.
Quill and others speculated that something must have happened during the process of obtaining the Soul Stone, which had a serious mental impact on her.
"Gamora, wake up, can you hear me?"
Gamora didn't respond to Quill's call, she just turned her eyes and looked at him blankly.
Quil scratched his head anxiously and said to a woman with tentacles on her head next to him: "Mantis, try to wake her up."
"Leave it to me."
Mantis put his hand on Gamora's forehead, and the tops of the two tentacles flickered with light.
"Gamora, wake up."
Gamora's eyes regained their intelligence for a moment, but soon became dull again.
"Ugh!"
Mantis let go of the hand on Gamora's forehead and held his head in pain.
"Her soul... is very chaotic, as if there are multiple personalities entangled together, fighting for the dominance of the body."
At this time, Nebula's explanation had just ended, and Lu Xiao heard the second half of Mantis's words.
"Wait a minute, Miss Tentacle, what did you just say?"
Mantis, who had just recovered, tilted his head in confusion and pointed at himself: "Miss Tentacle, are you talking about me?"
Lu Xiao shrugged: "Yes, don't worry about the title. Let's talk about Gamora's situation in detail. What's going on with multiple personalities snatching the body?"
There is a saying that goes well: plans cannot keep up with changes.
Not to mention the changes in Temple 2 that were inconsistent with the plan, it is always a good thing to delay Thanos' invasion of the earth.
Gamora, who was supposed to die because of the soul gem, miraculously survived. Lu Xiao always felt that something was wrong.
Mantis's words gave him a reminder, and Lu Xiao had an uncertain guess in his mind.
"Thor, can you use the Rainbow Bridge to send Nebula and the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy back first?"
Thor thought about it and said, "It should be possible. I'll ask Heimdall."
Yongzhen saw some clues from Lu Xiao's solemn expression, and asked silently through the spiritual channel connected to each other: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"Um……"
Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes: "The soul in Gamora's body may not be hers... at least, not entirely."