Loki was a mage, but she was familiar with the ins and outs of starships, having grown up in Asgard and accompanied Odin and Thor on numerous campaigns.
In Loki's view, these wrecks, even at their primes, could only be described as mediocre toys at best. They were no match for Asgard's main fleet or even a scout ship.
Peter, who had spent some time on Earth in the central universe, had also accompanied the scientific investigation fleet to the outskirts of the Milky Way where he had seen the Kree guard ships, which had been Earth's property since ancient times.
Without exaggeration, even these Kree guard ships, which weren't given much importance, were behemoths compared to the wreckage before them.
Having found their energy core, Loki stood on a piece of worn debris, leaning in to see an engine device still emitting faint light. She extended one hand to record the energy fluctuation of the engine with her magic. With a gentle wave of her wand, a portal opened once more.
"I've locked onto their energy ripple. Let's go and see if their flagship is nearby."
The portal flickered, and Loki and Peter's figures disappeared again. But when they landed this time, the wreckage they saw was still no different from before. The ships were not large, the intensity wasn't high, and it looked like they had been damaged by external forces.
After checking several locations following the energy ripple, Loki shook her head, "Although I knew that the cosmic forces of this universe were weak, it's still unexpected how weak they actually are."
Upon finishing her statement, she clicked her tongue, "The Skrull Empire of this universe is incredibly lucky. The Kree Empire has lost so much power that the Skrulls can rest easy for the next few years... Wait, what is that?"
Loki, a bit confused, flew forward because she saw some unusual components in the wreckage of the Kree Empire's fleet.
After flying over, Loki saw a familiar emblem and said to herself, "Isn't this the emblem of the Skrull Empire? How did they even end up here?"
Loki suddenly froze, as if she had thought of something. She said, "If the power of star civilizations in this universe is generally weak, then wouldn't Thanos, who possesses the Infinity Gauntlet, be able to exterminate all of them? Or has the Thanos of this universe already done so?!"
"You mean... the Three Great Empires of this universe have been destroyed?" Loki suddenly raised her voice.
She could feel her heart thumping wildy. She immediately swung her wand, activating multiple portals with Peter in a frenzy, regardless of the strain it put on her power. She wanted to grasp the situation of this universe as quickly as possible.
She confirmed what she had dreaded - the entire universe was quiet, and the fleets of the Three Great Empires had disappeared.
When Loki teleported to the Wild Feather Star Zone, the large portal had already extinguished. The planet that held the imperial city had been completely shattered. The glory days of the once-mighty empire were no more.
Loki's hand trembled slightly. Her next move was to pull out her phone and press the emergency dial button. Channeling power through Spider Man's multiversal communication network, Loki almost yelled into the phone, "…This place is all a gift from nature!!!"
Shiller, the recipient of the call, was taken aback. The Avengers films were distant memories for him, stored in the lower levels of the High Tower archives.
Shiller knew that the film universe did not have a strong representation of each hero due to budget limitations.
It was only when Loki shouted those words that Shiller realized, it wasn't just the Avengers who were weak in the movie universe, the Three Great Empires seemed non-existent as well, to the point where Shiller had ignored them.
But thinking about it, although the films didn't often show the cosmic empires, if that universe were a reality instead of a movie, there would obviously be three great empires.
So, Thanos managing to secure the Infinity Gems and make it to Earth implies that the Three Great Empires are no longer obstacles for him, and they were likely destroyed long ago by him and his minions.
But it's not hard to guess that Thanos probably didn't have time to take over the remnants of the Three Great Empires. In the movie, Thanos is keen on reducing the universe's population, basically hitting and running, without even looting the corpses.
But if Thanos doesn't loot corpses, wouldn't the universe where Shiller is located benefit? This universe is full of everyone from human magicians to cosmic sorcerers, all carrying sacks and with eyes like radar, they won't ignore fallen spoils, and if there's anything they're good at, it's looting corpses.
Some might believe that the Three Great Empires from the movie universe are so weak, what difference could looting the corpses make?
But it's their weakness that is needed. If they bring back an intact large transporter, humans wouldn't have the technology to hack it, let alone restore it to operation. As such, the weaker and more destroyed it is, the better. Thanos should be thanked for completing the violent debris step, otherwise, humans would need to dissect it until the cows come home using their metallic drills.
Shiller immediately stood up from his desk. Seeing his serious expression, Strange knew something important was happening.
Shiller looked at Strange and said, "Get back to Kamar-Taj and assemble the magicians right away. Pause all the work at hand - the cross-universe resource gathering mission starts now!"
Strange squinted his eyes. As he followed Shiller out, he reassured him, "Don't worry, the magicians are adept at moving resources. I will get back to the Sanctum and start coordinating now…"
After parting ways, Shiller quickly returned to his office and immediately picked up the phone, saying: "Nick, I need you to put your work on hold. It's raining manna from heaven again...
"Hello, Tony? Have you seen the file I just had Jarvis send you? You didn't understand? That's right! Don't ask too many questions. Now all you need to do is prepare all the robots related to moving goods as fast as possible. The Mages' portal will be ready soon…"
"Hello, Chief Zheng? Yes, it's me. How is your Deity System cultural exchange activity going? Oh, nothing much, it's just that I heard that your Mount Sumeru mustard seed treasure sack technology has always been the forefront of the magic realm. I have some stuff I need to move, and was wondering if you're interested in participating? Oh, it's not much, just the remains of the universe's Three Great Empires...
"Hello, Tracha? Put the take-off off for now. We have a more pressing matter at hand. Your space compression technology should be quite good, right? Okay, we will discuss it in detail when you enter the Mage's portal...
"Hello, Professor Charles? Oh, Lorna there too? Good, you understand me, Mother Nature has gifted us again…"
"Hello? Helen? I am looking for your uncle, is he in? Oh, your mom already called him? OK, got it, see you at the subway station…"
Shellar made over a dozen calls in quick succession, but once he thought about it, he believed it was not enough. After some contemplation, Shiller picked up the phone again and dialed another number and said: "Hello? Reed? Oh, I am Shellar. The thing is, we found in a universe…"
After some time, Shiller hung up the phone, found another number, dialed it, and the other end answered with a mechanical voice. Shiller confidently said:
"Hello, King Doom? ...Don't worry about who I am, in fact, I just called Reed. You two were college classmates, right?"
"I know you're upset, but don't be upset. Reed said that when you were in college, you were his follower, always feeding on the boring remnants of his experiments…. Right, I heard he is about to take a subway to another universe to seize more precious resources for mankind…"
"Don't get me wrong; this is not a provocation. That you said that alien technology could never compare to the great inventions of King Doom, and therefore it's pointless…"
"No no no, you're wrong. The point is to see who is more of a genius between you and Reed…"