"But he didn't do that." Quill sighed lightly: "Ma · Will at first probably just wanted to survive, but when he saw what was deep within the stars, he realized that he could gain powerful strength, use this strength to conquer and destroy, and gain power, and so, he completely lost his mind."
Jessica pursed her lips, she felt a desire to refute, but in the end, it turned into a probing question: "You wouldn't do that, would you?"
"Never." Riley looked into Jessica's eyes, she saw a heavy power in his gaze. Riley repeated: "At any time, I would never sacrifice my friends to enrich myself unjustly. Never, ever."
Jessica was moved for a moment, but she's not used to expressing her emotions this way, so she just shrugged nonchalantly and said: "Okay, you're great."
"If it were me, I wouldn't choose to survive in this way." Xu Shang-Chi frowned and said: "The pain of death is very brief, regardless of people's imaginations about Hell, that is all imaginary, when you're dead, you're dead, you can't feel anything."
"But prolonged madness means endless mental torture." Xu Shang-Chi pursed his lips and said: "It's no better than suffering on a sickbed, if I can, I'd rather just die."
"I agree with that," Jessica nodded and said: "If living is too painful for too long, then dying would be a release."
"We still have to try to live, but definitely not in this way." Quill took over the conversation: "Ma · Will deceived all the heroes of The Avengers, he told them he was dying, hoping they would come to see him one last time, and hoped to shake hands with them one by one."
Jessica had a bad feeling, sure enough, Quill said: "Ma · Will, for his evil plan of conquest, infected all the superheroes with the madness from deep within the stars."
Jessica swallowed and said, "So this is the truth behind their madness, not some sudden outbreak of contagious disease?"
The three nodded and shook their heads at the same time, Jessica took a deep breath, her grip on the barrel of the gun tightened, but she quickly relaxed, she looked at the three and asked: "So the final question, who brought this madness?"
"The 'Thousands of Polygons'."
Riley said a name, but it wasn't as serious or solemn as Jessica thought. Jessica didn't think this was the truth, so she kept staring at Riley's face. Sure enough, Riley went on to say:
"But this is actually just an alias, or rather, Ma · Will couldn't touch the whole truth, this outer god didn't tell him the truth, the true name of the Thousands of Polygons should be 'The Obscene Twins -- Roigel and Zhal'."
When Riley called out that name, his tone was strange. Before Jessica could even ask, Riley explained again: "I can't directly say their real names, that would draw their attention, so I diluted the pronunciation in Latin, then translated it into English. It doesn't matter, just remember the pronunciation."
"The question is, how did you guys know?" Jessica asked somewhat puzzled: "Was it the god you were just in touch with that told you?"
"Sort of, and we know even more." Xu Shang-Chi took out a piece of wood and drew a bizarre pattern with the moist steam on the sewer floor.
Xu Shang-Chi's hand was steady, his engineering background from his previous life made him handy at drawing. The drawing was messy, it seemed like just a series of arcs, yet it was somewhat vivid. Jessica saw two ugly creatures in it.
"In that endless knowledge, I saw a part of their appearance, heard their names and origins."
"Roigel and Zhal are a pair of Old Day Dominator brothers, they are a mass of ugly, bloated, proliferating flesh, with countless tentacles growing out of the cracks in the flesh, just like how I drew them."
"The difference between them is that Roigel has wings, while Zhal does not, there are extended tentacles between them connecting the two, enabling them to communicate telepathically."
"The twins reside in the buried ancient city of Aroza on the Big Horn Star, where a group of 'Jojo People' occasionally offer them sacrifices in exchange for ominous winds that sweep across the entire planet."
Xu Shang-Chi sighed, looking at his drawing, and said: "Perhaps the twins are not the key issue, but their mother, referred to as the 'Goddess of Dark Harvest', 'Supreme Mother Goddess', 'Forest Black Sheep that Breeds a Panoply of Offspring' , Shub-Niggurath."
"Oh my god, my head hurts!" Jessica clutched her head and said, "Another name that would tie my tongue in knots. Are these gods trying to test the loyalty of their followers with their names? If you pronounce it wrong, does it mean you're not devout?"
"I believe, our main enemies are still the twins." Quill also pointed with a finger, lightly tapping Xu Shang-Chi's drawing, and said: "The Dark Sun is vague about the twins' mother, only mentioned that she has a strong reproductive ability and is very ancient, often sleeps deep within the stars, apart from sending out her young black sheep to accept offerings during sacrifices, she rarely makes a call."
"But Roigel and Zhal are much more aggressive." Quill circled the drawing and said: "They often urge their followers to offer sacrifices, using ominous winds to trap the unfortunate as food, perhaps Ma · Will answered the call of the ominous winds in his dreams, and brought the terrible madness into the real world."
Jessica blinked her eyes, but was interested in another term mentioned in his words, so she said: "The Dark Sun? What is that? The name of the ancient being you communicated with? That's quite easy to remember."
"No, it's just a title, or a description." Riley shook his head and said, "We just saw a black sun, we don't know if that is its body or incarnation, we don't even know its name, it's just that those sun particles give us infinite knowledge."
Jessica showed an interested look, she nervously rubbed her hands and said: "It sounds not bad. Knowledge and truth are always better than ominous winds. Can I, I mean... can I call it?"
The three looked at each other, somewhat indecisive, Quill stroked his chin and said: "I didn't feel any intention from this ancient one to develop followers, it seems that he didn't want to spread faith, he doesn't need sacrifices and didn't even talk to us."
"He just hangs over the city of Karkosa, constantly spreading knowledge, just like a true sun, whether you pray to him or not, he always shines brightly."
"So can I take a look at him?" Jessica's interest was piqued even more.
Riley put on a difficult expression, Jessica patted his back and said: "Come on, buddy, I'm not trying to steal someone, you guys are not jealous, are you?"
"No, what I mean is, we don't know how to let you see him, he didn't leave a number... does he have one?"
The three looked at each other again, then as if they all thought of something at the same time, Riley showed a smile and said.
"It seems like he might do."