"Not the savior."
"But a collaborator?"
Thanos's sudden remark instantly made Hawk, who was sitting beside him with a nonchalant expression, shiver and his calm demeanor turn exceptionally serious.
"What do you mean?"
"Time... No, all of this was designed by the Celestial God Team."
Thanos turned his head to meet Hawk's sharp eyes: "Whether it's the Eternal Race or the anomalies, they were all created by the Celestial God Team. Initially, I just thought Titan had a Celestial God Seed, merely a waste utilization by the Celestial God Team. But after seeing you, I suddenly realized that this was all designed by the Celestial God Team, whether it was the ancestors of Titan or my rebellion."
Hawk remained expressionless.
"Explain more."
"Because you were also designed by the Celestial God Team."
"..."
Hawk listened to Thanos's words, his sharp eyebrows furrowing instantly, thoughts spinning wildly, then slightly frowned: "The Celestial God Team designed me, how did they do it, designed to make me slaughter all the planets of life in the cosmos where they planted seeds?"
That was a cold joke.
But!
Thanos's expression was extremely serious.
"Yes, it's designed to make you slaughter all the planets of life in the cosmos where they planted seeds."
"..."
Listening to these words, Hawk looked at Thanos's expression and fell into a moment of silence.
The next second.
Thanos's words were shockingly impactful: "The time of this cosmos is already dead, or rather, has been replaced by the Celestial God Team."
Upon hearing this, Hawk snapped back to reality and looked at Thanos.
Thanos met Hawk's gaze and said only one sentence.
"The eternity of time only created three Celestial Gods."
"... Hiss!"
Hawk first remained silent for a while, then understood the implication behind Thanos's words.
Just as Thanos said.
The eternity of time only created three Celestial Gods to manage the order of time itself.
Arisen, responsible for judgment.
Eliminator, responsible for enforcement.
Searcher, responsible for search.
To put it simply.
Time does not have self-awareness, nor should it have self-awareness; time that lacks self-awareness is good time.
But eternity has self-awareness; therefore, to prevent self-interference with the instinctive nature of time, it also created three Celestial Gods who similarly lack self-awareness to oversee and manage the time order.
Hawk did not think deeply at first.
But under Thanos's words, he couldn't help but think it over and discover something amiss.
The definition of life's self-awareness is what.
Reproduction!
But are members of the Celestial God Team considered life? Theoretically, yes, but practically speaking, they are tools created by the eternity of time.
Tools are not supposed to have consciousness, and if a creator suddenly discovers that their tool has developed consciousness, what would be the first reaction?
Happy?
That's impossible.
Destruction is the first reaction of the creator.
Just as humans chase intelligent robots, no matter how they boast about it, if robots truly awaken self-awareness, the first human reaction is to destroy.
Humans are like this.
The Celestial God Team is also like this; anomalies were the initial tools created by the team, but when anomalies suddenly developed self-awareness, didn't the team immediately create the Eternal Race to destroy these anomalies?
Similarly!
The eternity of time should be like this.
The Celestial God Team, which wasn't supposed to possess self-awareness, once it gained consciousness, the eternity of time's first reaction should be destruction, not standing by while the Celestial God Team uses various planets of life to nurture new Celestial Gods.
Therefore...
"Eternity..."
"Exiled."
Thanos again startled with his words, looked at Hawk: "Not just eternity, even Death is no longer in this cosmos."
Hawk's pupils contracted: "This is impossible, Mephisto..."
He was about to say Mephisto had seen Death, after all, when Mephisto was around, he couldn't speak three sentences without mentioning eternity and Death.
But!
Hawk suddenly recalled something, couldn't help but laugh once, then shook his head.
It is widely known.
Demons are the best liars, and Mephisto, as the ruler of demons, his words, not even punctuation marks should be trusted.
Whether it's eternity, or time, Hawk just thought about it, these two Creator Gods have always only existed in Mephisto's words.
Thanos watched Hawk's abrupt smile, also revealed a hint of a smile, his voice deep.
"This cosmos, except for three places, has already submitted to the Celestial God Team, whether Yahweh or Mephisto, they are all part of the Celestial God Team."
"Hiss!"
Hawk listened to the secrets revealed by Thanos, once again took a cold breath, looked at Thanos.
"Which three places?"
"Olympus."
"Zeus completely transcended the timeline in the Main Cosmos, therefore united with multiple realms, even the Celestial God Team attempting to replace time cannot move Zeus, and Zeus has no intention of involving himself in cosmic matters, moreover Zeus indulges in pleasures, thus does not exit the Dige Star Domain."
"The second and third are the World Tree and Terra Star."
"Originally, the Celestial God Team had already designed the destruction of the World Tree and Terra Star through time, but Terra Star was mainly used to trigger the Twilight of the Gods for the World Tree."
"But a variable appeared in this process."
"Me."
Hawk took over Thanos's words, then looked at Thanos, eyes flickering: "However, compared to what has already happened, I'm more curious, how did you know? Did you just suddenly know?"
Thanos shook his head.
"It was when Griss appeared in front of you, the moment I saw you."
"Griss?"
Hawk raised an eyebrow: "The Celestial God that I chopped into pieces?"
Thanos's comb-like chin relaxed slightly: "He was the Celestial God in charge of this cosmos. Your appearance made him feel threatened. You exist outside of this cosmos's time, so to deal with you, he had to temporarily leave the cosmos's time, and because of this, I was able to discover that time is dead, the Eternal and Death have been expelled, and the Celestial God Team is trying to replace this cosmos's time with their own truth."
Hawk fell silent once more.
For no particular reason.
The information was overwhelming.
Even he needed some time to fully process what Thanos had said with all his faculties.
Such as time is dead.
Such as the Eternal and Death being expelled.
Such as this cosmos's time ever being replaced by the Celestial God Team.
But compared to these secrets.
Hawk was more concerned about what always ranked first in his heart.
"My wife, Gwen, she..."
"Griss!"
"Hiss!"
Hawk inhaled Titan's cold air again, his expression for the first time becoming somewhat unpleasant: "Does that mean I let a tiger back into the mountains?"
He was referring to the fact that he hadn't killed Griss then but instead let him go.
But...
Thanos shook his head, then extended his left hand, pointing to not far away, where five-cylinder Celestial God lay: "That's Griss."
Hawk followed Thanos's direction, his gaze fell on the five-cylinder atop the Celestial God's corpse.
"When Griss first appeared before you, he was at six-cylinder, his peak state."
"You couldn't have killed him."
"Because he had already partially replaced this cosmos, even if you had really tried to kill him then, he would have escaped from your hands."
"However, he didn't expect that you'd maim him, cutting off two of his arms, causing him to lose a large portion of his essence."
"And he didn't anticipate that once he temporarily left this cosmos, I would seize the chance to learn his truth and no longer wished to be his accomplice."
"Even he saw in time that I was trying to tell you the truth, so he rushed over at the first opportunity, attempting to eliminate me to silence me."
"But he forgot that I already had the Power Gemstone and the Space Gemstone."
Thanos narrated thus, then raised his left hand again, pointing to a certain position in the distance.
Hawk once again followed Thanos's gesture and saw sharply the object crushed under the mountainous Celestial God's corpse, motioning with his right hand, and the pressed object disappeared in response, then floated in front of Hawk.
Infinity Gauntlet.
The Infinity Gauntlet embedded with the Power Gemstone and Space Gemstone.
But that's not the main point.
The crux is, inside this Infinity Gauntlet, there was already a hand.
Hawk raised an eyebrow, his gaze shifting to Thanos who, since Hawk had arrived, had been sitting on the ground with his right arm placed within his clothing.
Thanos grinned, retrieving his right hand.
Before his eyes.
His right hand was severed from the forearm, and the missing forearm and hand were naturally within the Infinity Gauntlet floating before Hawk.
And as Thanos withdrew his right arm, the previously suppressed wound could no longer be contained, starting uncontrollably to drip golden blood onto the ground like droplets.
Obviously.
Thanos was near death.
But Hawk had already known this when he saw Thanos, which was also why he dared to sit beside Thanos.
At Thanos's full strength, he was not intimidated, let alone Thanos on the brink of death.
Hawk glanced at the blood flowing towards the riverbed below.
"Is the Planet of Life where the Seed of Destruction is located what he hoped to see?"
"Yes."
Seemingly feeling his life nearing its end, Thanos's voice grew urgent.
"Griss wanted to fully occupy this cosmos."
"But a cosmos is composed of space, time, and life."
"He must occupy all three completely."
"At present, he's already seized space and time, but life he can't manage because Death has already left this cosmos, and he was not created by Death."
"So..."
"He needs to ensure life is under his control, and those lives without Divine Spirit's protection are not under his control."
"He's poured vast amounts of his Celestial God Seeds into those planets."
"When new Celestial Gods are birthed, life will also come under his control."
"Or..."
"If he can't solve the problem, then he will solve the star that raised the problem."
"..."