After Thanos' army appeared near Ripple, although the planet was preserved for some reason, no tourists dared to set foot on it anymore.
The Ripple Star began to become deserted, with only a few defeated soldiers left stationed here, waiting for the arrival of their commander.
On this day, the Dark Battleship finally landed successfully on the Ripple Star and met Mapeduf sitting in a wheelchair.
"Commander, you are finally back!" Mapeduf said with great joy and excitement.
Looking at Mapedov who had lost both legs, Dio was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "I was negligent. What is the current situation of the base? How many casualties are there? Where is Carol?"
"This way, sir. Because the original base has been exposed and most of it has been destroyed, I will move the base to the depths of the scenic area on my own initiative. Please forgive me."
"It's nothing, you did a good job and didn't let me down." Dio patted his shoulder and spoke sincerely.
He had prepared himself for the worst before coming here, but the situation he saw now was obviously much better than he had imagined. At least the planet was saved and the people were still there.
Anyway, Ripple Star has lost all its tourists now, and scenic spots are no longer important. Moving the base there would be a complete waste of resources.
Soon, Dio and his team entered the new base, and then Mapeduf began to report what had happened during this period.
"During the time after you left, we followed the development strategy you set. We collected funds while continuing to strengthen our armed forces. We also never stopped mining gold. With the support of the Nova Empire, we developed very smoothly."
"But suddenly one day, Thanos arrived with his army. After failing to find something, they began to ask for your whereabouts. When we refused to tell them, they tried to use the entire planet to force you out. As a last resort, I could only quietly activate the emergency contact, but then I found that the other party was deliberately forcing me to contact you, and wanted to track the direction of the signal to locate your location. So I had no choice but to destroy the communication device."
"Thanos's men were cruel and bloodthirsty. Although I evacuated everyone in time, many people still died. Even Red Rose was killed by a woman in a cloak. I owe my legs to her."
"Until your friend Carol arrived in time to save the survivors, and then fought against Thanos' army alone."
"Although they succeeded in forcing back Thanos' army and inflicted huge losses on them, it seems that Lady Carol was also captured and has been missing ever since."
"But shortly before you arrived, Thanos captured Xandar and destroyed the Nova Corps. He then had someone spread the news, wanting to use Lady Carol's life to force you to show up again. He also said that if you don't show up again, he will first execute Lady Carol and then destroy Ripple."
"I have sent people to get the information. The rumor should be 90% true."
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After listening to Mapeduf's narration, Dio couldn't help but fall into deep thought with a frown on his face.
Although the current situation is not the worst, it is not far off. Especially, Carol was caught, which made him very surprised!
After all, in his opinion, with Carol's strength, even if he couldn't win in the end, he would definitely have no problem leaving.
And from what Mapedoff said at the time, Thanos' army had already shown signs of retreating, so why did she keep chasing after them and fighting to the death
Are you worried that Thanos will return with his army
But it was made very clear in the contact sent to her. All she had to do was to force the other party back and save Maperduff and the others. Carol was fully capable of doing that.
So there is absolutely no need for her to continue pursuing him relentlessly. This doesn't make sense at all!
Dio couldn't figure out what Carol was thinking at the time, but there was no doubt that he owed him a big favor.
In order to help him, Carol even sacrificed herself, and now her situation is even more grim and the situation is not optimistic.
We must find a way to rescue her.
And revenge for Red Rose and others must also be taken!
But it goes without saying that Thanos forced him out in order to seize the Power Stone in his hand, and he must have prepared a net of heaven and earth for him to fall into, so this journey must be extremely dangerous.
So we still have to take a long-term view and not act rashly!
Even Carol has failed. If you continue to be stubborn, not only will you be unable to rescue others, but you might also get yourself into trouble. At that time, there will be no one to help you.
In fact, if he wanted to consider the overall situation, he should take Maperduff and others and evacuate here immediately, regardless of Carol's life or death.
But he really couldn't do such a thing as selling out his teammates, not to mention that Carroll was in danger because of him. How could he just sit back and do nothing
If he really did that, would he still be a human being
In addition, he finally knew why Thanos did not bring people to Asgard to steal the Cosmic Cube.
Although Carol was finally captured, she still dealt a heavy blow to Thanos' army. According to the news sent by Mapedof, almost half of the fleet was lost in that battle. Even Thanos' Temple II was almost completely scrapped and is now under emergency repair on Xandar.
It’s the butterfly effect indeed.
"How's the result of the gold mining?"
"Commander, because the scenic area has been closed, the speed of gold mining has been increased to the maximum. Currently, about 5 tons of gold have been mined and smelted. However, due to the last war, some veins collapsed directly, which caused great difficulties for subsequent mining. In addition, we are completely short of manpower now, so it will be difficult to continue in the future."
Five tons
Quite a lot!
Dio was very satisfied with this number. Let's talk about the future later. There was no time now to slowly develop the mine.
"Well done. Go inform the rest of the people. Once I have made the final preparations, we will leave this planet temporarily."
Maperduff was stunned, "Sir... are you going to give up this place?"
"Don't worry, this is just a temporary retreat. After all, if you stay here any longer, you will only be targeted by the enemy. We will come back after things are resolved. By then, we will turn this place into a paradise, a holy place in the universe where there will be no war and people of all races can live together in peace."
Mapeduf nodded excitedly, then controlled the wheelchair to notify others.