NABC Chapter 188 Planet Eater
Chapter 188 Planet Eater
Chapter 188 Planet Eater
The Planet Eater, also known as the Star Devourer, lives up to his name. From the moment of his birth, he has been tormented by an endless hunger. In order to maintain his existence, he must devour planets without stopping.
Moreover, ordinary planets are of no use to his appetite; only planets containing life energy can temporarily quell his urge to eat.
In other words, only planets with the potential to give rise to life meet the feeding conditions of planet-devourers.
Finding such a planet in the vast multiverse is a tedious and repetitive task, and Galactus, as the supreme cosmic deity, naturally cannot do everything himself.
He usually bestows his cosmic energy upon a lower being, making it a "star-devouring messenger" to help him determine his next meal.
For a planet that is defined as food, it is usually the planet-devouring messenger who appears first, followed closely by the planet-devourer.
Norlin Rider, the Silver Glider, was the most outstanding among the many Galactus messengers.
Defying Earth's gravity, Joey met the oncoming Silver Slick with overwhelming force. With the boost of cosmic energy, the opponent's speed was now comparable to that of the Speed Force's fastest speedsters.
Fortunately, such speed is not considered undetectable by a Kryptonian like Joey. However, when dealing with such fast enemies, strategy is still necessary.
The silver glider's eyes swept over Joey's body. This humanoid creature, who was definitely not from Earth, adopted an offensive stance. A powerful energy field surrounded him, giving him strength that was comparable to his own.
However, the opponent's speed was still insufficient.
Thinking this, Silver Slider naturally adjusted his direction when the two were thousands of meters apart, preparing to confidently brush past them and head straight for Earth.
Unexpectedly, within this distance of several thousand meters, Joey suddenly accelerated, rushing towards Silver Slick at several times the speed of before, and grabbing the other's neck:
"We've been tricked!"
Joey didn't know the Silver Glider's speed limit. If the Silver Glider was faster in their duel, the situation could easily turn into a cosmic-level chase game.
Joey, aiming for a quick victory, had been intentionally suppressing his acceleration from the beginning, approaching Silver Slick at a slower speed than Silver Slick, giving Silver the illusion that "the opponent's speed is only this fast."
After restraining Silver Slime, Joey accelerated in an instant, pushing him out of the solar system and slamming him onto an asteroid outside the system.
With one foot planted on the space surfboard beneath Silver Slider's feet, Joey, using his other hand to deliver a powerful punch, prepared to use brute force to separate Silver Slider from the surfboard beneath his feet.
His smooth, silvery metallic skin rippled like water as he swiftly blurred his body, breaking free from Joey's grasp and dodging the earth-shattering blow.
Joey, who punched through the afterimage, couldn't stop in time, and the meteorite that had been drifting around the solar system for hundreds of millions of years beneath their feet shattered into pieces under the impact.
"I have no hostility towards you."
Having broken free of his restraints, Silver Slipper narrowly avoided a heat beam. Instead of immediately seeking trouble with Joey, he uttered a few words, then stepped onto the pedals and sped towards Earth.
Time is passing.
This time, it disregarded the limitations of the material world and sped toward Earth at a speed exceeding the cosmological constant. The energy trail left by the surfboard cleaved through the Sun's gravitational well, evaporating a small portion of the Kuiper Belt in the process.
Upon reaching Earth's outer orbit, the silver glider stopped and used cosmic energy to meticulously scan the entire planet. From its perspective, the energy readings for the entire Earth were calm and perfectly normal.
"Where?"
Yin Hua muttered to himself, "What's normal is actually the most abnormal thing."
Joey, arriving a step too late, floated behind the motionless Silver Slime: "So, you didn't come here to mark planets for Galactus?"
At that moment, he realized that he might have hit the wrong person.
"I have done this before, and it is a sin."
Norrin Ryder, whose memories and personality were erased by cosmic energy, transformed into the Silver Slicker and served Galactus faithfully for hundreds of years before finally regaining everything.
During his hundreds of years of service, he guided Galactus to destroy countless habitable planets, including planets like Earth that harbored intelligent life.
After rethinking the issue from a "human" perspective, Silver Swindler, now free, began to specifically target Galactus.
Silver Slick wanted nothing more than to atone for his past sins and to stop his former master's madness.
"I can feel it coming."
Silver Slider continued its relentless scan of every corner of the Earth, just as Joey had done, ultimately finding nothing: "But where is it?"
Even with a cosmic perspective like Silverscan's, it's impossible to pinpoint exactly where on Earth Galactus's arrival occurred; naturally, the Kryptonians' clairvoyance would be even more fruitless.
For Joey, the feeling of knowing danger is imminent but not knowing where it comes from makes it even more perplexing, leaving him unsure of where to begin.
Let's try to find clues about the other, yet-to-be-seen, Galactus Messenger:
"Silver Glider, if you're not the messenger this time, then who is helping Galactus?"
Given that Zarab is dead and the Silver Glide has betrayed us, who is the messenger who is now helping Galactus descend to Earth?
"Yes, of course it's me, Nick Fury. Open the door."
Nick Fury strode through layers of security, used facial recognition to open the final blast door, and entered S.H.I.E.L.D.'s highly classified underground test facility.
This is the site of a key project in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s second phase of planning—the weaponization test of the Tesseract.
A green, magical breeze wafted from behind him, lingering in the minds of everyone present.
The sleeping spell took effect, and these Midgardian mortals were all overcome with drowsiness, collapsing to the ground in a deep sleep, just like the real Nick Fury and his lackey named Coulson.
After clearing the area of people, the magical illusion used for disguise no longer needed to be maintained. With the interplay of light and shadow, the tall, one-eyed black strongman transformed into a slender, elegant, black-haired young man.
Loki Laufeson, his eyes gleaming with silver light, lifted the hood of his dark green robe with gold trim, revealing the Tesseract in his hands, and gave a sly smile:
"Foolish Midgardians."
After his plot to usurp the throne failed, Loki, the god of lies and trickery, who was banished from Asgard by his own brother Thor, found a new job—serving a being far greater than Odin, the king of the gods.
Under the erosion of cosmic energy, the Cosmic Cube, which was originally just an outer shell, shattered, revealing the true creation space gem hidden inside.
With this gem, Loki, the Galactus, could easily traverse space and create portals between any two points in the universe.
Loki only needs to activate the power of the gem as a beacon to summon his master to come quickly and enjoy the delicious meal he has prepared.
As Loki gradually activated the power of the Space Stone, a cloud of cosmic energy, so hungry it was about to devour everything, leaped through the cracks of the universe, following the energy of the Space Stone, and descended into the solar system.
Joey, already in outer space, was momentarily stunned, and then he found himself face-to-face with Silver Slick, observing this supreme cosmic deity whose body was almost the size of Earth:
Devouring Star.