After listening to what the other party said, Thanos asked curiously, "The universe can balance itself? How does it balance itself? Tell me about it."
At this moment, he finally understood why the other party had given up their initial insistence; they had thought the universe would balance itself.
If the universe truly has a self-balancing mechanism, then one's own persistence and beliefs are indeed like a joke.
But... can the universe really maintain its own balance?
At that moment, he suddenly wanted to hear the other person's theory.
Thanos II nodded and said, "Like the history of humankind on Earth over thousands of years, this is a history full of wars, but also a history of self-balancing."
Over thousands of years, humankind has faced resource shortages due to repeated population expansions, leading to numerous wars.
After each war, the population decreases to a level that matches existing resources. Although this is cruel, it does achieve a balance between resources and population, without requiring our intervention.
Upon hearing this, Thanos immediately shook his head and said, "When human technology was backward, war could indeed restore the human population balance. However, with the development of technology, humanity now has nuclear weapons. If war breaks out again, there will be no winners, only survivors."
This is just a war that has broken out among humans, who are not even a Type I civilization. If it were a Type III civilization, a war would directly destroy a planet, and there would be no possibility of recovery.
Thanos 2 also shook his head and retorted, "Indeed, the development of civilization will cause greater destruction, but after a planet is destroyed, it will always recover one day, just like our home planet, Titan."
After more than 500 years, it has gradually recovered its vitality.
Even if a planet is blown to pieces, it will eventually reassemble into a planet, a star, or another celestial body, becoming part of the balance in this universe.
Therefore, there's absolutely no need for us to maintain the balance of the universe, because it's a cycle.
Upon hearing the other party's theory, Thanos felt a wave of disappointment.
I thought it must be some profound theory that would make my counterpart in another universe give up everything she had been holding onto.
It turns out they simply believed in the theory of reincarnation.
Indeed, if everything can be reincarnated, then the previous theory of balance would be unnecessary.
He can go back to retire now.
But that's just a hypothetical.
The water in this universe is far deeper than anyone imagines.
It is so deep that the bottom cannot be seen.
With that thought in mind, he looked around at the universe.
In this desolate universe, the star above them seemed to be the only celestial body that was still bright.
Or perhaps, there is only one star left in this universe.
If everything can reincarnate, then this is definitely the end of all reincarnation.
After a while, he said softly, "You're right, the universe can indeed self-recover to a certain extent."
But have you ever thought about what kind of disaster would occur if technological civilization reached the point of destroying the universe, or if two people with the power to destroy the world went to war?
Countless stars will be destroyed, and life will disappear along with them.
This was a war with no winners, not even survivors.
He paused for a moment, then asked, "Do you know the origin of the Hollow in Boötes?"
Upon hearing this, Thanos 2 looked puzzled and asked, "The Boötes Void, the missing piece of the universe? What's wrong?"
In the universe, almost everyone knows about the existence of the Boötes Void.
A vacuum region has appeared in the Boötes Cluster, where approximately two thousand galaxies are missing.
Where these missing galaxies went remains a mystery to this day.
Thanos nodded, recalling some secrets he had learned from the Collector.
"That was a great war that took place more than 100 million years ago. At that time, there were no three great empires or ten great alliances in the universe, only two level-four civilizations."
However, as the populations of the two level-four civilizations continued to grow, resources gradually became scarce, and eventually war broke out.
The more than two thousand galaxies in the Boötes Void disappeared in that cosmic war.
At this point, he looked at the planet that had begun to crack beneath his feet and continued, "This is only a war between level four civilizations. If it were two level five civilizations, or two powerful beings at the level of a single universe, this universe would probably be wiped out."
Now, as time goes by, people have forgotten the great cosmic war. As the population continues to grow, the catastrophe of the previous civilization will soon repeat itself, leading to another self-destruction.
This cycle will continue until the universe is destroyed.
As the planet below began to shatter, explosions soon followed.
However, the eight people still showed no sign of stopping.
The explosion of a planet would be the end of the world for most people, but for them, it would be as normal as drinking water or eating.
Thanos 2 stared at the exploding planet and fell silent.
He felt like he was wrong.
The universe has a finite balance. When humanity's destructive power exceeds this limit, that will be the beginning of the universe's destruction.
At this moment, Thanos saw that Hulk and Carnage had hit a nearby satellite, so he continued, "The only lesson that intelligent life has learned from history is that it has learned nothing from history."
They will repeat the process of self-destruction again and again.
It's not that no one wants to stop it, but rather that they don't know how to stop it, or they know but dare not stop it.
Because the cost is... too high.
It's so big that everyone would rather pretend they don't know and let the next generation solve it themselves.
Only I am the one willing to take action for it.
Upon hearing this, Thanos 2 fell silent.
He used to be such a persistent and dedicated person.
Since meeting Wanda, he has come to understand one thing: in addition to balance, there is also love and family in the world.
After a while, he finally spoke: "But what if we wipe out half of all life in the universe? In less than a hundred years, life in the universe will recover to the number it was before it was wiped out."
All we've done is delay the destruction of the universe.
At this point, he had already agreed with the other person's idea, but he was still making a final struggle.
Even if his own theory succeeds, it cannot prevent the destruction of the universe.
It was precisely because he understood this that he chose to give up, realizing that he was merely a pawn in the game of death.
Thanos shook his head and said, "Why eliminate half of all life in the universe? That's just a temporary solution. What I want to do is rule the universe and then establish a complete and sustainable system of development."
Upon hearing this, Thanos 2.0's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the other person.
"Ruling the universe?"
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