Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 1195. 16. Collection addiction

Every life in the world has its own hobbies.

Some people like to sing, some people like to listen to others sing.

Some people like chaos, some people like to drive others crazy, yes, it is you, Mr. Deadpool who is reading this book.

Of course, except for such extremists, most people's hobbies are quite normal.

Raise flowers, pet cats, plant something and so on.

If it is more elegant, then collection, or collection is very suitable.

Look for eye-catching treasures from this grotesque world, and then carefully collect those treasures and put them in a specific place, usually a display cabinet or the like.

Rich people will open an additional storage room for their collections, such as the room that Raven Lord has in the mysterious house that no one can enter.

Richer families will expand their storage rooms and add some small decorations to show their individuality.

Under normal circumstances, such a place would be called a treasure house.

Yes, similar to the one Odin set up in the Golden Palace.

Figures like Merlin and Odin are considered high in the collecting world.

They have things in their hands that most people have never heard of, or those wonderful things that only remain in legends.

But in the ranks of collectors, they are not really top.

Among the misty stars, there is a real "collector".

Although he has only recently become famous in this universe, anyone who has seen him will sincerely call him a "collector".

In short, after a group of interstellar pirates strayed here and spread the name of the land of nothingness, this city of stars that exists in the skulls of strange creatures has become a place that "only enters and cannot be accessed".

Maybe it's a serious collector's disease, the owner of this place, the Collector, announces to the entire universe.

Any unique and one-of-a-kind item, no matter where it comes from, regardless of its appearance, regardless of its function and effect, as long as it is truly unique, it can be exchanged for rewards from collectors.

any pay!

The wealthy collector seems to have it all, but the enigmatic collector exacts vengeance on those who dare to deceive him with fakes, or the bad guys who try to rob him by force.

In short, as long as you have the real thing in your hand, you can get everything in this place of nothingness!

Stars, precious materials, mysterious knowledge, bartering, and some lucky people even got a complete small fleet here.

Finally, there is news!

The news about the mysteries of the stars, the precious news, is enough to determine the life, death and future of a star field.

This is also the purpose of Thor and Loki coming here.

They need some news.

Thor just had a big fight in the Void, getting into a serious fight with a bunch of drunk space pirates in a bar full of aliens of all kinds.

The reason is that a birdman from the Shi'ar Empire tried to tease Loki.

Well, that kind of thing can easily happen when you're wandering around a lawless place with a pretty girl.

In a place without order and rules, the desire for life will be magnified without limit, that kind of desire, and the anger and cruelty that will follow if you can't ask for it.

The owner of the void, the collector only cares about the collections he owns or will own, he doesn't care about the environment or rules of this place at all.

Around his needs, a large-scale black market quickly formed here.

Not everyone who brings treasures will be rewarded by collectors.

Although those inferior treasures are not appreciated by collectors, there are naturally some people with a lower style coveting them, murdering people, extorting goods, cheating, etc. These behaviors are performed almost every moment in the land of nothingness.

Generous collectors will occasionally issue some hiring orders to find treasures, so some interstellar mercenaries have also organized a group to come to this "good place".

And after the reputation of a place is bad enough, or after the ghost place is "free" enough, more chaotic people will be attracted to it.

This is a vicious circle.

All in all, it's a very, very bad place.

But fortunately, even if he lost his divine power, Thor did not become a weak man with no power to restrain the chicken.

He protected the charming Loki all the way out of the chaotic bar.

Tomahawks and bristles covered in blood, the two princes raced down the street, protected by the tyrannical, fire-breathing goat Grinder and Teeth Grinder.

"I said, it's no big deal to play around with those guys."

Loki sat reclined on Teeth Gritter's saddle in a ladylike manner, and she said to Thor, who was panting beside her:

"They are all stupid. I can easily dismiss them with illusions. Why do you have to force yourself, Thor, you are no longer the invincible Thor who wields a warhammer. You are just an ordinary person now."

"Shut up."

Thor glared angrily at his sister who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

While adjusting his breathing, he rubbed his aching fist and said:

"The bones of those smelly pirates are really hard. I'm starting to hate this place. Just now, did you ask where the Collector is?"

"Of course I did."

Loki took out a jewel-like object from the pocket of her long skirt, and tossed it up and down in her hands. She brushed her long hair and said to her brother:

"Actually, if you'd been a little late, I'd have been able to 'convince' that birdman to take us to the Collector..."

Having said that, Loki glared at Thor rather resentfully.

she says:

"The collector's status in the void is supernatural. We can't see it as soon as we want. We have to find his servants to tell us why we are here, and then the collector decides whether to see us or not."

"Alternatively, we can find someone who is trusted by collectors and take us in directly."

"It's there!"

Loki sat atop the galloping goat, and she navigated the savage creature in a haphazard manner.

Knocked away a short man with four hands who was standing in the middle of the road and couldn't dodge, and pointed at the highest position of the city inside the void amidst the short man's shriek.

She said to Thor:

"That's the collector's house, or a treasure trove or something."

"Then let's go there!"

Thor snatched Teeth Grinder by the reins, and threw the ax behind his back.

He called out in Asgardish, and the two gigantic goats let out a deep growl, changed direction on the chaotic road, and rushed towards the collector's treasure house.

They rushed all the way through the chaotic outer city, and soon stepped into the quieter inner city.

The buildings here are no different from those in the outer city. They are all black metal structures that look like honeycombs and have no aesthetic feeling at all. They are used for the workers who work silently in clothes similar to chemical protective suits.

Compared to the chaotic outer city, this place is more like a factory for collecting some kind of mysterious substance.

"what is that?"

Thor looked at a "well" not far away, a well drilled in the biological structure of the ancient creature's head, and some machinery was running inside, constantly pumping out some yellow liquid from deeper in the ground.

It looks like people on earth are digging for oil.

"That's organic matter."

Loki snorted and explained to his brother:

"I heard in the tavern that since the collectors came here, they have been extracting the residual organic matter from this ancient remains. After special treatment, they are sold as fuel to the forces of the nearby star field."

"It's a unique technology, so it can be called a huge profit, but I'm more curious about the origin of this ancient creature who died here for an unknown amount of time?"

Loki raised her head, staring at the ceiling like the dark sky with her big beautiful eyes, she said with a trace of awe:

"That must be a power we don't understand and can't imagine."

A few minutes later, the two brothers arrived at the Collector's house, but to their surprise, someone was already there waiting for them.

It was a lady with pink skin and a white skirt.

She was dressed like a doll, but judging from her bones and joints, it seemed to be a robot, or a half-mechanical, half-flesh creature. She maintained a rather awkward posture.

The left hand and the right hand are clasped together, placed on the heart, and there is a frozen smile on the beautiful face.

All in all, it's pretty uncomfortable.

"Your Excellency Tiwan has already heard about the arrival of the two of you."

The girl was standing under the stairs leading to the collector's house, and she said politely to Thor and Loki who jumped off the goat:

"The master is waiting to meet with the two of you, please come with me, oh, the goats can stay here, and someone will take care of them."

Loki and Thor looked at each other.

The two brothers exchanged eye contact for a moment, then followed the weird maid and stepped into the collector's residence.

A very large museum!

This is the first impression of the Collector's house on Thor, like a giant museum that lacks good management. From the moment you enter the door, this rather huge room is filled with various glass cabins.

It is an exhibition warehouse made of black metal strips and transparent glass, and a collection is stored in each cabin.

Plants, animals, bugs, mechanical creations, and even things like cocoons.

Thor also saw a golden retriever dog wearing a spacesuit in a glass cabin. Well, judging from the logo on the spacesuit, this dog should come from Earth.

"A Soviet dog...Jesus."

Thor groaned.

As a result, the next moment, the dog lying on the ground looked up at him, staring at him with a rather humane gaze, which made Thor's scalp tingle.

"What are you looking at?"

A rather deep voice suddenly sounded in Thor's mind, with a taste of Russian.

"???"

Thor stared at the dog in the spacesuit in front of him, his eyes widening.

He was sure that the sound came from the dog.

"If you look at it again, your eyes will explode! In the name of the mighty Soviet Union!"

The dog barked at Thor.

It bared its teeth, and a huge mental force hit it, like the fists of Russian old men, hard and fierce, and it made Thor dizzy, making him subconsciously clenched the tomahawk behind him.

But immediately, a somewhat pretentious voice sounded in the room.

"Cosmo! Quiet! Don't disturb my guest."

The moment the sound sounded, the irritable Soviet space dog immediately fell silent.

It wagged its tail and gave Thor a fierce look, but quickly returned to its kennel in the exhibition warehouse.

"And you, my honored guest, don't provoke Cosmo too much. Maybe you can suppress it when you are Thor, but believe me, you are not its opponent now."

"This bad dog is vindictive and once you really mess with him, there's nothing I can do to stop you from turning into a stinking mess of dog shit... oh my god, I shouldn't have said such foul language. "

"Especially with such a beautiful and elegant lady..."

The voice became clearer and clearer, and with the sound of footsteps, the owner of this fantasy museum appeared in front of Thor and Loki.

He has white hair, and his hairstyle is quite unorthodox.

A queer red and black gown with white fluff on the shoulders, imbued with a solemnity Thor could not understand, with white gloves and a queer oil paint on the chin.

Well, at first glance, the collector doesn't seem like a likable guy.

He was full of an indescribable sense of weirdness, not just the clothes or the expression, but also the kind of gaze, the kind of gaze projected on Thor and Loki, as if looking at the goods.

"Excuse my previous rudeness, beautiful lady."

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Tanya Tiwan, a collector, a collector, I am interested in all the strange things in the stars, and I am willing to pay for them."

He walked up to Loki, bent down towards Loki, stretched his hands out, and made a strange courtesy.

This made Loki let out a trembling laugh, she seemed to enjoy such a unique treatment, but the collector's next sentence made Loki's face darken.

"There was a hand-kiss, ma'am."

The Collector stood up straight, looked at Loki, and said:

"But considering that you were a man before, I will omit this link."

"Okay, let's stop wasting each other's precious time."

The Collector waved his fingers backwards, and his mechanical maid with light red skin, who was as weird as he was, immediately turned around. Amidst a burst of clanking, a workbench with all kinds of weird instruments was pushed away. come out.

The Collector stood behind the workbench, looked at Thor and Loki, and said:

"Go ahead."

"What do you want from me?"

"And what have you brought me?"

The Collector seemed polite, but the eccentric place and its eccentric owner made Thor uncomfortable, so he didn't want to flirt with the guy again.

He stepped forward and said to the collector:

"We want to know how to find the Mind Stone and Power Stone!"

"Wow."

The Collector let out an odd exclamation, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he made a slight sniffing gesture with a very fake movement.

He pretended to sniff his fingers, and said:

"I smell it, it's the smell of big business."

"But I'm going to see first if you can pay enough."

"boom"

Something was dropped on the workbench.

The next moment, the light of runes filled the collector's eyes, and even his expression became...

surprise?

(End of this chapter)