Thanos didn't want to be a villain.

Chapter 192 Thanos, who relies on the contrast of his peers (another filler chapter)

Dio wrote out clear legal provisions regarding this kind of impersonation.

First, if impersonation is discovered within three years, all fame and fortune obtained will be confiscated, and the offender will be sentenced to ten years in prison, deprived of political rights for ten years, and required to pay compensation to the victim, depending on the circumstances.

The local government ignored the occurrence of such incidents, and officials failed to conduct adequate inspections. The officials involved were directly demoted, with the level of demotion depending on the circumstances.

The local government will compensate the victims for their due benefits, such as allowing the government and universities where the impersonator enrolled to re-enroll them, and providing them with preferential treatment for a period of time after graduation.

Second, if the impersonation is discovered to have occurred more than three years but less than ten years prior, all fame and fortune obtained will be stripped away, a life sentence without pardon will be imposed, political rights will be deprived for life, and the victim will be required to compensate for all resources obtained through the identity.

The officials involved were demoted to the lowest rank and will never be promoted again.

The local government provided compensation.

If a victim suffers physical or psychological harm from a perpetrator, they are not imprisoned but are directly assigned to a government agency, with other punishments carried out by their blood relatives.

Third, if more than ten years have passed since the impersonation was discovered, then sorry, since they like impersonation so much, then just make the impersonator undergo plastic surgery, modify their genetic information, and take on all the hardships of the victim, with no mercy for life.

All his gains will be converted into monetary compensation for the victims.

The local officials involved in the case were immediately dismissed, and their families were barred from taking the civil service exam for three generations.

.........

These three forms of punishment were so frightening that many people were afraid to even try them.

Although they harbored a侥幸心理 (a sense of侥幸, or a belief that they could get away with it), they simply killed the victim and buried him.

At the time, they even uncovered a number of family annihilation cases, which is what happened.

The result, needless to say, was that the perpetrator's entire family, including nine generations of relatives, were forcibly incorporated into the machine servant ranks, and most of them are still alive and working there.

It was only later, with the advancement of technology, that this kind of thing was completely eliminated.

But why it still exists today, Dio doesn't know.

The trial began soon.

Dio then realized that this was not something that happened within the empire, but rather in a remote little country under the empire's protection.

Because that small country is geographically remote, it can't even be considered a country, since it only exists on one planet.

Moreover, there were no specific laws to punish such things in that small country, so the victim exhausted his savings to reach the empire.

As a vassal state of the empire, it is theoretically autonomous under normal circumstances. Although the empire's laws can intervene in the internal affairs of vassal states, the victim, who had no hope for his own country, insisted on coming to the empire's territory to seek justice from the empire.

Because he hadn't handled such a case for many years, the nearly retired judge had almost forgotten that this law even existed within the empire.

This can be considered a minor incident, since the old judge even spent some time checking books to determine the proper procedure before proceeding with the trial.

This caused a slight delay.

The final verdict was a happy one, and Thanos left with Dio, looking thoughtful.

Hyperion, on the other hand, felt quite pleased. Although he usually lived alone, he thought this ending was quite good.

“Let’s go check on the army next,” Thanos suggested.

"I've finished looking at the social structure; now I'd like to learn about your military."

Dio had no objection and led the two to the army's encampment.

"I'll pass. I want to rest for a bit, or rather, tell me where the other Hyperion is so I can have a match with him." Hyperion declined the invitation.

“I’m not a monster like Thanos, who has the energy to do other unrelated things right now.”

Dio didn't insist, and had Hyperion taken away. As for Hyperion in his universe, it was still in the Warhammer world.

It's not that we don't want them to go to the Warhammer world, it's just that they're not mentally prepared and are easily swayed by the Four Gods. If they want to fight when they come back, we'll have another battle.

barracks.

"You really didn't hesitate to bring me here." Thanos was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Dio would actually bring him to the military camp.

This is a camp for Ultra Warriors, and they are training.

"This is the Astartes force established when the team was first formed. It was top-notch in terms of both combat power and achievements. What do you think?" Dio asked the former cosmic overlord.

Thanos watched the Ultramarines, the Astartes, undergo military training, and imagined what would happen if his former forces met this new force.

After some deduction, Thanos realized that his troops seemed to be somewhat inadequate.

"Oh, by the way, you should have had your own Vanguard Guard, right?" Dio then led Thanos to his Chitauri camp.

Thanos was somewhat bewildered when he saw the Vanguard, who resembled jungle hunters, and whose weapons and equipment were superior to those of his own Vanguard.

“Just like over there, they’re cannon fodder, but now they’re considered higher-level cannon fodder,” Dio explained.

Thanos fell silent after seeing the various types of soldiers and Transformers, and learning about the things Dio did on his path to power.

To be honest, he felt that his title of cosmic overlord was somewhat undeserved.

What did Dio do?

In the early stages, they kept a low profile, quietly developed their strength, and secretly rescued many of their clansmen, all striving towards their own goals.

They defeated the Kree Empire with overwhelming force, avenging their defeat.

In the later stages of developing their empire, they possessed absolute military superiority, having committed all sorts of bloody massacres and showing no mercy.

Moreover, they even found a reasonable excuse to do the work, making it perfectly legitimate!

And now? He uses force to intimidate the entire universe, and basically the whole universe is his domain.

Without realizing it, he became the overlord of the universe.

Think about what kind of person you are.

Relying on military deterrence?

Stop joking, you can't even beat the Kree Empire yourself.

Relying on bloody massacres?

Do those superpowers in the universe hold back when it comes to killing people?

Your own strength?

Don't be ridiculous, the immortal emperor who was being played with like a monkey died directly at the hands of Dio!

So what did I rely on to become the cosmic overlord?

Upon closer examination, it seems that it relies more on the contrast provided by its peers.

I feel like I've been pushed out by world leaders to take the blame!

Moreover, in order to pursue the Infinity Stones, he didn't care about those empty titles at all. It can be said that his title of "Universal Overlord" was completely forcibly bestowed upon him!

Thanos knelt on the ground, looking utterly defeated.

"What's wrong with you?" Dio looked at Thanos in confusion. He was fine just a moment ago, so how did he suddenly kneel down?

"It's nothing, I just feel like my life is such a failure..."

"???"

Dio was completely bewildered. Why did this suddenly happen?

Dio thought for a moment and said, "Alright, let's go back and see how Thor is. It's been several hours. Even if he's a child, he should have finished crying by now."

Thanos nodded, composed himself, and got up to go back with Dio.

Thor has indeed recovered his composure. Because Odin withdrew early, the Guardians wouldn't let him leave easily, so he's been waiting on an empty stomach until now.

The three of them discussed it and decided to rest for the night and return to their own universe the next morning.

Dio continued his conversation with the two of them, intending to have them consolidate the power and population of their own universes. Dio planned to take over as soon as possible and bring that universe under the Empire's control.

"You really are ambitious," Thor remarked.

However, he also knew that the entire universe had returned to its former primitive state and indeed needed someone to unify and manage it, so he did not object.

Thanos readily agreed, as it would be too easy for him to do such a thing given his power.