Chapter 157 Love? Ironic word!
Lynn shifted his slightly stiff body.
How should I put it? As expected of a product designed by genes, his stamina was excellent, and his flexibility was high.
Both Lynn and Ayesha were very satisfied with this history lesson that lasted a full night.
Seeing that Ayesha was still asleep, Lynn walked out of the bedroom door, stretching his body.
After circling the palace, Lynn quickly found Ancient Oneat a high vantage point.
Arriving next to Ancient One, Ancient One was currently sitting cross-legged, meditating with her eyes closed.
"You really came to see the scenery. You didn't just sit here all night, did you?"
Ancient One opened her eyes and looked into the distance.
"Don't you think the scenery here is beautiful?"
Lynn looked around and curled his lips in disdain.
"It looks very perfect, but it's all a product of careful design, completely lacking any natural beauty."
"You wouldn't think something like this is beautiful, would you?"
Ancient One smiled slightly.
"You have a prejudice against the Sovereign people in your heart."
"Could it be that artificial design is necessarily inferior to the evolution of nature?"
Lynn shook his head slightly.
"Natural evolution is often full of various surprises, and situations that humans cannot anticipate will appear."
"Artificial design seems beautiful, but it lacks that unexpected surprise, so it's naturally inferior."
The two seemed to be talking about the scenery, but what they were discussing was their views on future destiny.
"Whether it's artificial design or natural evolution, each has its own advantages."
Ancient One had no intention of continuing the discussion on this topic.
"I've already found his location. Do you want to come and see it with me?"
"Now?"
Lynn nodded slightly, then asked.
"Is now a suitable time?"
Ancient One had a smile on her lips.
"How do you know when the right time is?"
Lynn rolled his eyes.
"That's enough."
"If you want to ask something, just say it directly. There's no need to mess around with these chaotic probes."
Lynn was a little helpless.
He didn't know why, but Ancient One hadn't been so curious before.
But on this trip, Lynn found that Ancient One's curiosity about him was growing.
"Just consider it satisfying the curiosity of me, a dying person."
Ancient One smiled faintly.
Lynn was too lazy to pay attention to Ancient One's strange smile, patted his butt, and stood up.
"Let's go, shall we go see it now?"
"Don't you need to say hello to your little lover?"
Ancient One turned her head and took a look.
Lynn shook his head, indicating no need.
"Anyway, I'll be back later, and there will be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future, so it doesn't matter for now."
However, despite saying that, Lynn still found a maid and greeted her.
After dealing with Star-Lord's father, Lynn would return and have a showdown with Ayesha.
Whether she would accept his protection and become a blade under him would then depend on Ayesha's own choice.
As for why he didn't directly have a showdown with Ayesha now, the reason was simple: Lynn currently had no evidence to prove his strength.
Ayesha sought Lynn's protection, naturally, to resist the High Evolutionary's control.
And in this situation, Lynn either had extremely strong power or a very large force.
Otherwise, how could he persuade the other party to join his ranks?
But how to prove his strength?
It's not like Lynn could just perform a set of military boxing for Ayesha on the spot.
So at this time, Ego the Living Planet's energy core was naturally the best proof.
Is the High Evolutionary powerful?
In the original comic, the High Evolutionary was undoubtedly worthy of his title.
However, the High Evolutionary in this Universe didn't have such a high status.
Although the High Evolutionary had a vast force, the High Evolutionary himself did not have very high combat capabilities.
For a character of the High Evolutionary's level, Lynndidn't even need to act; just Wanda as she is now could easily eliminate all the forces under the High Evolutionary.
When a force reaches a certain level, in a direct battlefield, force is no longer that important for people of Lynn's level.
One person against a nation is just the most basic operation.
No matter how powerful and arrogant the High Evolutionary was, he would not dare to attack a true God.
Because with the strength of a God, he could easily wipe out an entire army of the High Evolutionary, or even an entire Planet.
Numbers have no meaning for powerful people.
Ego the Living Planet was such an existence.
Even if Ego was among the lowest tier of Gods, he was still not an existence the High Evolutionary could provoke.
If Lynn could bring back Ego's core, that would be the best proof of his strength.
It would only take some time.
Ancient One nodded slightly, then opened a portal in front of Lynn.
Stepping through the portal, Lynn turned his head, feeling a bit strange.
"Where is this? It's clearly not on a Planet."
What appeared before Lynn was a cramped cabin.
This was clearly a ship's cargo hold.
"Gods still have some basic strength; don't underestimate Gods."
Ancient One shook her head slightly.
"If I had opened the portal directly on him, he would definitely have discovered our presence."
"Then we might have to fight him head-on."
Ancient One turned her head, staring at Lynn with interest.
"If you're willing, I don't mind letting you fight him."
"Of course, I definitely won't interfere; it's too troublesome."
Lynn curled his lips and said nothing more.
The next second, both of them left the ship and entered Universe space.
With Lynn's current methods, passing through a hatch was a very simple matter.
Standing in the Universe, Lynn looked around and quickly discovered the Planet beneath his feet.
"Is this the legendary God?"
Lynn stared at the beautiful Planet with interest.
He could sense that this Planet contained immense energy.
Even from Lynn's current perspective, the potential contained in this energy was quite astonishing.
If all this energy could be fully utilized, his combat power might not be much weaker than Lynn's.
"As expected of the name of God, this power is truly shocking."
Hearing Lynn say this, Ancient One snorted disdainfully.
"Immense power? Heh, what's the use?"
Ancient One looked down on existences like Gods.
Of course, some individual Gods were exceptions, such as Odin or Thor.
What Ancient One looked down on were existences like Ego.
Don't misunderstand, Ego's strength among Gods was considered weak.
But compared to other life in the Universe, this power was so vast it was enough to make one despair.
But possessing such immense power, he not only failed to make good use of it but instead used his power to do despicable things.
Not to mention that Ego himself was a coward.
In this situation, Ancient One really found it difficult to give Ego any good impression.
If it weren't for the fact that Ego was Star-Lord's father, and Ancient One was unwilling to interfere too much with future events.
Otherwise, as early as when Ego planted that seed on Earth, Ancient One would have crushed him directly.
Anyone who dared to covet Earth had long been reduced to ashes by Ancient One.
No matter if the opponent was human or alien, or a God, or some dimensional demon.
As long as Ancient One caught them, she would tear off their scalp!
"Indeed."
Lynn fully agreed with Ancient One's statement.
No matter what Ego had experienced, from his actions, it was clear that he was definitely not a normal life form.
Wanting to rule the Universe and having the ambition to rule the Universe was still understandable.
But Lynn really didn't understand the other party's method of unifying the Universe.
To actually plant seeds on all living Planets and then use them to control all living Planets.
Leaving aside the feasibility of this plan, and whether his so-called seeds and clones could devour and control an entire Planet.
Just the fact that he needed his own offspring to achieve this shows that Ego, in his billions of years of life, had never focused on developing himself.
If he had been willing to calm down and develop himself, over such a long period of time, he would probably have already grown to a terrifying degree.
If only he had put a little effort into himself, he wouldn't have been so useless.
While Lynn and Ancient One stood in the Universe, discussing Star-Lord's father, on the other side, Star-Lordalso discovered his father's ugly true face.
"How dare you refuse me!"
"You killed my mother!"
Ego's plan was about to succeed, but he got carried away and inadvertently revealed that he had killed Star-Lord's mother during their conversation.
Upon learning that the cancer on his mother was all Ego's doing, Star-Lord instantly sobered up.
"How dare you refuse me?"
Ego did not hesitate, raising his hand, two blue energy tentacles pierced through Star-Lord's chest.
He didn't particularly care about Star-Lord's resistance.
Even if Star-Lord used the gun in his hand to shatter the human body he had created.
Ego's true form was the Planet beneath his feet; this human body was merely condensed energy.
Let alone having a few large holes in his body, even if the entire energy body was directly destroyed, it would have no effect on him.
He would just spend a little more energy to reshape a new body.
Although Ego wanted to maintain his false and fragile kinship with Star-Lord through lies.
For Ego, having a naturally born offspring who would obey his every command was ideal.
But if Star-Lord wanted to resist him, Ego wouldn't mind using some coercive methods to make Star-Lord obey.
No matter how much of a disgrace to the God and how much Lynn looked down on him, Ego was, in the end, a true God.
His level of power was completely beyond what someone like Star-Lord could handle.
Not to mention that Star-Lord only inherited half of his God genes, and they hadn't even been developed yet.
Therefore, controlling Star-Lord was simply a wave of the hand for Ego.
If Star-Lord was willing to pretend not to know anything, or could suddenly realize and control the Universe with him.
Ego wouldn't mind giving him some false affection and letting him control a portion of power under him.
But since Star-Lord didn't know what was good for him, Ego naturally wouldn't show mercy.
Controlling Star-Lord and using him as an energy battery would also have no impact.
It was a pity that Ego, despite all his calculations, didn't account for the appearance of meddlers.
Looking at Yondu and Rocket Raccoon crashing in with their spaceship, Star-Lord was full of surprise.
"How are you two here?"
"No time to explain, get on the ship quickly."
Star-Lord clumsily climbed onto the spaceship.
Logically, Rocket Raccoon should have no way of knowing what happened to Star-Lord.
Moreover, their spaceship was still broken, so even if they knew, they wouldn't be able to arrive in time.
And High Priestess Ayesha was busy learning history with Lynn, so she had no time to hire Yondu to eliminate the Guardians of the Galaxy.
So, no matter how you looked at it, Yondu wouldn't have met Rocket Raccoon, much less appeared in this place with Rocket Raccoon.
But in reality, this matter, in the end, had some connection with Lynn.
Lynn naturally knew that without Yondu's intervention, Star-Lord would be turned into a human battery by Ego.
However, Lynn was too lazy to interfere in the matters between Star-Lord and his father.
It just so happened that Ayesha was quite curious about the relationship between her personality and Lynn, so while Lynn and Ayesha were learning history, he casually told her that he had no relation with Star-Lord.
Rocket Raccoon's act of stealing the Sovereign's batteries already made Ayesha very unhappy.
Coupled with the fact that the Sovereign were inherently vengeful, Ayesha issued a wanted order in her spare time while learning history with Lynn.
A wanted order targeting Star-Lord and others.
Lynn thought for a moment and then had Ayesha include the existence of Star-Lord's father in it.
The Guardians of the Galaxy had already established quite a reputation in the Universe.
To be honest, there weren't many people who dared to target them.
So, even though the reward Ayesha offered was not low, not many people were willing to take on this mission.
Ayesha didn't expect that a single bounty wanted order could completely wipe out the Guardians of the Galaxy.
To put it bluntly, she was just causing trouble for Star-Lord.
But after Lynn had Ayesha add that information, it immediately caught Yondu's attention.
Others might not know, but Yondu knew exactly what kind of person Star-Lord's father was.
So he decisively took on this bounty.
However, Yondu, who had followed the trail, didn't find Star-Lord; instead, he was betrayed by his subordinates who had long disliked him.
And after learning from Rocket Raccoon what was currently happening to Star-Lord, Yondu, having resolved the betrayal issue, brought Rocket Raccoon to this Planet.
Upon discovering Yondu's arrival, Lynn also felt much more at ease.
Although the plot had changed a lot due to his influence, since the final outcome wouldn't have too many problems, he didn't need to intervene anymore.
To be honest, Lynn had no reason to help Star-Lord.
If he rashly intervened to help Star-Lord escape Ego's control, it would probably only arouse the other party's suspicion.
Since everything was developing as he expected, Lynnprepared to watch from the sidelines.
Waiting to reap the benefits.
But what happened next was a bit beyond Lynn's expectation.
Ego's recovery speed far exceeded everyone's imagination.
No one had a chance to escape.
Everyone was firmly controlled in Ego's energy tentacles.
"Good, very good."
Ego sneered.
His light blue humanoid body slowly recovered.
"How dare you refuse me."
"Before completely dominating the Universe, I might need a little fun."
Ego controlled the energy tentacles, hanging Yonduupside down in front of him.
"Ah… I remember you."
"It was I who entrusted you to find my child back then."
"I didn't expect that after so many collaborations, all you brought were useless trash."
"The last betrayal, however, took away my most precious treasure."
"Tell me, how should I punish you?"
Yondu gently closed his eyes, then opened them again.
He ignored Ego's sneer and instead turned his head to look at Star-Lord seriously.
"This guy is not worthy of being your father; he can at most be considered your biological father."
"He has no affection for you; he cannot give you what you want."
Yondu closed his eyes.
"Although you hate me, and many things have happened over the years, I have never regretted taking you away back then."
Yondu closed his eyes.
"Good, very good."
Ego looked at Star-Lord with interest.
He seemed to understand something.
"It seems I misjudged you."
"You, like your disgusting and weak mother, make me sick."
"What you want is actually the same as your ridiculous mother."
"You actually crave love?"
"What a sarcastic word! Love?! Hahahahaha!"
Ego burst into laughter, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Very good, very good, you can actually contribute such an interesting scene before I rule the Universe."
"Ah… and you."
Saying this, Ego pulled Gamora in front of him.
"I can feel that you have a peculiar kind of affection for this female creature."
"Tell me, who should I start with?"
Ego laughed maliciously.
"So, the choice is now in your hands."
Ego waved his hand, and Gamora and Yondu were simultaneously transferred in front of Star-Lord.
"Time is short; you only have 10 seconds."
"Let you choose who goes to their death first."
"If you haven't made a choice after the countdown ends, then I will send both of them to their deaths simultaneously!"
"Ego!"
Star-Lord roared, struggling to break free from the tentacles.
"I will not let you go even if I die!"
"Very good, very good, I like your current expression very much; this is my child."
Ego smiled gently.
But his gentle smile looked sarcastic no matter how you looked at it.
"It's this expression; let me see how you activate the bloodline ability that belongs to me."
"The countdown is about to end."
Chapter 158 An Easy Victory
"Five, four, three…"
"Do you still want to keep watching?"
Just then, a voice appeared in the ears of everyone present.
"Who?"
Ego turned his head sharply, only to see a bald woman and a man.
Ego's keen perception allowed him to sense a terrifying aura of destruction emanating from these two individuals.
If he hadn't been distracted by Star-Lord and his group, he would have noticed Lynn and the Ancient One the moment they appeared on his Planet.
But now, it wasn't until Lynn walked in front of him that Ego suddenly realized someone had approached him silently.
This feeling made him feel as if he had daggers in his back.
"Who are you?"
Not only was Ego bewildered, but Star-Lord and his group were equally stunned.
Because they discovered that these two people were actually the distinguished guests of the Sovereign who had appeared on Sovereign.
"I originally thought I could watch a good show and take it easy."
"But I didn't expect that in the end, I'd still have to make a move myself."
Lynn stretched his body, a cruel smile appearing on his face.
"Let's make a deal. You put these people down and obediently hand over your energy core."
"I might even consider preserving your consciousness."
"But if you don't cooperate, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
Ego looked at the two people in front of him incredulously.
"The two of us have no grudges, and we've never had any conflict, have we?"
"How did you two target me?"
Sensing the terrifying aura of destruction from the other party, Ego dared not act rashly.
"You and we indeed have no grudges."
Lynn said indifferently.
"But I've taken a fancy to your energy core, and the immense Celestial Power contained within you."
"I want your Celestial Power now, so can you give it to me?"
Ego's expression became very ugly.
[Ego the Living Planet's Favorability: -5]
"So, there's no room for discussion on this matter at all?"
Lynn glanced at Ego, full of disdain.
"You planted your clone on Earth, wanting to devour my Planet. Did you get my permission for that?"
"Being able to speak to you here so calmly already shows my good temper. Don't be ungrateful."
"Earth? Wait, are you Earthlings?"
Star-Lord was dumbfounded.
"Genuine Earthlings, how about it?"
Star-Lord's mouth hung open.
Although he knew the current situation seemed a bit inappropriate, Rocket Raccoon still turned his head to complain to Star-Lord.
"Didn't you say your Planet was technologically backward, not even having entered the Universe Age?"
"Then how do you explain these two people?"
"They're even the damned Sovereign's distinguished guests!"
Star-Lord was also full of confusion.
"Don't ask me, I don't know either!"
"Is the Earth you're talking about the Earth I know?"
Lynn nodded slightly.
"Of course it is."
"But…"
Seeing Lynn ignoring him and chatting with Star-Lord's group, Ego's face grew even uglier.
"Enough!"
"Now, immediately, get out of my body!"
Lynn shook his head with regret.
"It seems our communication has ultimately failed."
Lynn raised a hand, and the blue tentacles binding Star-Lord and the others were completely severed.
Everyone didn't even have time to react to what happened before they were already free from their restraints.
"What?"
Star-Lord, after all, was a warrior who had been in the interstellar world for a long time. After a brief moment of surprise, he immediately raised his weapon and launched a counterattack against Ego.
However, this body was merely a clone of Ego, and even completely destroying it would not cause any impact on Ego.
Countless blue tentacles emerged from the ground, attempting to bind these people once again.
However, Lynn merely waved a hand, severing all the tentacles.
Chaos Magic possesses the power to distort reality, and with Ego's extremely crude methods of energy manipulation, he was no match for Lynn.
Not to mention, in terms of rank, the energy of Chaos Magic is far superior to Celestial Power.
"What the f*ck!"
Watching everything unfold before their eyes, everyone was stunned.
"Wait, are they really Earthlings?"
Rocket Raccoon turned his head to look at Star-Lord.
"Why are they both Earthlings? You don't have this trick?"
"Be honest, you've been with us for so long, have you been hiding your true strength from us all this time?"
Gamora's expression towards Star-Lord was also very complicated.
"I was wondering before why someone could directly touch the Power Stone?"
"After learning your father was a God, I thought my question had been answered."
"Now I'm starting to think that a God father isn't the real factor; the real reason is the other half of your bloodline."
"Are all Earthlings this terrifying?"
Yondu was also stunned.
If all Earthlings were this powerful, then it was truly incredibly lucky that he took Star-Lord from Earth back then.
If he had been discovered by the Earthlings, he would probably have died without a trace long ago.
Facing everyone's questions, Star-Lord was at a loss for words.
"I don't know, don't ask me!"
"I'm also very curious, why don't I have such abilities?"
"Could it be that I'm really not an Earthling?"
While these few were chatting and joking, Lynn had already gotten into a fight with Ego!
However, Ego had no intention of seriously fighting Lynn!
His goal was simple: he just needed to get his hands on Star-Lord.
So, there was no need for Ego to continue fighting Lynn.
Moreover, Lynn was only dealing with one of his clones, so he didn't care what kind of damage Lynn would inflict on his clone.
However, how could Lynn let Ego get his way?
Besides, Star-Lord and the others were not completely powerless.
Just now, under Ego's provocation, Star-Lord also awakened the Celestial Power within him.
Although compared to Ego, Star-Lord's Celestial Powerwas still too weak, and he couldn't control his own energy very well.
But with Lynn's interference, Ego couldn't spare more energy to deal with Star-Lord.
So, even though Star-Lord was struggling under Ego's energy tentacles, he could still hold on.
Lynn was also annoyed by Ego's behavior.
"Since you don't want to fight me properly, then don't blame me for being merciless."
Lynn said indifferently, then floated up.
Dark red energy, crimson energy, and purple energy continuously surged from Lynn's body, swirling around him to form ring after ring of Fire.
Just the aura emanating from the energy alone was enough to make people tremble with fear.
Looking at Lynn, who seemed like a God descending, Rocket Raccoon dropped the gun in his hand in astonishment.
"Are all you Earthlings this terrifying?"
Star-Lord's body was still surrounded by faint blue Celestial Energy from Ego.
Energy tentacles surged from his body, waving behind him, looking very ferocious.
But compared to the energy aura on Lynn's body, the energy on Star-Lord's body was as ridiculous as a child's play.
Seeing Lynn's form, like a demon God descending, Star-Lord unconsciously retracted the energy tentacles back into his body.
Compared to Lynn, Star-Lord felt that his own abilities were simply too embarrassing to show.
The next second, Lynn perfectly fused the three energies together, forming an incredibly massive sharp blade.
The blade struck down heavily, the ground cracked, and the entire Planet almost split into two.
If Ego's energy core hadn't dodged quickly enough, he himself might have been completely split in half by Lynn's attack!
Such terrifying power made the Guardians of the Galaxywiden their mouths, unable to close them again.
Rocket Raccoon leaned closer to Star-Lord, a fawning smile on his face.
"Please forgive my disrespectful behavior towards you in the past."
"Why didn't you say earlier that Earthlings are all so fierce? Look at this, what a misunderstanding!"
Star-Lord looked at his own hands.
"Can I be that powerful too?"
The Ancient One couldn't stand these people's overthinking anymore and shook her head repeatedly.
"Don't misunderstand, Lynn is just an exception. Not all Earthlings are as powerful as Lynn."
On the other side, even a cornered rabbit will bite, let alone Ego, who was pushed to the brink.
Seeing Lynn so merciless, Ego could no longer hold back.
Countless blue energies erupted from the center of the Planet.
Star-Lord and the others stood still.
Such vast and terrifying power shot straight into the sky. With their abilities, under this level of threat, they couldn't even move their bodies.
The Ancient One shook her head slightly at the sight and, with a raise of her hand, a yellow magic circle appeared.
Star-Lord and the others were instantly transported into the Universe.
Even the overflowing energy ripples were dispelled into nothingness by the Ancient One's raised hand.
Only then did everyone finally recover their senses.
Rocket Raccoon looked at the Ancient One as if he had seen a ghost.
From the time he met Star-Lord until now, he had only seen three Earthlings in total: one was Star-Lord, another was Lynn, and the last was the Ancient One before him.
But these three Earthlings were more outrageous than the last.
There was no need to mention Star-Lord; the abilities he possessed could perhaps be explained by Celestial Power.
However, the Ancient One said that Earthlings were not so outrageous, but judging by the abilities she had just displayed, her actual combat power was probably not lower than Lynn's.
As for Star-Lord, in front of her, he could only surrender.
After seeing this scene, Rocket Raccoon no longer believed what the Ancient One said.
He made up his mind that if he ever saw an Earthling in the Universe again, he would stay far away and never provoke these lunatics.
On the other side, Ego also revealed his true form in the Universe.
He knew that if he didn't fight with all his might, he might truly die here.
Lynn stretched his body.
"I originally thought I wouldn't have to personally intervene this time."
"But in the end, I still have to fight you."
Lynn felt a bit uninspired.
It was clear that the energy Ego had just unleashed was his entire power.
This meant that Ego's upper limit was just that.
This made Lynn feel very bored.
Ego clearly possessed an incredibly vast power within him, but unfortunately, this God didn't know how to utilize his talents at all.
Fighting an opponent of this caliber, Lynn even felt a bit embarrassed.
So he decided to finish the fight quickly.
Ego, however, had no awareness of being a weakling.
"In tens of thousands of years, you are the first being to force me to use my true form."
"I will grant you the most glorious Death!"
Saying that, Ego's massive hand, materialized from energy, reached out towards Lynn.
It looked as if he intended to crush Lynn in one go.
Upon seeing this scene, Lynn felt even more disappointed.
"Such crude methods of energy manipulation; you beings only possess this much imagination."
Lynn shook his head indifferently, and with a raised hand, unleashed a stream of energy.
Three completely different energies were perfectly fused together by Lynn.
The power to create life, the power to destroy everything, and the power to control the life and death of all living beings, indistinguishable from each other.
It was clearly just a small light blade, yet it easily pierced through Ego's massive energy hand, heading straight for his energy core.
Ego seemed to know that this light blade was not to be trifled with, and immediately used all his power to try and block it.
However, the total energy of the light blade Lynnunleashed seemed small, but these three different energies were perfectly fused together.
All of Ego's defenses appeared so fragile before this single light blade.
The light blade shot straight into Ego's body.
The next second, a dazzling light burst forth from within Ego.
Lynn reached out a hand, and a large, brain-like blue object appeared before him.
The next second, this object rapidly shrank, transforming into an exquisite and beautiful light blue bead within a few breaths.
Looking closely, one could even see the face of a man, attempting to break free.
Cupping the bead in his right hand, Lynn extended his left hand and gently brushed the bead, and all transformations vanished into thin air.
The light faded, and the bead in Lynn's hand turned into an ordinary stone.
It was as if it were a random pebble picked up from some small asteroid.
"It's just… gone?"
Rocket Raccoon's mouth hung open as he stared at the spot where Ego had disappeared.
For so many years, Ego had continuously absorbed various substances from the Universe to create a sturdy outer shell for himself.
Although his true form had vanished, the sturdy outer shell had shattered into various meteorites due to the explosion, scattering throughout the Universe.
If not for the existence of these meteorites, which signified the great battle that had just occurred, they would probably have thought that everything that had happened before them was merely their own hallucination.
Rocket Raccoon unconsciously waved his arms.
"The Planet? Where did my enormous Planet go?"
"Is it just… over?"
No one had expected this battle to end so quickly, so suddenly.
In what felt like the blink of an eye, such a massive Planetwas completely gone.
The God seemed to have no resistance whatsoever in front of Lynn.
The feeling was as if Rocket Raccoon had woken up and eaten a sandwich.
No, it felt like Lynn dealing with a God was even simpler than Rocket Raccoon dealing with a sandwich.
Carefully sensing the bead in his hand, Lynn couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
Although the bead lost a significant amount of core energy during the process of erasing God Ego's consciousness, due to the large base energy, the remaining energy was still perfectly sufficient.
It was only at this moment that the system's prompt finally arrived.
Looking at the system panel, Lynn found that the ability God Ego had dropped for him wasn't particularly good.
Ego's Celestial Power had dropped, but upon closer inspection, Lynn found that the quality of the Celestial Power was simply too poor; it couldn't even compare to Death Power, let alone Chaos Magic and Phoenix Force.
So, Lynn never even considered upgrading this skill.
His current experience was already insufficient, and with another skill, the experience would be even more lacking.
The only good thing was that after God Ego's death, he did drop a massive amount of experience for him.
It was just a pity that his favorability wasn't low enough; if it could reach -9 or even lower, Lynn felt that the experience dropped could have been even more.
But this was already good enough; Lynn was satisfied.
At least this much experience was completely enough to raise his three major abilities by 1 level.
It was truly like someone bringing a pillow when you were sleepy.
If Lynn had felt a bit apprehensive when dealing with Cassandra before, now that all three major abilities had been raised by 1 level…
It wasn't a sure thing, but it was at least a near certainty.
To be safe, Lynn specifically saved a portion of his experience.
He would accumulate more during this time, and if needed, he could directly push a certain ability to level 9.
At that point, he would no longer have to worry about the likes of Cassandra.
All in all, Lynn was quite satisfied with this trip.
He had initially been lazy and hadn't planned to intervene, but then some unexpected things happened, and Lynn suddenly realized that killing God Ego would certainly bring many benefits, so he decided to act.
The result was exactly as Lynn had expected.
No matter how foolish a God was, he was still a God. Killing a being of that level naturally dropped a massive amount of experience for Lynn.
Thinking this, Lynn opened his attribute panel.
Lynn quickly scanned over the familiar attributes at the top, focusing on the last few abilities.
Phoenix Force LV6 [0 / 60000], Chaos Magic LV6 [0 / 60000], Death Power LV6 [0 / 54000], Celestial Power LV1 [0 / 5000]
Experience: 90800
It must be said that the experience Ego dropped was truly massive; it not only raised Phoenix Force, Chaos Magic, and Death Power by 1 level each, but also left a large surplus.
Of course, the remaining 90,000-plus experience wasn't all dropped by Ego; it also included Lynn's accumulated experience from this recent period.
In short, this outing was quite fruitful.
Thinking this, Lynn casually put away the Celestial bead and turned to approach Star-Lord and the others.
"You guys aren't planning to just stand here, are you?"
Lynn looked at everyone with a hint of surprise.
"Aren't you going to invite us to sit in your spaceship?"
Star-Lord and the others' spaceship was currently crashed on some unknown Planet; they were using a spaceship they had acquired from Yondu this time.
It was only after Lynn's reminder that everyone realized that even though they were in the Universe without wearing any protective gear, they didn't feel any discomfort.
Chapter 159 Mantis's Choice
Rocket Raccoon looked at Ancient One in surprise.
"Why can we breathe in the Universe?"
"Just a little magic, don't worry about it."
Hearing Ancient One say this, a glimmer of hope appeared in Rocket Raccoon's eyes.
"magic, can I also learn magic?"
"Uh... forget it..."
After saying this, Rocket Raccoon suddenly realized that he was nothing more than an experimental subject.
How could an experimental subject like him have such a precious opportunity to learn magic?
However, Rocket Raccoon's low spirits did not last too long.
Because he heard an incredible answer from Ancient One.
"You do have some talent, but whether you can learn magic or not depends on you."
Ancient One glanced at Lynn.
"Hmm... but I think you might not really want to learn the magic I use."
"magic isn't what you imagine it to be."
"I can also learn magic?"
Rocket Raccoon was shocked by this unexpected answer.
"You mean I can be like you and him in the future?"
Seeing Rocket Raccoon's slightly enthusiastic attitude, Ancient One ultimately did not dampen his spirits.
"That depends on how much you learn."
"Don't worry, with my intelligence, that's a piece of cake."
Not only was Rocket Raccoon very happy, but everyone else also looked at Ancient One with great anticipation.
"If you wish, you can also come here to learn some magicknowledge."
Hearing Ancient One's very positive words, Lynn was a little surprised.
"You don't seem like someone who would be so kind."
Lynn leaned closer to Ancient One and whispered.
"There's nothing else to do, teaching them a bit wouldn't hurt."
Ancient One looked at everyone with a hint of envy.
Just as Lynn was wondering about something, Ancient One directly spoke her thoughts.
"A long time ago, I wanted to put down my burden and travel."
"It's just a pity..."
"Now that I have you and Strange, I think I might be able to slack off a bit."
"You..."
Lynn shook his head and ultimately said nothing.
"Fine, as long as you're happy."
Upon entering the spaceship, Lynn suddenly remembered something.
"Speaking of which, half of the Celestial Power in this orb is yours."
Star-Lord's Celestial Power came entirely from his Godfather.
Normally, having inherited his father's God genes, even after the God died, Star-Lord should still possess his own Celestial Power.
But Star-Lord's God father was indeed not a good person.
To ensure he wouldn't be betrayed by his offspring, Egohad planted a seed in Star-Lord's body as early as when Star-Lord awakened his Celestial Power.
This seed ensured that all the power within Star-Lord's body would be under his control.
Simply put, although Star-Lord could use the Celestial Power within his body, if Ego died, the Celestial Powerwithin Star-Lord would also naturally disappear.
However, because Star-Lord's body always had half of the God genes, his physical quality was also much stronger than that of a normal Earthling.
"So, although this power is temporarily in my hands, if you want it, I can still give you half."
Looking at the orb in Lynn's hand, Star-Lord showed no sign of attachment.
"No, I absolutely don't need the power of someone like that."
Hearing Star-Lord's decisive refusal, Lynn was not too surprised.
"This is half of the Celestial Power. With it, although you can't run rampant in the Universe, at the very least, you won't need to live cautiously."
"Are you sure you really don't want it?"
Lynn stared at Star-Lord with interest and said.
"No regrets?"
"Absolutely no regrets!"
Star-Lord was very decisive.
"Miss this village and you'll miss this shop. Let me tell you now, if you insist on refusing, you won't be able to ask me for it again later."
"I said no regrets, and I mean no regrets."
Star-Lord was a bit impatient.
Lynn smiled contentedly and said nothing more.
Although the others were also very envious of the orb, they completely respected Star-Lord's opinion.
No matter what Star-Lord said or what decision he made, they would not interfere.
After all, this was Star-Lord's business.
However, upon hearing Star-Lord's decisive refusal, the others looked at him with some surprise.
"That's half of the Celestial Power!"
Rocket Raccoon exclaimed with emotion.
Even Gamora and Nebula, who were beside him, looked at Star-Lord with a Strange gaze.
Meeting everyone's surprised gazes, Star-Lord felt his vanity swell.
"How about it? Wasn't the way I just refused very cool?"
Rocket Raccoon mercilessly mocked Star-Lord from the side.
"Don't think too much, they just think your brain isn't working too well, to actually be able to refuse such a good thing."
Star-Lord's smile instantly froze on his face.
Even Nebula, who usually showed no expression, couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
As a side note, due to some unforeseen circumstances, Nebula was unable to escape and had been following the group.
Although it was unclear what had happened between her and Gamora, judging by the sisters' attitudes, they seemed to have resolved some of their emotional knots.
"What a waste!"
Rocket Raccoon patted Star-Lord.
"I told you your brain isn't suited to be Captain, let me do it."
Star-Lord was overcome with anger and furiously said, "Get lost!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Looking at this scene, Lynn also smiled lightly.
Despite their words, everyone could see that Rocket Raccoon did not genuinely intend to blame Star-Lord.
They were merely using this method to alleviate Star-Lord's sadness.
As they spoke, Lynn inadvertently noticed Mantis standing to the side.
Mantis, also known as Mantis Girl.
Upon noticing Lynn's gaze on her, Mantis couldn't help but become nervous.
"Interesting..."
Hearing Lynn say this, Mantis's heart immediately leaped.
There was a reason she was able to hang out with Star-Lord and his group.
The Guardians of the Galaxy had all lost a lot.
Or rather, they shared a commonality: they were all unwanted, pitiful little beings.
Gamora betrayed her father, Destroyer's Planet was completely destroyed by Thanos, and Rocket Raccoonwas an experimental subject...
So, this group of people came together entirely because they shared common traits.
As a tool of a God, Mantis was also an unwanted, pitiful being, and she naturally wanted to join this big family.
But Mantis knew what her identity was, so she was very worried that her identity would prevent her from fitting into this family.
If no one brought it up, perhaps she could pretend not to know anything and move freely with these people.
But now...
Just thinking about the possibility of her identity being exposed, Mantis didn't know what to do.
She could only look at Lynn with pleading eyes, begging Lynn not to reveal this matter.
Meanwhile, Rocket Raccoon, who was cursing and starting the spaceship, noticed Mantis on the side.
"Speaking of which..."
Rocket Raccoon looked at Mantis with some curiosity.
"What exactly is your identity? How are you able to follow a God?"
Lynn had no intention of exposing Mantis's identity, but he didn't expect Rocket Raccoon to ask.
Seeing this, he remained silent, leaving the matter for them to handle themselves.
Lynn's plan was quite good.
If this group of people were unwilling to accept Mantis, Lynn could take Mantis back to Earth and cultivate her well.
Of course, don't misunderstand, Lynn had no interest in Mantis herself; he simply wanted Mantis's unique ability.
If he could get his hands on Mantis's mind-control ability, Lynn thought it would be very useful.
"I... I..."
Mantis hesitated, struggling and not daring to speak.
"I don't think she looks like a bad person either, why don't we..."
Although the time they had spent together was not long, Star-Lord had a considerable fondness for this gentle, delicate young woman.
Moreover, Star-Lord could sense that Mantis was not a particularly bad creature.
Not only that, Star-Lord could also feel a Strange sense of kinship from Mantis.
This was also the reason he spoke up for Mantis.
However, Rocket Raccoon had not spent time with Mantis, so he still had a relatively strong sense of vigilance towards her.
Before Star-Lord could continue to speak for her, Mantis decided to confess herself.
"Peter…may I call you that?"
Upon hearing Mantis, Gamora's eyes instantly sharpened.
What's going on? Is someone trying to steal my man?
Gamora's expression towards Mantis immediately became tense.
Although she had already been through many things with Star-Lord and feelings had long blossomed between them, the delicate membrane between them had yet to be broken.
Gamora didn't know how Star-Lord, that fool, would react if Mantis truly showed affection for him.
Gamora had no doubt that Star-Lord's meager brain had no contingency plan for such a situation.
That damned fool would surely be moved by Mantis.
However, before Gamora could continue her wild thoughts, the words Mantis uttered next astonished everyone present.
"Peter…I mean, possibly, maybe…I am also your father's child."
"My father's child?"
Star-Lord's somewhat anthropomorphic intelligence whirred for a moment.
"What…what do you mean?"
"Wait?"
"Are you saying…you are also Ego's child?"
"Doesn't that mean you're my sister?"
Mantis nodded with difficulty.
Then, she began to tell her own story.
Mantis had never seen her mother since she could remember.
Perhaps discovering Mantis's unique talent, Ego had kept Mantis by his side since she was young, using her abilities to alleviate his inability to sleep.
Besides that, Mantis was never taught anything else.
To Ego, Mantis was just a useful tool.
Therefore, Ego didn't care what Mantis thought or cared about.
Unless he needed Mantis, Ego wouldn't even spare her a glance.
This was also why Mantis appeared so naive and ignorant when she first met Star-Lord and the others.
Because from childhood, Ego had never taught Mantis anything except to help him alleviate his inability to sleep.
"I know he did many bad things to you all…"
Although she had been with Ego for a long time, Ego did not overly interfere with Mantis's growth.
This led to Mantis, who had always been with Ego, surprisingly not going astray.
And after a long time of interacting with others, Mantis also vaguely gained some perception of this World.
Although she lacked basic concepts of good and evil, she could keenly perceive which things were good and which were not.
This was also inseparable from Mantis's excellent talent.
But now, she was very worried that everyone would not accept her because of this.
"If you think I have dirty blood flowing in me, then I…I can leave."
Mantis lowered her head.
Her entire being exuded a sense of helplessness.
If she could, she didn't want to play the victim in front of these people, but the truth was, if the Guardians of the Galaxy were unwilling to accept her, Mantis would have nowhere to go.
"Cough, cough…"
Lynn cleared his throat and slowly said,
"If you have nowhere to go in the future, perhaps you can consider coming back to Earth with me."
"Although your appearance is slightly noticeable on Earth, don't worry, there are still many people similar to you on Earth."
"I believe that there, you will definitely find your own family."
"And not a God father full of lies who only treats you as a tool."
Mantis's eyes were still filled with tears.
She innocently looked up, gazing at Lynn with anticipation.
"Really…really?"
Lynn gave Mantis a firm affirmative reply without hesitation.
[Mantis's Favorability: 6! I]
Lynn raised an eyebrow, not expecting such a pleasant surprise.
"Hehehe, even if you want to poach her, you should at least get my permission first!"
Star-Lord said with great dissatisfaction.
"After all, theoretically speaking, I am her closest relative."
Star-Lord stood in front of Mantis.
"With me, your biological brother, here, you absolutely cannot think of making a move on my sister!"
"Sis…sister?"
Mantis looked up, a little dazed.
"So, you're willing to accept me?"
Star-Lord turned around quickly, staring intently into Mantis's dark eyes.
"No, it's not that I'm willing to accept you, but that we are already siblings."
"Although both of us have that man's blood flowing in us, isn't that man already dead? See, my Celestial Power is gone too."
"If anyone inherited his dirty genes, it should be me, after all, you don't even have the qualification to become a God."
Star-Lord self-deprecatingly said.
"So come with me, I am your true family, I promise I will compensate you for all the years of familial love you've missed."
Lynn looked at Star-Lord and shook his head slightly.
Although Star-Lord said that, the person who truly craved familial love the most was still him.
Rather than saying he wanted to give Mantis a home, it was more accurate to say he wanted to give himself a home.
But there wasn't much difference between the two.
Lynn looked at Mantis.
"I respect your choice, but no matter what choice you make, Earth's doors will always be open for you."
"If you truly have nowhere to go, you can come to Earth to find me."
Lynn made his promise.
Whether from the perspective of her future plot performance, Mantis possessed extremely powerful growth potential.
Or simply from the perspective of sympathizing with Mantis, Lynn had reasons to want to bring Mantis under his wing.
However, Lynn still respected Mantis's own opinion, giving the choice to Mantis herself.
"I…I still want to go with my brother."
Compared to the unfamiliar and powerful Lynn, Mantis at this moment still trusted this brother, even though they had only known each other for less than three days.
Especially since the two also had a blood connection.
Seeing this, Star-Lord finally showed a satisfied smile.
"Welcome to our big family!"
Star-Lord said seriously.
"Hey, don't be so mushy, I'm not your family, I'm your Captain! Captain, understand?"
Hearing Rocket Raccoon say this, Star-Lord couldn't help but retort, "I'm the Captain!"
The two bickered for a while.
Watching this scene, Lynn's lips curved into a faint, almost imperceptible smile.
Strictly speaking, there wasn't a single normal person on this spaceship.
Star-Lord, needless to say, left his mother since childhood, and his father was also a scoundrel.
His adoptive father, Yondu, if not the absolute worst, was quite absurd—a principled space pirate!
Ha, these few words combined have a Strange sense of humor.
Although Drax was married with children, he experienced the most tragic thing in this World, and he was still alone.
Not to mention his mind was a bit slow, truly a big, simple-minded oaf.
Rocket Raccoon and Groot were also pretty much the same, one was a lost experimental subject, and the other was a tree person.
Apologies, it's not discrimination against the tree person race, but this plant-form life and animal-form life have the most fundamental genetic differences.
Gamora and Nebula, this pair of love-hate sisters, were even more extreme.
Looking at the joyful crowd, Lynn couldn't help but recall a dark joke.
This ship of seven people couldn't even put together a single pair of parents!
"Cough, cough."
Lynn choked on his own thoughts.
However, it seemed that Mantis, who had never experienced normal social relationships since childhood, was quite suitable for this group of people who lacked love.
"In that case, then so be it."
Lynn didn't care at all.
As long as the favorability was enough and he could gain experience and skills, Lynn would be satisfied.
Among these people's abilities, besides Mantis's telepathy, which Lynn was slightly interested in, everyone else's abilities were dispensable to Lynn.
Chapter 160: Gentle Land Hero's Tomb
The only purpose of their increased favorability was to provide Lynn with regular experience.
It seemed that because he had just won a hand against Lynn, Star-Lord's attitude towards Lynn had improved significantly.
However, as everyone fell silent, the atmosphere inside the spaceship became somewhat awkward.
On one side, the years of conflict between Star-Lord and his adoptive father, due to the recent confession, suddenly vanished.
On the other side, the feelings between Gamora and Star-Lord were also largely exposed due to the recent crisis.
After all, everyone thought they were really going to die this time.
Before dying, they finally vented the emotions and things they had hidden in their hearts.
But now that the crisis was over, everyone looked at each other, and it was inevitably a bit awkward.
Fortunately, Lynn had achieved his goal for this trip, so he didn't continue to chat with Star-Lord and his group. After bidding farewell, he returned to Sovereign with the Ancient One.
With Lynn's interruption, the originally stiff atmosphere in the spaceship finally improved a lot.
However, Yondu still chose to go back and continue being a Raider, refusing to travel with Star-Lord.
And Star-Lord and Gamora, thanks to the presence of Mantis, the little love expert, finally broke through that barrier.
Star-Lord could be said to be holding the beauty in his arms and had also gained the family affection he most desired, truly in high spirits.
However, in this situation, Rocket Raccoon didn't seem so happy.
Star-Lord had already gotten what he wanted, but what about him?
His friends could never come back.
Not only that, Rocket Raccoon also had a faint feeling in his heart.
He always felt that if he continued to stay with the Guardians of the Galaxy, some accident would happen sooner or later.
But whenever Rocket Raccoon had the thought of leaving, he would look back at the noisy group of people in the spaceship and dismiss the idea.
Especially Groot.
He couldn't possibly let Groot leave these friends and family, could he?
However, that hint of unease and guilt still lingered in Rocket Raccoon's heart.
At the same time, when Lynn returned to Sovereign, High Priestess Ayesha's attitude towards Lynn was exceptionally good.
The explosion of a Planet coupled with the drastic change of a life Planet affecting half of the Milky Way Galaxy had already drawn the attention of most of the Milky Way Galaxy to this matter.
Because she had previously issued a bounty for the Guardians of the Galaxy, Ayesha also had news of Star-Lord and the others.
She was among the first in the Universe to know what had happened.
The drones that followed Yondu to Ego's Planet faithfully recorded and sent back everything they saw on this Planet.
Thus, Ayesha witnessed Lynn's incredibly terrifying power.
She no longer doubted whether Lynn had the ability to protect her.
So when Lynn returned to Sovereign, Ayesha pulled him to continue studying history.
No matter what, if Lynn wanted to leave, he had to leave a child here at the very least.
Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to get away easily.
Seeing this scene, the Ancient One didn't even say hello and simply disappeared.
Later, Lynn heard that this guy seemed to have gone to hang out with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
He even had the mood to teach these people some magic.
On the other side, Lynn was truly annoyed by Ayesha's persistence.
It wasn't that Lynn was tired of Ayesha; he wasn't that kind of scumbag who would abandon someone after getting what he wanted.
It was just that he knew his own body; Lynn's current genes determined that it was very difficult for him to reproduce with ordinary females.
If he continued to try so hard, let alone one or two years, even if he tried for decades, it might not necessarily result in offspring.
This kind of thing still depended on luck.
Lynn had originally planned to bring the Celestial Powerback to Earth for his Illuminati members to use.
However, given the current situation, Lynn finally decided to give a portion of the Celestial Power to Ayesha.
He couldn't stay on this Planet forever, being made to create children by Ayesha until the end of time, could he?
Although it was only half of the Celestial Power, it was enough for Ayesha to protect the entire Planet.
At the very least, that so-called High Evolutionary would no longer be able to control the Sovereign people.
However, considering that Ayesha didn't know how to use this immense power, Lynn still stayed on Sovereignfor a considerable period of time.
In addition to reviewing history with Ayesha, he also taught Ayesha how to properly use this Celestial Power.
Incidentally, Lynn also left Ayesha a coordinate.
If there was any problem she couldn't solve herself, Ayesha could actively contact Lynn through the Celestial Power.
At that time, Lynn would naturally appear and help Ayesha solve the troubles she encountered.
In return, Sovereign would henceforth be entirely at Lynn's disposal.
Whatever commands Lynn issued, the Sovereign people would faithfully carry out.
In addition, the various technologies that Sovereign was proud of were also contributed by the High Priestess without hesitation, just to please Lynn.
Finally, after lingering on Sovereign for a full month, Lynnfinally returned to Earth.
"Don't worry, you can contact me if you miss me."
Lynn gave Ayesha a kiss before leaving.
"It's just a blink of an eye, and I'll be by your side."
He spoke of business, but after so many days of getting along, Ayesha had already developed some feelings for Lynn.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have let Lynn stay there even after gaining the Celestial Power.
However, Ayesha also knew that a powerful person like Lynn was destined not to be bound by her, so she could only let go.
Passing through the portal, Lynn returned to the Illuminati Base.
The portal spanning half the Universe did consume a lot of Lynn's magic, but with his current energy, this consumption was merely a drop in the bucket.
Returning to the Base, Lynn felt inexplicably guilty.
When he found that the entire Base only had Hela, Lynnfinally felt a little relieved.
"I thought you didn't know how to get home."
Hela looked at Lynn, who suddenly appeared in the room, and smiled faintly.
Suddenly, she leaned close to Lynn, her nostrils gently twitching on Lynn's body.
"My little man, you weren't honest on this trip."
"Did you go around flirting?"
"What, isn't the one at home enough for you?"
Hela's expression was originally very displeased, but after walking around Lynn twice and carefully examining him from top to bottom, Hela suddenly laughed.
"But this trip, it seems you gained a lot."
"Given your increase in strength, I won't say much more."
Hela's eyes sparkled.
"Come, let me check, how much have you improved?"
Lynn scratched his head.
"Uh... what kind of check are you talking about?"
Hela raised an eyebrow.
"What do you think?"
Lynn coughed lightly, seemingly feeling a little ashamed of his thoughts.
"Only children make choices; of course, I want them all."
Lynn gasped.
On this trip, Lynn learned a lot of new things from the Ancient One.
Therefore, he was now able to cast the Mirror Dimension magic.
So, what followed was a great battle between the two, a great battle in every sense of the word.
After three days and three nights, Lynn finally struggled to crawl out of the Mirror Dimension.
It wasn't that he was weak, but fighting Hela was simply too exhausting.
Because Lynn was surprised to find that Hela's strength had not stopped growing during her time on Earth.
To be precise, Hela had merely recovered to her peak period.
Moreover, Hela's talent was outstanding; even after recovering to her peak, her vision still didn't stop growing.
In addition, probably due to Lynn, Hela's growth rate far exceeded her own imagination.
This wasn't something Lynn inferred; Hela herself told him.
So Hela was now very obsessed with engaging in battles with Lynn in every sense of the word.
She could fight to her heart's content and also become stronger.
For a battle maniac, there was nothing more exciting than this.
If it weren't for Lynn still being faithful to Hela, making her willing to stay on Earth, Hela would have probably already returned to Asgard and begun conquering the entire Universe.
So what to do?
For the peace of the entire Universe, just... keep fighting.
After finally pacifying Hela, Gwen, upon seeing Lynn who had been missing for a long time, pulled him out for a date.
Just as he had appeased Gwen, Wanda arrived.
That was fine, but these people seemed to have coordinated, coming one after another, giving Lynn no time to rest.
A full month! A month, a month!
Lynn's entire time was spent surrounded by women.
"July 29th, Lynn, oh Lynn, you absolutely cannot continue to degenerate like this! After all, you are the leader of the Illuminati, you must maintain the peace of the World, right?"
"July 30th, accompanied Wanda."
"July 31st, accompanied Jessica. Hmm, this time it was to discuss politics, really! But the park really… *cough cough*…"
"August 1st, determined not to degenerate today! Alright, Hela asked me for a spar, so there's no helping it, let's talk about it tomorrow!"
"August 2nd, accompanied Gwen."
"August 3rd, accompanied Barbara."
"August 4th, haven't seen Polaris in a long time. Today I accompanied Lorna Dane, and tomorrow I still have to go see Ayesha…"
When Lynn finally came to his senses, he was surprised to find that two months had passed.
It wasn't until this moment that Lynn finally remembered the important matter.
Arriving at Stark Tower, Lynn straightened his collar.
"Damn it, when are you going to use the front door? At least let my doorbell serve some purpose, okay?"
Stark turned off the holographic projection in front of him.
Looking at Lynn, a hint of amusement appeared on Stark's face.
"I see you've been very busy lately, always accompanying this one or that one."
"How are you holding up? Can your body still take it? I still have some health-boosting dietary remedies here."
"They are said to come from the ancient East, very useful, they can replenish the body's deficiencies. Do you want to give them a try?"
Lynn rolled his eyes and refused with a raised hand.
"Get lost, I'm perfectly healthy, I don't need any supplements."
"Only a playboy like you, who depleted his body when he was young, would need these things."
Stark's face darkened.
"What do you mean I depleted my body? You better explain yourself clearly!"
"I'm very self-disciplined now, I don't have any of the problems you're talking about!"
Lynn pouted.
"Then it seems I came here for nothing."
Lynn tossed the information storage device in his hand.
"There are some technologies here that can restore a man's vigor. I guess you probably don't want them."
Stark's expression immediately changed upon hearing that.
"Then again, who would dislike becoming stronger?"
"As the top scientist, such technology should naturally be given to me for research."
Lynn raised an eyebrow.
"I remember you studied engineering and physics, didn't you? How come you're interested in biology now?"
"Oh, science is all connected!"
"Giving it to me is the same!"
Lynn chuckled and casually tossed the storage device over.
Stark's eyebrows raised as he took the storage device.
"This kind of technology… it's probably not from Earth, is it?"
The information storage devices on Earth are only a few types, like USB drives, hard drives, and so on.
But the access method of the information storage device Lynn threw over was different from all currently known storage devices on Earth.
Without some serious skills, just trying to read the information stored in this storage device would take a lot of time.
Lynn snapped his fingers.
"That's right, this is the essence of a civilization's technology. See what you can gain from it."
"If there's anything you don't understand, I can even have a scientist from that civilization come and help you with your research, or rather… teach you."
"Are you kidding me! How could there be technology in this World that I, Stark, can't figure out?"
For someone like Stark, the most unbearable thing in this World was probably someone saying his technical skills weren't up to par.
So Stark unhesitatingly refused Lynn's offer to find him two assistants.
"Just you wait, I guarantee, within three days, I will definitely crack this information storage device for you!"
Looking at Stark's face, Lynn couldn't help but laugh.
"Just a storage device, and it takes three days? It seems I overestimated you."
Lynn smiled faintly, enjoying Stark's flustered expression.
"You wait, don't leave! It'll only take three hours, no, thirty minutes!"
"Give me thirty minutes, if I can't solve this storage device, I'll twist my head off and let you kick it like a ball!"
Stark angrily took the storage device and turned back to the lab.
Stark was indeed worthy of his genius reputation. He didn't even spend half an hour; in just over ten minutes, he successfully cracked the method to read this information storage device.
"How about that? I told you it would be no problem, didn't I?"
Stark looked back at Lynn triumphantly.
Although completely different technologies were used, the underlying logic of these storage devices was similar.
So, cracking and reading the information within was not a difficult task for Stark.
But after opening the information storage device, Stark's face immediately fell.
This was a completely different language and script.
Aside from some design blueprints that he could barely make out, the rest was completely incomprehensible.
The script and language used by Sovereign were naturally different from those on Earth.
However, personal translation devices carried by individuals are basically commonplace in the Universe.
The existence of such translators in the Universe is equivalent to a cheap piece of clothing.
Therefore, every individual carries such a personal communication device.
When different races communicate, there is naturally no need to worry about language barriers.
When Ayesha gave the technology to Lynn, she naturally didn't consider the translation issue.
In Ayesha's view, since Lynn's strength was so formidable, the home Planet civilization that could produce such a powerful individual must also be extremely powerful.
It was still debatable whether they would even care about their technology.
Let alone consider the possibility that the other party might not be able to understand their technology at all.
In Ayesha's view, the technology she provided to Lynnwas merely a gesture of goodwill.
After all, this was the only thing they could give Lynn, and it was their most valuable possession. As for whether these things were useful to Lynn, it was not important.
What was important was to make Lynn feel their sincerity.
Ayesha could never have imagined that Lynn's home Planet civilization was not only not strong, but on the contrary, very backward.
It was even very difficult for them to understand the technology she provided.
"How about it? I told you, don't you still need my help?"
Lynn laughed heartily.
He had long anticipated this scene.
Stark was indeed a mechanical genius, but he didn't have much deep research in linguistics.
It's no exaggeration to say that if he wanted to crack the language and script of a Planet, the time Stark would need to spend would be much longer.
After all, this was a completely new language and script, different from any language system on Earth.
Understanding the everyday usage of this new language wouldn't be a particularly big problem, or rather, it would actually be quite simple.
Any linguist could translate it roughly.
But if it was for highly academic papers and works, and even related design blueprints, figuring out what was written on them would not be so simple.
Even a genius like Stark could not understand their academic papers and works in a short period without ever having been exposed to the language.
This was also the reason Lynn stayed here and didn't leave.
"You should have told me earlier that this was a completely different language."
Stark looked at Lynn with a hint of resentment.
"Otherwise, what did you think I was staying here for? To watch you crack this information storage device? I'm not that bored."
"Anyway, I've known for a long time that this level of difficulty is simply too childish for you."
The time required to crack such an information storage device would not be too long.
The reason Stark previously said it would take two or three days was entirely because he didn't take the matter seriously at all.
That's why he gave Lynn a three-day deadline.