Chapter 813: The Land of Nothingness
Xandar, the headquarters of the Nova Corps, is a planet that is quite famous in the entire interstellar civilization.
Although the Nova Corps generally prefers peace, its own force value is not weak, and it will also provide protection for nearby areas.
With the reputation gained, many different cosmic groups have chosen to settle on Xandar.
This also makes this planet orbiting three stars have a population of up to 12 billion.
Recently, Xandar has also entered into its third conflict with the Kree Empire, and is about to enter the end of negotiations.
In terms of the absolute combat power of both sides, the Kree Empire, one of the three empires, has a clear advantage.
It’s just that the Nova Legion is not weak, and mindless fighting will only make others easier, so in the end they all tend to negotiate peace.
After this news spread, the entire Xandar planet has gradually emerged from the haze of war, and there are a lot more people on the street.
In the landmark Fountain Square, there are also people of all races, relaxing and enjoying the cool weather.
There are all shapes, hair colors, and skin colors.
But for the most part, they are still human-like images, but there are many differences in details.
The occasional small raccoons and tree men are also in the minority.
"Oh, it's really bad. The war is about to end. We are almost out of food. We haven't been open recently."
A little raccoon walking upright, very funny Wearing a kind of armed backpack, some complained.
Beside him, there was a tree man over three meters tall, walking slowly.
Although this tree man looks very slow, due to his height, every step he takes requires the little raccoon to trot to keep up.
"Groot."
The tree man Groot seemed to only speak slowly, but the little raccoon seemed to be able to understand what he meant.
“But if there is peace, we will have nothing to eat. We are bounty hunters, and we will go wherever there is unrest.”
The little raccoon cooed.
“Some time ago, I heard that the rag-pickers from the Kirita people went to provoke Asgard. Maybe there is business there.”
Little Raccoon Rocket’s intelligence source is quite good. , seems to be looking for the next place.
“But recently, Asgardians rarely act seriously outside. I don’t know if there is something wrong. Their reputation is not there...”
Almost. After Rocket shook his head and said this, a cloud layer suddenly appeared in the sky of Xandar Star, which seemed quite unexpected.
The next moment, a colorful stream of light cut through the void and hit the fountain square directly!
One after another figures appeared from the rainbow bridge, and then the light pillar was seen moving. The moving place seemed to be refreshed, and new figures continued to appear.
Soon, a group of 500 heavily armed Asgardian warriors appeared in Fountain Square, directly causing a burst of exclamations from nearby.
“The Asgardians are coming!”
“Oh my God!”
"Xandar is finished..."
"..."
Some people kept running, allowing the small Rocket to dodge awkwardly, and then had to climb to the top of Gruul's head, relying on Gruul's figure looked at the Asgardians in front of him.
The raccoon also had a surprised look on his face
“Oh, no, didn’t they hear what I said and come to catch me?”
Rocket's two little paws gnawed on his hand, seeming a little nervous.
Even though he has always acted like he is fearless, in many cases it is actually a disguise of himself.
“Oh, maybe I’m just here to catch you.”
The sudden sound startled Rocket, and then he turned around and saw a person wearing a white robe, elegant and seemingly A handsome figure with an immortal air.
Just standing here, this person is filled with a sense of greatness and righteousness, seeming to reveal the beauty of the world, holding a scepter in his hand.
But for some reason, despite almost perfect performance in all aspects, the Rockets feel that the positive and sunny feeling of the opponent is always mixed with a strange feeling that things must turn against each other.
This made Tao Yu glance sideways at him. That deep look seemed to see through Rocket's heart, making him immediately nervous.
"Don't be nervous, you are bounty hunters, right? I don't know whether to accept the employment."
As Tao Yu spoke, he also raised his head. At this time, there were also new stars in the sky. The legion's aircraft is flying nervously towards this side.
Although the battle with the Kree has come to an end and the two sides have begun to enter the stage of peace talks, Xandar is still on alert.
Even though the Rainbow Bridge was so unexpected, defensive forces still came over immediately.
"Oh, as long as the price is right, we can still consider it."
Although the Rockets were a little nervous, they still behaved calmly on the surface, and at the same time they also aimed at the Nova Corps. aircraft.
When he was a bounty hunter, he hated this kind of law enforcers, but now he just wants these guys to be stronger.
At this time, the aircraft flying over also had external amplification
"Asgardians, tell us your purpose and suddenly came here. This violates the traditional agreement between interstellar civilizations."
This time five hundred Asgard warriors teleported over. There are also two people, Thor and Sif, leading the team.
After hearing the loudspeaker, Sol also smiled
"Sorry, we have always gone this way. We have never signed the traditional agreement you said. "
Although Asgard has always been eating on one-third of an acre of land, their reputation also gives them the confidence to be willful!
"But we don't have any bad intentions when we come here, otherwise there wouldn't be such a small number of people. You can think that we want to find arguments with the Qirita people and temporarily borrow your planet to rest. Is that okay?"
So After experiencing Tao Yu's training, I have calmed down my bad temper a lot, and I learned to calm down afterward.
At this time, Sif also stood up and sang the red face to calm the atmosphere and said
"We deeply apologize for disturbing you."
It was straightforward. In an instant, five hundred heavy soldiers fell at the door of his house, and the individual abilities of Asgardian warriors were famous among the civilizations in the universe.
Now willing to lower their attitude and give up, the Nova Corps did not say that they wanted to fight back directly, but accepted this rather unexpected 'visit'.
"Are you with the Asgardians?"
Rocket said to Tao Yu who was divining something next to him.
"So be it."
Tao Yu glanced at Rocket with a raised eyebrow. There seemed to be clues that interested him in this guy, which was a bit surprising.
"We are willing to accept your employment..."
The Rockets seemed to have considered something. After Sif expressed her 'peaceful' attitude over there, she directly agreed...
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The headquarters of the Nova Corps is a landmark building in Xandar. It looks majestic and full of a sense of science fiction.
The Legion logo is also very conspicuous hanging outside.
Tao Yu, Rocket and Treeman Gruul were all staying in a corner of the legion's reception hall, while Rocket was jumping around here.
The Nova Corps medical soldier next to them who was originally responsible for receiving them also felt that his expression was a little subtle.
I can only stand aside with a smile.
"Wow, I like your reward."
Rocket looked at the soft armor on his body and looked very excited, constantly looking around.
A layer of silver-white metallic soft armor perfectly fit his body, which made Rocket very satisfied.
“As long as you like it.”
Tao Yu has Sauron’s [Gift Craftsman], plus Uru Kobelco from Asgard, to force the use of space gems. The ability to crush Kobelco and then reshape it.
It is not difficult to form a set of small, close-fitting soft armor.
At this time, Thor and Sif also walked out of the Nova Group headquarters.
As a representative of Asgard, he has also completed the conversation with the Nova Corps. Five hundred Asgard warriors are now temporarily settled on Xandar.
At the same time, the Nova Corps is also willing to sell several spaceships to them.
Asgard has many souvenirs, and even though it is relatively closed, it can easily complete this kind of transaction.
"It has been agreed. This is our identity card. We can move freely in Xandar. It also contains some local currency."
Xif handed the magnetic card to Tao Yu. Then he glanced at Rocket next to him.
I don’t know why Master Jack hired two freaks after he came over.
Although he is a bounty hunter, it seems he can find someone more reliable.
“I don’t know what Master Jack is thinking now or if he has any clues. We in Asgard have less communication with the outside world. Although we can help with certain exchanges, there are also shortcomings in some places. "
Xif patiently explained to Tao Yu.
This time she was ordered to assist Tao Yu. She was just looking for an excuse to trouble the Qirita people, so that the Asgardians could leave the Nine Realms more logically and not be too abrupt. .
After all, Asgard is too powerful. Even if Odin has cultivated his character for thousands of years, suddenly breaking his past habits may still cause panic and resistance.
The current situation is almost a more appropriate level.
But for the clues about the other two cosmic rough stones, there is really nothing I can do to help.
“I need to find two people now, one is the predator Yondu, and the other is Thanos’ adopted daughter Gamora. I also want to find a suitable channel to send a message to Thanos. . ”
Tao Yu slowly stretched out his finger and stated his purpose.
"Oh, do you want to teach Thanos a lesson? He is indeed so hateful that he doesn't even take us Asgardians seriously."
Thor said confidently.
The Qirita attack on Earth is also a shame for Asgard.
The Rocket next to him had also heard of Thanos’ reputation, and he was trembling when he heard their conversation
“Let me declare first that although I am willing to accept employment, I will risk my death. I won’t do it. You Asgardians are indeed powerful, but it’s still too young to challenge Thanos with just these five hundred people.”
Rocket's words made Thor turn his head and look over
"Adults speak, children don't interrupt."
Rocket's hair immediately exploded after hearing the words, and he wanted to fly over immediately, but in He was fixed by Tao Yu when he was in mid-air. He was showing his teeth and claws, which actually looked quite cute.
"Okay, we are not challenging Thanos now, we are just bringing him good news."
"Good news? The Qirita people are Thanos' lackeys, don't you think so? Don’t know?”
Rocket said with some confusion.
"It must be good news. We know a clue to something that he has been thinking about day and night."
Sif pondered for a moment after hearing this.
"Is there a rough stone that he needs to get?"
"Maybe."
"Haha, Brother Jack, I like how you are like this. Let him get it first, and then we will take it away from him."
Saul also understood what he meant, laughed loudly, and fist-bumped his hands at the same time. The touch brought out some electric light.
This made Rocket, who had been baring his teeth and claws, stop for a moment.
This big guy doesn't seem to be easy to mess with...
"I know an information dealer. You guys have good stuff anyway, so you can definitely get the information you want from him."< br>
After all, Rocket is a veteran bounty hunter, and he has quite a lot of channels...
...
The intelligence merchant that Rocket mentioned actually opened his shop very openly, right in Fountain Square. The most prime location next to it.
It seems to be an arms dealer. After entering the store, there are all kinds of interstellar individual weapons.
There are even some three-dimensional projections of spaceships, and it seems that even spaceships are for sale.
"Hey man, big business."
Rocket climbed onto Gruul's shoulders to make himself appear taller.
"Oh, I hope it can bring some good news." The blue-skinned clerk standing behind the sales counter seemed to be familiar with Rockets. After hearing his call, he pressed one directly. button, and then the store began to be quickly closed, temporarily isolated from the outside world.
Tao Yu and Sol were not surprised. Anyway, they were not afraid of being cheated.
"We need intelligence from two people, and then we need a reliable subpoena."
"No problem, you know me. I have a good reputation in this industry. You have already made friends with me." No more bounty missions.”
The intelligence agent shrugged.
However, the main gaze fell on Tao Yu and the others behind them, or to be precise, on Saul.
"Thor Thor Odinson, Crown Prince of Asgard, if you want to collect information, it seems quite normal, about the current situation of the Zirita people, and even some information about Thanos , I can buy them all here.”
He has also been paying attention to the Asgardians parachuting into Fountain Square.
To complete the closure so simply, the rocket is just an introduction, and the focus is on the business of these Asgardians.
After Sif expressed her request, the intelligence businessman also inserted a piece of his hair directly into the computer, and then nodded
"Yondu's I know from the intelligence that he used to be a member of the Predators, but he was expelled because he kidnapped underage cubs and broke the Predators' rules.
"He should not have been in the nearby star field recently. He has been expelled." He is piloting a Predator spaceship, so it is difficult to locate it specifically, but he must have taken over the mission of 'Collector' recently and often appears in the void..."
It has to be said that people who can be intelligence dealers still have a lot of skills.
Yondu is just a fired raider. Although he is somewhat famous, he has always been wandering around without a fixed residence.
But the other party can roughly grasp the position.
But from this point of view, it is most likely that the other party relied on the bounty hunter's mission system to complete its positioning. It was through the interweaving of the mission system that they roughly understood the other party's location.
It is possible that the ‘Collector’ has also issued a mission on their side.
In the same way, others can definitely buy some information about the Asgardians from him...
"So, do you know what task the 'Collector' gave him?"
“This is against the rules.”
The intelligence businessman said with some embarrassment.
“I think this should be in line with the rules.”
Sif took out a bag of precious metals and placed it in front of the other party...
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"I know the collector, he is an ancient immortal, even during my grandfather's time He exists, and he is a very mysterious person.”
After leaving the shop, Sol couldn’t wait to tell Tao Yu the information he knew.
In the original work, after obtaining the Reality Stone, Thor and the others gave the things to the Collector for safekeeping, so it is normal for them to know something about the Collector.
"As an ancient immortal, it is not surprising that he knows about the original stones of the universe and wants to collect them."
Tao Yu nodded. He had already confirmed it from the other party before. As far as the description is concerned, it is indeed Power gem.
It is located on a deserted planet and has many institutions, but the specific location is uncertain.
Yondu should have found a clue about this.
“So, it’s not surprising that he has clues about the Power Stone, and it’s likely that he appointed more than one team.”
Ronan, Thanos, and the Collector are all looking for the Power Stone.
Extending downwards is the most direct battle between Yondu, Star-Lord, and Gamora.
If Rocket and Gamora didn't get in the way, there's a high probability that it would still fall into Star-Lord's hands.
But for now, Star-Lord should not have betrayed Yondu yet. Yondu received the mission first, and then Star-Lord made a second request from Yondu.
It’s just that after Star-Lord got the goods, he wanted to keep it all for himself...
"What about us now?"
Sif made sure again.
"According to the original plan, you took the Asgardian warriors to seek explanations from the Kirita people, while I went to the Land of Nothingness."
Thor It is definitely not possible for the two of them to defeat Thanos with Sif, but now that Odin is alive and Thanos has not lost his mind, if the conflict does not involve the infinite stones, he will not directly attack Thor for the time being.
In Tao Yu's divination, there is no problem with their safety.
Mainly, they put some pressure on Thanos that Asgard is paying attention to, so that Thanos can accelerate his actions to collect the Infinity Stones.
At this time, with the clues and required information of the soul gem, even if Thanos has doubts, he will definitely try it.
Otherwise, this Purple Sweet Potato Essence has quite a lot of patience, and delaying getting the information after knowing it would be a waste of time.
"As long as Thanos takes Nebula as a hostage, Gamora will eventually compromise. As for whether Thanos can do matryoshka dolls in the end, that is his business."
Tao Yu watched To the little raccoon, and then said to him
"Can the spaceship fly?"
"Don't underestimate me!"
Rocket seems to feel that it is being questioned. Rocket is very confident about mechanical modifications and some controls. .
“Ah, I also said I would go to the Land of Nothingness with you.”
Thor looked a little disappointed.
"You are the God of Thunder. What will happen if the Asgardian warriors suffer without your leadership?"
Tao Yu casually coaxed Thor and asked him to puff up his chest
" You are right, the Qirita people did that kind of thing, and I do want them to give an explanation.”
The Qirita people’s fleet of three motherships headed for the earth and were almost instantly destroyed. The group was wiped out and no signal was even sent back.
Ebony Maw, Black Dwarf and the Mind Scepter are all missing, which is a tragic loss for Thanos.
At this time, if the Asgardians come to the door aggressively, the possibility of the Kiritas getting angry is very low, and the most likely thing is to blame it on Loki.
After all, after involving Loki, it will become Asgard's own business. At most, they can be regarded as foreign aid, which will make it easier to explain...
...
A small spaceship with delta wings was parked directly on the roof platform of a building.
The overall length of the spacecraft is only about forty meters. It is silver-white in color, has no tires, and is only supported by simple brackets.
In terms of size, it is not as good as those passenger planes, it looks relatively compact.
The streamlined hull looked very beautiful. As Tao Yu approached, the spacecraft's recognition system slowly lowered the landing ladder.
As Rocket climbed up the stairs, he said very excitedly
“It’s very good, it’s the latest model, it’s not easy to buy, the Nova Corps is very respectable to the Asgardians. , It won’t take long to get to the land of nothingness with this.”
Rocket rubbed his hands in excitement.
Then he quickly ran around the spacecraft on all fours and jumped onto the control console.
Relatively speaking, the control handle is larger than Rocket himself.
But this did not trouble him, and he immediately began to take out various disassembly tools and dismantle the control rod.
Although his movements were very irritable, Tao Yu, who had studied with Tony for a long time, could still feel the rocket's proficiency.
This guy is very talented in mechanics. After dismantling the original console in a few moments, he directly modified it himself.
Finally, he used a few wrenches and metal poles to complete a small joystick that fit his body better.
"Cool, boss, sit down, it's rocket time!"
The rocket screamed, and then quickly opened rows of buttons on the spacecraft panel, lights and various The indicator tones sounded one after another.
After the instrument lights flashed regularly, he pushed the joystick with both hands and pulled hard.
The spaceship parked on the rooftop apron rose into the sky with a burst of flames and accelerated instantly!
After all, it is an interstellar civilization. The spacecraft provided by Xandar can easily switch between the inside and outside of the atmosphere.
It also has high resistance to gravity capture.
Although it looks small, the technical content is still quite high.
For example, although the Qirita mothership is huge, it lacks the ability to directly enter the earth's atmosphere and is easily captured and torn apart by gravity.
“Yoho~”
As soon as the rocket accelerated, the pushing feeling on his back was so strong that Gruul had to extend his roots to tie himself up. Because he was a little caught off guard, he muttered "Gruul."
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However, Rocket was a little stunned when he saw that Tao Yu was not sitting on a chair, nor was there any protection, just floating beside him so casually
"You individuals with extraordinary abilities Is it really unreasonable, are all Asgardians like this?”
Under the roar of the rocket, the spacecraft crashed directly into the nearby space channel, like a diamond-shaped square flashing, Start jumping quickly.
In terms of driving skills, Rocket and Star-Lord are both the best.
Experiencing this kind of space jump on a spaceship for the first time, Tao Yu had a completely different feeling from the Rainbow Bridge.
Although he can do better with the space gem, this does not prevent him from collecting relevant data. Looking at the colorful texture when jumping, to a certain extent, it is similar to the rainbow bridge. Shuttle principle.
The only difference is that the Rainbow Bridge absorbs the energy of the World Tree and can be regarded as a weapon, penetrating the space directly from the source, and this kind of interstellar jump makes more use of some naturally formed spaces. Weak points are reinforced.
Different waterways have different requirements for the quality and speed of passing spacecraft.
"Actually, the teleportation that is closest to the essence is the teleportation formed by the will of the world. It is similar to the one in the Marvel Universe. You can't play it if you leave here. It can only be regarded as collecting some data and experience."
There were streams of data flashing in Tao Yu's eyes, and she tried her best to record them with her talent. At the same time, she said to Rocket
"Actually, I am also a little curious about your existence. Do you mind telling me?"< br>
Tao Yu can bring some useful things to himself by divination to Rocket, and since the divination is more obvious and there is no sense of mystery, then it should not be the infinite gem this time, but his body. Other secrets.
It seemed that Rocket had some secrets hidden in him, such as his life experience, which also made Tao Yu quite interested.
You’re here, so let’s ask.
After hearing Tao Yu's words, Rocket's original excitement of touching the spaceship suddenly cooled down, as if he had recalled something he didn't want to think of at all.
"Boss, I just accepted your employment and have no obligation to answer topics other than this task."
Rocket's voice was a bit dry.
“Oh, it seems that you also mentioned your sadness.”
"No, I have nothing to be sad about. I am Rocket, the best bounty hunter."
Rocket denied it, but Tao Yu could still feel the fluctuations in his emotions.
But yes, it is a talking raccoon, and there are traces of being modified on its body. It may have encountered something unspeakable.
"If the rocket is really a man-made product, then the other party's research in the biological field is quite solid. Is it because of the 'equation of life' that it will bring good luck?"
Tao Yu thought The monument of life that has not been cracked yet.
It would be funny if after getting all the Infinity Stones, this one hasn't been cracked yet.
Perhaps we can dig deeper...
Tao Yu recorded various jumping parameters along the way. At the same time, in conjunction with his own space talent and the space gem, he left a trail of flying paths. When it came to Thor's coordinate point, Rocket did not break its promise.
Relying on the latest high-speed spacecraft of the Nova Corps, it took him only a few days to reach the land of nothingness.
Zizi~
Along with a burst of diamond-shaped bright lights in the deep starry sky, a spaceship jumped out of the passage.
Fine meteorites are floating around, and the light of stars in the distance makes the overall environment here look a little dim.
Looking past, a space station formed by a huge skull appeared in front of it.
Even at a considerable distance, the outline of this giant skull can be clearly seen, suspended in the dark starry sky, looking a little penetrating.
After searching for traces of the spaceship, they kept coming and going from the skull's eyes, mouth and other places. It seemed that the skull of this unknown giant creature had been transformed into a space station.
Tao Yu also stared at the huge strange head in front of him.
Even if I don’t know how many years I have been dead, there is still a strong aura left.
The heads of the members of the Tenjin group...
(End of this chapter)