abnabooks Chapter 395 Guardians of the Galaxy
Chapter 395 Guardians of the Galaxy
Chapter 395 Guardians of the Galaxy
Joey didn't have much suspicion about the three members of the Fantastic Four.
Although escaping from under the noses of the Kryptonians sounds absurd and is even more absurd to do, considering that the person who carried out this plan is named Reed Richards, Joey can't help but believe that Mr. Fantastic can do something amazing.
Unlike Joey's belief, Mr. Fantastic, who successfully broke through the Kryptonians' blockade and arrived in the new universe, was somewhat uneasy.
After hearing the information from this universe, he, who had just reunited with Susan, immediately realized that he might have indeed made a huge mistake.
Inter-universe travel is essentially an act of exchanging matter between two universes. Normally, this might not be a problem, but what if there is a huge time difference between the two universes as a whole?
It's as if there's a taut spring hanging between two universes, and only the person who installed that spring knows how to properly maintain the status quo.
The worst outcome is that the three of them's rash actions may have damaged the very foundation of the spring system.
Thinking about the potential consequences of his actions, Reed immediately lost any desire to linger with Susan, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. He quickly set off and found Stark: "I need to borrow your equipment."
Anyway, Iron Man is still a big spender in this universe, so the hardware facilities won't be a hindrance for Reed.
Reed needs to personally verify his hypothesis and also repair his spaceship so he can regroup and then go after Doctor Doom.
No one had told Reed that Doctor Doom had already fallen into Dormammu's dark dimension in another universe, so he was even less likely to know that the person in front of him was no longer the Iron Man he thought he was.
"Of course, I have plenty here."
Tony, whose "core had already been replaced," moved the holographic projection behind him back slightly, looking at Reed, his old acquaintance, a strange emotion flickering in his eyes—
This family is incredibly persistent; they always seem to haunt me relentlessly.
At the same time, Reed subtly raised an eyebrow.
Is this an illusion?
Aside from his exceptional intelligence and drive in scientific research, Mr. Fantastic is relatively slow-witted in other areas.
He wasn't particularly good at handling interpersonal relationships, let alone reading people's expressions, but for some reason, Reed could vaguely sense the malice that Iron Man in front of him harbored towards him.
Seeing Reed standing there in a daze for a long time, Tony asked impatiently, "Is there anything else you need?"
"Have we met before?" Reed usually didn't keep these things to himself, so he chose to be direct: "I have a feeling there's some—unfriendly tension—between us?"
"Do you really want to discuss this issue?"
Tony didn't think Reed could see through his flawless disguise. As for his hostility towards Reed, it was completely within the normal range. Even the original Tony would be angry with the latter: "Your ship that split in two first smashed my multi-million dollar villa on Long Island, and then almost crashed into Stark Tower in the middle—"
"I'm so sorry!" Knowing he was in the wrong, Reed was immediately fooled by this self-justifying excuse: "That equipment—"
"I'm busy, I need to go find Edith!"
As for what Tony was busy with, it was naturally the ultimate method he had been eagerly preparing.
After getting rid of the troublemaker Reed, Tony looked at the familiar thing in front of him and felt a little uneasy.
Previously, Doctor Doom and Tony encountered each other in another universe, and the antimatter core of the bomb that was defused came in handy at that moment.
This is an antimatter bomb powerful enough to destroy the Earth and trigger a chain reaction of collapses throughout the universe. Even the raw materials are readily available, eliminating the need for refining.
Every disagreement between him and Superman stems from this: the collision of Earth between two universes, which is completely unsolvable without the Infinity Stones, leaving only the option of destroying the other.
As for destroying the opponent's entire universe along with it, this was Doctor Doom's last act of mercy towards the opponent's universe.
The entire multiverse is dying out. This is a natural phenomenon that has swept through their entire parallel universe. Without Earth, the other parts of the universe are merely clinging to life and are destined for destruction.
Since they're all going to die sooner or later anyway, why not just die today?
This time, however, Tony hesitated.
This kind of thing has happened many times to him, who is "from the future," and the process and the result are always pretty much the same.
Even Superman couldn't control the suspicion between the two sides.
This is a matter of life and death, a matter of life and death. Your sincerity will not be reciprocated.
This time, the opponent is simply too formidable.
Based on past experience, every time Reed visits his universe, it brings about a collision between the universe he visited and this universe.
Who could have imagined facing the Kryptonian army at such a time?
Superman may be a rather unique individual among Kryptonians, possessing immense strength that his fellow Kryptonians lack, but that doesn't mean the rest of the Kryptonians are easy to deal with.
Conversely, a centralized military empire that obeys only one person and is highly organized is simply beyond the capabilities of anyone in this universe.
To ensure the survival of their own universe, they try to forcibly destroy the other party's universe and Earth.
This is almost a must-do—because when those Kryptonians realize what's going to happen, they will definitely take the same action before they do.
But putting aside the question of how difficult it would be to destroy the other universe, that universe was not only the home of those Kryptonians, but also something that Superman cherished.
Once destroyed, Doctor Doom has no idea how to handle the situation unless—
A darker idea took root in his mind.
Unaware of all this, Joey is patrolling the 4242nd planet along the pre-set coordinates.
Kryptonians can travel at speeds in the vacuum of space that are incomparable to those within the atmosphere; faster-than-light travel is merely the most basic starting speed.
If calculated according to the Flashpoint Universe algorithm, he flew over an area covering one and a half sectors in just one day.
This time, we arrived at a dangerous, uninhabited star field, filled with highly active celestial bodies and highly radioactive cosmic dust. Not to mention humans, even the Trisolarans or Kryptonians under the red sun would find it difficult to survive and reproduce in these areas.
But Joey actually found a glimmer of hope among the tiny fragments of celestial bodies.
After he bypassed the heavy metal dust that obscured his vision and used his super vision, he realized that it was a very familiar spaceship, and inside the spaceship were actually tree people—no, familiar people.
You could even call him a tree-man, because Joey could already hear the arguing inside the spaceship: "I am Groot!"
"What did he say?" Star-Lord asked, puzzled.
"Groot said—Fuck you, Quill, it's all your fault!"
Rocket roared, his voice booming, "If it weren't for you, you idiot, insisting on taking this job, we wouldn't be stuck in this radiated region waiting to die! Guardians of the Galaxy, huh? We're about to become the 'Space Junk Team'!"
"Guys, can you calm down a bit and wait for rescue?"
Unlike the still lively raccoon, Gamora's voice was weak and feeble: "Stop arguing! There's not much oxygen left on the spaceship!"
The more excited you are, the faster your heart beats, and the faster your heart beats, the more oxygen you consume. It's such a simple principle, so why can't Star-Lord and Rocket, one human and one raccoon, understand it?
"I don't care! Before I die, I'm going to give Quill's ancestors a good good curse!"
Despite his small size and modified physique, Rocket was still able to curse Star-Lord in the oxygen-deprived environment, while Gamora and Drax the Destroyer, who had just been recruited, were already drooping and not far from passing out.
Knowing he was about to be finished, Star-Lord still wouldn't give up: "Rocket, can't Groot really do something like photosynthesis to recycle some oxygen?"
"I am Groot!"
Star-Lord couldn't understand a word he said—"What did he say now?!"
Rocket pointed to the garbage compressor on the spaceship and began to translate incoherently: "He said that once you're all dead, he'll use your corpses as fertilizer!"
dong dong~
Just as Star-Lord and his friends, who were about to fight even as they faced certain death, were about to engage in a full-blown brawl, Joey, who could no longer stand it, knocked on the transparent hatch of the spaceship from the outside.