"You have to calm your mind first, throw away all the doubts and worries in your heart... Empty yourself, do you understand?"
In the magnificent square of Igo's Star, the sun shone warmly on the ground. Under the sculpture of a woman holding a flower basket, the planet's lifeform, Igo, and his son sat face to face on the ground. Igo was teaching Quill how to awaken the power in his body.
"Listen to me, child!"
Igo's figure became illusory at this moment. When he reappeared, he was already standing behind Quill. He bent down, pressed Quill's shoulder, and whispered in his ear.
"The planet under your feet is me, and my power is the source of your power. Feel it, and merge your spirit with it. Theoretically, you can feel its existence in every corner of the universe, but here, you can feel it more easily, right under your feet..."
Igo's voice became softer and softer.
"You have to" see "it, feel it, feel every trace of its power, and outline the brain of wisdom that belongs to you. This will be a long process, but it doesn't matter. We have enough time... When you finish it, I'll find a suitable planet for you to complete the first sowing. When you slowly grow up..."
A trace of desire flashed in Igo's eyes, and his voice became softer.
"When you grow up, we can go get your mother... Come on! For your mother! "
"Zeng!"
A milky white arc of electricity jumped on Quill's arm, and then the next one. Soon, his arms seemed to be wrapped in milky white light. This scene made Igo's eyes shine with satisfaction.
He turned his head and looked at the sculpture of the woman beside him. His eyes were flowing with gentleness, but under that gentleness, there was a touch of arrogance and coldness.
"Thank you, my love. You left me the best legacy... I'll make good use of it..."
Igo silently disappeared from where he was. When he reappeared, he was already standing inside his magnificent golden temple. He was sitting on the throne with his eyes closed. Mantis, who had antennae like those of animals, quickly walked out of the inner temple and skillfully placed his hands on Igo's forehead.
As a planet's lifeform, the concept of sleep did not exist, but because Igo had to maintain the stability of the planet's shell that protected his brain of wisdom, his consciousness had to return to the brain of wisdom every once in a while to carry out the necessary "rest".
However, he couldn't fall asleep himself. He had to rely on external help. This was why Mantis had appeared by his side. Mantis's race had already perished, and she was the only one left. This race was proficient in mind control. Igo could only truly fall asleep by relying on Mantis's ability.
And this time, before he fell asleep, he whispered:
"Go and get rid of those things in the Abyss... before my son finds them!"
A touch of uncontrollable fear appeared on Mantis's beautiful face, but she still bit her lip and nodded. Watching Igo, who was like a god, fall into the deepest sleep, Mantis quickly left the temple. She looked at Quill, who was meditating in the square. She seemed to want to tell him something, but in the end, she turned her head and entered the Abyss inside the planet's shell through a secret passage that was difficult to find.
Every time she came here, it was an unbearable torture for Mantis, who was still a larva.
In the past 100 years or so, every time Igo confirmed that one of his children didn't have the bloodline of a god, he would give up on him without hesitation. He would let Mantis send those children to the Abyss and leave them to fend for themselves.
Before Mantis's arrival, there were already too many corpses piled up here. Yondu was not the first Interstellar Pirate hired by Igo, and he would not be the last.
Mantis walked step by step along the dark passage into the Abyss. She covered her eyes in horror, as if she did not want to let herself see the horrible scene in front of her. To be honest, this larva who had followed Igo for more than 100 years was sometimes very naive.
And in front of Mantis's eyes, a scene that was enough to make anyone with a heart of stone feel fear from the bottom of their bones.
Skeletons … There were all kinds of skeletons. There were humanoid, humanoid, and non-humanoid skeletons. There were almost all kinds of creatures in this universe. Judging from their twisted shapes, these creatures had suffered the most terrible pain before they died. Their bones were piled up like a mountain.
The roots of the plants that spread down from the bottom of the shell pierced into the insides of these skeletons, absorbing their last nutrients. Yes … Below Igo's heaven was a hell of despair. If Quill knew the truth, would he vomit in disgust? His favorite fruits these days were all borne by fruit trees that absorbed the bones of the dead.
This was also why the larva Mantis never ate the food on this planet … She was afraid that when she dreamed, she would be pulled into the most terrible hell. But she could not escape. As a larva, she was too weak. Igo only needed a trace of his mind to kill her.
"Don't blame me … Poor children."
Mantis used a piece of black cloth to cover his eyes. As he manipulated the earth elemental monsters born from the rocks to smash the skeletons into powder, he whispered to the skeletons, "Don't worry, I'm going to kill you.
"I was forced to do this … I also wanted to save you. I'm sorry … I'm sorry!"
Her voice was laced with sobs. Obviously, this job was also torture for her. Smelling the rotten smell, she could not help but take a few steps back. But just as she steadied herself, a cold, sharp arrow was pressed against her neck. A low voice emerged from the darkness, and at the same time, it sounded behind her.
"Don't move, lovely little girl!"
Two hours later, Quill's seventh meditation ended. He opened his eyes and looked at the milky white light jumping in his hands. He felt that it was very interesting. He stood up and imitated Saber in his memory. He raised his left hand, and the milky white light jumped quickly in his hand according to his will, forming a wasteland style javelin. Quill panted and took a few steps back, then ran forward. The moment he stopped, he threw the javelin in his hand.
Whoosh!
The milky white light was like a sharp arrow flying out of a bowstring. It pierced through the obstacles in the air and accurately pierced into the center of a rock sculpture 500 meters away, destroying the exquisite stone sculpture. It exploded, and rubble flew everywhere. Its power was much stronger than the elemental javelin he often used.
"Wow! Cool！”
Quill waved his fist excitedly. He finally had his own "Blazing Dragon Spear". Every time he saw Seiber use it, he would feel that it was very cool. Now, he was like a child who had gotten a new toy. He flipped the spear around in his hand and looked at the light in his hand.
"Master Quill?"
A soft voice interrupted Quill's endless imagination. He turned his head and saw Mantis, who looked very obedient with his hands folded on his abdomen. The latter's face was pale, and he seemed to be feeling unwell.
The gentlemanly Quill asked softly,
"Mantis, you should go rest... Are you sick?"
Larva Mantis showed her trademark hesitation on her face. She bit her lip, and her fingers were jumping back and forth. Obviously, she was still afraid of the consequences of going against Igo's will. But at the same time, after spending the past few days with Quill, Mantis also felt the kindness of this playboy who always had a glib tongue. He was more peaceful than anyone before. He treated her as a real friend, not Igo's pet and servant.
The metal blow dart behind her back felt Mantis's resistance. Under the control of some kind of will, it pierced forward a little. Feeling the cold touch on the skin on its back, the larva gritted its teeth and whispered, "Don't worry, Mantis.
"Please come with me. I have something to show you!"
A moment later, Mantis' figure reappeared in the crack of the Abyss. Behind him, Quill was biting an apple that he had casually plucked. As he ate, he asked in surprise,
As he ate, he asked in surprise, "I thought Igo had built palaces all over his planet. I didn't expect there to be... What the f * ck! This f * cking... this is... "
The moment Quill walked out of the stairs, he saw the terrifying pile of bones. Without needing Mantis to explain much, he noticed the roots of the trees that pierced into the bones. He subconsciously looked at the apple in his hand. The next moment, he threw the apple that he had taken several bites of on the ground as if he was throwing away a venomous snake.
"Ugh!"
Thinking that he had been eating this kind of thing for the past few days, Quill rushed to the corner and began to vomit. He almost vomited everything in his stomach. When he got up, a hand reached out in front of him and handed him a tissue.
Quill didn't think much of it and took the tissue to wipe his mouth.
"Thank you..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was stunned on the spot. With the tissue in his hand, he slowly turned his head and saw Yondu sitting on a rock, smoking a cigar, Sim standing on the side with her arms crossed, Gamora hiding in the darkness, and finally, Groot the Ent who was half-kneeling on the ground, touching the bones with a sad face, and Rocket sitting on his shoulder.
The tissue just now was handed to him by Yondu.
"You... you..."
Quill didn't know what to say for a moment. He subconsciously looked back at the skeletons behind him. He stared at Mantis with a flash of anger on his face.
"What the hell is going on! Tell me! "
Mantis was so frightened by the furious Quill that he kept retreating. He couldn't speak and even cried in fear until Gamora hugged him in her arms. The timid larva hid in Gamora's arms and trembled. Gamora, the most dangerous woman in the universe, looked at Quill with disdain.
"Only an idiot like you would be deceived by a hypocrite like Igo... The Overlord asked us to take you back. Your adventure in the universe is over!"
Yondu, on the other hand, stepped forward with an indifferent expression. He squatted next to the pile of bones, picked up a Bugman skeleton, turned around, and shook it at Quill.
"This guy... I remember him very clearly. He was the" Child of God "who was sent here before you. I personally sent him to this planet..."
The expression on Yondu's blue skin became a little sad. He threw the skeleton on the mountain of bones and looked at Quill.
"I've done a lot of things in my life. I don't think I'm a good person, Quill, but my brothers and I are indeed saving you!"
"But you taught me to steal!"
Quill couldn't accept everything in front of him for a moment. He thought that the bad seed was saving him, but the father he had just accepted was a monster.
"If we were killed by Igo, you would have to learn to live alone."
Yondu snorted. "Who do you think the super-small spacecraft in the original spaceship was for? Tell me, Quill, how can an eight-year-old survive in the universe, other than praying to meet a kind soul, other than stealing, how can he survive? "
"But you also threatened me... that if I didn't do my job well, you would eat me!"
Quill retorted again. Yondu laughed at the mention of this.
"That was just for fun... I'm not a barbarian. Have you seen me eat people?"
"So you've been lying to me!"
Quill held his head and screamed, "You knew that Igo was a monster, why didn't you tell me!"
Yondu hesitated for a moment and did not answer the question. Rocket flapped his bat wings and floated in the air, saying loudly:
"Guys, it's time to go! Igo will wake up at any time! "
Yondu shrugged, stepped forward, and patted Quill on the shoulder:
"Let's go, child. It's time to go home."
"What about her?"
Gamora looked at Mantis hiding in her arms. She turned to look at Yondu, who looked at Mantis's frightened eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Take her with you. She can force Igo to sleep. If things don't go well, we still need her to save our lives!"
Ten minutes later, Yondu's spaceship rose into the sky and quickly flew into the sky of Igo. In the pilot's seat, Yondu turned his head to look at the silent Quill beside him and whispered, "Don't worry.
"What's wrong? You look like you've been gang-raped by a dozen Peckers. "
"It's nothing."
Quill shook his head. He looked back at Planet Igo, which was getting farther and farther away. He whispered, "I just... I just feel a little stupid. I actually... accelerated!!!"
Quill's voice became shrill and frightened at this moment. Yondu glanced back. Behind him, the surface of the planet began to bulge wildly, and in an instant, it turned into a planet-sized face. It was Igo's face.
A deep voice rang out in this silent universe, almost deafening. What was worse was that more than a dozen milky white light ribbons filled with destruction were swaying wildly between the star fields, rushing toward their spaceship like venomous snakes. The planets along the way were easily penetrated and destroyed. It was like the end of the universe.
"Oh, my dear child Quill... where are you going? Are you going to leave your poor father behind? "
"Be good... come back! I can pretend that nothing happened... "
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