"Peter, you might have some misunderstandings about Earth. It's not as simple as you remember, especially now. After the mission, you can come back with me to take a look."
Adam released his magic spaceship, Orion, from Primordial Space.
Star-Lord was taken from Earth by Yondu when he was nine years old. Back then, Mutants weren't as well-known to ordinary people, who only knew Captain Carter.
So, in Star-Lord's memory, Earth was just an ordinary Planet with undeveloped technology.
In reality, Earth is the most dangerous Planet among all the Planets in the entire Universe.
Mutants created by Celestials experiments, celestial embryos, Deviants, Eternal, Inhumans from Kree experiments, clones of various Dimensional Demon Godss, humans possessed by power projections, Kamar-Taj sorcerers, various genetically modified individuals from human experiments, and so on.
Any one of them, if taken to another Planet, would be extremely dangerous.
Yet, all of them are concentrated on Earth.
The most crucial point is that Earth's technology seems backward, unable to even leave the Solar System, but in reality, it has a lot of advanced technology, many of which are high-tech that are difficult to achieve even in the major civilizations of the Universe.
"Forget it, I'm naturally fond of freedom, so I won't go back."
His mother's dying face flashed through Star-Lord's mind again, and he immediately waved his hand in refusal.
He never had a father since childhood, and his beloved mother died of cancer when he was nine. Whenever he thought of Earth, he would think of his deceased mother, which had become a psychological trauma.
So, even when Yondu later gave him a spaceship, allowing him to freely take on small missions, he never thought of returning to Earth to see it, because Earth was the Planet where his mother died.
"As you wish, get on the spaceship!"
"Master, this is your spaceship!"
"Groot, we're going to get rich! I'm sure this guy's spaceship is worth at least five billion!"
Seeing Adam's magic spaceship, Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon's eyes widened simultaneously.
As a Raider, Star-Lord's ability to identify the value of items was fundamental, while Rocket Raccoon, as the only experimental subject created by the High Evolutionary with intelligence surpassing his own, understood just how advanced Adam's spaceship technology was.
In their eyes, comparing Adam's spaceship with the Nova Empire's spaceship next to it was like comparing a top-tier luxury supercar with an ordinary police car; the value of the top-tier luxury supercar was immediately apparent.
And indeed, it was true. Even without Adam's magic enhancements, the Orion, in terms of materials and technology, was the most top-tier spaceship, created by gathering the wisdom of scientists from the entire Zela Star.
On Earth, it would be like a country pooling its resources to build a car; the value of that car would be unimaginable.
At this moment, Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon completely believed that Adam had the ability to pay them one hundred million each for the mission reward.
"Master, welcome back!"
A beam of light shot out from the spaceship, enveloping the five of them, and they were immediately drawn into the spaceship.
At this point, the spaceship's spirit, Orion, also materialized.
"This is... an intelligent virtual projection?"
Seeing Orion appear, Star-Lord curiously reached out to poke Orion's face, wondering if it was virtual projection technology.
However, in the next second, he clutched his lower body and screamed, crouching on the ground.
"No one can touch me except Master!"
Orion retracted her foot, looking at Star-Lord with a cool expression.
"Her name is Orion, she's the spaceship's spirit. The entire spaceship is controlled by Orion, so you'd best not provoke her, or you might not even be able to use the toilet."
Adam, seeing the situation, reminded them with some surprise.
Orion was a magical creation of his. Because he utilized Clow Reed's magic knowledge, Orion could also materialize like Cerberus and Yue, and even release some powerful magic using the spaceship's energy.
However, Orion usually acted very gentle and sweet towards him. He thought Orion was just a cute, sweet girl, and never expected to see this side of her today.
Perhaps, this was Orion's true personality, and Adam, as Orion's creator, received such different treatment.
"Hey, Star-Lord, it looks like your little brother won't be able to function in the future."
Rocket Raccoon, seeing Star-Lord's predicament, immediately clutched his stomach and burst into laughter.
And Star-Lord, not to be outdone, retorted:
"You triangular-faced Raccoon, your laugh is really ugly!"
"What Raccoon? Don't call me Raccoon again! I am me, the unique me!"
Rocket Raccoon snarled, baring his teeth.
"Alright, stop arguing. Let's go in and wake this guy up first."
Adam shook his head, carrying Drax, who was snoring loudly, and walked towards the spaceship's main hall.
Star-Lord and Rocket glared at each other and followed.
And Groot, who was always honest and followed Rocket's lead, naturally didn't fall behind.
As Adam turned a corridor and entered the hall's doorway, the three of them were once again stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Am I hallucinating?"
Star-Lord rubbed his eyes.
Rocket Raccoon shook his head:
"It might also be a scene created with panoramic virtual simulation technology."
"I am Groot."
Groot, uncharacteristically, also offered his opinion.
He believed it was real because he felt the vibrant life here.
What did they see? They naturally saw the boundless grassland, high mountains and flowing water, flowers, plants, trees, and various small animals that Adam had created.
It was as if they were in a Small World, not inside a private spaceship that didn't look particularly large.
"Don't just stand there, come in quickly. How about I treat you to roast whole lamb later?"
Waving to Star-Lord and the other two, Adam led them towards the only house in the center of the great grassland.
At this moment, Star-Lord and the other two completely confirmed that all of this was real, not some kind of panoramic virtual projection technology.
At the same time, a thought arose in their minds: who exactly was this employer named Adam?
"Hey, big guy, you're awake! Have a piece of roast lamb leg!"
Ten minutes later, by the bonfire in front of the house, Star-Lord handed a lamb leg to Drax, who had just woken up after Adam removed the Stupefy.
He wanted to make a good impression on his new companion for the upcoming mission to increase the success rate of the mission.
However, the awakened Drax slapped away the roast lamb leg and then kicked Star-Lord flying.
"What, you want to eat my leg!"
"Is this guy an idiot?"
Star-Lord, clutching his stomach, got up and, seeing Drax pull two daggers from his pant leg, drew his element gun and aimed it at Drax.
"Alright, calm down first!"
Adam waved his hand, and the weapons in their hands instantly flew away.