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Chapter 159 Mantis's Choice
Rocket Raccoon looked at Ancient One in surprise.

"Why can we breathe in the universe?"

"It's just a little magic, don't worry about it."

Hearing what Ancient One said, a glimmer of hope appeared in Rocket Raccoon's eyes.

"Magic, can I learn magic too?"

"Uh... never mind..."

After saying this, Rocket Raccoon suddenly realized that he was just an experiment.

How could a test subject like him have such a precious opportunity to learn magic?

But Rocket Raccoon's depressed mood did not last long.

Because he heard an answer from Gu Yi that made him unbelievable.

"You do have some talent, but whether you can learn magic depends on you."

Gu Yi glanced at Lin En.

"Hmm...but I don't think you'd be too eager to learn the magic I use."

"Magic is not what you think it is."

"Can I learn magic too?"

Rocket Raccoon was shocked by this unexpected answer.

"You mean I can be like you and him in the future?"

Looking at Rocket Raccoon's slightly positive attitude, Ancient One finally did not discourage his enthusiasm.

"That depends on how far you've learned."

"Don't worry, with my intelligence and talent, it's easy for me to catch it."

Not only was Rocket Raccoon very happy, but everyone else also looked at Ancient One with anticipation.

"If you like, you can also come to me and learn some magic knowledge."

Lynn was a little surprised to hear Ancient One's positive words.

"You don't seem like someone who would be so kind."

Lynn leaned over to Ancient One and whispered.

"I have nothing to do, so it wouldn't hurt to teach them a little."

Gu Yi looked at everyone with a little envy.

Just when Lin En was guessing something, Gu Yi directly said what he was thinking.

"A long time ago, I wanted to put down my burdens and go out to travel."

"Unfortunately……"

"Now that I have you and Strange, I think I can maybe be lazy for a bit."

"you……"

Lynn shook her head and ultimately said nothing.

"That's all, as long as you're happy."

When he got on the spaceship, Lin En suddenly remembered something.

"Speaking of which, half of the divine power in this bead belongs to you."

The divine power in Star-Lord comes entirely from his divine father.

Normally, having inherited his father's divine genes, Star-Lord should have his own divine powers even after the god's death.

But Star-Lord's godly father is indeed not a good person.

In order to ensure that he would not be betrayed by his own offspring, Ego planted a seed in Star-Lord's body as early as when Star-Lord awakened his divine power.

This seed can ensure that all the power in Star-Lord's body is under his control.

Simply put, although Star-Lord can use the divine power in his body, if Ego dies, the divine power in Star-Lord's body will naturally disappear.

However, since Star-Lord still has half of the god's genes in his body, his physical fitness is much stronger than that of normal earthlings.

"So even though this power is in my hands for now, if you want, I can still give you half of it."

Looking at the beads in Lin En's hand, Star-Lord did not show any intention of lingering.

"No, I don't need the power of such a person at all."

Lin En was not too surprised to hear Star-Lord's decisive refusal.

"This is half of the power of a god. Once you possess it, although it won't allow you to roam the universe unhindered, at least you won't have to live a cautious life."

"Are you sure you don't want it?"

Lynn said, staring at Star-Lord with interest.

"No regrets?"

"I will never regret it!"

Star-Lord is very decisive.

"If you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again. Let me make it clear, if you insist on refusing, then you won't be able to ask me for it again in the future."

"I said I don't regret it, and I don't regret it."

Star-Lord was a little impatient.

Lin En smiled with satisfaction and didn't say much.

Although others were also very covetous of the bead, they fully respected Star-Lord's opinion.

No matter what Star-Lord says or what decision he makes, they will not interfere.

After all, this is Star-Lord's business.

But after hearing Star-Lord's decisive refusal, everyone else looked at him in surprise.

"That's half of the power of the gods!"

Rocket Raccoon was very emotional.

Even Gamora and Nebula on the side looked at Star-Lord with something wrong in their eyes.

Facing everyone's surprised gazes, Star-Lord felt his vanity overflow.

"How was it? Wasn't I handsome when I said no just now?"

Rocket Raccoon mocked Star-Lord mercilessly.

"Don't think too much about it. They just think you're a little off-the-wall for turning down such a good offer."

Star-Lord's smile suddenly froze on his face.

Even Xingyun, who usually has no expression, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

By the way, due to some accidents that occurred in the middle, Nebula was unable to escape and kept following everyone.

Although no one knows what happened between her and Gamora, judging from the attitudes of the two sisters, it seems that some of their misunderstandings have been resolved.

"What a waste!"

Rocket Raccoon patted Star-Lord.

"I told you that your brain is not suitable for being the captain, so let me do it."

Star-Lord was enraged and shouted angrily, "Get out!"

Everyone laughed.

Looking at this scene, Lin En also smiled lightly.

Regardless of what he said, everyone could see that Rocket Raccoon didn't really mean to blame Star-Lord.

They were just using this method to ease Star-Lord's sadness.

As he spoke, Lynn accidentally spotted Mantis standing aside.

Mantis, also known as Mantis.

When Mantis noticed that Lin En was looking at her, she couldn't help but get nervous.

"interesting……"

Hearing Lin En say this, Mantis's heart suddenly rose.

There's a reason why she's able to hang out with Star-Lord and his group.

The Guardians of the Galaxy have lost a lot.

Or perhaps they have one thing in common: they are all poor little ones that no one wants.

Gamora betrayed her father, the Destroyer's planet was completely destroyed by Thanos, and Rocket Raccoon was just an experiment...

So this group of people were able to come together entirely because they had common characteristics.

As a tool of the gods, Mantis was also pitiful and unwanted, so she naturally wanted to join this big family.

But Mantis knew what her identity was, so she was very worried that her identity would make it impossible for her to integrate into this family.

If no one mentioned it, perhaps she could pretend that she knew nothing and act with these people without any hindrance.

But now...

When Mantis thought about the possibility of his identity being exposed, he didn't know what to do.

She could only look at Lin En with pleading eyes, begging Lin En not to tell this matter to anyone.

Rocket Raccoon, who was cursing as he started the spaceship, noticed Mantis standing beside him.

"Speaking of which..."

Rocket Raccoon looked at Mantis strangely.

"Who are you? How can you be by the side of a god?"

Lynn had no intention of exposing Mantis's identity, but she didn't expect Rocket Raccoon to ask about it.

Seeing this, he kept silent and left the matter to them.

Lynn's plan was quite good.

If these people are unwilling to accept Mantis, Lynn can bring Mantis back to Earth and train him well.

Of course, don't get me wrong, Lin En has no interest in Mantis. He just simply wants Mantis's unique ability.

Lin En felt that it would be very useful if he could get Mantisina's ability to control the mind.

"me……"

Mantis hesitated, feeling conflicted and not daring to say a word.

"I don't think she is a bad person, why not..." Although they didn't spend much time together, Star-Lord still had a good impression of this weak little woman.

And Star-Lord could feel that Mantis was not a particularly bad creature.

Not only that, Star-Lord could also feel an inexplicable sense of closeness from Mandis.

This is also the reason why he spoke up for Mantis.

However, Rocket Raccoon has never gotten along with Mantis, so he is still quite wary of him.

Without waiting for Star-Lord to continue speaking for him, Mantis decided to confess himself.

"Peter...can I call you that?"

Hearing what Mantis said, Gamora's eyes suddenly became sharp.

What's going on? Someone's trying to rob my house?

Gamora looked at Mantis' expression and suddenly became nervous.

Although she and Star-Lord had already experienced many things together and had long had feelings for each other, the delicate membrane between them had not been broken until now.

Gamora didn't know, if Mantis really showed his affection for Star-Lord, how would Star-Lord, with his stupid brain, react?

Gamora had no doubt that Star-Lord's poor brain did not have any plans for such things.

This damn fool will definitely be impressed by Mantis.

However, before Gamora could continue to think about it, the words that Mantis uttered next really shocked everyone present.

"Peter...I mean maybe, just maybe...I'm also your father's child."

"My father's child?"

Star-Lord's slightly anthropomorphic wisdom turned for a moment at this moment.

"what do you mean?"

"and many more?"

"You mean... you are also Egg's child?"

"Doesn't this mean that you are my sister?"

Mantis nodded with difficulty.

Then he began to tell his own story.

Mantis has not seen her mother since she could remember.

Perhaps because he discovered the unique talent in Mantis, Ego kept Mantis by his side since he was a child, using Mantis's ability to help him relieve the pain of insomnia.

But other than that, Mantis was never taught anything else.

To Ego, Mantis was just a useful tool.

So Ego doesn't care what Mantis thinks or cares about.

Unless Mantis was needed, Ego would not even glance at him.

This is also the reason why Mantis acted so ignorant when he first met Star-Lord and the others.

Because from childhood to adulthood, Ego never taught Mantis anything except asking her to help him relieve the pain of insomnia.

"I know he did a lot of bad things to you..."

Although he stayed with Ego for a long time, Ego did not interfere too much with Mantis's growth.
This also resulted in Mantis, who had been following Ego, not growing crooked, which was a rare occurrence.

After interacting with people for a long time, Mantis also vaguely developed a certain perception of the world.

Although she does not have the most basic concept of good and evil, she can keenly perceive what is good and what is bad.

This is inseparable from Mantis's outstanding talent.

But now, she was very worried that people would be unwilling to accept her for this reason.

"If you think I have dirty blood, then I... then I can leave."

Mantis lowered her head.

There was a feeling of helplessness all over his body.

If possible, she didn't want to play the victim in front of these people, but the fact was that if the Guardians of the Galaxy were unwilling to accept her, Mantis would have nowhere to go.

"Cough cough..."

Lin En coughed lightly and spoke slowly.

"If you don't have anywhere to go in the future, maybe you could consider coming back to Earth with me."

"Although your appearance is a little conspicuous on Earth, don't worry, there are still many people like you on Earth."

"I believe you will find your own family there."

"Not a god-father who is full of lies and only treats you as a tool."

There were still tears in Mantis's eyes.

She raised her head in confusion and looked at Lin En expectantly.

"Really...really?"

Lynn gave Mantis an affirmative reply without hesitation.

[Mantis Favorability: 6! I]

Lin En raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect there would be such a surprise.

"Hehehe, even if you want to poach someone, you should at least get my consent!"

Star-Lord said very dissatisfiedly.

"After all, theoretically speaking, I am his closest relative."

Star-Lord stood in front of Mantis.

"With me as your biological brother, you absolutely cannot think of taking advantage of my sister!"

"Sister...sister?"

Mantis looked up in a daze.

"So, you are willing to accept me?"

Star-Lord turned around very unhappily and stared at Mantis's dark eyes seriously.

"No, it's not that I'm willing to accept you, but we are brother and sister."

"Although we both have that man's blood flowing through our veins, isn't that man already dead? Look, the divine power in me is gone too."

"If I really have to say that I inherited his dirty genes, it should be me. After all, you don't even have the qualifications to be a natural."

Star-Lord is from the underworld.

"So come with me. I am your real family. I promise that I will make up for the love you have been missing from your family for all these years."

Lynn looked at Star-Lord and shook his head slightly.

Although Star-Lord said this, in fact, the person who most desires love from family is himself.

It's not so much that he wants to give Mantis a home, but rather that he wants to give himself a home.

But there is no difference between the two.

Lynn looked at Mantis.

"I respect your choice, but no matter what you choose, the door to the earth will always be open to you."

"If you really have nowhere to go, you can come to me on Earth."

Lynn made her own promise.

Regardless of the subsequent plot performance, Mantis has extremely strong growth potential.

Whether it was simply out of sympathy for Mantis, Lynn had reasons for wanting to recruit Mantis.

However, Lynn still respected Mantis's own opinion and gave the choice to Mantis himself.

"I...I still want to go with my brother."

Compared to the strange yet powerful Lin, Mantis now trusts this brother more, even though she has only been with him for less than three days.

Especially since the two people are related by blood.

Seeing this, Star-Lord finally smiled with satisfaction.

"Welcome to our big family!"

Star-Lord said seriously.

"Hey, don't be so corny. I'm not your family. I'm your captain! Captain, do you understand?"

Hearing Rocket Raccoon say this, Star-Lord couldn't help but retort: ​​"I am the captain!"

The two quarreled for a while.

Looking at this scene, a barely perceptible smile appeared on Lin En's lips.

Strictly speaking, there is no normal person on this spaceship.

Needless to say, Star-Lord left his mother when he was young and his father is also a bastard.

His adoptive father, Yondu, is not only the best of the best, but also quite outrageous, a principled interstellar pirate!
Ha, when these words are combined together, there is an inexplicable sense of humor.

Although Drax is married and has children, he has experienced the most tragic things in the world and is still alone.

Not to mention that his brain isn't working very well, he's really a stupid big fool.

Rocket Raccoon and Groot are similar, one lost all his experiments, and the other is a tree man.

Sorry, I'm not discriminating against the tree people as a race, but this kind of plant-form life and animal-form life have the most fundamental genetic differences.

Gamora and Nebula, the sisters who love and hate each other, are a message within a message.

Looking at the happy crowd, Lin En couldn't help but think of a joke from hell.

There are seven people on this boat, but they can't even find a pair of parents!
"Cough cough."

Lynn choked on his own thoughts.

But from this point of view, Mantis, who has never experienced any normal interpersonal relationships since childhood, is actually very suitable for this group of people who lack love.

"In that case, forget it."

Lynn didn't care.

Anyway, as long as the favorability is high enough and he can gain experience and skills, Lin En will be satisfied.

Apart from Mantis's telepathic ability, which Lin En was slightly interested in, the abilities of the others were dispensable to him.

(End of this chapter)