Marvel: I became an ancestor by sacrificing offerings

The planet beneath their feet... is disappearing.

No wonder.

This entire planet was once Ego's body, but now Peter has completely absorbed Ego.

The remaining energy remnants will dissipate with the wind; it's only a matter of time.

"Sea Bull~"

A crack appeared between the rocket and Groot, nearly swallowing the rocket whole.

Fortunately, Groot is still in his large form, which allowed him to quickly grab the rocket's branch.

"Run!" Rocket shouted, quickly gesturing for Groot to head in the direction of the Destiny—

It wasn't that he wanted to be lazy, but if he tried to travel with his short legs, it would inevitably end in tragedy...

The group began to run wildly in the direction of the Destiny.

But they seemed to be too slow; their running speed was far from keeping up with the speed at which the planet was collapsing.

Even more critically, as the planet collapses, gravity is also rapidly disappearing.

If nothing unexpected happens, in less than half a minute, they will be completely exposed to space, where the extremely low temperatures and lack of oxygen will kill them quickly!

"No, we can't catch up at all!" Drax couldn't help but let out a desperate roar!

The Mantis Woman had already given up struggling.

She simply stopped where she was and looked in the direction where Igor had disappeared.

The antennae on its forehead drooped, and its expression was inscrutable, a mixture of joy and sorrow, perhaps both grief and relief, but neither was complete.

"Hey!"

Peter called out to her:

"Don't tell me you're planning to die with your scumbag father."

The Mantis Woman snapped out of her daze, looked up at Peter, her lips trembled, but she didn't know what to say.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to die here, since she never really had any reason or value to exist.

She was merely a tool needed by Igor, and now that Igor is dead, the tool naturally has no reason to exist.

Thinking of this, she slowly closed her eyes, already prepared to die in the endless space.

Just then, she felt a hand grab her wrist.

Then, with an undeniable domineering attitude, the other party forcibly pulled her into his arms!

The Mantis opened her eyes and looked at Peter with a look of astonishment.

"Don't misunderstand, I just can't stand by and watch someone die."

Peter continued to fly with her toward the Destiny as he spoke.

"Thank you," she said softly.

"It's still not working, we're just too far from the Destiny!" Rocket couldn't help but turn back to look at Peter:

"Dude, is now the time to pick up girls?"

"Quickly use your invincible brain to think of a solution!"

Peter glanced at the spoilsporty, foul-mouthed raccoon, then snapped his fingers.

The next second, the Destiny, under the control of the Wheel of Fate, flew rapidly toward the crowd.

In the process, countless mechanical arms even appeared, which directly grabbed them firmly, then quickly retracted and threw them one by one into the cabin of the Destiny.

"Phew~ I'm saved!"

The Rockets couldn't help but let out such a sigh.

Everyone looked like they had just escaped death.

Peter, however, frowned slightly as he looked in the direction of Ego, who had vanished completely from the universe.

He suddenly felt like he had been cheated.

I was so focused on using the Celestial Race's genes to absorb the energy within Igor that I forgot to find an opportunity to capture something from Igor and offer it as a sacrifice to the system.

For example, that energy spaceship that looks like an egg—if you sacrificed it to the system, you could probably get at least ten or twenty thousand sacrifice points.

However, putting that aside, the trip to Igor Star was still very fruitful.

Not only did they directly obtain Ego's Celestial genes, but they also absorbed all of Ego's energy.

The energy of Igor alone, which he digested and purified, was roughly equivalent to...

He frowned, did a quick calculation, and realized it was roughly equivalent to... more than half the energy reserves of an Infinity Stone?

Not bad, this journey through space can now be considered a perfect ending.

With that thought in mind, Peter took a deep breath and decided to say goodbye to Star-Lord and the others on Xandar.

They continued as the Guardians of the Galaxy, while Peter himself had to prepare to return to Earth.

Star-Lord and the others naturally wouldn't object to his choice; they were all used to being free and easy and didn't want to go back to Earth to live with Peter.

The best option right now is to part ways.

Of course, if Peter ever needs anything in the future, they will definitely come back to repay Peter's kindness as soon as possible.

But... will Peter really need them someday in his life?

……

After waving goodbye to Star-Lord and the others on Xandar, Peter prepared to turn back to Earth.

Just as he finished setting the flight path, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

It's the Mantis Woman.

She stood at the cockpit door, not coming in, just standing there, her antennae twitching slightly, as if she were considering something.

Peter didn't turn around: "What's up?"

“I…” she paused for a moment, “I have nowhere to go now.”

This is very direct, so direct that there's no room for negotiation.

Peter was silent for a moment, then glanced at Sif not far away:

"Then what do you mean?"

"Can I come to Earth with you?" Mantis finally mustered the courage to ask. "I won't take up too much space, and I don't need much food..."

Before she could finish speaking, Sif's slightly amused voice came from the cockpit:

"Peter, does this conversation seem familiar to you?"

Chapter 310 Oh no, my thoughts were overheard!

Peter tilted his head.

That really took him by surprise.

He subconsciously recalled that after the Asgardian crisis ended, Sif had made a similar request—to return to Earth with him.

However, Sif was clearly more direct at the time, and immediately said that she wanted Peter to be her husband.

In contrast, the Mantis Woman was much more tactful, simply asking to be taken in.

But thinking about it carefully, she clearly has an older brother in the Guardians of the Galaxy, yet she chooses not to go with her own brother, but instead asks a man she has only known for less than a day to take her in.

This matter itself speaks volumes, doesn't it?

Peter glanced at Sif, who was leaning against the dashboard with her arms crossed and a look of schadenfreude on her face, and for a moment he really didn't know how to answer.

In the end, I can only choose to treat everyone equally, just like I did back then:

"Why don't you go with Star-Lord? Isn't he your brother?"

“He actually invited me,” the Mantis said in a soft, sweet voice, her big eyes full of innocent naivety, “but I refused him.”

"why?"

"because……"

The Mantis hesitated for a moment, then extended a finger and gently touched Peter's forearm.

"I can feel your heart."

As she spoke, a bright smile suddenly bloomed on her face, as if she were describing something that even she found unbelievable.

"You have so much love in your heart, for your friends, for your family, and..."

At this point, she tilted her head, seemingly unable to comprehend the emotions she was experiencing:

"A romantic love, and... a bittersweet love... for her!"

She suddenly pointed at Sif, which made Sif, who was originally prepared to watch the show, blush and feel a little flustered.

“This feeling,” she looked up at Peter, his reflection clearly visible in her eyes:

“I’ve lived with Igor for so long, but I’ve never experienced this.”

Good guy.

Peter gasped, suddenly realizing he had underestimated the girl in front of him.

Who says this young girl is tactful!

That straight shot was so unexpected!

With these thoughts in mind, Peter couldn't help but take a closer look at the girl in front of him.

He hadn't paid much attention to her before on Ego Star, but now that he saw her, the Mantis Woman's appearance was far beyond his expectations.

The Mantis Woman he saw in the movie in his previous life had completely black eyes with pupils so large they almost filled the entire eyeball. Although she had her own unique charm, she was still quite different from normal human aesthetics.

The praying mantis woman before them was completely different.

Her eyes were a deep turquoise green, and so clear and bright that they contained not a trace of impurity.