Even as Raiders who had seen great storms, they were currently chilled to the bone, their blood curdling as they froze in place, terrified and not daring to move!
Only Yondu remained somewhat calm, tightly clutching his Yaka Arrow and forcing himself to refrain from acting.
Because he knew that the moment he moved, those colorful iron rings in the air—each one more terrifying than his own Yaka Arrow—would instantly kill him and all his surviving subordinates!
Therefore, even though Yondu was nearly exploding with rage, he didn't lash out, simply demanding:
"What exactly do you want?!"
Ryan shrugged and said leisurely, "Obviously, I'm helping you. Helping you clear out those dissidents who have long been dissatisfied with you, so you can truly control your team. You know this very well in your heart, don't you?"
Hearing this, Yondu lowered his head in silence for two seconds before suddenly looking up and laughing loudly:
"Hahaha, right, exactly, friend. They were all unstable elements among the Raiders, undisciplined and completely unworthy of being Raiders. I should thank you for your help just now!"
"So, on behalf of the remaining Raiders, I agree to you becoming our new Captain!"
Seeing that Yondu had become sensible, Ryan smiled slightly and waved his hand, sending a wave of red light sweeping through the entire cabin with himself as the center.
The next moment, whether it was the flesh and blood in the cabin or the bloodstains on the remaining Raiders, everything vanished cleanly after the red light swept over them!
Altering reality, erasing existing things from reality—the power of the Reality Stone...
Ryan's display of this trick successfully made the Raiders even more in awe of him.
A powerhouse who could easily slaughter them was certainly terrifying, but a powerhouse with mysterious methods was undoubtedly even more awe-inspiring!
So naturally, Ryan became the temporary new boss of this spaceship, unanimously approved by everyone remaining.
And after Ryan became the Captain, the first order he issued was... find Star-Lord!
According to Yondu, the Raiders had only recently received a mission to find the Cosmic Orb, and Star-Lord had left the team on his own shortly after they received the mission to find the Cosmic Orb first.
And this so-called Cosmic Orb was exactly one of Ryan's targets this time, the container for the Power Stone!
What was inside was precisely the Power Stone!
So he had just happened to catch up with the plot of Guardians of the Galaxy 1!
According to the plot of Guardians of the Galaxy 1, Star-Lord wasn't the only one looking for the Cosmic Orb right now!
There were also Ryan's other targets, Thanos's two adopted daughters, Gamora and Nebula!
As long as he caught these two women, he would be able to know the location of the Thanos in his own Universe, thereby killing the threat of his Universe's Thanos in advance!
Therefore, regardless of which purpose it was for, he had to find Star-Lord first.
Yondu actually knew the location of the Cosmic Orb; he just wanted to give Star-Lord a chance to prove himself, which was why he had deliberately stayed one step behind him.
But now, with the lives of everyone on the ship in Ryan's hands, Yondu knew it wasn't the time to coddle his adopted son.
So he immediately ordered the ship to head to the coordinates of the Cosmic Orb at full speed!
However, by the time the ship they were piloting arrived at Planet Morag where the Cosmic Orb was located, the Cosmic Orb in the temple had already vanished without a trace.
Clearly, Star-Lord had already succeeded.
Furthermore, Star-Lord wasn't answering Yondu's communications, which made Yondu half-dead with anger!
Clearly, Star-Lord didn't intend to bring the Cosmic Orb back to claim credit, but intended to sell it himself and pocket the reward for the Cosmic Orb alone!
Finally, Yondu helplessly told Ryan that they now had no idea where Star-Lord would go.
After all, with Star-Lord's clever mind, unless Star-Lord actively let them know, even Yondu, his adoptive father, couldn't guess where he would hide...
Regarding this, Ryan naturally knew Yondu wasn't lying, but he wasn't worried at all.
Instead, he directly gave Yondu a location.
That was the Nova Corps' high-security prison—The Kyln!
Although everyone didn't know where Ryan got the confidence to be certain Star-Lord would be there.
But now Ryan was the Captain, so after Ryan gave the order, Yondu had no choice but to have the ship steered toward The Kyln.
At the same time, the Nova Corps' Kyln had indeed brought in several new criminals.
They were the future members of the Guardians of the Galaxy: Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot.
But right now, they weren't teammates yet; on the contrary, they were only caught by the Nova Corps because of a public brawl on Xandar not long ago.
It was truly a mystery how the four of them, as intergalactic fugitives, dared to try and trade the Cosmic Orb on Xandar, the headquarters of the real space Police, the Nova Corps...
One day later.
Inside the prison, Star-Lord, who had been locked up for a day, had formed a temporary jailbreak squad with Rocket, Groot, and Gamora, and they were loudly conspiring their escape plan at a dining table.
Rocket, as a master escapee who had already broken out of prison twenty times, was skillfully assigning tasks to everyone.
Gamora would get the guard's security band, and Star-Lord would steal that prosthetic mechanical leg from the amputee.
But the last item was a bit difficult for them: the Quonyx Battery located on the watchtower in the very center of the prison.
This thing was nearly ten meters off the ground; not to mention whether they could get it, even if they did, it would be absolutely impossible to do so without being noticed!
Therefore, the three of them were agonizing over this problem...
And why say only three of the four were agonizing over this problem?
That was because...
After the dull-witted Groot learned that Rocket wanted the Quonyx Battery, he had already used his adjustable tree-trunk body to increase his height, extending his arms to forcibly pull the Quonyx Battery down from the watchtower!
He even stared with innocent big eyes, seeking credit from Rocket...
And this directly caused the alarms throughout the prison to blare loudly!
Forcing Rocket's plan to start ahead of schedule, beginning their first team cooperation!
Rocket and Groot would hold off the guards, while Star-Lord and Gamora would go to get the remaining two items Rocket needed!
Everything seemed to be proceeding as smoothly as in the movie; if nothing unexpected happened, Star-Lord and the others' first cooperation would be perfect, and they would ultimately escape the prison successfully.
But...
Reality is not a movie, reality does not go as smoothly as a movie, and reality is always full of surprises...
The few of them had just gathered the three items Rocket wanted and were preparing for the final escape plan when an accident occurred!
BOOM————————
With a loud explosion, the prison gate that required them to swipe a card to pass through in Rocket's plan was blown wide open in a flash of fire!
And this caused the guards and prisoners who were originally in a chaotic brawl to all stop involuntarily, everyone looking toward the blasted-open iron gate.
The next moment, following a series of heavy footsteps, a tall figure walked out from the smoke produced by the explosion.
And he was, naturally, the person we were looking for... Ronan The Accuser!
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