An artificial celestial body the size of an asteroid with a complete ecosystem inside was not something easily found even in the Marvel Universe.
Anyway, Rocket Raccoon peered through the glass window for a long time and couldn't tell the difference between this place and a real planet. It looked just like a genuine ocean.
While Rocket Raccoon was peering out the window at the sea, Ethan had already introduced everyone. Although Logan and the others were surprised that Ethan had brought back so many people at once, they didn't find it strange after learning that these were Peter's companions. If Ethan could find companions everywhere, why couldn't Star-Lord?
Compared to Ethan, who had been adventuring on the ocean, Peter, who wandered throughout the galaxy, probably needed the company of companions even more.
As for the appearance of Yondu, Gamora, Groot, and the others, which differed from Earthlings, that was no big deal.
Most of Ethan's companions, except for the newly joined Mordred and Galahad, had seen extraterrestrial life with him, and besides their skin color, Yondu and the others were generally not much different from Earthlings.
The only one with a significant difference was Groot the tree-person, but a tree-person didn't look scary at all, especially since Groot always wore a friendly smile.
It could be said that the original members of the Prinz Eugen had no extreme reactions. Only Betty seemed a bit flustered.
It wasn't that she hadn't seen people of other races. The Empire was vast, and during its initial rise, it had conquered and absorbed many other intelligent races from the universe, though these races didn't hold high positions within the Empire.
"Where exactly did these people come from?"
This question bothered her for a long time, especially since Ethan had only left for a moment and returned with so many people shortly after.
Most of them were clearly not native residents of this training ground, as the native residents of the training ground were of a unified race, using the appearance of the Empire's core race as the basic template.
This made Betty doubt Ethan's identity again, until Ada on the side explained the situation to her briefly. Only then did Betty understand what was really going on.
Why Ethan could master technology and resources much more advanced than other adventurers, possess such an advanced warship, and have the confidence to declare his intention to venture into space.
All this was because Ethan possessed the ability to travel to different universes and acquire various resources to make himself stronger, which was the fundamental reason he could easily reach this point.
It was only then that Betty learned that, including Ada, all members on this ship were recruited by Ethan from other worlds (of course, there were also some who got on by accident), meaning they were not native residents of this training ground at all.
Betty could understand why Ethan hadn't explained the situation to her before.
At that time, Ethan was very likely to become an enemy of the Empire. If he had told her everything given her identity, she would have suspected Ethan of having ill intentions towards her.
Having appropriate precautions like this, and only telling her the truth after confirming that something was wrong with the Empire, actually made her feel relieved deep down. Telling her the truth proved that Ethan, or rather this team, had tentatively accepted her. Telling her these things at this time also proved that Ethan had no bad intentions towards her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to be wary of her. He could have just told her everything since he would have silenced her in the end anyway.
After understanding the specifics, Betty felt it was very magical and also became somewhat curious about other worlds. She wondered if she would have the opportunity to follow along and see other universes.
Ethan didn't know Betty's thoughts. He was currently showing everyone around. As for getting familiar with the environment, that wasn't necessary. The more troublesome situation now was that the Milano wasn't a very large spacecraft, and there were quite a few people on board.
"Yondu has another fighter jet."
"What? You want me to take out that fighter jet? I was planning to keep it as a collectible."
Yondu seemed to particularly like these small display items. He used to prefer dolls, but ever since Ethan put his fighter jet into a completely transparent glass container, Yondu had developed a new preference.
Ethan was quite speechless about this and could only promise that after this trip was over, he would help him put the fighter jet back into a new container, and guarantee that it would be a new, sturdier container, so there would definitely be no situation where it accidentally broke and the fighter jet returned to its original state.
"I knew you were a good person. I especially like cooperating with people like you."
Yondu was as happy as a child, and Ethan felt that the subtext of this guy was "Cooperating with good people allows you to take advantage!"
However, the supplies in Yondu's fighter jet had been emptied and needed to be replenished. Otherwise, it would be ridiculous if they flew for less than half a day and found that the people on board the space fighter were starving.
This kind of thing wasn't a difficult problem to solve. The Prinz Eugen itself carried a large amount of supplies. Now that they were preparing to go to space, the Prinz Eugen, like the Goddess of Dawn, would become one of Ethan's collectibles and would be difficult to use for real purposes again.
In this situation, the supplies on the ship naturally had to be emptied. Otherwise, would they just sit there and get moldy?
Transferring supplies wasn't too much trouble. Everyone on the ship had storage equipment, and Ethan still had some empty storage items on hand. Seeing how convenient this thing was to use, all the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy who came this time, including Star-Lord, asked for one—except for Groot.
Teaching them how to use it wasn't very difficult either. Yondu's ability to control the Yaka Arrow involved the use of psychic energy. Although it was released through a specific device, it proved that he had mastered similar techniques.
Moreover, Tony Stark had been researching products that combined technology and magic, and had gained some insights into adding technology to such magical items to make them easier for people who didn't understand magic to use. Ethan had also learned this knowledge and made some modifications to the storage items that Rocket Raccoon and Gamora took to make them easier to use.
Star-Lord did not choose the improved storage item. His contact with Ethan during this time had made him start to think about whether he should properly explore the potential of his bloodline.
Ego was indeed dead, and he no longer had energy he could control. But Ethan had told him: Ego is Ego, and Peter is Peter.
Ego's death didn't mean Peter's death. The blood flowing in his body was his own blood, and his extraordinary talent was right there. No one could take it away.
Basically, this time Star-Lord chose to have Ethan specifically make him strengthening potions and provide specialized guidance as compensation. As for resurrecting his mother, he struggled for a long time and really couldn't figure out if he should do it, so he put that choice aside with a similar sense of avoidance.
Ethan didn't try to persuade him or anything. He respected Star-Lord's choice and put the topic aside, no longer mentioning it.
After filling up the supplies, Star-Lord's fighter jet took off first, followed by Yondu's fighter jet.
Except for Ethan, everyone had already boarded the two space fighter jets. After ascending, the two fighter jets hovered in mid-air, and Star-Lord leaned out slightly, looking down at Ethan.
"Is he going to store that ship?"
Having witnessed Ethan storing his and Yondu's fighter jets, they all knew exactly what Ethan was going to do, but they were surprised that such a large warship could also be put into a glass container and carried around.
"What a convenient ability."
Actually, Ethan wasn't just going to store the Prinz Eugen. He also needed to shut down various systems, especially taking out the Prinz Eugen's intelligent system chip.
This chip was the core program of the Prinz Eugen's intelligent system. As long as this chip was removed, the Prinz Eugen would be just an advanced warship without an intelligent system, even if all the computer clusters were still there and hadn't been moved.
As for what to do with it after taking it out, Ethan hadn't made a final decision.
According to his previous thinking, such intelligent programs just needed to complete the tasks he assigned and shouldn't have any self-awareness, just honestly be a tool. So it wouldn't hurt to discard it when it was no longer useful.
But Ethan was a bit nostalgic. He had been using this intelligent program for so long that he was used to it, and he felt a little reluctant to let it become a display piece along with the Prinz Eugen.
So he took out the core program. Perhaps he would install this intelligent program on his new ship. At that time, maybe he would have to give this program a new name.
"It is said that once you name an item... even inanimate objects like sofas or televisions, people will unconsciously invest feelings in them. If I really give it a new name, maybe I'll have to seriously consider giving this program a better configuration."
Getting off the Prinz Eugen, whose systems were now completely shut down, Ethan stood on the surface of the sea and released a spell, storing the Prinz Eugen in a transparent rectangular container about thirty centimeters long.
The container had about one-third of its depth filled with seawater, supporting the Prinz Eugen on the water's surface.
Looking at the still very new Prinz Eugen inside, Ethan then glanced at the seemingly endless sea in the distance. Finally, he put both the Prinz Eugen and the intelligent system chip into his storage space, turned around, and flew towards the sky.
Ethan boarded the Milano piloted by Star-Lord Peter Quill. The Milano would be the flagship for this operation, while Yondu would pilot his own fighter jet, following the Milano.
"What should we do next?"
"Go straight up, fly towards the sky!"
Star-Lord had already learned what this world was like before and knew there was a lid in the sky.
However, since Ethan told him to fly this way, there must be a way to solve this problem, so there was no need to ask any further questions.
Not only did Star-Lord not ask any more questions, but when he used the communication device to tell the other fighter jet, Yondu didn't ask anything either and directly followed the Milano as it flew towards the sky.
(To be continued.)