# Chapter 377: Gathering of Heroes
Two exceptionally large, silver-gray Spaceships were slowly circling above Fallen Star without any apparent purpose.
If one looked closely at these two Spaceships, they would notice well-hidden small hatches. These two Spaceships were clearly equipped with powerful energy weapons.
Sitting on the Spaceship, Adam felt keenly through the porthole that the entire architectural structure of Fallen Star seemed to be arranged in a specific order. These structures formed spatial configurations that were constantly absorbing the surrounding energy, converting it into a specific energy mode, and accumulating it.
The entire Fallen Star, countless buildings, countless plants and trees, perfectly formed a single entity, and even the aura of life could be felt emanating from it.
Adam was naturally familiar with this operation. This thing called a formation was precisely a technique commonly used by his Father.
"Mr. Adam, there are three relatively famous entertainment venues on Fallen Star. One is Myriad Flower Forest, another is Galaxy World City, and of course, if you have anything you wish to purchase, I can take you to Galaxy Black Street. That place has the most comprehensive Black Market in the entire Eastern Galaxy!"
Two small maglev shuttles traversed the highest altitude routes above Fallen Star. The four Iron Soldiers escorting them attracted the gaze of many Guests who had come here for leisure, causing them to look towards the Spaceships.
The highest Sky was the special route of the East Galaxy Company, never open to outsiders. Moreover, the two luxurious maglev shuttles, just the Star-gleam Stone Coating on them, was enough to buy the ordinary Spaceships they were piloting.
This was already beyond what could be described as simply being rich and powerful.
Some Space Pirates who came to Fallen Star to fence stolen goods watched with red eyes. If this wasn't Fallen Star, the Territory of the East Galaxy Company, they would have definitely pulled a job.
"Damn, Gold Tycoons!" However, the Iron Soldiers patrolling nearby quickly cooled their heated hearts. After cursing inwardly, they could only helplessly continue with their own business.
On the maglev shuttle, Adam sat by the window, looking at the colorful scenery outside, different from Earth. While listening to the explanation from the young female guide, he took a glass of red wine from her hand.
"Hmm? Earth red wine?"
Adam took the wine glass and tasted it. The slightly bitter taste mixed with the aroma of oak was almost identical to the wine he had secretly drunk at Big Brother Ryan's place back then.
"This wine was transported by Mr. Mand from a French Manor on Earth. It's Bordeaux red wine specially cellared for VIPs like you!"
The two red-skinned girls looked almost identical and both had generous personalities. One accompanied Adam, while the other accompanied Black Bolt.
"Bordeaux red wine!" Adam finished the red wine in the wine glass in one gulp and handed the wine glass to Lu Jia beside him. "Pour me another glass!"
Lu Jia picked up the decanter and refilled Adam's wine glass with red wine.
"Don't just let me drink, you two try some too. This wine tastes good. It should be from Big Brother Ryan's winery. My Father has very high standards for red wine, so Big Brother Ryan bought many Wine Manors in France and Italy to make his own wine..."
Adam drank half a glass of red wine in one gulp, happily shaking his head and inviting Black Bolt and the two red-skinned girls to taste the fine wine together.
"On Earth, Big Brother Ryan never let me drink. When I was with Father, I didn't dare touch this stuff—"
Black Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, had just picked up a glass of red wine and raised it towards Adam from afar. While drinking with Adam, he analyzed his Father's personality from Adam's words.
He needed to understand what kind of person he would be loyal to in the future.
As the Leader of the Inhumans, Black Bolt bore the life and death of his entire Tribesmen. This was also the reason he chose to surrender after fighting Kane a few times and realizing he was no match. With the life and death of his entire Tribe on his back, he could not afford to gamble.
Lu Na, the red-skinned girl accompanying Black Bolt, noticed that the VIP beside her was a person of few words. Having undergone specialized etiquette training, she didn't chatter excessively but quietly poured him wine.
At Adam's invitation, Lu Jia and Lu Na also poured themselves small glasses of red wine and sipped them slowly.
"I know about the Black Market, but what kind of places are Myriad Flower Forest and Galaxy World City that you mentioned?"
After a few glasses of red wine, Adam asked Lu Jia beside him.
Lu Jia was slowly sipping the wine in her wine glass, which had a bitter taste mixed with faint aromas. Hearing Adam's question, she quickly put down her wine glass, a sweet smile on her face.
"Myriad Flower Forest and Galaxy World City are the two largest entertainment venues on Fallen Star. They have various entertainment facilities, Hotels, clubs, virtual immersion games, as well as various gambling fights, airship races, exoskeleton gladiator matches, alien beast gladiator matches. Myriad Flower Forest is also the largest Flower Den on Fallen Star, where there are all kinds of escorts, from ordinary humanoids to mechanical girls, half-human beasts, catering to the aesthetics of various interstellar races..."
Perhaps influenced by the alcohol, the young girl's eyes showed a suggestive pink glow. "If Mr. Adam is interested, we can go to Myriad Flower Forest first."
"Forget Myriad Flower Forest, let's go see Galaxy World City!" Adam pursed his lips. "After all, according to Big Brother Ryan, I'm still not even eight years old. I'm still a Child and can't go to places like that. Otherwise, if Big Brother Kane finds out, he'll probably break my legs. Actually, I could go see... Hmm, with my healing factor, even if my legs are broken, they'll recover in a few seconds!"
"Forget it, let's go to Galaxy World City! Otherwise, if Big Brother Kane finds out I went to a place like that, he'll probably break Old Rhino's legs..."
"This is fucking eight years old?!" Black Bolt heard Adam's mumbling. Although he couldn't speak, the expression in his eyes as he looked at Adam's large body was full of suspicion and shock.
Lu Jia and Lu Na, on the other hand, had no reaction to Adam's words. In the Milky Way Galaxy, there are millions of recorded lifeform groups, many of which are species that are adult upon birth.
Growing this large at eight years old was an incredibly ordinary thing in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Lu Jia stepped forward and operated a few things in the driver's seat, and the Spaceship descended its route height, flying straight towards a building.
Buzz buzz!
Soon, the Spaceship docked at a Helipad. The Spaceship hatch opened, and Adam inadvertently looked out, immediately captivated by the architecture outside. "What beautiful architecture!"
Opposite the Helipad was a towering giant tree, hundreds of meters thick, with branches spreading thousands of meters. Numerous large Rooms, suspended walkways, and huge floor-to-ceiling windows were carved into the entirely jade-like tree trunk.
Countless high-energy spotlights hung from the treetop, haphazardly shooting light beams into the Sky. All sorts of strange and bizarre patterns flashed across the sky curtain: fully armed mechanical giant beasts, floating flower petals, magnificent Palaces and pavilions.
The entire tree city was enveloped in various colored lights. The extensive use of glass components reflected these radiance, creating a bizarre and fantastical scene, like a fantasy kingdom, perched on Fallen Star.
Black Bolt was also drawn by the magnificent scene before him, watching dumbfounded.
"This is a Tree King on Fallen Star. When the Company's exploration team discovered it, it had already been destroyed in the flames of war. Eighty percent of its trunk had been burned into crystal. Later, the Company performed jade-like treatment on it and used it as the main structure of World City!"
While explaining to the two, Lu Jia instructed the robots at the Helipad to bring two hovercars.
A thick jade-like tree branch extended from the main body of the giant tree to the Helipad. Lu Jia accompanied Adam, and Lu Na accompanied Black Bolt, boarding the two hovercars respectively. The orb-like glass hovercars began to move along the jade-like tree branch road towards World City.
Adam looked out through the glass window. There were hundreds of Helipads near World City, and they were located at the best one. Unlike the crowded and congested Helipads below.
Their Helipad had only ever had their two Spaceships arrive. Adam couldn't help but ask Lu Jia beside him for the reason.
"This Helipad is specially reserved for our Company's High-level Staff and Important Figures from Headquarters like you, Mr. Adam. It's not usually open to the public!"
Lu Jia explained the reason to Adam. Adam nodded understandingly. As the two maglev vehicles passed through the hundreds of meters long jade-like tree road, Galaxy World City got closer and closer. Along the way, Adam finally saw many extraterrestrial life forms who, like them, were arriving at the Hotel by maglev vehicle.
The glass of these maglev orb vehicles had a self-adjusting function. Passengers could choose to set the glass around the orb to transparent or privacy mode.
Most maglev orb vehicles were set to privacy mode. Perhaps to enjoy the surrounding scenery, some tourists chose to make their vehicles transparent.
Adam curiously looked through the orb vehicle window at the strange-looking extraterrestrial life forms. Most of them were various humanoid races, alien races with different skin colors. Some had insect heads and strong limbs, resembling large, upright walking cockroaches from Earth. Others had slender limbs topped with a pumpkin-shaped head, looking extremely intelligent at first glance.
Adam's gaze lingered on an alien with gills on its fish head, closely resembling Earth's fishmen. This alien fishman had something like a space suit hood covering its head, and its entire head was submerged in liquid, which Adam found very unusual.
"They are the Sea Race," Lu Jia noticed Adam's curiosity and introduced him. "Ninety-eight percent of their Planet Surface is seawater, so they evolved the ability to breathe with gills. The Sea Race's civilization is classified as a Tier 2 civilization, but they generally cannot travel without protective suits!"
"That one is a Kunta Tribe member, a rare silicon-based lifeform in the Eastern Galaxy."
"That one is a Muha Tribe member. They reproduce through parasitic reproduction. Any carbon-based life is their parasitic target, but they don't dare cause trouble on Fallen Star!"
Lu Jia introduced the extraterrestrial life forms Adam saw within his scope of knowledge one by one.
Adam looked at the thin female alien whose head resembled an Earth mantis. Hearing the word "parasitic," he immediately felt uncomfortable all over and quickly shifted his gaze.
"What race is that? A Treant?!" Lu Jia followed Adam's gaze and saw a Treant arguing with a bare-chested, bald man covered in red scars, squeezed together in a maglev vehicle.
"I'm sorry, mr., the origin of that Treant is not within my scope of knowledge. However, the man accompanying it seems to be Drax the Destroyer, one of the most famous wanted criminals in the Milky Way Galaxy!"
"Wanted criminal! How do you usually handle wanted criminals like this when you encounter them?" Adam asked curiously.
Lu Jia replied, "You should know the business of Fallen Star. As long as they don't cause trouble on Fallen Star, we generally don't care about the true identity of people who come here to spend. After all, most of the clients we have business dealings with..."
"It seems your security is quite good. You've given them enough sense of security that they don't even need to conceal their appearance..."
"Hey, I said, this button controls the vehicle body changing color!"
"I am Groot!"
"Quickly close the window! We can't be discovered by those bounty hunters! Don't forget we both have bounties on our heads!"
"I am Groot!"
"That's just a tree fort, it has nothing to do with you. You're not the same race!"
"I am Groot!"
"I told you, I don't understand what you're saying!"
"I am Groot!"
Adam and Black Bolt's maglev vehicle quickly arrived at Galaxy World City. As soon as Adam stepped out of the maglev vehicle, an alien wearing a silver uniform, with an octopus-like head and even octopus tentacles for arms, came over to greet them. Seeing Adam and Black Bolt, his face was full of smiles. "Two VIPs, I am Paul, the Person in Charge of Galaxy World City. Welcome to World City! President Mand instructed me before your arrival that you two have unlimited credit in Galaxy World City! All your spending will be paid for by our East Galaxy Company!"
Saying this, Paul respectfully handed four transparent crystal cards to Adam and the others.
Looking at the crystal cards flashing red light in their hands, Lu Jia and Lu Na, the two sisters, opened their mouths wide in surprise. They didn't expect to get one too.
Of course, unlike the unlimited credit crystal cards in Adam's and Black Bolt's hands, the crystal cards they held had a limit of five million Galactic Credits. But for ordinary employees like them, this amount was an astronomical figure.
"Is this your first time in Galaxy World City, two VIPs? Do you need me to arrange a guide!?"
"We'll look around casually first. I'll notify you if we need anything!" After taking the crystal cards, Adam casually stuffed them into his pocket.
Paul quickly glanced at Adam's and Black Bolt's expressions. "Oh, I understand. The two VIPs don't wish to rigidly accept arrangements from outsiders? I completely understand your feelings. These two young ladies are also very familiar with Galaxy World City and can accompany you to have a good look around this World City. It has the best entertainment options in the entire Eastern Galaxy. You can spend freely! I won't disturb you any further!"
Saying this, Paul respectfully left their side. "Where should we go now?" Adam looked at Black Bolt, but Black Bolt just shrugged, responding with an expression that said he didn't know.
"Mr. Adam, Mr. Black Bolt, let us take you around first. There are many entertainment projects here. You two can see what you're interested in?"
"Then let's go!"
Lu Jia and Lu Na, the two red-skinned girls, led the way, taking Adam and Black Bolt into the Lobby of Galaxy World City.
The Lobby, constructed entirely with inlaid natural crystal, immediately made Adam feel a familiar formation fluctuation as he walked in. Clearly, the entire Galaxy World City was also a massive formation.
Just as Adam and Black Bolt and the others boarded the sightseeing elevator, at the main entrance of Galaxy World City, Drax the Destroyer and Treant Groot were stopped by two Iron Soldiers.
"Minimum spending, what's that thing?"
"I am Groot!?"
When Drax was first stopped by the two Iron Soldiers, he thought he had encountered bounty hunters and almost pulled out the dagger at his waist. Unexpectedly, a person in a silver uniform came over and told him that to enter Galaxy World City, he needed to purchase a crystal card.
"Is this your first time on Fallen Star, gentlemen? Galaxy World City operates on an all-access card system internally. But don't worry, one crystal card can be used in various places on Fallen Star. As long as you top up Galactic Credits into it, rest assured that this money can be withdrawn when you leave Fallen Star!"
The staff member of Galaxy World City politely explained to the two.
"Then give me one, oh no, give me two crystal cards!" Drax looked at Groot beside him and corrected himself.
"What denomination of crystal card would you like?"
Drax calculated the money in his pockets, an unfriendly glint flashing in his eyes, and asked, "What's the minimum?"
"Two thousand Galactic Credits are required, gentlemen. The Self-service Counter is over there, you can process it there!"
Even though the two only processed the minimum denomination crystal cards, the Waiter still wore a smile and guided them to the crystal card processing area.
In front of a highly futuristic machine, Drax checked his Galactic Credits balance. Looking at the meager five-figure sum, he felt a bit disheartened.
This amount wasn't even enough to buy a few decent energy weapons.
"I am Groot!"
Treant Groot hopped around beside him, trying to squeeze past Drax.
"I'll be done in a moment, just wait," Drax slid the virtual touch screen in front of him. Looking at the four thousand Galactic Credits deducted from his account, his heart felt inexplicably empty.
After the deduction, two transparent crystal cards the size of identity cards were dispensed from the machine. Drax picked them up and handed one to Groot.
"Little guy, this is yours!"
"I am Groot!" Treant Groot took the crystal card, then squeezed in front of the machine. As he extended his branch-like hand and slid the virtual screen in front of him.
An account appeared on the light screen. "Seven digits!"
After seeing the account balance of Treant Groot, Drax couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
"Little guy, you're actually richer than me!"
"I am Groot!" Treant Groot stood with his hands on his hips, looking smug.
"That's perfect then. This money will be used to buy information about Rocket Raccoon!" Drax looked at Treant Groot with ill intentions.
"I am Groot!"
Treant Groot didn't hesitate at all, directly clearing the Galactic Credits in his account and depositing it all into the crystal card.
"I didn't realize your bond with Rocket Raccoon was so deep. Where do we go now? Find a place to inquire about Yondu's information!"
"I am Groot!" Treant Groot blinked his eyes, seeming to express agreement.
As they talked, the two walked towards the elevator in Galaxy World City. They had already inquired clearly before coming. The thirty-sixth basement level of Galaxy World City was the largest Intelligence Trade Center in the Eastern Galaxy.
They should be able to find information about Yondu and Rocket Raccoon there.
"Mr. Ego, your one hundred million credit crystal card has been processed. We hope you enjoy your time in World City!"
One hundred million credit? Hearing the Waiter's words, Drax and Groot's gaze couldn't help but follow the crystal card the Waiter handed out and rested on the kind-faced human Elder beside them, who was standing in front of the elevator leading to the Lower Level Space.
The Elder took the crystal card from the Waiter's hand, smiled and nodded at the Waiter, then nodded at Drax and Groot, and walked into the open elevator.
Drax and Groot quickly followed them in.
(end of chapter)