Return to Earth

When the Energy Shield opened, Xia Yu saw the Nova Corps soldiers looking like they were going to their deaths. The Nova Corps' entire headquarters had been moved to a large warship.

Dozens of large transport ships are already on standby outside the atmosphere. Some Nova Corps family members and high-ranking officials have already secretly moved to space. The survey team has been waiting here. When the energy inside reaches a peak, the entire Xandar will be completely evacuated.

Just a moment before Xia Yu emerged, the energy shield started to alarm. Fortunately, the Energy Shield dissipated the next second, and Xia Yu finally came out. Nova Prime in space, along with Star-Lord and the others beside him, all breathed a long sigh of relief.

The group exchanged glances, each noticing a hint of relief in the other's eyes.

"Return to headquarters and notify the ground to welcome our... Hero." Nova Prime hesitated for a moment. Her experiences over the past few days had left her with little goodwill towards Xia Yu. However, after all, he had participated in the elimination of Ronan. In fact, now that Xia Yu had come out safely, most people felt that it was precisely because of Xia Yu's involvement that they were able to successfully obtain the Power Stone and eliminate Ronan.

Yondu has already led his men away from Xandar. He has given up on the Power Stone. Whether Xia Yu comes out safely or Xandar is destroyed, the Power Stone is ultimately beyond his reach.

Even if Xia Yu self-destructed, Xandar and the Power Stone would remain unharmed. However, the intervention of the Nova Corps was not something a space Ravagers like Yondu could easily seize. He was well aware of his own limitations. If Star-Lord hadn't insisted, he wouldn't have attacked Ronan at all. On the third day after Xia Yu absorbed the power, he had already taken Ronan away without saying goodbye to Star-Lord.

Xia Yu declined Star-Lord and Rocket's invitation to join them. He did try to open a portal back, but the distance was too far, so it didn't work. In the system's words, the furthest he could travel was within the Sun System.

Xia Yu originally planned to ask Nova Prime for a small spaceship to return home, but Nova Prime said he intended to build a brand new one for Xia Yu and asked Xia Yu to wait a few more days. Xia Yu understood Nova Prime's intentions. For a powerful being who could control the Power Stone, Nova Prime would naturally want to form an alliance. The Avengers also needed an ally in the universe, at least to have more channels of communication, and to have a safe place to stay when the Avengers.

Regarding the Power Stone, neither side tacitly brought it up. For an old empire like Xandar, the Infinity Stones were a responsibility, not a weapon. Over the years, countless warmongers or those who sought the Infinity Stones for power had met with bad ends.

If it weren't for Xia Yu, Nova Prime would naturally have taken the initiative to safeguard the gem, but now that someone else is holding it, they won't create trouble for themselves.

Aside from those at Odin's level, or Elders of the Universe like the Collectors, the Infinity Stones are not something ordinary people can covet; even using them merely for collection would bring enormous trouble.

What's interesting is that after Xia Yu entered the Nova Corps headquarters, their system automatically locked Xia Yu as a wanted criminal of the Nova Corps, on charges of stealing hundreds of weapons from tourists on Xandar a few days ago, and also stealing a Nova Corps fighter jet.

Fortunately, Nova Prime was old and wise, and his excuse that there was a system problem eased the awkwardness. Otherwise, even a seasoned rogue like Xia Yu would have blushed and felt too embarrassed to face anyone.

Instead, Star-Lord and Rocket both cast admiring glances at Xia Yu, as if they were kindred spirits.

Xia Yu cursed inwardly, "I'm doing this for the development and growth of Earth, how can I be the same as you two?"

At the Nova Corps headquarters helipad, Xia Yu and Star-Lord spent five days on Xandar. During those five days, Xia Yu spent his days sightseeing and fooling around with Star-Lord and the others, and his relationship with Star-Lord and the others improved considerably.

Now it's finally time to part ways. Xia Yu's spaceship is complete. Rocket and Star-Lord personally participated in the design. Xia Yu's new spaceship looks similar to the Milano, but it's all black. From below, the Milano looks like a woman spreading her wings.

From below, Xia Yu's spaceship looks like Xia Yu wearing armor with his wings spread. Xia Yu was very satisfied with this design and named the new spaceship Xia Star, inspired by the Heart of Xia that Tony gave him.

"Xia, are you really not going to reconsider? With your current abilities, you could dominate the universe. Why stay on a tiny Earth?" Rocket tried to persuade him again. Of the group, he liked Xia Yu the most because Xia Yu looked at him the same way he looked at everyone else, a difference that the perceptive Rocket could easily discern.

"There are still many things on Earth that I need to deal with. We'll meet again in the universe in the future. Aren't we already in frequent contact?" Xia Yu patted Rocket's head and then looked at Star-Lord to the side.

"Don't forget to let me know if there's any news about Earth. You're an Earthling too, Quill."

"Alright everyone, let's say goodbye for now. If you encounter any trouble, you're welcome to come to Earth and find me. On behalf of the Avengers, I welcome you. Trust us, we won't let you down."

After saying goodbye, Xia Yu boarded the Xia Star. He had basically learned how to fly a spaceship, but it was of little use, because this kind of thing could be completely left to Tmall. As for those people on Earth, Tony would probably know how to fly it after watching it once, and could even improve upon it.

Xandar that requires passing through five wormholes to reach Earth. After a long interstellar journey of two days, Xia Yu finally returned to Earth.

As soon as they entered the atmosphere, Xia Yu's phone began to vibrate wildly.

The first call wasn't from Tony or Natasha, but from JARVIS.

"Welcome back to Earth, sir. Mr. Stark has instructed me to monitor your cell phone signal around the clock. The surface construction at the base is complete; you can head over there now. Most people are currently in the underground base. Would you like me to contact Ms. Natasha for you?" JARVIS inquired.

"No need. Just tell them I'm back and to wait for me at the base. I have plenty of good stuff here."

In the world of Hero, Earth's construction technology is undoubtedly the best in the entire universe. Every city is at risk of being destroyed, and disasters caused by the destruction of a single building are commonplace, especially in large cities like New York. Not counting alien invasions, there have been countless small-scale battles.

In just over twenty days, the exterior of the entire base was completed, and the interior decoration was also proceeding rapidly. If it weren't for the fact that Tony had so many advanced technologies to implant, Xia Yu suspected that the base would already be usable.

Tmall maneuvered the Xia Star to land steadily outside the base. Xia Yu could already see from the sky that Tony, Natasha, and Hawkeye Thor were all waiting for him on the ground.

Although the trip was short, seeing them again felt like a lifetime ago because it involved traveling to another planet and experiencing so much.

Thinking about all the gear he was carrying, Xia Yu couldn't wait to start upgrading his Avengers equipment.