Rich and Gullible

Once Groot had shrunk, Chen Mu naturally stopped controlling him and released him. Groot immediately charged at Chen Mu again.

"I am Groot!"

Even his voice had turned childish and squeaky. At that moment, Groot also realized something was wrong.

From his perspective, he had clearly been a head taller than Chen Mu before, yet Chen Mu had somehow suddenly become a "giant." He could only see Chen Mu's shoes, and even Chen Mu's knees were higher than him. To see Chen Mu, he had to crane his neck upward.

Though Groot was somewhat dim-witted, he still had a little intelligence. He looked around and realized it was not that Chen Mu had grown larger—everyone else had grown larger. From his perspective, everyone was enormous, like towering giants holding up the sky.

Or rather, it was not that everyone had grown bigger. He had grown smaller...

"I am Groot?"

Groot muttered in a childish voice, blinking his huge innocent eyes, his face full of fear and confusion.

How had this happened?

"Groot!"

Rocket finally came to his senses and hurried over, scooping Groot into his arms. Rocket had finally understood the gap in their strength. At that moment, he no longer harbored any illusions.

Was someone with such power really someone a bunch of petty crooks like them could covet?

Rocket was terrified. He held little Groot protectively in his arms and stared tremblingly at Chen Mu, afraid that Chen Mu would wipe them all out.

Good heavens, I, Rocket, had roamed the universe for so many years. How had I been this careless? Could stupidity be contagious?

Rocket gloomily shot a glare at the equally stunned Star-Lord.

That idiot must have infected him. He was a complete moron!

Fortunately, it was only a minor interlude. Chen Mu did not