Once the chip had been installed, Su Ming's first move was to make an exchange:
[+$320 billion! Exchange successful! Account balance: $1.175 trillion]
With that, Project Insight had been completely crushed.
Hovering in the air, Su Ming happily looked at the number in his account balance, imagining what surprises another upgrade to Sorcerer Supreme would bring him.
Suddenly, several screams reached Su Ming's ears.
Focusing his gaze, he saw the scene rapidly zoom in before his eyes.
Steve, Bucky, a little furball carrying a gun bigger than its body, and a shriveled figure were all plummeting toward the ground.
The tree-shaped figure kept stretching its arms, swiftly wrapping up the little furball while reaching its other arm toward the spaceship high above.
But no matter how hard it tried, it could not keep up with their descent...
Was that... Groot?
And that rebellious Rocket Raccoon?
How had they ended up on Earth?
Of course. Star-Lord was currently locked up in his base. These two little guys must have tracked Quill here.
They were obviously after the Orb.
A thought suddenly struck him. If Rocket and Groot had come to Earth, could there be others looking for Quill as well?
With that thought, Su Ming dialed Alisha's number.
As for the ones in free fall...
No rush. Let them fly a little longer...
The instant the ground vanished beneath Steve's feet, he felt relieved.
The vines that had always lashed at him from fixed angles finally had no time to bother with him. He twisted around and looked toward Bucky, who was also falling rapidly nearby.
Adjusting his body, he moved beside him and reached out.
"Bucky! Hold on..."
Bucky's iron fist was his only reply.
"You are my friend."
Captain America no longer wanted to fight his closest