Young People Are Bound to Go Astray Sometimes

Knowhere!

It is a notorious lawless place in the universe, a place that appears disorderly and chaotic. Whether it is a wanted criminal or Ravagers, they can openly show up here without any laws to restrain them.

But this is only on the surface. Lawless areas are not truly without order, otherwise they would have been in chaos long ago.

The Collector Tivan established the rule that money is everything here; with money, you can do anything in the Knowhere, even play with explosions in the city center, and as long as you pay the fine afterwards, no one will hold you accountable.

Russell, accompanied by a group of lackeys, left the slave-trading district, somewhat disappointed. He had thought that money could buy anything, but the harsh reality told him that he was not a rich man.

"I'm the leader of Hydra, yet I can't even afford a few scientists..." Russell sighed, taking out his locator to look at it. The red dot representing Malekith lingered in a certain place for a long moment, presumably bargaining with the collector.

Once the little red dot moves, Russell should set off to harvest the second batch of chives!

He figured that after the second round of harvesting, the Dark Elves would be of little value, so he would tie them up and send them to Asgard to earn a reward.

Unfortunately, the Dark Elves appeared at the wrong time; without the Reality Stone, they could barely manage to harvest three crops.

"Boss, we've arrived."

Upon hearing this, Russell raised his head and stepped into the clean and tidy neighborhood. This was the safest area in the Knowhere, where many highly educated intellectuals would sell their bodies.

If the price is right and the benefits are reasonable, they will sign a contract and work for the buyer. It can be seen as a labor market, but what is being bought and sold here is not labor, but knowledge.

The street, resembling a trading hall, was bustling with pedestrians, including many randomly tall aliens, which broadened Yelena's horizons as a newcomer, leaving her in awe of everything she saw.

Actually, Russell wasn't really short of money. He had just bought a batch of Celestials brain tissue and spinal fluid on the black market. Yelena and the other country bumpkins who had never seen the world were also incredibly curious and bought a lot of miscellaneous things, which caused the budget to exceed the limit.

Russell paid a fee, used the equipment in the lobby, and entered the professional skills required for the talent. Hundreds of drop-down menus flashed on the screen. After another round of selection, he specified the Kree, and the drop-down menus instantly emptied, leaving only four suitable targets.

The scientists who put up for sale here don't have clean backgrounds; many are fugitives, like these four Kree scientists who conducted research that was explicitly prohibited by the Kree Empire and came to the Knowhere to escape capture.

One of the couples was a married couple, and their crime was quite interesting.

The Kree Empire is extremely sensitive about the issue of genetic purity, and the couple's research project, which aimed to overcome the evolutionary barriers of the Kree race, violated this law.

Scientists are all fanatics. Once they are determined to conquer an unknown field, they will not even care about their own life or death, let alone laws that they consider unreasonable.

Russell topped up his account and booked a VIP chat room, intending to meet with the couple in person. If they were the talent he wanted... signing a contract was out of the question. He believed in his leadership charisma; once his Overlord Aura was released, the other party would surely bow down in submission.

He was extremely confident in himself; all his followers had come from this group, so there was no reason why the Kree would be an exception.

Bang!

As soon as he turned around, Russell bumped into a blue-skinned boy who had intended to break his leg and extort money for medical expenses. However, he was surrounded by seven or eight white-masked men and immediately backed down.

"Wait a moment!"

Russell slapped the little boy on the shoulder and pried a bomb out of his hand— the Dark Elves's Black Hole Bomb, which the little boy had just taken.

"Little guy, this thing is dangerous. It can BOOM and kill you without a trace. Be careful next time, understand?"

As they were talking, forty or fifty burly aliens rushed over from both sides and surrounded Russell and his group.

After all, it is Knowhere, and the best security is only compared to other areas. Pedestrians around are used to it and will give way a safe distance or walk around to pass by.

A two-meter-tall alien with hardened, the Thing- like skin pointed at Russell and said indignantly, "How shameless! They even dare to steal from a child! And what about..."

Russell interrupted the Thing's speech by raising his hand, pointed to the alleyway next to him, pushed aside the alien blocking his way, and led a group of his underlings inside.

The Thing hesitated for three seconds. His intuition told him that he might have kicked a hornet's nest, but the desire for wealth and the extravagant spending of Russell made his greed overcome his caution, and he led his henchmen inside.

Twenty seconds later, Russell and his group strolled out. They had made an appointment with two Kree scientists and couldn't keep them waiting, because... there were extra charges for exceeding the VIP room time limit.

"Boss, that little boy is missing!"

"It's inevitable for young people to make mistakes, but as long as they can pull themselves back from the brink, there's still hope." Russell waved his hand slightly, "He's just a kid."

"You mean... let it go?"

"How could that be? If you see him again, give him a good beating. He's so young and already not learning good things; what will he be like in the future!"

Two blocks away, the blue-skinned boy turned into a deep alley and pulled out three companions, all about his age, from a pile of garbage.

"How about it?"

"We're free now. Those fools were tricked by me into messing with a ruthless person they shouldn't have, and they're all dead."

"Well done, Yondu!"

"Yondu, you're the smartest. What should we do next?"

"Those fools are dead, and new fools will soon fill their place. We are too weak and need to find a way to leave this planet as soon as possible."

"Yes, we'll do whatever you say."

On the other side!

Inside a huge house filled with display cases, a red-skinned maid bowed deeply. "Please allow me to introduce you to my master, the 'Collector' Tanlia Tivan!"

"No, no, no, there's no need for introductions this time. It's my honor to meet the two princes of Asgard."

The Collector Tivan, appeared to be a middle-aged man with a full head of silver hair. He smiled and gave Thor and Loki an Asgard greeting, "Please do me a favor and convey my thoughts to Odin."

"You're too kind. We should be the ones bowing to you," Loki said modestly, pulling Thor to bow in return.

"Then, princes of the Divine Realm, could you please explain your purpose? Don't misunderstand, it's just that your arrival was too sudden. If you're not in a hurry, I will make arrangements immediately so you can enjoy a wonderful vacation."

Loki smiled faintly, "That's great, we're just here to have fun..."

"We came in search of the Dark Elves. You've seen them, haven't you?" Thor asked directly.

Loki: "..."