"According to our intelligence, since Ronan was defeated here last time, he went to find the Mad Titan Thanos, and a small team under his command went to a planet called Morag."
"We don't know their purpose yet, but our people are keeping an eye on things. As soon as Ronan leaves Thanos's territory, we'll send you there to carry out your mission."
Thanos, Qin Xiao was pondering the name in his mind.
Tony couldn't help but speak up.
" Mad Titan, that doesn't sound like a good guy's nickname. Who is he? One of Ronan's cronies? If needed, we can actually team up, as long as you add some stuff, like a few more planets or something."
Tony's words caused the expressions of everyone from the Nova Empire present to change.
Even Qin Xiao mentally gave Tony a thumbs up; skipping levels and going straight for the BOSS was quite something.
Sensing something was off, Tony quickly added, "Did I say something wrong? That Mad Titan is difficult to deal with?"
" The Mad Titan Thanos is the most powerful being in the universe in recent years. After the fall of the ancient Celestials, two beings in the universe were generally recognized as being closest to the Celestials: one was Odin, the All-Father of Asgard, and the other was the Mad Titan."
Nova Prime sighed softly and began to explain to Tony Qin Xiao and the others.
Unlike Odin, no one has ever known Thanos's purpose. He controls tens of thousands of planets, and his army combined is larger than the three great empires.
"He never comes out easily, but whenever he does, half the life on every planet he passes through is randomly Carnage —completely random, Carnage without any purpose."
"He is an extremely terrifying person; he alone is capable of destroying a powerful fleet. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, no one in the universe would willingly provoke that terrifying individual."
Nova Prime spoke of Ronan with a sense of annoyance, but when he mentioned Thanos, it was with deep dread and fear.
The sheer fear emanating from his heart made Tony too embarrassed to continue his persuasion, so he asked directly.
"Since that Mad Titan is not to be trifled with, then Ronan went to find him, and we'll deal with Ronan afterwards. Aren't you afraid of Thanos's revenge?"
Nova Prime shook his head slightly, as if trying to shake that terrifying name out of his mind, before continuing.
"He won't. He would never seek revenge for the failure of his men. His Carnage are always aimless. He simply lets his men fail and never takes action because of it. You can rest assured about that."
Tony shrugged noncommittally and looked at Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao gave Tony a subtle wink, the meaning being: don't take risks, we still have Earth behind us.
To be honest, one cannot rely entirely on what is seen in movies when coming to this world. Without absolute certainty, Qin Xiao did not plan to confront Thanos head-on right now.
At the very least, he has no intention of confronting Thanos head-on until he fully masters the power of the two Infinity Stones.
"Then let's wait a few more days!"
Tony stretched lazily. To be honest, he had just arrived on Xandar and hadn't fully experienced its exotic charm yet. Staying a few more days would be acceptable for Tony.
Qin Xiao takes Natasha out for sightseeing every day, while Tony takes Little Groot around looking for the fine wines of Xandar. It's only been a few days, and Little Groot has already gotten drunk several times.
Nova Prime gave each of them several hundred thousand units of universal currency and specially arranged for members of the Nova Corps to take care of them, so the group had a good time these past few days.
If it weren't for the Captain leading everyone in phased training recently, Tony would have liked to bring everyone here for a party.
"Qin, Little Groot goes out drinking with Tony every day. He's so small, is he really okay?"
Women are basically powerless against this adorable little tree-man.
Everyone at the base, led by Natasha, treated Little Groot like a child, even though they knew that the tiny Groot was incredibly powerful.
But seeing that little guy drinking with Tony every day, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Qin, let's go find Little Groot. I see a lot of people on Xandar carrying weapons. Little Groot is drinking with Tony every day; let's hope he doesn't cause any more trouble."
Natasha said with some concern.
"Hahaha!"
Qin Xiao laughed loudly, "Don't worry, with Little Groot's abilities, even if he gets into trouble, it'll be others who suffer. Besides, the Nova Corps is watching from the shadows, so it'll be fine."
"But..."
Natasha was still a little worried, but before she could finish her sentence, Tony's voice came from afar.
"Let me go, you damn thing...? Damn it, what are you? A rabbit or a squirrel?!"
The two were very familiar with Tony's voice and were about to follow the sound in that direction.
Then I heard a rather shrill sound.
"You're the one who's a jerk! Listen to me! My name is Rocket. Give me that Little Groot you're holding. He's family to my pet. You space trafficker, you little tree-man you stole from who-knows-where!"
"Damn it! Groot, you'd better wait until later to catch up, now it's time to fight!"
This was the busiest street on Xandar. When Qin Xiao and Natasha pushed through the crowd and ran over, they saw a little raccoon-like creature holding Tony 'Tony trouser leg with one hand and gesturing with an energy gun in the other.
Beside them, a nearly three-meter-tall tree-man was cradling Little Groot in its hands, the two trees staring at each other with wide eyes.
It's Groot and Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy.
"I am Groot!"
"I am Groot!"
The above is a conversation between two Groot from different universes.
Well, I have absolutely no idea what they're talking about.
Qin Xiao told Natasha to keep an eye on Groot, while he went straight up, picked up Rocket with one hand, and pulled Tony away with the other.
What happened?
Qin Xiao, holding the Rocket as far away as possible, asked Tony.
"Qin, you've come at the right time! This guy who looks like a plush toy, he and that tree-man insisted on taking Groot away the moment they saw Groot. That damn guy has a fouler mouth than I do! I swear, I'm going to shave all the hair off his head with my razor!"
Tony was still rambling on when Rocket saw that an ally had arrived. After calling out to Groot twice without getting a response, Rocket loaded his gun mid-air.
"Bang bang!"
He fired without hesitation, directly aiming two shots at Qin Xiao's face.