"Four billion. You and Gamora agreed that we'd bring you this, and you'd pay us. Remember?"
Qin Xiao spoke to the Collector with a smile as if he were coaxing a child.
"But it's not this thing!"
The Collector said with a mournful face.
Are you sure?
Qin Xiao asked in confusion, and casually spat a flame at a metal chair in the distance. Under the high temperature of tens of thousands of degrees, the ordinary metal chair almost evaporated instantly.
"Gulp!"
The Collector did something he would never have done before.
He swallowed hard, a sound clearly audible.
" Carina, Carina, where the hell have you been? Pay this great gentleman right now!"
When her life was in someone else's hands, the usually elegant and domineering Collector instantly transformed into a shrew.
The pink-clad woman who led Qin Xiao and the others in paused slightly, glanced at the Collector, then gave Qin Xiao a deep look, before finally jogging into a room inside.
The equipment on the table outside had just been smashed. The pink-clad woman rushed in, took out the Collector's equipment, and began transferring money rapidly.
Collector often collect all sorts of random things, but this pink-clad woman named Carina seemed quite adept at it, successfully transferring the money in just a few seconds.
Qin Xiao glanced at the balance displayed on his computer, nodded in satisfaction, and casually took his computer off his hand and tossed it to Rocket.
" Rocket, you can start sharing the money with everyone now!"
Rocket cheered and took the small wrist computer.
"You know what? I like you, buddy, I swear. It has nothing to do with how much money I make. I like the way you do things, and I hate this damn white-haired guy."
In the original movie, the Guardians of the Galaxy were not bad guys, but they were definitely not exactly honest, good people either.
Rocket and Star-Lord, in particular, both cherish unrestrained freedom.
Collector keeping intelligent beings in cages is something they would have done long ago if they weren't lacking in power.
Now, Qin Xiao has not only taught that old bastard a lesson, but also shared such a huge sum of money with everyone. Could there be anything more gratifying than this?
The only one who didn't seem very happy was Gamora, who had originally planned to buy the Power Stone and hide in the depths of the universe with a sum of money and the secret of the Soul Stone.
They would never be found by Thanos again, and this would also prevent Thanos from collecting all six Infinity Stones and actually wiping out half of all life in the universe.
Now that she has the money, for some reason, Qin Xiao gives her a feeling that he is more dangerous than Thanos.
At the very least, Thanos couldn't possibly have three Infinity Stones hidden inside his body.
Therefore, she was very wary of Qin Xiao.
Despite their caution, the money still had to be divided. After Star-Lord finished distributing the money, Gamora quickly came to Rocket's side and showed him her account number, her eyes fixed on Qin Xiao.
Four billion is an astronomical figure for the average person, but for Collector who has been operating in the universe for countless years, although he is somewhat unwilling, it is not a huge loss.
Although he was very interested in Qin Xiao's identity, the Collector had no intention of provoking such an existence. If it weren't for this self-awareness, he wouldn't be able to thrive in a universe teeming with powerful individuals.
"My great, godlike sir, our transaction is complete. Do you have any further instructions?"
The Collector regained his elegant demeanor, bowing deeply to Qin Xiao as if to serve him professionally.
But inside, he was screaming madly, "Get out of here! Get out of here, you damned monster!"
"The transaction is indeed complete. There are no orders to give, but there are still other matters to resolve!"
Qin Xiao's smile was even brighter than before.
The Collector's heart skipped a beat.
Qin Xiao just had that damn smile on his face, extorting 4 billion from him with a piece of junk metal, and now he's laughing so happily...
Although he was feeling very uneasy, he put on a show of being happy to help and said...
"Please don't hesitate to ask. I will do my best to solve anything that is within my power."
"Haha, I like your attitude!"
Qin Xiao laughed heartily as he spoke.
"Now let's talk about compensation. See that dog? That's the one that went missing from my family when I was a child, see it!"
Qin Xiao pointed at the space dog in the shop window by the door with a sad expression.
"For God's sake, our whole family treated it like family, but who knew you would lock it up here? Do you know how much my family has missed it all these years..."
He reached out and wiped away two non-existent tears, Qin Xiao sighed deeply and asked with a look of grief and indignation.
"Tell me, how should this be resolved?"
The Tivan Group is a vast business entity spanning several star systems.
Through years of Collector, the Tivan Group's reach extends to almost every known advanced civilization planet in the universe.
Moreover, they have secretly gained control of many planets with primitive civilizations that are still in the agricultural stage.
On these planets, the people of the Tivan Group are like gods in their eyes.
They control the civilizations and development of these planets, exchanging their labor and resources for meager benefits.
To put it another way, if Qin Xiao takes control of the Tivan Group, it's equivalent to having a force in the universe that is no weaker than the three great empires, possessing enormous wealth, resources, and a huge intelligence network.
After arguing with the Collector for a while, using a combination of threats and intimidation, and implanting a tracking device in his body, Qin Xiao warned him that if he left the area of this celestial skull, Qin Xiao would immediately come from anywhere in the universe to kill him.
Forced to willingly hand over everything he had, Qin Xiao, still somewhat uneasy, transferred over a dozen experienced Widow from Earth.
They were required to take control of everything within the entire Tivan Group as quickly as possible.
After arranging everything methodically, they then used the spaceship to send the intelligent beings who had been unjustly imprisoned here back to their rightful place.
Qin Xiao let out a long sigh of relief and then found Star-Lord and Gamora, who hadn't left yet.
"I know about you. You want to escape Thanos's control. I can help you, but you must stay here and help me manage this place."
While the Widow are experienced, they don't know much about the universe. Rocket and Star-Lord are too unreliable; Gamora is definitely the best choice.
"No, I have to leave. No one can stop my father. I have to get out of here."
Although she witnessed Qin Xiao's strength, Thanos held a deeply ingrained image of invincibility in Gamora's mind, and she didn't trust Qin Xiao at all, so she rejected him without hesitation.