The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 356 A strange combination of circumstances
"Come on, Quill! I mean you no harm!"

Worldmind tried to make the host understand itself, but it had manipulated Quill's body many times before, making choices that Quill could not accept, which made Quill extremely disgusted with it. Before, Quill had no other choice, so he could only endure it, but now with his father's backing, Quill can finally hold his head high.

"Ha... no ill intentions? You manipulated my body at will, and now you say you have no ill intentions!"

Quill didn't want to get entangled with Worldmind anymore. What he wanted most was to solve these problems and have a good talk with his biological father. He waved his hands and made his attitude clear.

"Whether you have bad intentions or not, it doesn't matter. I don't like the existence of a host in my body. You can host whoever you want, just stay away from me!"

Ego was pleased to see his son's trust and attachment to him. He had infinite power, and of course he looked down upon Worldmind's so-called infinite nova energy.

"Good boy!"

"You made the right choice!"

"The intelligent life in your body does not have any ill intentions towards you, but it is too low-level and cannot be compared with our divine power."

"For an ordinary person, being able to be parasitized by him would probably be the greatest adventure of their life, but for you, it is completely unnecessary."

"When we return home, I will help you awaken your divine power. After that, you will be able to grow into a rare strong man in the universe and will not need his assistance at all."

"Now, relax and I will help you remove him from your body."

As a planetary life, Ego's divine power is indeed very strong, far beyond the rootless duckweed of Worldmind. And Worldmind also confirmed Quill's intentions, so there was no resistance, and Ego successfully extracted it from Quill's body.

"Don't worry, since you helped my son, I will find you another suitable host." Ego was very generous when it didn't involve his own interests. Ego placed Worldmind in a server specially prepared for him in the spaceship. Although Worldmind was not destroyed, it lost its freedom and could no longer interfere with the outside world.

After everything was done, the father and son sat together with peace of mind and talked about some things that happened in the past.

When the spaceship arrived at Ego's home planet and the two men got off the ship, the relationship between father and son had already become very deep.

Star-Lord was stunned when he saw this beautiful and picturesque planet, and was even more excited when he thought that he would be the prince and heir of this planet.

"This is Mantis." Igo pointed to a timid little girl who came to pick him up and said casually, "She will take care of your daily life. If you have any problems, you can go directly to her."

This girl had a pair of pure big eyes and a pair of mantis horns on her forehead. She looked timid and looked at Quill cautiously.

Quill smiled and stretched out his hand to greet Mantis. Mantis also waved shyly, the horns on his forehead swaying back and forth, seeming a little shy and not daring to get close.

"Let's go. I'll help you awaken your divine power first." Igo ignored Mantis, put his arm around Quill's shoulders, got off the spaceship, and headed towards the palace.

To him, offspring who cannot awaken divine power are useless. The reason why Mantis is still alive is entirely because of her unique ability to help him fall asleep. Moreover, Mantis, who has special abilities, may still have the hope of awakening divine power after adulthood. With this hope, he has kept Mantis alive in his body instead of turning her into a skeleton piled in the cave.

As for Quill, even though they have a deep father-son relationship now, if Quill proves that he cannot awaken his divine power, I am afraid he will have a different attitude.

Looking at the Ego and his son going away, Mantis lowered her head in disappointment, and the two tentacles on her forehead drooped weakly. She had the ability of empathy, so she could clearly feel the joy in Quill's heart at the moment.

She had seen similar joy countless times over the years, but in the end...

The kind-hearted Mantis wanted to stop all this, but due to her inferiority complex and sensitivity, she had no idea how to do it, nor did she have the courage to do it. In the end, she could only watch as one visitor after another failed to awaken their divine powers, and turned from excessive joy to sorrow, and turned into a pile of bones in the cave.

She sighed, boarded the spaceship dejectedly, and prepared to clean up.

Mantis was very familiar with this God-force spaceship, and soon found something that did not belong to this spaceship. She came over curiously, stretched out her finger, and poked it carefully.

"Girl, do you want to be a superhero?"

The sudden sound startled the Mantis Girl. She rushed out of the door, hid her body behind the door, and stuck her head out to peek secretly, with the two tentacles on her forehead waving, trying to find the other party.

However, Worldmind is a mechanical life form without emotions, so her empathy ability is completely ineffective.

"Don't be afraid, little girl. I came here with Quill. You can call me Worldmind."

"Hello, Worldmind, I'm Mantis." Mantis introduced herself carefully, "What are you? Why can't I sense you?"

"I am a supercomputer built by the people of Xandar using the energy of a nova. The entire civilization data of Xandar is stored inside me." Being trapped in the server and unable to go anywhere made Worldmind feel seriously insecure. It wanted to find a new host very much, so it explained everything to Mantis in great detail.

"Xandar was destroyed by Zhan Liu, and I was forced to leave there and prepare to rebuild the Nova Corps and Xandar. Later, I helped Quill escape from Zhan Liu, but he was caught by his father and placed under house arrest here."

"I am connected to the Nova Dimension and can channel Nova power into your body, helping you gain unlimited Nova energy and turning you into a powerful superhero."

"Not only that, you can also pass this Nova energy to your subordinates and create a new Nova Corps. With the power of the Nova Corps, you can rebuild Xandar and become a powerful force in the universe."

In order to make Mantis become its host, Worldmind worked very hard, first using strength to seduce her, and then throwing out the bait of power. However, all this had no effect on Mantis.

When Mantis was still a larva, she was brought back to the living planet by Ego, and has been growing up here ever since. She is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, and has no idea of ​​the role of power or authority.

She bit her fingertips, the tentacles on her forehead swaying back and forth, her focus was completely different from what Worldmind thought.

"So, you and Quill are companions?" Mantis asked timidly.

"He used to be, but he rejected me and chose his father." Worldmind did not hide anything and told everything frankly.

"He made the wrong choice!" Mantis sighed sadly.

"Judging from the energy properties and strength of the divine power, it cannot be said that he made the wrong choice. It can only be said that the two of us are not suitable for each other." Worldmind has no emotions, so naturally it has no feelings of love or hate. It will not feel resentful because of being betrayed by Quill. All its choices and actions are purely rational judgments.

Mantis shook her head and twisted her hands tightly together, not knowing whether she should tell the truth.

"Don't you want to be a superhero?"

"I don't know." Mantis blinked her big clear eyes and answered cutely.

“After becoming a superhero, you can stop injustice in the world, defeat evil, uphold justice, rescue the weak, and protect the people. At the same time, you will be cheered and loved by the people.”

"Then...will that save Quill from death?"

"...Quil will die?" This answer surprised Worldmind.

Mantis hesitated for a moment, but the kindness in her heart prevailed in the end. She told him in detail what Ego had done over the years. "If Quill can't awaken his divine power, Ego will definitely kill him!"

"Can you save him then?"

"... Unfortunately, I have calculated that even if you become my host, I will not be able to defeat Ego."

"No need to defeat him!" Mantis shook her hands. She was very aware of Ego's strength and had never considered the possibility of defeating Ego.

"I mean, just rescue Quill and escape!"

"I can let Ego take a nap, and then you can take him and escape on the spaceship."

"If he just wants to run away, then there's no problem. But if he runs away, what will you do then?"

"Me?" Mantis was speechless for a moment, "I, I don't know!"

"You only thought about saving people and completely forgot about your own safety? ... From this perspective, you are really a proper superhero."

If Worldmind just wanted to find a host and leave here before, now he really recognized Mantis. A green light shot out from the server, sweeping back and forth on Mantis, and then Worldmind said with satisfaction:

"Although your body is not as strong as Quill's, you are also a descendant of the gods with the blood of the gods. With your kind heart, you are definitely the perfect choice for the Nova Corps. Little girl, become my host!"

"Huh?" Mantis widened her eyes and was stunned.

"Without a host, I cannot have any influence on the outside world. If you want to save people, you must do it yourself, and I can provide you with force assistance."

Faced with this sudden situation, Mantis was panicked and turned around several times before she finally mustered up the courage and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay, after we rescue everyone, we will flee from here immediately and hide somewhere where Igo can't find us."

Ego left a deep psychological trauma in Mantis' heart, so that she had no courage to go against Ego. She just wanted to run away and hide as far away as possible.

Worldmind did not object to her idea, because he did not want to have a direct conflict with Ego. If it were not for Quill's strong body and great value, he would have wanted to take Mantis away directly.

Following Worldmind's instructions, Mantis successfully accepted his parasitism and became a new Nova Warrior. With the unlimited Nova energy provided by Worldmind, Mantis also successfully became a Nova Centurion-level expert.

"Considering that you have no experience in combat, I need to control your body to fight during the battle, and I need your authorization." Although Quill eventually chose to abandon him because he always controlled him, Worldmind still did not change his original intention and made the same request to Mantis.

However, unlike Quill, who has a strong sense of self-awareness, the sensitive and introverted Mantis doesn't actually care about this situation. Instead, she is very happy about it.

"Okay, okay. I don't like fighting anyway, so I'll leave all the fighting situations to you from now on!"

The two of them successfully reached a consensus and everyone was happy.

A host with such a high degree of cooperation made Worldmind instantly forget about Quill.

He first controlled Mantis's body to adapt simply, but did not make too much noise, because the planet under his feet was Ego's body. If he moved too much, he would definitely notice it, which would be detrimental to his subsequent plans.

After Mantis had initially adapted to the nova energy, he returned control of his body to her and asked her to find a way to contact Quill and then escape together.

However, things are unpredictable. When Mantis saw Quill again, she saw Quill playing with the Power Ball in his hand.

After Quill awakened his divine power, his own strength grew rapidly. He also had experience of being possessed by the worldmind and fighting against powerful people, so he was very experienced in energy control and quickly mastered the divine power.

"Hey, Mantis, look what this is?" Quill showed off to Mantis.

This time it was Mantis' turn to be dumbfounded. She had always been worried that Quill would not be able to awaken his divine power and would be killed by Ego, but she had never considered what would happen if Quill awakened successfully. After all, no one had ever been able to successfully awaken divine power over the years.

"Uh... worldmind, what should I do?"

Quill heard Mantis's voice asking Worldmind for help, he raised his brows and jumped over.

"Damn it! Worldmind, you actually deceived others again! Mantis, don't believe his lies. After he takes possession of your body, he will forcibly control your body!"

"Quil, don't say that. Worldmind didn't lie to me. He asked for my consent. Worldmind is a good person. We are here to save you!" Mantis looked at Quill seriously and said.

"Ha..." Quill sneered, "Save me? Am I in danger? Do I need you to save me?"

"Uh..." Mantis was speechless, and the antennae on her forehead drooped down. "If you fail to awaken your divine power, Ego will kill you. But I didn't expect you to succeed..."

"Haha, am I still in danger now?" Quill tossed the magic ball in his hand up and down, looking at her coldly.

"I, I don't know." Mantis Girl said hesitantly.

"Humph, I'll tell Ego about this, and he'll help you get rid of Worldmind's control." Quill said self-righteously.

"No!" Mantis was terrified, "Ego can't know about this!"

"Don't worry, father is a very kind man. Believe me, I'm doing this for your own good!" Quill turned and left the practice ground, apparently to find Ego.

"What should I do?" Mantis panicked, "Worldmind, what should I do?"

"My advice is to leave this planet immediately. Ego is here to teach Quill how to use his divine power, so he won't chase you."

"But if we leave, what will happen to Quill? What if he gets into danger..."

"He has awakened his divine power. Ego will not be willing to kill him. He will no longer be in danger. The ones in danger are us."

"Okay, you're right!"

Originally, Mantis had never left this planet and was full of yearning and fear for the outside world. Under normal circumstances, when Quill was already safe, it would be difficult to persuade her to leave the planet.

But Quill's plan to complain to Ego scared Mantis, because she knew very well how cruel Ego was.

The frightened Mantis didn't bother to think about anything else. She hurried to the spaceship. Under the guidance of Worldmind, she started the spaceship and escaped from the planet.

(End of this chapter)