A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 207 On Morag

"Morag has arrived!" Half a month later, the Alliance members on the ship, who had been bored out of their minds, finally perked up at Natasha's magnetic voice broadcasting throughout the ship.

They have long lost the excitement and novelty they felt when they first entered space.

After all, the members of the alliance are not professional astronauts.

Moreover, the Potian is not a comfortable large spaceship.

That's all the space they have to move around in.

Let's not even talk about entertainment.

There isn't even much private space.

Tony and Levi were a little better off; one was doing some small-scale scientific research, verifying and integrating the technology that Xandar had bought, and the other was doing some magical research. They didn't feel too much of a connection.

But for others, a two-week flight is enough to leave them feeling mentally exhausted.

Now it can finally be implemented.

"It seems that once we get back to Earth, the construction of a large spaceship will have to be put on the agenda!" As the spaceship landed in a relatively flat area of ​​Morag, Tony shook his head and said, looking at his somewhat dejected companions.

The reason everyone looks like this is mainly because the space on the Skybreaker is too cramped.

After all, the spaceship was originally designed for three people, but now it's carrying nine people, which means the space for movement is severely limited.

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe someone will send us a spaceship!" Li Wei said with a smile, and then went to the cargo hold.

The warehouse was packed full of bags.

Li Wei picked one up and started rummaging through his bag.

Everyone else did the same thing.

Then, squadrons of steel soldiers were released and, under the control of a copy of Jarvis, which had been implanted as the spaceship's AI, flew out of the ship and scattered towards the planet.

Unlike in the original storyline when Star-Lord came to Morag with concrete intelligence and directly found the ruins where the Orb of Destiny was located, this time Star-Lord arrived at Morag with precise information.

Aside from knowing that the Sphere of the Universe was in Morag, Li Wei and his companions didn't know much about the specifics of the planet.

No relevant information could be found in Xandar.

The only clue is a vague image of the ruins that Li Wei created using magic, based on his impressions from watching movies in his previous life.

Therefore, to find the location of the cosmic orb, we need to rely on these steel soldiers to scan and compare the ruins of the entire planet.

Of course, Livy could also use the Time Stone to deduce the location of the ruins.

But in reality, using the Time Stone is a very costly thing.

Therefore, Li Wei chooses to be lazy when there is no need to.

After releasing a sufficient number of steel soldiers, Li Wei and the others also put on their steel suits and prepared to set off.

Although Morag was once home to a civilization, and preliminary tests indicate that its gravity, atmosphere, and other environmental conditions are suitable for human activity, there are also signs of activity from some small animals.

However, the climate is quite harsh, with most areas shrouded in strong storms, and various geysers and volcanoes scattered throughout the region.

Moreover, the terrain is quite bad.

Considering the possibility of unforeseen events, wearing an Iron Man suit is still quite necessary.

After all, given the choice, who would want to suffer?

However, not everyone will be deployed, since the spaceship needs someone to watch over it.

Therefore, Natasha, who was quick-witted, had a better overall perspective, and was the best pilot, stayed on the spaceship with Skye and Shanna.

After waiting for about half an hour, one of the steel soldier squads sent a message that they had discovered a target with a similarity of more than 80% to the image.

So Li Wei gave the order, opened the teleportation portal, and rushed to the location of the steel soldiers.

"Looks like this is it!" A few minutes later, Li Wei said, standing in front of a rather magnificent gate to the ruins.

"The lock on this door is rather intricate; it'll probably take a while to work!" Tony said, fiddling with the lock on the door.

"...Do you really think we're here on an adventure? This isn't some Indiana Jones movie. Get out of the way, Jessica, you take over!" Levi rolled his eyes and said.

Although Morag was supposed to be a technologically advanced civilization before its destruction, the entire ruins are made of stone, including the main gate, and the lock is just a simple mechanical lock.

Although it looks very thick and heavy, based on the firefight between Star-Lord and Korath the Pursuer in the ruins that Levi remembered, the walls of this building couldn't even withstand a single shot from Korath. This shows that apart from its own material, the ruins don't have any additional defensive facilities—or rather, they might have had some in the past, but they have long since become ineffective after the destruction of Morag.

Therefore, Li Wei felt there was no need to honestly try to unlock the door; he could just force it open.

They are not cultural preservationists, yet they have to consider how to protect the integrity of the relics while opening the gates.

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, Tony's fiddling with the lock stopped abruptly. He silently put away his tools and went to the side to shut himself in.

Li Wei's words made him feel that his attempt to unlock the mechanism earlier seemed somewhat idiotic.

Jessica, who had been in a daze, excitedly picked up her sledgehammer and smashed it down on the door after hearing Levi's summons.

As Li Wei's forging skills improved, Jessica's weapons have now been upgraded.

She now wields an epic-level (purple) two-handed warhammer called Thunder.

Although it doesn't have any special effects, the bonus to its three-dimensional attributes is extremely powerful.

Of course, the cost was not low either, consuming a lot of Li Wei's refined gold and kryptonite, as well as a lot of elemental materials.

If Li Wei hadn't previously obtained a considerable amount of elemental materials from Blackheart and other demons, and if he hadn't possessed alchemy skills to transform elemental materials, he truly wouldn't have been able to forge this warhammer.

It was after forging this epic, purple warhammer that Li Wei finally realized his past oversights.

In the past, in order to save materials, and because the materials for epic equipment were often very diverse, while the materials for fine-quality weapons were generally sufficient and enough to upgrade skill levels, Li Wei did not bother to craft epic weapons and equipment that seemed to have very demanding crafting conditions and required a huge amount of resources after upgrading his skills.

Moreover, in Li Wei's view, epic-level equipment should be the same as fine and excellent-level equipment, with only differences in attributes.

It wasn't until Li Wei, on a whim, spent a lot of materials to forge this warhammer that didn't require such fancy materials that he understood.

Epic weapons are completely different from fine weapons.

The most significant point is that although excellent-grade weapons can be bound, this binding only prevents others from obtaining the magical effects and bonuses of this weapon or equipment; they can only be used as ordinary weapons or equipment.

Epic-level weapons and equipment, like Thor's hammer, can be recalled by their owners.

While the high-quality magic steel whisper dagger that Li Wei had previously crafted for Bullseye could also be recalled, that was due to the special characteristics of thrown weapons.

Ordinary high-quality weapons do not possess this ability. Therefore, this is an epic-level exclusive ability.

Of course, this recall wasn't as outrageous as the ones for Thor's hammer and Stormbreaker, which could be recalled almost anywhere.

However, it has certain limitations; according to Jessica's attempts, the distance is approximately one kilometer.

Moreover, it doesn't have the ability to fly with its owner like Thor's Hammer and Stormbreaker.

But to have reached this level is already incredibly impressive.

In addition, based on Jessica's feedback, she could clearly feel that the warhammer possessed its own emotions.

In other words, epic-level weapons have already possessed a certain degree of sentience.

Li Wei couldn't help but sigh at this. If epic-level weapons and equipment were already so amazing, what about legendary-level weapons and equipment?
Unfortunately, there is no way to forge legendary weapons and equipment in the standard recipes for secondary professions in Azeroth.

I wonder if anything will change after he levels up all his secondary profession skills to the maximum, giving him the opportunity to forge those legendary-level equipment.

And Thunder lives up to its name; although it's not reflected in the game, in reality, when this hammer is wielded, it will faintly flash with streaks of lightning.

Although this level of lightning is completely incomparable to the lightning power carried by Thor's hammer, it is sufficient to deal with ordinary opponents.

Jessica mustered all her strength and slammed the hammer down, causing the entire ruin to tremble.

The stone door, along with a large section of the surrounding wall, was smashed down by the hammer blow.

Upon seeing this scene, Li Wei and the others all swallowed hard.

Just now, they even had the feeling that the entire ruins were about to be destroyed by Jessica's hammer blow.

Fortunately, the ruins were sturdy enough that they only trembled and showed no signs of collapsing.

Jessica's superhuman strength seems to be getting increasingly outrageous...

They couldn't help but feel sorry for Jessica's future partner.

If someone were to throw a small punch when they were in a heated argument, wouldn't they end up with a few bruises here and there?
"No, it's just taking down a door, why are you using so much force?" Li Wei looked at the large section of the collapsed wall in front of him and sighed helplessly.

While they don't need to care about protecting these relics, they also don't need to make it look like a demolition, do they?
"Hehe, it's been too long since I've banged on doors, I didn't control my strength well!" Jessica said with a silly smile.

I don’t know if it’s because the greater the strength, the more it affects intelligence, but Li Wei always feels that Jessica is acting a little silly from time to time.

Li Wei shook his head helplessly and took the lead into the ruins.

On a platform within the ruins, inside a shrine shrouded in an energy circle, floats a metal sphere.

It was the cosmic orb they were looking for.

Under Tony's control, a steel soldier stepped forward and reached into the energy circle to grab the cosmic orb.

After the protective shell on the steel soldier's arm was visibly melted away by the energy circle, the cosmic orb was retrieved and handed to Li Wei.

Tony knew very well that among them, the only one most suitable to keep the Orb of the Universe was Levi, who was a magician.

"Got it, let's go!" Without hesitation, Li Wei put the Cosmic Spirit Orb into his spatial backpack and prepared to open the portal to leave with everyone.

However, at that moment, their communicator rang.

“Victor, Tony, a squad of Steel Soldiers has spotted a spaceship of the same model as the Skybreaker, heading towards your location. Be careful,” Natasha’s voice came through the comms.

"Only one spaceship?" Upon hearing this, Levi and Tony exchanged a glance and then asked.

“Yes, there’s only one,” Natasha replied affirmatively.

"How so?" Tony asked.

"Let's wait and see!" Li Wei said with a slight smile. "They're probably coming for us. I just don't know who's so bold as to come and face us with just a spaceship... Of course, it's also possible that they've kept the fact that we wiped out a Sovereign fleet a secret."

Although he was unaware of the circumstances surrounding Sovereign's bounty, based on what he had seen in movies in his previous life—where Sovereign hired Yondu to capture the Guardians of the Galaxy—Levi could roughly guess that Sovereign would likely take similar actions now.

Given that High Priestess Ayesha in the film was extremely concerned about her reputation, it's not impossible that they concealed the news of the destruction of a Sovereign fleet.

Therefore, he guessed that the owner of the spaceship was probably an unlucky guy who didn't know their specific situation.

However, he didn't think the other person would be Star-Lord.

After all, according to the original storyline, Star-Lord at this point in time should not have left Yondu's team.

He shouldn't have come here alone.

"Sir, an unidentified spaceship has sent a communication." Just as Li Wei and his group stepped out of the ruins, preparing to see what kind of warrior dared to provoke them alone, the steel soldier guarding outside, or rather Jarvis, who was controlling the steel soldier, reported to them through the communication.

"Oh? They're not here to arrest us, are they? Connect it!" Hearing the communication request, Li Wei was a little surprised, but he didn't hesitate much and immediately signaled Jarvis to connect.

The moment the call connected, Li Wei was stunned for a full three seconds upon seeing Star-Lord's somewhat youthful face.

It's still 2007, so Star-Lord is only 27 years old now, not as "weathered" as he was in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 in 2014.

However, his appearance has not changed much.

Therefore, there is no situation where Li Wei could not recognize him.

But why would Star-Lord appear in Morag at this time?
"Hey buddy! I heard you're from Earth, is that right?" Star-Lord asked excitedly.

“That’s right, you are…” Li Wei asked, feigning confusion.

“My name is Peter Quill, and I’m also from Earth. We’re from the same place!” Star-Lord said hurriedly. “Listen!”

Then Star-Lord turned on his Sony Walkman and started playing his hit songs on the communication channel.

Li Wei's lips twitched as he listened.

“That’s the most popular song on Earth, right, man?” Star-Lord asked Levi, completely oblivious to the fact that it was the most popular song on Earth.

"Heh...it's quite popular, indeed." Li Wei chuckled dryly. "So, what brings you here?"

“Oh, of course, guys, you probably don’t know yet, you’re in big trouble!” Upon hearing Li Wei’s words, Star-Lord immediately rattled off the story of the Sovereign bounty on them across the entire galaxy.

"And I'm here to help you guys, buddy, since we're all Earthlings!" Star-Lord said, patting his chest.

Help us? I don't believe you for a second!
Knowing full well what kind of person Star-Lord was in his early days, Li Wei didn't believe a single word the other party said.

However, he showed no emotion on his face, instead feigning surprise and fear.

(End of this chapter)