American Comics: Multiverse of Madness.

Chapter 309 Afterglow
Under the leadership of Fulla, everyone arrived at the inner city of the Blood Nest.

This was originally a large number of factories and infrastructure areas. Osborn had previously locked citizens here for labor and industrial output. Their lives were boring and boring. Everyone living here was operating mechanically like a robot.

But things are different now. Barton expanded the eastern half of the Blood Nest and repaired residential areas and simple cities for the citizens. Most of today's industrial areas are worked by blood relatives. These powerful and tough guys can easily Can do the work of five people.

Most of the previous people had joined the repair plan. They left the chemical factory and began to be responsible for the production of some fine parts. Since Barton took over the industrial park, three ordnance production lines have been established here.

Arriving at the conference room, Hawkeye was the first to stand up and greet everyone. Behind him, Kate Bishop and the Punisher were also there, as well as an old man sitting silently in the corner.

"Long time no see, Mr. Barton." Pietro walked up and greeted Old Barton enthusiastically, but seeing that the other man's eyes were looking for something, Pietro quickly continued.

"You should be looking for Ashley. Zhang Yi said that she has other tasks. We are the only ones coming back this time."

"That's it." Old Barton didn't say anything when he heard this, but his eyes were a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Pietro quickly changed the subject. "Let me introduce you to everyone. This is John Constantine, a magic master from another universe. His abilities are so strong that even Zhang Yi is full of praise."

Constantine threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray on the table and nodded silently. "Hello, I'm a mystic. It's not as outrageous as everyone thinks. I just have some tricks."

"These two are from the Bat Family. Just call them Barbara and Kate."

"I heard Black Canary talk about you. My name is Kate Bishop. Hello." Bishop walked up and pulled the two girls to her side. She valued this kind of young female warrior very much.

Barbara and Kate did not refuse Bishop's kindness. It can be seen that they should have chatted with Black Canary about some experiences in the wasteland before. Naturally, they also knew that this old woman was the mayor of Bishop's Sanctuary who had taken care of Black Canary for a long time. .

"This kid is Billy, and he has another identity called Shazam." Pietro came to Billy again and introduced with a smile.

"I'm seventeen this year, buddy." Billy curled his lips and didn't like others treating him as a child.

In fact, everyone saw Billy as soon as he entered the door. There was nothing they could do about it. He had a hideous wound on his face. He was not only blind in one eye but also had a broken leg. This kind of horrific injury happened to a child. No one could see it. My heart is extremely complicated.

"Finally, this guy who looks like he's not easy to mess with is Etrigen. Even though he looks vicious, he's actually a very secure guy, and he's also very capable in combat."

After the introduction, Pietro did not stop and immediately chatted with Barton about the difficulties facing the wasteland.

"Zhang Yi introduced the situation here before he asked us to come here. It seems that there is some kind of organization from the Church of the Universe Truth that is eyeing the earth, but we don't know the details. Could you please tell us more about it."

Seeing Pietro being so straightforward, Eagle Eye did not hesitate. He arranged for someone to bring a few stools for everyone to sit down, and then slowly spoke.

"Actually, we don't know much about this matter. After all, you have more or less understood things about our world. 45 years ago, the earth basically lost contact with other civilizations in the universe. Now the universe has become We don’t know what it will look like.”

Old Barton sighed, then turned his head and looked at the old man who was still talking to himself in the corner.

"This is Star-Lord, the captain of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Logically speaking, he should be the hero who protects the galaxy. But Zhang Yi and I have talked about him. The sacrifices of his teammates and family seem to have hit him too hard. Big.”

As everyone listened to Barton's story, they realized that the old man was not talking to himself, but seemed to be communicating with someone else, showing symptoms of schizophrenia.

"Quil, Quill." Barton walked to Star-Lord's side and said softly. "Can you give our new friends some information about the enemy?"

"Hmm! What? Of course."

Quill was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses. Only then did he realize that there was a large group of people suddenly in the conference room, and there was also a tall demon who was very conspicuous.

"Uh, hello." Quill stood up unsteadily, his tone a little dry.

Rocket Raccoon laughed. "Stop saying hello, Quil, you should tell these people the seriousness of the matter now!"

"And you should shut up!" Star-Lord suddenly turned his head and shouted angrily at Rocket Raccoon. "You don't even really exist. You are just a figment of my imagination. Please don't bother me. Thank you!"

In the eyes of others present, Star-Lord was cursing at the empty ground.

Several people looked at each other, but did not bother Star-Lord. In their eyes, the old man was already very pitiful.Eagle Eye also moved closer to Pietro and whispered. "Originally Quill didn't know about this, and I thought he was crazy at first. It wasn't until Zhang Yi told me that I realized that he was communicating with his dead teammates, even though he imagined it."

"I'm afraid that's not the case." At this time, Constantine suddenly spoke.

His voice instantly attracted everyone's attention, including Star-Lord Quill.

But Constantine didn't care about other people's eyes. He just walked out of the crowd, looked at the soul information floating around Star-Lord, and said quietly.

"Have you ever heard of undead possession?"

"Huh?" Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they all didn't understand what Constantine meant.

Constantine didn't sell it, he looked directly into Quill's eyes gloomily and said. "In my world, when some people die, if they have great faith in their hearts, part of their souls will reside on objects."

"Stored on objects" Star-Lord looked at Constantine, his mind a little confused.

"You are not crazy, Star Prince, at least in my opinion you are not crazy."

"It's Star-Lord!" Quill and all the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy behind him said together.

"Okay, okay, Star-Lord." Constantine spread his hands, then his face became serious, and he said with a serious face. "I don't know what happened to your teammates, but part of them is in you and that's their will."

"What do you mean?" Quill slowly turned around and looked at the looming Gamora, Mantis, Rocket Raccoon and Drax beside him, his heart beating faster.

What responded to him was the smiles of his old teammates. There were so many meanings in those smiles, and for a while Star-Lord felt mixed emotions in his heart.

"I told you, Quill, you are our last hope," Rocket Raccoon muttered, leaning on his cane.

But these words made Star-Lord feel endless pressure. He collapsed directly to the ground, knelt in front of his comrades, and sighed with a look of decadence on his face.

"How can you be sure. How can you be sure that I am Hope. I don't deserve the title of Guardians of the Galaxy at all. Because of my mistakes. I lost everyone, including. including you."

Star-Lord held his head in grief, images of his children's tragic death flashing through his mind.

Suddenly, Star-Lord felt a hand slowly placed on his head.

"You deserve it."

Like a ray of light in the darkness, Star-Lord slowly raised his head.

In front of him, Camorra smiled and stretched out his palm towards him, as if to pull him out of the pain of the past.

Not only Gamora, but also Mantis, Rocket Raccoon, Drax and others also extended their hands and smiled encouragingly towards Star-Lord.

"You are a warrior, Quill, and now, the battle is not over."

Drax nodded heavily, and beside him, Mantis also spoke.

"If anyone can save the universe again, it's you in the Guardians of the Galaxy."

"Yes Quill."

Rocket Raccoon walked over slowly, holding Star-Lord's old face in his two paws.

"Don't forget, you still want to avenge us and kill those bastards!"

(End of this chapter)