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When Rocket learned that Ego was a planet and acted like a god on his own planet, he immediately thought of Kevin.
For the Guardians of the Galaxy, Kevin, who possessed the Reality Stone, was in some sense no different from a Celestial.
Only a god can deal with a god, and Yondu agreed with this point.
Therefore, the two quickly contacted Kevin and sent him the coordinates of Ego Planet.
But because no one knew when Kevin would arrive, the two also prepared to go to Ego Planet.
Rocket quickly locked onto the coordinates of Ego Planet and initiated the jump.
By the time Yondu realized something was wrong and tried to stop him, it was too late.
The spaceship's jump engine activated, and the three people and one tree inside the cabin endured a staggering seven hundred space jumps!
Seven hundred times!
Heaven knows how much damage this would cause to their bodies; after this was over, they would definitely need to use the ship's medical mod to repair themselves.
"I am Groot? (Should we wait for Kevin for a bit?)"
Compared to the several mammals, Groot, the tree person, felt uncomfortable but could recover quickly.
While the two were vomiting, Groot was already standing at the edge of the spaceship, pointing at the red planet below with a human face on its surface, and said.
Rocket wiped his mouth, then casually took a pill to stabilize his body and put it in his mouth, before saying to Groot:
"No need, Kevin isn't our dad. We called him over just for insurance, even if he doesn't come, we still have to save Quill!"
Kevin was a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, that was true.
But everyone also knew very well that Kevin's existence was different from theirs; he couldn't stay with the Guardians of the Galaxy forever, and the Guardians of the Galaxy couldn't place all their hopes on Kevin.
They were friends, not an employer-employee relationship, much less a subordinate one.
Rocket contacting Kevin was only to have a reassuring 'insurance' in case their rescue failed.
Even if Kevin didn't come, the Guardians of the Galaxy wouldn't say anything.
After all, as Rocket said, Kevin wasn't their father and had no right or obligation to protect them.
"...I am Groot (But Rocket, something seems wrong)."
"What's wrong?"
"I am Groot (Look at that, is that Quill?)"
Groot pointed towards a certain spot on the planet below.
Rocket followed Groot's finger, but he couldn't see anything, only a faint blue like starlight.
It wasn't until Yondu, beside him, magnified that area with the ship's observation device that everyone finally saw what was happening there.
Below, in the place where Ego's human body resided, Ego and Star-Lord were both emitting blue light, so dazzling it was like a rising small sun.
The two lights merged into one, spreading across the entire planet at an extremely fast pace.
"...This is bad, that kid Peter must have been tricked by Ego's nonsense!"
Seeing this, Yondu knew things were going to go wrong.
And indeed, they were.
In the original world, Ego accidentally revealed the truth that he killed Star-Lord's mother, causing Star-Lord to break free from the 'pie in the sky' he had painted and completely turn against Ego.
If Kevin had traveled to the main Marvel Universe of the movies, then things would certainly have developed this way, and Ego and Star-Lord would definitely become enemies, father and son fighting to the death.
But...
This was the what if universe.
And what if Ego, when telling Star-Lord about his dreams, hadn't revealed the fact that he was responsible for his mother's death, what would have happened?
Yes, it would be like this now.
Star-Lord was lost in the power of the Celestial, envisioning turning the entire universe into a part of himself, and together with Ego, fulfilling Ego's 'dream' of spreading across the entire universe.
"Oh, Yondu, there's more bad news…"
Blessings never come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone.
As Yondu was clutching his head, looking like it was the end of the world, Rocket looked to the other side of the spaceship.
Countless golden spaceships jumped out of space through a wormhole.
These were the Sovereign's ships.
They had obtained information from somewhere, found the Guardians of the Galaxy, and arrived here.
"Alright, I guess we're completely screwed now. That kid Peter is with Ego, and now the Sovereign are kicking us while we're down…"
Yondu suddenly paused mid-sentence and whipped his head around to look at Rocket: "...Wait, the Sovereign's target seems to be Peter?"
"Yes, to be precise, not just Quill but us too, wait... Oh, I get what you mean."
Rocket subconsciously replied to Yondu.
But when their eyes met, he immediately understood something and showed a knowing smile.
After smiling, Rocket immediately ran to his seat, opened the communication line, and yelled in a tone deliberately meant for the Sovereign to hear:
"Quill! You idiot!! I told you not to fly up! And especially not to glow all white! Do you think you're a light bulb?! Now all the enemies have been attracted! Get down here right now! You idiot!!"
"I am Groot…"
"What?! You said this is on public broadcast…?! Damn it…!!"
'Seemingly' after Groot's reminder, Rocket realized this was on public broadcast and immediately 'fumbled' to turn off the communication.
But he seemed to have turned it off a bit late.
Because a large group of the Sovereign's fleet had already flown towards the blue-white light spot below.
And at the same time, there was more bad news.
The Sovereign had locked onto Rocket's communication, and they also dispatched a part of their fleet to fly towards Rocket's position.
...
"It seems it's still a bit late…"
When Kevin arrived at the location of Ego's clone, he found that Ego's clone was rapidly expanding on Earth.
Although Kevin could easily resolve this level of expansion with the Reality Stone and successfully retrieve Ego's clone seed.
But the expansion of Ego's clone also meant that Star-Lord had already been 'persuaded' by Ego and had begun the 'All-Universe Clone Plan' with Ego.
However, if Kevin remembered correctly, in the movie, Star-Lord should have quickly turned against Ego, causing Ego's clone on Earth to stop expanding.
Why does it seem like it hasn't stopped here now?
If Kevin hadn't arrived in time, this entire city would probably have been swallowed by Ego's clone.
(Kevin finally sensed something was wrong…)
As Kevin realized this, The Watcher's incessant narration echoed in his ears again.
Listening to The Watcher's solemn narration, Kevin rolled his eyes and finally understood everything.
That's right, this wasn't the main Marvel Universe from the movies; this was the what if world.
In the what if world, anything was possible!
Even a Thanos with five Infinity Stones could be instantly killed by Ultron, so it wasn't impossible for Ego and Star-Lord to have reached some kind of 'deal' that wasn't in the original plot.
"So, Star-Lord and Ego have reached an agreement now, have they…"
If Kevin's guess was correct.
Then the situation for the Guardians of the Galaxy should be even more severe than in the movie.
After all, if Star-Lord stood with Ego, the Guardians of the Galaxy would now have to face two Celestials.
Two Celestials… Could the Guardians of the Galaxy defeat them?
Well, they probably couldn't.
The overall combat power of the Guardians of the Galaxy was actually not very high in the Marvel Universe.
If they had to deal with some standard threats, they could barely cope, such as the Ravagers led by Yondu, or beings like Ronan.
Perhaps with a lot of effort, defeating Thanos without the Infinity Stones might not be impossible.
But if they were to deal with Celestials like Ego, they probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
If Star-Lord stood with Ego, Kevin could say with extreme certainty that the Guardians of the Galaxy wouldn't make it.
Without time to ponder how the Guardians of the Galaxy would fight two Celestials, as soon as he realized the plot had changed 'a little bit', Kevin, carrying Ego's clone seed, swiftly departed from Earth.
Arriving in space, Kevin chose to use technology over teleportation magic.
He used the Reality Stone to construct a spaceship capable of space jumps and jumped towards the location of Ego Planet.
It wasn't that he didn't want to use teleportation magic, but mainly because Ego Planet was too far from Earth, and Kevin was worried that teleportation magic might go wrong.
After nearly seven hundred jumps with the spaceship, Kevin finally arrived at the outer space of Ego Planet.
Unlike Rocket and Yondu, because Kevin's own physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary mammals, seven hundred space jumps did not cause any harm to Kevin's body.
At most, he just felt a little dizzy, like motion sickness.
With Kevin's own super recovery ability, it wouldn't take long for him to recover.
Tapping his head to clear it, Kevin finally saw the main body of Ego Planet from the spaceship he created, which resembled Star-Lord's Milan.
He saw the two glowing blue dots on Ego Planet, and the fleet of spaceships swarming towards Ego Planet.
That was the Sovereign's fleet.
They were attacking Star-Lord Peter, who was with Ego on Ego Planet.
At the same time, a small spaceship swaying left and right in space was also under attack.
Kevin saw Rocket and the others inside.
"Hey, can you hear me, Rocket? You guys aren't dead, are you?"
Connecting to Rocket's communication, Kevin fully expressed his concern for Rocket and his group.
Rocket also sent a friendly and cordial reply:
"If you mean the situation where we're still breathing, moving, and loudly cursing you in this spaceship that's about to explode, and that doesn't count as being in trouble, then I want to say… Yes! We're not dead yet!! But we're close!!"
"Good, very lively."
Listening to Rocket's energetic greeting, Kevin knew they were fine.
But only for now; if Kevin didn't act soon, they might really be attending a funeral.
The Sovereign's ships were all remotely controlled drones, with no real people inside, so Kevin would have no burden in destroying them.
Therefore, when he saw the Sovereign chasing Rocket's spaceship relentlessly, Kevin raised his right hand, and the Reality Stone glowed.
After several months, Kevin finally used the Reality Stone again.
Kevin wondered if it was his imagination, but he felt that using the Reality Stone was easier now than before, especially when using it in a magical way, Kevin felt even more at ease.
Under Kevin's control, the Reality Stone shimmered with red light in the sky.
All of the Sovereign's ships, upon contact with the red light, completely disintegrated, turning into a pile of space junk floating in space.
Having done all this, Kevin still didn't stop.
He used the Reality Stone to create a super megaphone, placed it within Ego Planet's atmosphere, and shouted loudly at the now insane Star-Lord:
"Peter!! Your mother was killed by your father! So snap out of it!"
Peter, who was displaying his divine power below: "?"
The next moment, the Celestial divine light spreading across Ego Planet stopped, the cosmic starlight in Peter's eyes dissipated, and he turned to Ego beside him.
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