"Hmm?"
Aaron looked her up and down. "I want to be your boss, but you're thinking of freeloading?"
Skye felt quite embarrassed. This was the only solution she could think of.
However, she worried…
"Skye, do you think I lack women? Believe it or not, if I posted a marriage ad online, the women who would apply would stretch from here to Hollywood."
Skye nodded.
She believed him. This was exactly what she was worried about.
"Wife is impossible, but you can certainly be a tree in the forest."
"Huh?" Skye was puzzled.
"Come here, let me inspect the goods first. Let's talk about a business deal worth hundreds of millions."
!!!
Under Skye's shocked gaze, Aaron pressed a button, revealing a hidden lounge. The large bed in the center was particularly conspicuous.
Are you researchers all so uninhibited?
Three hours later.
Aaron walked out of the laboratory feeling refreshed. Just now, he and Skye had discussed a business deal worth at least several billion, and their cooperation was very pleasant. They had agreed to discuss the next deal tomorrow.
Looking back at the twenty-centimeter-thick iron door closing, Aaron had a sense of imprisoned girl déjà vu.
Shaking his head, Aaron checked the time. Hmm, five-thirty.
Clock out and go home.
However, as he and Felicia stepped out the door, Norman brought good news.
"Boss, the alien plant you asked us to find has been located."
The next morning.
A small town in Missouri.
Aaron, Felicia, Norman, and Helen stepped out of the car.
"This is the home of the person you mentioned, Peter Quill."
"After the homeowner, Meredith, passed away in 1988, and the then eight-year-old Peter Quill mysteriously disappeared, this house has been vacant ever since, with no one moving in."
Aaron glanced at Star-Lord's old home and motioned for Norman to lead the way.
Norman understood, knowing Aaron wasn't interested in these details, and quickly had someone lead the way.
"According to the information you provided, I hired a total of thirty-seven local private agencies to search this area day and night."
"And I specifically instructed them not to act on their own if they found a suspicious target, but to notify us immediately."
"One of the 227 private detectives found a suspected target in the jungle three kilometers from here."
Norman explained and reported on the work situation.
Then he took out a few photos.
Aaron only took one look and confirmed that this thing was the celestial flower he wanted.
It was a strange flower with a hollow outer mesh. Just by its vibrant color, one could tell it was no ordinary object.
This was precisely the seed, or avatar, left on Earth by Star-Lord's father, a deformed Celestial, Ego.
Don't let its seemingly delicate and tiny appearance deceive you.
In places invisible to the naked eye, it was rooted deep within the Earth, remaining dormant until activated.
However, once Ego activated it with Celestial power, it would grow at an alarming rate, engulfing and destroying everything on the surface. Earth would be covered by special plants, and human civilization would be destroyed in an instant.
"According to our preliminary tests last night, this thing contains a kind of extremely powerful special gene, completely different from all life on Earth."
"It seems to contain immense energy, but it is currently in a dormant state. Even so, we find it difficult to further detect its components."
"And… it seems to be alive."
Norman hesitated for a moment, then rephrased, "It possesses life, even consciousness."
"I suggest further experiments. This is our opportunity. Once we decipher the genes of this plant, we may once again change all of humanity."
Felicia and Helen were both very surprised.
Especially Helen, who had already taken the preliminary test data and was carefully reviewing every detail.
Norman was not annoyed by this, completely unconcerned by Helen's almost insubordinate attitude. After all, Helen was closely beside Aaron.
However, regarding Norman's grand ambitions, Aaron shook his head and chuckled. "It might indeed change all of humanity, for example, by turning everyone into plant nutrients."
Norman was startled. Looking at Aaron's mysterious smile, he felt that his boss seemed to know more about the secrets within.
"No one is allowed to research this thing without my command."
"I don't want to wake up the next day and find that I'm the only human left in the world."
Aaron issued the command in an unquestionable tone.
Of course, no one else would have the chance to touch the celestial flower again because he would completely melt it down.
The power of the Celestials…
He was quite interested in that too.
He wondered what abilities he would gain by melting down the celestial flower.
But considering certain reasons, Aaron's expectations were not high.
Although Ego was a Celestial, he couldn't be viewed normally.
Compared to a regular Celestials, having only lived for tens of millions of years, he was probably still a child?
No, it should be called a malformed child.
A disgrace to the Celestials.
While thinking, everyone arrived at the jungle, and from the path opened by the researchers, they walked all the way to where the celestial flower was located.
Here, a dozen people in white coats were busy.
Aaron dismissed everyone and went straight to the celestial flower.
It's beautiful, but also very dangerous.
In places invisible to others, Aaron's powerful X-ray vision could easily penetrate dozens of meters deep underground.
The roots of the celestial flower continued to extend downwards, seemingly having penetrated deep into the Earth's core.
Once activated, it could instantly draw an endless supply of energy from the Earth's core, transforming into a "Pandora" that would destroy the surface.
But now, it was here, completely powerless to resist Aaron's smelting.
Placing his hand on the fragile bud of the celestial flower, the black hole enveloped the celestial flower, pulling out its roots as well, which were continuously smelted.
[Heart of the Celestial (Brain): You possess the powerful potential of the Celestials. You only need to bury yourself in the Earth's core, and after hundreds of millions of years, you will grow into a new member of the Celestials (Limited by Ego's potential, the complete form is a stellar system-level energy body, possessing an indestructible dimensional armor, and controlling the power of cosmic rules).]
[Pseudo-Celestial Body: You have acquired the Celestial Power unique to the Celestials, possessing excellent energy resistance and powerful magic damage, as well as endless lifespan and powerful self-healing ability, further enhancing your physical body.]
[Psychic Power (Incomplete): You possess excellent psychic power and psychic resistance, but it is not yet fully developed.]
[Matter Manipulation: You have mastered excellent microscopic particle manipulation, allowing you to control surrounding molecules to quickly reconstruct into different objects according to your will (If you're feeling reckless, you can create a small planet yourself and bury your brain in it, becoming a living planet).]
[Parasitic Pandora: You can create avatar seeds and implant them on a planet. Once the Celestial power is activated, it will rapidly destroy everything on the surface, transforming into another you (an avatar).]
[Life Seed: Your seed has mutated, gaining a 100% pregnancy rate, but you can control it.]
Ego is indeed a member of the Celestials. Even if he is just a malformed child who has only been in the world for tens of millions of years and is underdeveloped, he is still worthy of the name of a god.
The five abilities he gained are all considered abnormal.
As for the sixth? It also seems quite abnormal?
He could probably establish a kingdom of descendants connected by bloodline in just one generation.
If evil enough, he could even let his genes pollute the entire world.
Even turn the entirety of Earth hundreds of years later into his own sons and grandsons?
Aaron thought about it and was greatly surprised.
It turns out this ability is the most abnormal.
He quickly discarded this extremely perverse idea.