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After some time, he saw Spider-Man happily running out of the warehouse.
Just as he was about to chase after him, he heard Tony waving and calling: "Over here!!!"
Arthur glanced at him and walked over sullenly: "What's going on?"
Standing there wasn't just Tony, but also Dr. Banner.
He was holding some unknown object in his hand and said: "A strange kind of material, which might meet certain experimental requirements."
Arthur was stunned. 'In this area, he was indeed kind of an idiot.'
And it's mainly because he had never used the Disassembler to extract results from related books and acquire the corresponding knowledge.
And he felt that there was no need for him to do this kind of thing. Whether it was Tony or Banner, both of them were geniuses among geniuses. Having one more of him made no difference, and one less of him didn't matter either. It would be better to focus all the functions of the Disassembler on improving his strength.
But precisely because of that, now he could only frown and ask: "So, is this valuable?"
"It's hard to measure its value," Tony said. "We can only say that, for us, this might be very useful. You know I've been researching that Dark Elf Warship. I analyzed the samples I collected and discovered…"
In the next second, Arthur felt like his brain was about to explode.
All kinds of technical terms, completely incomprehensible names, kept drilling into his head.
After Arthur listened very seriously, he solemnly said: "What does that mean?"
"..."
Tony slapped his own face, then said to Banner, "Sorry, the elderly in my family never went to school. Sorry to make you laugh."
"As a junior, you should maintain the most basic respect for your elders." Arthur lifted his leg to kick.
Tony moved like a rabbit, and in the blink of an eye, he was already behind Banner.
He said, "To put it simply, with this kind of element, we might be able to derive an entirely new alloy formula!"
Arthur pondered for a moment, then took that object in his hand and slightly frowned: "Are you sure this thing is useful?"
"Of course," Tony said. "I'm very sure."
"Wait a moment…"
Arthur opened his wristband, which had already been connected to Star-Lord.
At this moment, he opened the communication: "Come to the warehouse."
"Coming... hey, keep drinking if you've got guts, how dare you look at my woman!"
Star-Lord was yelling from the other side.
Arthur dug at his ear.
With the great battle approaching, whether it was the Raiders or Star-Lord, none of them seemed to feel any sense of tension…
Or rather, they were using a familiar method to relieve this pressure.
After waiting less than five minutes, Star-Lord arrived.
His face was flushed, and when he spoke, the smell of alcohol burst out. But just one glance into his eyes, and Arthur knew this guy wasn't drunk at all.
"Stop pretending." Arthur tossed the object in his hand to Star-Lord: "Do you recognize this thing?"
Star-Lord smiled awkwardly, casually caught it, then said: "If I didn't act like that, I'd probably have to crawl back to my room tonight. I haven't been back in a while, so they were quite excited to see me."
After speaking, he looked seriously at the object in his hand.
This thing looked quite ordinary, pitch black, a bit like a rock, a bit like plastic. When pinched by hand, it was incredibly hard, but its weight was very light.
"This thing is pretty common."
After looking at it, Star-Lord said to Arthur, "You've seen plenty of it too. We've been to a lot of scrapped planets, and they all have these kinds of rocks. Its formation probably has something to do with the harsh environment after the planet gets destroyed. Of course, I don't know the exact details. Why are you guys asking about this?"
"So, you're saying this stuff is everywhere?" Arthur asked back without answering.
"Of course." Star-Lord nodded. "They're like junk rocks you see all over the place."
"If I wanted to buy these 'junk rocks', how much would it cost?"
Tony suddenly took a step forward and asked.
As soon as he heard the word "money", Star-Lord's entire body blinked with radiance, but that light quickly faded.
Because he saw Arthur's face as dark as ink.
"Alright, there's a lot of this kind of stuff, it's not valuable. And it doesn't really have any special function. Oh, except that it's relatively light. This material isn't suitable for construction, and it can't be used as a weapon, because it's not malleable, so very few people are willing to take a second look at it."
Arthur glanced at Tony, and Tony said with a smile: "So, if we want it, we can easily get a lot?"
"Of course, but what do you guys want this for?" Star-Lord asked.
Arthur wrapped his arm around his shoulder, walked to the side, and whispered to him quietly. After a while, Star-Lord came back looking very satisfied: "Leave this matter to me. We all belong to the same alliance, so it will be free!"
Tony and Banner exchanged a glance. They both clearly understood that Arthur must have promised something.
They were a bit speechless at the moment, but it was fine. Although on Earth, Tony was a billionaire with wealth rivaling nations, here, green-colored bills clearly couldn't impress any aliens.
Star-Lord didn't care what plans Arthur and the others had for this stone. After chatting for a bit, he went off to drink with his friends.
Tony stuffed the stone into his pocket, then said: "This might help us open the door to a new world."
Banner also nodded along.
Arthur glanced at the two of them with a strange look, then smiled: "Perhaps, for us, the real treasure has never been on Earth."
Tony's eyes lit up. Now they were in the universe, vast and boundless, with endless possibilities and infinite resources!
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "You're right. After this battle, we can't just happily go back to Earth."
Banner looked at Tony in surprise: "What do you mean? Are we planning to settle down in space?"
"Of course not." Tony said: "We need to leave eyes in this universe, leave a hand behind! We need to acquire continuous supplies of resources that Earth doesn't have, and then create miracles of our own!"
Banner had never had much ambition, but Arthur understood what Tony meant. He thought for a moment and said: "Don't take too big a step, or you'll pull your balls."
This was a crude remark. Tony thought about it for a long time, but eventually understood the meaning: "You mean to say?"
Arthur smiled and said, "Do you know what place has the most advanced technology on Earth?"
"America?"
Tony wasn't too sure. After all, since Arthur had asked the question, the answer definitely wouldn't be that simple.
Arthur smiled: "Wakanda!"
"Haha." Tony laughed: "Don't think that just by randomly naming some obscure country, I wouldn't know. As far as I know, this country is almost completely isolated from the world, and relies almost entirely on international aid to keep running."
(End of this chapter)