Chapter 16: Shooting Stars Only Fire
The Tenere Desert, located in the eastern wilderness of the Sahara Desert, is extremely rare in terms of human and animal tracks, as well as large-scale green forests.
The time was at noon in the local area, the direct sun was extremely scorching, and the rocket sat on the sand on the stretch, spitting out the sand while "babbling", beating his chest like a knife and axe, and looking unlucky as "the bride died after drinking the acacia wine".
"Tree Man" Groot stood aside, his face haggard, as a flower god Colossus Clan, although he did not have an urgent need for water like plants, but the harsh environment did bring some bad effects to him.
He felt the strength in his body gradually drain and his spirit was exhausted.
However, he is more worried about the state of his friends than himself.
He knows rockets too well, and the "Meteorfire" is irreplaceable compared to the other party, and most of the time, he would rather sleep on the spaceship docked in the Star River Harbor than be separated from his beloved.
Of course, the simple-tempered Groot didn't think that maybe the rocket pulled him to spend the night on the spaceship that had been docked, or maybe it was just to save money for the accommodation for two......
"Rocket ......"
The speed of speech is very slow, so Groot rarely speaks on weekdays, and has no experience of "being able to say comfort" at all, the only thing he can do is to pat his friend on the shoulder, hoping that he can come out of the impact of the incident of "Meteor" losing "Meteor" as soon as possible.
"Wait until I get back......"
The rocket grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, threw it at the wreckage of the spaceship that was still burning, and gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I want to make that profiteer look good!"
"Evidence, yes, I'm going to leave evidence!"
As he spoke, he quickly got up from the sand, pressed on the suit on his shoulder blades, and slapped it violently at the scene.
"You're a witness, Groot," Rocket said, taking a picture of the dazed tree-man and instructing, "We're flying in the universe well, and when we are about to reach our destination, the spaceship suddenly malfunctions, and it lands and falls, almost killing us!"
"I'll settle this account with him......"
"Hammer ......"
Groot patted the raccoon on the shoulder and reminded his friend who had already begun to calculate how many Star Coins he wanted: "We hit a hammer ......"
"Nonsense!"
The jumping rocket kicked the sand at the treeman, looking annoyed that he was about to break with the other party: "Who am I? I am the Starhunter rocket, Karien, no, the galaxy, the pride of the pilots of the galaxy spaceship, how could I hit the hammer!"
The replacement of the interstellar hunter's certificate needs to be officially recognized by the local interstellar alliance member forces, so the two rockets who are serious about coming to Earth on a mission have changed from the original Carion system to the Milky Way.
"But ......"
"Shut up!"
Groot was still trying to say something, but was glared back by the rocket, he scratched his head, and didn't dare to say anything more.
"Humph!"
After collecting the "evidence", the rocket glared at the outspoken guy next to him, and admonished: "Let's go to the nearby city to find out the news first, don't talk too much, especially don't mention that our ship has exploded!"
Seeing that Grud nodded and agreed, he was a little relieved.
It wasn't because of any face problem that Shuren shut up, but for the safety of the two.
As a bounty hunter, it is almost impossible to receive assistance and preferential treatment from the planetary ruling body.
But as long as you don't go too far, you won't be rounded up and detained like a wanted interstellar criminal.
After all, the bounty hunter community is less awe-inspiring, adrift, and homeless, and even the ruler of a planet doesn't want to be troubled.
However, this does not include the stupid ...... who have lost their own boats. Fools and profiteers, who have lost the means to leave themselves, not only have to act with their tails between their legs, but also have to be extorted by customs officers when they take the interstellar commercial passenger spaceship.
Slapping the sand on his body, Rocket sorted out his appearance while thinking about other matters in his mind.
Without his own ship, it was extremely inconvenient to act, not to mention that he didn't even know about the interstellar business routes that the planet had opened up now.
He shook his head in annoyance, and was about to beckon Groot to leave, when he saw that his hands had been turning into vines and whipping like vines, thinking about taking root in the desert and drawing water from some deeper underground.
Pressing the flare jet switch on the suit, the rocket shouted: "Stop digging, ready to go!"
Groot slowly pulled out the vine-like arm that was already wet, and the reluctant performance made the impatient Rocket rush over and punch him twice.
The guy who doesn't have a good shape, the hair is split for me!
......
At the urging of the rocket, Groot, who was slow in time, was also ready to go, but before the two could act, a huge shadow obscured the direct sun.
"Be careful!"
The stern-looking rocket reminded Groot that the metallic behemoth flying in the sky didn't look like a naturally formed deformed cloud at all.
The two did not act rashly, for fear of incurring a covering blow.
The wreckage of their own spaceship was still blazing, and they really didn't have any strong confidence in their hearts.
Dense black star-dotted raindrops descended from the spacecraft, and it took them a very short time to step on the sand, carrying Glazer Industries' landing backpacks.
As far as the rocket could see, the nearby sand dunes and the endless Gobi were already surrounded by soldiers wearing biochemical suits and armed with strange firearms.
Obviously, these two hapless Star Hunters have no other means than to cooperate for the time being.
"We have no ill intentions, aliens!"
A man in a blue tights, a mask on his head, and a star shield walked out of the crowd, I don't know if it was an illusion, the rocket seemed to see the invisible and colorless aura burning around the other party.
"By the way, can you understand me?"
Steve suddenly thought of the language difference and asked with little confidence.
"Language is not an issue," Rocket, who has an interpreter implanted in his body, nodded and introduced himself to the other party: "We are Ka...... Belch...... The bounty hunter of the galaxy has taken a capture mission to investigate here, my name is Rocket, and his name is Groot. ”
"My name is Steve?? Rogers, you can call me Steve. ”
"We are based on the principle of friendly communication with extraterrestrial visitors......
"Friendly?"
Rocket, who can be called a "villain" by the criminals of the intergalactic prison, is naturally not a cowardly good boy, he pointed around, and mocked Steve.
I was about to say something more, but I glanced at the wreckage of my own spaceship, and swallowed back the words with an unnatural expression.
"Yes, we return the favor to all of our friendly alien friends, but until you have proven that you have no ill will towards Earth, you will need to come with us and be supervised for a while. ”
Steve's words are very frank, these two people are from aliens, and they look so "chic", who knows if they carry some germs or even radiation sources that are not good for humans.
Before these security risks are eliminated, they must be supervised first.
"Okay, okay!"
Rocket spread his hands, looked at Groot helplessly, and said to Steve: "Let's go, isn't it just squatting in prison, I'm familiar with this process!"
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