Chapter 9: The Way Forward
Although Tony didn't hide his expression, he resolutely refused to admit it.
However, he believed that Ethan would not refuse, and in fact Ethan would not.
Iron Man vs. Batman? It's not like this hasn't happened, not to mention that it's just a meeting, but it may not be able to really fight.
"Just want to meet Bruce Wayne, I guess you'll have to wait a while. ”
The point is not that Bruce Wayne, who has countless universes, nor is it that Bruce Wayne is not born in the world that Diana is in.
It's about which Batman world to go to, and Ethan needs to take care of his own affairs before he can do it.
The matter of the spaceship is solved, take Tony to other worlds, and meet Batman can also be regarded as a relaxation.
"You're going to another world to pick up the spaceship first. ”
"Yes!"
"What kind of world is that?"
"Aliens know. ”
The Marvel Universe also has the classic Alien series, and the young Spider-Man Peter Parker often uses the tricks of the old movies to deal with enemies, including Ant-Man and Ebony Throat.
As Tony gradually comes into contact with the concept of the multiverse, and he himself travels to other universes with Ethan, he can certainly understand this with his intelligence: many movies are actually real worlds, and Ethan has the ability to enter these worlds.
This also vaguely explains why Ethan always knows a lot of things - the movie is probably not less.
As for whether Ethan first watched countless movies and then gained the ability to travel through the plane, and used this knowledge to gain benefits in countless cosmic planes, or whether he first obtained the ability to travel through the universe, and then continued to collect movies and other self-tuition in the process of traveling, he is not ready to delve into it.
What he cared more about was that Ethan actually mentioned the alien......
"You're going to that world? That ship doesn't seem like a good thing, right? Why don't you get Star-Lord a Marauder for you?" ”
The background of the alien world is the earth civilization that has entered the interstellar era, and it does have spaceships that can sail in space.
But this film is an old film, and the spaceship that I thought was cool back then has a lot to complain about now, at least Tony can't accept that backward display equipment and console.
"I'm going a little earlier. ”
"Earlier?"
Tony immediately understood that Ethan must have seen the Alien prequel or something like that in some world, and that the ships in the prequel were more like products of the interstellar era of the future.
"When are you going to go?"
"Soon. ”
Ethan was ready to explain the matter to everyone and set off.
They don't stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe like they stay in the 'main universe' (Ethan can only think of the universe he lives in as the main universe now), no matter how long he is gone, it will only be a moment for them.
Also considering the difference in timeline caused by his own back and forth, in order to avoid the confusion of his memory, and the need to waste time sorting out these useless things, Ethan simply synchronized the time flow rate of this world with himself.
That is, whether he returned to the main universe or went to Prometheus, how long he experienced himself, the same amount of time passed here.
"What? You want to see the excitement?"
"I'm a little curious, but if you're going to leave right away, I'm afraid I won't be able to go along. ”
Tony is not a careless person after all, he has a lot of things at hand, even if he has handed over the position of president of the group to Pepper Pepper, he still has a lot of things to do - the most powerful inventor in the entire Stark Group is himself, especially during this time he has made a lot of new technologies, these things can be done by no one except Tony.
If he didn't spend some time arranging the work at hand in advance, Tony wouldn't be able to go anywhere, and considering that he still wanted to see Bruce Wayne later, it would be better to run out with Ethan for a while, and then run out after a few days when he came back.
"By the time I've taken care of all the work at hand, and Stark Group has stockpiled enough new technology, I'll be much more relaxed. ”
Tony has too many new technologies at hand, he is now in a centralized state, and when he finishes sorting out these technologies, it is impossible for Stark Group to take out these new technologies in one go, it must be the same display.
At this time, Tony will be much more relaxed, and by the time the Stark Group has shown all the things he has drummed up, it is estimated that it will be at least ten years old.
This is enough time for him to come up with more new things, and it doesn't affect him from doing other things.
"I'll just wait here for you to bring the ship back. ”
Tony chatted with Ethan for a while before going back to his business.
Speaking of which, Ethan didn't see Howard and Maria when he came back this time, and after a little inquiry, he learned from Tony that Howard and Maria's 'recovery' was very good, they had gone out a few days ago, ready to see this already a little strange world with their own eyes, and it was estimated that it would be two or three months before they returned.
Ethan nodded and said that he knew, although those two were very young on the outside, they were adult souls on the inside, and they would definitely not make any trouble.
What's more, with the Stark family's financial resources, there must be bodyguards with them, which is enough to cope with most situations - in a few cases, there are also small props made by Tony for him, which can protect them from harm for a certain period of time and buy him time to go to the rescue.
With so many insurance measures, what else do you need to worry about?
After sending Tony away, Ethan didn't go to see anyone, but went back to his room, took a good shower and changed his clothes, and then sat on the sofa and relaxed for a while, taking the opportunity to think about his future path.
The matter of taking the spaceship has already been decided.
And then what?
Put the ship in Tony's hands, let him do some modifications for him, and then sail aimlessly through the universe in the enhanced Prometheus?
Sounds a bit boring? Gotta find a target, right?
In the past, he was just moving forward in the training ground, rushing through stormy seas, trying to see what the next place would look like, and what was there?
There was also the idea of finding the legendary Endless Lands - no one else did it and let me do it, which is what makes me special.
This kind of thinking has become the motivation for him to keep moving forward.
"What are you thinking?"
When Ethan was resting (in a daze?), Logan and Ida actually came over one after another, looking at Ethan, who was slumped in the sofa, and wondered what happened to this captain, who was occasionally a little weird, but who seemed to be very energetic most of the time, today?
"Thinking about the way forward?"
"You still have a headache like this?"
Logan consciously poured himself a glass of whiskey, and then poured lemonade for Ada and Ethan.
After getting along together for so long, even if you don't deliberately get to know each other, you will know some of the preferences of your partners.
For example, Ethan usually doesn't use alcohol as a drink, even with his current physical fitness, a lot of high-altitude alcohol has no effect on him, and he prefers to drink drinks.
Ada, on the other hand, prefers 'healthy' foods and drinks, such as water or lemonade, and rarely drinks fruit juices.
Took the lemonade from Logan's hand: "Why don't I have a headache about this, you should know our situation very well now." ”
The whole team can be said to be developing steadily, but this is about individual strength, and there is really no team goal.
For example, Mordred has personal goals such as learning knowledge, increasing knowledge, and improving strength, but this has little to do with the team around Ethan.
Before, everyone had a direction, and they were trying to sail forward.
Now that they've got a new spaceship, where are they supposed to go? just wandering around the universe aimlessly?
"Actually, I think it's pretty good to sail aimlessly. ”
Logan loved it, but he knew that it wasn't possible for everyone to be his kind of thinking - without a big goal to 'unite' everyone, maybe the bored crowd would do it and devote their energy to internal struggles.
Thinking of this, Logan understood why Ethan was having a headache.
"Actually...... I don't think you need to dwell too much on that. ”
Ada, who had not spoken, suddenly expressed a completely different opinion.
"These people on the ship now don't really care about this kind of thing. ”
Thinking carefully about the personalities of the members of the ship, I found that the personalities of these companions Ethan found were really similar: this group of people said that they were happy with what they encountered, and if they were unambitious, they didn't seem to like to make trouble.
Immorton, who is the most capable of doing things, has only the greatest wish to live happily with Ansuna, and now that he has achieved this wish, he only hopes to get the opportunity to become a god (and at the very least, to be a god servant) by serving Ethan.
"I'm thinking too much?"
"It's not counting, it's good if there's a goal in front of you and everyone working together, even if it's ...... It's not that ambitious. ”
In fact, it is just to find something to attract everyone's attention, and a normal point target is much easier to find.
For example, take a walk around the universe to figure out what really happened to the Empire, and what is happening now, and if possible, help Betty find her relatives?
"Let's wait until we get back the spaceship you ordered, but now we have to get the spaceship, right?"
"You're going along?"
"Of course, I agreed to join your team just to see all kinds of strange worlds!" This is also the purpose of Ada's joining, such a new and interesting adventure life is exactly what she wants.
So far, she hasn't gotten bored with this life, and she doesn't think she should have it for a long time.
"I went and asked anyone else who was interested, and then I set off. ”