Chapter 1348: Mysteries of the Feast (Part 15)

"Since you are an employee of the Sanctum Sanctorum, you must have heard that the foundation of the Shi'ar Empire is 'fusion'."

"They not only fuse other ethnic groups, fuse their power and beliefs, but also want to manufacture a 'supreme cosmic life' of fusion. For this, they have done countless evil experiments, and the final products of those experiments have all gone crazy."

"But the Shi'ar Empire is unwilling to give up. They feel that this fusion project will definitely succeed in the end, and these early failed products are not complete failures and can still be utilized. If they cannot be fused in the laboratory, then let them kill each other, so that their power and blood can fuse with each other."

"Thus, they threw these failed experimental products into the Half-World mental hospital, and I am the victim of this plan."

"Yondu will hunt me down precisely because of the underlying protocol I wrote into my body at that time. At that time, I didn't have knowledge in this area and didn't know how to be cautious. I didn't expect that the Shi'ar Empire had set an alarm in the underlying protocol."

"After that group of robots that awakened self-consciousness and escaped were all eliminated, I became the only experimental product holding this underlying protocol. The Shi'ar Empire also knew this point. Perhaps precisely because of this, they wanted to eliminate me."

Rocket Raccoon lowered its head. Shiler had never thought that he would see such a complex expression on a raccoon's face. He reached out and touched Rocket Raccoon's head again, and said, "I understand everything you said, and this story is quite interesting, but have you discovered a few suspicious points?"

Rocket Raccoon raised its head and blinked. Shiler moved the chair forward a bit, placed his hands on the table, spread out his medical record book, and said, "The most suspicious one is, when you do bad things, do you leave your name at the scene?"

"You inherited the underlying protocol of a security robot, and then happened to find the entire plan and the Shi'ar Empire's signature in this underlying protocol. Do you really think the Shi'ar Empire would be stupid to this extent?"

Rocket Raccoon opened its mouth, but didn't show any surprised expression. It sighed and said, "If you have been mixed in the universe for a long time and have seen all kinds of civilizations, you will know that the universe is not a hundred flowers blooming, but a meeting of idiots."

"Many civilizations can walk to today not because they are really much stronger than others, but purely by luck. Conversely, powerful civilizations can also perish overnight due to natural disasters, just because of bad luck."

Rocket Raccoon crossed its arms, tilted its head to one side, and said, "If you truly delve into the hinterland of the three major empires, you will find that they are not much stronger than other civilizations."

"The development history of intelligent life is a combination of one coincidence after another. They are more coincidental than others, so they are stronger than others. As for the level... everyone is half a catty to eight taels."

"I agree with you on this point." Shiler nodded, but then changed the subject and said, "However, my meaning is, this is a not-so-good framing—after committing a case, sticking someone else's name on it, deliberately leaving a group of survivors to run around the universe, and then searching for them with great fanfare, making a big deal out of it, the purpose of smearing is naturally achieved."

Rocket Raccoon frowned and said, "You mean, actually, it was someone else framing the Shi'ar Empire from beginning to end? Perhaps it's possible... No, no, wait a minute, this is impossible."

Rocket Raccoon said very firmly, "The first batch of uncontrollable lunatics put into the mental hospital were not products of scientific experiments. They had extremely strong traces of magic on them."

"As far as I know, the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire do not study mysticism deeply. On the contrary, the royal family and nobles of the Shi'ar Empire all possess divine power. The magic traces left by that group of lunatics are traceable and don't look like they can be disguised."

"I didn't say the Shi'ar Empire was completely innocent." Shiler also tilted his head, looked at Rocket, and said, "Perhaps that group of lunatics with magic traces were put in by them, but what about the robots?"

"Don't you think such behavior is contradictory? If they were conducting magic experiments before, why add another subject to this experiment, to manufacture a group of robots to take care of patients? If this group of robots existed long ago, why not put them in at the beginning?"

After listening to Shiler's words, Rocket Raccoon fell into thought, but Shiler had already deduced the general process of the whole thing.

"Perhaps, the Shi'ar Empire had a plan, and they found people from various races all over the universe to do experiments, drove them crazy, and threw them into a mental hospital."

"They might have been thinking of reusing waste, but they were discovered by their competitors, who might be the other two major empires, and they found this mental hospital."

"They threw more crazy robots into this mental hospital, and wrote the Shi'ar Empire's plan and their signature in the underlying protocol of this group of robots, and then let this group of robots force this group of lunatics to kill each other."

"And the so-called event of radiation from star explosions leading to the awakening of the robots' self-consciousness was just a part of the plan. They let the robots have self-consciousness, and even have a sense of morality, not willing to continue doing such things, nothing more than letting them rise up and resist, escape the planet, and expose the cruel behavior of the Shi'ar Empire."

"As for the final elimination of that group of robots, it might be the Shi'ar Empire itself, because they don't want the other party's framing plan to succeed. As for chasing you..." Shiler dragged a long tone, as if he were thinking.

Rocket Raccoon stared at Shiler with round black eyes, seemingly hoping he would give an answer. Shiler paused and then said, "I think, it's neither the other two major empires, nor the Shi'ar Empire."

"Why?"

"Because from the above deduction, it can be seen that the robots might not have been made by the Shi'ar Empire. Then even if there is an alarm in the final protocol, the Shi'ar Empire cannot receive it. And if the one receiving the alarm is the Kree Empire or the Skrull Empire, they wouldn't care either."

"Wanting to set off a public opinion storm on a large scale doesn't rely on just a few people and a few mouths. The main body of the plan is not you. No one prepared a promotion plan for you. Even if they know you are still alive, there is no need to go to such lengths for a raccoon that is not even a humanoid creature."

"I am not a raccoon!" Rocket Raccoon's tone became a bit plaintive. It walked back and forth on the table, spread its hands, and said, "Then what did I encounter all this for? I suffered heavy injuries and was tortured to the point of almost dying!"

"There is one point you didn't say wrong. What you saw and heard in the Half-World mental hospital and the plan in your underlying protocol might be the most valuable part of you." Shiler supported his chin and said.

"The people chasing you are probably also wanting this part. Does what is written in your underlying protocol say how they will achieve this plan?"

Rocket Raccoon paused and then said, "It's written very vaguely. Anyway, it's some experiments or something. I didn't pay attention to it. Alright, if you are interested in this, I'll take a look. Wait for me..."

"What is all this? This data should have expired, this is useless, this is also useless..." Rocket Raccoon kept muttering. Suddenly, it let out a scream: "Wait, there is a sentence here, they want to borrow the power of 'crystal'... What is crystal?"

"Crystal?" Shiler repeated this word. He leaned his body forward, stared into Rocket Raccoon's eyes, and asked, "What crystal, does it have a name?"

"m'kraan... crystal?"

The raccoon spat out this word with some difficulty. It opened its mouth and said, "Only this name, it didn't write what it actually is."

Shiler paused. He felt this name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember which comic book or which story it was from.

If he wanted to search more carefully, Shiler would probably have to go back to the data room of the high tower and flip through the comic books one by one, but he didn't have this time now, so he could only put this line down for the time being.

Just when Shiler wanted to say something to Rocket Raccoon, his phone suddenly rang. Shiler made an apologetic gesture to Rocket Raccoon and picked up the phone.

"Hello? Oh, Jarvis, what's the matter? Wanda has something to do with me? What is it? She wants to come over in person, how can she..."

Before Shiler could finish speaking, a red light flashed in mid-air, and Miss Witch jumped down directly. Shiler looked at her somewhat helplessly and said, "I forgot, Miss Scarlet Witch doesn't care about Asgard's protective shield."

"Dr. Shiler, I'm sorry, I'm a bit impolite, but I'm really in a hurry!" Wanda kept rubbing her wrists, stared at Shiler with her eyes wide open, and said, "This is related to Professor Charles's lifelong event!"

"Ah?" Shiler made a surprised syllable.

Wanda had an anxious expression. She pulled Shiler to sit on the sofa nearby, poured a glass of water for herself, gulped it down, and then looked at Shiler and said, "I just came back from the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. It was that group of X-Men who called me over."

Miss Witch rolled her eyes and looked at Shiler with a gossipy expression, saying, "You don't know how crazy Professor Charles's love history is. I listened for a whole afternoon and didn't finish listening!"

"Uh, so?"

"Alright, other romances are not important. The key is Her Majesty the Queen of the Shi'ar Empire, Lilandra! Professor Charles has never forgotten this Majesty!"

Shiler blinked gently, showing a puzzled expression. He put one hand on his waist, looked at Wanda, and said, "If I remember correctly, mind reading is Professor Charles's ability. How come you have it too? Can you also know who he has never forgotten?"

"Originally we didn't know." Wanda emphasized her tone and said, "But Charles's actions proved this point. As soon as he heard that Her Majesty the Queen would come to the wedding of the King of Asgard, he immediately took the invitation from Magneto. He wants to reunite with Her Majesty the Queen at the banquet!"

Shiler widened his eyes, looked at Wanda, and said, "Professor Charles also came? How come I didn't see him?"

"This is the problem." Wanda's tone became very helpless. She said, "Magneto firmly disagrees with the two of them getting back together, has been pestering him, not letting him go out to socialize. This lunatic wants to break up the couple and destroy the happiness of Professor Charles's second half of his life!"

"Ah???"

Miss Witch sighed and said, "This matter is too complicated. I listened for a few hours and only heard half of it... Forget it, no time to explain, I'll make a long story short."

"Jean Grey and the others told me that the current Queen of the Shi'ar Empire was actually not the first heir originally. At that time, Lilandra Neramani was just a princess who was not so favored. Her brother D'Ken Neramani was the crown prince."

"After D'Ken ascended the throne, he was lost in the vortex of power and always wanted to use an artifact, called... something something crystal, to complete a certain plan. Lilandra constantly persuaded him not to do so, but instead was hunted down."

"After Princess Lilandra escaped, she used the fine magic unique to the Aerie to establish some hazy connection with Professor Charles. She came to Earth to ask Professor Charles for help. The mutants went to the Aerie star under Lilandra's guidance, defeated D'Ken, and the Queen ascended the throne."

"Wait a minute!" Shiler interrupted Wanda's words. Rocket Raccoon also jumped to Shiler's side. The two stared at Wanda together. Shiler asked:

"The crystal that the Emperor D'Ken you mentioned wanted to use, what is its name?"

"Uh, its name is a bit of a tongue twister. Let me think, it seems to be called... m'kraan crystal?"

"Uh, its name is a bit of a tongue-twister, let me think, I believe it's called... the M'Kraan Crystal?"