Chapter 1361

"I'm serious, how long have you not taken a bath?" On the highway in Colorado, Star-Lord Quill looked at the raccoon in the passenger seat, frowned, and said with disgust: "I feel like you are a bit fermented, a strange smell."

"Worse than that, maybe I just got drunk in a bar last night and was covered in vomit."

"Ugh! Damn it, get out of the car, I'm going to rinse you well in the lake next to it!" Quill stepped on the brake, almost slapping the raccoon without a seat belt onto the windshield, but even if he didn't really fly, Rocket Raccoon's head hit the car hard.

"My god!" Rocket Raccoon cursed in a language Star-Lord couldn't understand, and then said: "I lied to you, I am a raccoon, raccoons love cleanliness the most, don't you know?"

"No, you must get out of the car, I have to check your hygiene status to ensure you don't have any infectious diseases... God, is there any wild animal inspection and quarantine law here? Come and save me, someone!"

Quill walked off the car without saying a word. He bypassed the front of the car and wanted to go around to the passenger side, but Rocket Raccoon nimbly jumped into the driver's seat, scurried under the seat, stepped on the accelerator hard, and the car "swished" and rushed out.

"Hey, my car! Wait, don't run, you damn raccoon!"

A few minutes later, Star-Lord Quill gasped for breath while supporting the front engine cover of the car. Rocket Raccoon sat in the driver's seat and picked his ears and said: "Who did you say was an uninspected wild animal?"

"You're ruthless!" Quill gave Rocket Raccoon a middle finger, opened the driver's door, threw the raccoon into the passenger seat, sat back in, and said: "Stop making trouble, we have to reach the Colorado NASA base before dark. Yin Yin Lisha is still waiting for us there."

As soon as he closed the car door, Quill wrinkled his nose again and said: "Whether it's for people or wild animals, maintaining hygiene is good for physical health. I will let them find a place for you to take a bath."

His tone actually contained a kind of concern, which made Rocket Raccoon feel a bit awkward and turned his head away. He found that Star-Lord Peter Quill is actually a good person who is common with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. He looks careless, cynical, and a bit stupid, but he can always express concern for others inadvertently without making others feel panic and embarrassment.

Rocket Raccoon hugged his two little claws and looked at the endless highway in front of the car and said: "I have a premonition, you can understand it as the intuition of a beast, this matter is probably not that simple, are you really ready?"

Quill's hand holding the steering wheel tightened, but he still pretended not to care and said: "I've been mixing in the interstellar society for so many years, what danger haven't I seen? Have I told you? This notorious interstellar pirate leader Yondu can actually be considered my foster father and master."

Rocket Raccoon opened his eyes wide. He stared at Quill and said: "My god, do you know that he chased me up and down for the past few months? Don't tell me you have a share in this!"

"Of course not, I've been independent and working alone for a long time. Yondu's temper is extremely irritable. Except for scolding people and hitting people, he will only stop when he is drunk. I can't stand him, so after I became an adult, I didn't work with the Ravager team."

"I dare say. This is the most correct decision you've made." Rocket Raccoon sighed and said: "The interstellar situation is going to be reshuffled. Asgard wants to enter the game and show its sincerity in maintaining interstellar security. It always needs a target. Who do you think is the most suitable?"

"I don't care if the Ravagers die or not." Quill shook his head and said: "But I know very well. Yondu can't die. Except for his first-class life-saving skills, who do you think he was working for before? Without a backer, how could the Ravager team have lived so long?"

One person and one raccoon chatted constantly, occasionally revealing their views on the interstellar society. In this way, the car soon drove to the NASA base in Colorado.

Yin Yin Lisha is a very common successful career woman. She is not only an employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but also a commander even before Quill left Earth.

Seeing this lady again, Quill had mixed feelings. What made him happy was that Yin Yin Lisha was well-maintained, which shows that her life in recent years should be smooth sailing. What made him feel a bit sad was that from the way others addressed Yin Yin Lisha, she should have been married and even had children, and her face had aged a lot.

Quill and Yin Yin Lisha hugged, Yin Yin Lisha looked at Quill with red eyes and said: "Great, Peter, you are still alive. After that incident, I thought you were dead."

"I'm really sorry, Yin Yin Lisha, I shouldn't have been so impulsive at the beginning. My young and ignorant paid the price for you, but fortunately everything has a chance to make up for it. I heard that you encountered some trouble, I think I can definitely help."

"Don't say it, Peter, I never blamed you, but I did encounter some trouble. If you can come to help me, it would be great."

The two talked about the past while walking into the office. Rocket Raccoon pretended to be Quill's pet and didn't speak along the way, but Yin Yin Lisha still instinctively saw the difference in his eyes. After entering the office, she put her gaze on Rocket Raccoon's face.

"Is it your friend?" Yin Yin Lisha looked at the raccoon and asked.

"Sort of." Quill nodded lightly. He sat down on the chair, put his hands in front of him, and said: "Also thanks to my impulsiveness at the beginning, I wandered in the interstellar society for a long time. I didn't expect that after I came back, Earth had such a big change, and humans also began to explore the interstellar society."

After saying that, Quill looked up at the scene in the office. Too many strange items that had never appeared in the era he left appeared here.

Yin Yin Lisha lowered her head and said: "When you had a dispute with Mandro, I knew it wasn't your fault, but the director who landed at that time didn't want me to intervene too much in this matter, and I couldn't change your fate of being fired."

"And you impulsively drove away the Kree spaceship and sailed to the depths of the stars. I can't imagine what kind of danger you experienced before you finally returned here, but I have always felt guilty."

"So Peter, if the situation wasn't really serious, I would never ask for your help."

"Of course, I understand you, Yin Yin Lisha. If you weren't too independent and self-reliant, and didn't ask for help in everything, the position of NASA director wouldn't be enough to hold your talent. I have always felt guilty for interfering with your career, but if the two of us just face the guilt, then we won't do anything."

Quill pretended to be joking, and he also successfully made Yin Yin Lisha laugh. She shook her head and said: "I can't be so emotional in front of others. Alright, we really have to talk about business."

Yin Yin Lisha revealed a smile, walked to the opposite side and sat down, saying: "The good news is that because of the development of aerospace technology, I also have a broader career space."

Yin Yin Lisha handed out a business card. After Quill took it, he found that the position written on it was "Section Chief of the Accident Report Investigation Section of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration".

Quill raised an eyebrow and said: "I don't remember that the aerospace agency has this section. Is it newly established?"

Yin Yin Lisha nodded and said: "Yes, the development of aerospace technology inevitably brings more aerospace accidents, and I am responsible for handling these accidents. I have been busy with my feet not touching the ground, but recently, NASA's boss has added a more tricky job to this department."

Yin Yin Lisha put her hands on the desktop and looked at Quill and said: "Before you left, you should have heard that for many years, countless unidentified flying objects have crashed on Earth, as if this is some kind of spaceship graveyard. At the peak, I had to handle more than 40 unidentified flying object investigation reports a week."

"Originally, I was used to it, but recently, this matter is becoming more and more unusual. My pressure is very high because of this, but I can't find any clues. Quill, I won't say those polite words. As your friend, I have to ask for your help."

Quill nodded and said: "My ability is limited, but if there is anything I can help with, I will definitely do my best to help you."

Yin Yin Lisha sighed, but Quill felt a bit surprised. He had never seen this strong woman show such a worried look, and then he heard Yin Yin Lisha say: "Most of the unidentified flying objects that crashed on Earth have been completely destroyed. The pilots, passengers, and important parts on the spaceship have all been burned out due to high-speed falling through the atmosphere."

"But for so many years, among so many unidentified flying object crash accidents, there are always a few lucky ones who can still save some things after falling to the ground."

Quill nodded. He had also heard in his work that some new things were found in the remains of a certain unidentified flying object, but most of the time those things were useless. At that time, human technology was too backward, and advanced alien civilization creations could only be piled up in the warehouse to fall into dust.

"Most of these lucky ones didn't carry anything dangerous, and only spaceship parts could be dug out, but that small part was very bad... Have you heard of the Mandarin?"

The rapid topic change made Quill not react at all, but Yin Yin Lisha didn't seem to expect him to answer, but explained on her own: "He is a notorious fugitive, long entrenched on the remote border of the Eastern country, and the reason he has been able to survive for so long is because of the mysterious Ten Rings."

"The Ten Rings were one of the treasures brought to Earth by a certain alien spaceship. After being snatched by people with bad intentions, they will bring terrible disasters."

"You mean..." Quill had a bad premonition.

"The aerospace agency director who fired you at the beginning has long sat firmly in his position, and unfortunately, another unidentified flying object crashed in the Rocky Mountains, which is quite well preserved. And this director believes that there might be treasures like the Ten Rings in this spaceship."

Yin Yin Lisha closed her eyes and said with a sad tone: "He believes that the aerospace agency should have the authority to fully investigate this unidentified flying object, and feels that we should take the initiative to attack and compete with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, S. H. I. E. L. D., or some similar agency for the investigation rights of this spaceship."

"For this reason, he has already sent two scientific research teams, but they were wiped out. The team members also included Captain Koch, old Ryman, and Professor Delta who had only a few months left to retire."

Quill opened his eyes wide. He stared at Yin Yin Lisha and raised his tone: "How dare he?! They are just some scientific research personnel, not agents. How can he send them to die?!"

Yin Yin Lisha covered her eyes and said: "I have emphasized this point to him long ago, but I couldn't stop him at all. He has been blinded by powerful power. He believes that in this era of everyone moving toward the stars, NASA should have occupied a more important position, and he should also have a greater right to speak. If no one gives it to him, then he will fight for it himself."

"But he is doing stupid things, too stupid!" Quill gritted his teeth and cursed, then he looked at Yin Yin Lisha and said: "Are you hoping that I will investigate that spaceship?"

"No, on the contrary, I oppose anyone investigating that spaceship. My rich professional experience tells me that there are no treasures on it, only endless danger. So, I hope you can stop anyone who wants to investigate it, especially our colleagues, don't let them go to die again."

Yin Yin Lisha looked at Quill's eyes and said: "I will send you to the front-line base of the spaceship crash investigation with an official name that makes sense, but what you have to do is not to approach that spaceship, but to stop the people the director sends later, use any method, even kidnapping them."

Quill also looked at Yin Yin Lisha's eyes and said: "I understand your kindness, Yin Yin Lisha, but you should be clear that this is not a way to solve the problem."

"The way to solve the problem should not be given by us." Yin Yin Lisha's eyes were full of deep meaning. She looked at Quill and said: "This matter should be managed by S. H. I. E. L. D. Do you understand what I mean?"

The light outside the window dimmed, and the reflection on the Hudson River shone into the room through the thin gauze curtain. The hand holding the quill finished writing a paragraph of text. The light outside the window fell on the end of the ink mark of the last stroke, like the faint light coming through a crack in a door that had just been opened.

"I understood Yin Yin Lisha's meaning. Of course, in my short career, I have dealt with S. H. I. E. L. D. agents. I clearly know which part of the world they are responsible for the security work—ordinary people, that is, the part I could never touch at that time, the part of the extreme iceberg buried deep under the water surface.

There must be something in that spaceship.

I am so sure, because I saw unspeakable fear in Yin Yin Lisha, in the eyes of this lady whose every wrinkle is engraved with strength."