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Chapter 4211

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Quiet time always passes quickly. The next morning, it was another busy day; when Schiller went downstairs, he found that the seats were almost occupied by Robins. They all came to get equipment yesterday, and by the way, rested here for a night, preparing to leave soon.

It's really different after changing to better equipment. And they are not using those eliminated military supplies from the black market, but active-duty equipment of the Skrull Empire. The creations of mechanical civilization have their own orderly beauty; although the Robins are different, after using the new equipment, they really have the look of professional armed forces.

Now the workers of Cross-2 are not allowed to stay overnight, so not many people came in the morning, and the Robins walked out after breakfast. They chatted and laughed, and the topic was not entirely centered on Batman, but started talking about the fresh things they discovered in the universe.

Schiller stood in front of the bar counter and looked at their backs, he thought, perhaps Batman is also gradually feeling that if he wants the birds to be independent, he must first teach them to fly. However, if there is no vast enough sky, they cannot roam freely.

Once, Earth was big enough for them. There were many kinds of cities on it. However, these cities were much the same. After they had their own independent nests, their lives didn't have much change compared to the past, just changing to another city to be a superhero.

However, they should have other paths besides this. They can stay by Batman's side, learn knowledge and technology, and should also be able to pursue the mysteries of magic, exploring cosmic truth in another way. They can be street heroes, maintaining the order of ordinary people's lives, or they can sail out, fight with the storms between the stars and the sea, and become the bravest helmsmen.

Perhaps every pair of father and son is like this. When Batman saw that Robin wanted to become himself, he also felt happy and proud, but he couldn't help but think that perhaps they should have their own paths, instead of repeating his own life.

Repeating means no progress, and he worked so hard to make this world and this universe better, just so that more people can have more paths. It's the same for the Robins.

Perhaps precisely because of this, the Batmans chose to send the Robins here by coincidence. They hope the birds can see the scenery between the universe; only in this way, when they leave the nest, they won't spend too much time looking back at the past. When the sky is no longer the limit, they can focus on flying a little higher, and higher.

One spaceship after another took off, the light of the engine reflected on the barren rock, and then turned into one light point after another, like meteors, disappearing into the universe. The darkness within sight also showed a bit of vividness because of these light points.

But soon, more vividness and noise followed. Schiller was completing his unfinished great cause of wine tasting at the bar counter, and when he looked up, he thought he had an illusion.

"Why are you here??!!!"

Appearing in front of the bar counter was impressively Loki.

"You have to ask the two of them about this." Loki reached out and pointed to his side. One side was black and red, and the other was all pink.

"That's right, the two of us saved him back!" Gwenpool spoke first, "I knocked out those two jailers, and then saved him!"

"Forget it, if I hadn't lured the guards away, you couldn't have entered a prison with such tight defense at all!" Deadpool retorted.

"That's because my stealth technology is superb. Besides, you crashed the prison building, causing the foundation to crack, and the two of us were almost smashed to death!"

"If you hadn't insisted on visiting the palace first, we wouldn't have missed the guards' rest time, and had to use such a method..."

"Stop!" Schiller shouted. He had already understood from these words what kind of exciting and stimulating adventure the two of them had carried out in the universe, but these were not the main problems.

"Why did the two of you go to save him?"

"Because he was caught." Gwenpool shrugged and said, "It was reported on the news, and both of us saw it. In any case, Asgard is also an ally of humans, how could those damn aliens catch Loki?"

Schiller looked at Deadpool again. Deadpool spread his hands and said: "I agree with this stupid girl on this point. Everyone in the universe knows that we and Asgard are iron buddies, and they just caught their prince like that; isn't it too disrespectful to us?"

Finally, Schiller's gaze fell on Loki's face, and Loki looked helpless. He sat in front of the bar counter and said: "I didn't want to leave, but if I didn't leave with the two of them, the Skrull capital would have been destroyed! They first made a big scene in the palace, dismantled the Emperor's throne, and poisoned the palace's tap water system..."

"That's not poison!" Gwenpool said helplessly, "We were hiding on the water tower to avoid the guards, and this idiot insisted on seeing what the structure inside was, and accidentally fell in..."

"That's still not as good as poisoning!"

"He," Loki pointed at Deadpool, "took advantage of the Emperor going to the bathroom and blew up the toilet."

"She," Loki pointed at Gwenpool again, "stole the spaceship the Emperor was going to use to see a doctor."

"The entire capital star system's military force was chasing them, and I don't know what kind of dog shit luck they had, they weren't caught, and they drove the spaceship to the prison, one jumped down, the other didn't know why they didn't jump down, and crashed the prison with the spaceship. I thought it was an earthquake!"

"Then you just say whether the two of us saved you or not." Gwenpool said.

"I don't need the two of you to save me!"

"I know, I know," Deadpool waved his hand and said, "It's embarrassing to be caught, not to mention you are still a prince of Asgard. But one shouldn't be too concerned about face; isn't returning home safely better than anything?"

Loki covered his forehead powerlessly.

"Does your brother know you're out?"

"I left a fake body there," Loki said, "Don't worry, it won't delay the trial the day after tomorrow. However, I told Thor that I'm already out, otherwise I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on until the trial."

"That's good," Schiller said, "The two of them made such a big news, it can be considered as helping you get revenge."

"But why were you caught in the first place?" Deadpool asked, "I thought you stabbed their Emperor with a small knife again, but I see that guy seems to be living well."

"When did I take a small knife..."

"That's not important," Gwenpool interrupted him and then said, "What I care about is, they said Helen is your illegitimate child with the Sorcerer Supreme..."

"Cough cough cough cough cough cough!!!!"

Loki almost coughed out his lungs, and then he glared at Gwenpool and said: "What kind of nonsense. Helen is indeed my daughter, and I do want to have another child, but Strange?"

"Also, but if you considered him, you wouldn't have failed to have one until now." Schiller was still fanning the flames on the side.

"What the hell?" Loki said.

"I think what's more important now is to think about how to explain it to your brother." Schiller took out a gossip tabloid from under the bar counter and placed it in front of Loki.

Loki took a look and almost fainted. "'The Sorcerer Supreme has been secretly married for many years, and the cat-and-mouse game between the strongest law enforcer and the strongest liar is actually caused by marital discord'?!"

Schiller didn't look at this newspaper carefully either, and when he heard such an explosive headline, he also leaned over to take a look, and then thought to himself that this was absolutely done by Venom. He really doesn't show any mercy when pitting his former host!

Loki crumpled the newspaper into a ball, took a deep breath, and with a "whoosh", a cluster of flames appeared in his palm, burning the newspaper.

"It's useless to burn this thing," Schiller said, "The sales of this issue of the newspaper have exceeded 100 million, and it has been rated as the most popular news headline of the year."

"Loki!" A voice came from outside the door. Loki disappeared in a flash.

Then, with a "clack", a bolt of lightning struck him out. Of course, it didn't really strike him, just struck beside him, and then scared him out.

"Thor, let me explain!" Loki said, "That's completely spread by gossip tabloids, Strange and I have nothing!"

Thor leaned against the bar counter with his arms crossed and said: "I heard that you have been married for ten years, and have an illegitimate child?"

"How is this possible?" Loki said helplessly, "The two of us are just ordinary partners."

"I remember there was a period of time when you two stayed in Kamar-Taj."

"...... When?" Loki said with some doubt.

"Not long after coming to Earth."

"That was more than ten years ago!"

"Doesn't that just match up?"

"At that time, we were just studying how to make money," Loki said.

"Of course, I believe you." Thor said, "I'm just giving you a reminder, Strange is a good Sorcerer Supreme, and can be considered a decent partner, but he is absolutely not a good partner. He is too paranoid."

"Got it," Loki said helplessly, "Isn't there nothing?"

Several people sat in front of the bar counter again. Schiller looked at Deadpool and asked: "You stirred the Skrull Empire's capital into that state, are you sure they can appear in court on time the day after tomorrow?"

"It's fine, their Emperor won't go anyway." Deadpool said.

And Thor looked at Schiller and said: "I heard you want to move Earth to another place?"

"Yes, the best location to build a portal channel in the solar system is Earth. I believe in Reed's calculation results, although it might be a bit troublesome, it's not impossible to move it."

"Then what about the other planets?"

"Move them as a whole."

"You mean you want to move the solar system?"

"No, the Sun doesn't move, move the others as a whole. You can understand it as letting all the planets in the solar system spread out a bit; after all, it's really too crowded, isn't it?"

Thor nodded, he took the beer Schiller handed him and took a big gulp. He had also been fighting in the universe for many years, so he understood that this situation in the solar system is indeed not common.

In the universe, binary star systems are more common than single star systems, such as Cross-2, which has more than one star. And even for single star systems, it is rare for the Sun to drag eight, and these eight planets have basically uniform orbits, forming a subtle balance.

Most of them have one star with three or four planets, and the distance between these planets will be relatively far, and they may all be gas giants. It is actually quite rare for Earth and Mars, two planets with similar properties and very close orbits, to appear in the same star system.

Therefore, there are indeed too many planets in the solar system, and they are too dense. It didn't matter before, but now that humans have starships and are preparing to build large engineering machinery, such a dense star system has become a drag, because many things require a certain starting space, and in the case of such dense planets, it is really easy to bump into each other.

So now human scientists are researching how to disperse the solar system, readjust the orbits of each planet, place important ones in better positions, and move those less important ones to the side.

Mercury basically doesn't need to move, because it is very close to the Sun and can provide a lot of energy. The position of the gas giants is also okay, not far or near, which is convenient for mining. The distant ones don't need to be mentioned, the starports have already been built, and it's not easy to move them.

The only thing that is more in the way now is Mars. This colonial planet that humans once had high hopes for is indeed a bit unattractive now. It is very close to Earth, but it occupies the pit and doesn't shit, and doesn't play any important role. So the biggest disagreement within the scientific team now is whether to remove Mars.

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