"After all, we didn't collapse in the bushes in the middle of the night, screaming out loud." Riley shrugged and Quill glanced around, finding nothing out of the ordinary.
There were no twisted tentacles, no terrifying mucus, he looked down at his abdomen again, there were no monsters breaking out, everything was an illusion.
"It's nothing, I just fell, I'm Peter Quill. You can also call me Star Lord, this is my friend, Rocket Raccoon."
Riley blinked at the raccoon that jumped onto Quill's shoulder. As he was about to correct Quill's wording, the raccoon opened its mouth and said to him: "Hello, I'm Rocket Raccoon. Take back those impolite words you were about to say. I'm not his pet."
"Uh, okay, sorry." Riley scratched his head, and his easy acceptance seemed to make Rocket Raccoon a little uncomfortable. He deliberately furrowed his eyebrows and made a weird face. "Aren't you surprised that I can talk?"
"Well, I also have a friend, I often go to his house to play video games, he is a talking mouse, I think you two might have some common language."
"I don't think so."
"Alright, enough pleasantries. Riley, weren't you talking about speedrunning before we got here? Let's get in there as soon as possible. Whatever we find, we pack it with magic and throw it to Nick, let him deal with it."
Xu Shang-Chi frowned, shaking his head, feeling a little uncomfortable. Wanda swiftly noticed that something was off with him, so she asked: "What's wrong, Xu? Didn't you just train at SWORD? Can't you control that so-called 'energy' very well yet?"
"I feel the flow of energy is becoming chaotic." Xu Shang-Chi took a deep breath and said, "I have a stomachache, maybe I ate too much at noon. But anyway, I'm not feeling well, let's finish the investigation quickly and get out of here."
Jarvis reached out to support Xu Shang-Chi, but Xu Shang-Chi gently pushed him away, indicating that he didn't need help. Meanwhile, Riley, who was standing in front, was surprised that Quill wanted to join the investigation.
"I apologize, I'm not trying to belittle you, but it's quite clear that your mental and physical condition now may not be very suitable..."
Riley stopped mid-sentence, he looked at Quill, whose current condition was indeed not very good, even appalling. There were scratches all over his face, his complexion was pale, and his body was covered in mud, but there was an abnormal excitement in his eyes.
"I'm in very good condition, believe me, just like you, I also need some investigation results to return to, I can be of help."
Riley hesitated, but thinking about his identity as Spider Man, and glancing back at Wanda, their abilities would be more than adequate to explore a crashed spaceship. Having one more person wouldn't make much of a difference, even if he was a burden.
So, the group started to look for an entrance around the spire. Their small figures moved in front of the grand building, almost merging with the darkness.
At the shattered top of the spire, there lingered a giant round moon.
"When we were obsessed with the moon, we ignored the unremarkable stars hidden behind this bright celestial body.
So many anomalies reminded me that I should have left earlier, but at that time, I completely ignored them. Like the debris sucked into the whirlpools, I was sliding irresistibly towards an unknown dark hole."