It took a full month for Meredith and her crew to clear out the Prometheus and transfer some essential living equipment to the new ship.

Because it was a long-distance interstellar journey, and considering they might not need to live on a distant, unfamiliar planet for long, the Prometheus carried a full set of daily necessities and equipment, making it convenient to set up a camp if necessary.

Now all these items had been transferred to the new ship and would become the necessities for their daily life for a period of time.

In addition, all the various food resources loaded on the Prometheus were also transferred out. On this donut-shaped ship, the crew could no longer choose hibernation to pass the long journey, and everyone needed sufficient food security. Furthermore, Meredith did not think Ethan needed these things.

What Ethan ultimately received was a completely emptied Prometheus, which was exactly what he wanted. After getting this ship, Ethan needed to hand it over to Tony for some modifications, and modifications also required clearing out the ship's cargo hold first. Meredith directly emptying the contents actually saved Ethan a lot of trouble.

After the transfer of supplies was complete, the jars were also cleaned out, and after a period of exploration, they had figured out how to pilot this ship. The main reason was that the awakened Engineer had helped to some extent. Not help? That was out of the question, because Ethan, who wanted to leave, would not allow him not to help.

Anyway, Earthlings did not necessarily need a living Engineer, a dead one could also be used for research, so Ethan showed no mercy when he acted.

This alien had a strange sense of superiority when facing people like Meredith and Elizabeth, but when facing Ethan, he could not feel superior at all. He had already realized that the person in front of him was a higher life form than himself.

The other party had even evolved more powerful and miraculous abilities, including directly extracting some knowledge from his mind.

Ethan did not extract too much knowledge, this spell's effect was not very stable. He barely managed to learn the language used by the other party's race.

However, this was enough to scare the other party, because Ethan proved with his actions that even if you said nothing, he could still get what he wanted, so the Engineer chose to compromise.

The Engineer's compromise solved the last problem. When the donut ship finally took off smoothly and headed toward space, Ethan finally let out a sigh of relief.

"After wasting so much time, I finally got what I wanted."

During this time, Ethan was bored and wandered around this base every day, destroying all the iron jars he saw to ensure there were no remnants left.

Now he was a little curious about what this world would become in the future.

Because Ethan killed David in advance, the exploration team on the Prometheus basically survived, and the crazy death-seeker Elizabeth did not push her luck too much, nor did she lose her husband, so she did not go crazy wanting to attack the Engineers' homeworld with David.

Naturally, she was not used as a test subject by David for various experiments, and at the same time, David did not have the chance to spray the black liquid from those iron jars onto all the Engineers, completely destroying this civilized race.

Since these things did not happen, the Engineer civilization was still living vibrantly on their homeworld, and at the same time, they still had the ability to continuously produce this black liquid. Whether they would spread these things throughout the universe in the future, Ethan did not know either.

"How does it feel like this universe has become more dangerous than the original plot?"

Pushing this question aside, Ethan boarded the Prometheus and conducted a detailed inspection of the ship. Meredith did not trust them, and he likewise did not trust Meredith's group that much. Who knew if anyone among them might see them as a potential threat and secretly add something to this ship?

Ethan checked almost every corner of the Prometheus, making sure the new ship had no problems, and only then did he put the ship away with satisfaction.

"Should we go back now?"

"Yes."

Ethan looked at Logan beside him. The one who had the most fun on this trip was not Ethan, nor was it Hill, who finally had the chance to see more new and interesting things, but Logan, the old wolf.

"I originally thought you would bring that woman back with you."

Logan was not surprised at all that Ethan would discover this, he had not tried to hide it at all, anyone with decent observation skills could have noticed.

"We just have a very simple relationship, helping each other satisfy personal needs."

Perhaps there was also the idea of trying to extract some information? It was just that Logan had not revealed anything.

"There is no emotional basis, and she could not possibly give up everything here to go with us."

Ethan nodded. He did not think Meredith would be willing to give up everything here either. Of course, this was because she did not know what she could gain by following Ethan and the others. If she did, it would be hard to guarantee that she would not harden her heart, risk everything, and wholeheartedly cling to Logan's, Ethan's, thigh.

"I originally thought a family member was finally going to appear in the team."

"If I really find a suitable family member, I will tell you myself."

The subtext was that for this kind of simple, direct physical relationship, there was no need to specifically report it to the Captain, because the other party would not truly enter his life.

"Let's go."

As he spoke, the Prometheus had already been placed into a container by Ethan.

As his magical power increased, many spells Ethan mastered became simpler to cast, basically requiring no materials or incantations, often a single thought was enough to use them.

Only this spell for putting objects into containers had not seen much improvement, so he needed to prepare a large number of special containers in his storage space. At most, these containers had become a bit smaller than before, taking up slightly less space.

Looking at the Prometheus in the glass container, Ethan looked at it back and forth for a long time, finally put it away with satisfaction, and left the Prometheus world.

It was evening when they returned to the Marvel world. When Ethan came back, everyone was preparing to eat dinner. Most of those present were members of Ethan's team. As for the Guardians of the Galaxy guys, they had long since returned to the universe to continue their adventurous lives.

"Do you know what Tony has been busy with lately?"

Tony usually did not stay here, after all, he had his own residence and work to do. He used to come here often, which was related to his parents, Howard and Maria, being in the important stage of resurrection.

Now that Howard and his wife had truly been resurrected and had even gone out to travel together, he naturally would not come here every day anymore.

"Stark Industries is currently preparing for a new product launch, getting ready to release new products. Tony is probably busy with this."

Selene, who had been with Ethan for a relatively long time, seemed to have anticipated what Ethan would ask and immediately gave a relatively clear answer.

"Do you need me to call Tony and tell him you are back?"

"No need, I will go find him directly tomorrow."

During the time living on the alien planet, although they did not suffer much hardship, the living environment certainly could not compare to the manor here. How could that desolate planet with only rocks compare to a California seaside mansion facing the sea, where it is like spring all year round?

Even without needing to sleep, just lying on a lounge chair on the open-air balcony and feeling the cool sea breeze would bring comfort from the inside out.

Ethan lay there, watching the distant starlight and enjoying the peaceful night, when he was startled awake by the sound of a Mark series armor flying.

Watching the approaching red and gold figure, Ethan could only helplessly use Mage Hand to grab another glass and pour a glass of whiskey, watching the red and gold armored figure flying from afar suddenly slow down, then gently land on the open-air balcony.

The initial flight used the armor's flight capability, while the final landing used magic.

If it were Tony before he knew magic, this guy would have just crashed down simply and brutally. It would not be surprising if that impact directly caused the balcony to collapse.

The iron armor on his body retracted at an astonishing speed into the devices on his chest and wrists. Tony was wearing very ordinary casual clothes, and then he casually sat down on a nearby chair.

"You came back and did not even tell me?"

"Even without telling you, did you not know I was back? Did you install surveillance equipment in my manor?"

Tony shrugged. "It just so happens that I expanded Jarvis's activity range a while ago, so Jarvis knew as soon as you came back."

Jarvis knowing meant Tony knew. In some ways, this was no different from having surveillance installed.

"You do not need to worry, there are no surveillance cameras or anything inside the rooms. I can guarantee that."

"Installing it inside the house is fine too, after all, I am often not here, and Jarvis can also help monitor things."

In fact, Tony expanded Jarvis's activity range, surveillance range, for this very reason. Because beneath Ethan's manor was a new large secret laboratory, and if the things hidden inside were known, it would likely attract a whole host of troublemakers.

"As long as you do not install it in the bedroom, there is no problem."

"Do not worry, I have no interest in your bedroom at all."

While chatting idly, Ethan casually took out the Prometheus and handed it to Tony using Mage Hand.

"Is this it?"

Tony had come over voluntarily, essentially because he was interested in Ethan's haul this time.

He held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, not seeing anything special about this ship. Moreover, as Ethan reported the various parameters, he realized that this ship was not advanced in any way.

"So this ship needs major modifications. You can use any new ideas you have on it, it is perfect for testing."

(To be continued.)