69novels Chapter 171. Robert
Chapter 171. Robert
Chapter 171. Robert
Robert was terrified; the scene before him felt unreal.
A pristine white world, warm light, familiar faces—everyone seemed like a dream.
No, he remembered that he was dreaming, dreaming on a bed in a shelter. In the dream, someone asked him if he had the determination to bring hope to the world, and he vaguely answered yes, and that's how he ended up here.
"Am I—am I dreaming?" Robert rubbed his eyes and looked around.
"—" Stark quickly glanced at Robert. He was about thirty years old, very poor, and seemed to be a drug addict. He also seemed a bit dim-witted. Stark suspected that there was something wrong with Ji Yuan's vetting mechanism.
"Well—you weren't dreaming. Could you tell me what happened before you came in?"
"You...you're really Stark?" Robert didn't answer, but looked at Stark with great surprise.
"Do you know that you are my idol, second only to Ultraman? If it weren't for your technology and rescue, I might be starving to death on the roadside by now."
He said he wanted to hold Stark's hand when he saw him.
Stark jumped back abruptly, his eyes darting around. "Robert, calm down. I'm the executive manager of the Star of Light, and I need to ask you some necessary questions."
"Oh—oh, okay." Robert nodded somewhat awkwardly; he shouldn't have been so rude on their first meeting.
He recalled the scene in his dream and slowly said, "In my dream, I saw a person who asked me if I was willing to protect the weak and bring hope. I agreed and then came here."
Stark's eyelids twitched. He took out his phone from his bag, pulled up Ji Yuan's photo, and held the phone up to Robert's face:
Is this the person?
"Yes, yes, yes!" Robert nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Stark suddenly realized that Ji Yuan's vetting process was something incredibly sophisticated, but it turned out to be just a figment of his imagination! He pretended to be so profound every day, yet he secretly recruited members. It was truly astounding.
"Then there's no problem. Jarvis, take Robert to take a shower, then change him into a special outfit, and then notify the other members of the Star of Light to come and see the new member."
"Why?"
Before Robert could say anything more, a giant hand made of light grabbed him and took him to a special area to tidy up his appearance.
Soon, under Jarvis's control, Robert was cleaned up, had his hair styled and beard shaved, and was dressed in a special battle suit made by the Star of Light.
Instantly, his spirit and energy changed completely, becoming like heaven and earth compared to before.
Upon arriving at the conference room, all the members of Star of Light were already there, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new member.
Robert stepped into the conference room with some trepidation; he was still somewhat bewildered.
As soon as he entered, he was met with a dozen pairs of expectant and kind eyes. His heart tightened; he had never been looked at like this before. In the past, the eyes that looked at him were only filled with disdain and disgust.
Robert froze on the spot, unsure of what to do.
"Hey, buddy, you must not know where to sit, let me sit next to you." Peter quickly stepped forward and sat down next to Robert. She saw her former self in Robert's eyes, just as insecure and lost.
"Okay—okay." Robert sat down next to Peter, head down, looking at a loss.
"Hey buddy, your name is Robert, right? Don't be shy, everyone here is a really good person, trust us." Peter put his arm around Robert's shoulder. Mr. Stark had just told them about this new member.
Overall, he is a pitiful person. He was not loved by his parents, was bullied at school, and had no job when he grew up. It is surprising that he still has a heart to protect others.
"That's right, that's right. Everyone on our Star of Light is a good person. You can't get in without good character. The people here are nice to talk to and handsome. I love it here, and you'll love it too," Pietro echoed Peter's words.
"Thank you—thank you all." Robert nodded.
Steve stood up, his gaze sweeping over Robert, who still seemed somewhat uncomfortable.
He believed that Ji Yuan must have his reasons for choosing him, and most importantly, his mind-reading ability was useless against Robert, which was obviously not simple.
"Everyone, welcome our newest member of the Star of Light—Robert! Let me introduce myself first. I'm Steve, and this is..."
This is"
Steve didn't waste any time and introduced each member of Star of Light. He knew very well that newcomers needed to be given enough security. This wasn't a military camp, and there was no such thing as putting people in a tough spot. All he needed to do was give them enough trust.
"Hello, everyone." Robert waved, still a little hesitant.
Steve shook his head inwardly. He still needed to let Robert familiarize himself with the Star of Light. He looked at Peter and Pietro: "Then you two will show Robert around the Star of Light, understand?"
After he finished speaking, he secretly gave a wink.
"Yes, mission accomplished!" Peter and Pietro answered in unison.
After saying that, she left the conference room with Robert.
Everyone looked at the two clowns, shook their heads with smiles, and returned to their respective positions to continue their previous training.
In another dimension beyond their observation, Ji Yuan shouted, "Gu Yi, it really wasn't you who sealed Robert's memories?"
"It really wasn't me!" Gu Yi shook her head helplessly; she had asked this several times already.
"Odin, and not you either?"
"It wasn't me. Why would I bother? I don't even know him," Odin mumbled, cracking sunflower seeds between his teeth.
"That's strange," Ji Yuan thought to himself, puzzled.
He naturally knew who this Robert was; he was none other than the famous hero "Sentinel" from the comics, a superhero with a split personality.
In his memory, the Sentinel possessed what appeared to be the power of a million stars exploding, but in reality, it was a superpower that altered reality.
He is an incredibly powerful superhero.
It's not surprising that he was able to pass his own mental test.
After all, the Sentinel has two personalities, one "Light" and the other "Nothingness," and he is currently in the Light personality.
Ji Yuan remembered that in the comics, the Sentinel was afraid of the appearance of "nothingness", so he asked Mr. Fantastic and Doctor Strange to seal his own memories.
But here's the strange thing: there's no Doctor Strange in this universe, and there's no Mr. Fantastic at all.
Then who sealed the Sentinels' memories? It wasn't the Ancient One, nor Odin.
There's another, even stranger place.
Ji Yuan used his abilities to probe the Sentinel's soul and discovered a major problem.
The Sentinel's soul has a problem with its timeline; it's not over thirty years, but an unbelievably vast number of millions of years!
He had a vague feeling that the sentry was hiding some incredible secret.