Finding a Prophecy Stone was very simple, Ringo only needed to follow the psychic trail that these things emanated. They were like stars in a dark sky, easily 'visible'.
He didn't go looking for stones related to the 'natives' but just found a random one to test.
As soon as he touched the stone, his eyes lit up, he had already used his vision of the future to know that he would leave there satisfied, but he hadn't delved into it. Only now did he understand.
Holding the stone, he noticed it was smooth and black, yet slightly transparent, almost like glass. He could feel the spiritual amplifying power of this thing, it would be a great item for creating weapons for psychics. But instead, Ringo's happiness came when he activated his evolutionary power.
Covering the stone, he took a deep breath.
That stone... it was alive!
It was ridiculous, but Ringo could sense countless microscopic creatures 'navigating' inside that thing, there were practically billions of them per cubic millimeter, maybe more.
The psychic power had nothing to do with the stone itself, which served only as a habitat, but the Prophecy Stone was a mixture of stone and these strange living beings.
Ringo could sense it, the reason the stones floated was how these little things constantly absorbed external spiritual energy. To be more direct, the emitted wave created a spiritual feedback loop with living beings, and this feedback returned to the stone, storing this energy and serving as 'food' for them.
When their 'food' was low, they would begin to emit this psychic energy again, it was like a cascading effect: one would emit, the others would understand and emit as well, and soon even other Prophecy Stones would copy them, creating the global phenomenon of mass hysteria.
The subterranean Mutants who lived there could clearly feed on these beings, literally eating the stones, which strengthened their psychic power, making Ringo even more interested in these little things.
If only he could create those Prophecy Stones and then let those little guys reproduce...
Ringo's excitement was evident.
He began to use the evolutionary power of the stones and started to understand that this was a pure stone, not at all related to living beings, he couldn't recreate it. This made him frown slightly, but it didn't matter much, these guys are living beings. He just needed to find a way to let them adapt to a new 'environment'.
Ringo collected a few more samples before teleporting away, straight to Planet Groot.
He needed to research this thing, and Emma would be of great help.
//-//
On the other side, the Sunil superiors were talking to Black Spider. To be more direct, these guys practically stormed Trihexa, the reason? Black Spider himself wasn't moving.
In these guys' minds, even though Black Spider had accepted a much smaller commission, he was obligated to solve the problem with all his might.
-I already said, I came here to train troops, I'm not going to participate directly.- Black Spider rolled his eyes.
Sunils' group seemed both irritated and restrained, clearly aware of Black Spider's position, yet they didn't want to miss this opportunity to finally rid themselves of this catastrophe.
-We're going to complain to the mercenary association!- One of them said, furious.
Black Spider and the other leaders stared at this man speechless, Black Spider himself had a look of utter mockery on his face.
Is he stupid? Black Spider is one of the best mercenaries, plus from beginning to end he had a long list of missions with top ratings, even a negative rating wouldn't do anything but turn the Sunils into a laughingstock.
Besides, doing so could be completely counterproductive, mercenary groups that were friendly with Black Spider, and even those who didn't want to get involved with clients who were 'enemies' like Black Spider, would clearly stop accepting missions from Sunils.
Even other civilizations might back away for fear of angering Ames, the woman's reputation always preceded her, it wouldn't be surprising if she needed a new 'ball' to play with and ended up taking their planet.
Sure, the law still protected them, but with Ames's temperament, already known throughout the universe, it's better to be safe than sorry.
So, the moment the Sunils did that without a truly just cause, it would be shooting themselves in the foot.
If Ames simply destroyed a planet and gave a 'good excuse', that is, an excuse that wasn't sincere but seemed believable enough to the public, it would all end with a simple fine.
Furthermore, even if this fine were actually enacted, few would have the courage to go to Ames to 'collect' it. In the end, it would be like a slap on the wrist, and that would be the end of it.
-Shut up!- The leader among this Sunils almost shouted, but he controlled himself, only managing to yell. He was stunned as soon as he heard this idiot speak and almost had a stroke right there. Now he could only try to save the situation.
He turned to Black Spider, who had a clearly bored expression, and sighed inwardly, knowing that this matter had come to an end.
-I apologize, Your Excellency Black Spider, we went too far.- The leader said. -We'll be leaving now, thank you for your help, your commission will also be 30% higher.
The next moment, the Sunils practically ran out of the Trihexa. Black Spider didn't care, instead, he exited the ship as well. Han Xiao had arrived, he was going to say hi.