The first day of the New Year was spent boasting about eating, drinking, and having fun until night.
The members of the Void God Cult on Void Island all voluntarily cleaned up their various messes before finding places to sleep and rest.
"Sir, it's been a long time since you participated in such a lively event."
"And you also saw such a spectacular sight."
After Tony had eaten and drunk his fill, he heard Jarvis's voice as he was returning to the laboratory.
"Hmm, good thing I didn't leave, otherwise I would have missed it."
"But now it's time to prepare for the return journey; we can chat about other things on the way."
"Pepper must be anxiously waiting for me."
Tony said with a smile when he heard Jarvis's words.
"Miss Pepper is a strong woman; although she complained to you, she did not stop your decision to stay here for a longer time."
Jarvis spoke when he heard this.
"Of course I know, but precisely because of that, I have to go back and give her a surprise."
Tony was in an excellent mood. After returning to the laboratory, he directly stepped onto the Universe fighter jet outside the laboratory.
Then, under Jarvis's piloting, it soared into the sky, passed through the clouds, and ascended into space, embarking on the return journey.
He didn't bother with Harvey's side; if Harvey wanted to, he could easily go back and forth between Xandar and Blue Star.
However, Tony wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of trouble Harvey said would entangle him.
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Harvey, on the other hand, stayed for two more days.
Then, after Harvey said goodbye to Sonia, and with Sonia waving him off, Harvey took a single step and left directly, also embarking on his journey back to Blue Star.
It had been a year since Harvey returned to his manor on Blue Star.
Having spent a year on the extremely lively Void Island on Xandar, the recently returned Harvey felt a bit unaccustomed to the somewhat deserted atmosphere of his home.
"Turn on the lights."
However, he had already made up his mind not to be so lazy anymore, so Harvey directly spoke, and the manor was brightly lit.
Subsequently, Harvey took off his Kassadin armor and changed into a different set of clothes.
Although his home on Blue Star was a bit deserted, not having to maintain his Kassadin identity also gave Harvey a different kind of relaxation.
Harvey logged into the game after a long time. After going online, Harvey also received many emails, all from the official operators.
The official operators thought he had been offline for too long and mistakenly believed that some game features did not meet his expectations, which was why he had abandoned the game. They sent more than one email, a total of eight.
Harvey was quite casual when playing games, not to mention that this was just a pet-raising game, so there was nothing to be dissatisfied with.
However, gaming was one of Harvey's few pastimes on Blue Star, and it was normal to spend some money on this pastime.
So, Harvey checked the updates, followed the version to see what paid items and mythical beast pets were available, and immediately started spending money.
He bought over ninety copies of all the new useful paid items, and also bought a large number of cultivation stones to start strengthening, and then the ID of the casual player began to spam the server-wide announcement.
"Didn't this big boss quit the game?"
"Indeed, it's been at least a year, hasn't it?"
"Who is this big boss?"
"This game's true god."
"When he spends money, no one else matters."
"Spending money without batting an eye? Too much money with nowhere to spend it? Isn't it better to use it to chase girls?"
"Is it possible that he has too many girls, so he wants to find some entertainment in the game?"
"Is it possible he's a shill?"
"Impossible, this ID is the strongest spender in every game."
"Comparing people really makes one angry."
Tomorrow is Christmas, and most people are off work and at home, except for those in catering and hotels.
Plus, the game has a Christmas event, so many people are online.
So many people watched this god-like player with the ID "Casual Player" constantly strengthening.
Harvey's return even caught the attention of the game operators, because some achievements, such as advancing thirty times, were originally just the upper limit they set.
They never thought anyone could reach it, but today it was triggered by someone.
It proved that a big spending boss was active. After inquiring and learning that the player's ID was "Casual Player," they could say they breathed a sigh of relief.
The player known as "Casual Player" was said to be a super big boss who could support an entire game by himself.
When this big boss suddenly went offline for several months, it made them panic, wanting to find out what exactly caused the big boss's dissatisfaction.
But no matter how they tried to contact him, they couldn't. They had already given up hope, thinking the big boss had truly decided to quit, but unexpectedly, the big boss suddenly returned and started spending money.
"It seems we can have a good year today."
The game operators watched the spending amount continuously rise and expressed their emotion.
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While Harvey was spending money to strengthen, he also ordered a lot of fast food. Occasionally, he had to try these fried foods.
On Xandar, his menu was always decided by Sonia, who would inform the chef, and then the food would be prepared, so he didn't have to worry about it at all.
Life was comfortable, but he indeed didn't have foods like fried chicken and hamburgers to eat.
Now that Harvey was back on Blue Star, how could he not enjoy himself? And he also ordered a large pile of happy fat-boy water.
Harvey's strengthening continued from morning until night, directly ignoring the probability issues of strengthening with money. After maxing out all his pets,
Harvey did his daily tasks, then looked at his cute pets before logging off.
For various online games, spending money is equivalent to enabling a physical cheat; as long as you spend money, you can become the strongest, sweep through various dungeons, and earn the highest rewards from various quests.
And at ten PM on December 23rd.
A Universe fighter jet with anti-reconnaissance capabilities landed at Stark Manor.
The arrival of this Universe fighter jet attracted the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Tony Stark's disappearance for an entire year had long been filed with S.H.I.E.L.D..
Inquiring with Tony Stark's secretary, Pepper, also yielded no response, only that Tony Stark was not in any life-threatening danger.
So they closely monitored the situation around Stark Manor.
After they saw the arrival of this spaceship, which was clearly many generations beyond Blue Star's technology,
Nick Fury's eyes deepened.
"Where exactly did Mr. Tony Stark get this spaceship?"
Coulson looked at this never-before-seen spaceship, his eyes filled with shock.
Although he didn't see Tony Stark emerge from it, since it landed at Stark Manor as soon as it arrived on Blue Star, it was most likely inextricably linked to Tony Stark.
It was precisely because of this that Coulson found it incredible.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. was also researching spaceships, it was important to know that S.H.I.E.L.D. had collected many materials and technologies on Blue Star that ordinary people could not obtain, allowing them to conduct research years in advance.
And even with their research, it had cost countless money and manpower, and they were still troubled by some problems.
Yet, after Tony Stark disappeared for a year, he suddenly returned with a high-tech device that looked very much like a spaceship.