A moment later, Silver Surfer returned to the main control room.
"It seems Galactus's departure hasn't affected your strength," Adam said with a smile upon seeing him.
Silver Surfer was different from Star-Lord. If Star-Lord's father, Ego the Living Planet, died, Star-Lord's Celestial power would disappear. However, if Galactus died, it wouldn't affect Silver Surfer.
This was because Silver Surfer's power originated from the surfboard beneath his feet, and the surfboard was equivalent to a magic tool refined by Galactus.
The death of the person who refined the magic tool didn't mean the magic tool couldn't be used anymore.
However, as the creator of the surfboard, Galactus had a higher degree of control over it.
If Silver Surfer was disobedient, he could directly prevent Silver Surfer from using the surfboard.
Now that Galactus was dead, Silver Surfer was freed from the restriction and became the true controller of the surfboard.
However, as one of the Five Great Celestials, as long as this Universe wasn't destroyed, Galactus wouldn't truly die. He would eventually revive with his hunger, but that would be a long time from now.
This was similar to the six Infinity Stones; they were indispensable existences in the Universe, and even if destroyed, they would slowly regenerate.
"Compared to your strength, I'm still far too weak. If it were you, I estimate you could destroy the Kree Empire's Planet Hala with a single blow," Silver Surfer said with a sigh, recalling the scene of Adam's great battle with The Judge.
To be able to fight The Judge for so long, even a severely injured and suppressed The Judge, was still a top-tier existence in this Universe, on the same level as his former Master, Galactus.
Let alone that meteor just now, even an entire Planet, Adam could easily destroy.
It was just that Adam was currently being hunted by the Celestials and couldn't be too high-profile.
"I wouldn't go and kill so many lives," Adam shrugged.
War was viewed differently from different perspectives. As long as they didn't provoke him, he saw no need to target the Kree Empire, much less destroy an entire Planet.
He had his own bottom line. An entire Planet; just thinking about it, he knew how many lives, how many families, how many innocents, and even many who might be from other Planets, were on it.
Ryder XX, who was standing nearby, instantly widened his eyes until they almost popped out after hearing Silver Surfer's words.
His ancestor's strength was enough to take on the entire Kree fleet alone, yet this Adam was much more powerful than Silver Surfer.
The key was his ancestor's statement, meaning that if Adam wanted to, he could easily destroy the Kree Empire's Planet Hala. Wasn't that too exaggerated?
However, after a second thought, he suddenly had a guess: perhaps his ancestor was able to escape Galactus's control because of Adam's help.
If that were true, then it made sense that Adam could easily destroy Planet Hala.
Because Galactus had easily devoured the Skrull Empire's capital Planet, and Adam could rescue his ancestor from Galactus, then he must be an existence on the same level as Galactus.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had been respectful enough just now and hadn't acted superior because of his status and age.
His ancestor had even called him out, so there shouldn't be anyone more respectful than him, right?
"Twenty, the matter is resolved. Let's go back. I want to see my home after being away for over a thousand years," Silver Surfer said to Ryder XX after speaking with Adam.
He didn't know Ryder XX's name, so he simply called him "Twenty."
Ryder XX immediately nodded and loudly ordered all the officers:
"Send back the victory report! Send back the news of the ancestor's return! Tell them to prepare a grand welcoming ceremony! We are all returning!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Everyone immediately cheered again.
They had originally thought that the Protector would not be able to return this time, and everyone had already written their wills. They never expected to return home so completely, so how could they not be happy?
"Your Majesty, I don't particularly like crowds. Could you help me find a quiet room to rest?" Adam asked Ryder XX, seeing everyone cheering.
After preventing Galactus from devouring Earth and saving all of humanity, his progress bar had immediately filled up.
However, after that, he had been busy arranging matters to leave Earth. Just as he finally had some free time and planned to draw a new protagonist template that night, he encountered Wanda actively offering her first blood.
After a night of intense battle, he flew out of Earth the next day, and on the way, he listened to Silver Surfer explain knowledge about the Universe.
It wasn't until now that he truly felt settled.
So he wanted some quiet time to properly draw a new protagonist template.
"Old Ancestor Adam, you don't need to call me Your Majesty. That makes me too uneasy. You can just call me Twenty, like the ancestor does. I'll immediately have someone take you to a room to rest." Ryder XX said, his face wreathed in smiles, and he beckoned a young and beautiful female officer:
"Cereta, take Old Ancestor Adam to the best room to rest."
"You don't need to call me Old Ancestor Adam; it sounds too awkward. Just call me Mr. Adam," Adam said with a smile, following the curious female officer towards the lounge.
After Adam left, Silver Surfer instructed Ryder XX:
"Twenty, Adam has shown me kindness. His words are my words. If you recognize me as your ancestor, you must not neglect him.
Also, his identity needs to be kept secret. Don't tell anyone, and don't let the officers who were here just now speak carelessly."
"As expected."
Hearing his ancestor say that Adam had shown him kindness, Ryder XX knew he had guessed correctly and quickly nodded, replying:
"Ancestor, rest assured, I will definitely not neglect Mr. Adam. Also, the officers here are all my trusted subordinates and are tight-lipped. I will give them separate instructions later, and no one will know Mr. Adam's identity."
On the other side, Adam, led by the beautiful female officer Cereta, arrived at the best room on the battleship and settled in, beginning the extraction of a new protagonist template.
Because he had now learned the Dream Walking Technique, he was quite looking forward to the new protagonist template.
Now, when he extracted a new protagonist template, he no longer just acquired the Bloodline and memories of that protagonist; he could also Dream Walk into that World and obtain all the knowledge of that World.
This would be of great help to him in breaking through a single Universe and entering the Multiverse in the future.
"Extract!"
He clicked the extract button, and soon, the result appeared.
"Extraction in progress… Extraction complete. The protagonist template extracted this time is Etherious Natsu Dragneel, 415 years old, from the Fairy Tail World. Load now?"
"Load!"
Fairy Tail, a magic World, was exactly the World Adam needed now. He needed more magic knowledge to improve his magic abilities.