The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapters 415, 746, and 747: Test [Metaverse]

"Tsk tsk tsk, don't worry, Newman, your daughter won't be an orphan..."

Homelander said with a gloating look, "Because I've changed my mind. After you die, I'll send her to a collective home and then have someone arrange a new host family for her!"

Victoria Newman glared at Homelander with eyes wide open; she simply couldn't believe he was being so kind!

Moreover, she didn't want her daughter to call someone else "Mom".

However, at this moment, apart from letting out painful wails, she was clearly no longer able to argue anything.

The virus has spread throughout her body.

She knew her death was imminent, but she was powerless to stop it.

Seemingly noticing the doubt on Victoria Newman's face, Homelander, in high spirits, took the initiative to explain:

"Don't misunderstand, the reason I changed my mind and didn't kill your daughter is simply because I felt it would be pointless to do so..."

"Besides, your death is now a key part of my plan, so why would I harm your daughter?"

"But you don't need to be too sad, because you won't really die."

Just as Victoria Newman was feeling puzzled, Homelander suddenly pointed to his combat suit and said with no small amount of pride:
"Soon, your face will be just like theirs, forever bound to my combat suit... That way, maybe one day you'll be able to see your daughter again?!"

"So, aren't you now eager to thank me for my generosity?"

I want to thank you for #￥%*&#……

It was only then that Victoria Newman noticed that several distorted human faces had appeared strangely on both sides of the chest of the dark blue combat suit worn by Homelander.

The owners of these faces, contorted in agony, were none other than the superpowered students from the Godokin School of Superpowers, whom her adoptive father, Stan Edgar, had previously recruited to help fight Homelander.

But somehow, their faces are now all on Homelander's combat uniforms... no, they should be said to be imprisoned there!
Unbeknownst to Victoria Newman, the [Howling Soul Armor] and the [Torment Whip] behind Homelander, which was modeled after the Stars and Stripes cloak, were two brand-new pieces of equipment specially bestowed upon Homelander by [Slaanesh]!

"no no!!"

Victoria Newman let out a final, piercing scream, before her body quickly turned into a pool of nauseating pus under the corrosive effects of the virus.

After witnessing this scene, Stan Edgar breathed his last, joining hands with his adopted daughter to step into the new world of the Warp, embarking on a brand new life as a beastman!

……

[Collectable souls detected, subspace soul count +1, +1]

……

With the deaths of Stan Edgar and Victoria Newman, the meticulously planned hunter operation against Homelander officially ended in failure.

However, the impact of this incident is far from over.

The first thing Homelander did upon returning to the Water Group was to launch an unprecedented purge.

Homelander thoughtfully dispatched the Deep Sea and Queen Maeve, whose injuries had not yet fully healed, to the Warp to rework them all.

a few days later.

At Wilson Grant Fisk's inauguration ceremony as mayor of New York City, after Wilson Grant Fisk delivered a passionate speech, Homelander slowly walked onto the stage to the astonishment of the crowd.

"Thank you for the kind invitation, Mayor Fisk."

Homelander smiled and nodded to Kingpin, who had voluntarily given up his seat, then looked down at the densely packed reporters and crowd below and said loudly:
"I'm sure you all know why I'm here without me having to say it..."

"First, I congratulate Mr. Wilson Grant Fiske on his successful selection as Mayor of New York City from among many candidates!"

"Secondly, I am deeply saddened by the death of Representative Victoria Newman, the former head of the Superhuman Affairs Bureau."

At this point, Homelander put on a sorrowful and reminiscent expression, saying, "She was a great American, an upright politician, and a lovely friend... but three days ago, she was brutally murdered by a group of evil forces led by [Locomotive]."

"On behalf of the Vought Corporation, I hereby declare that we will be forming a dedicated superhero team to bring these evil, cunning murderers, who are hiding within the Vought Corporation and the government, to justice!"

"Please rest assured, New York will become safe again, and America will become safe again..."

"Here, I want to say something specifically to those guys who are colluding with [Locomotive]... No matter where you hide, domestically or internationally, my people will find you soon, and I will find you too..."

"You're all dead!!"

clap clap-

Thunderous applause resounded throughout the venue.

Whether or not the audience understood what the man from the motherland had just said, they applauded to save their lives!
Just as the crowd below the stage was applauding enthusiastically, Homelander suddenly waved his hand, signaling everyone to pause for a moment, before continuing into the microphone:

"There is a third point, which is also the most important point today..."

"In order to curb the rising crime rate in New York and even the United States, and to prevent a recurrence of the Ravencraft prison incident, the Vought Group will soon officially release a virtual reality technology called Metaverse."

"This technology can be used to liberate prisoners on a large scale. All prisoners only need to upload their consciousness to the [Metaverse], and while their bodies are serving their sentences, their consciousness can enjoy a new life in virtual reality, thereby awakening their yearning for a better life!!"

"Following my discussions with Mayor Fisk, [Metaverse] will prioritize serving [New York City], with a larger rollout planned for the next phase. At that time, it will officially encompass many areas closely related to people's daily lives, such as offices, healthcare, gaming, and education, maximizing residents' happiness index..."

……

Inside a prison in New York City. In front of nearly a hundred live cameras, several medical personnel, under the command of Alex Wesker, successfully injected the first batch of prisoners who entered the medical pods and were about to upload their consciousness into the Metaverse with the T-Fear Virus in a very short time.

"All vital signs are normal."

Although the prisoners' data appeared to be normal, Alex Wesker still felt a chill run down her spine.

However, she had no idea whether the prisoners who were injected with the [T-Fear Virus] would suddenly turn into mindless zombies in front of the cameras.

Because if the subject is unable to control their fear, or if their mind is severely affected by fear, the virus will infect their entire body in a very short time, thus causing mutation!
However, for Alex Wesker, what was truly terrifying was not the subjects who could 'turn into zombies' at any moment, but the Homelanders who were standing at close range behind them.

If she messes up today, then her head will probably be the first thing Homelander will smash on the spot.

Calming herself, Alex Wesker ordered in a deep voice, "Prepare to upload consciousness, activate real-time shared transmission..."

As the order was given, the covers of dozens of medical pods slowly closed, and then the consciousness and electrical signal transmission devices connected to the prisoners' brains officially began to operate.

Homelander remained silent throughout, simply standing with his hands behind his back, quietly observing everything.

However, from a perspective imperceptible to the naked eye, purple runes symbolizing Slaanesh had already lit up on his forehead.

Also flashing with [Slaanesh runes] were the newly closed medical pods!
Soon, images suddenly appeared on the large screen in the center of the room, which had been completely black.

The scene in the picture is exactly the same as the room where everyone is now, the only difference is that the people present are not in the picture.

It's like a unique mirror world of the physical world!
Soon, the doors of dozens of medical pods in the scene opened, and then dozens of figures with identical appearances, builds, and all other characteristics to the prisoners who had just entered the medical pods slowly walked out of the opened medical pods.

"WTF?!"

Upon seeing the scene before them, all the prisoners were stunned.

"Huh? Why are we still in prison? Didn't those guys from the [Vought Corporation] say they were going to upload our consciousness to some [Metaverse]?"

"Tch, you actually believed their nonsense? It's probably just a gimmick to lure Yuanzi in..."

"I think so too. With current human technology, how could it be possible to separate human consciousness from the body?"

"Brothers, something seems off..."

At this moment, one of the prisoners, who had just come to his senses, pointed to the empty space opposite and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Those guys all seem to have disappeared. Do you think... this might already be inside that [metaverse]?"

“Huh?!!”

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this, while one of the Silent prisoners looked at his body with a bewildered expression. "If this really is in the [Metaverse], then I can only say that the modeling technology is just too amazing!"

"I can't even tell whether the body I'm in now is real or fake?"

In fact, it wasn't just him. Judging from the surprised, bewildered, and uneasy looks in the eyes of the other prisoners, it was easy to see that many of them were now unable to distinguish whether they were in a virtual world or in the real world.

This undoubtedly proves the realism and powerful immersion of the [Metaverse Technology] to people outside the virtual world!
"Who cares? If we want to know if all this is true or false, why don't we go out and see for ourselves?"

As soon as a white prisoner spoke, the rest of the prisoners walked toward the prison gate. They passed through checkpoint after checkpoint, but they never saw a single prison guard.

They didn't even see any other prisoners.

Soon, the group successfully reached the prison gates. Looking at the familiar, deserted street before them, one of them couldn't help but exclaim:
"WTF? What the hell? This... this is really New York? No, I mean, this is really New York in the Metaverse?!"

Clearly, no matter how powerful the Homelander is, it is impossible for them to turn a prison and the bustling city of New York into a ghost town in such a short time.

Therefore, the best explanation at this moment is naturally... that they are now in the [Metaverse]!

"My God, I simply can't tell if this place is real or not."

"Yes, isn't this Metaverse launched by the [Wat Group] just too amazing?"

"Wait a minute, does that mean we're really going to spend the rest of our sentences here?"

All the prisoners' faces lit up with joy.

Compared to the cramped and boring prison cells, they naturally preferred the free and spacious environment they now had.

Just as these prisoners began to wander around, the Homelanders outside the Metaverse stood in front of a barrage of cameras, looking smug, and said:

"What you are seeing now is the most basic worldview framework of the [Metaverse]. The scenes inside are exactly the same as reality, so the 'players' in it... that is, the prisoners who are currently undergoing testing, cannot perceive the difference between virtual and reality at all. This is the powerful sense of immersion that I am most proud of in the [Metaverse]!"

Next, Homelander launched into a long string of self-aggrandizing nonsense before nodding to the "wise man" behind him, "We can begin the next phase of testing now."

The wise man rapidly typed a long string of startup code into the computer, and then everyone saw on the big screen that countless human figures suddenly appeared out of thin air on the previously empty streets of New York.

These figures, which had been fixed in place, all came to life and moved as the Wise One pressed the Enter key on the keyboard.

This scene not only shocked everyone present, but also completely stunned the prisoners in the [Metaverse].

"Wow, look! An NPC has appeared..."

"Yeah, it must be those guys 'outside' who were worried we'd get bored, so they sent in some NPCs to keep us entertained."

"Do you think they'll respawn if we kill these NPCs?"

(End of this chapter)