Superman's End Manual

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Chapter 127 Ke Mingye's Second Plant-Based Heart

"Finally I have some free time. I haven't opened those three equipment cards yet. Can I get some good stuff from them?"

Ke Mingye walked into the room, leaned against the door and let out a long, weary sigh, then casually locked the door.

Then he slumped onto the bed and opened his inventory panel with his mind. His gaze moved down and found the equipment cards he had obtained by picking off enemies during the Ninja Clan incident, and he used them all.

[You have used one A-grade equipment card and two C-grade equipment cards, obtaining one A-grade equipment (or item) and two C-grade equipment (or items). Please check your inventory.]

Ke Mingye glanced at the inventory list and clicked on the newly arrived items one by one from top to bottom.

Introduction panels popped up one after another in front of me.

【Equipment Name: Lie Detector Necklace】

[Equipment Level: C]

[Equipment Ability: 1. Pressing the necklace allows you to confirm whether the other person is lying within 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 24 hours)]

[Equipment Description: No one hates lies more than me, but you can lie while I'm on cooldown, because I won't be able to tell.]

"I feel like I'm the one who's always lying, and it's not my turn to be lied to," Ke Mingye thought. "But I'll be working under my dad's thumb from now on, and who knows when he might set a trap for me. This necklace might come in handy."

He looked at the description panel of the next piece of equipment.

【Item Name: Bluebird Reconnaissance Plane】

[Item Level: C]

[Item Abilities: 1. You can deploy a small Bluebird Reconnaissance Drill and share vision with it; 2. You can swap positions with the Bluebird Reconnaissance Drill once, and immediately destroy the reconnaissance drill after the swap.]

[Equipment Introduction: The Bluebird Reconnaissance Plane is a very principled reconnaissance aircraft, a true gentleman among reconnaissance planes. It hopes you won't use it for anything strange, so it has set some usage rules for you: "NO bathhouses!", "NO toilets!", "NO under skirts!".]

"It's quite cost-effective; it can be used for reconnaissance, and at the very least, it can serve as a movement skill..."

As Ke Mingye thought this, he suddenly raised an eyebrow: "Wait a minute, isn't this a bit like Dad's ability? I heard some experts on the internet analyze it frame by frame, and they said that Dad's ability is to create crows and then swap positions with them, which is why he's so unpredictable."

Without much thought, he figured that in a few days he would use "animal communication" to work with the black cat "Yuriko" and find out what the effects of Ke Youqing's superpower were.

However, given the high level of danger posed by Blue Raven, it's not just his powerful superpowers; his physical attributes and reflexes also far surpass those of other superhumans.

Speaking of which, Ke Mingye has always been curious as to why the system only rated his father's strength as A+, while his eldest brother and now his second brother are rated as A++.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Qingya's strength lies in other areas—decades of combat experience, rich tactical preparation, intelligence gathering ability, and reconnaissance ability. If he had enough time to prepare, even if his older brothers had a slight advantage in terms of raw strength, they might still have been defeated.

Ke Mingye continued to lower his gaze, looking at the third piece of equipment that had appeared in his bag.

[Equipment Name: Second Plant Heart]

[Equipment Level: A]

Equipment Capabilities:

1. After equipping the equipment, a "second heart" will form inside your body. Whenever you suffer a non-fatal massive injury, the second heart will automatically repair your body and provide you with a short-term large attribute bonus.

2. The second heart can help you enter a "suspended state" at any time, and you can exit the "suspended state" at any time;

3. If you suffer a fatal blow, the second implanted heart will absorb the damage completely in your place, but as a trade-off, it will break down after 2 minutes.

[Equipment Introduction: Life is so hard, everyone should have a second heart. A single heart simply can't withstand the trials, can it?]

"It's like a low-health burst activation device, plus a resurrection coin," Ke Mingye thought. "That's pretty good, perfect for a survivalist like me. But having an extra heart inside my body sounds so weird, doesn't it?"

He hesitated for a moment, then moved his fingers and tried to put on the "second implanted heart".

The next moment, Ke Mingye felt a sudden fullness in his chest, as if some empty space had been filled.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of two hearts beating simultaneously inside his body—the two hearts were beating at slightly different frequencies, so the sound of heartbeats resounded almost incessantly in his ears.

Excessive arguing can drive a person crazy over time.

"This heart cannot be used on the doll. Otherwise, if the doll suffers fatal damage and triggers the third effect of the implanted heart, the heart will be destroyed after 2 minutes."

Ke Mingye clutched his chest, silently remembering that this heart could only be used in critical moments.

Using the third ability to withstand a critical fatal blow, and then using the second ability to enter a state of suspended animation for two minutes before the heart is destroyed, is enough to make it a means of escaping death.

Soon, he removed his heart, and the tightness and swelling in his chest disappeared.

"I've checked the equipment, now it's time to go talk to that cat."

Ke Mingye took a breath, opened the door and walked out of the room. Not seeing Yuriko in the corridor, he moved downstairs.

Ke Xiaomo was sitting on the sofa with his arms crossed, watching the Dune Trilogy on TV with Ke Yinzhi.

Ke Mingye pretended to walk awkwardly, as if he had a leg cramp but was trying to walk normally, and walked past Ke Xiaomo before going to the refrigerator.

He looked around, but couldn't find the black cat named "Yuriko" in either the living room or the kitchen.

"My second brother and eldest brother seemed to be watching the news about the Rainbow Lights commercial district. They must have noticed that Blue Owl had a leg injury. Luckily, I was smart enough to wrap my leg in a bandage when I came back. Even if my second brother is a pervert and secretly observes my leg, he shouldn't give me away."

"The eldest brother and the second brother are currently in an information-sharing relationship. If the second brother knows, it is equivalent to the eldest brother knowing as well."

As Ke Mingye pondered this, he reached into the freezer, took out two bottles of cola, and then closed the refrigerator door.

"Speaking of which, is it too early for me to reveal my identity now? I feel it's better to wait a bit longer, but if my second brother can keep an eye on me, I can take the lead myself."

"With the Ninja Clan leader guarding me, any criminal who runs into me next is really in for a treat."

"It's such a waste that superheroes can't kill openly. Should I wait until Blue Owl cripples the opponent before letting the monster finish them off, so I can get the milestone reward?"

"But it will make my older sisters dislike me, and they might just wipe out all the goodwill they worked so hard to build up."

Ke Mingye pondered for a moment, then, carrying his cola, he stepped past the sofa and onto the second-floor corridor.

Under the orange pumpkin chandelier, Bai Ziling was squatting on the ground teasing Yuriko. Yuriko rolled over on the floor, acting coquettishly and meowing.

Ke Mingye leaned over and handed her a bottle of cola: "Fair trade, I'll buy you a cola, and you tell me what you two were talking about just now."

"It's a secret," Bai Ziling whispered. "Besides, the drink was bought by my older brother, not yours."

As she spoke, she accepted Ke Mingye's Coke without hesitation, lowered her head and continued petting the cat, her light white hair drooping over her shoulders.

"Was the elementary school student seriously injured today?"

"Thankfully, I'm lively and energetic again after a good night's sleep."

“Oh, I saw he hadn’t come out of his room and I thought he was going to die. You were just discussing arranging his funeral.” Ke Mingye sighed. “This is the first time in all these years that our family has encountered a superhuman crime, especially something as strange as ninjas. It’s really eerie.”

"It's very strange."

Bai Ziling said casually.

"Could I have the cat for a while?" Ke Mingye said. "Let me get to know it a little better. I haven't been able to touch it since it came to our house last night."

"You are not allowed to eat it."

As she spoke, Bai Ziling picked up Yuriko expressionlessly, tilted her head slightly, and stared at Ke Mingye with her red eyes.

No, sis, I'm not a dragon, and I'm not a vampire... Besides, this guy looks harmless, but he's actually a level B danger. I'd be lucky if he didn't eat me alive, but I'm supposed to eat him instead.

Ke Mingye muttered a couple of complaints to himself, then said, "Can you stop joking? A cat this skinny wouldn't even sell at a cat meat shop."

"Here you go. Remember to put it on the first floor later."

Bai Ziling lowered her eyes and handed Yuriko, whom she was holding, to Ke Mingye.

He took the cat and ran, slipped into the room, locked the door, then sat on the bed, gazing at the cat in his arms and activating his E-level skill – "Animal Communication".

[Successfully activated Rank E skill – "Animal Communication," allowing you to communicate seamlessly with any animal for the next five minutes.]

"Moshi Moshi, Konnijwa, do you understand what I'm saying?"

After unleashing his skill, Ke Mingye cleared his throat and spoke to Yuriko in a mix of Chinese, Japanese, and English, testing the cat's cultural level.

Yuriko froze for two seconds, staring at him as if she'd seen a ghost, then meowed twice. The sound instantly transformed into human language the moment it reached Ke Mingye's ears.

It said, "Wow, humans are speaking cat language now."

Ke Mingye said, "Wow, the cat is talking!"

He paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, actually I have a superpower that allows me to communicate with animals, you know?"

Yuriko, nestled in his arms, asked, "Then why can't I steal your superpowers? Human, do you think I'm so easily fooled?"

"I'm not a superhuman, I'm actually... a mutant, you know?"

"idiot."

Yuriko meowed and kicked him in the arms.

"Heh, don't think you can talk trash to me just because you're a cat."

"Stupid."

Yuriko meowed, kicked him in the arms again, and then licked her paws.

"Dude, could you be any more decent? You're going to never find a girlfriend like this."

"Retarded."