Superman's End Manual

Fortunately, with summer vacation approaching, evening self-study sessions at school were waived. Everyone went home after the afternoon classes, which is why Ke Mingye was able to stay home last night.

However, for Ke Mingye, staying at school is much easier than staying at home.

After all, rather than being trapped among a group of monsters, each with their own secrets, and forced to play a creepy game of make-believe, he would rather stay at school, do some tests, and relax his tense nerves.

The body's predecessor didn't have many friends either, because he was too withdrawn and usually kept to himself, which saved him from the trouble of socializing.

As soon as Ke Mingye entered the classroom, he heard the boys and girls in the class gathered together, discussing the superhuman attack that had occurred in the city center the previous night.

In this world, the dark web of superhero videos is essentially the same as the porn sites of the previous life: it is openly prohibited, but everyone will more or less keep a copy of the website.

At this moment, a boy sitting in the back row put his phone on the table and played the live broadcast recording from last night, while the other students in the class gathered around the table.

As the discussions and exclamations grew louder, few people remained seated and were drawn to the scene.

Until the very end of the video, when the crow suddenly burst into flight from the darkness, its eerie mask filling the entire screen, most students, though mentally prepared, were still startled when they actually saw it, scattering from their tables in screams.

The entire classroom fell silent for a second. Students who weren't watching the commotion looked up from their desks, exchanging bewildered glances, as if they'd mistakenly thought the homeroom teacher had arrived.

Ke Mingye was playing with his phone, already used to the noise.

He yawned, thinking to himself, "Do you understand? This is the oppressive aura of the 'Terrifying Crow People.' Anyone who wants to be a villain should learn this trick..."

Many high school girls are fans of "Magical Girl Ashes." When they saw the video from last night on Douyin, they exclaimed in amazement, thinking that the dress was so elegant and that they definitely had to buy one when they received their allowance. It's common for students to buy life-size magical girl cosplay dresses on online shopping platforms; it's similar to people buying merchandise related to celebrities.

As celebrities gradually fade from public view, another type of person will naturally take their place, driving similar economic effects.

At this moment, the entire teaching building was in an uproar. The students were mostly discussing last night's events, and there was no sign of it stopping, demonstrating just how much attention this matter was receiving.

Most of them are immature boys arguing about the relative strength of superhumans, afraid that their favorite superheroes are inferior.

Ke Mingye rested his chin on his hand and sat quietly in a corner of the classroom.

He was quite curious about what these people would think if they knew that Magical Girl Ash's true identity was actually a middle school student two grades younger than them.

However, given the chaotic nature of contemporary high school students, who have been heavily influenced and corrupted by internet culture, even after learning the identity of this magical girl, they would most likely only become more extreme and their words even more fanatical.

Well... at most, the words of support have changed from "Sister is so cool, I love her!" to strange comments like "Ash, Mom loves you!"

Among male students in colleges and universities, the majority of fans are "Black Wukong the Divine Warrior," and many merchants have even launched figurines of this divine warrior, which sell out overnight without a doubt.

However, the students in the class were discussing their own family members.

Ke Mingye had known them since childhood and knew their personalities well, so the mystery surrounding them had faded. Therefore, even knowing their secret identities, he couldn't feel their charm.

He simply couldn't understand why Bai Zini was so incredibly popular in China, even surpassing everyone else in the Magical Girl Alliance by a significant margin.

Perhaps in a conservative country like China, people are used to seeing pure-hearted and dignified magical girls on TV, so seeing a magical girl who is arrogant and unruly, with a "do-it-my-way" style, is naturally refreshing.

Of course, speaking of such people, there was an even more "self-willed" individual in last night's incident...

To be precise, that guy had become so self-centered that everyone was criticizing him—without a doubt, it was Ke Mingye's father: Ke Youqing, who was also the strange hero "Green Crow".

The reality is harsh: in Chinese high schools, admitting to liking low-quality heroes like "Blue Crow," who are universally condemned, will lead to isolation, ridicule, and even being labeled as "mentally unstable."

After all, even political science teachers will solemnly educate students in class that they completely agree with your idolizing superheroes and magical girls, since they are heroes of the people and heroes of the country. However, you must avoid low-quality characters like "Blue Raven" to avoid being influenced by them.

That being said, every class has its share of mavericks who insist on going against the grain and liking things different from others. So, the "Blue Raven," a hero who is widely opposed by society, actually has a considerable number of fans in China. However, it's hard to say what kind of fans they are.

There are four classes in the morning. Every time the bell rings, Ke Mingye tries to find a quiet spot during the break and quietly does twenty push-ups.

So when school ended at noon, he successfully dragged his tractor-like, limp body and finished all one hundred push-ups required by his daily task.

[Daily Task 2: Do 100 push-ups (Completed)]

[Reward received: One attribute point that can be freely allocated]

Ke Mingye lowered his head, slumped in his seat, and looked at the control panel while panting.

He was genuinely worried that he would die at any moment. A hellish start was no joke; this body was beyond what could be described as merely "poor constitution."

The word "sickly" would be more appropriate.

He rested on his desk for a moment, opened the player panel, and pretended to be scrolling through short videos on his phone to avoid attracting the attention of his classmates.

Clicking the plus sign next to the "Physical Fitness" attribute will immediately bring up a prompt panel.

[Note: The "1 attribute points" have been added to the "Physical Fitness" attribute.]

The player's current attributes are as follows: Physical Fitness: 10 points; Nervous Reaction: 9 points; Mental Strength: 10 points

Ke Mingye stretched his shoulders, and whether it was just his imagination or not, the fatigue in his body seemed to have eased somewhat.

At the same time, a subtle warm current, like the tide, flowed repeatedly along my muscles and bones.

After adding points, he closed the control panel. With nothing else to do, he lay on his desk and started watching videos.

If you randomly open any entertainment app in this world, like TikTok or Weibo, you'll almost always see a superhero's face right in front of you, or you're on your way to see a superhero's face.

As soon as Ke Mingye opened the video app, the first video pushed to him was a compilation of appearances of "Zeus the God of War," the top hero of the "Superhero Roundtable."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 18 Mythical Carrier

Philando Gomes, codenamed "Zeus the God of War," is also a member of the Superhero Roundtable, ranking No. 3 on the association's leaderboard.

When Ke Ming came across this video, he thought, "What bad luck! They're making me watch another edited video of the final boss, aren't they?"

As his name suggests, Philando Gomes is a divine communioner. The divine means he possesses symbolizes Zeus, the supreme god-king in Greek mythology.

Every time Philando appears in the media, he always presents a very consistent image: he always has the smile of an American boy on his face, to be more specific, the kind of smile that is a little childish, cheerful, and shows a row of neat teeth.

With blond hair, blue eyes, handsome features, and a strong profile, his appearance rivals that of David Beckham at his peak, and may even slightly surpass him.

With his exceptional looks, impeccable abilities, and high-profile status, he was practically a president in the United States.

He was once voted the "most perfect man in the world" by various American media outlets in a national referendum, and now he is undoubtedly the most popular superhero in Europe.

On the internet, news and articles praising his majestic figure are everywhere, and the praise for him is so elaborate that it becomes tiresome.

Even such a figure only ranks No. 3 on the Superhero Association's list.

Ranking third means that there are two more powerful and mysterious figures ahead of him, and their information, like that of "Blue Raven" who ranks No. 7, is not publicly disclosed.

Ke Mingye thought that the top two figures in the Superhero Association would probably only step in when a world-ending crisis was involved.

Anyway, there's no way to avoid it. As a player, as long as you survive to the end, you're bound to fight those two characters.

Ke Mingye's mission is to become that "crisis capable of destroying the world".

Regarding Philando Gomez, Ke Mingye had seen one of his public speeches on Weibo the day before, which was about "how superhumans and humans should live in harmony in society." It mentioned a lot of issues related to employment and education for superhumans.

But Ke Mingye didn't hear a word, because at that moment, his attention was entirely focused on the character panel above Philando's head:

The system assigns "Philando Gomes" a combat strength rating of "S+".

In other words, apart from Bai Wenna, he is a level above everyone else in Ke Mingye's family, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he stands at the pinnacle of the entire world.

It's not surprising. In this parallel world's worldview, among all sorts of superhuman races like "superhumans," "mutants," "magical girls," "gods," and "vampires," the category with the highest potential is naturally the "gods."

The power system used by those who possess divine abilities is inherited from mythology, giving them a superior foundation from the start, which is no exaggeration to say that they have a head start.

It is worth mentioning that those who have attained divine power generally perform only moderately in the first five stages of the path; however, once they reach the sixth stage, they will experience a qualitative leap in their abilities.

Take Bai Qiuwu from my family as an example. She is also a spiritual medium, and the spiritual medium she possesses is the "Sun Wukong" from Chinese mythology.

According to the system's deduction, the normal evolutionary direction of this path is as follows: Immortal Stone → Spirit Monkey → Monkey King → Immortal Disciple → Keeper of the Heavenly Horses → Great Sage Equal to Heaven → Imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain → Golden Hoop Monk → Victorious Fighting Buddha Sun Wukong.

Currently, Bai Qiuwu's cultivation progress is at the fifth stage of the path, "弼马温" (Bima Wen).

Once she reaches the next level, "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven," she can transform into the "mythical vessel" corresponding to the path—in layman's terms, she can temporarily transform into the appearance of a deity, and the divine power she obtains from the path will increase significantly during this period.

By then, her combat power rating in the system will likely jump directly from A to S, or even higher.

Ke Mingye couldn't imagine what Bai Qiuwu would look like if he truly transformed into a mythological vessel, but there was already a real-world example, namely the "Zeus the Divine Communicator" mentioned earlier.

This monster, who ranks at the top of the Superhero Roundtable and even surpasses Ke Youqing, has already explored the sixth level of the path to godhood.

According to the system analysis, the evolutionary direction of his divine pathway is as follows:

[Son of the Oracle → Messenger of Thunder → Lightning Conductor → Liberator of Thunder → Heart of the Storm → King of Olympus → Chains of the Sky → Arbiter of the Heavens → Zeus, King of the Gods]

Half a year ago, he had already reached the level of "King of Olympus", which is the sixth level of the path, so he was qualified to summon the mythical vessel of "Zeus".

Ke Mingye didn't need to search deliberately; he simply logged onto a dark web site and selected the video with the most views. The first video showed Philando transforming into "Zeus, the Mythical Vessel."

The video documented a prison riot that occurred six months prior.

Philando Gomez received orders from the Superhero Association and immediately took a helicopter to the Eiffel Tower for rescue.

At that time, a riot broke out in the superhuman prison in Paris, France. The superhumans, who had been plotting for a long time, killed thousands of guards, escaped en masse, and slaughtered innocent civilians along the way. They sang loud songs as they marched through the streets and finally gathered under the brightly lit Eiffel Tower to party all night, as if to demonstrate the city's sovereignty.

The whole of Paris was submerged in a swamp of hysteria.

Just then, the helicopter carrying Philando Gomez flew directly above the Eiffel Tower without any attempt to conceal itself, drawing the attention of all the criminals.

In that instant, he leaped from the cabin, landing alone beneath the Eiffel Tower.

The criminals at the bottom of the tower, witnessing this scene, immediately began to mock this arrogant fool. They raised their weapons, grinning maliciously as they pointed them at Philando Gomes who was descending from the sky. Some whistled at him, some hurled insults at him wildly, and some mourned him ironically, as if performing a cult ritual.

But just as he was about to fall towards the top of the tower, a sudden bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, completely enveloping Philando's body and forming a ball of light that was constantly crackling with electric arcs.

Immediately afterwards, from within that enormous sphere of light, which resembled a pupa, came a roar so powerful it could engulf the world.

As if day and night had switched at that moment, the video was filled with a dazzling aurora, obscuring everything and recording no sound.