Superman's End Manual

All is quiet...

The world is like a giant stage, where a silent drama in black and white is being performed. In an instant, the sky is shrouded in layers of dark clouds, and torrential rain pours down like water bursting from a dam.

Beneath the dark clouds, thousands upon thousands of thunderclaps surrounded a figure.

It was a magnificent, colossal shadow, seemingly standing at the center of the entire world, like the creator of heaven and earth, its body towering on the black and white stage of this silent play, greedily and tyrannically enjoying all the spotlights shining on it.

The next moment, the magnificent humanoid figure slowly emerged from the lightning and raised its head.

He wore a helmet made of cast steel, and his pupils, hidden in its shadow, shone with a polar day-like brilliance. His armor reflected leaping lightning, gleaming brightly. A pair of wings of light, like those of a giant bird, unfurled from behind, clattering and parting the biting rain.

At this moment, Zeus's entire body crackled with violent lightning. Bathed in the light, his sacred and inviolable head appeared even more arrogant and tyrannical, like a monarch surveying the world.

The thunder rumbled like solemn ceremonial music, echoing endlessly across the sky.

Following the lowered gaze of this deity, the sinners gathered beneath the Eiffel Tower stared blankly at the colossal shadow in the sky, then knelt down in unison. Only a very few still retained the desire to resist, but their frail bodies inevitably trembled in the wind and rain.

The video abruptly ended here.

To the very end, no one knew what became of the superhuman criminals who escaped from the Paris riots. A few insightful people reached a consensus on this matter, remaining silent to avoid getting themselves into trouble. The Superhero Association used all its resources to conceal the truth of the incident from the public, and the whereabouts of those criminals remained unknown even six months later.

For others, the significance of this video may lie in watching the heroic figures of superheroes and witnessing the incredible power possessed by these world-class superheroes.

But for Ke Mingye, this video was simply a "preview of the final boss."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 19 Skill Selection (Part 1)

"What kind of mythological vessel will my older sister have? Will her appearance be as spectacular as Zeus's, with special effects that completely muddy the weather?"

As Ke Mingye thought this, he already had some general idea of ​​what kind of mythological vessel Bai Qiuwu would take—after all, everyone knows Sun Wukong's appearance, so how far could it go?

Now Ke Mingye had to pray that Bai Qiuwu's divine pathway "Sun Wukong" hadn't reached the sixth level within a year, otherwise he would be another troublesome enemy.

However, no matter how powerful those superheroes at the top of the Superhero Association are, that's something to consider six months from now.

At this moment, none of the players have developed enough strength to fight against them.

Ke Mingye's most pressing concern is how to survive the clutches of his older brother, Ke Yinzhi, who is about to return home. This is an employee of the Anomaly Control Bureau who just captured two players, and he is also an S-level executor. If he is being targeted by him, he can't just pull out a web-shooter, smear a bunch of spider silk on his face, and then turn around and run away, can he?

His thoughts were wandering when the school bell rang in the teaching building, but the classroom was empty.

This was the last class of the afternoon, and according to the schedule, it was physical education. Turning to look out the window, he saw that all the students in his class had already gathered on the playground, but he was still in the classroom.

Ke Mingye had already asked the class monitor to ask the PE teacher for leave, saying he had a stomachache. Anyway, the final exams were over and the holidays were almost here, so not many teachers would give him a hard time.

At this moment, he focused his attention on the "shopping mall icon" in the upper right corner of his field of vision. He had clicked it once before, and the system clearly indicated that the feature would be unlocked at 15:00 today.

The timing was perfect; he clicked the shop icon again and finally entered the "Player Shop" smoothly.

The light blue panel caught my eye.

The current version of the shop is divided into three pages: Daily Consumables, Equipment & Items, and Skills.

You currently hold 0 Mall Coins.

Ke Mingye quickly flipped through the first two pages.

The daily consumables sales page mainly features items like "quick-acting healing spray" and "stamina recovery potion";

On this page, one thing that's particularly noteworthy is something called a "travel voucher"—according to the description, using just one travel voucher allows you to instantly travel to any city in the world and return to your starting point at any time.

However, the travel voucher cannot be used during combat, making it impractical for escaping. Its price is also outrageously high: 10000 shop coins are required to exchange for one voucher.

As for the "Equipment and Items Special Sale Page", this special sale page has a total of ten slots, each containing a piece of equipment or an item, and there are all sorts of things to see.

In terms of equipment, it covers everything from ancient cold weapons to modern cold and fire weapons, and even features special weapons like "magical girl's wands". It is a hodgepodge of all kinds of weapons.

As for the props, only two strange-looking items appeared: "poisonous braces" and "magic cards".

According to the system's description, this page will refresh precisely at 0:00 every day to display ten new items or equipment for players to purchase.

Furthermore, the refreshed equipment and items can only be purchased within 24 hours. After the time limit, they will be replaced by a second batch of refreshed equipment. However, players can lock an item to keep it until tomorrow before it is refreshed. But they cannot lock an item again. In other words, items on the equipment sales page can only be kept for a maximum of 2 days. If you don't buy them then, they will be gone. You can only hope that you will be lucky enough to get the same item next time.

The lower the player's level, the lower the probability of finding high-level equipment on the special sales page; conversely, the higher the player's level, the higher the probability of finding high-level equipment.

柯明野的等级只有Lv.1，所以这一页目前的刷新概率是——【E级装备80％；D级装备10％；C级装备8％；B级装备2％；A级装备0％；S级装备0％】。

The most extreme scenario is getting a B-grade item – there's only a 2% chance, but even if you refresh, it's useless because you don't have the money.

After reading the first two pages, Ke Mingye flipped through the textbook while clicking on the "Skills Exclusive Sale Page" in the shop.

As soon as he entered this page, a pop-up notification appeared, obscuring his pupils.

[Since this is your first time entering the store, the system will grant you the right to acquire two skills for free (please use them within 24 hours; this right will expire when the skill page refreshes).]

"Get two skills for free, a zero-dollar purchase, right?"

Ke Mingye's eyes lit up, and he became interested.

As the notification box disappeared, the content of the skill sales page came into view.

The mechanism on this page is almost identical to the previous one. Ten skills will be refreshed daily, and the probability of getting higher-level skills increases as the player's level increases.

目前的刷新概率是：【E级技能80％；D级技能10％；C级技能8％；B级技能2％；A级技能0％；S级技能0％】。

Since players can only use up their "get two skills for free" privilege before the next refresh of the exclusive sales page, it's impossible to cheat and wait for the page to refresh and then use the privilege when powerful skills are available. Therefore, they can only choose from the 10 existing skills.

"You can get two out of ten skills for free. This privilege should be the same for all players. But luck is another matter. Maybe some player will just happen to be in that 2% and get a B-level skill right at the beginning of the exclusive sales page."

Ke Mingye thought, "I hope I'm lucky, and that I don't accidentally get 10 E-level skills, otherwise I might as well just remake..."

After getting a general understanding of the rules, he filtered through the information: putting aside the usefulness of the skills, he first checked the names and levels of the ten skills.

This is how you can determine just how bad your luck really is.

Once the filtering is complete, the skill information slowly appears on the panel, providing a comprehensive view.

【①: 100% Slap (E-rank skill, 80% refresh rate)】

【②: Snap Pistol (D-rank skill, 10% refresh rate)】

【③: Moonwalk (C-rank skill, 8% refresh rate)】

【④: Deceptive Puppet (Rank B skill, 2% refresh rate)】

【⑤: Longing Delivery (E-rank skill, 80% refresh rate)】

【⑥: Draw Sword Slash (E-rank skill, 80% refresh rate)】

【⑦: Animal Communication (E-rank skill, 80% refresh rate)】

【⑧: Expert at Falling Flat (E-rank skill, 80% refresh rate)】

【⑨: Same-sex charm (E-rank skill, 80% refresh rate)】

【⑩: Calamity Dice (D-rank skill, 10% refresh rate) (Note: This skill can be upgraded through repeated use)】

Ke Mingye stared blankly at the gleaming skill in grid number 4. After a long while, he clenched his fist tightly, took a deep breath, and almost roared to the sky.

"That's alright then, I'm the lucky one."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 20 Skill Selection (Part Two)

Ke Mingye had basically never played any games in his previous life, at most he had played a few rounds of Minesweeper and Tetris. He had been immersed in literature since childhood, and as a result, he had just been admitted to university and entered the literature major when he turned around and transmigrated. Therefore, he had no concept of many game terms and core gameplay.

Fortunately, the body's predecessor was a complete internet addict. Starting at the age of six, he played all sorts of superhuman games based on real people, from single-player games to pay-to-win mobile games. He had basically dabbled in all the popular games.

It has to be said that capitalists in this world have one trick after another to make money, from superhero movies to figurines, costumes, and PC games. Finally, the most important thing is the superhero mobile games that make hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Magical girls, super villains, and superheroes with superpowers are all crammed into the games. They use the popularity of these characters in real life to entice players to pay to unlock heroes in the game.

Having inherited his predecessor's memories, Ke Mingye essentially possessed the experience of a ten-year internet addict, so his understanding of various games was naturally quite good...

It's important to understand that all skills in this game are extremely expensive, far exceeding the price of equipment and items of the same level. Therefore, it goes without saying how precious this opportunity to "select free skills" is; it's no exaggeration to say that it can directly determine the direction of the entire early game.

In Ke Mingye's mind, if his situation were likened to a game, the early part of the game would definitely contain classic elements such as "spy," "assassin," "romance simulation," "family fun," and "school life." But in the end, the true nature of the game would be gradually revealed, and it would be completely transformed into a "musou mowing down enemies" game.

Forget about espionage, campus romance, and family-friendly themes; get lost! Forget all pretense. Players will simply unleash their inner monsters like Zhao Yun in Dynasty Warriors, hacking and slashing through the mobs on the battlefield. From the North Pole to the South Pole, they'll wipe out all the fodder on Earth. The game is all about gore and violence. At most, when you encounter a boss like Lu Bu, you'll need to call your teammates to gang up on him to avoid getting beaten up.

However, this is the late-game strategy. If we skip the early and mid-game and only consider the late game, then Ke Mingye's strategy for choosing skills will definitely be to take down anything that exudes an aura of dominance, such as "Invincible King's Fist" or "Super Genesis Light Wave," without thinking or hesitating, all in order to kill people like mowing grass.

But now that we're in the early stages of the game, he has to prioritize his undercover work when considering skill combinations. Otherwise, he won't even make it to the "Fight, so exciting!" stage; he'll just get frustrated and die in the early game, and there won't be any late game to speak of.

In conclusion, the strength of a skill is not as important as one might imagine. The most urgent task is to select the skill from the ten that best suits his current situation.

Ke Mingye's gaze swept over the descriptions of each skill, mentally assessing the value of each one.

Skill #1, "100% Slap," is an E-rank skill. Its effect is to ensure that an enemy will hit you with a slap 100% of the time. It is a terrifying causal skill, but unfortunately, it is limited to only dealing a fixed amount of damage, so it is not very useful and will be skipped.

Skill #2, "Finger Snap Pistol," is a D-level skill. Its effect is to enter the "Finger Snap Pistol" state for five seconds. Each time the right hand snaps its fingers, an air bullet will be fired forward. The damage value is related to the player's "physical fitness."

"The more you snap your fingers within five seconds, the more air bullets you can fire within those five seconds. It sounds pretty interesting..."

As Ke Mingye pondered this, he tried snapping his fingers a few times in the empty classroom, but then gave up. His finger dexterity wasn't good enough to snap his fingers many times in a short period, so this skill wasn't cost-effective for him.

If it were Toshiyuki Fujimura, who could snap his fingers 296 times in a minute and break the Guinness World Record, using this skill, it's entirely possible that he could elevate it from "D-level" to "C-level" or even "B-level" simply by using his technique.

Skill #3, "Moon Step," is a C-level skill. Its effect is to jump upwards and give your body buoyancy for a short period of time, lasting 30 seconds.

"Flight skills... can be used to compensate for lack of mobility, but I already have the web launcher. As long as I improve my physical attributes, I won't lack that little bit of mobility. This skill should be quite tempting for other players," Ke Mingye thought.

Skill #4, "Deceptive Puppet," is a B-level skill.