Superman's End Manual

“It’s impossible to do that; it’s too much work, and the medical staff around Beijing are far from being able to handle it,” Che Zhengchen said. “Besides, there are already methods for removing those parasites without causing any damage: they seem to be very afraid of noise, so we can use an ultrasound device based on the principle of sonar to force them out of the parasite’s body, and then eliminate them all at once.”

Blue Owl thought for a moment and said, "Could we use this device for broadcasting? If all the parasites in the city could hear those sounds, wouldn't the worms inside them all burst out at once?"

"It's still impossible. That would cause massive chaos, and forcing out the bugs isn't that simple. According to the association, a series of precise operations are required to remove the bugs. Simply broadcasting audio won't force them out."

Blue Owl clasped his hands together on the chair, leaned back against the chair, and sighed.

"I understand. So what should we do? We can't just stage a 'Dawn of the Dead' or 'Resident Evil 10' movie in the city in a few days, can we?"

When asked this question, Che Zhengchen could only helplessly say, "The only thing we can do is use the stupidest method: have the public undergo equipment testing one by one."

"But with so many people around Beijing, if those who have been infected simply stay at home and don't come out for testing, won't we still be unable to find them?"

"So it's very troublesome." Che Zhengchen shook his head and sighed. "The headquarters is still thinking of countermeasures. In short, this is not something we should worry about."

Blue Owl suggested, "Is it possible that instead of trying to force the worms out of the masses, we could find the person who first spread the worms and find out from him how to make the worms lose their ability to move?"

Che Zhengchen nodded: "This is the most practical method, but there are no leads yet. The association is doing its best to track it down, and it seems that Qingya is also involved in this matter."

My dad's here too? That really makes me feel safe. No matter how strong the vampire hunter organization behind Gastro is, my side's combat strength should be no less than his.

Blue Owl thought to himself.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about the first reason I came to see you."

Upon hearing this, Blue Owl looked up from behind his glasses at Che Zhengchen and asked, "What is it?"

“This.” Che Zhengchen said, taking out a card wrapped in a protective case from the drawer and pushing it forward to Blue Owl. Then, he crossed the backs of his hands and rested them on his chin, smiling at him. “This is your ID card. Congratulations, from today onwards you are a member of the Superhero Association, an E-class superhero: Blue Owl.”

Blue Owl took the ID card and glanced at it while looking down.

As mentioned online, the card has an identification code made of special materials. Generally speaking, it is extremely difficult to forge an association ID card because the manufacturing method of that special material is only known to the association's senior management.

What can this card be used for?

As he asked, he flipped the card over: the front showed his code name, his serial number in the association, and his hero level; the back showed the classic symbol of the Superhero Association, "S·H·A".

"You can freely enter and exit the association without needing the authorization granted by the commander, which is me. At the same time, you can log in to the association's official APP with your ID card. At the top of the APP, you can make friends with superheroes from all over the world, chat and interact with them in the forum set up by the association, and receive mission notifications as soon as possible."

Che Zhengchen took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then slowly began his introduction.

"If you have enough mission points, you can also exchange them for currency in the app's store, as well as some advanced combat equipment, gene enhancers, and so on."

Blue Owl raised an eyebrow: "Gene enhancer?"

When Che Zhengchen spoke of the earlier parts, he was expressionless, but when he got to this part, he became excited, saying that this gene enhancer might be able to improve the panel attributes.

"It's a drug used to enhance the physical strength of superhumans or mutants," Che Zhengchen explained with a smile. "Don't worry, it's very safe. It just can't be mass-produced, so the association encourages heroes to use mission points to exchange for it—the more you do, the more you earn."

The blue owl let out a surprised "Oh!" and then asked, "Then there must be an upper limit to the effect of this enhancer, right?"

“Of course,” Che Zhengchen said, giving an example, “For instance, the strength of a character like Qingya should have already reached the upper limit that can be achieved with enhancement agents.”

"Okay, I understand the general idea."

Blue Owl nodded, secretly pleased, thinking: "It only becomes ineffective when I reach the A-level superhuman race. Until then, I can keep using gene enhancers to strengthen my three attributes. Compared to other players, I have another advantage."

"Besides that, the Super Hero Association APP has many other functions. You can explore them yourself when the time comes," Che Zhengchen added.

“Okay.” Blue Owl paused. “But you won’t use an app to track down my phone’s location, will you? That would make it impossible for me to hide my identity.”

Che Zhengchen shook his head: "It's not that bad. This app is highly secretive. Only the founder of the Superhero Association can access the location information. They generally won't do that unless it's an emergency."

The blue owl was still a little uneasy, but said, "I understand, that's fine."

"Then one last thing," Che Zhengchen said, crossing his arms and resting them on his chin, "would you be willing to let me be your commander, Blue Owl?"

Blue Owl raised an eyebrow and gave the other person an amused look: "What are you talking about? Of course. If you hadn't come to me, I'd probably still be a volunteer policeman right now."

"So... from today onwards, you are officially a member of the Platinum Wings Squad." Che Zhengchen smiled. "The three of them are waiting for you outside the office. Go out and have a chat with them."

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Chapter 182 What? Your sister is a magical girl too?

Blue Owl took out his spare phone from his pocket and obtained the Superhero Association's special app from Che Zhengchen. He clicked to download it, then turned off the phone and walked out of the office.

He casually closed the electronic metal door, turned his head and saw Bai Yi, dressed in a silver-white battle suit, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, waiting for him. The feather mask on his face made his profile clear and sharp.

“I’m all alone today.” Bai Yi turned to look at him and said with a smile, “Should we take off our battle suits and go outside to find a coffee shop to sit in, or go to the nearby art museum?”

He paused for a moment: "It must be so boring to stay in the Superhero Association's cafeteria every day. The food here isn't even that good."

“It’s not impossible,” Blue Owl said casually. “But if I’m going, I’ll probably wear this battle suit; it doesn’t matter whether you wear it or not, but I might cause you trouble.”

"Just as Commander Che said, you don't want to take off your mask in front of others." Bai Yi laughed. "I can understand. After all, if the enemy finds out our true identities, they will easily target those close to us. But to insist on wearing a mask in front of our comrades... isn't that a bit strange?"

He paused for a moment: "Or perhaps, you're unwilling to trust us?"

“Not at all.” Blue Owl tilted his head and replied casually, “I have my own reasons, which have nothing to do with you. As for what those reasons are… I have no comment.”

After saying that, he moved past Bai Yi and headed towards the elevator.

To be honest, after much deliberation, he decided to only tell Qingya and Che Zhengchen his true identity at the Superhero Association.

As for the three teammates in the team, let's see how things go.

After all, the Mechanical Vanguard is a cyborg and also an informant sent by the Control Bureau. If his identity is exposed to White Wing and the nun, there's a high chance they'll inadvertently reveal it to him.

This is a situation that Ke Mingye does not want to see.

Although he had a powerful figure watching over him at the Bureau of Control, he always felt that the people there weren't very reliable. Besides, he had a bunch of unspeakable creatures in his house: a dragon of calamity, vampires...

If Ke Mingye's identity is exposed, it might implicate Ke Yongzhu and Bai Ziling.

If the regulatory authorities found out that he had these two things hidden in his house, they would definitely send a whole bunch of people to beat him up, not to mention that they were already planning to take action against Bai Qiuwu.

If things get complicated and his mother gets involved, he doesn't even want to think about what might happen. He was lucky last time with the MixC incident, as it just so happened that his mother was on vacation. He might not be so lucky next time.

Ke Mingye really didn't want this alien to go on a rampage on Earth; the chaos would be unimaginable. What if his mother revealed his identity after all that careful concealment? The whole family would be in chaos...

"Alright then... after all, everyone has their own unspeakable difficulties."

As she spoke, Baiyi paused, turning her gaze away from Blue Owl's retreating figure, lowering her eyes, and then continued, "You know, I have a younger sister who is a magical girl."

Upon hearing this, the blue owl immediately stopped in its tracks.

He slowly turned his head, stared calmly at Bai Yi for a few seconds, and then said, "Uh... magical girl, did I hear that right?"

"No." Bai Yi smiled.

"Oh...it must be really novel to have a younger sister who's a magical girl in your family, right?"

While saying this, Blue Owl was thinking to himself: Really? So this person is a kindred spirit?

Having a magical girl sister at home is really torturous!

Especially since this magical girl sister's codename is "Ashes"! She's always fighting with knives and guns outside, and when she gets home, she's a little tyrant who resorts to spinning kicks whenever she's in trouble—it's practically hell!

Bai Yi smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a secret. You've heard of Magical Girl Rainbow, right?"

Upon hearing this, the blue owl paused for a couple of seconds, then slowly nodded.

"Oh my god, isn't this magical girl Rainbow our Little Red Riding Hood's teammate?" He thought to himself, "Oh no, should I tell this guy that her sister actually looks a bit like a lesbian? She's always sticking close to that magical girl Maple, and it feels like the way she looks at the other magical girl is practically smirking..."

As he thought about it, he said, "I've heard of her. She's quite active around Beijing. I often see her on the news on TV. She seems to often hang out with Ash and Maple, those two magical girls, right?"

"Yes, Magical Girl Rainbow is my sister. Actually, my parents passed away a long time ago, and we depended on each other for survival, so she is my only family."

Bai Yi lowered his gaze and spoke slowly.

"She's very strong, even stronger than me. So what I said before about 'wearing the mask to protect her family' is actually pretty far-fetched. It's more plausible that she wore the mask to protect me..."

"Dude, don't be so self-conscious," Ke Mingye thought. "My magical girl is only a B-rank combatant. Your sister is alright, at least she's only a C-rank combatant, the same level as you. If you work hard, it won't be difficult for you to surpass her."

He doesn't quite understand this kind of male chauvinistic mentality of "I must be stronger than my sister so that I can protect her". He is the kind of person who can live off a woman and lie down and do whatever he wants, and he doesn't care who the woman is. He doesn't have so much sentimentality or inexplicable competitive mentality.

You can think about it in your heart, but if you say it out loud, the future working relationship will be dead before it even begins.

After considering for a moment, Blue Owl said rather considerately, "Uh... buddy, I can roughly guess what you're thinking. You want to be stronger than your sister so you can protect her, right?"

Bai Yi remained noncommittal, simply continuing on to himself.

"Actually, I was quite insecure before I awakened my superpowers: I used to be disabled. The car accident that took my parents away also left my legs completely paralyzed. My sister had to go to school every day, take care of me, and then at night she had to be a magical girl to fight against dangerous criminals. Compared to her, I was like a useless person. Can you understand how I felt?"

"Hmm..." Blue Owl nodded. "It is quite uncomfortable."

"So I am very grateful for this gift called 'superpower'. It restored my legs to the state they were before the car accident, and even made them stronger. It also gave me a pair of wings."

Bai Yi chuckled self-deprecatingly as he said this: "I used to think a lot about how nice it would be if I could fly like a bird. When my sister saw me alone on the rooftop looking at the sky, she was terrified and thought I was going to commit suicide, so she quickly pulled me back inside."

As he spoke, he sighed, put one arm around his shoulder, rubbed the tip of his nose with the other, and then continued.

“Now I am finally qualified to stand up. The wheelchair I used to sit in felt like a coffin. It was so hard to get rid of that coffin. I hope to fly higher and farther and become someone my sister can be proud of, instead of... a useless person who can only depend on her for a living.”

The blue owl was silent for a moment, then said, "What is the reason you are telling me all this?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi slowly raised his eyes, looked at Lan Xiao from behind the feather mask, and smiled slightly.

"What I'm trying to say is that we all have our own unspeakable difficulties. But since we're all in the same team, and I'm the team leader, I have to take responsibility and take our relationship to the next level. Since I'm willing to share my experiences with you, I hope that one day you can also be honest with us about your identity and background, so that we can truly trust each other."

Please... if this person is serious, then their personality is a bit naive and idealistic, bordering on reckless. Is it because they've been disabled and stayed home for too long, becoming disconnected from society for an extended period?

But if he really is that kind of person, without any pretense, then getting to know him well shouldn't lead to being betrayed.