Zombie Marvel? Luckily, I'm Superman!

Lin Yi suddenly looked up.

What the hell? There was no sound, and I couldn't sense anything. Then suddenly an old man wearing a tattered burlap sack appeared.

The old man leaned on a cane, a smile on his face, but his eyes were scrutinizing Lin Yi with a hint of inquiry.

"New here, right?"

Lin Yi remained silent, his guard on high alert.

This old man is a ghost in the physical sense; you can see him and hear him, but you can't sense him.

"Don't be so wary. You're already here, no one will hurt you."

"Eh..." The old man suddenly showed a puzzled expression, thought for a moment, and then added, "Probably..."

"...Grandpa, where is this place?" Lin Yi finally asked.

"Oh? You're asking about here?" The old man pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

Lin Yi nodded, but in his heart he thought, "Isn't this just nonsense?"

"Hehe," the old man chuckled, "Good question, but how could this old man possibly know what kind of place this is!"

"I don't know either. I just know that I've been here since I can remember."

Lin Yi: "..."

Why do I have this inexplicable feeling that he did it on purpose?

"Then how do you know no one here will hurt me?"

"No one will hurt you?" The old man's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Lin Yi warily.

"Why would you think that? That's a very dangerous idea!"

"There are man-eating monsters everywhere here. You can't think like that, brother. I advise you to leave this place as soon as possible."

Well, Lin Yi's hand twitched, and he almost couldn't resist hitting him with an axe.

Are you suggesting we're having a left-right brain battle here? Isn't this exactly what you said?

It seems this old man isn't exactly a respectable old man.

Lin Yi shook his head, not wanting to get entangled with the old man any further.

He took off the wristband from his hand, threw it forward, and mentally commanded the dimensional shuttle to transform back.

The bracelet traced an arc in the air before falling to the ground and bouncing twice.

Clang.

……

no……

Lin Yi quickly stepped forward and picked up the wristband.

Only then did they realize that they couldn't even communicate with the dimensional shuttle anymore.

The orange gemstone in the bracelet could no longer be sensed, making it seem as if it were truly just a decorative bracelet.

Lin Yi was completely dumbfounded.

Where is my dimensional shuttle? Where did my huge dimensional shuttle go?

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Lin Yi's expression turned even more unpleasant.

Even the dimensional gem can no longer be sensed...

This was one of Lin Yi's greatest trump cards, and now the dimensional gem is gone too?

What the hell is going on here?

"Young people, crying one minute and laughing the next, is life too stressful?"

"Don't worry, it's perfectly safe here, except for a few man-eating monsters."

"Come on, how about we go to the old man's house for a bit? The old man will cook you something to eat."

Seeing Lin Yi standing there like he was performing a silent play, the strange old man showed a hint of pity.

Lin Yi put the bracelet back on her wrist and refused without even thinking.

"I appreciate your kind offer, but I'd better not."

The old man's words were incoherent and contradictory; he spoke entirely to himself, sometimes saying only a few things, and it was impossible to tell which was true. Basically, there was no useful information at all.

With a thought, Lin Yi rose into the air.

Feeling the abundant energy within his body, Lin Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I can still utilize my own energy and abilities.

Lin Yi glanced around and locked his gaze on the tallest building in his line of sight, which soared into the sky.

On the ground, the old man tapped his cane on the ground, his face filled with disbelief.

"Holy crap, this young man... can fly?!"

……

The building Lin Yi chose looked to be seven or eight hundred stories high. Instead of flying safely to the top, Lin Yi chose a middle floor and flew in.

The building's style is very similar to the model office buildings Lin Yi saw in Niuyue, except that there are no such tall floors there.

The glass in the staircase was almost all broken in half, or completely missing, and it's unclear what caused it.

Lin Yifei flew inside and landed on the floor, where the sounds of wind and dust lessened.

From here, you can see almost a panoramic view of the city in one direction.

The city was enormous, eerily so. Even with superhuman vision, it was estimated to be roughly the size of the surface of Earth...

Where exactly is this?

Being inexplicably sent to this place, with the bracelet and gemstones rendered useless, made Lin Yi somewhat anxious and irritable.

There's only one piece of good news for me right now.

That is, whoever sent him here, at least so far, has not shown any overt hostility.

If I can't sense any danger or killing intent, then who is it, and why did they send me here?

Manager?

Lin Yi shook his head and took out his communicator terminal to take a look.

Great, there's no signal after all.

"Who are you? Why are you here!"

Suddenly, another voice came from behind Lin Yi, inside the building.

Lin Yi turned around with a strange expression.

Holy crap, is this some kind of Superman's Black Zone? And what the hell is this silver-haired little boy in front of me? Hmm? Why can't I sense him, just like with the old man before?

I sensed it when it flew over; there are no living beings above the 200th floor!

The silver-haired boy held a dagger, watching Lin Yi warily, his hand trembling slightly, looking very frightened.

"Who are you? Are you a monster?!" The little boy became even more wary when Lin Yi didn't speak, hiding half of his body in the shadow of the building.

"...No." Lin Yi uttered two words with some complexity.

"Huh? No!" Upon hearing the answer, the silver-haired boy immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the dagger in his hand dropped.

"Thank goodness! Luckily it's not a monster!" he said, patting his chest and panting heavily.

Lin Yi's expression became even more complicated.

You're not a little brother, are you? You believe that so easily?

You believe something a stranger says so easily?

The "misunderstanding" was cleared up, or so the silver-haired boy thought.

He looked Lin Yi up and down without any hesitation, and suddenly revealed an envious expression.

"You're dressed so neatly, where did you come from?"

Lin Yi didn't know how to answer. Could this young man be the grandson of that old man who was talking nonsense earlier?

"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you hungry?" The silver-haired boy was puzzled at first, then suddenly realized.

"Come with me, I'll cook you something to eat!"

That's right, that's the taste! Just like the old man's reaction!

You're acting from the same script, right?

Lin Yi sighed and looked up at the sky, saying, "Stop pretending. You're that old man from earlier, right?"

The silver-haired boy looked puzzled: "What old man? What are you talking about?"

"Still pretending?"

"I can tell you're just hungry. Come on, come with me, I'll cook you something to eat!"

"No time to explain, hurry!"

"Fast my foot!" Lin Yi thought to himself, rolling his eyes.

Is this person so eager to harm others that they're not even going to put on an act anymore?