I became Superman

"Huh, what's she doing here?"

Yi Jiahui stood in front of the door, twitched her nose a few times, and said with surprise.

She opened the door, and laughter came from inside: "Sister Cat, you're back!"

It's Kusanagi's voice.

"Senior, would you like to sit here for a while?"

Yi Jiahui extended a sincere invitation.

Zhou Ming followed her across the threshold and saw Cao Ying wearing sunglasses, sitting on the sofa.

Yi Jiahui asked, "Why are you here?"

Kusa Sakura laughed and said, "Didn't you promise to let me live with you? I couldn't wait for you to come back, so I asked Hayabusa for the key and moved in ahead of time."

"I have some good news to share, and I can't wait to tell you."

As she spoke, she raised her legs.

Yi Jiahui asked in surprise, "Your leg is healed?"

Cao Ying lifted her skirt, and Zhou Ming and Yi Jiahui noticed that she had two mechanical legs.

The material looks like stainless steel, but stainless steel would be too heavy for Cao Ying. Zhou Ming guessed that it must be some kind of lightweight material.

Kusaka laughed and said, "Isn't it cool?"

"The people at the center just installed it on me. It's a pity their technology isn't advanced enough, otherwise I would have them replace my entire body with machinery, then I'd be a cyborg!"

As she spoke, she stood up and walked around the living room for a while, looking no different from a real person.

Kusaka also demonstrated the customization features of the mechanical legs. She pressed a button on her thigh, and five shiny, sharp diamond claws extended from the mechanical foot.

This is clearly a simulation of Yi Jia Hui's cat paw during combat; this girl really likes it.

Yi Jiahui looked at her in surprise and asked, "Are your eyes also fitted with machines?"

Kusaka shook her head and said, "The technology for mechanical eyes is much more complex, and we can't do it yet."

"What a pity."

Yi Jiahui felt sorry for her.

Cao Ying didn't think much of it, saying, "What's there to regret? Blind people have their own way of living. I had an extra pair of third eyes in the first ten years of my life, and maybe I was going to have to pay for it in the next few decades anyway."

Yi Jiahui truly admired this girl's strength and optimism. She happily took her hand and said, "Oh, right, senior also came back with me."

Zhou Ming was looking around Yi Jiahui's room at that moment.

The most eye-catching thing was, of course, the homemade cat tree in the middle of the living room. He imagined the girl sleeping on the cat tree every night, which he found a little funny.

Various brands of cat food and cat treats were piled up in every corner of the room.

Besides Yi Jiahui, there was no other cat in the room, which means that she ate all this food herself.

Ah... so even eating habits can change?

This catgirl is so beautiful, it's hard to tell if she's human or cat!

After looking around for a while, he noticed that something seemed to be missing from the room, so he asked curiously, "Why isn't there a litter box?"

Yi Jiahui's cheeks immediately turned as red as a boiled crab, and she said, "I...I don't want that kind of thing!"

Cao Ying burst into laughter and said, "Brother Zhou, you're so stupid! Cats need litter boxes because they can't use toilets, but Sister Cat can use a toilet, so why does she need a litter box?"

That's true...

Zhou Ming laughed along with him.

He suddenly felt very relaxed.

Only then did he realize that recently, his heart had been troubled by many heavy things.

This weight comes from his awareness of his own power—the power that can easily influence the lives of millions, hundreds of millions of people, and even the course of human society as a whole.

The three of them chatted and laughed for a while.

Yi Jiahui suddenly asked, "By the way, Cao Ying, did you come from the Southwest Headquarters? Do you know anything about the situation there?"

Kusa Sakura said, "Hehe, I've spent most of my life there since I was little. It's like my second home. How could I not know it?"

Yi Jiahui said happily, "That's great! Senior will be going to the Southwest Headquarters soon. Could you tell me about the situation there so that Senior can be informed?"

She recounted the events of Shanyin Village to Caoying.

Cao Ying's expression turned serious as well, and she said, "So, Brother Zhou, you're this strong!"

"According to what Sister Cat said, you went to the Southwest Headquarters, and the person in charge of receiving you must be one of the two deities who are stationed there."

Zhou Ming asked curiously, "So the Southwest Headquarters has two deities. What are they like?"

Kusa Sakura said, "The two gods of the Southwest Headquarters are named Minglou and Minglong."

"They both have the surname Ming, could they be brothers?"

Zhou Ming asked.

Kusaka shook her head and said, "The relationship between these two gods is somewhat special, and it all started a hundred years ago."

"A hundred years ago, the Xin Han Empire experienced a period of war. The reason for the war was that the empire was very tightly guarded, and people still don't know when it happened. They only know that almost overnight, chaos broke out in various parts of the empire."

"Lord Minglou's hometown was one of the most chaotic places. His family members all died in the war. In order to escape, Lord Minglou fled into the mountains alone. It was in the mountains that he awakened his abilities."

"That's a skill called Landscape Builder. In the early stages, it has almost no offensive capabilities. It can only create a small landscape in one's mind, with mountains, rocks, plants, pavilions, and towers that can be extremely exquisite, indistinguishable from reality. Moreover, once the landscape is successfully constructed, it will not disappear."

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "This ability is a rare talent when used in the military. Once you have it, you can copy the battlefield situation into your mind, which is of great use in marching and fighting."

Kusaka nodded and said, "That was true in ancient times, but it doesn't work now, because everyone has satellites now."

"So this ability seems rather useless to people, but once you become a god, this ability is completely different. Landscape architects can manifest the landscapes they create into the real world."

"All gods have divine realms, but compared to the real world, divine realms are illusory, like a shadow cast over the real world."

"Ah, the world of shadows!"

Yi Jiahui exclaimed in surprise.

Kusa Sakura nodded and said, "The Shadow World should be the divine realm of some god. However, the Shadow World is very strange. Powerful vampires can summon the Shadow World from any corner of the world, which is something other gods cannot do. The Empire has also tried to study the Shadow World to find out where the god who caused the shadow is, but it has never made any progress."

"Back to Lord Minglou, unlike the divine realms of other gods, the landscapes constructed by landscape architects are all real when they are materialized in the real world. No matter what kind of instrument is used to detect them, even if they are analyzed down to the atomic or quark level, they are all real."

"What's even more terrifying is that landscape architects possess the power to control everything within the landscapes they create."

Yi Jiahui stared in disbelief and said, "Isn't this like being a god?"

Kusaka laughed and said, "That's why we call him a god."