I became Superman

"Of course, since I have no ability to protect myself, I naturally need to find two like-minded people to protect my safety."

Wang Yao was not ashamed but rather proud, he said.

Zhou Ming asked curiously, "So what is your mutated ability?"

Wang Yao said smugly, "I have an extraordinary premonition; I can intuitively sense the correct answer."

"I was quite successful for a while because of this ability."

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "This ability is quite powerful. I'm afraid it won't just be a fleeting moment of glory. If used properly, it'll be hard not to be famous."

Wang Yao shook his head helplessly and said, "That's true, but when I used this ability, I made quite a name for myself in academia."

"For any research project, I can intuitively tell which direction is right. As long as I follow my intuition to conduct experiments, I can get results."

"While others were just starting out at universities, I had already published in important journals and obtained a tenured professorship."

Another protagonist-like character, tsk tsk.

Zhou Ming asked, "And then what? Judging from your tone, did something unexpected happen later?"

Wang Yao nodded and said, "Perhaps having had everything go smoothly for so long has made me arrogant. I chose a research direction that is almost impossible to succeed in."

Zhou Ming asked, "Researching vampires?"

"To be precise, the exact location of the Shadowlands."

Wang Yao said, "This is a topic that the Empire has always attached great importance to, after all, the elusive nature of the Shadow Realm poses a serious threat to the Empire."

"If I can solve this problem, I will immediately become famous in the world of other beings, and I will no longer be looked down upon by other beings because I lack combat skills."

Zhou Ming nodded and said, "Isn't this great? And you have indeed achieved remarkable results, haven't you?"

Hearing him say this, Zhou Ming had more faith in his claim that the Shadow Realm was hidden in the Moon Shadow.

Wang Yao said dejectedly, "What kind of achievement is that? Real achievements need to be verified. What I said can only be considered a hypothesis."

"My ability has this flaw: once I use my ability to predict something, my ability becomes bound to that thing. Only when that thing is verified can my ability be released and used for other things."

"Now my power is tied to the whereabouts of the Shadowlands, but I can't verify it, so my power is essentially trapped."

"I'm stuck in a rut, unable to move forward or backward. This is incredibly unlucky!"

Wang Yao became increasingly bitter as he spoke, and coupled with his bald head and receding hairline, Zhou Ming suddenly felt a sense of helplessness that comes with middle age.

Liu Wen comforted her, "Don't worry, teacher, this is good news for us. Something big is going to happen during this solar eclipse, and we will definitely be able to detect important data."

Zhang Boyang also said, "This is my chance to make a name for myself!"

Encouraged by his two students, Wang Yao declared, "If we don't achieve anything this time, I'll quit the world of vampires and become an ordinary person, never to concern myself with vampire matters again!"

"In fact, if the Empire had listened to my advice, why would we have waited until now? We might have found the Shadowlands years ago."

Zhou Ming suddenly remembered what Ming Lou had told him about Wang Yao's exorbitant demands, and wondered if it was related to his opinion.

He asked, "What suggestions did you make to the Empire?"

Wang Yao said with great interest, "If the Shadow Realm is truly hiding in the Moon Shadow, there are two ways to make it visible."

"One option is to blow up the moon directly, but that's a bit of a pipe dream. First of all, the Empire can't do that right now, and the moon is related to Earth's tidal effects and is crucial to Earth's ecology. Blowing up the moon for the sake of a Shadowlands would be making a mountain out of a molehill."

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "You haven't completely gone mad yet. What's the other way?"

Wang Yao said, "We cannot destroy the moon, but we can eliminate its shadow for a short period of time."

"For example, if another sun were to appear on the dark side of the moon and shine its light on the moon, the moon would be in a state without shadows, and the shadow realm that was originally hidden in the moon's shadow would naturally become visible."

Zhou Ming's eyebrows twitched a few times, and he said, "This is really a simple and easy method. All we need to do is create another sun on the other side of the moon."

Wang Yao sighed, "Humans can't possibly create a sun, so I'm just suggesting that the Empire concentrate all its nuclear weapons in a precisely calculated location for detonation."

"The light from a nuclear explosion should be able to achieve the effect I described in an instant, which might be enough to make the Shadow Realm visible."

"Just a suggestion..."

Zhou Ming said, "The word 'only' is used very aptly."

Does this guy even know what he's saying?

He suggested that a major power send all its nuclear weapons into space and detonate them to illuminate the dark side of the moon, thereby dispelling the moon's shadow.

No wonder Minglou said this guy was asking for an exorbitant price.

The fact that the empire withdrew its funding in response to this proposal shows that the emperor still has some magnanimity.

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "Don't daydream. Don't even mention the nuclear weapons of the New Han Empire. Even if you gathered all the nuclear weapons in the world, it still wouldn't meet your requirements. It's impossible to illuminate the entire moon."

"Even if we could illuminate the moon, so what? How long can a nuclear weapon last? After the brief burst, the shadow will fall again, and everything will have been for nothing."

Seeing her teacher being questioned, Liu Wen couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up for her, saying, "Questioning is always so easy, so what do you suggest we do?"

Zhou Ming said, "Brother Wang's idea is correct, but to realize it, we need a light source that is far more intense than the explosion of all the world's nuclear weapons, and it needs to last long enough. Where can we find such a light source... huh?"

Zhou Ming stroked his chin thoughtfully, thinking that there seemed to be such a light source.

Can't his eyes emit electromagnetic waves across the entire frequency band?

Using his eyes as the sun to send rays toward the moon—I wonder if this method is reliable?

Hmm... this method seems worth a try.

Wang Yao and the other two went to adjust their instruments.

They installed the instruments on the summit of Henglu Mountain, the highest point in Jinsha City, making it a suitable location for observation.

Zhou Ming, however, was silently pondering the solution he had just come up with.

This method is worth trying, but there is a problem to overcome.

The light emitted from his eyes was so concentrated that how to disperse it and cover the entire moon was a huge problem.

If he couldn't disperse the light, he would have no choice but to fly as far away as possible.

The farther he flies, the larger the area his eyes can cover, and the more likely he is to cover the entire moon.

Not bad, not bad, this trip was definitely worthwhile.

Tomorrow we'll check the results of Wang Yao and his team's observations, and then we can start testing his ideas.