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Chapter 117 Flight Speed ​​Measurement

After leaving Hephaestus's forge, Diana took her leave.

The prophecy concerned her greatly. A catastrophe that swept through Olympus, the fall of the gods, would undoubtedly bring chaos and even more unpredictable dangers to the entire world.

Zeus's disappearance is the best clue at present. Diana feels that if Zeus was indeed murdered, she is more inclined to believe that Ares, the god of war, was responsible.

Undeniably, this may involve some degree of Diana's prejudice against Ares himself. After all, Ares is the villain in the Greek pantheon who has clashed with Wonder Woman the most, and since Diana left the Amazons for the human world, there have been several incidents where Ares was found to be behind the scenes.

Furthermore, there were not many gods among Zeus's offspring who had the opportunity to kill Zeus, and Ares was one of the few gods who possessed both the ability and the motive.

However, it seems that Diana last saw Ares quite some time ago, and now the only clues she can rely on are rumors. This investigation will likely take a lot of effort and require her to travel around the world.

Of course, Diana had long since gotten used to this kind of life over the years.

Shen You exchanged contact information with her, and then returned to the coffee shop to continue with his own business.

A day later, in the wilderness, in the desolate mountains.

Kara-Zo-El, dressed in her family's uniform, spread her arms wide. The shimmering Kryptonian bodysuit accentuated her well-developed curves, and the "S" logo on her red cape glittered with her movements, her long golden hair flowing like waves.

She vanished in a blur, soaring into the sky, the white clouds in the azure sky spreading out around her like soft cotton candy. She took off and landed among the clouds, like a joyful swimming fish.

Her red and blue figure flashed across the sky like lightning, the endless mountains rushing past her. Her elegant movements were so fast and unrestrained that she was practically invisible to the naked eye.

She swept over the mountains and soared into the sea. Waves exploded beneath her, slicing through the air in white trails as she moved. Her supersonic form whistled through the air, leaving even the world's fastest fighter jets in its dust.

"You've made rapid progress."

At the speed camera at the foot of the mountain, the old wizard stroked his beard, nodded slightly, and smiled with his eyes narrowed.

She had a smile similar to that of an old man playing chess in the community, a smile that seemed to say, "She's truly my granddaughter."

"Mach 17. That's really fast progress." Shen You looked at the speed measuring instrument and pondered for a moment.

Last month, when the speed was measured, Kara's maximum flight speed could only reach Mach 8, but now it has more than doubled.

As expected of Kryptonians, their leveling speed is astonishing even when they're lying down and not moving.

Kara had just completed a loop along the planned route and was passing over the speed camera again. As she flew by, she smiled down and waved in this direction.

At her height and speed of Mach 17, her waving gesture did look somewhat strange. But she knew that ordinary people couldn't see it, while Shen You could definitely see it clearly.

However, she was clearly getting carried away, waving her hand and looking down at Shen You on the ground. By the time she realized she was already hurtling towards a high mountain at high speed, it was too late.

"Wow!"

The novice Kryptonian clearly still needs to work on the precision of his flight control. When the little girl turned around and saw the mountain peak so close at hand, she was terrified; her first reaction was to quickly cover her eyes with her small hands.

boom!!!

Kara crashed headfirst into the mountain.

The thunderous impact shook the valley. The poor mountain was pierced through by the Kryptonians' steel and iron bodies, and countless boulders rolled down like unleashed beasts, tearing and collapsing like a torrential rain, shattering the canyon.

Fortunately, Shen You had anticipated this possibility; the area around the testing site was completely deserted for miles around. It was a desolate wilderness, without even a bird in sight, so she could do whatever she wanted.

Most of the mountain collapsed, and smoke filled the canyon.

"What an incredible race," the old wizard remarked, watching the earth-shattering spectacle. "It's almost reminiscent of the protection of the six gods."

Shen You glanced at him, wondering if it was possible that his so-called "Six Gods Power" was actually a pirated version of Kryptonian magic.

Shazam was originally designed to imitate Superman. However, his former company was sued by DC for copyright infringement and lost the case. Later, DC simply acquired the company and its characters, incorporating them into the DC Universe. That's how the DC Universe gained this magical version of Superman.

"This is far from the limit," Shen You said. "Her abilities are still in the initial stage of awakening, and they will become much stronger in the future."

After a pause, Shen You swiped open the interface to view the other ability data of Kara's routine test today.

He couldn't help but mutter, "Kryptonians are truly a monstrous race."

The old wizard glanced at him from behind, hesitated, and ultimately remained silent.

But the old man thought to himself, "You're being modest. In terms of sheer monster-like qualities, you're probably just as good."

The two chatted casually when suddenly the pile of rocks in the valley exploded with a loud bang. A delicate, fair hand emerged, and a beautiful girl, covered in dust and dirt, crawled out of the rubble, coughing violently twice.

"I'm fine, cough cough, I'm perfectly fine. You guys can keep chatting there, I don't need any help at all. cough cough."

Kara's progress is certainly gratifying, but it also serves as a wake-up call for Shen You.

The data once again taught him just how overpowered the Kryptonians were. This was just the beginning; it was hard to say how high his stats would rise once he got enough sun and reached a high level.

This experience once again reminded Shen You that he could not be complacent and that as a trainee Ultraman, he still had a long way to go.

Back in the lab that evening, one of the many projects he was working on simultaneously made progress.

Research on the Speed ​​Force.

Contact with the Speed ​​Field allowed him to develop his own understanding of the unique spacetime rules of the DC Universe. Based on this knowledge, Shen You's use of light energy enabled him to significantly improve the efficiency of Mach movement, thus achieving an explosive increase in speed.

But the deeper he delved into the subject, the more he realized that what he had learned on his first attempt was only the tip of the iceberg. Further study should allow him to acquire much more.

Tonight, he detected yet another anomalous spatial signal.

But unlike before, this time the signal matched a certain energy characteristic he had recorded.

That was the energy reaction of the Speed ​​Force.

"Such a high reading, Pal, track the location."

"It's already being done."

Pal was extremely efficient, and the energy reaction was quickly marked on the map.

It's Midtown again.

"I took it upon myself to compile some intelligence from the vicinity of Midtown and speculated that this abnormal reading might be related to this."

A news report was displayed on the screen; the date was a month ago.

Lightning strikes Midtown Police Department's sterile lab, leaving researchers in a coma.

(End of this chapter)