Heroes Return

"Damn it! This is definitely not an easy task to complete." The man cursed after reading the information.

As the man cursed, a huge heart on his back actually beat slightly.

Volume 7, Welcome to the Bachelor Temple, where everyone is bald.

Chapter One

Inside the Xiao Group building, Lin Jie, Glasses, and Xiao Zhan, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, reunited once again.

"Speaking of Xiao Zhan, the game you researched this time is really amazing! You could totally switch careers and become a game merchant now. It would definitely be more promising than working as a superhero in the Hero Association," Lin Jie said to Xiao Zhan while chewing on a bag of spicy strips.

"Hmph! You underestimate me too much!" Xiao Zhan suddenly crossed his arms and said, "The reason I make money by making games is to research my technological equipment. Besides, I've already given up on those boring games like 'Looking Up at Butts'."

"Huh? You're planning to give up the game you're playing?" Glasses asked curiously.

"Of course! I cheated with my GM account and still couldn't beat a single dog! How am I supposed to play?" Xiao Zhan said, tears streaming down his face as he looked at Dou Dou lying in the game pod not far away. "You guys would never understand the humiliation of being such a loser!! No matter what game we play, Dou Dou can easily defeat me. Not only that, now he can easily breach my heavily guarded ammunition depot! Dou Dou is practically inhuman!!!"

"He wasn't even human to begin with." Glasses calmly opened a bag of spicy strips, eating as he looked at Xiao Zhan and said, "Speaking of which, why are you arguing with a dog all day long?!"

"Tch, what do you know!" Hearing Glasses' words, Xiao Zhan seemed to have suffered a great injustice, and complained to Lin Jie and Glasses, "Now every morning when I get up, my private toilet is occupied by DouDou. Now it even likes to read the newspaper while using the toilet! Damn it! It's a dog! What does it mean to read the newspaper in the toilet all morning? It makes me have to go to the office downstairs to use the toilet every day."

Not only that, now I have to ask him for help whenever I get stuck on a game! Do you know how humiliating it is to massage a dog's legs every day? Sometime I must take DouDou to see those people who constantly yell "fuck dogs!"

Just as Xiao Zhan was speaking, Dou Dou suddenly poked its head out of the game pod and barked twice at Xiao Zhan.

"Call me twice... Brother Dou, do you want some spicy strips?" Xiao Zhan said with a fawning look, holding a bag of spicy strips and running towards Dou Dou. He then started feeding Dou Dou the spicy strips bite by bite until Dou Dou finished them and went back to playing the game. Only then did Xiao Zhan return.

"Didn't you hear what I said about DouDou?" Xiao Zhan asked Lin Jie and Glasses.

"I have to say, this is so shameless!" Lin Jie couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhan: "I didn't see you being this attentive to Dou Dou when I left earlier."

"There's no other way, even though he needs something from DouDou." Glasses explained to Lin Jie, "His recently developed equipment has encountered some technical problems. That's why he's acting this way towards DouDou."

"Oh? Xiao Zhan, you're developing new equipment? It's not going to be another mosaic or stain remover series, is it?" Lin Jie asked.

"Heh, you underestimate me. Do you really think I'd be so bored as to mess with such old equipment?" Xiao Zhan gave Lin Jie a disdainful look.

"You just got a severe scolding from a group of neighborhood committee aunties recently! They said your gear was an eyesore and offensive to public morals. That's why they asked you to change it, isn't it?" Glasses said from the side.

"What do you mean by 'immoral'? There are clearly many young married women who like me! They often invite me over when their husbands aren't home," Xiao Zhan said with dissatisfaction.

"You're not really going, are you? Are you planning to change your surname to Wang? You scum!" Glasses said, looking at him with displeasure.

"I'm a champion of justice! How could I possibly do something like this!" Xiao Zhan said. "Anyway, it's time to show you the effects of my new equipment! Hahahaha!"

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan activated the belt around his waist.

Then, under the horrified gazes of Lin Jie and the bespectacled man, Xiao Zhan's penis burst through his pants and began to grow larger and larger. Finally, it became a gigantic penis, two meters long and half a meter thick!

"Holy crap! You've clearly become a monster! But you're really amazing!" Lin Jie stared in shock at the changes in Xiao Zhan's penis.

"How do I feel? Don't I look incredibly powerful right now?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"You're getting more and more lewd, aren't you! Speaking of which, did you research a device to enlarge your penis because it's too small? With that technology, couldn't you come up with something else?" Glasses roared angrily at Xiao Zhan, "Believe it or not, I'll call the police right now and have you arrested, you pervert! By the way, I'm a hero myself!"

“A man, of course, needs to be long, thick, and firm!” Xiao Zhan said.

"Stop it my ass!" Lin Jie spat out the spicy snack he was eating.

"Don't worry, of course I won't just make these changes. I've added other changes as well. You two watch carefully." As he spoke, Xiao Zhan's huge penis turned golden.

"So your transformation is turning that part into metal?" the bespectacled man asked.

“Of course, turning into bricks is also an option. How about it? Doesn’t it give you a sense of grandeur, a pure and genuine man’s unyielding masculinity?” Xiao Zhan asked the two people sitting down.

"Alright, let's go back to normal! Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist cutting off your new little thing," Lin Jie said.

"Tch, you two are so boring." As he spoke, Xiao Zhan's huge penis disappeared into thin air, and there was no trace of the previous tear on his pants.

"Is this a projection?" the bespectacled man asked.

“Of course it’s projection. If there really was such a technology that could directly enlarge things, I would sell it. I’m sure the business would be booming.” Xiao Zhan said, “This is an optical weapon that Dr. Qin and I researched. The principle is the same as the mosaic technique I used before, except that this time it generates a virtual projection.”

As if to demonstrate his point, Xiao Zhan suddenly produced a two-meter-long sword in his hand.

"It looks just like the real thing, doesn't it? Actually, I don't have anything in my hand at all."

"Now that you and Dr. Qin have developed new equipment, what is your reason for asking DouDou for help?" Lin Jie asked Xiao Zhan curiously.

"This equipment is just a visual effect. What I'm really interested in, and what I need DouDou's help with researching, is this creature. Recently, a legendary, magical cyber creature was accidentally born in the research institute I invested in. I discovered that they actually contain amazing and strange powers, so I decided to turn them into my exclusive weapons." As Xiao Zhan spoke, he pulled out a 'funny' object. Based on Lin Jie and Glasses' years of experience surfing the internet, the two of them were absolutely certain that the yellow sphere Xiao Zhan pulled out was definitely a 'funny'.

The two of them immediately knelt down before Xiao Zhan.

"Wow! You can even cultivate something like this in your research institute! No wonder you personally selected these researchers!!!" Lin Jie exclaimed to Xiao Zhan, "Speaking of which, how did they manage to cultivate such a ridiculous creature in reality? Your researchers must have at least two heads, right?"

"Well, actually, I had them develop a gentle yet powerful creature as my superhero pet. But as you know, it's incredibly difficult to cultivate a completely new creature. So I suggested they add some spicy snacks to it and see how it goes. And that's how we created the 'Funny' creature." Xiao Zhan held up the Funny creature in his hand and said to Lin Jie and the bespectacled guy, "Looking closely, I really admire this creature. It never speaks or makes a sound, and its expression never changes; it just quietly watches you."

Look at his eyes; there's a lewdness mixed with tenderness, a mockery tinged with concern.

"You win, boss! We admire you!" Lin Jie had no choice but to say admiringly to Xiao Zhan, "Speaking of which, what exactly is this comical guy's ability?"

"I don't know, I'm still researching it," Xiao Zhan said.

"Forget it, I need to play a game to calm my aching mood right now," Lin Jie said to Xiao Zhan and Glasses. "Let's play a game! I don't want to look at your gear anymore."

If Xiao Zhan's past gadgets like hair dryers, pistols, and vibrating stain removers were merely useless, then his newly developed equipment is now completely shattering Lin Jie's worldview.

“That’s right, let’s play the game instead,” Glasses Guy said at this moment.

"By the way, we've got a lot of 'funny' things around here lately. Do you two want to each keep one? Speaking of which, how exactly do these things reproduce? They don't eat anything and don't move around at all, but they just suddenly start multiplying." As Xiao Zhan spoke, he picked up two funny things and walked towards Lin Jie and the bespectacled guy.

"Let's play games first," Lin Jie said to the bespectacled guy, picking up the gaming helmet in his hand.

"Wait, even if you want to play games, at least try this new one! It's a new game I've been developing lately." Xiao Zhan said, pulling out something that looked like a memory card. Lin Jie could clearly see the words "Little Elf GO" written on it.

"What is this?" the bespectacled man asked.

"You'll know once you play my new game."

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan inserted the memory card into the computer, but at that moment, the power suddenly went out in the building. Dou Dou, who was playing a game, also ran out of the game pod and came to the three of them.

"Why is there a power outage here?" Lin Jie asked curiously.

"Impossible! The energy I'm using here is automatically renewable energy, it's an independent energy source!" Xiao Zhan said in surprise, "Activate the backup power!"

"The system has malfunctioned, and the backup power supply cannot be started," a mechanical voice announced.

"What exactly happened?"

Just then, Bu Feiwu's voice came through the communication glasses on the table.

"I saw Thirteen appear outside the door. I'm leaving now. Please be careful." With that, the communication was cut off.

"Damn! That ungrateful maid, she ran away so fast!" Xiao Zhan said, picking up the communication sunglasses from the table. "Now that Thirteen is here, the power outage is no big deal. Don't worry, my building is very sturdy and shouldn't collapse because of Thirteen."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire building began to shake.

Chapter two

As Thirteen drew closer, the entire house began to shake. Cracks started appearing in the floorboards.

The others in the building had all fled the building the moment they received news of Thirteen's arrival. By this time, they were all standing in the corner, and even the comic book in Xiao Zhan's hand had rolled to the corner at some point.

Like an earthquake, the shaking inside the building began to intensify. Large amounts of dust slid down from the ceiling due to cracks caused by the vibrations.

"No! I can't take it! We need to get out of here right now." As the shaking of the building gradually intensified, Xiao Zhan finally couldn't take it anymore. At this point, he couldn't care less about receiving Thirteen anymore, and without saying a word, he put on his anti-gravity shoes.

However, the anti-gravity shoes emitted a puff of white smoke in Xiao Zhan's desperate eyes, and then lost power!

"Damn it! Why did my shoes suddenly break down?! Thirteen is trying to kill me!" Xiao Zhan shouted in despair after seeing that his equipment was malfunctioning.

"Take your time calling, I'm leaving now. My sisters are calling me back for dinner." Lin Jie said, walking towards the window. But at that moment, Xiao Zhan suddenly grabbed Lin Jie's leg.

"No! You absolutely cannot leave!" Xiao Zhan said.

"What a joke! I have no interest in being buried in the rubble with you," Lin Jie said to Xiao Zhan.

"A good brother should share the burden at times like this!! I've helped you a lot before, but I never expected you to plan to abandon me and run away first! You ungrateful bastard."

"Let go of me right now! You idiot! Since we're brothers, you should have found a way to let me leave, right? This is obviously an attempt to drag me down with you!" Lin Jie said, breaking free from Xiao Zhan's grasp. "I was planning to carry you out with me, but since you're so heartless, I'll be leaving first."

As he spoke, Lin Jie rushed outside. But to his surprise, all the passages leading outside automatically closed at that moment. Not only that, but strange electric currents began to flow through the closed windows and walls.

"What are these things?" Lin Jie turned to Xiao Zhan and asked.

"These are the defense mechanisms I recently developed! I didn't expect them not only to not break down, but to be triggered at this crucial moment!!" Xiao Zhan looked at Lin Jie triumphantly: "You little brat, you actually planned to leave me here and escape? Let me tell you, that current is a 'princepin' current! Just a tiny bit of it will leave you impotent for at least three weeks!!"

"Damn! You're so ruthless!" Lin Jie looked at Xiao Zhan in shock: "Speaking of which, why did you come up with such a ruthless defense system?"

"There's no other way! I'm now the only company in the world with a neural network, and my net worth has been raised to a level that even scares me," Xiao Zhan said proudly. "So, I naturally need to develop some defense systems to protect myself."

"Depend on!"

"You two stop dawdling! Come and hug me, or we might not be able to leave!" Thirteen shouted at Lin Jie and Xiao Zhan. Hearing Glasses' words, Xiao Zhan suddenly realized what he meant and immediately rushed over to hug Glasses.

However, after everyone hugged the bespectacled guy for about ten seconds, he still didn't teleport them away.

"Huh? Why is my spatial teleportation not working?" Glasses asked in surprise.

"So the force field that blocks spatial movement also activated automatically. To prevent attacks from spatial ability users, I added some force fields specifically designed to block them," Xiao Zhan said.

"Are you crazy?! Who would attack someone like you who's weak in combat and only knows how to research vibrators all day?!" the bespectacled man yelled at Xiao Zhan. "Why didn't you say so sooner?!"

"Hey, what are you guys doing hugging each other like that?"

Just as the bespectacled guy was yelling at Xiao Zhan, Thirteen's voice reached everyone's ears.

"It's over, it's over, I'm doomed!" Upon seeing Thirteen's figure, the bespectacled man immediately showed a look of despair.

"Thirteen, long time no see." Lin Jie greeted Thirteen calmly. "I wonder why your bad luck seems to have been building up for months before suddenly exploding?"

"Huh? Is bad luck striking?" Hearing Lin Jie's words, Thirteen couldn't help but look around. Then he suddenly realized and said, "No wonder there was no one along the way. So that's what happened. Seeing the building shaking like that, I thought you guys were fighting something."

As he spoke, Thirteen took out a yellow square cloth.

"Isn't this the talisman that Master Wuneng gave you?" Lin Jie asked, looking at Fang Bu.

"This is it. It's actually quite useful." Thirteen said, picking up the amulet. Lin Jie happened to see a line of small print on it: "Insufficient balance, please recharge."

"Damn it! Your protective charm has expired!!" Lin Jie said to Thirteen.

"Oh." Thirteen glanced at the yellow cloth, then took out his phone and recharged it with thirty yuan as instructed.