Heroes Return

"I never expected you to become the president of the H City Hero Association. The nepotism of big families is truly impressive," Lin Jie said, looking at Dong Xiaoye with admiration. "I've taken down quite a few monsters lately, and they're even D-rank..."

"What do you mean by nepotism? I rose to my position through my own hard work and ability!" Dong Xiaoye said to Lin Jie with dissatisfaction.

“But you’re clearly weaker than Ouyang Rui, let alone Dong Yang,” Lin Jie said, looking at Dong Xiaoye.

"What did you say?" the bespectacled man said, looking at Lin Jie. "No wonder you're still single! You deserve to be single forever!"

"Tch, I'm just telling the truth. Last time you all came at me together, didn't I beat you to a pulp?" Lin Jie sighed and said, "Anyway, they're not my type, so I don't need to fawn over them. Why not stay home on May 20th instead of coming out to flaunt your love?"

"What are you talking about?" Dong Xiaoye said, blushing. "We have nothing to do with each other. Who would like a man who is weak, has no personality, is not handsome, and whose presence disappears when he takes off his glasses!"

"Hey, the guy with glasses over there is about to vomit blood," Xiao Zhan said, looking at the guy with glasses who looked like he'd been stabbed several times.

"By the way, my sister is coming over in a while. I'll introduce you to her then." Dong Xiaoye changed the subject and looked at Lin Jie, saying, "She really admires strong people. You even defeated Ouyang Zihao. I think she should be interested in you."

"Oh?" Upon hearing Dong Xiaoye's words, Lin Jie immediately perked up: "May I ask what your sister looks like?"

“She’s the most beautiful woman in our Dong family,” Dong Xiaoye said, looking at Lin Jie.

"Sister Dong, I was wrong. I apologize for what I said earlier." Lin Jie immediately put on a fawning expression.

"Hmph!" Dong Xiaoye snorted coldly. "I was going to introduce you to her, but after seeing your attitude just now, I'll have to think about it. You even said I'm weak?"

"No way! I was talking about before you joined the training camp. You can absolutely crush me now. Just introduce your sister to me, and you can fight me standing up, sitting down, or even hanging on me. I guarantee you'll be satisfied," Lin Jie quickly said.

"When did this guy become so shameless?" the bespectacled guy asked Xiao Zhan from the side.

"Ever since he started playing games, his integrity has plummeted," Xiao Zhan said to the bespectacled guy. "You don't know, this bastard uses all sorts of black market gold and equipment."

"What do you know? That's a necessary investment so I can cut down anything I see in the future. That way, I can protect you guys in the game," Lin Jie said.

"I don't need you, I have DouDou. DouDou is the number one player in this game right now," Xiao Zhan said.

"Wait a minute?" Dong Xiaoye stared from the side, something seemed off: "You mean hundreds of millions of players across the entire server are less important than a dog?"

Xiao Zhan nodded.

"So what are you guys trying to achieve by playing this game..." Dong Xiaoye sighed, "These are truly turbulent times! Even dogs are causing trouble."

"Speaking of which, things haven't been very peaceful lately," the bespectacled man nodded.

“That’s right, that criminal named Ivan has escaped,” Dong Xiaoye said. “He not only released all the serious criminals, but also blew up the World Government headquarters.”

"Ivan? You mean that scoundrel has resurfaced?" Hearing Dong Xiaoye's words, Lin Jie felt a headache coming on. Ivan was an old rival of his, the kind of guy who never played by the rules and was always clinging to him. 'This guy's tough! Maybe I should transform back into Zero and take him down?' Lin Jie thought to himself. 'Almost forgot, my robe was stolen from the museum a couple of days ago…'

Just as Lin Jie was pondering the matter of Ivan, Dong Xiaoye suddenly said, "Speaking of which, I wonder if that guy with the cloak is actually Zero?"

“It’s definitely not me…” Lin Jie answered subconsciously, but then he swallowed back the sentence, “I’m just sitting here properly.” “I don’t think so.”

"Hey? You sound pretty sure!" A cute girl suddenly appeared in front of them and said. Lin Jie and the others had met this girl before; she sat at the table next to them.

"Yeah, how can you be so sure?" Xiao Zhan then added, "Beautiful lady, what's your name? Would you be interested in my contact information?"

“This…” Lin Jie thought about how cool the guy looked in the news and couldn’t help but say, “He’s way more handsome than the guy who made his first appearance before…”

"Tch!" the girl said disappointedly. "What do you know? Zero used to be very handsome. Never mind, you probably weren't very old back then, so your understanding of Zero should be very limited."

"You talk like you're all that big. You were just a little kid back then," Lin Jie retorted. "Besides, I know Zero very well."

'Because I myself am zero!' Lin Jie thought to himself.

"Don't joke around," the girl said to Lin Jie. "You don't understand at all..."

"Eileen! Don't cause trouble for others." A middle-aged man with bulging muscles sitting opposite the girl said.

"Okay, Uncle..." The girl stuck out her tongue at Lin Jie and returned to her desk.

"You're going to stay single forever if you keep going like this," Xiao Zhan said to Lin Jie. "Remember my words, beautiful women are always right, you know?"

"You talk like you've had a lot of romantic experiences," Lin Jie said. "You idiot, you have no right to talk about me like that."

"Don't underestimate me. I've always been popular with women since I was a child," Xiao Zhan said. "It wasn't until my parents were killed by bad guys that I gave up my life of chasing girls every day and turned to being a hero."

“This character design feels a lot like a certain hero whose name contains the word ‘bat’…” Lin Jie said.

……

Meanwhile, somewhere in Sector M, a beautiful woman with brown hair was quietly sitting in her room, drinking coffee. However, everyone who came to her room was surprised by its decor.

The walls were covered with numerous photos and oil paintings of Zero, and the room was filled with Zero-shaped dolls and handicrafts. Even the bed sheets and cushions featured images of Zero. No one would have imagined that the once fervent religious saint's room was now filled with all sorts of Zero-shaped handicrafts.

As for the omnipotent evil god she once worshipped? He's probably dead somewhere now, nowhere to be found. Ever since Zero killed the doomsday evil god their church worshipped, her fanaticism shifted to Zero. After all, Zero had already proven with his own strength that he had surpassed that omnipotent evil god.

In the sixth film in the Zero series, she was asked to play herself, but she declined for a subtle reason. The reason was simple: she couldn't tolerate that scum named He Qi swaggering around dressed as Zero. In fact, she often thought about finding an opportunity to kill that guy He Qi.

Just then, she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." A cool voice came from her mouth.

A man with a turban and somewhat dark skin walked in. This was the Hand of God who appeared in the latest Zero series film.

"Anya, we've found that person's location," the Hand of God said to Anya.

"Is the location accurate?" Anya looked at the Hand of God with excitement, a fervent glint in her eyes, her previous saintly demeanor completely vanishing at this moment.

“Although the church was destroyed, some of its secret methods are still very effective,” said the Hand of God.

"Where is he now?" Anya asked, looking at the Hand of God.

“In H City, District C,” said the Hand of God.

“Let’s go right away!” Anya said, and walked outside.

“Wait a minute,” said the Hand of God. “You’re too impatient. I also really want to find him, but…”

"But what?"

“But now the government has determined that the person is not real, and three SS-level agents have launched a search for him,” God’s Hand said. “The Divine Child is among them.”

"You mean that scumbag false god?" Anya's expression turned hostile. "What does that have to do with us?"

"A fierce battle is about to take place there."

"Do you think those trivial scenes will have any impact on him?" Anya said, looking at a painting in the room. The painting depicted the scene of Zero killing the evil god. She gently stroked the painting: "That was a powerful being who could even kill an omnipotent god. What threat could those scum pose to him?"

“Anya, you should be glad that the God of our previous church wasn’t omnipotent. Why do you still believe in that God?”

“I stopped believing in it a long time ago, and now I am completely devoid of faith.”

"How are you any different from when you were in the cult?"

“Things are different now. In the past, I believed in vague and unfounded rumors. Now, I believe in real and powerful things.”

Knowing he couldn't persuade the woman in front of him, God's Hand sighed helplessly: "But that person might not be real."

“That’s why we need to see for ourselves, isn’t it?” Anya said, her face flushing. “If it’s true, I’ll stay by his side. If it’s false, I’ll kill this blasphemer with my own hands.”

“It will be very dangerous there,” said the Hand of God.

"Are you really going to give up the chance to see her because of this?"

"No, I've always wanted to see him."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."

"I'll arrange the plane right away."

"It's too slow, take this seat." Anya said, gently waving her hand, and a blanket with a zero pattern floated over.

……

chapter Ten

A giant mandarin duck suddenly appeared in front of a barbecue restaurant in H City.

"Damn barbecue restaurant, accept my wrath!" The giant mandarin duck could actually speak human language, and not only that, it was also spewing flames out of its mouth.

Just as the high-temperature flames from his mouth were about to reach the entrance of the barbecue restaurant, an ice wall appeared out of thin air at the entrance, perfectly neutralizing the flames from the giant mandarin duck's mouth, and a large plume of water vapor spread into the air.

"Really, I've only just taken office and I'm already facing this kind of thing." Dong Xiaoye's voice came from the steam.

"This is our job," Xiao Zhan said, grabbing a blurring stick and rushing towards the giant mandarin duck.

"I'm going to save that idiot." The bespectacled guy sighed as he watched Xiao Zhan charge straight ahead. He really didn't think his pixelated weapon would be of any use against the giant creature in front of him, but he was wrong today.

When Xiao Zhan activated his anti-gravity shoes and made a somewhat bizarre turn, stabbing his weapon into the mandarin duck in front of him... what did everyone see?

The giant mandarin duck actually blushed...

"Damn, this thing actually works!" the bespectacled man exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing the bespectacled man's shout, the giant mandarin duck finally reacted and swung its wings fiercely at Xiao Zhan.

However, Xiao Zhan had already flown off in another direction by then.

"I am a high-level vengeful spirit formed from the resentment of countless mandarin ducks! How dare you insult me ​​with something like this!!" The giant mandarin duck roared angrily, and at the same time, the surrounding temperature began to rise continuously.

"The power is rising!" The bespectacled man also felt the heat wave emanating from the stall. "Looks like this monster isn't easy to deal with. Warrior Glasses, I'll leave it to you..."

Before he could finish speaking, a voice entered his mind: "Ah! My King, I can't take it anymore..."

Immediately afterwards, the glasses on the man's eyes cracked and then slid off his face and onto the ground.

"What's wrong, Warrior Glasses?" the man with glasses asked. "Why did it suddenly crack? Did you suffer some secret injury?"

'My king, you were standing by the ice just now, and now there's a heatwave. My body simply cannot withstand the test of ice and fire…'

"Wait a minute!! Wasn't it specially processed when we bought it? How could it be affected by thermal expansion and contraction?"

'Because that optician's shop lied to you. Actually, I'm a cheap pair of glasses... I'm not a real warrior's glasses... I'm sorry...'

"No need to apologize, we've been fighting for a while now!! We're comrades now, and I'll find a way to treat you while you're still badly injured."

"No need, this is the punishment I deserve, my king. I believe the true warrior glasses are waiting for you at the acclaimed counter... Finally, I hope you will pass on a message to the lady's glasses in the optician's shop, just say... ga..."

Before he could finish speaking, Dong Xiaoye appeared beside him without his noticing. She held a huge ice shield in her hand, which blocked the flames from the mandarin ducks in the air.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and help!" Dong Xiao said to the bespectacled man, and then a huge ice spear appeared in her other hand, which she threw at the mandarin ducks.

Seeing the soldier with glasses completely destroyed by Dong Xiaoye's kick, the guy with glasses couldn't help but shout, "What exactly do you guys want to say to that lady with glasses?! Don't just die like that!"

Looking at the bespectacled man talking to himself by the door, Eileen inside asked Rocky and the others, "That big bird looks like it's at least A-rank, right? Are you sure you want them to handle it? Everyone except that girl looks like a fool."

“Indeed, if we don’t resolve this soon, there is a high possibility of large-scale casualties, but that would also put us at risk of being exposed,” Claude said from the side.

"Don't worry, that girl is at least A-level, so there shouldn't be any problem. And her companion seems reliable too." Rocky said, looking at Xiao Zhan who was throwing a lot of cute mosaic props at the couple. "I quite admire that kid."