American comics: The off-the-charts random transformation

A strange substance reacted with the Kryptonian metal of the spaceship, causing a slight... change to my outer shell—well, not just the outer shell, but the entire spaceship.

Tian Xiaoban was also dumbfounded when she saw this hard candy spaceship:

"Huh? Holy crap, this isn't just a little bit! Your entire spaceship has turned into a piece of candy!"

"How are you now? Can you fly? If you can't fly, then we'll have to rely on teleportation to leave."

[Uh... that's strange. That strange substance only altered the spaceship's metal structure; the spaceship's functions remained normal, even enhanced. It's... very unscientific.]

"Phew, that startled me. As long as it can fly, that's fine."

Tian Xiaoban only used the spaceship as a means of transportation and never thought it would be of any great use; as long as it could fly, that was enough.

Not only does it not affect flight, but the new special metal, on top of the original strength of Kryptonian metal, has the added characteristic of absorbing and storing various types of radiation energy, thus reducing daily energy consumption by 30%.

Furthermore, this special metal is extremely stable, resistant to high and low temperatures, and pressure!

Click~

The abrupt sound was crisp, like chewing a hard candy.

Garfield took a bite out of the metal table in the information hall and chewed it with relish.

[My God!!! How did you do that?! Are your teeth that hard? You can even bite through Kryptonite?!]

The AI ​​penguin was visibly shocked, patting its head with its two fins, looking utterly incredulous.

Garfield was too busy eating candy to pay attention to it.

Tian Xiaoban explained:

"Uh, Kowasky, calm down. Garfield has just evolved a bit. Now, he's not just going to gnaw on metal; if he gets really hungry, he might even eat the Earth itself!"

[Huh? Boss, according to my calculations, there's a high probability it will devour my spaceship.]

Especially when Kowasky saw Garfield eat another piece, the whole penguin was upset!

"Hey! Hey! Kovacs, calm down! Garfield will handle it himself! Right, Garfield?"

"At worst, I'll piece it back together for you."

Garfield's right paw suddenly swelled up and turned red, and thick, black fur quickly covered its original orange fur, as if the genes of its arm had been changed to those of Netero.

Using its internal energy to suppress the appetite in its arm, its claws tore through the muscle, and two strange drops of blood flowed from between its fingers, dripping onto the metal table.

Then the entire spaceship began to shake.

[Oh my god! Oh my god! What on earth happened?!]

Tian Xiaoban explained:

"These two drops are the substance that can turn your whole body into sugar, called food cells! Do you have any metal of this material here?"

[Yes, I've built some using the spaceship in the last two days. They're in the research lab.]

"That's good."

Tian Xiaoban went to the research room, and under Kowasky's guidance, obtained a whole piece of synthetic metal. Then he went to the information hall and compared it with the table that was missing a corner.

"Just enough. Garfield, you made this mess yourself, so handle it."

Garfield took the metal block, took a bite first, and then spat it out. The taste was bland and had no nutritional value, so it moved away with a look of disgust.

The metal that was created wasn't modified by the gourmet cells, so it wasn't sweet and didn't taste good.

Its claws snapped open, gathering "qi" in them, and like a hot knife cutting butter, it easily slicing the metal into the shape it wanted.

Then, it pressed the metal against the notch in the table, allowing the blood, which had been dripping and was full of gourmet cells, to automatically climb up and perfectly fuse the metal block with the table, as if it had never been damaged.

[What?! Are you even a living organism?! This blood is more effective than glue! This is unscientific!]

Tian Xiaoban: "Theoretically speaking, Garfield is no longer a normal animal! You could say it's the ultimate of the ultimate creatures! Even if you threw it into an extreme environment like space, it could survive."

Its food cells aren't as contaminated as mine were before; a few drops wouldn't assimilate half the island. Although Garfield can now integrate, the process is noticeably slower than mine.

[So that means I can rely on Garfield to produce this special metal indefinitely?]

"Yes, that's right." Tian Xiaoban nodded. As long as Garfield releases some blood containing gourmet cells, even if it's a bit slow, it can still modify the environment.

[Okay! I get it, Boss Infinite. It just eats, right? I'll keep it. At worst, I'll take it to the moon to eat it!]

Kovacs gave a serious salute; his data module already contained a whole host of cat-raising strategies.

"Alright, Kowalski, now take us back to Gotham. I need to go find Batman and get something from him."

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in Tian Xiaoban's mind, and he called out to stop Kovacs:

"Perhaps not, Kowalski. Can you hack into Batman's computer and dig up his recent activities?"

[Let me try... Connecting... Failed, trying again... Connection successful. The protection is pretty high, almost comparable to the Ministry of National Defense, but it's no match for me.]

Kovacs, on the metal table in the information hall, listed the information on the Bat computer, prioritizing the latest plan update log:

[Kryptonian Invasion Countermeasure Plan], [Countermeasures Against Shapeshifting Magic], [Plan to Isolate Genetic Contamination], [Insulated Power Armor Project], [Energy Lockdown Device], [Sleeping Drug Project]...

A series of plans were laid out before Tian Xiaoban, and the more she looked at them, the more astonished she became.

"From A to Z, the schedule is already full. Does this guy have that much free time?"

[Boss, the "Insulated Power Armor Project" and "Energy Lockdown Device" mentioned here are also top-secret military projects in my database.]

However, they haven't been able to make it yet due to material limitations. But coincidentally, we can!

On this island, I used a metal-mining robot to collect a lot of special metal, enough to forge these two items. Do you wish to craft them?

"Alright then, you handle it. But there's one thing you need to remember, Kovacs. There are some things we can do without, but we can't do without!"

[clear!]

Just as the AI ​​penguin was about to be put into research and manufacturing, Tian Xiaoban asked again:

"By the way, what's Batman doing these days?"

Kovacs simply manipulated the data.

The information desktop unfolded and automatically connected to the live stream of Batman's battle that Alfred was watching. The image was likely coming from his power armor.

Batman charged into the crowd, his power armor granting him unparalleled strength and speed. He swept through the crowd, knocking away hundreds of people who stood in his way.

He's rushing like this, something very dangerous is probably about to happen.

Before long, Batman found himself in a maze, needing to solve strange riddles to obtain the key to the next room.

"Is Batman crazy? Why doesn't he just use his power armor and go straight in?!"

This door could be destroyed with two punches... What's the point of solving a riddle? It's a complete waste of time!!

Tian Xiaoban's straightforward criticism.

[Boss... take a look at this.]

Kovacs then pulled up a few more videos.

It looks like internal footage taken by a camera inside a large factory.

The familiar Gotham One-on-One King, Jim Gordon, is bound in various ways and suspended from a rock crusher. Between the ropes and steel cables, there is a strange device that keeps counting down.

[The timing device on Commissioner Gordon, besides its countdown function, is also linked to the doors in the maze. Each time Batman solves a puzzle and opens a door, it extends the countdown by five minutes.]

"...Isn't this just forcing Batman to play games? Is it the Joker? Only someone with nothing better to do would do something like this!"

[no……]

The video feed flashed by, and a grinning face appeared on the screen. He was wearing a flashy green suit covered in question marks, and a green hat with question marks drawn on it.

[He's the riddle master, the leader.]

"Oh, a Gotham celebrity, his most famous joke is 'The Riddler, get out of Gotham.'"

That's true, only he and the Joker would have so much free time to play games with Batman.

"Ban, are we going to rescue someone?" Garfield jumped onto the table and asked, tilting his head.

"You want to save him?"

"After all, I had a meal at his house, so it would be good to help him out."

"Alright, we're just killing time anyway! Kovacs, take off, let's go!"

[Yes, boss!]

The candy spaceship launched several donut-shaped jets, ignited them, and took off while hovering in the air.

However, it got stuck halfway through its flight; something was preventing it from flying out.

Snapped!

Tian Xiaoban patted his forehead, almost forgetting the seal he had set. Forcing his way out would definitely not work; it was like a huge fishing trap. Fish could easily get in, but once they got fat, they couldn't get out.

However, he also left a loophole.

Clapping his hands together, he channeled magical energy, and with a sarcastic remark, uttered: "Send (teleport)."

He took the entire spaceship and teleported out of the sealed area.

"Damn, that's quite a drain on my energy! Looks like the seal I designed is pretty powerful! Unless you have special abilities or teleportation magic, you'll be stuck inside eating sweets for the rest of your life."

With most of her mental energy depleted, Tian Xiaoban sat in a chair, panting.

"Kowalski, let's go help Batman."

[No problem, boss!]

........................

"I can bring tears to your eyes, resurrect the dead—a feat that takes only a moment, yet lasts a lifetime. Who am I?"

Batman glanced at it and wrote the answer: Memory.

Next, after answering the riddle correctly, the box that pops open on the answering device reveals another key.

"How long are you going to keep playing this boring trick?"

Batman asked the question-and-answer device.

"I'll never get tired of playing with Batman, hehehehehe!"

"How much longer until I see Gordon? If you don't give me an exact number, I'm not playing this game anymore!"