Mo Fei began sorting through his advantages. The fact that he did not exist in reality was especially beneficial. Even if a robbery failed, no trace of him could be found. He could hide in the virtual world of the internet.
Even if this world had S.H.I.E.L.D., even if they investigated a bank robbery, they would never find him. Mo Fei was confident of that now!
"However, if I want to make use of my advantages, the first question is whether those superheroes have already become active. Where exactly is the timeline? And is this really the Marvel Universe? That's how transmigration novels always go, but I'd better investigate it myself." The first thing Mo Fei worried about was the superheroes. He might be able to plan a bank heist, but if superheroes truly existed, they would be an impossible variable to account for.
"The second question is whether this world's technology is advanced. If the banks' security systems are too outdated, I won't have any room to operate. I need to understand this world's technological level and find the most advanced bank as my target!"
"The third question is whether I can control the transportation department's surveillance systems during the retreat. Can I control the traffic command system? Can I mobilize the nearby police force? Looks like there are still plenty of problems!" Mo Fei had no experience in this area. His only experience came from movies and television. No crime was perfect, but his current situation was highly unusual. He had to make the best use of his advantages.
Mo Fei no longer needed rest or food. He kept thinking through every step of the plan, but there was one key issue he was not worried about at all: finding people to carry out the robbery.
Why was he not worried? In a place like America, the rich naturally lived in paradise, while the poor lived as though they were in hell. Mo Fei had heard that sort of thing often enough, and he believed it too. As for the actual situation? In a country where guns were so widespread, finding a few people willing to rob a bank would not be difficult at all. He only needed to find them and pick a few suitable candidates.
And if that did not work? He could tempt some people. There would always be desperate people in this world. Give them hope when they were desperate, and they would take risks. Mo Fei had no doubt about that!
His current state was almost exactly like that. He truly feared that he had already died, and that what remained was nothing more than a digitized pattern of thought, like Arnim Zola, whose thought patterns and memories had been preserved in a massive database.
Mo Fei could not help thinking of that man lately because they were too similar. Not in their life experiences, nor in their ideas, but in the way they existed. Arnim Zola's appearance in the movies had been incredibly human, yet he had truly died. The thought pattern he left behind still retained his evil and his fanatical devotion to Hydra. Did that mean he still possessed some degree of emotion, or was he merely a pattern of thought?
What about himself? Mo Fei did not dare think further. The more he thought about it, the more certain he felt that he was dead. The fear ran deep. Fortunately, Paul turned on his computer at that moment, and Mo Fei finally no longer had to dwell on such wild thoughts. He activated the camera, stared at Paul, and watched what the man was doing.
Paul turned on the computer, but this time, he did not start chatting. Instead, he began working. He was a homebody, and he worked from home. His job turned out to be graphic design. Paul took commissions online, then created images based on the clients' requests, designing and drawing them before making minor adjustments according to their feedback and finally completing the work.
"Hmm? The income isn't high, and it isn't very stable either, but Paul could be considered a pioneer in an emerging industry, right?" It was now 1997. Computers could only be said to be moderately widespread, and their prices had not yet dropped drastically. Mo Fei compared it with the market conditions from his previous life, though he could not jump to conclusions too quickly.
The reason he was watching Paul was because Mo Fei needed an agent. He had no body, so there was very little he could do in reality. This world probably had not advanced to the point where unmanned robots filled the skies, so he needed an agent. Since he had nothing better to do, he might as well observe Paul. Of course, that would have to wait until he had money. An agent needed to be bound by profit; otherwise, how could he draw the other person's attention?
Mo Fei opened Google again and began searching. The first person he looked up was, naturally, the famous Tony Stark. If that man had already become Iron Man, things would be troublesome. Although Iron Man did not seem to concern himself with minor city affairs, his appearance might represent the beginning of the superhero era. After all, that was how it played out in the movies. As an online novel writer, Mo Fei had also studied the Cosmic Mapping Theory.
There was a great deal of coverage online about this man. He had not earned the title of playboy for nothing. All sorts of gossip and scandal filled the news, and Mo Fei could not verify whether any of it was true, but Tony Stark was undeniably a darling of the media.
Some cover girls even publicly admitted to having affairs with Tony Stark and spending the night with him. They showed no embarrassment whatsoever when saying so. On the contrary, they took pride in it.
However, Iron Man had indeed never appeared, and Tony Stark had never been kidnapped. Half of Mo Fei's worries were put to rest. He then began searching for the other famous superheroes. There were many superheroes in the Marvel Universe, but the next one Mo Fei searched for was Spider-Man, Peter Benjamin Parker, whom everyone generally called Peter Parker.
He was a famous superhero, and Spider-Man posed an enormous threat to Mo Fei's plan because he wandered through the city, monitored police radio channels, and maintained public order. Other superheroes rarely did such things under normal circumstances. They were people who handled major events, like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk. Of course, that was how things were in the movies. Mo Fei would still need to investigate whether they did anything in the city. Perhaps they had not appeared yet.
He searched online for Spider-Man, but there were no results. Not even a single piece of information. This finally eased most of Mo Fei's concerns, and he began searching for the other superheroes one by one, including their real names.
The other matter was this world's technological level, and that surprised Mo Fei somewhat. This world's technology was genuinely a little advanced, especially in computing. Urban traffic systems, bank security systems, industrial automated production lines, and more were already being put into use. That made Mo Fei happy.
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