Marvel: Starting Out, I Can Walk Sideways as Superman
Chapter 24

New Mission, Core Information

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"Round trip to Las Vegas~ On the road, I saw~"

"There was no one here~~~ No one~~~~"

Lin Feng drove his sports car down the highway, happily humming a song he had heard before transmigrating.

"Damn, that sounds good!" Lin Feng slapped the steering wheel.

"If I hadn't become Superman, I could've still made a fortune as a plagiarist!"

"Dog host, stop singing!" Just as Lin Feng was getting into it, the system's voice suddenly popped up.

"You sing so badly even the system wants to puke!" The Dog System was as foul-mouthed as ever.

"What the hell are you talking about? Do you even have an ear for music?" It was calling his singing bad?

Lin Feng snapped back irritably, but he could not help thinking about it.

Normally, the Dog System never made a sound. Unless he called for it, it would not show up.

Yet today, it had appeared on its own. Could something be going on?

Thinking that, Lin Feng asked, "You popped out on your own. Do you need something from me?"

"Smart!" The Dog System snapped its fingers. "I came out to tell you to stop singing."

"It sounds awful. You're disturbing my sleep!"

"You really can't let this go, can you?" Lin Feng's face darkened.

"If there's nothing else, then hang up."

"We're all adults! We're all busy!"

"Fine, fine! Let's get serious!" The system clicked its tongue and steered the conversation back on track.

"Host, don't you think you're earning Reputation Points way too slowly?"

"Even I, the system, can't stand watching it!" the system lamented. "Including the impact from beating Abomination last time—"

"You only have a little over ten million Reputation Points now," the system said in a tone of disappointment.

"At this rate, when will you ever be able to exchange for Silver Superman?"

"Damn it, I've already been working hard, okay?" Lin Feng was annoyed by that. He had clearly been working hard every day, going everywhere to punish evil.

Of course, he still had to leave two days a week free for gaming.

And more than ten million points still was not enough?

At this stage, the plot had only just begun. Was he supposed to run into space and look for Thanos already?

"You think I'm earning Reputation Points too slowly? Then just give me a couple more missions!" Lin Feng shot back without mercy.

"Oh! What a coincidence," the system said, picking up on Lin Feng's words.

"I came this time to issue you a new mission!"

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"Heh..." Lin Feng sneered. Something's fishy.

Normally, missions were issued through direct prompts. This time, it had jumped out to lure him in. Something strange was definitely going on.

"I'm barely a little interested. Tell me about it."

"What do you mean, barely interested?" The system was dissatisfied. "Let me tell you—"

"This mission's rewards are extremely generous!"

"How generous?" Lin Feng snorted disdainfully. The highest mission reward the system had ever given him was one million Reputation Points. Honestly, he did not expect it to offer anything worthwhile.

If he wanted to earn Reputation Points, he still had to rely on himself, saving lives and helping the injured bit by bit.

"A guaranteed ten million Reputation Points! How about that?"

The R8 screeched to a sudden stop.

"How much?!" Lin Feng suspected he had misheard.

"Ten million Reputation Points?"

"That's right!" The system hummed smugly.

"Well? Are you interested now?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Lord System, please explain in detail!"

Lin Feng was excited. A mission worth ten million Reputation Points—completing it once would equal all the work he had done over such a long time.

Please give him more missions like this.

The Dog System was clearly very satisfied with Lin Feng's attitude. The next second, a ding rang out.

``` You have a new mission!

External Support Mission: Save Blue Star in a DC Parallel Universe, prevent the Mother Boxes from merging, and defeat Steppenwolf and the controlled Corrupted Superman. (Mission from the movie world Justice League)

Mission Time Limit: 10 days

Mission Countdown: 3 hours

Mission Reward 1: 10 million Reputation Points

Mission Reward 2: Reputation Points awarded based on the host's event completion rating

Huh???

After reading the mission, Lin Feng was completely bewildered.

He carefully read the mission again. There were only a few lines.

Why did it feel like he understood it, yet also did not understand it at all?

"System! What's going on?" Lin Feng asked doubtfully.

"A DC Universe?"

"Do I have to transmigrate there to complete this mission?" Lin Feng asked. He had already transmigrated into Marvel. Could he transmigrate into DC too?

"That's right, dog host!" The system answered his questions online. "You need to transmigrate into the DC Universe to complete this mission."

Lin Feng was somewhat speechless. "And what does this business about Steppenwolf and the controlled Corrupted Superman mean?"

"I remember the original plot wasn't like this, was it? Why do I have to fight Superman too?" Lin Feng could not make sense of it, so he questioned the Dog System.

"Are you taking advantage of the fact that I haven't read the original?"

"If you don't fight, where do you think your ten million Reputation Points will come from??" the system retorted.

"Could beating Steppenwolf alone get you ten million Reputation Points?"

"The greater the risk, the greater the reward. You don't even understand that?"

After being snapped at by the system, Lin Feng was even more speechless. He rubbed his nose. "Fine... Explain it in detail. Just how dangerous is it?"

"Wait until I'm done before asking questions! Interrupt me again, and I won't say anything!"

"Alright, go ahead and put on your show!" Lin Feng extended a hand in a go-ahead gesture.

The system rolled its eyes and continued explaining the mission details.

"For this mission, you'll be facing a massive organization established by villains from countless parallel worlds."

"They also have something similar to a system, though it isn't as intelligent as I am!"

Lin Feng froze for a second upon hearing that.

"Could they be transmigrators from beyond the Fourth Wall? Am I not the only one?"

"Uh, they didn't transmigrate from beyond the Fourth Wall. They are unknown villains from various movie worlds and even comic worlds."

"What's interesting is that every one of them has something equivalent to a system panel. However, those are all subsystems controlled by one Main System."

"Oh?" Lin Feng raised an eyebrow, intrigued.

"Explain in detail?"

The system fell silent for a moment, then refused Lin Feng's request.

"With the host's current strength, it's better not to know too much."

"The system and host share glory and disgrace. The stronger the host becomes, the more feedback it brings to the system.

So, in order to quickly increase both their own strength and that of their hosts, those subsystems selected and attached themselves to villains from parallel worlds who possessed evil personalities.

And once the hosts inhabited by those subsystems gained enough power, they were called Exiles, and the evil and desires in their hearts would be continuously magnified.

They wildly destroy the plots of various parallel worlds, allowing them to absorb energy when the Worldlines converge.

And the greater the difference between the plot and the original work, the more energy the Worldline convergence produces..."

The system paused there, as if giving Lin Feng time to digest it.

"And the mission you accepted is a distress mission sent out by a DC Parallel Universe!

A few days ago, an Exile destroyed the main Justice League storyline and gave Steppenwolf a magical artifact.

Steppenwolf used that artifact to resurrect and control Superman Clark.

Batman, Wonder Woman, and the others were no match for Superman and suffered defeat after defeat.

The last Mother Box was carried by The Flash, Barry Allen, as he constantly moved around different corners of Earth to keep it from falling into Steppenwolf and Superman's hands!

Your mission, Host, is to deal with Steppenwolf and Superman and help the Worldline converge."

"That way, the energy required for the Worldline convergence will be greatly reduced."

"And what you need to pay attention to is the possible appearance of the Exile. Because of the system, once he hides in the shadows, we can't detect him!"

"Although Exiles aren't very strong in direct combat, they are generally skilled at using underhanded tricks! You need to be careful of all that!" The system rambled on for quite a while.

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