Man of Steel, Attention from the Black Egg

Time passed in a flash. It had been two or three months since Lin Feng arrived in outer space. During this period, Lin Feng had remained in a deep sleep under the influence of the system. The optimized Kryptonian Bloodline was continuously remaking Lin Feng's body. Combined with the radiation of the yellow star, Lin Feng's physique grew increasingly powerful... Back on Earth, Tony checked on Lin Feng's status almost every few days. This was to ensure that his eccentric friend was still alive. Yet every single time, Lin Feng's physical data showed as completely normal. The words "living lifeform" made Tony and JARVIS call it absurd. Drifting in outer space without food or water, let alone needing Lin Feng to grow stronger, was already enough to leave Tony flabbergasted. Since Lin Feng was fine, Tony fortunately stopped paying attention to the drifting Lin Feng. He had recently invented a new big toy, which was an extension of his creation in the cave, and he named it the Mark II! Tony's scientific research strength was unquestionable. A few days later, Tony, wearing the Mark II and flying into the sky, was as happy as a fool. Even when he almost bought the farm due to icing during testing, it could not extinguish Tony's excited flame. Meanwhile on Earth, besides Tony Stark occasionally observing Lin Feng, a certain Black Egg had also noticed Lin Feng's eccentric existence. At that moment, Nick Fury was sitting in his office, and Coulson stood before his desk. Coulson handed Nick Fury a tablet, and the image on the screen was precisely Lin Feng drifting in space. Nick Fury stared at the screen for a long time, then looked at Coulson. The two exchanged an odd look, both appearing somewhat speechless. As if unable to endure this strange atmosphere, the Black Egg spoke. "He's just been floating like that in space for over two months?" "Yes, Director." "Even his posture hasn't changed?" "Yes, Director." "Still alive?" "Yes, Director." "Motherfucker?" "Yes, Director..." Coulson slipped up out of habit. "Hm?" The Black Egg stared at him with his remaining eye. "Uh... Director, should we contact Tony Stark?" "The files indicate that Tony Stark is the one who sent this person into outer space..." The Black Egg tapped his fingers on the desk, pondered for a moment, and rejected the proposal. "No. For now, keep our focus on Tony Stark and his toys." "Have the monitoring team continuously monitor this Lin Feng, and notify me the moment there's any abnormal activity..." The Black Egg issued his directive. "Yes, Director!" After Coulson went out, the oversized office was left with just the Black Egg alone. He pulled open his desk drawer and took out a file. A line of large red characters on the cover of the file: Avengers Initiative... And at this moment, the timeline had also reached the finale of Iron Man... In space, the long-dormant Lin Feng heard the system's voice in his ear once again. "Ding! Evolution complete, Kryptonian Bloodline integrated..." "Congratulations to the host for completing all novice quests. System formal binding in progress..." Lin Feng opened his eyes abruptly, a flash of red light seemingly shooting out from within them. "Binding... 1%... 15%... 37%... 59%... 98%... 100..." "Binding successful. Evolution System at your service. This system is a dedicated system for Kryptonian Bloodline evolution." "With the system's help, the host will become the strongest Superman!" Accompanied by the fading of the system's voice, Lin Feng finally completed the novice quest! Reaching out to clench his fist, Lin Feng felt an unprecedentedly powerful and healthy physique. It was as if every single cell in his body was filled with immense energy, and it was just waiting to burst forth. "Good grief, is this the power of the Man of Steel!" After feeling out his current body in detail, Lin Feng could not help exclaiming in praise. "System, open the personal panel..." Lin Feng called out. A transparent screen visible only to Lin Feng instantly appeared before his eyes. Evolution System -- Host (Lin Feng) Reputation Points: 10 (Reputation Points can be used in the System Shop to exchange for various goods.) Abilities: Superman - Man of Steel (Upgradable) Current Quests: None System Shop: Level 1 The panel was extremely concise and clear at a glance. Lin Feng keenly noticed the prominent "Upgradable" characters trailing behind his ability. He inquired, "System, what is this about being upgradable?" The system answered and solved his doubts online: "Upgradable means the ability can be upgraded. The host can use Reputation Points to upgrade the Superman Man of Steel ability, or exchange for even more powerful Superman templates, such as Silver Superman..." "The host can browse the System Shop. The currently exchangeable options have already been populated." Hearing this, Lin Feng opened the System Shop and truly saw various ability exchanges for Superman. The Silver Superman Template was also in the System Shop, except exchanging for Silver Superman required Level 2 shop authority and 100 million Reputation Points. Currently, Lin Feng possessed Level 1 exchange authority. Wanting to upgrade to Level 2 exchange authority required achieving the milestone of accumulating 50 million Reputation Points. As for the Level 3 shop, it required 200 million Reputation Points. What could be exchanged with Level 1 authority were merely some small items from various universes. For instance, Superman's glasses, a replica of Aquaman's trident, and a worn-out reactor used by Tony Stark. Hm? Lin Feng saw a pair of black triangular briefs, wearing a face full of question marks—what kind of ghost item was that? There was even Black Widow's worn-unwashed underwear? And it only required 10 Reputation Points. That's toxic! Lin Feng could not help complaining inwardly, then looked at his own Reputation Points. Good grief... exactly enough to exchange for one piece... "System, how do you acquire Reputation Points?" Lin Feng asked somewhat helplessly. "There are three channels for acquiring Reputation Points," the system popped up to explain. "First, obtain them by completing quests issued to the host by the system." "Second, the influence created by the host resolving each crisis in the identity of Superman will be converted into Reputation Points." "Third, the positive image of the host in the minds of the masses, as well as the public's affirmation and worship of the host's actions, will continuously provide the host with Reputation Points." "Keep it simple!" "---It means the host saves a person, and this person's gratitude and worship toward the host will generate Reputation Points." "In addition, the more people who pay attention to the host, the more Reputation Points the host will obtain." "Understood! This is asking me to be a celebrity!" Lin Feng slapped his palm, suddenly enlightened. He remembered that Superman in the movies was also renowned in Metropolis; the citizens even spontaneously built a huge personal statue for Superman, and some streets would hang up the "S" logo from Superman's chest. Viewed this way, acquiring Reputation Points was not considered difficult, as long as Lin Feng intervened in the plot and emulated Superman by occasionally saving the citizens from dire straits. Over time, the gratitude of these citizens would become the source of Lin Feng's Reputation Points. Just like endlessly harvestable leeks... After understanding the system, Lin Feng started to feel his hands itch. Having just acquired the Superman Man of Steel ability, he felt a bit impatient to punch something to test just how strong he currently was. Suppressing the impulse to give the moon a couple of punches, Lin Feng still decided to ask the system what quests he could currently do. "Ding. Plot quest detected. Help Tony Stark defeat Obadiah." The system was quite reliable. System Quest: Help Tony Stark, defeat Obadiah. Quest Reward: 1 million Reputation Points, one Black Superman Suit. Quest Time Limit: 3 hours. Good grief, Lin Feng was somewhat surprised. Enhancing a Superman physique, had so much time passed? Tony had even built the Iron Armor? "Host, your original physique was that of an ordinary person. Safely activating the Kryptonian Bloodline required a bit more time." The system answered the question in Lin Feng's heart. Lin Feng nodded. Three months of time held no meaning for him, and he didn't have to go to work now anyway. He just hadn't expected that so much time had passed. The quest time limit was only 3 hours; he had better complete the quest first and deal with other matters later.

Right away, Lin Feng used the super vision he had just acquired.

The originally blue-and-white planet rapidly magnified in Lin Feng's line of sight, his eyes scanning the Earth like a satellite.

Lin Feng roughly knew where Tony's company was, so he quickly located Tony, who was engaging in a friendly exchange of force with Obadiah.

Diving forward, Lin Feng flew straight toward Tony's location while activating his super hearing.

"Is that all the skill you've got?" Tony talked trash while searching for Obadiah's opening.

The armor Tony wore at the moment was the modified Mark 3, and the originally smooth and flat mechanical armor had been battered into dents by Obadiah.

Hearing Tony still taunting Obadiah, Lin Feng curled his lip, thinking good grief, Tony was running his mouth again.

On the ground, Obadiah manipulated his mecha, stepped forward, and swung a heavy hammer blow into Tony's chest, directly sending the Mark 3 flying so that he couldn't get back up for a long time.

"I love this suit!!"

Obadiah rushed forward with a wild laugh and delivered another kick, feeling that he in the armor was the only person in charge at Stark Industries!

Tony's Mark 3 was stepped on by Obadiah, sparks hissing wildly, and then another kick came out, with a thud making Iron Man Tony perform a human flight in the air.

Oh!!!

Lin Feng watched as he flew, feeling a sourness in his teeth... It looked terribly painful...

Barely stabilizing his posture in mid-air, Tony Stark panted heavily, the reactor on his chest flashing continuously.

"Sir, energy remaining 7%." JARVIS dutifully reminded him.

A shell came hurtling over, and Tony, with little energy left, failed to completely dodge it, getting hit in the right arm.

The shell exploded instantly, and Tony was struck and fell down.

For a moment, frantic red lights flashed inside the faceplate.

"Repulsor system is offline, missiles are offline, multiple soft tissue contusions..."

"Damn it, I can feel that even without you telling me." The pain coming from various parts of his body made Tony bare his teeth.

"JARVIS, if you have any other good plans, bring them up quickly!"

"Otherwise, you'll have to order a funeral service for your boss!"

Tony cursed while bombarding Obadiah with his remaining energy to buy time.

"Sir, perhaps Mr. Lin Feng can help you!"

JARVIS said suddenly.

"Lin? Isn't that kid floating in outer space?" Tony asked with a heavy gasp.

"Sir, look up!"

The display screen inside Tony's mask suddenly marked a highlighted flying object.

Tony looked up at the sky in confusion, causing Obadiah to look up at the sky as well.

The next moment, a humanoid object plummeted from the sky at extreme speed, smashing a crater directly into the ground between the two of them, stirring up a huge cloud of dust that enveloped the entire scene.