Step on Your Own Foot and Spiral Straight into the Sky

"Maeve."

Lin Mo stood up and sighed.

"Bury her here."

Maeve looked up at him.

"Me again?"

Lin Mo patted her shoulder.

"More work for the capable."

Maeve blinked, then obediently went to bury Clara. She had come to clean up their mess anyway. First she had gone down to the basement to fetch things, and now she had to dig a grave.

Lin Mo turned to Joanna. She had nearly reduced Clara to ash with a blast of heat vision, yet now she looked full of energy.

The effects of Original Compound V were already clear. For a moment, Lin Mo couldn't decide whether to laugh or praise her.

Just then, the system spoke.

[Death of important story character Clara Lessinger detected.]

[Host has significantly altered the timeline.]

[Energy points gained: 500.]

[Current energy points: 12000.]

Lin Mo's eyes lit up.

Five hundred points?

Then Clara hadn't died for nothing.

A moment ago, he had thought it was a bit of a shame that Joanna had accidentally killed her. Now, he figured it was fine. Dead or alive, anyone who earned him energy points was a good person.

Joanna noticed at once that Lin Mo's mood had suddenly improved. She didn't know why, but she felt happy too.

Then her gaze fell on the metal case in his hand.

"Lin Mo, there are four doses of Original Compound V left."

"Aren't you going to take one?"

"I don't need it."

Lin Mo gave a casual explanation.

"Original Compound V wouldn't do much for me."

His power came from his Kryptonian Bloodline. As long as he absorbed sunlight, he would keep growing stronger.

For other superhumans, Original Compound V might be a rare way to boost their powers. For Lin Mo, it would probably do less than spending