The massive body tipped forward like a melting wax figure. Its knees hit first, then its chest and belly, before its entire upper body slammed into the shattered tiles, spraying black sludge mixed with char and traces of chemical fluid.
The power lines on his back had burned through completely. Tiny arcs of electricity and wisps of smoke still rose from the severed ends. Behind the gaps in his mask, the light had gone out of his murky, dark-gold eyes.
Yongye lowered his hand. He looked at the huge, charred body at his feet and shook his head.
"With strength like that, you dared to play the villain? You really had no idea what you were up against!"
A crisp system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Supervillain Bane was killed in a single blow while utterly unable to track the host's movements. His spirit was completely broken. Psychological damage has maxed out. Super Blind Box ×1 obtained.]
Yongye grinned with satisfaction and issued a mental command. "Open it."
[Ding! Super Blind Box opened! Congratulations, host. Reward obtained: DC Universe Mother Box (Interstellar Teleportation Unit)!]
A flood of knowledge poured into his mind: how to control this pinnacle of Apokolips technology, how the Mother Box bonded to its user's will, and precise schematics for coordinating its three functions—interstellar teleportation, energy conversion, and spatial folding. It all burned itself into the depths of Yongye's Clear Sword Heart like a laser engraving.
Yongye raised his right hand. Dark-gold light gathered in his palm and formed a palm-sized metal cube with sharp edges and fine patterns of light flowing across its surface.
The Mother Box gave a faint hum in his palm, as though awaiting its first command.
Meanwhile, three hundred kilometers above Earth, five military reconnaissance satellites belonging