Early that morning, after a simple breakfast of the bread and milk Alice had prepared, Li Ge set off for school on his bicycle.
Honestly, Li Ge had little interest in going to school. After all, if he wanted to learn anything, he could study it entirely on his own.
Ultimately, acquiring knowledge was about improving one's understanding and use of the world's rules.
Li Ge could already design an entirely new world himself. Although most of its rules were forcibly realized through his design ability, those flaws did not overshadow the achievement. If he could do it, he could do it.
So for him, acquiring knowledge was no longer something he had to do.
Besides, his divine spark contained an ability specifically designed to scan and record information.
As long as he wished, he could scan everything around him at all times and record all the information he obtained. He did not need to do anything. Simply by living his life normally, he would one day have all the world's knowledge in his grasp.
When that day came, Li Ge could declare openly before anyone, "I am civilization! I am knowledge!"
One reason Li Ge still went to school was that he had yet to figure out how to explain his identity as a mutant to his parents. Another was that he got along quite well with a few friends at school.
Of course, that was not the main point. The main point was that these friends had substantial roles in the Marvel Universe. As someone who lived for entertainment, how could he not get involved?
If he was not there, how could he erase the parts he was dissatisfied with?
Besides, if he wanted to overturn this world, he needed a suitable point of entry.
He had no good plans at the moment anyway. Were these friends not the perfect excuse to get involved in the world's plot?
As Li Ge rode along, his mind wandering through all sorts of plans for the future, the school gates were already right ahead.
Honk, honk!
"Hey, good morning! Li, are you all right? I heard what happened. I never thought you'd run into something that awful."
A convertible sports car stopped beside Li Ge. A handsome, dashing young man rested one hand on the steering wheel and tilted his head toward him, a slight smile on his face as he spoke with concern.
"Oh, good morning, Harry. I'm fine now. Thanks for your concern. I'm not dwelling on it anymore."
"After all, living in this world, there's not much you can do when something like that happens."
"There'll probably be plenty more incidents like it in the future. I'll just treat it as getting used to them in advance."
Li Ge thanked him for his concern and spoke with an unconcerned expression.
Yes, Harry-Harry Osborn, Green Goblin II in the original timeline-was one of Li Ge's good friends at this school.
And naturally, the Marvel Universe's popular protagonist, Spider-Man, Peter Parker, was his friend too.
Speak of the devil. Another young man on a bicycle squeezed his brakes and stopped behind Li Ge. It was Peter Parker, a scrawny young man who still wore his glasses and looked like a nerd.
"Hey! Good morning, Harry and Li."
"Li, I heard you ran into a mutant, and he pushed his own girlfriend under a truck. Is that true?"
"I heard that mutant was covered in scales and looked like a monster, with a mouth big enough to swallow a person! My God! That's terrifying!"
"Thank goodness you came back in one piece. You were really lucky!"
"Uh... I don't mean you ran fast. I just mean it's really great that you're still alive! Yes, buddy, that's what I mean. You understand, right?"
"Li, I'm sure you understand. I'm just a little worked up. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with running fast. On the contrary, I think you did exactly the right thing. When something that awful happens, you should run right away. I really don't understand why those people taking pictures didn't run..."
Peter Parker certainly lived up to his reputation as one of the Marvel Universe's most famous chatterboxes. The moment they met, he unleashed a barrage of words.
Li Ge felt as though a swarm of bees had flown past his ears.
"All right, all right, Peter. I know you're just worried about me. I won't take it the wrong way. Let's hurry into school now. We can take our time talking."
Li Ge hurriedly interrupted his verbal bombardment, signaled to Harry, and took the lead, speeding into school on his bicycle.
"Peter, let's go. Li's right. Let's head inside first."
Without waiting for Peter's answer, Harry started his sports car and drove into school after Li Ge.
"Oh, all right. Let's head inside first."
Peter could only stop his verbal bombardment for the moment and pedal after Harry.
When Li Ge walked into the classroom with Harry and Peter, the students who had been chatting and fooling around together, reading, or doing their makeup all turned their eyes toward him.
They fell silent for a moment, then the atmosphere suddenly grew animated.
"That's Li Ge, right? He's already back at school? I thought he'd need at least a month to recover!"
"Yeah, I heard that after that mutant's girlfriend was pushed under the truck, she was crushed into a meat patty on the spot. Blood and brains were everywhere, and some even splashed onto the passersby. It was horrible! So disgusting!"
"Yeah, just thinking about it sends chills down my spine!"
"Guys, don't forget that mutant. This was all his fault. If it weren't for him, how could his girlfriend have died so horribly?"
"Exactly! If you ask me, all those mutant freaks should be locked up in prison. They shouldn't be allowed to live in cities! Freaks like them should be out in the wilderness with the wild beasts!"
Li Ge had been in a fairly good mood. His two friends had given him an excellent point of entry for overturning the world.
Now, hearing his classmates openly discriminate against and insult mutants, he suddenly felt as though he had eaten shit, and his mood soured at once.
Although he had known from the start that this country deeply rejected mutants, even before he had broken through the mystery of the womb, he had felt some instinctive aversion due to the environment he had grown up in, despite his father's teachings keeping him from discriminating against or insulting mutants.
Now that he had broken through the mystery of the womb and was a mutant himself, watching his classmates behave this way only made him feel a fire burning in his heart.
Just wait. Once I unleash a tide of power, these people will understand: mutant or not, power is everything!