Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!!
Klaus's mechanical arm fired laser beams in succession, slamming them into the surrounding air and creating ripples of energy, but it couldn't even tear a crack in the surface.
The power of space, without a spatial means of equal strength to counterbalance it, renders ordinary attacks futile.
This bizarre stalemate sent chills down his spine. He clearly realized that he was doomed, completely locked down by the girl's abilities.
Clarice didn't question him or reach out to grab him; she simply raised her pale fingertip and gently pointed it at the empty space in front of her.
In an instant, the space within half a meter of Klaus suddenly collapsed and disintegrated.
"No!"
Before his heart-wrenching wail had even faded, he and the collapsing void vanished into nothingness.
Almost simultaneously, a monotone male voice echoed from a closed room, "Operation failed. Both pieces have been destroyed, and no useful intelligence has been transmitted."
Another voice followed swiftly, cold and hard as iron. "Eliminate all traces immediately."
"Yes, sir."
The intruders were easily wiped out, and for the next few days, all was calm and uneventful.
Meanwhile, a series of world-shaking events occurred in many parts of the globe:
An America expedition team successfully retrieved the legendary World War II hero, Captain America, from deep within the Antarctic ice sheet. He had been sleeping in the ice for decades, his heart still beating and his vital signs intact.
Meanwhile, Tony Stark personally traveled to Pochut City and found the Hulk, Banner, who had disappeared since World War I. The two had a long talk, Banner finally nodded and officially joined the Avengers.
What's even more intriguing is that the relationship between Mutants, which was originally tense and on the verge of full-scale conflict, has recently quietly eased.
The scholars, commentators, and university professors who had fiercely criticized Mutants online suddenly fell silent overnight, their unusual restraint and silence revealing an inexplicable strangeness.
Of course, political leaders and major secretive organizations around the world are well aware of this.
Until a force truly capable of countering Superman Vitas appears, no one dares to ignite the fuse of this war, one that could burn down civilization.
Time flows silently. On the thirty-fifth day after leaving Earth, beneath the blazing, churning surface of the sun, a pair of eyes slowly open.
Those eyes are embedded tens of kilometers deep inside the sun, in a purgatory of liquid plasma, where the temperature exceeds hundreds of thousands of degrees Celsius and the pressure is enough to crush stars.
Chen Xiao opened his eyes.
The once clear and distinct pupils have now transformed into two burning golden suns, their flames blazing and blinding.
The golden and red flames surged and danced before my eyes, each seemingly opening up its own boiling universe of fire. With just a glance, the scalding, dense plasma within tens of meters ahead would silently vaporize and Oblivion.
He quietly felt the surging power within him, vast, violent, and immeasurable, as if a gentle grasp could shatter a planet's orbit.
A genuine shock flashed across Chen Xiao's eyes.
The gains from this trip to the sun far exceeded his most optimistic expectations.
After a moment of concentration, he subtly activated his attribute panel, which immediately appeared.
Only this panel can truly reflect every inch of his transformation, both physical and spiritual.
Host: Chen Xiao [ Vitas Chen]
Race: Human
Rank: Eight-Star Ancient God [An ancient supreme being that surpasses all gods]
Bloodline: Krypton Superman [ Silver Age - 100/10]
Super Strength: Grip strength 81 million tons, punching power 950 million tons [Your strength...]
Super Speed: 300–800 times the speed of sound [Your movement has broken through...]
Super Heat Ray: 1,000,000–3,000,000°C, accompanied by devastating energy shocks...
Super Hearing:...
Super Brain:...
Freeze Breath: Freezes everything [...]
Defense: Man of Steel, Bio-[Stellar] Force Field [Your Bio-Force Field has undergone a leap, possessing both ultimate defense and terrifying Oblivion properties.]
Physiologically: All cells in the body can efficiently absorb and store solar energy, with an evolutionary upper limit of two million times; the efficiency of energy compression and release is simultaneously doubled.
X-Gene Abilities: Energy Control [ Alpha-level ], Energy Fission [ Omega-level ], Telekinesis [ Alpha-level ], Space Manipulation [ Alpha-level ]
Law: The Quake Blade Intent [Remnant...]
Origin: The Power of Reality [Can rewrite everything you deem "real" at will...]
Origin Points: 5
Function:...
Upon reaching the level of Eight-Star Ancient God, his base grip strength soared from five million tons to over eighty-one million tons, and his punching power broke through the nine hundred and fifty million tons mark.
While the data on paper may only show a tenfold increase, the efficiency of solar energy absorption and conversion has doubled to two million times, representing a qualitative leap.
The power is no longer just stronger, but has completely transformed into a kind of almost tyrannical suppression of rules.
Overall combat power will increase by at least a hundredfold.
Such an incredible increase even made Chen Xiao's heart skip a beat, and his breath hitched slightly.
Logically, the higher the level, the more difficult it is to break through, and stagnation is the norm. Magneto was stuck at the peak for decades, and Odin sat in Asgard for ten thousand years without making any progress.
Chen Xiao, on the other hand, was completely different: the stronger he became, the faster he grew, as if he had broken all the established rules.
Other abilities have also been comprehensively enhanced: the temperature threshold of Heat Vision has been raised, the speed and reaction are faster and more stable, and the neural reflexes and computing power have been transformed simultaneously.
The X-Gene ability section now displays clear level indicators for the first time, instead of vague descriptions.
Thanks to the continuous assimilation and replication of Krypton cells, the gene templates for his later fused abilities such as Telekinesis and Space Manipulation have become completely stable and fully covered.
Ultimately, he has now truly completed the entire closed loop of the last Silver Tide leap.
Back in the sealed land, although he fused with the Reality Stone, his Superman body, lacking sufficient solar radiation, failed to achieve a complete transformation in one go.
but...
Chen Xiao's gaze fell on the newly added [Star] label under the " Man of Steel " entry, his eyebrows slightly raised, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
This breakthrough does not follow the original path of leapfrogging.
"Stronger defense, and... a devastating counter-damage property?" He muttered to himself, his fingertip hovering for a moment before he finally withdrew it. "Never mind, there's no need to test it now."
He was preparing to leave the sun.
The transformation is complete. From now on, under the sunlight, the strength will continue to grow steadily, but it will be difficult to achieve such a dramatic leap again.
The difference in solar radiation intensity between the Earth's surface and that of a star's surface is no longer significant, so continuing to stay there would have limited value.
Moreover, he had an even more important goal: the Time Stone.
Judging by the timing, the Avengers are about to assemble, and Loki will also appear with the Mind Stone. At that time, he may be able to collect both Infinity Stones in one fell swoop.
But there's a thorny problem: he hasn't received any new assignments in a long time.
Without missions, there are no Origin Points; without Origin Points, the Infinity Stones can only be used as external objects, unable to truly integrate into oneself and accelerate Silver Superman's final leap.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Hey, system, give me some work to do."
The system's voice calmly sounded in my mind:
"No task trigger conditions are currently met; cannot be published."
Chen Xiao paused, then pressed on, "So what exactly are the conditions for triggering the mission? And what do those ' Origin ' refer to?"
Is it the Origin of this universe itself?
The system response arrived as expected:
"When the host intervenes in a critical event with significant fluctuations in the current cosmic timeline, the mission mechanism will be automatically activated."
"Once the host intervenes in an event, regardless of the scale of the action, the originally predetermined trajectory will deviate, triggering a shock at the level of destiny."
"At this point, the system can follow the changes in the fates of key figures, enter the river of time, and seize a wisp of Origin power."
"This Origin, the host can understand, as a fundamental force that transcends the world, a 'foundation of existence' formed by the structure of spacetime, the threads of destiny, and the tides of fortune."
"Alright then." Chen Xiao nodded, half understanding, half still pondering.
He figured out the reason for the first two missions: they involved the two main storylines of the Mutants crisis and the arrival of Thor, so he gained 12 points of Origin in succession.
The main storyline of Avengers will soon be integrated, and there's a high probability that new missions will be activated.
As for the "power of the intertwining of time, space, destiny, and fortune" mentioned in the second half of the sentence, he hasn't fully grasped it yet. In any case, this " Origin " is definitely not the primordial energy from the beginning of the universe that he originally imagined.
He had originally planned to tear open the spatial barrier, infiltrate the core of this universe, and forcibly extract its Origin. Now he had to give up, feeling a little regretful.
With his current understanding and control over the laws of space, he was fully confident that he could penetrate deep space and touch the vital nodes of the universe.
Just then, Chen Xiao suddenly raised his hand and made a grasping motion towards the distance.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The blazing lava flow ahead suddenly burst open, followed by dozens of black and red, heavy armor plates, as large as mountains, hurtling through the air.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The fragments snapped together automatically as if they were alive, and in an instant, a protective suit of black and red, resembling both a tight-fitting battle suit and light heavy armor, completely covered him.
The overall silhouette is reminiscent of Stellar Suit, but it exudes an even more imposing aura. Every seam is filled with crimson flames like molten lava, as if the entire suit is burning and cracking from the inside out, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.
Below the X-shaped mark in the center of the suit's chest is a fist-sized hole, which is where the Stellar Furnace is placed.
As for why it's an X instead of an S, it was simply something Chen Xiao casually carved, too lazy to copy Superman's symbol; he also didn't add that iconic scarlet cape behind him, so the overall look is completely different from Superman's.
Wrapped in this battle suit, forged deep within a star for over a month, with a density approaching that of a neutron star and weighing a million tons, Chen Xiao's body trembled, and he sped straight towards the deeper reaches of the sun.
boom!
The liquid plasma in front of him suddenly exploded, and he crashed into the surging, scorching flow. Each contact released energy ripples comparable to a miniature nuclear explosion...
However, this impact was immediately suppressed by the surging high-pressure magnetic fields from all directions, and silently submerged in the surrounding boiling ocean of plasma.
This place appears to be as fluid as liquid, but in reality, under extreme temperature and pressure, the density of matter has long exceeded the limits of common sense and is difficult to estimate.
As Chen Xiao descended, wherever he went, the high-temperature, high-density stellar matter collapsed and Oblivion, bursting out with blinding light and rumbling sounds, until he finally stabilized himself after penetrating more than a hundred kilometers.