Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 424: Chapter 228: Ke Mingye’s Contracted Beast, Dice Monster and the “Clock Customer Alliance

[Good morning, Mr. Player. Today is July 24, 2028. There are still 329 days left until the deadline for the ultimate mission “Extinguish the Superhumans.”]

[Current number of surviving players: 93 (No deaths occurred yesterday)]

Listening to the system’s announcement, Ke Mingye jolted awake from his bed, bewildered for a moment before recalling that he had set an alarm, but now the alarm had turned into a daily report, which actually saved him the trouble.

He opened his eyes, yawned, lazily got out of bed, scratched his messy hair, and casually turned off the panel.

Turning his cheek, he glimpsed the faintly lit sky through the curtains stirred by the breeze. Mottled morning light fell into the room, with the distant overpass still shrouded in a hazy curtain.

Ke Mingye glanced at the wall clock, threw back the covers, got out of bed, and while checking messages on his backup phone, he walked into the bathroom.

Today, the screen wasn’t flooded with notifications; there was just a single straightforward message from the Superhero Association official APP.

[Octopus Man: Meet at the Superhero Association at 8:30 a.m. I only have time then, if you can’t make it, forget it.]

[Blue Owl: Okay, I’ll be there. Don’t you dare stand me up, or watch out, I’ll roast you on Weibo.]

[Octopus Man: Childish.]

“I have a meeting with Octopus Man today, better get to the Superhero Association early… need to see if I can pry any information about his brother from him, especially since his brother is involved with the Timekeeper.”

As Ke Mingye thought this, he quickly freshened up in front of the mirror.

Even though he had been in this world for almost two months, he still felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity when he looked at his slightly haggard face, and he always felt goosebumps upon closer inspection.

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Recalling the words Xizi Yue said yesterday, he found them somewhat fantastical.

Xizi Yue knew Ke Ming when he was a child, and she shared the same thoughts as Ash; the Xiaohongmao he played had the same eyes as the young Ke Ming.

But why was that?

Ke Mingye knew that when he connected his nerves with the Deception Puppet, it would unconsciously affect the puppet’s micro-expressions and gaze. Did this mean that he was inadvertently revealing his childhood feelings?

Was it that he had been assimilated by the memories in his brain to such an extent, or was there something more mysterious at play?

Ke Mingye gargled and spat out the mouthwash, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, put the cup away, and slipped on his sneakers to go downstairs. His second brother wasn’t home, and he was the earliest to rise in the household, the others slept like pigs.

It wasn’t their fault; after all, the nocturnal lives of these demons and monsters were just too rich, be it fighting crime, attending meetings, or patrolling the city. It was no wonder they struggled to get out of bed.

As always, he went for a morning run around the Old Jingmai District, stopping by the lakeside to exercise, and soon completed the daily mission of the day.

[You have received the reward for daily mission 2 “100 push-ups,” gaining 2 attribute points that you can freely assign.]

[Your “Physical Fitness” attribute has changed: 91-93 points (|2 points)]

[You have received the reward for daily mission 1 “Run 6000 meters,” gaining one lottery wheel spin.]

The reward wheel unfolded before his eyes. The text in the six areas caught his sight.

Ke Mingye thought he had demystified the reward wheel, with its usual rewards that were either trivial or like piecemeal Pinduoduo fragments that might take an eternity to collect.

Yet, upon seeing the prize wheel this time, his eyes widened slightly.

“What the… what’s this?”

[1. 3000 Mall Coins; 2. Unique equipment–Magic Metropolis Lightsaber (extremely low appearance rate, less than 5%); 3. Unique reward–A Magical Contract Beast (extremely low appearance rate, less than 1%); 4. A low-level Lottery Ticket; 5. A set of auxiliary Magic Cards; 6. 1000 Experience Points.]

“Come on, number two, give me number two.”

Ke Mingye prayed silently in his heart and then pressed the start button for the wheel.

The needle began to spin rapidly, but the result was not as he wished. Eventually, it slowed to a stop above the area marked with 3.

[Congratulations, you have received the reward for zone 3–A Magical Contract Beast (Unique level).]

[Note: You have obtained a Magical Contract Beast. This Contracted Beast does not possess a mind, and you can use your own thoughts to make it disappear or appear at any time. You can also control the behavior and speech of the Contracted Beast with your will.]

[Next, please choose a suitable nickname for your Contract Beast.]

Ke Mingye was baffled, wondering what this was all about, how he’d suddenly acquired a Contracted Beast. Was it now expected of him to play the Contracted Beast and deceive naive girls into becoming Magic Girls? Wasn’t that forcing the righteous into debauchery?

Despite his thoughts, his hands were quite sincere.

He typed two characters on the small keyboard that popped up on the system panel–[Kebi].

The origins of the name traced back to a popular 2D hit show from his previous world, “Magic Girl Madoka,” featuring the beastly Contracted Beast–Cupid. Ke Mingye hoped that when roleplaying as the Contracted Beast, he could be as beastly as Cupid, discarding all shame in his focused attempt to trick Magic Girls. Hence, he chose his own surname “Ke” to replace “Qiu,” creating this nickname.

But after a second thought, he felt the “Ke” character in Kebi was too revealing and changed it to the homophonic “Ke,” then clicked submit.

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