Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 447

Chapter 447: Chapter 235: The Battle of Octopus Man X Birthday Party (Part 1)_3 Chapter 447: Chapter 235: The Battle of Octopus Man X Birthday Party (Part 1)_3 Che Zhengchen scanned the room and eventually found several familiar figures.

Among them, the most eye-catching was General Lingdong, an A-grade hero.

This hero was clad in ice-blue armor, seemingly shrouded in a thin layer of frost. Under his helmet, his expression was as hard as iron, his pupils swirling with a bone-white chill as if it were perpetually snowing in his eyes.

According to internal intelligence, General Lingdong was already one step into the Superhero Round Table, a force not to be underestimated.

At that moment, General Lingdong sat aloof in an empty corner of the stands, clutching his shoulders.

Few superheroes dared to sit next to him–because it felt like being in a freezer several degrees below zero, which was not something everyone could endure.

“With so many big shots paying attention to this match, if this kid loses, he won’t be able to pick himself up, will he?”

As Che Zhengchen considered this, he propped his chin in his hand and waited for Blue Owl’s entrance with a warm smile.

He didn’t care about the outcome of the match. A single match couldn’t determine everything. If he lost, it would be good for the boy to learn a lesson, to be less ostentatious in the future.

Before long, Bai Yi Squad and Octopus Man Squad made their entrances.

They came out from the passageways on the east and west sides respectively, coming into the camera angles of various cameras.

Invited by the association, the commentator for this friendly match was the self-media creator “Mikaxi,” the woman who had secured an interview during Dice Monster and Blue Owl’s debut.

Upon seeing Blue Owl, her expression became inevitably excited.

She directed the cameraman to zoom in on Bai Yi Squad, and finally focused the lens solely on Blue Owl.

Blue Owl’s face appeared on the large screen of the metal testing chamber.

“I should be able to beat this guy by now …” he thought, looking over at Octopus Man while rolling his shoulders. “But even if I can’t beat him, I’ve prepared a backup plan.”

Blue Owl shrugged and began to recall the efforts he had made over the past month.

From the daily tasks completed in these 22 days, Ke Mingye had acquired a total of 44 attribute points, 7,000 experience points, 33,000 Mall Coins, two random one-time Level C cards, and one Level C equipment card.

Also, a set of Zodiac Collectible Cards (collecting all twelve zodiac cards would earn a mysterious reward), and so far he had drawn the “Pig” and “Rat” zodiac cards.

Besides, during this period, he and Ju Zipi, Fan Quan, and others had completed two instances.

The first instance took place at Wine Reflecting Coast, against a Colorful Jellyfish that could emit electricity. While playing this instance, Ke Mingye distracted Shi Neian with Contracted Beast Kobe to prevent Shi Neian from finding out that a group of players were running an instance right at his doorstep;
The other instance was located inside a hot pot restaurant, where players had to fight against a Hot Pot Monster that could spray duck’s blood, pork, and chicken. Fan Quan was the first to die in the instance, as he couldn’t resist opening his mouth for the attractively aromatic food.

Unfortunately, both of these instances were overlooked rookie instances, similar in challenge to the zombie chef, with not so generous rewards.

The combined rewards from both rookie instances were [one, 6,000 Mall Coins; two, 3,000 experience points; three, one-time summon card “Hot Pot Monster”].

However, it was still worth the trip because, in addition to the instance rewards, they collected two instance cards.

Ke Mingye realized he had completely underestimated the potential of instance cards. They don’t take up any backpack slots like gear or have a 10-skill limit like player skills–meaning there was no cap on the number of collected cards. The more, the better.

After a year, when each player had collected hundreds of instance cards, it was like carrying a treasury that could clinch surprising victories.

In the end, Ke Mingye piled all the rewards from the daily tasks, instances, and level-ups into the “Physical fitness” attribute, with the following results.

[Player Level: Lv.20 (2000 points/11000 points) (|1 level)]
[Player’s “Physical fitness” attribute: 93 points-138 points (|45 points) — This attribute has already surpassed the “minimum standard for a D-class Superhuman” (100 points).

—-Only 2 points away from the “minimum standard for a C-class Superhuman” (140 points).]
[Total amount of Mall Coins currently held: 40,000]
Besides his daily training and running instances, Ke Mingye spent his time controlling the Contracted Beast, teaching Shi Neian how to use Magic Power, preparing her for the future task of infiltrating the Witch Church.

According to Xizi Yue, those witches were naturally cruel and used extreme methods.

Without some skills, drawing the attention of the Witch Church carelessly would only lead Shi Neian into the lion’s den, so improving her strength was an essential part of the plan.

Fortunately, although this night-owl was lazy, she was still doing her daily tasks. And it seemed she had piled all her points into the Spiritual Attribute, so her magic capacity increased rapidly.

Fast forward to now, in the present moment, in the spectator stand of the 25th floor’s Test Room 7.

Watching the blue owl enter the arena, Che Zhengchen slightly curled his lips and murmured.

“That kid seems to be in a good shape…”

As Che Zhengchen focused on the field, a pitch-black crow flew from somewhere and leisurely perched on his shoulder, silently gazing at the arena without moving.

Che Zhengchen was startled at first, then he gazed at the crow and sighed, managing a wry smile.

He said, “It’s been a long time, and this is how you greet me… If you wanted to watch this kid’s match, couldn’t you have just come yourself? Why be so roundabout?”

The crow did not respond, its crimson eyes unblinking, reflecting the red and blue figure on the arena.

….

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At the same time, in another corner of the city, in front of room 1201 in a duplex apartment in Old Jingmai District.

Ke Youqing was still wearing a suit liner, a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he carelessly took off his shoes and then pushed the door open to enter his home.

Today was his two daughters’ birthday, and he couldn’t worry about the work at the Superhero Association, so he had taken leave to come home early.

Otherwise, when he got back, Bai Zini would nag him all night long, and he might even have to write a letter of apology that was hundreds of words long to show his remorse to his daughter; otherwise, given Bai Zini’s personality, she would definitely bear a grudge against him for a whole year, never showing him a pleasant face each time he came home.

Ke Youqing removed the cigarette from his mouth, paused at the entrance to the living room, and looked toward the sofa, suddenly falling silent for a moment.

He saw Ke Yinzhi, Bai Zini, Bai Ziling, Bai Qiuwu, and Ke Yongzhu, all five sitting neatly in front of the television, watching the live broadcast of the friendly match between Octopus Man and the blue owl.

“This is weird…”

Ke Youqing frowned slightly, scratching the stubble on his chin, thinking to himself.