Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 48

Chapter 48 – 040: Instance No. 5 Boss Battle_2
At this moment, as if delighting in others’ misfortune, the three paper figures on Fan Quan’s shoulder simultaneously raised their arms and cheered.

Fan Quan had introduced his skills beforehand.

The two skills he obtained for free from the specialty page—one was a B-level skill called “Portal of Humanism”; the other, an E-level skill named “Resentment Transference.”

The former was a unique skill; its strength depended on the player’s “knowledge reserve” in subjects like “Theology,” “Philosophy,” and other humanities—the deeper and broader the player’s knowledge in humanities, the higher the skill’s level would be.

For an ordinary person encountering this skill, its rank might only be E or D level, limiting its strength within a certain range.

But Fan Quan had lifted it to B-level with his solid knowledge reserve.

According to the skill’s effect, the Portal of Humanism would open a gate for him, summoning a number of paper figures ranging from “3” upwards, depending on his level.

Each paper figure would randomly bear three famous theories of some great figure.

Each theory had been adapted into a special skill with different effects. Once a skill was used, the corresponding paper figure would disappear.

Fan Quan also stated that since even he could only enhance the skill to B-level, he believed there were very few people in the world who could raise “Portal of Humanism” to A-level.

When Ke Mingye heard the introduction of this skill, he silently gave a thumbs-up and labeled him “cultured” in his mind.

Time rewinds to this moment.

Fan Quan adjusted his glasses. The bible in his hand flapped open without any wind, and each paper figure on his shoulder was chirping out three semantically obscure phrases.

The first paper figure raised its right arm and shouted in German, “God is dead!,” “Will to Power!,” “Eternal Recurrence!”

The second paper figure, with a somber face, repeated in German, “The ego.,” “The id.,” “The superego.”

The third paper figure, with a tranquil face, spoke in Romanian, “Sacred Time,” “Sacred Space,” “Eternal Return.”

“Will to Power.”

Fan Quan calmly uttered one of the phrases.

As his voice dropped, the first paper figure on his shoulder quickly withered, turning into a wisp of ash that dispersed.

In the distance, Qing Meng, who was about to come into contact with the explosion, had already shielded herself with her arms, but suddenly she realized that her body wasn’t engulfed in flames, nor did she feel even a trace of pain.

So, she lifted her head in a daze and discovered that her body was enveloped in a faint golden glow, which was the light protecting her from the outside world.

[Player “Indescribable Dream” has received the buff skill “Will to Power” from player “Fan Quan,” making her invulnerable and impervious to all control for 2.5 seconds under the state of “Will to Power.”]

Nevertheless, the self-destructing zombie’s napalm ignited everything around it—vending machines, rows of shelves—the “Will to Power” could only last 2.5 seconds, and she was unable to escape from it in one go.

“Sacred Space.”

Fan Quan spoke softly, and the third paper figure on his shoulder withered away like a flower dissolving in the wind.

Immediately after, a vortex constructed of dense religious texts opened beside both Fan Quan and Qing Meng, about two meters wide.

“A teleportation portal?”

Looking down at the scene, Ke Mingye couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

Qing Meng seemed to realize something too, and without hesitating, she turned and stepped into the swirling vortex, disappearing in the blaze; in her place, she emerged from the temporal vortex beside Fan Quan.

“I said, don’t fire indiscriminately, it’s easy to attract the boss’s aggro,” Fan Quan said.

“Okay, my fault.”

Saying this, Qing Meng turned and glanced back, where only the last paper figure remained on Fan Quan’s shoulder.

“He truly is a cultured man.” Ke Mingye, hanging in mid-air, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that a B-level skill was indeed impressive, thankful that their main position was preserved.

After all, he was currently using a B-level skill-generated puppet to run the instance with his teammates; without this skill, he’d have no choice but to bear the agony in the cinema with his family. He couldn’t deny the significant impact of this skill tier.

At this moment, the aggro of the chef zombie once again shifted. This time its target was Fan Quan; it lowered its body and, like a bull, bellowed and charged towards him.

“Resentment Transference.”

Fan Quan, with a calm expression, leisurely activated his second skill.

Unlike “Portal of Humanism,” “Resentment Transference” was just an E-level skill that could affect the mind of a specific person for 3 seconds, causing them to shift their target;

When used on an instance boss, it could directly shift its aggro target.

Thus, at this moment, the chef zombie suddenly shifted its ominous gaze away from Fan Quan, raised its head, and fixed its attention on Ke Mingye, who was suspended from the ceiling.

During this lengthy period, Ke Mingye wasn’t idle.

He seized an opportunity, shot out a strand of web and latched onto a pillar to the right of the chef zombie, swinging diagonally downwards through the air in a circle, and positioned himself behind the chef zombie.

Then, he abruptly released the web, spinning his body in the air like a circus trapeze artist, followed a graceful arc and landed on its neck.