308. Chapter 307: Superpower Recovery!
"Looks like no one has been here." As soon as he entered the Villa, Xia Shang observed the surroundings for any traces of outsiders. After confirming that the place was no different from when he left, he stepped into the living room and pulled out a black briefcase from under the coffee table.
Opening the case, he found several tubes of light blue serum inside.
To prevent anyone from tampering with the Compound V beforehand, Xia Shang tentatively poured a drop onto his palm. After confirming it was safe, he poured out all the Compound V from the glass tube.
The moment the light blue liquid touched his palm, it was absorbed as if by a sponge, disappearing without a trace.
"It's back." Xia Shang's lips curved slightly into a smile. After absorbing a full tube of Compound V, the Supe Factor that had been dormant in his body quickly showed signs of recovery. This confirmed his guess was correct: Compound V could indeed break Soldier Boy's seal.
He waited for about ten minutes.
Suddenly, Xia Shang raised his right hand and gently squeezed the nearby water dispenser. With a loud bang! The water dispenser next to the refrigerator instantly collapsed.
As Xia Shang's five fingers gradually tightened, the water dispenser was quickly crumpled into a ball.
"Psychic Power."
He leaned back on the sofa, slowly closing his eyes.
The next second.
Various furniture centered around him floated up simultaneously, as if the entire Villa was in a zero-gravity environment in space.
"Superspeed." Xia Shang murmured softly.
Before his words finished, he, who had been sitting on the sofa, vanished from the living room. When he reappeared, he was already standing on the lawn outside the Villa's courtyard.
Just then, a sparrow on the rooftop was about to spread its wings and fly into the sky, but Xia Shang, like a phantom, suddenly appeared beside it.
Everything in the surroundings, in Xia Shang's eyes, seemed to slow down countless times. The sparrow's slowly trembling feather, its posture ready to fly, even the tense muscle fiber at the base of its wings – Xia Shang could capture every detail. He extended his right hand, plucked the sparrow from the air, and brought it to the lawn.
Xia Shang opened his right hand, and the sparrow flew away with a whoosh.
"Thunderstorm Weather, Supersonic Flight."
In the courtyard, Xia Shang flew straight towards the high sky. As he flew, countless tiny lightning bolts burst out around his body, accompanied by a gale, spreading outwards. Xia Shang, at the center of the thunderstorm, looked down at the ground. At this moment, he was like a deity controlling thunder and lightning, enveloped in mystery and power.
"Carbon Superlattice, Laser Eye."
Two extremely deep purple light beams erupted from Xia Shang's eyes, directly burning two charred black trenches into the lawn beneath him.
He extended his left hand and used the back of his hand to intercept the heat vision. The extremely high-temperature light beams landed on the back of his hand but caused no injury. Only after more than ten seconds did the back of his hand show a slight sign of redness.
Xia Shang retracted his Laser Eye and swooped downwards.
Just as he was about to touch the ground, he braked abruptly. A massive shockwave violently lifted the lawn, kicking up countless dust particles.
"They're all back."
Xia Shang walked out of the smoke and looked towards Vought Tower.
"I wonder if Soldier Boy has returned to the United States." He withdrew his gaze and returned inside the house.
Since he didn't stay long in the Tokyo Ghoul World this time, according to the time flow on the panel, he might have only been gone for a day or two.
Going to the study, Xia Shang opened the computer and checked the news about Soldier Boy, but found nothing. It seemed Soldier Boy hadn't snuck into the United States yet.
In Xia Shang's plan, Soldier Boy was an indispensable link. This guy would definitely contribute a large amount of Fantasy Value to him. After all, Xia Shang planned to accumulate at least 20,000 Fantasy Value before upgrading the Main World.
The reason was also simple: 10,000 would be used to jump to the Three-Star World, and the other 10,000 would be used to prevent a sudden situation. What if he jumped over and happened to encounter a major event, like planet destruction or a universe explosion? So Xia Shang had to prepare 10,000 Fantasy Value beforehand.
This was to save his life at a critical moment. After all, the Three-Star World was different from the Two-Star World. The Three-Star World definitely had many powerful beings that could easily kill him, so Xia Shang wouldn't choose to jump until everything was ready.
"Panel." Xia Shang silently thought.
A light blue translucent interface swished into appearance before his eyes.
[Superpower Chest Blast fusing, current progress is 2% Fantasy Value: 9220]
Originally, his Fantasy Value had exceeded 10,000, but unfortunately, walking through the Ghoul World consumed a thousand. However, accumulating Fantasy Value was also fast; he could gather the 20,000 he wanted with just two or three major events.
"No rush... I still have several Superpowers waiting for me to fuse, and next, I have to go to Godolkin University to serve as Vice Principal. As a dedicated academy for Supes, I might be able to find some Superpowers with good potential."
Clearing his thoughts, Xia Shang began absorbing Compound V to accelerate the Superpower fusion speed.
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On the other side.
After Hughie and the others returned to the country, they immediately found a hospital for Kimiko to be hospitalized and recuperate.
In the familiar basement.
Hughie slumped onto the sofa, staring blankly at the TV screen. The trip to Russia had consumed almost all his energy. Now, all he wanted was to lean on the sofa and be a 'salted fish' immersed in talent shows.
"Do you think the Mysterious Person was really killed by Soldier Boy? I keep feeling something is off. Also, can Soldier Boy's Superpower really counter Homelander?" Hughie suddenly asked.
Actually, he had been thinking about this question the whole way. To be honest, he always felt that the Mysterious Person wasn't that easy to kill.
"He was blasted into ash right before our eyes. Unless God performs a miracle, we probably won't see him again," Billy replied to Hughie's question while inserting the USB drive he got from the laboratory into the computer.
"Holy crap." Billy looked at the computer screen with a shocked expression.
He didn't expect the USB drive to contain the entire process of ELS conducting human experiments on Soldier Boy. Watching the video, he saw the Researchers prying open Soldier Boy's mouth with iron pliers and pouring something unknown inside.
"So, Soldier Boy didn't have that Superpower at first."
After watching patiently for over twenty minutes, Billy suddenly spoke.
In the video, Soldier Boy initially only resisted with brute force. Later, ELS Researchers attached a strange device to Soldier Boy's chest.
"Could that be the Super Weapon Mallory mentioned, which appeared on the Battlefield?"
(End of Chapter)