A drone wobbled in midair, trailing bluish smoke, then suddenly fell from the sky.
Luckily, it was not far from the ground and landed in the grass, so it did not shatter.
Moments later, two young men who had originally been filming a wilderness special, but had temporarily switched to filming Homelander, ran over in a panic.
"Where's my drone? I saw it should've fallen around here."
"Over there, Charlie, look."
Very quickly, the two of them picked up the drone.
"It's badly damaged," Charlie looked heartbroken.
Tony turned the drone over and over as he checked it, "If I hadn't told you to hurry and fly this baby back, we wouldn't even have had the chance to recover the body."
"Got it."
He took a memory card out of the drone.
"Let's hope it's not broken."
"Otherwise all our hard work will have been for nothing."
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[Interstate Highway]
"Homelander!"
"Homelander!"
"Homelander!"
The soldiers cheered excitedly. A disaster that was about to arrive had been resolved under Homelander's beams.
They could go home safely, reunite with their families, go on dates with the girls they loved.
How could the soldiers not be grateful to Alex.
At this moment, information surfaced on Alex's retina.
[You have perfectly resolved this event.]
[Event disaster level assessment: D-]
['Perfect' rating settlement rewards: Proficiency Essence *11; 2 Black Bat Circus Coins; 3 Multivariate Treasure Chest (Random) *2]
[New items have been added to your shop.]
Proficiency Essence.
Black Bat Circus Coins.
Multivariate Treasure Chest (Random).
The number of reward items had increased, and the contents were also different from before.
'Could it be that the higher the event disaster assessment, the more rewards I get, and the contents also change?'
At this moment, Alex heard the soldiers cheering. Even though talent proficiency information was floating before his eyes, he could only put it aside for now, turn around with a smile, and give the soldiers a military salute.
The soldiers immediately grew solemn, stood straight, and returned the salute.
Alex nodded, slowly rose into the air, then changed direction and flew toward Sylvester Town, to take Angelina away.
On the way back to the Seven Tower, he finally opened his status panel.
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[Name: John (Homelander)]
[Life Level: Level 5 (Extraordinary)]
[Status: Normal]
[Talents: Heat Vision (45/200), Flight +2 (29/100), Super-Speed Movement +2 (19/100), Steel Body +2 (76/100), Superhuman Strength +2 (22/100), Regeneration +1 (13/30), Insight +1 (21/30)]
[Items: Dim Proficiency Essence *6, Proficiency Essence *11, Black Bat Circus Coins, Multivariate Treasure Chest *2]
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'Flight, Super-Speed Movement, and Superhuman Strength all leveled up?', Alex immediately checked the changes to the upgraded abilities.
[Flight +2: Flight height +115%, flight speed +55%, flight agility +40%.]
[Super-Speed Movement +2: Speed +230%, accompanying "Afterimage." When moving, an illusion remains at the starting point, which can be used to confuse enemies.]
[Superhuman Strength +2: Base strength increased by 155%, other effects unchanged.]
After reading this information, Alex closed the status panel in satisfaction.
Then he opened the shop and browsed the newly updated items.
There were three new items.
The first was [NK Gene Modification Serum. Black Widow]
[Description: This is a designated gene serum. In addition to retaining all the talents of the "improved type," the originally random awakening can now be designated to awaken the "Thread Control" ability.]
[Price: Dim Proficiency Essence *60]
The second item was [Designated Talent Capsule. Absolute Hit]
[Description: After consumption, it will generate the "Absolute Hit" gene fragment in a targeted manner and will not affect existing talents.]
[Absolute Hit: Any target brought into your line of sight can be marked. After that, all of your long-range attack methods will inevitably hit the target.]
[Price: Proficiency Essence *10]
The third item was [Designated Talent Capsule. Self Replication]
[Description: After consumption, it will generate the "Self Replication" gene fragment in a targeted manner and will not affect existing talents.]
[Self Replication: You can replicate yourself, but only one unit at a time, with a maximum of 20 units. The first replica has 80% of the original body's combat power. After that, each replica will evenly split the combat power of the No. 1 replica.]
[Price: Proficiency Essence *10]
'Holy crap!'
After reading all this, Alex was quite excited, almost throwing Angelina out.
That first item was obviously from the Walmart Department Store event.
The latter two were products of the Sylvester Town event that had just ended.
Alex was not interested in the first item.
But the last two both tempted him.
"Absolute Hit" could ensure that Heat Vision never missed. As long as the target was brought into his line of sight, it could be marked and locked on.
That way, the opponent could only take it head-on, collide with it, or use abilities like "interdimensional projection" to resolve it.
As for "Self Replication," it was even more outrageous.
This ability was pretty useless when used by a "replicator" themselves, only serving to confuse and distract.
But for Alex, it was absolutely a god-tier skill. Just think about it. The No. 1 replica alone had 80% of his combat power.
If more units were replicated afterward, although they would split the No. 1 replica's combat power evenly, do not forget that as the source material for the replication, Alex himself could be upgraded. His talents would increase. His combat power would keep rising.
In other words, the "Self Replication" talent became more broken the further into the late game it went.
Maybe Alex himself could form a "Superman Legion".
Although it required 10 Proficiency Essences, meaning that after buying it, he would basically be unable to upgrade other talents, Alex still bought it without hesitation.
Buy early, enjoy early.
So, in his inventory, there was one more "Talent Capsule."
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Back at the Seven Tower—
Alex put Angelina down, thought for a moment, and said, "Next, your training will add one more item."
Angelina blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at the powerful man in front of her.
"When you can skillfully use shadows to capture liquid, that will be when we carry out 'that plan.'"
Alex smiled slightly, "So when we start acting depends on you."
At once, a frightening red light flashed in Angelina's eyes, "I will work hard, Master."
Coming out of the elevator, he ran into Ashley.
"Homelander, you're finally back."
"The costume department has asked many times already. Do you have time?"
Alex smiled, "They've already waited so long. I think they won't mind waiting one more day."
Ashley nodded, then added, "Also, Anika from the crime analysis department came to look for you. She said there's news about the matter you asked her to investigate."
She glanced at her watch, "But by now, she should be off work."
Alex asked casually, "Do you have her address?"
Ashley looked at Alex in surprise, "You're going to visit her in person?"
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