Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 405: Chapter 221: Upgraded Blue Owl Battle Suit, Gene Enhancer_3

Che Zhengchen was introducing something at a leisurely pace.

As Blue Owl tucked his ID card into his pocket, he checked the official APP of the Superhero Association, “I understand.”

In the personal data section of the APP, it showed that to be promoted from a D-rank hero to a C-rank hero, one needed to accumulate 1500 points, which was three times the data required to be promoted from E-rank to D-rank.

However, this data was still within his acceptable range.

He fantasized for a moment and felt that he should have a chance to join the Round Table Council within a year, provided he followed his father into a few major events and grabbed the crucial points; wouldn’t the title of a Round Table Council hero be easily achievable?

As he was checking the data, an AI-like cold female voice suddenly rang in his ears.

[Congratulations, you have completed the main mission “Destroy the Superhero Round Table” first branch of the second node: “Not a superhero, but a super villain with a sense of justice”—pretend to be a superhero, infiltrate the Superhero Association, and elevate your superhero rating within the association to D-level (the lowest level of superheroes is E-level).]

[You have obtained a node reward: 8 attribute points, 5000 Experience Points, 5000 Mall Coins, and a 20% off shopping card.]

[The next target node of this branch line has been updated: pretend to be a superhero, and upgrade your superhero rating within the association to C-level.]

[Congratulations, your level has been upgraded to Lv.19 (2500 points/10500 points), and you have obtained one freely distributable attribute point.]

Blue Owl opened his personal panel and added all a total of 9 attribute points, earned from leveling up and missions, entirely to “Physical Fitness.” There was no other reason; now, with Spider Sense as a supplement, he didn’t need to enhance his neurological reactions in the short term.

[Your physical fitness attribute has changed: 78 points → 87 points (↑9 points)]

He closed the panel, planning to ask Che Zhengchen if there was anything else he needed to explain; if not, he would leave.

At that moment, Che Zhengchen suddenly opened a drawer in his desk.

He said, “By the way, concerning the new battle suit you mentioned, I have reached out to the designers at headquarters. They have responded to me. As of today, the production of the new Blue Owl Battle Suit has been completed. Here is a sample of that suit; you can try it out in the lab.”

Saying so, Che Zhengchen pulled out a neatly folded red and blue battle suit from a packaged bag.

Blue Owl was slightly stunned as he took the battle suit and held it in his hands.

He asked, “So efficient?”

Che Zhengchen put down his pen, clasped his hands together, and leaned them against his chin, smiling, “Of course, you’ve been so prominent lately, yet wearing a raggedy battle suit, looking like a makeshift troupe. Precisely because of this, many designers are interested in you. Consequently, many have volunteered to produce a preliminary upgraded version in a short time.”

He paused, “Why don’t you go to the testing lab and check it out.”

“Okay,” Blue Owl curled his lips, “This is the first time I feel like I’m getting a different treatment after becoming a superhero.”

“Exactly, I still have business to handle, so I can’t join you,” said Che Zhengchen.

“No worries, I can manage on my own.”

After speaking, Blue Owl took a deep breath, turned around, and walked out of the office, taking the elevator to the metallic testing lab on the 15th floor.

He pulled out his card and swiped his ID card in the card slot, immediately a cool female voice came out: “Welcome, D-rank hero ‘Blue Owl’; the door to private testing room No. 5 is now open for you.”

Blue Owl stepped in with the battle suit in his arms.

He opened the bag, took out the helmet and the battle suit. This suit, flowing with a mercury-like red and blue luster, had a much stronger metallic feel compared to his previous one, which looked like a cheap suit worn by Cosplayers. As a consequence, it also made the wearer seem more non-human.

Especially that helmet, the beak was as sharp as a knife and visibly aggressive.

However, it seemed the designer had taken his advice, so a concealed button was added near the beak that allowed it to retract and extend freely with a press.

“Oh, now mom doesn’t have to worry about the screen getting punctured by the beak while I’m using my phone.”

Blue Owl talked to himself, yet he did not immediately switch to the new helmet. Since there were surveillance cameras in the testing room, if any dangerous person from the association saw his real face, it would do him more harm than good.

However, changing into a new battle suit under the surveillance was still feasible: there were many people with a similar build to him, and it was hard to pinpoint his real identity just from his physique.

So, Blue Owl quickly changed into his new battle suit.

He pressed everywhere he could on it and discovered several differences.

First, the arm blades of the Blue Owl Battle Suit were enhanced. They could now be extended and adjusted in length and width via a button, which might be useful for surprise attacks in combat.

Second, the lenses were upgraded with new features including map positioning and a search engine, along with a high-intelligence AI communication feature that could receive messages directly from Superhero Association headquarters.

But this wasn’t good news for Blue Owl, as it meant the designer could also potentially track the location of his new battle suit using the map positioning feature.

Honestly, although this was a sort of a safety feature, like installing a tracker in the battle suit, whenever this hero got kidnapped by a villain, they could locate him through it.

But Ke Mingye was no ordinary superhero, and he really did not want to be found.

“Well, I guess I can keep a set of the original battle suit to wear.”

He scratched at his beak, thinking to himself.

After testing the new features of the battle suit, Blue Owl stepped out of the metal testing room and took the opportunity to change into the new helmet in a surveillance-free bathroom to test its positioning ability.

Then, he left the bathroom and while walking along the corridor, he opened the official APP and exchanged 500 points for a long-desired item in the rewards store.

[Congratulations, D-class hero Blue Owl, you have successfully used 500 points to exchange for a “Gene Enhancer”. Please collect your reward from the staff at the front desk on the 10th floor.]

“Thrilled to the max.”

Blue Owl shook his head in awe, and just then, he bumped into a nun in the hallway.

The nun frowned, crossed her arms, and said, “Are you high or something, you owl?”

Hearing this, Blue Owl shrugged, “Hehe, I’m a D-class hero now. Miss Nun, let’s get acquainted again.”

With that, he rather pompously extended his right hand to the telekinetic nun.

The nun snickered and was about to reach for Blue Owl’s beak, trying to recreate the previous “handshake” incident.

But Blue Owl was quick, raising his left hand and silently pressing the button on the helmet. To her astonishment, the beak retracted right then and there.

The nun’s hand stalled mid-air, touching nothing.

Seeing this, Blue Owl smiled and shook hands with her, then moved away under her stunned gaze.

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