American comics: Random transformations

Just then, Superman and the others returned, accompanied by a four-meter-tall robot.

"Mr. [Infinite], the item you requested is ready."

Superman introduced with a smile, "This is a nano-light energy robot developed with our latest technology. The coating on its body has a solar energy conversion rate of 85%. The converted electrical energy will be stored in the internal energy furnace. After internal energy conversion, the energy in the furnace can be reconverted into light energy similar to sunlight.

The emission ports are these windows on its body. The light energy can also be focused into a laser, which can currently cut through half-meter-thick steel plates. Among our new weapons, it's considered a decent one."

When creating this energy conversion device, Superman also utilized the energy transmission methods he had just learned from the train. Energy loss was reduced by about 3%, which is an exaggerated amount. Reducing energy loss increases the attack power of the light.

But Tian Xiaoban didn't mean that! This wasn't meant to be a weapon.

He didn't refute Superman, but walked forward, adjusted the light output, and then aimed the dispersed energy rays directly at Superman.

Superman was puzzled. Such unfocused light was too weak. It wouldn't even hurt him. This level of light couldn't even do a photon skin rejuvenation!

The others also gathered around, unable to understand Tian Xiaoban's actions. The Flash speculated that he was trying to give Superman a sunbath?

They had heard Superman say that as long as he basked in the sun, he could become strong and powerful, but they never thought that technology could provide Superman with light and energy, like a charging treasure.

In their minds, when Superman couldn't defeat an enemy, he would fly directly into space, absorbing solar energy in the Earth's outer space without an atmosphere and full of radiation, and then return in a stronger form to defeat the opponent.

Tian Xiaoban asked, "Do you feel any enhancement?"

"Not at all. I only feel the warmth of the light on my face," Superman truthfully stated. He did feel the warmth of the sun, but he didn't feel himself getting stronger at all!

"In the future, you need to work in an environment full of sunlight to stimulate all your superpowers. Your power comes from sunlight!"

Superman was stunned, looking up through the window glass at the real sun.

"Light?"

"Yes, all the power you possess comes from the energy of light. Light will make you stronger."

Superman looked at Tian Xiaoban again, "Could this be the method you mentioned?"

"Yes, as long as you get enough sunlight, you alone can easily withstand those gods! Killing them might be difficult, but resisting them is no problem at all."

Cyborg, upon hearing this, immediately controlled the robots outside the tower to unfold the solar panels. This was originally a contingency plan, in case of power damage, these solar panels could continue to power the communication tower.

But now it had a new use. Light continuously converged onto Superman through the reflection of various mirrors.

"Cyborg, what are you doing…?"

Superman felt his body replenishing energy as he looked at the converging light on his body.

"Superman, your body strength is increasing, and your internal energy level is also rising. He's right, light can indeed make you stronger."

Immediately afterward, Cyborg stopped the mirror reflection. His mechanical eye kept staring at Superman, watching the energy within Superman's body slowly dissipate.

"Losing sunlight, the energy in your body begins to return to normal. This might be a temporary boost."

"No!" Tian Xiaoban interjected, continuing under the attention of Cyborg and Superman, "Superman needs to bask in the sun for a long time to become stronger, just like, um, blowing up a balloon. After his cells absorb the energy of light, it takes a certain amount of time to completely retain that energy."

Cyborg, with the most complete data monitoring, nodded, "Undeniably, this is a good way to temporarily improve. But we are short on time now, and we don't have that much time for Superman to bask in the sun."

Cyborg had already set a schedule for Superman. The technological weapons they were researching were still in progress, and the new train that had arrived needed to be studied. All of this required time, and Superman didn't have that much time to waste on sunbathing.

Tian Xiaoban complained, "If you keep him in a dark laboratory all day long, how can he become stronger? Superman is like a plant, he needs sunlight to grow more vigorously."

"Uh, our laboratory isn't that dark. It's in the middle of this tower, and we have good lighting. And our equipment is very complete, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to build this big guy in such a short time."

Superman smiled naively, planning to modify the large robot into a small sun lamp, specifically for him to use for charging.

Tian Xiaoban almost exploded with anger:

"Damn it, am I talking about whether the light is bright or not? I'm saying that sunlight can make you stronger! Superman, do you understand what you're doing?!"

"Your current priority is to increase your strength to the point where you can fly directly out of the atmosphere!

You need to be in outer space, directly facing solar radiation, absorbing energy in all directions! That way you will have the power to fight the gods! Even their magic can't break your charged defense."

As long as he has enough energy, Superman, the HP tank, can withstand magical attacks. As long as his HP bar is high and his health is thick, Superman is not afraid of magic's scratch damage.

The ever-conflicted Superman began to struggle again. On one side was his research, and on the other was becoming stronger. One was researching something that he didn't know if it could target the gods; the other, although the other party said it was very powerful, Superman, who hadn't practiced it, wasn't sure of the truth of the words.

At this time, it was the Flash's turn to persuade, "Superman, Mr. [Infinite] is right. Your race can indeed rely on the sun to gain extraordinary power. As long as you bask in the sun long enough, you can definitely better protect the people now. We can help you with your experiments. You just need to be responsible for sunbathing."

"Yes, we will help."

"You are the strongest when you get enough sunlight. Without sunlight, you have no power to turn the tables!"

"You have to believe me, we are good brothers who share life and death, partners of the Justice League!"

"… …" … …

Seeing that a bunch of Flashes were saying this, Superman looked at Cyborg next to him. Since coming here, the Flashes had helped them a lot, and even relied on their super-fast learning ability to quickly help Superman and the others process some documents in Metropolis.

The addition of this group of people greatly alleviated the pressure on Metropolis.

Cyborg was very worried about the current situation and originally wanted to refuse, but the experiment just now proved that Superman could indeed absorb the sun's energy, thinking that it would be good to have an extra backup plan, so he agreed.

"Then sunbathe during the day and work at night. We'll directly make a platform that can gather sunlight, so you can absorb more solar energy."

"Okay!"

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On the other side, the gods who had returned to the temporary building were like they had been injected with chicken blood, humiliated, resentful, and petty.

"Hephaestus, I order you to finish building the Pantheon today! All of us will supervise you. Use it as soon as it's finished!"

Zeus vented his anger on Hephaestus, forcing Hephaestus to finish the work that was originally going to be dragged on until tomorrow.

Hephaestus nodded, accepting the task. He was indeed close to finishing, and it wouldn't be a problem to rush it out today. So, the god Hephaestus immediately waved his divine hammer and began hammering the Pantheon built with Amazonian metal.

Zeus wasn't idle either, frantically finding fault with everything, giving the gods the feeling that Zeus had gone mad with anger.

……

The rapid tapping of keys covered up a lot of sounds.

For example, Athena's departure went unnoticed by any god.

And Athena, she accidentally caught a clumsy fellow sneaking around, not bothering to conceal his divine power as he approached.

It was none other than Shazam.

After leaving the Time Train, this guy went straight to the Rock of Eternity, wanting to see the Shazam wizard of this world.

But when he found it, it was empty, nothing there, as if it had been abandoned for a long time, even the chairs on the altar were broken.

Shazam didn't stay long. As soon as he came out, he went to look for Ben Tennyson, but there was nothing there either.

The divine war had destroyed all the surrounding landmarks. Even with the wisdom of Solomon, it was impossible to find the original hillside coordinates in a plowed field, right?

Alas, after spending so much time, Shazam knew he was already late. He had mentally prepared himself for not seeing the Time Train.

Then, he began to look for the Flash, after all, Ben Tennyson had said that the Flash also had the power to travel through worlds and change the past. As long as he found them, everything could still be turned around. Even if he couldn't find all of them, there would definitely be one left in this world.

The wisdom of Solomon once again played its due role. Relying on the clues in his mind, Shazam felt that the most dangerous place was the most likely place for the Flash to appear!

“Although the Flash is very powerful, I feel like they aren't very smart. They should be easy to find.”

(The Flash: Shut up, Wisdom of Solomon, you have no right to say that about me.)

Then, he sneaked into Olympus.

After all, with a child's mindset, he subconsciously thought that the Flash would go to challenge the gods, so he went to Olympus first.

As soon as he arrived, he was caught by Athena.

The divine power of Zeus on Shazam's body was like the North Star in the night. Athena was speechless, this idiot didn't even bother to conceal it. It was hard for her not to see him.

Chapter 194: Battlefield Star, Golden Legend

“The inheritor of the Shazam wizard? Wow, I thought there wouldn't be an inheritor after he committed suicide. I didn't expect there to be you.”

Shazam was dumbfounded when he heard the shocking news: “What? The old wizard is dead? And he committed suicide? How come I didn't know!”

Athena's eyes gleamed. She was using her divine power to see through Shazam's magical body, seeing the… six children inside him. Each child was imbued with a layer of divine power. The six of them formed Shazam's magical body.

Athena, the goddess of wisdom, understood it, but was greatly shocked!

“…How could it be six children? It seems he had prepared for this in advance.”

The brilliance of divine power surged wildly, helping her deduce the meaning behind the Shazam wizard's actions.

Athena guessed that although the Shazam wizard committed suicide in front of Zeus, he must have made preparations before his suicide, distributing the six types of divine power to these children, which was why he faced death so calmly.

But what was old Shazam's purpose?

As the owner of the divine power, didn't Zeus notice that his divine power wasn't being replenished?

Too strange! This deduction is full of inconsistencies. Even with more divine power, she couldn't deduce the past or future, as if it was blocked by the world.

In fact, the Shazam wizard of this world was indeed dead. When his lifespan was coming to an end and he hadn't found his inheritor, Zeus brought the gods to make trouble for him, asking him to return the power. The Shazam wizard agreed and chose to end his own life. The Shazam inheritance at this point in time was indeed cut off. However, this Shazam from another parallel universe was not affected by this universe.

Shazam: “Hey, lady, did you just say the Shazam wizard is dead? How is that possible? He personally granted us my power.”

Athena's expression was quite complicated, the kind of feeling where she wanted to attack but felt it wasn't right.

She sighed deeply, and then answered Shazam's question:

“Yes, he is dead, he died in front of the gods.

Shazam's power was borrowed from the gods, it didn't belong to him. Only upon his death would the contract be terminated and the power returned.

However, what I didn't expect was that he would leave the power to you… you all.

Since you are his inheritors, what are you doing here? You must stay away from here! The gods won't be lenient just because you are children.”

Especially now, when Zeus is still furious inside.

“Ah? You want me to leave as soon as I arrive? Um, lady, let me ask, is there a Flash here? You know, a guy wearing a red skintight suit who is super fast. I'm looking for him.”

Athena smiled and shook her head, saying:

“The Flash? Never heard of him. Those who are here are all gods of Olympus, they wouldn't wear skintight suits and run around.

You should go to the human city in that direction. Remember to undo your transformation when approaching, they don't like gods there.”

“Oh, okay! I'm leaving, oh I almost forgot, what's your name, lady?”

“Just call me Sister Athena.”

“? You're Athena? Wow, this world is crazy, Athena is running around.”

What was that supposed to mean! Was he mocking her? Athena was a little unhappy, but she didn't show it. She knew it was the unintentional act of a naughty child. Children were just ignorant.

Athena tried to make her tone colder: “Leave quickly, don't you want to be caught by Zeus? And have the power drained from your body?”

“Oh, got it!”

Shazam flew up and headed in the direction Athena pointed, flying at full speed.

“Hey, why do I trust her so much? I really can't understand it.”

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Command Center.

28th floor, originally this was also a training room, but in order for Superman to gain power faster, the Flash and Cyborg moved all the things they didn't need to the 27th floor.

Leaving this entire floor empty, installing mirrors.

The exterior of the tower is also being expanded. Various mechanical platforms have been extended outwards by five meters, creating a device to collect sunlight in the shape of a solar oven. Enough to completely light up this floor.

The gathered light, besides being dazzling, is also… hot!

It's like an oven here, normal people really can't stay!

Superman, on the other hand, felt so good he was floating, really, he was floating a little in place, his feet were off the ground, and energy was being absorbed even faster! The surging light energy washed over his body, and his bio-field was constantly expanding.

His body strength was rapidly increasing. With metabolism, the cells in his body were also iterating and strengthening. The strength of the cells was already able to adapt to this rapid charging method.

Cyborg, who had been observing Superman, looked incredulous: “The speed at which he's getting stronger is completely unscientific! Is this magic?”

Ben Tennyson thought for a while and then explained:

“No, it's a problem with his genes. As for what happens after the strengthening, uh, I can't say for sure.” After Superman gets too much sun, he becomes very unscientific, you could even call it magic.

In short, as long as he gets sunlight, he can become stronger. This can also be considered a gift from the previous generation.

Why are you looking at me like that? I come from a parallel universe, knowing a little about Superman is only reasonable, he was the most popular star in my world.”

Cyborg seemed to have retrieved a keyword, and he asked suspiciously: “Star?”