American comic book red Superman

"Ah."

Luo Wei nodded, then went to help Qingli tidy up the guest room. The house his parents were allocated back then was quite nice, with three bedrooms plus a study, and a large area.

It's spacious, but the guest room is rarely occupied. Fortunately, there are spare blankets, and the beds and chairs are covered with cloth. You just need to lift the cloth and put the blankets on the beds so you can sleep. Anyway, Qingli is a superhuman with superhuman physical abilities, so sleeping in this kind of bed shouldn't be a problem.

Am I sleeping here tonight?

The green snake, having just finished its bath, suddenly appeared behind him, its body exuding the subtle fragrance of shampoo.

"Why do you walk so quietly?"

Luo Wei wasn't exaggerating; this girl really walks without making a sound. She's like a ghost floating by. Just now, I vaguely heard a gentle breeze caressing my ear.

"It was a habit I had when hunting prey before."

The green snake awkwardly explained, "I didn't mean to scare you."

"Catching prey?"

Lowe keenly caught the word, smiled, and asked, "You seem to really enjoy hunting."

"It's not that I like hunting, it's just that if I don't hunt, I won't have any food to eat."

The green snake told the truth.

"You like to eat rabbits and hunt, your hands and feet are always cold, and you live deep in the mountains. You wouldn't happen to be a snake spirit, would you?"

With his super vision scanning her, Luo Wei noticed that her body temperature was significantly lower than normal, much lower. He could tell without touching her that the girl in front of him would be very cold to hug; she was clearly more suited to summer than autumn or winter.

"you"

Green Snake was startled by his words; he had guessed everything. But Aunt Huang had said this matter couldn't be known by outsiders, so she quickly composed herself, looked up at the tall Luo Wei, frowned, and said irritably, "Cousin, why are you calling me a snake spirit for no reason?"

"No, you are not a snake spirit."

"Lowe said."

Yes, I'm not.

The green snake narrowed its eyes, sharp as a snake, but bit its lip and said something against its will.

"Alright, get some rest. Your cousin will take you out to play tomorrow, it's the weekend."

Luo Wei patted her head lightly and went back to his room.

Green Snake wanted to ask what holiday it was on the weekend, but the boy had already walked away. However, smelling the lingering scent in the air, she muttered, "This cousin is a bit strange; his vitality is more vigorous than anyone I've ever met."

From the moment she saw Luo Wei, she sensed it. As someone with special abilities, she could clearly feel this. However, considering her cousin's tall and strong physique, it was normal for him to have abundant qi and blood.

Next room.

"I didn't expect even the Green Snake to come out."

Luo Wei lay on the bed, recalling the various reactions of the blue fox just now, and knew that his previous guess had been confirmed. Now he had guessed that the blue fox that his parents brought back seemed to be a blue snake.

In his memory, there was indeed a Green Snake in DC China. However, the Green Snake in his memory was ten years later. At that time, the Green Snake was already a mature woman and had joined the China Self-Strengthening Department, forming a superhero alliance with several people. But the Green Snake now was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, looking naive and innocent. He easily tricked her into revealing all her secrets without her realizing it. Indeed, most ancient people were quite honest and innocent.

The appearance of the Green Serpent didn't threaten Luo Wei; he was merely surprised. He had previously assumed that no Green Serpent existed in this universe, and now it seemed his earlier assumption was clearly wrong. However, the deviation wasn't significant, because the Green Serpent and memories of this universe...

The differences within.

Judging from the information exchanged between his father and Director Zhang during their phone call, this version of Green Snake should be far stronger than the one he remembered. The Green Snake in his original memory was actually a weakened version of Wonder Woman, with similar abilities in wielding a spear, and even similar titles. Apart from that, her only highlight was that she could transform into a snake, but her combat power was far inferior to Wonder Woman's. It can be said that if the two were to have a face-to-face duel, Green Snake would probably be completely crushed, after all, the latter has demigod blood.

"It seems the world is becoming more and more interesting, but also more and more unsettling."

Lowe understands that the more superheroes appear, the more dangerous the world will become, and that an invasion of Earth in the future is inevitable. The invaders could be Darkseid, who has long coveted the Mother Box, or other races, or even villains from a future timeline, or even from another Earth. This is where DC can never predict how villains will appear. Just like Superman, who could have imagined that one day the Justice League's opponent would be his own counterpart? Superman also realized that he was a completely different version of himself!

Moreover, besides the various major events that may occur in this world, Zod, a fellow Kryptonian, will also come looking for him in the future. As long as the Codex of Life is still inside him, Zod will come, since the Codex of Life is the most crucial link in reviving Kryptonian civilization.

Such a future is full of endless variables for Luo Wei.

Only by improving one's own strength can one cope with all possible variables.

Now, Luo Wei faces only one problem: how to improve his strength as quickly as possible. Sunbathing is the simplest and fastest method for the past decade or so, but he's found that as he gets older, relying solely on sunbathing to improve his strength is too slow. The rate of improvement is much slower than before; it's no longer like when he was a child, where a year of sunbathing would result in a new superpower being developed. Perhaps because he was too weak before, even the slightest improvement was clearly perceptible, but now the improvement seems insignificant.

"The Codex of Life, the Wisdom of the Kryptonians"

Looking out the window at the myriad stars in the deep sky, Luo Wei muttered to himself, "I should go to the Arctic spaceship tomorrow."

"I hope the Code of Life will bring me some surprises."

[PS: Thank you to "风起南北", "的小书僃", and "cyyghu" for the monthly tickets! Thanks to "Baiyi" for the reward! Thank you all for your support, and thank you to everyone who gave recommendation tickets!]

Chapter 27: Extinguishing a Star with a Breath

Night had fallen, and the old town was completely silent. Only the autumn wind was bleak, and the streets were deserted and without a sound. Looking out the window, all the residential buildings around were dark. Most of the people living here were elderly and worked regular jobs. Very few of them stayed up late. This explained why the nightlife in the old town was not vibrant and there were no entertainment venues. After all, if someone were to open an entertainment venue in such a place, they would probably go bankrupt in less than half a month.

At this hour, Luo Wei listened to the sounds. His parents were asleep, snoring quite loudly. Fortunately, the soundproofing was good, and he couldn't hear them unless he used his super hearing. However, it seemed that the green snake next door was still awake.

"Bang!" The door to the next room opened, followed by a series of light footsteps. Green Snake was probably not wearing shoes; you could tell she was barefoot, her delicate white feet making a muffled sound as she dragged something from the living room into the room, rubbing it against the floor.

"Ok?"

Luo Wei wasn't asleep. He looked through the wall into the living room. He usually went to bed very late. Since becoming Superman, he used to go out for a walk at night and only come back to take a nap when it was almost dawn. Anyway, sleeping was just a routine for him. Whether he slept or not didn't matter. As long as the sun didn't go out, he wouldn't fall down.

Just then, the green snake outside was dragging a large cardboard box back into the room. The box was the packaging box from when she bought the TV. After dragging it back into the room, she spread all the blankets from the bed on the bottom of the box, making it into the shape of a nest. Then she curled up softly, hugged her knees, and lay down in the box to go to sleep.

"It really is a snake."

Luo Wei paused for a moment and looked away. It seemed that the current Green Snake still retained her old habits. Like snakes, she liked to sleep in enclosed spaces, just like when she ate meat, she liked to swallow it without chewing.

However, snakes mostly choose to sleep in enclosed spaces because they lack a sense of security. The girl sleeping in the cardboard box is frowning, her head covered by a blanket. It's clear that the unfamiliar environment is making her a little scared, which is understandable. The green snake is not a modern person, but an ancient person who has been asleep for thousands of years. When she woke up, the outside world had undergone tremendous changes over the millennia. The green snake's memory is still stuck in yesterday. It would be hard for anyone to accept, because the outside world is unfamiliar to her and full of unknowns. For intelligent beings, the unknown often reveals danger and fear.

Yet one has to admire Green Snake's courage, daring to sneak off to Green Vine City. Perhaps the girl's yearning for freedom far outweighed her fear, or perhaps she wanted to quickly understand the unknown world and dispel her fear.

"It's only a little past eleven, let's go out for a walk."

Luo Wei didn't fall asleep either. He'd probably gotten into a habit lately of going out for a walk before bed. Although the crime rate had plummeted over the past month and Green Vine City was now much less criminal, he still occasionally encountered some stubborn criminals who managed to slip through the net. Some people had never been caught and had no idea how ruthless Superman was. Of course, some people, even after being caught, would still stubbornly return to their old ways.

People often harbor a sense of侥幸心理 (a gambler's mentality), especially when committing crimes.

They always felt they wouldn't get caught, so they pulled off one heist, and with this侥幸心理 (a sense of侥幸, or a feeling of getting away with something), they pulled off one heist after another. Once there's a first time, there will be a second, all stemming from the desires in their hearts.

However, despite arresting so many people so far, Luo Wei has not caught a single person again. It's possible that he went too far. Even if those arrested are released, they will need some time to recover from their injuries. It's unknown whether the money earned from the crimes will be enough to cover their medical expenses. After all, the warden will not reimburse the criminals for their subsequent medical expenses; at most, he can only ensure that they don't die in prison.

Don't blame Luo Wei for being ruthless; without taking drastic measures, it's hard to teach someone a lesson.

However, Luo Wei did not expect that not long after he went out, the green snake, who had been lying in the cardboard box in the next room and could not fall asleep for a long time, also crawled out. She looked out the window and gazed into the distance, her eyes reflecting the outline of the brightly lit city, and her expression gradually became longing.

She muttered to herself, "Aunt Huang and my cousin should be asleep. I hope no one will know if I go out for a walk."

As she spoke, the girl's figure disappeared from the window, leaving only the curtains swaying gently, and the moonlight outside shining into the empty room.

South of the city.

After leaving, Luo Wei flew all the way here without catching a single person. It was late, and no one dared to commit crimes outside. However, this was limited to outdoor areas because he couldn't possibly use his super senses to search every indoor entertainment venue. Even though he knew there were many pickpockets in those places, he didn't specifically look for them. There were countless entertainment venues of all sizes in the city, and he couldn't possibly search them all. He could only say that he would only pickpocket someone if he happened to encounter one. He would leave the rest to the police to handle, otherwise those guys would really be out of a job.

"You brat, what are you doing wandering around here? Go home and get some sleep!"

On a dark street in the south of the city, a man in green waved his long stick at a young thug who had been squatting next to an electric scooter for a while, scaring the thug away.

Qingyi didn't rush to leave. He leaned against the wall, smoked a cigarette, and only after confirming that the thugs wouldn't come back did he pick up his long stick and leave.

After walking a few steps, a familiar voice came from behind, "Why haven't I seen you around lately? Are you planning to retire?"

The woman in green turned around, saw the familiar Superman, smiled and said, "With you here, I can hardly stand staying in the south of the city anymore. I can hardly find any villains all day long, and I'm living a very leisurely life."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

As Luo Wei spoke, he took him to a rooftop. The rooftop was very quiet. The south of the city wasn't all entertainment venues; there were also residential areas. However, most of the residential buildings weren't built by real estate developers. Instead, they were mostly built by locals who paid for them. They were generally used for rent or for their own residence. These buildings were clustered together, with the tallest being only six floors. Any taller would require an elevator according to regulations. These clusters of buildings formed what is known as residential areas.

"I didn't expect that you would intimidate the entire south of the city in just over a month. Now those gangsters on the streets have disappeared. You know, the authorities have spent more than ten years cleaning them up."

Qingyi spoke with deep emotion. For someone who grew up in the south of the city, the changes in public security in the south over the past month were clearly visible.

Some people are just afraid of becoming the next Liu Beisan.

"Once things calm down, they'll resurface."

Luo Wei answered slowly.

"In any case, they were scared."

"That's what Qingyi said."

"They were already afraid before I showed up, but their fear didn't calm them down."

Luo Wei replied in a deep voice, "As long as a person has a conscience, they will never feel at ease after doing something wrong. To be precise, they are afraid of being punished because the truth will eventually be revealed."

"That's true, people who do wrong will always live in the shadows."

The woman in green felt the same way.

He then said, "What, aren't you going to patrol other districts?"

"No need, I can hear you."

Lowe pointed to his ear. "The police use radios, I listen with my ears."

"How could that be? You're not someone who can hear everything."

Qingyi smiled, not believing it.

"Really, shh."

As Luo Wei was speaking, his expression suddenly turned serious. "Someone is calling for help," he said.

"Are you serious?"

Seeing his serious expression, Qingyi realized he wasn't joking.

"Ah."

Luo Wei was absolutely certain he hadn't misheard, so he immediately grabbed Qingyi's shoulder and flew towards the source of the sound.

"Wait, we're about to fly out of Green Vine City, are you sure you didn't hear me wrong?"

The man in green was startled by the speed of his flight. The scenery below turned into afterimages and flashed past his eyes. He could only hear the sound of the wind. Moreover, he had already flown away from the city. He knew that if he flew any further, he would really fly out of Green Vine City. This made him wonder how he could hear the cries for help from such a distance!

Luo Wei didn't say anything, flew over the buildings, left Green Vine City, and flew straight along the national highway.

A moment later, he suddenly stopped. His face, which had appeared dark in the night, was now suddenly shrouded in a crimson glow, and his pupils reflected a brilliant red light. The red light swayed in the wind, growing stronger and stronger, illuminating the night, and everything was immersed in the fiery red light!

"on fire!"

The woman in green looked down, her pupils suddenly contracting.