American comics: The off-the-charts random transformation

"The data channel in the Digital World can be opened using the technology of the Digivice, and this data channel is actually interconnected. Hmm, I know how to implement the transmission technology!"

Next, Batman continued to tinker with a few metal electronic boards, which became the current rudimentary data transmission system.

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Metropolis, Edward's Clothing Store.

Yes, it's the shop that used to make clothes for Tian Xiaoban.

Tian Xiaoban's sudden appearance startled Edward, the owner who was making clothes.

Seven scissors flew up, their blades aimed at Tian Xiaoban.

"Uh, sorry, boss. My ability is to teleport randomly within the metropolis; I didn't mean to scare you!"

Tian Xiaoban raised her hand to indicate that she had no ill intentions.

Across from her, Boss Edward's eyes gleamed with a faint blue light, and all the clothes in his shop seemed to come alive, surrounding Tian Xiaoban.

This is the power granted by the super-potion he took. Telekinesis!

This kind of superpower drug is as common as the healing and life-saving drugs in Gotham. It allows for offense, defense, escape, and fighting, making it a relatively versatile ability that is very popular among the citizens of Metropolis.

"You... oh, I remember now, you're that generous small business owner. It hasn't been that long since I last saw you, and you've gotten taller and stronger."

Edward had measured Tian Xiaoban's body, and with his current muscular physique, he didn't look like someone who could wear his previous clothes.

Boss Edward put a lot of effort into those clothes, but I didn't expect Tian Xiaoban to outgrow them so quickly. Maybe she came here to have a few sets custom-made.

Tian Xiaoban's face lit up with joy: "You actually remember me? That's a real surprise!"

Boss Edward said with certainty, "Of course I remember. You were the first customer to pay with a black card at my store. It's a vivid memory for me."

"Haha..." Tian Xiaoban laughed awkwardly to ease the tension: "Then, can these clothes that look like knives be put back on the wall? I was just passing by..."

Boss Edward waved his hand:

"Oh ho ho, no problem."

Under his telekinetic control, the clothes that had flown out and become as sharp as knives obediently stuck back to the wall.

"So, Mr. Ban, are you getting clothes made today?"

"No, thank you! I have other things to do in the Metropolis, so I'll be going now!"

Be careful when you go out!

"OK, thanks."

……

Jingle ~

As the doorbell rang, Boss Edward remarked with a sigh, "Another young man who's just gained superpowers!"

……

As it turns out, Boss Edward was absolutely right when he said to be careful when going out.

As soon as Tian Xiaoban stepped out, he saw a bunch of superpowered people and then beat up a gene monster.

The ferocious monsters that rampage through Gotham are treated like dogs here, being beaten to the ground by a group of powerful superhumans.

After the beating, the police—no, I mean the military's super-powered special forces team—will soon arrive to take over the gene monster.

Furthermore, the military also has shady financial dealings with the superpowered individuals who subdue monsters.

Tian Xiaoban: "...What the hell? After defeating the monster, I get paid? This..."

He looked around and saw that many people were using superpowers to travel, some flying on clouds, some with hair turning into wing-like structures, some running with sonic booms, and oh, and some with bodies like slimes.

"Has this become the norm here? It's even more exciting than Gotham. In Gotham, only the rich and gangsters have access to superpowers. Holy crap, even homeless people here have superpowers and put on a show on the street..."

Tian Xiaoban wandered around curiously, and when he encountered a riot of gene monsters, he would run up to join in the fun.

Gradually, I figured out the unspoken rules here.

The gene monsters here were reported in the news a long time ago. Don't take too many gene drugs in one day, or you will turn into such a monster.

Furthermore, all the medicines purchased, as well as those distributed by Lex Group, are labeled as one pill per day, and any consequences arising from taking more than one pill are the sole responsibility of the user.

There will always be fools who ignore the risks above, only to gain what they believe to be great power, and then be twisted into monsters by the drugs.

As for what will happen to these monsters afterward, the news and newspapers did not report in detail, only that they will be sent to Lexcorp.

"What's Lai Tu doing? I'll go check it out!"

……

It was on Tian Xiaoban's way to the Lex Park.

The underground research facility of the Lex Group.

More than 400 genetically engineered monsters were locked in experimental cages in the basement.

A tube of blood is drawn every five minutes to conduct multiple comparative experiments.

The chief researcher at Lex Group, who is also known as Lex the Bald, was scratching his bald head, thinking of a solution.

"Damn it, why are so many people ignoring the risks! I've already made it very clear that becoming this thing is irreversible!"

When he got angry, Lex Luthor started smashing things on the lab table.

It's really frustrating sometimes. Who would have thought that the first to experience this kind of genetic breakdown would be the children of high-ranking officials in those countries!

The mischievous kids, being playful and pretentious, ingested an excessive amount of super-powered drugs (after all, poor people wouldn't carry around a bunch of medicine and eat it like candy). As a result, they were directly distorted into genetic monsters by the super-powered drugs, and there were quite a few of them.

Those high-ranking officials are also insane. In order to cure their children, a heartless guy proposed the idea of ​​a city experiment to turn more people into monsters and force the scientists to develop a drug to reverse the monsters as soon as possible.

Then the things that Tian Xiaoban saw happened.

They announced to the entire metropolis what would happen if they took too much of the super-powered drug, and offered an official bounty for capturing the mutated gene monster.

They raised the bounty on the genetically modified monsters to an extremely high level, so high that a large number of people were willing to take risks and commit crimes together for the reward.

They mutate one person into a monster, then the rest of the group use super-powered drugs to defeat him and hand him over to the military, earning a high price for his indenture.

These monsters were then sent to Lex Luthor's laboratory.

The large-scale genetic mutations that have occurred in the city this time are really not Lex Luthor's fault.

Because he was researching other things. He locked himself in the lab for a week without leaving, and cut off all contact with the outside world; even his sister couldn't reach him.

The moment the fruit was produced, the group's CEO, Lina Luther, conscripted him to help research a gene-reversing drug.

At first, he was very excited, after all, Lex Luthor did have some crazy ideas like a scientist.

But after studying it for eight days, he said, "It's hopeless, just wait to die!"

No matter what method he used, he couldn't reverse the genetic monsters. Their genes were just a mountain of crap code; they could run, but he couldn't find the problem.

If you touch it, you'll die instantly.

After their genes collapse, those monsters quickly turn into a thick liquid.

This is the limit of what Lex Luthor can achieve.

But there was one person in the metropolis who still did not give up and chose to continue researching a cure that could reverse genes.

That's Clark Kent from The Daily Planet.

He even captured four genetically modified monsters and kept them in a lonely fortress in the Arctic.

His phantom AI father, with its computing power at full capacity, helped him analyze how to repair those mutated genes.

The final solution is to clone an individual using completely removed genes, transfer the memories from the distorted and alienated body to the clone, and delete the memories from the later alienated state.

Kill the monster and replace it with a clone.

Superman would definitely disagree with this plan.

Thus, the research here also reached a stalemate; a plan was developed, but Superman didn't want to use it.

It's inhumane, both to genetically modified humans and to newborn clones.

For the genetically distorted person, it's tantamount to killing him; for the newborn clone, he is living as someone else.

This is the mess the metropolis has made.

Chapter 140 It's it, it's it, it's the one!

Tian Xiaoban, seemingly possessed by an invisibility spell, swaggered into the headquarters of the Lex Group.

Everything on the way here was quite "normal." Compared to the citizens he had encountered outside, who displayed all sorts of cool skills, this place seemed excessively normal.

In the building closest to the entrance, the employees were not using the super-powered drug; they were still working normally.

He bypassed the crowd and walked deeper and deeper into the area.

"That's strange...where did they go?"

He wandered from the first basement level to the fifth basement level and saw many laboratories, but most of them were empty, as if they had been moved away.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.

Lex Group is such a large company that the entire industrial park belongs to them. The people on the first floor are also very active and don't seem to be just there to make up the numbers.

But this underground testing site looks like the group has run away.

Even if there's no one around in an important area like a laboratory, Lex Group, with its deep pockets, still needs at least a few people to guard it!

……

But the reality is that it's completely empty down there. From the first to the fifth basement level, from the parking lot to the laboratory, there isn't a single living person. In the deepest basement level, the fifth basement level, there are still quite a few unfinished technologies and specimens.

It feels like they've thrown everything from the top to the bottom.

Tian Xiaoban searched for clues in this "garbage dump" to see if any biological data had been preserved.

They found something strange; it was covered by a bunch of things. Tian Xiaoban dug it out and searched for a long time before finding only the joints of the limbs and a head model. There were also a lot of exposed wires behind the head, making it look like a half-finished robot.

Tian Xiaoban carefully examined the semi-finished robot. Despite its simple mechanical structure, it possessed remarkable flexibility. Judging from the surrounding paper materials, the technology originated from Toyman.

"This technology is amazing."

Some time ago, Lex Luthor ordered his researchers to thoroughly understand this technology, but later, this group of researchers withdrew.