Miss Serena's daily rent collection in American comics

"Human beings are actually very strange. They always have a mysterious confidence in things they have never experienced personally. I still remember watching a ridiculous news story on TV when I was in high school. A reporter interviewed a man offline who claimed that he could drink freshly boiled water. Everyone thought he actually had some special ability, but when the reporter took him to the hospital to try to prove it, the doctor successfully exposed the man's lie after two consecutive experiments."

Catherine walked slowly to Eric's side, and now it was very difficult for this daywalker to even turn over.

"A lot of people don't know that there is a follow-up to that news. When someone asked him why he felt he could drink 100-degree boiling water, he said that he used to drink water from a cold cup. Since he had never drunk water that had just come out of the kettle, he thought that boiled water was just like that. Even if 100-degree water is hotter, the human body is still 37 degrees..."

But unfortunately, the Blade Warrior on the ground probably can't hear these words now.

"I think you are very similar to him. As for how you are similar, you may need to think about it yourself."

As she spoke, Catherine stepped over the lifeless body on the ground.

"A vampire died of heavy bleeding... Great, another hell joke for today."

〖Currently available points: 330〗

(PS: I secretly stretched out my hand and started waiting for the tickets...)

Chapter 148 Hunter and Prey

Catherine, who successfully completed the first raid in her life, stood on the top of the damaged building and looked out.

To be honest, she always felt that what she was experiencing now was somewhat similar to a novel by the founder of the infinite flow that she had read before the first time she traveled through time. However, whether it was the first time she traveled through time a long time ago, or the second time she traveled through time now, she did not lose her love for life like the protagonists in the infinite horror novels, and could not find the meaning of continuing to live. In fact, long before the first time she traveled through time, she was already a truly high-end talent with an income close to the ceiling of the industry, and even had a car exclusively provided by the unit and department. The reason was simple, mainly because her former university major was called "Conventional Application of Atomic Energy and Frontier Theoretical Design"...

Before she traveled through time, she was also a super engineer who participated in the main design of the nuclear fusion reactor and independently completed the miniaturization of the reactor.

Thanks to her high talent in the field of atomic energy, she never felt financially constrained even after she found herself in a parallel America. Oppenheimer was her student, and the Manhattan Project was something she completed. After the celebration banquet that day, she was going to take a cruise to her hometown on the other side of the ocean. But when she woke up, she found herself in a huge arena with many Marvel characters fighting...

The foolish Mulang thought she was some young girl who had never seen the world, but she didn't know that after two lives, she was almost 70 years old. So when she saw the Soviet nuclear backpack full of the atmosphere of the Cold War, she instantly realized that she might have experienced another time travel. And the time point of this time travel was actually very close to the present.

The reason why she was so sure that this was not the future of her world was mainly because in the Manhattan Project, she and all the nuclear industry personnel in the United States signed an agreement that even Hoover didn't know about, and they also tampered with the formula and the insurance of the nuclear bomb. If a nuclear war really broke out in that world, the party that dropped the nuclear bomb first would definitely suffer in the end. And she also knew very well that the reason why the Soviets in that world were able to develop nuclear bombs was because she helped them to desert.

Su Mei in that world had her formulas and configurations buried in her hands. As long as the two sides dared to start a war, the only superpower in the world would probably only be born in the East...

As a time traveler, she could use almost everything she could to the fullest. Even if she wanted to make money in that world, she didn't need to set up any leading enterprises. Just speculating in futures, using financial means from the mid-to-late 21st century, and harvesting the old hats from the early 20th century was enough for her to make a lot of money. But she didn't do that, mainly because it would make her feel very boring, so the capital masters and speculators of that era successfully escaped.

Her original plan was to quickly improve the technological power of the 20th century and see if she could use her own strength to help all of humanity enter the interstellar age ahead of time. After all, she really missed the rings around Saturn...

"But having said that, although the effect of this thing is strong, it seems to be quite corrosive."

After a period of testing, Catherine discovered that the effective range of vampire vision seemed to be only about one kilometer in radius with herself as the center. As she frequently used these abilities, she also found that the gloves that seemed to be integrated with her hands were now almost spreading to her elbows. The red scales now completely covered her forearms, and even her nails grew outwards for about two centimeters, not only becoming pitch black, but also very strong and sharp.

"Even my strength has begun to increase. In other words, even if I don't suck blood, I can still get a slight improvement just by killing the enemy..."

Honestly, this feeling of mismatching the goods reminded Catherine of a crappy thing that had appeared in the Marvel Universe—the snake crown of the evil god Set.

However, the money demanded by the loot exchange was very different from the snake crown that she remembered when she killed a chicken and was willing to give it to you. So for a moment, she couldn't tell whether this thing was more beneficial than harmful, or more harmful than beneficial...

"But one thing is certain. If you want to survive here, you must not get hung up on moral issues. And you must go to extremes when it comes to abilities and items. Otherwise, it's easy to become just like everyone else after meeting some supermodel characters."

Although the latest comics were no longer available after she traveled through time, Catherine had read a lot of American comics before she traveled through time. As for whether comic characters are powerful, she has summarized three points. Either they are very popular, so they can win wherever they go. Or they are extreme enough, such as the famous Dracula, who can't even be killed by the death of the Marvel Universe. Or they are about to have a personal movie, such as Black Adam from DC next door. After once becoming the god of versions, the box office of the movie just flopped, and he immediately fell from the altar. After that, he rarely appeared in comics, and even Shazam didn't ask him to be the villain. Instead, Hera was brought out to whip the corpse, which was so pitiful...

"Huh? What is that."

Catherine was standing on the rooftop to check the positions of other contestants when she suddenly noticed a small white dot in the sky, wobbling towards her.

"It looks like..."

Not long after, the white spot disappeared instantly. About two seconds later, she suddenly heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground about thirty meters below her.

"Some Iron Man who doesn't know the universe?"

Catherine emerged from the shadows and looked with interest at the playboy who crawled out of a huge mecha in front of her, cursing.

〖Anthony Edward Stark (Iron Man)〗

[Reward points after killing: 1850]

"Hello, Mr. Tony Stark."

Stark, who had just climbed out of the mecha, had not yet had time to stand up when he suddenly heard a greeting from behind him.

"And...goodbye."

When he turned his head in astonishment, a gunshot rang out, smashing his head into pieces...

〖Currently available points: 2180〗

(PS: Miss Catherine is going crazy! She is indeed the protagonist's counterpart in the Ultimate Universe...)

(PS2: Then he stretched out a hand, put it in the bowl and started waiting for the ticket.)

Chapter 149: Miss Catherine is strengthened again

"It seems that I can go to the Loot Exchange to make purchases again. So thank you... our generous Mr. Tony Stark."

After bending down and giving a noble salute to the unfortunate Iron Man who had already turned into a corpse on the ground, Catherine activated her monkey version of space teleportation again and appeared in the abandoned building where the Blade Warrior was killed before. As a temporary base, this place is still very safe. Because her vampire vision can clearly see that this is the farthest place from other participants. It's as if... there is something that makes them subconsciously dare not approach here.

〖Currently exchangeable items are as follows〗

〖深红祭祀教本（100）、M500转轮手枪（60）、宇宙立方（27000）、绝境病毒（800）、鲜血圣衣（2000）、黄金哨兵血清（13000）〗

[Crimson Sacrifice Textbook (Mythology): This is a textbook left behind by the Crimson Sacrifice. After using it, there is a 10% chance of obtaining the blessing of the Lord of the Crimson Universe, greatly improving the bloodline or ability of demons. Note that this item can only be used once regardless of success or failure.]

〖M500 Revolver (item): An oversized caliber pistol from Smith & Wesson, said to be able to bring down an elephant with one shot. Note that this item only comes with 6 spare rounds.〗

[Cosmic Cube (Supreme): Keep improving, kid. Keep improving...]

[Extremis (Epic): A brand new version created by Stark Industries, which can greatly enhance the user's appearance and strength. Please note that the trial period of this item is only one month, and you need to pay $100 per day on the Extremis APP.]

[Blood Cloth (Legend): The wizards of ancient times always had some wild ideas. They made some kind of magic weapon out of Cain's original sin. After wearing it, you will gain the seven original sins, and all your attacks will cause judgment effects. Note that this item will greatly increase the hatred of the Crusader camp.]

[Golden Sentinel Serum (Mythic): After use, you will gain the power of a million stars, but you need to inject it again every 7 to 14 days. Note that this item is highly addictive.]

"Tsk tsk, it makes me want to just clear this pool. I can't afford any of the things I want. There are only four things I can afford. But two of them are useless to me, and the other one has a probability of being useful..."

Catherine curled her lips in dissatisfaction. The moment she saw the Cosmic Cube, her attention was drawn to it. Unfortunately, the sky-high price of 27,000 points made her feel daunted. In her opinion, the extremely high bounty offered by Tony Stark just now was probably just an exception. As for the reward points, she actually had some guesses. This thing was likely related to the number of participants killed. She clearly remembered that when Tony Stark saw her bounty, he was stunned.

But the only bad thing is that Catherine herself cannot see the amount of her own bounty...

"Although I'm skeptical about my luck, but since you're cheap enough, I'll take a gamble."

Catherine bought the Blood Cloth from the Loot Exchange, and after hesitating for a while, she also exchanged the Crimson Sacrifice Textbook. It takes 100 points to refresh the prize pool, and the textbook also takes 100 points, so after thinking about it, she felt that she might as well take a gamble. Anyway, Cyttorak is basically a food delivery outside the Crimson Universe, and a mere captain of the universe can send it back home. If this textbook can really attract Cyttorak from the Crimson Universe, then let it fight with the organizer of this battle royale and both sides will suffer losses. From the result alone, she feels pretty good.

"Huh? This style and feel..."

Catching the Blood Cloth that appeared out of thin air, Catherine frowned slightly. This thing was just like the Vampire Hand she exchanged last time. It was hard to describe in terms of both appearance and feel. Judging from the style, this thing seemed to be some kind of very close-fitting leather clothing, which could almost cover a person from head to toe, with only the face exposed. Its exterior was also covered with a layer of strange scales, and the lining seemed to be some kind of latex-like material. Unfortunately, this was just an appearance. If you really touch it, you will find that... it is still something like skin.

"Dracula again, Cain again... Haha, it seems like I really have a connection with things like vampires and demons."

Although she said she was disgusted, Catherine's hands were not slow at all. After taking off her tattered pajamas, she quickly found the front and back of the blood-stained holy garment.

"If there's no zipper... that means it's pierced through the neck."

Catherine stretched the collar of the blood-stained holy garment open with force and first put her left foot inside the garment.

However, the difficulty of putting on the suit, which she had imagined to be as bad as a diving suit, did not appear. Her feet slid to the bottom very smoothly. When she put her other foot in, the suit even began to move towards her body, helping her put it on.

"Tsk... As expected, it's another thing that can combine with living things."

Catherine put on the Blood Cloth without much effort, and soon she felt a heat coming from all parts of her body. It didn't take long for this Cloth, which was like an ancient magical instrument of some kind of symbiosis, to take over the functions of her skin. With the weak night vision given to her by vampire vision, she could even see sweat coming out of the surface of the Cloth, as if it was really her own skin...

"And then there's... the textbook."

Catherine stretched her body for a while, but didn't feel any special changes in her body. She turned her gaze to the huge textbook at her feet.

"How do I use this thing?"

Catherine picked up the Crimson Sacrifice textbook and flipped through it again and again, only to find that except for the first sentence at the beginning, she didn't recognize a single word of the rest of the content.

"Do you want to... read the words on it?"

After flipping through the textbook for a long time without finding anything useful, Catherine returned to the first page.

"Then... praise... praise my Lord?"

As soon as she finished her words, a flash of scarlet light instantly filled everything in her vision...

(PS: Cytorak felt a word of danger suddenly flash over his head...)

(PS2: Then he stretched out a hand, put it in the bowl and started waiting for the ticket.)

Chapter 150 Where does the real threat come from

"Fuck..."

Catherine emerged from the blood cocoon and looked at her reflection in the blood in disbelief, her whole body wrapped in some kind of black gelatinous substance. After a long while, she screamed in a slightly dull voice.

[Mother of Aberration (Power): All negative effects you cause will take effect permanently, and all recovery effects you cause will be increased by 200%. When you recover in a healthy state, for every 10% of your maximum health restored, you can summon a scarlet chain of Cyttorak to force you to deal true damage equal to 50% of your cumulative health restored this time.]

"It actually worked? I...I won my bet!"

As the black gelatin continued to fade from her body, Catherine soon felt a huge force rising in her body. Not only did her speed and strength increase greatly, but even her vampire vision, which originally only covered a radius of one kilometer, almost tripled, allowing her to easily see enemies farther away.

"About... one hundred and eighty-three hearts?"

Catherine looked around and quickly locked onto the locations of the other participants. However, many of them were far away from her. She had thought that the 74 participants were already a lot, but who would have thought that within this small area of ​​28 square kilometers, there were nearly 200 comic book superheroes! But what she couldn't believe the most was the huge size of the venue. She had thought that this place would be at most a dozen square kilometers, but now it seemed that its area was probably much larger than she had imagined...

〖Peter Parker (Spider-Man)〗

[Reward points after killing: 2100]

But just as Catherine was standing there admiring the generosity of the creator of this battle royale game, two lines of small words suddenly appeared in her sight, instantly making her expression become a little serious.

"Oh my God! You...you actually killed him! This...Oh my God, this is terrible! You actually killed him, I clearly...No, why didn't you run away? Why are you still here? Damn it, this kind of thing is not in my plan."

Catherine narrowed her eyes slightly, and a chattering voice came from the darkness. She knew it was from Spider-Man Peter Parker, but facing this good neighbor of New York citizens, her expression was not relaxed at all.

"No heartbeat..."

The enhanced vampire vision has now developed night vision. Therefore, Catherine can clearly see a figure wearing a ragged red and blue uniform hiding in a dark corner. Although the game gave a bounty tip for the other party, she did not see the heartbeat of a living person on the other party.

"Hey, lady! You should remember me, right? When that vampire hunter with Nazi ideas was chasing you, I helped you drive him away."

As if noticing Katherine's vigilance, the Spider-Man hiding in the shadows quickly spoke.

"Of course I remember you. I'm not blind, nor am I stupid. But compared to all that, I'm more curious about one question... Which universe's Peter Parker are you from?"

Catherine stood there without moving. She just manipulated the blood on the ground to form a light dress on the shiny rubber suit that wrapped her body. Now the skin below her face has turned into a devilish red and covered with scales. Although she didn't understand whether this was the result of Cytorak's blessing or the corrosiveness of the vampire's hand itself, her physical fitness might have reached the level of Captain America, but compared with Spider-Man in front of her, there is still a big gap.

"Me? I don't know. I've never explored this question. But... why don't you run? Those guys are coming soon! If they can't get food, they will go crazy soon. And..."

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Catherine who was standing there.