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Ch. 191 The Marvelous Superman
🕑 Added 2023-12-06 16:00:08 +0000 UTCAlthough the quantity of rewards was one more than before, in terms of potential and strength, the Kryptonian Heritage was stronger than all the previous five rewards combined.
Of course, because he hadn't exposed himself to the sun yet, Russell's Kryptonian Heritage couldn't unleash its true power.
But this was not a big problem.
It was just a matter of getting some sunlight every day and doing some sunbathing, very simple.
For example, right now, Russell was lying on the sofa chair of the bedroom's open-air balcony, basking in the nourishing sunlight.
Even though he had obtained the Kryptonian Heritage, the aloof system, as always, had not provided a detailed explanation of the Kryptonian Heritage.
It was the same old story; he had to figure everything out on his own.
However, among the information presented on the system page, Russell saw a note he hadn't seen before.
"Regular Reward: Kryptonian Heritage; Evolution Count: 0!"
Although this wasn't the first time Russell had seen a note about the evolution count, he hadn't expected that the Kryptonian Heritage would also have an evolution count note.
Did this mean it was for evolving into the Prime Superman or Golden Superman?
Although the system hadn't explicitly stated that his Kryptonian Heritage was the same as Superman Clark's Kryptonian Heritage, Russell had already assumed this in his mind.
While the DC world had many Kryptonians, the most famous one, of course, was Superman.
Although his system wasn't as user-friendly and versatile as the systems of other space-time travelers, in terms of reward quality, the system was reliable; it wouldn't deceive him with an ordinary Kryptonian Heritage.
After looking at the Kryptonian Heritage reward, he also looked at the other rewards.
For example, the Blessings of Wonder Woman, the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor, and the King's Serum were three rewards with the possibility of further evolution.
Except for the King's Serum, which had 2 evolution counts, the Blessings of Wonder Woman and the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor still had 0 evolution counts.
Just as he was about to close the system page and personally feel the changes in his body, the system suddenly popped up with a message.
"Activate Reward Fusion Function?"
Reward fusion?
The sudden appearance of this message interrupted Russell's thoughts of closing the system page.
Although the system hadn't provided any explanation for this new reward fusion function, just by looking at the name of the new function, he could understand that it meant combining different rewards together.
After thinking for a few seconds, he decisively chose to activate it.
"Reward Fusion Function Activated!"
"Detecting mergeable rewards, do you want to proceed with the fusion?"
"Reward Fusion: Blessings of Wonder Woman, Kryptonian Heritage!"
Russell didn't immediately choose to merge but instead began to think seriously.
Before acquiring the activated Kryptonian Heritage, he had been pondering a question.
Would the extraordinary physique bestowed by the Kryptonian Heritage conflict with the one granted by the Blessings of Wonder Woman?
Or, when both of these rewards were simultaneously activated, would his extraordinary physique be primarily influenced by the Kryptonian Heritage or Blessings of Wonder Woman?
Although on the surface, the Kryptonian Heritage's extraordinary physique would undoubtedly have the upper hand.
The problem was that Blessings of Wonder Woman would manifest earlier.
In terms of transformation time, Blessings of Wonder Woman would evidently take longer to transform him.
However, in terms of the degree of transformation, the Kryptonian Heritage would clearly have a more significant impact on his own transformation.
Blessings of Wonder Woman ultimately bestowed a demi-god physique, fundamentally similar to Diana's.
Although Russell hadn't elevated his extraordinary physique to the level of Diana's before, fundamentally, his extraordinary physique was the same.
A demi-god physique, while powerful, still retained half of his human lineage.
Although Diana had a human lineage that wasn't typical of Earth's humans but rather that of the Amazons, it was still a human race.
In contrast, Kryptonians were entirely different.
Kryptonians were a pure alien race.
Although Kryptonians looked exactly like Earth humans, there was a fundamental difference between the two.
If the extraordinary physique granted by the Kryptonian Heritage took precedence, it would mean that Russell's identity would change from a born-and-raised Earth human to an alien.
The change in identity was a small matter, and Russell's main concern was whether, when both Blessings of Wonder Woman and the Kryptonian Heritage simultaneously granted him an extraordinary physique, one of the rewards' effects would be canceled out.
Or in other words, these two reward effects would overlap.
And overlap meant wastage.
If he were playing a game right now, Russell would definitely carefully consider whether to merge Blessings of Wonder Woman and the Kryptonian Heritage.
After all, in games, merging could sometimes fail.
But this wasn't a game now, so Russell quickly made his decision.
Based on the system's past performance, it was unlikely to deceive him in this regard.
If the system wanted to deceive him, it wouldn't need to go through so much trouble.
"Fusion!"
Russell decisively chose fusion.
"Fusion in progress..."
When this message appeared before his eyes, Russell, who was lying on the sofa chair basking in the sun, suddenly felt an indescribable strangeness.
It wasn't pain, but it wasn't a pleasant feeling either.
It was a strange feeling that couldn't be described in words.
Moreover, as Blessings of Wonder Woman and the Kryptonian Heritage began to merge, Russell's symbiote inside him became somewhat restless, turning into numerous tentacles of varying sizes that emerged from his body.
In normal circumstances, Russell could easily control these tentacles.
But now, he could only watch as these tentacles wrapped around him.
In the blink of an eye, he was wrapped up like a mummy by his own symbiote tentacles.
Then, he turned into a white cocoon-like sphere.
Russell had just transformed into a "cocoon," and Diana, who was reading a book in the bedroom, sensed that something was amiss and teleported to the balcony.
Upon seeing Russell on the sofa turned into a "cocoon," Diana furrowed her delicate and enticing brows, a hint of worry flickering across her beautiful face.
After scrutinizing Russell for more than a minute, Diana turned back to the bedroom, picked up her book, and returned to the balcony, sitting on the sofa next to Russell, continuing to read.
When his symbiote wrapped himself uncontrollably into a "cocoon," Russell lost all sense of the outside world.
He felt like he was immersed in a warm spring, completely warm all over.
At the same time, an irresistible drowsiness overtook him.
Russell didn't know how long he had slept.
When he woke up, he found that the symbiote tentacles on his body had disappeared, and he still maintained the posture of lying on the sofa basking in the sun.
After opening his eyes, he didn't hesitate and reopened the system.
"Fusion completed!"
"Evolution Reward: The Marvelous Superman; Status: Activated; Activation Conditions: Fusion of 'Blessings of Wonder Woman' and 'Kryptonian Heritage'; Activation Effect: Become a Superman with Divine Power; Evolution Count: 1!"
The Marvelous Superman?
Looking at the name of this evolution reward in front of him, Russell silently criticized the system for its naming incompetence.
As usual, the system's explanation was simple and to the point.
However, what attracted Russell's attention now was not the activation effect that said he would become a Superman with Divine Power but the part that followed: "Evolution Count: 1!"
Transforming two regular rewards with partially overlapping effects into a new evolution reward, it had to be said, this approach was quite systematic!
