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[Superman] Chapter 122: Completion of the Teleportation Gun, Nebula Devouring Planet
🕑 Added 2024-05-01 17:01:12 +0000 UTC"The superpower I've acquired seems to be manipulating flames!"
Looking at the flames dancing on his hands like elves, Reed couldn't help but feel a strong excitement in his eyes.
Although the ability to manipulate flames couldn't guarantee its strength at the moment.
But there was no doubt about one thing, it was cool enough.
After the surprise, Reed began to study his current state in detail.
Finally, after some testing, he came to an astonishing conclusion.
Not only could he manipulate flames with his hands, but he was also not burned by the high temperature of the flames. He could even cover every part of his body with flames.
It's not an exaggeration to say that he could instantly transform himself into a flame person.
Moreover, the flames burning on him were not ordinary flames.
The temperature was much higher than when ordinary flames burned.
Even under extreme conditions, it could reach temperatures close to the surface of the sun.
On Earth, there were few materials that could withstand this temperature.
Moreover, after he completely transformed himself into the form of a flame person, he could even use the gas produced by the combustion of flames to fly freely in the air.
This was a strong temptation that could not be refused by any human who yearned to fly.
After discovering this characteristic, the excited Reid, without hesitation, returned to Earth.
Immediately, he experienced the exhilarating feeling of flying freely in the air like Superman.
"Mr. Superman, were you this excited the first time you experienced flying?"
Soon, Reed, who had returned to the space station through the teleportation gate, still couldn't hide the excitement and excitement on his face, asking Peter for advice.
"Well, a little bit..."
Thinking back to the excitement he felt when he first gained superpowers and awakened his bio-force field, he couldn't wait to experience the excitement of flying.
Peter couldn't help but reveal a smile full of memories.
However, as his strength continued to grow, his flying speed also became faster and faster, until it was almost impossible to measure it numerically.
But his initial excitement for flying was also diminishing.
Until now, he had almost completely turned flying into his instinct, like humans needing to eat and drink, forming a habit.
It seemed that he would never feel such strong excitement for it again.
...
Now, what can be confirmed is this.
The superpower-bestowing device created by Reed does indeed have the effect of bestowing humans with special superpowers.
However, although the experiment was successful.
But that doesn't mean that the current level is already considered completely perfect.
At this moment, the superpowers bestowed by this device are all random, and it's impossible to selectively bestow humans with a certain type of special superpower.
Moreover, there is no precise conclusion as to what kind of superpowers it can bestow upon humans.
If you're lucky enough, you might, like Reed, gain a powerful and cool ability like manipulating flames.
But if you're unlucky, you might end up like Ben in the original plot, gaining the ability to transform into a stone person.
Although the acquired power is powerful enough, few people would probably accept turning their handsome face and body into a monster made up of pieces of stone.
So, Reed is not planning to stop researching in this area.
Peter naturally didn't oppose this and let him continue his research.
"Mr. Superman, would you like to try it too? See what kind of superpower you can gain?"
Suddenly, Reed asked Peter eagerly.
He really wanted to know what kind of special abilities Peter, who already possessed superman's power, could gain.
"Let's forget about it. Let's talk about it when your research is more advanced and can accurately bestow certain special superpowers upon humans."
Thinking that he might lose his handsome face and become an ugly stone person, Peter naturally refused Reed's proposal without hesitation.
"Well, although I can eliminate the impact of the experiment on humans for now, it's not truly perfect yet."
Reed's idea just came up at this moment, so he didn't feel too regretful about being rejected.
After all, the current device still has a lot of room for improvement.
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Superman, during the time you were away from Earth, I didn't just research this device that can bestow superpowers on humans."
Reed seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Peter again with excitement on his face.
"I'm sorry for doubting your suggestion before, that making the teleportation gate into the shape of a toy gun wasn't feasible."
"In fact, your suggestion seems to be feasible."
Originally, Reed had some doubts about Peter's suggestion at first.
However after some research, he found that it was indeed feasible and could make the cumbersome and massive teleportation gate more convenient and portable.
"You see, this is the experimental prototype of the teleportation gun that I made according to your instructions."
As he spoke, Reed took out a device from the safe, which looked like a toy water gun and was mostly made of vibranium.
"This teleportation gun is mostly made of vibranium, with a small ark reactor inside for power supply, and it can be replaced."
"It has a tough shell and is not easily destroyed. Even if the internal energy device is damaged, it will not pose a threat to the user."
Reed introduced the teleportation gun made of silver-white vibranium to Peter.
"However, this is only the first-generation prototype I made, and its functions are very simple, that is, close-range teleportation."
"Just like this."
After the introduction, Reed aimed at the front without hesitation and pulled the trigger of the teleportation gun.
Buzz!
Accompanied by a strange vibration and buzzing sound.
On the silver-white gun body, you could see the process of energy rapidly flowing and converging from the ark reactor towards the muzzle.
Eventually, the massive energy formed a brilliant blue energy beam at the muzzle, like a flowing stream, and then surged out.
Soon, the gushing blue energy formed a blue light curtain about a meter ahead.
Under the diffusion of the light curtain, a blue teleportation gate quickly formed.
And almost simultaneously, another blue teleportation gate also formed about ten meters in front of Reed.
With the appearance of the two teleportation gates, Reed didn't hesitate to put away the teleportation gun and step into one of the gates.
In almost an instant, he walked out from the other teleportation gate.
"Mr. Superman, how do you feel?"
With a casual closing of the energy supply of the teleportation gun, the teleportation gates also slowly dissipated in space.
Immediately, Reed looked at Peter expectantly, waiting for his comments.
"Not bad..."
In fact, the original suggestion was just a simple joke made by Peter.
Unexpectedly, this guy Reed actually made it.
"But you just said it can only teleport short distances. How short exactly?"
Then, Peter asked Reed with interest.
Teleportation gates were originally created for convenient long-distance transportation.
If this teleportation gun could only teleport within a few tens of meters, it would be of little use.
"Well... Because of the special nature of the teleportation gun, it requires a huge amount of energy to locate coordinates. So, with our current energy technology, we can only achieve short-distance teleportation, and cannot freely travel between cosmic galaxies."
Reed pondered for a moment, then unreservedly introduced the shortcomings of this experimental teleportation gun.
"After testing, its maximum teleportation distance is currently limited to the range from the Earth's surface to the space station."
"However, after improvements, the new type of teleportation gun can achieve teleportation between the Moon and Earth."
"But it's important to note that the farther the distance of teleportation, the more energy consumed. Depending solely on the energy of the teleportation gun itself, it may not be able to maintain the open state of the teleportation gate for a long time."
"So, for safety reasons, it's best to teleport within a safe distance. Otherwise, accidents may occur, such as the sudden closure of the teleportation gate, posing a risk of cutting objects that haven't yet exited the gate in half."
Reed said with a somewhat subdued tone, seemingly not satisfied with the performance of the teleportation gun at the moment.
"This distance ...... seems to be enough as well."
In fact, the data of the teleportation gun at the moment already satisfied Peter.
After all, it's just the initial prototype.
From nothing to something is the most difficult process.
"Mr. Superman, rest assured, I will do my best to improve the functionality of the teleportation gun, and strive to make it capable of freely teleporting between different galaxies as soon as possible."
Reed confidently assured Peter.
"I'm looking forward to that moment!"
Peter also said with anticipation.
In fact, he looked forward more to a teleportation gun like the one Mr. Rick had, capable of freely traversing the multiverse.
...
Meanwhile, in the vast expanse of the cosmic sky countless light-years away from Earth.
A spacecraft was swiftly shuttling through the cosmic void.
"Raccoon, are you sure there's really valuable treasure from a medium-sized ship here?"
Inside the spaceship, there were three individuals.
No, to be precise, there were two humanoid beings and a raccoon that looked like a fluffy toy.
"Damn it, Quill, how many times do I have to tell you? Call me Rocket, not raccoon!"
Rocket, who was piloting the ship while looking at the detector, didn't hesitate to scold Star-Lord angrily.
"Okay, Raccoon!"
Star-Lord continued with a smirk on his face.
"You damn guy..."
Just as Rocket was about to have a real-life PK with Star-Lord, the big dumb guy beside them, with a dumbfounded expression, pointed to the distant space and said in astonishment, "Hey, look at that! What is it?"
They turned their gaze back to the distance and saw what seemed to be a nebula floating gently in space.
"Raccoon, are you sure, this is the treasure we are looking for?"
Rocket looked a bit uncertain as he glanced at the monitor on the spaceship and found that the position marked on the monitor was indeed not far from where they were.
"Damn raccoon, your brain wouldn't be broken by those prison guards, would it?"
"What kind of valuable treasure is this, it's just a nebula floating in the universe."
Star-Lord wore a displeased expression. This was their first treasure hunt after escaping from prison and forming a temporary plunder team.
"It shouldn't be. According to the cosmic star map, there shouldn't be such a huge nebula here."
Rocket opened the cosmic star map on the spaceship and looked at the symbol representing a planet with intelligent civilization, showing strong puzzlement in his eyes.
"Move, let me see what's going on!"
Star Lord pushed Raccoon away, then sat himself in the main pilot's seat and opened the cosmic map to look at it.
"Huh? Strange, this shouldn't be a nebula, but a planet with less than level one civilization, with over a hundred million intelligent beings."
However, Star-Lord soon discovered that the situation marked on the cosmic map was no different from what Rocket had said.
"Could it be that the cosmic star map we bought is outdated?"
"Damn cosmic map dealer, let's go back and settle the score with him now!"
Suddenly realizing that he might have been cheated by the cosmic map merchant, Star-Lord was full of anger and prepared to turn the ship around and go back to find that damn cosmic map merchant.
"Wait, do you guys see that the nebula seems to be moving?"
Although Drax had a simple appearance, at this moment, he seemed to have strong observational skills.
"Yes, the nebula is indeed moving! What's going on?"
The group carefully observed the huge nebula, their eyes filled with curiosity and doubt.
"Could it be that this drifting nebula just happened to move here in space and completely covered that planet?"
Rocket and Star-Lord exchanged a glance and understood each other's thoughts from their eyes.
"Forget it, let's get closer and observe carefully!"
Then, Star-Lord suddenly started the ship and flew towards the nebula, intending to observe it up close.
"Wait, something's not right!"
Just as their ship was about to approach the nebula, Rocket suddenly spoke up to stop Star-Lord from getting closer.
"Damn it, what's going on? Why is there so much space junk?"
As the ship was about to approach, the nebula began to roll rapidly.
And behind the nebula, along with its surging, there were continuous eruptions of impurities resembling space junk.
The quantity was so vast, like a sudden dump of the garbage heap.
It nearly buried the ship, which was trying to avoid it.
"Fuck!"
Suddenly, with a heap of space junk pouring out, the violently rolling nebula suddenly stopped, then accelerated and flew away in another direction.
Its speed was even faster than that of their ship.
"Is this nebula... alive?"
Looking at the rapidly flying nebula, the eyes of Star-Lord and the others were filled with shock.
This nebula seemed to be like a living creature with consciousness.
"Wait, do you guys see that? Isn't that the planet with intelligent life you mentioned?"
After the group withdrew their attention from the rapidly flying nebula.
They finally saw that, in the area that had just been covered by the nebula, an extremely shattered planet was now visible.
The surface of the planet was covered with huge cracks, filled with a sense of desolation. Even the entire planet had almost split into two halves.
And the exposed core had long lost all its luster and vitality.
At this moment, this planet had completely become a dead star, only able to drift in space as space junk.
"This planet has completely lost all vitality and energy. Its essence has undergone tremendous changes, even worse than space rocks."
"It's as if something has completely absorbed all the energy within."
Rocket manipulated the spacecraft's detector to detect the current state of the planet and came to this astonishing conclusion.
"A nebula that devours planetary energy? Have you guys heard of this famous legend in the universe?"
Suddenly, Star-Lord's face changed, as if he had thought of something terrible.
...
(End of Chapter)
