Shadow of the Beautiful World

In the basement of the mysterious house, sitting cross-legged on the rocks of the calm sea, the indifferent divinity in Clark's eyes had disappeared.

Under Merlin's gaze, he grabbed the left arm that was cut off in a strange way, and pressed it carelessly on the wound.

Like the sun's rays floating on Clark's wound, like an adhesive, the wound on Superman's shoulder healed quickly. After a few seconds, Clark raised his left hand and moved his five fingers.

The fingers were swaying flexibly, as if he wasn't injured at all.

You can freely control your own flesh and blood?

Merlin standing beside Superman asked curiously:

Is this also one of the abilities brought by the infinite formula?

right.

Clark picked up his suit coat and tie from the ground, and said to Merlin while skillfully tying the tie:

When I was fighting Zod before, I discovered that in addition to quick self-healing, the torn flesh and blood are still active after being separated from the body, and they can be restored only by being connected back.

Compared to this, I care more about the 'divinity' you just mentioned.

Superman looked at Merlin, it seemed that he himself felt the change of his will, he frowned and said:

When fighting in this new form, my mind becomes much sharper, but it also becomes... ruthless. I thought it was just because I didn't adapt to the new power, but now it seems not.

You just said it was harmless?

Yes, it's harmless.

Merlin nodded, and he explained to Clark:

During the battle just now, I have been paying attention to the changes in your mind. Judging from the voice of the heart heard by the power of vanity, that kind of divine transformation only made you enter a state more suitable for combat, and did not Fundamentally change your mind.

You could think of it as a 'battle switch,' or something like Logan's sense of the beast.

Raven said in as concise a way as possible:

It will only be activated when you perceive a fatal threat. Under normal circumstances, it will not affect your judgment.

According to my current guess, it should be a preset measure in the perfect creature's gene, and it is an auxiliary means to prevent the perfect creature from dying in battle before reaching the ultimate evolution.

Is that so?

Clark rubbed his forehead, he said:

Indeed, entering that state will allow me to perceive more acutely, respond more quickly, and mobilize and use power more flexibly. It's like having an extra computer in my mind, which can quickly analyze the situation on the battlefield. It seems that even the will seems to change. more firmly.

Be confident and remove the 'as if'.

Merlin chuckled lightly. He reached out and patted Clark on the shoulder. He said:

You think I haven't tried mind manipulation?

At the beginning of the battle just now, I have been trying to influence you with vanity, but whether it is spiritual suggestion or puppetry, it is useless to you in the form of divine will.

When divinity completely overwhelms humanity, your mind is like a solid armor, and it is difficult to be affected.

So I would say, it's harmless, it's like a suit of volitional armor.

Lord Raven let out a long breath, he said:

With this preset battle procedure, I don't need to worry that your heavenly father will be manipulated and destroyed by conspirators, so this is a good thing, Clark, don't pay too much attention to it.

Okay, then I will listen to you.

Clark pulled on his suit jacket, hands on his knees, and let out a sigh.

He looked up at Merlin, and he said:

What was that move you made just now? I felt like an ice knife had cut through flesh and blood. To be honest, I didn't feel any pain at all before my arm fell off...

There's no pain because it's too fast, it's a slash at the quantum level.

Merlin stroked the Raven Book in his hand, and he said to Clark:

I convert my own energy to the quantum level, and use the characteristics of phase shifting to send the compressed power into your body, and then explode at the microscopic level.

In theory, this is an attack that cannot be defended against, but in practice there are still many fallacies.

Its power is not as expected, just like just now, that blow should be able to destroy all your organs from the inside of the body and tear your body apart, but in fact you saw it, it just cut off your arm That's all.

Merlin shook his head and said regretfully:

In the conversion of the two rules, most of the energy is dissipated into the quantum world, and this conversion will destroy the stability of the quantum state, so only one blow can be issued, and the effect is very poor. To perfect this attack method, I still have a long way to go.”

Sounds great.

Clark said:

This is your new hole card?

Well, it's not really a hole card, it's just an exploration of different forms of power when you have nothing to do.

Raven shrugged, reached out to take out two cans of beer from his pocket, and threw one can to Clark. The two sat on the pumice stones, watching the rolling tide below, as if they were chatting with friends.

He said to Clark:

I have watched you fight Zod before, and now I am fighting you personally. According to my understanding, the infinite formula has completed the process of improving your body from the genetic level, and released the maximum potential that your current body can bear. out.

Merlin, who was holding a beer can in one hand, stroked the dark red Raven Book at his waist. He opened the grimoire casually, and said softly:

The strengthening of the infinite formula allows you to maintain your power stably in the state of the heavenly father, or even the super-heavenly father, without the need for the sun to shine, but I still don't know your current limit.

He looked at the first page of the grimoire that had become blank again, and he said to his good friend:

If you accept the sun's radiation, your strength and defense should continue to improve, but the Kryptonian's genetic template is inherently lacking in energy attack methods. As I just said, super magic can still cause considerable damage to you. s damage.

But there's no need to worry too much.

Merlin says:

The fact that you have low magic resistance is based on my level. After all, you are also the heavenly father, and most magic effects are effective on you.

Clark took a sip of beer, glanced at the grimoire in Merlin's hand, and said:

I seem to have broken the magic of your book before. Does this bother you?

It's okay, it was originally a test product.

Lord Raven breathed a sigh of relief, he said casually:

Just find another power-type heavenly father to kill, and I can get back the power spell, but... I'm not going to do that now. If I need it, I'll get the best one.

A cold light flashed in Merlin's eyes, and he said:

I have a choice now, let's continue talking about the infinite formula.

Your current form, Silver Superman, or Divine Will Superman, is just the evolution of your first life form.

The serum unlocks the shackles of your body's genes. Theoretically, after continuing to receive the strengthening of the sun's rays, at a certain point in time, you will usher in a second body strengthening.

What about the limit?

Clark moved his shoulders a bit, and he looked at his fingers, the sun shining under his skin.

He said to Merlin:

Any evolution has a theoretical limit. I'm curious, at what level is the limit of the infinite formula?

That thing is based on the genes of the Celestial Group.

Merlin thought for a moment, then replied softly:

I asked some 'friends', and they told me that the general strength of the Celestial Group is higher than that of the single universe, that is to say, the theoretical minimum value of life form evolution brought by the infinite formula can also allow you to enter the single body universe.

And the original intention of this project is that those cosmic gods want to create a 'perfect life' that surpasses them. Therefore, according to my thinking, as long as conditions permit, you may even enter the multiverse level...

Having said that, Lord Raven shrugged, and he said frankly:

But that's hard. Even for you, Clark, the chance of reaching that step is so small that it's hard to express it with specific data. And if you stay in this universe all the time, then you will never reach it. At that level.

That's really far away.

Clark didn't feel too depressed, his face was peaceful, and he said to Merlin:

I have never considered such a distant future, and to be honest, this kind of strength is enough for me now. Speaking of which, I also received a letter yesterday from Latvinia, signed It's Doom.

Superman pursed his lips and said:

The newly appointed supreme mage invited me to his palace as a guest. I guess, he might want to talk to me about the Heavenly Father's rules.

I suggest you go anyway, Doom has concerns too, and I think you can understand.

Merlin laughed, and he said to Clark:

Who dares to let a person whose strength is close to the Almighty Father move freely on the earth? If you lose control, it will be very difficult for anyone on earth to control you. After all, it only takes less than 10 seconds for you to tear down Earth...

Besides, after reaching the Heavenly Father, many things can't be done at will, and you can participate at will. Don't show up in those trivial things on weekdays, and let the young people do them, otherwise many people will be frightened.

Raven finished his beer and said to Clark:

This is a good thing for you. You can enjoy life with Louise and little Jonathan. Those plots against you will be stopped by Doom and his followers before they are implemented, so you can worry less thing.

Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, there is one last test.

Merlin reached out and patted his forehead, flipped his fingers over, and threw a small box to Clark.

He said:

You should have guessed it.

Snapped

The box in Clark's hand was opened, and a ray of green light radiated from the box.

Kryptonite.

Superman shook his head, resisting the discomfort, and held the crystal clear irregular stone in his hand.

This was the second time Clark had come into such close contact with kryptonite, except for the last time he was beaten by Batman Bruce with a kryptonite fist.

This thing is like the most terrifying poison to all Kryptonians. Once it is contaminated, it will make the powerful Kryptonians quickly enter a weak state.

But at this moment, Clark held the kryptonite emitting green light, but he did not lose his strength.

There was a gleam at the tip of his finger, as if fighting against the weakened power.

It still stings a bit.

A few seconds later, Clark threw Krypton back into the box. He looked at the scorched skin of his fingers. With slight friction, the layer of black ash fell to the ground.

He said to Merlin:

It can still weaken me, but it is much weaker than before. Probably as you said, the last shortcoming in the Kryptonian's gene has been filled by the infinite formula. This kind of natural enemy is also difficult to harm. I.

Well, Bruce has a headache now.

Merlin took back the kryptonite, he winked at Clark, and said maliciously:

That guy Bruce will always be prepared for any crisis in advance, but now I'm curious, after Kryptonite can't weaken you, what method he intends to use to restrain you.

You.

Clark shrugged, pointed to Merlin, then drank the beer in his hand, and said:

Aren't you the best tool Bruce uses to restrain me? As long as he speaks, as long as I have signs of losing control, won't you just sit back and watch? Judging from the battle just now, you have many ways to restrain me, right?

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Merlin curled his lips and said:

Well, there's nothing wrong with this statement. Indeed, with my relationship with you and Bruce, I really can't sit idly by.

Let's not talk about that.

Merlin waved and opened the door leading to the hall of the mysterious house, and the two left the basement one after the other. They sat by the burning fireplace, Xuan Lan, who was holding little Jonathan, also directed the ghost servants to bring refreshments.

Merlin picked up the teacup, and he said to Clark:

Your other clansmen, Zod and those 15 Kryptonians, m.i.b are creating new identities for them. It seems that they are indeed convinced by you, and they are willing to live a good life on Earth according to your instructions.

They're genetically flawed.

Clark looked at Merlin, he said:

Can the infinite formula...

Don't even think about it!

Raven decisively refused:

I can't just give that thing away, and you have to understand that the infinite formula is very complicated to make. The serum for you can be obtained because you have all the genetic samples of the Kryptonians in your body, and Zod and the others don't.

But I will let my friends find a way to make a serum with specific functions to repair their genes so that they can reproduce naturally, and Clark, I have to remind you that as the new Kryptonian lord, you have to manage your blood well. clansmen.

Merlin reminded:

The power they have is also a threat to this world. I don't want to be complained by Fury one day that your people have committed crimes, or wake up and find that the earth has been torn down by your fellow citizens.

I try my best.

Clark, who was assured, smiled. Superman raised his legs and picked up the teacup. He said to Merlin:

I will restrain them. If something goes wrong, don't you still have kryptonite... That thing has terrible suppression even on Zod.

Fine.

Merlin said no more about it, and after a few seconds of silence, he said to Clark:

Seeing a perfect life like yours, I'm really looking forward to the human version of the infinite formula being made.

Perfect life?

Clark chuckled, and said:

Okay, let's barely count, but I'm curious, after the human version of the infinite formula is made, who will you use it for? For yourself?

I have my share.

With a gleam in Merlin's eyes, he said:

But Bruce, Steve, Patton, Natasha, even Tony...they need the infinite formula more than I do.

Their stage is limited to this world. Presumably they will also feel unwilling. Those heroes who have given everything for the world and are still fighting for order, they also need a future.

Like you, have a future that leads to infinity!

I also need them, our friends, to become my most trusted fighters in the inevitable final battle, and together, we will fight for the future of the stars as we did in the past!

We will protect it, as always.