[Comprehensive British and American] Superhero Manual

Each world has its own operating rules, they do not interfere with each other, they run independently, like parallel lines that never intersect.

However, the world is so big, there will always be some weaknesses that cannot be taken into account, and some special people or things can use this to travel through time and space.

Karl's special ability is to find the weak point between the barriers of the world, and then use this point to cross.

It is easier to travel between similar parallel worlds, so every time Karl goes to the world, there are the same or similar people.Because the world he lives in is similar to it, like different branches growing from the same tree.

Although developed differently, their essence is the same.

So when Karl travels to these worlds, the oppression of the rules is not so obvious.It's just that he can't stay long.

Yes, the rules of each world are oppressive to outsiders, they are very sensitive to outsiders, and naturally have a repulsive force on them.

At the same time, the consciousness derived from the rules-perhaps we can call it world consciousness-has some special preferences for certain people in its own world.

These people are people who can be called the pillars of the world.

In Carl's own world and the parallel worlds he has experienced, these people also have a title—that is, superheroes.

Superheroes have saved the world countless times, and the world consciousness will naturally return gifts.

It has to be said that although Carl does not think he is a superhero yet, the favor of world consciousness has already quietly manifested on him.

Karl knew nothing about it until he was 15 years old.

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The sky was dim, and the ink-like night gradually engulfed the whole world. The light of the moon was hidden behind the clouds, and the stars were randomly scattered aside.

And under the sky, Xavier's villa was brightly lit, and the figures were shaking.

Today is Karl's 15th birthday. The boy in the past has lost his immaturity and innocence, and has become a tall and straight handsome boy.

There were also more people who came to celebrate Carl's birthday, most of them were friends he knew, and a few were people who had just joined X Academy and wanted to visit the principal's house, which he hadn't gotten to know yet.

In fact, more and more mutants have joined the X Academy in recent years, and some of them are mutants rescued from research institutes and laboratories by Karl following the X-Men.

So these few times for Karl's birthday, the people he assisted also prepared gifts and sent them over.

In fact, with Carl’s other identity——the heir of Xavier’s enterprise, there are quite a few people who wanted to get acquainted with him, but they were all rejected by Charles.

Carl also doesn't want his good birthday to change into a business and social place, maybe he will have to do this in the future, but now, he just wants to celebrate with his family and friends.

The smiling young man stood there, and with a casual glance, it looked like a delicate oil painting, as if it could be put into a frame at any time.

Carl and his good friends hugged one by one and entered the living room together.While they were sitting down and chatting, Pietro had already neatly placed the gifts he brought, and went to the kitchen to taste a small pastry. ribbons.

——Yes, with Pietro’s unremitting efforts, he successfully persuaded Carl to let him decorate his birthday party. He had already prepared everything a few days ago, and the whole person was so excited Normal, as if it was his own birthday.

Of course, Carl agreed because his super speed was getting faster and faster, almost as close to Pietro's usual speed, so it didn't take him much time to tidy up the room.

Charles came upstairs in a wheelchair pushed by Eric, and met the young people.He greeted these young people with a smile on his face, and signaled Eric, who had been tense behind him, to relax and not be too nervous.

Almost all the people present were students of College X. When they saw their most respected principal, they were naturally excited inside, but they remained reserved on the face and did not dare to go directly - the man behind the professor was grinning sharply. The teeth are like a big shark, and the expression is so ugly that it can scare a child to cry!

Carl doesn't know the specific thoughts of others, but he can get a little bit of it just by looking at their expressions.In his view, his godfather had tried his best to be gentle, but helplessness was always misunderstood.

In this case, it can only be said to be a matter of talent.

After all, this is the home court of the young people. Seeing everyone's nervous performance, Charles quickly decided to leave.

He gave Carl a hug, smiled and winked at his children, and whispered to Carl in his mind as if telling a secret: "The birthday present for you is in a special place, don't use your little ones Ability, see when you can find it."

Carl also winked at Charles tacitly, and nodded with a smile.

"Have fun today." Charles finally patted Carl on the shoulder and said.

"Okay, Daddy." Carl waved to them and turned around. Everyone else looked relieved, and some even slumped on the sofa with a look of "saved". .

Karl couldn't laugh or cry, he said helplessly: "You guys... are too exaggerated."

Everyone you push me, I push you, and laugh together.

The time was spent in laughter and laughter. While eating the cake, someone who started the cake wiped Carl's face with cream. When he was taken aback, the cream battle started unexpectedly.

Everyone was laughing and joking for half the night, and finally they were too tired. Those who left left, those who stayed behind, went to rest one after another.

Leave a mess and wait for tomorrow to clean up.

Karl doesn't feel tired, after all, as a Kryptonian, he always has some physical advantages.But he, too, was urged to bed by Charles.

Ah, tomorrow, there are so many things to tidy up.

Karl thought about it as he lay in bed.

The boy closed his eyes and fell asleep with the corners of his mouth curved.

Outside the window, a black shadow passed by, leaving behind a faint shadow.

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Karl stood in an empty and dark space, which seemed to have no end, he looked around blankly and found nothing.

He didn't know where this was, nor how he got here. Carl's last memory was going to bed after his birthday.

Maybe this is a dream?He guessed like this, but a certain vague feeling told Carl the negative answer.

He was still guessing at various possibilities and trying to walk around to see if he could find anything.

Carl is not afraid of this unknown situation. His psychological quality has become very strong under various strange experiences, and he will not have any bad emotions because of it.

Not long after, a faint light suddenly lit up in the darkness, and Karl subconsciously walked over there.

But soon, he stopped - because the gleam flew directly towards him and fell into his body.

Before Karl had time to be surprised, a voice sounded in the depths of his consciousness in time, soothing his emotions gently.

"Don't worry, it's just a little gift."

"Gift? What do you mean?" Karl asked suspiciously. He didn't feel any malice from the other party, so curiosity arose in his heart.

The unknown voice patiently explained the reason, and incidentally introduced things about world consciousness and parallel worlds, as well as Karl's wonderful ability.

Carl listened carefully to what the voice said, and the doubts that had been vaguely hidden in his heart were immediately answered.

It turns out that his mutant ability is a gift from world consciousness, so he can travel through parallel worlds intact.

And now, World Consciousness brings Karl here to upgrade his ability, and also because it needs Karl's help.

Although as a world consciousness, it sounds very lofty, but in fact it can't do anything at all, limited by the rules, it can only watch on the sidelines.

The world consciousness hopes that Karl can save some parallel worlds that are doomed to destruction. It knows that this is very difficult, so it specially finds Karl, strengthens him, and tells him these things by the way.

Carl received the information in his head, and his whole body was in a daze.He felt that it hadn't been long before his whole body trembled suddenly, and he quickly moved away from this space.

As if falling from a height, Karl suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, his heartbeat was abnormally fast.

He looked out of the window, and there was a faint white light in the sky.

And everything that happened before is still clearly engraved in his mind.

Karl was stunned for a moment, his chaotic brain barely squeezed out a sliver of clarity, he thought for a while, closed his eyes decisively, and lay back down again.

He hasn't slept enough yet, let's just be lazy today.

As for being favored by the world consciousness, Karl, who has experienced great storms, said that it was nothing. After all, he already knew that the moment he met his father Charles was the beginning of luck in his life.

The favor of the world consciousness may have existed from the very beginning, and the mutant ability in him is only one of them.

Even the self in the parallel world mostly has a happy life.

——In this way, he actually looks a bit like the protagonists in those comics?Does he have a protagonist halo or something?

Karl was almost amused by his own thought. He adjusted his sleeping position, put away his divergent thoughts, and stopped thinking about other things.

This time, Karl really fell asleep.

And in him, something is quietly changing.

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