Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Reserved Program (Second Update)…
Benjamin's consciousness floated in a wriggling, suffocating void, and there seemed to be some kind of restlessness coming from the distance.
Those things that were originally very far away gradually came closer and closer to Benjamin. He began to hear some sounds like flapping wings, the rustling sounds of some creatures crawling, the sound of people talking, and some sounds that seemed to be inorganic.
...It's so lively around here, is there a party?
Benjamin thought drowsily while half asleep and half awake.
It was so lively that his hair was about to break free from his scalp to join in—
“It hurts!”
The pulling pain from his scalp woke Benjamin up instantly. As soon as he sat up, he met a pair of light green eyes as crystal as gems.
He looked closely and saw a creature with a torso and limbs the size of an adult's arm. Its appearance resembled a moth-like version of Stitch, with patterns on its body and a pair of lidless, light green compound eyes. Its waving hand held a few strands of brown hair. Jason, who was holding it, had a look of resentment on his face.
"Our heroic mother, are you finally awake? If you don't wake up, you'll suffocate to death in your cub's belly. Perhaps because the Nakfuji people have strong lung capacity, they don't realize that their dear mother needs to breathe, and they keep crawling on your face."
That's how he woke up. In his dream, Jason thought he was buried in the ground again, but when he woke up, he found that he was buried alive by a group of ice ghost cubs. Benjamin next to him was almost drowned by the cubs. Li Hua was trying to take the cubs away from their mother and give Benjamin some air to breathe.
But unfortunately, because there were too many cubs and they were good at escaping invisibly, and they cared about their unconscious mother, Li Hua caught one and another ran away. His efforts were just a drop in the bucket for this sea of cubs.
So Jason had to roll up his sleeves and join the activity of rescuing his friends in the sea of cubs.
"Now that you're awake, you can take care of your cub by yourself." Jason, who was in a mess, couldn't wait to let go of his hand. The cub in his hand rushed towards Benjamin's face like a cannonball, and then nestled contentedly on top of Benjamin's head, which was as messy as a bird's nest, and made a happy cry.
Even Benjamin, who is usually not interested in cute things, had to admit that the Ice Ghost cub was really cute, and there were 14 cubs as cute and filial as him on the scene.
Seeing their parents wake up, the other ice ghost cubs rushed forward impatiently and surrounded Benjamin, rubbing against him affectionately. Then, Benjamin held them in his arms one by one and hung on him. Finally, Benjamin was turned into a display stand for living ice ghost cubs.
Benjamin: "Are they hungry?"
Jason and Li Hua, who was not far away, exchanged a glance. Li Hua, who was standing at the farthest distance from the Ice Ghost Cub Christmas tree, looked at the "Christmas tree" with lingering fear, moved a few steps outward, then turned his back, chanted a spell in a low voice to summon the staff, activated the [Silence] card, and an invisible single-item sound barrier instantly enveloped the entire nest.
Benjamin was puzzled: "Why is Li Hua casting a spell so secretly?"
Jason: "Your kids scared him. That staff is made of metal. He can't retract it when he's using magic. You better stand away."
Although there is a whole steel nest behind it, the ice elf cubs of all ages do not have such a strong desire for metal. They will not insist on eating Li Hua's staff, but it does not stop the children from taking a bite out of curiosity.
Li Hua didn't dare to gamble whether his staff could survive the ice ghost whose teeth could cut through iron like mud - even the mouth of a cub. No. 666 was currently disconnected from the Internet, and this was the only staff he had. If it broke, he would have no place to replace it!
Li Hua was so frightened that he turned his staff into a small key to reduce the cubs' attention and size. He then placed the key staff in a leather card bag and wrapped the cards in a plastic bag that the cubs were not interested in. He then put the plastic bag in his arms, fearing that some curious cub would swallow it in one gulp.
Benjamin turned the head of the child on his body that was peeking at Li Hua's staff and shifted his gaze away from Li Hua's staff. He felt guilty and said, "I'm sorry, Li Hua. I will definitely control them when I get back."
"Let's talk about it after you bring them back after dinner." After experiencing the baptism of 14 cubs, Li Hua hid his staff behind his back, with a hint of resentment in his tone, "When Jason and I went to Blüdhaven to practice magic, we considered the issue of solar plasma, so we went to Luthor Labs to get Superman's DNA. See if the Omnitrix can scan it."
Jason removed the ice ghost cub lying on Benjamin's left forearm, revealing the bright green dial of the Omnitrix. He then pulled out a small glass bottle filled with blood from his pocket. "See if this works? If not—"
Before Jason could finish his words, the Omnitrix's dial suddenly glowed green, rotated on its own, and a prompt sounded: "A new life form has been detected, and we are now conducting DNA analysis and obtaining the life code."
Ten seconds later, as the Omnitrix emitted another special mechanical sound effect, "DNA analysis of the new life form is complete, the life code has been obtained", a new green projection appeared on the dial of the Omnitrix.
Li Hua, who was standing far away to protect his staff, exclaimed happily, "It really works! We thought the stolen Superman DNA sample was damaged and unusable!"
"Is this a Kryptonian?" Benjamin raised his wrist to his eyes, observing his new alien form. "It looks no different from an ordinary Earthling. No shell or wings."
"Because there's no need. Superman is the Man of Steel, practically indestructible. He also possesses super hearing, super vision, and freezing breath..."
Jason listed Superman's abilities to Benjamin just like he was naming a dish. Benjamin's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to change into this form and experience it for himself.
"He has so many abilities that I couldn't think of a name for him right away," Benjamin said. "This alien was unlocked thanks to your help. How about letting you come up with the name?"
Jason: "Then let Li Hua start. I'll just lead the way, and he'll do all the hard work."
Li Hua: "You asked me this all of a sudden... The only thing that comes to my mind is something like 'Hexagonal Warrior'."
Benjamin: "Hexagonal Warrior? That's an interesting name. Why is it called that?"
Li Hua: "From Jason's description, I feel like his skill panel should be hexagonal... Actually, my previous thought was about the all-around dad. After all, the purpose of using this DNA is to make you a better dad."
Benjamin: ...
It would have been fine before he knew it, but after knowing the reason... he didn't want to shout "Hexagonal Warrior" or "Almighty Dad" when he transformed!
No, he didn’t want to call him “Almighty Dad” even if he didn’t know the reason!
"Actually... I suddenly think the name 'Kryptonian' is not bad, and I don't really need to be called by my name when I transform."
Jason agreed: "Yes, it's better for anonymous heroes to keep their activities secret. It's good for you, it's good for me, and it's good for everyone."
Li Hua: ... Blame me. My name is Li Hua, which is enough to show that my family’s naming skills are not very good.
His sister's name is Li Pu... It's reasonable to suspect that when his parents named him, they were only concerned with looking up the word in the dictionary and didn't even think about reading a few sentences.
Benjamin: "If this alien's abilities are as vast as you say, then I'll try transforming now. Once I master them, I can take the kids to dinner."
Li Hua: "Don't! Have you forgotten how many times you overdrawn your stamina yesterday? You said the Omnitrix's transformation time is related to your stamina. It's fine on Earth, but if you transform back into a human in outer space, then you should just stop thinking and wait until you've eaten and rested enough before transforming. Anyway, according to No. 666, Nakfuji cubs fly to the sun to eat after they are born... Then they definitely won't be hungry so quickly after birth. Otherwise, they would have starved to death by the time they flew to the sun. You know, even if they were traveling at 1,000 kilometers per hour, it would take about 17 years to reach the sun."
Benjamin realized a blind spot. "Does that mean the Ice Ghost race actually has some method of rapid advancement that I'm unaware of? Number 666, can I discover a new use for the Ice Ghost?"
No. 666: [It's not listed in the limited biological atlas in my local files. However, considering that the Nakfuji's "intangibility" is essentially a process of transferring their bodies to another dimension, in simple terms, by shifting layers, they can pass through objects in the previous layer. So, they may indeed use a similar spatial displacement ability to travel.]
Benjamin: "It would be faster to just use Superman DNA."
Jason: "Let me remind you, Li Hua is using the [Quiet] card to open a chat room for us now, but from now on, you'd better avoid mentioning the word 'Superman', because Superman will really hear it. You don't want to turn around and find a big blue guy standing behind you, do you?"
"It's especially best not to use the words DNA interchangeably with Superman and Kryptonian. This way, Superman will be more likely to notice us because he's learned his lesson and will be more cautious."
Benjamin: "What lesson? Could it be that the Luthor in this universe is also like Dr. Animo in my universe, messing with the DNA of living things to create all kinds of biochemical monsters?"
"It seems that even in different universes, the scientific lunatics that superheroes encounter always have some commonalities," Jason said. "It's pretty much what you'd expect. One of the things that had the biggest impact on him was probably when Luthor used Superman's DNA and his own to create a child, and Superman became a father without even knowing it."
"...I thought you were just saying this to comfort me, Jason." At this moment, Benjamin felt deeply moved. "Now it seems that what you said is true. Becoming a father is really the destiny of a superhero."
Jason: “…”
In fact, he was really talking nonsense...but he never thought that it would actually hit the mark.
But will Jason admit that he guessed it?
Of course not. Not only would he not, but he also feigned an air of profound confidence and complete assurance. He strolled over to the Iron Nest and tapped its shell. "It's just a matter of experience. Oh, and since this thing isn't going to be used anymore, it's going to be discovered sooner or later. Best to get rid of it quickly. Why not use it as a training ground for your new form? How about throwing it into outer space?"
"Yeah!"
Benjamin, who had obtained a new hero, was already eager to try it out. After hearing what Jason said, he jumped up excitedly, started turning the dial, froze the option on the projection of Superman, and then took a big swipe.
"Show me what you can do!"
"squeak?"
A dazzling green light flashed, and the ice ghost cubs, who had lost their support, flapped their wings in mid-air in a daze. After looking around and seeing no trace of their parents, they subconsciously looked at Li Hua and Jason, whom their parents had told them to trust, but saw that their expressions were very complicated.
Following their line of sight, the ice ghost babies discovered a small white figure right below them.
"Wait, is this... Echo Echo?" The creature in the protective suit put its hands together in front of its eyes in disbelief and let out an electric wail, "Oh, my God—"
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The author has something to say: Li Hua: It’s just right, it’s just right, my childhood is back!
Analysis: Benjamin often transforms into the wrong alien hero.
PS: There is one more update of today’s 10,000-word series, but because it is written immediately, it will be released very late. You can wait until you wake up to read it, don’t stay up late!
PPS: Xiaobobo, Echo Echo, transliterated as "Aiko Aiko", literally translated as "echo echo" or "echo echo".
【Catch the bug twice】
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