Big Black stood up, lay down on Silas's bed in disappointment, and pulled the covers over himself.
"Get up..." Silas said with a dark expression, indicating he was still in the room.
WHOOSH~
Big Black, expressionless, slowly dissolved into the Shadow Realm, vanishing from the bed.
Silas approached Little Black and said, "Little Black, you should go easy on Big Black. You're giving him an existential crisis."
Little Black quickly responded in sign language: He insists on seeking punishment. Also, Master, I have a plan.
"A plan?" Silas was intrigued. He pulled up a stool, sat down, and said, "Tell me about it."
Little Black signed: We always wanted to unleash the Ultimate Evil, but I now realize relying only on dark magic is useless. We must rely on technology. Master, the times have changed.
"..." Silas fell into contemplation. What exactly had Little Black been studying?
Seeing Silas take a long time to answer, Little Black pulled a silver metal mechanical arm from the Shadow Realm and gestured: Master, this is the mechanical arm you made before. I fixed it.
"Impressive." Silas gave Little Black a thumbs-up. Little Black's action had also reminded him of something: the weapons of the Shadowkhan must change.
They couldn't keep relying on cold weapons. This was the age of firearms. Just imagine, if every Shadowkhan had an assault rifle, their power would be greatly enhanced.
If each of them was also equipped with grenades, their combat power would be formidable, especially if he asked Little Black to try and create some advanced black technology.
Worst case scenario, if they couldn't make black technology, they would steal it. And from whom? It would have to be Tony Stark.
"Little Black, can you make advanced weaponry?" Silas asked, placing his hand on Little Black's shoulder.
Little Black thought for a moment and signed: I can try.
Then, Little Black retreated into the Shadow Realm, not emerging again.
"Go for it, our little scientist." Silas felt very confident leaving the task to Little Black.
After instructing the Shadowkhan to carry out both good deeds and bad deeds, Silas realized there was a hidden rule the system hadn't mentioned.
That is, he could not gain large amounts of Evil Points or Justice Points from the same incident repeatedly.
For example, punishing a gang might yield 100 Justice Points the first time, only half that the second time, and only 10 points the third time.
However, if he used a different method to punish the gang, he would trigger a new round of point rewards.
"I have 1205 Evil Points now. Time to upgrade! My Shadowkhan!" Silas opened the system store and exchanged for the Dimensional Shifting ability.
[Congratulations! Dimensional Shifting ability unlocked]
[Available Shadowkhan Troops to unlock: Razor Clan, Bat Clan, Troll Clan, Samurai Clan, Mutant Clan, Shadow Swarm, Claw Clan, Mantis Clan]
"Unlock the Shadow Swarm!" Silas was already impatient for the Shadow Swarm.
[Unlock Failed! Shadow Swarm requires 500 Evil Points. Unlocking one Shadow Swarm trooper costs 5 Evil Points]
"Only 500 points... Wait, the cost is different for a Shadow Swarm trooper," Silas sighed. He still didn't have enough Evil Points to unlock all of them.
Furthermore, unlocking a regular Shadow Ninja only cost 1 Evil Point, but unlocking one Shadow Swarm trooper cost 5 Evil Points.
Silas's mask covered his face. He leapt out the window. Indeed, to live well, he had to rely on himself!
Parker Street
"ROAR!!" A massive, yellowish-brown monster was wrecking the street, yelling, "Hulk! Come out!"
CRASH! A person plummeted from high in the air, smashing into the ground.
BANG!
A thick, green arm emerged from the crater, followed by a towering green figure with bulging, explosive muscles.
"HULK!" The Hulk walked quickly toward the Abomination, his speed increasing until he was sprinting.
BOOM!
The two giant "fatty" monsters collided, plunging the street into chaos.
"Shadowkhan, evacuate the crowd!" Silas arrived, putting on the Mutant Clan's mask instead of his usual Tarakudo mask.
He couldn't unlock other Shadowkhan clans yet, but he could exchange for their masks, which were just face coverings without any special abilities.
With the Dimensional Shifting ability unlocked, Silas also removed the five-meter limit on his power, which cost him 200 Evil Points.
Several shadows emerged from the street corners, ushering the panicked people out of the area.
On the Plane
"What is that?!" General Ross demanded.
"Unclear," the pilot shook his head.
The Other Side
"I'm finally out again." Tony Stark was in his suit, his thrusters firing.
"Sir, this person's mask is different from the previous one."
J.A.R.V.I.S. compared Silas's previous Tarakudo mask with the current Mutant mask.
"Regardless of whether it's the same person, I need to check it out." Tony quickly flew toward Parker Street.
Parker Street
The battle between the two behemoths inevitably resulted in casualties for ordinary people.
"Where did these little bugs come from?" The Abomination noticed many black-clothed figures around him.
The Hulk took the opportunity to punch the Abomination in the jaw, knocking him down. "HULK!"
"Get off me!" The Abomination's sharp external bones stabbed into the Hulk's chest.
However, the Hulk reacted in time and grabbed them with both hands, though the bones had already pierced his skin and were slowly pushing deeper.
"ROAR!" The Hulk grabbed a nearby car and threw it at the Abomination's head, gaining himself a moment to breathe.
Silas nimbly leaped through the street, dodging the car-toys thrown by the two giants.
Suddenly, a large slab of pavement was about to crush a crowd of people ahead.
"OPEN!" Silas's eyes shot out lasers, slicing the stone slab in front of him and saving the people below.
Most of the people turned back to thank him before quickly running away.
"You seem quite benevolent. I wonder what your relationship is with that thief," a voice appeared behind Silas.
Silas turned around and saw Tony hovering in mid-air behind him.
"Who are you referring to?" Silas asked.
Silas had decided that the Tarakudo mask would represent his evil side, and this new Mutant mask would be the identity for his heroic side.
"Do you really not know, or are you the thief?" Tony stretched out his right hand and fired a repulsor blast backward, destroying a car that was about to hit him.
Tony turned to the two giants and yelled, "Hey, fatties over there! Watch out, there are people here!"
Both giants looked at Tony simultaneously. Tony shrugged.
Silas jumped onto a streetlamp. "Looks like you've attracted their aggression?"
"Obviously, the fatties aren't very agile," Tony said. Just then, the Abomination leaped over.
BOOM!
Tony instantly engaged all his energy in his thrusters, dodging the attack.
"Be careful," Silas had already leaped onto a building.
If he hadn't dodged that last attack from the Abomination, he would have been hit, too.
"Hold on, little fatty. Let me talk to this masked guy, then you can come find me, okay?" Tony fired all the missiles from his shoulder mounts at the Abomination.
The Hulk suddenly found a thick metal chain from somewhere, swinging it as he charged toward the Abomination.
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