Chapter 26: Locust Plague

　　At the moment of being swallowed by the toilet, Superman thought about many things, such as the corn sheller that was swallowed by the Kansas farm, every time he hid in the toilet to change clothes and do good deeds, how he should conceal this video, or how to trick Batman into sitting on it.

　　After a long time, or perhaps it just seemed like a long time to him, Clark opened his eyes again.

　　"Woof!" Pepe squatted aside obediently, wagging his tail happily. His eyes like black grapes stared at him brightly. It had obviously jumped aside as soon as he came out of the toilet.

　　Clark found himself sitting upright on the toilet, and right in front of the toilet was a huge floor-to-ceiling window. Through the glass, he could see the spaceship he was on docking below.

　　"There are still some problems with the report you submitted last time...", "Let's go for a drink after get off work.", "Woo woo I want to be Ms. Black Tower's dog--"...

　　The staff members walked past him, chatting and laughing, talking about ordinary topics. Among the walking crowd, Clark looked so lonely and full of personality sitting on the toilet.

　　Clark, who was always looking for news and ended up making a big news himself, helplessly covered his face with his hands. Fortunately, his pants were still intact on his body, otherwise everyone would have seen a Superman jumping off the toilet and escaping from the solar system.

　　"Woof?" Pepe called out again in confusion, lowered his head and tugged at Clark's trouser leg with his mouth.

　　Superman still didn't look up. He was like a stupid ostrich trying to hide from the facts by burying his head in the sand, completely ignoring his exposed butt.

　　Two red ears appeared from between Clark's fingers. The malicious player stopped harassing him, but also did not remind him that others could not see him. He sat aside and waited leisurely for Superman to calm down himself.

　　The clerks passed by him in a bustling crowd, and no one paid any attention to this guy who was doing performance art while sitting on the toilet. The clerk who made the dog declaration was ridiculed by everyone, and they all thought that this guy was not even as good as a single hair of Pepe.

　　Clark pricked up his ears and listened for a long time, but until everyone left, no one said a word to him.

　　It was like they couldn't see him.

　　Thinking of this, Superman finally raised his head. The blush had gradually faded from his face. He tentatively stood up and took a few steps. No one in the crowd who had already walked away looked back. He turned around and observed the toilet with the teleportation function.

　　The toilet shyly twisted its body under his silent gaze, and disappeared with a turn of its waist.

　　Superman's silence was deafening.

　　"Woof!" Pepe tugged at his trouser leg, motioning him to go forward.

　　Superman briefly comforted his wounded little heart and moved forward in the direction indicated by Pepe.

　　After the staff left mysteriously, the entire platform was empty. The earth outside the glass wall was rotating eternally, and the starry sky was dark and silent, like an abyss.

　　"Click", "Click"...

　　Clark's footsteps were clearly audible in the silent space, with only the sound of the puppy running and panting to accompany him. He went to the meeting alone, almost naked, with the responsibility and pride of a superhero in his hands.

　　"~"

　　The unknown string instrument emitted a tranquil sound, and Superman's sensitive ears told him that it was not a metal instrument, but a wooden one. Compared with the loud and clear metal instruments, wooden instruments had rich origins, a long history, and were full of poetry.

　　In pirate stories, there are often enchanting sirens who sing heavenly songs to attract young sailors passing by. Superman suddenly thought of this story, although the time, place, characters and scenes are different.

　　But the starry sky is also a kind of sea, attracting all confused and ignorant young people until they all sink.

　　Is this the mysterious man? Superman speculated, and after hesitating for just a few seconds, he continued walking forward with determination.

　　Pepe led Superman to an elevator, where red petals were scattered on the ground. The petals were obovate and fragrant.

　　"Woof, woof!" It squatted there and motioned Superman to look at the elevator indicator light.

　　Clark randomly pressed the elevator button.

　　On the indicator screen, a green triangle slowly moves from bottom to top.

　　"He's right down there, and he's inviting me over."

　　The super hacker who can break into the company system and change the list at will is suspected of having the ability to suggest groups. He deliberately played musical instruments and left flower petals after everyone left. Although all these behaviors show feminine characteristics, Superman dare not assume the gender of others at will.

　　After Superman and Pepe stopped, the only sound left was the elevator slowly rising. The silent silence might not be what the mysterious man intended. He just showed Clark the essence of the starry sky.

　　"Ding——" The elevator arrived and Pepe raised his foot to step forward.

　　"What are you doing?" The player looked up in confusion, with all four feet in the air.

　　Superman looked at Pepe's sparkling puppy eyes and said, "No, Pepe, it's too dangerous down there. I'll go down alone. You go and inform Station Master Estelle and tell her that I found clues about the mysterious man."

　　"Woof? Woof!" Pepe barked twice, perhaps answering him.

　　"Let go! Let go!" The player plopped down like a carp that had just come ashore, or a cat that didn't like having its belly touched.

　　"Thank you, Pepe, I know you are worried about me, and I won't let you down." Superman continued talking to himself and rubbing his dog's head angrily.

　　Pepe, who finally escaped from Superman's clutches, left with his tail between his legs without looking back.

　　"System, start the next step." The player in the consciousness space gritted his teeth.

　　"No problem, boss." The system concealed the smile on its lips.

　　It was not Superman's illusion. He found that this time the elevator was exceptionally long. Through the glass of the elevator car, he saw countless crisscrossing steel bars flashing by. From time to time, a little light from the earth shone through these crisscrossing buildings, giving Superman a little spiritual comfort from his hometown.

　　A slight collision sound was heard, and the elevator finally reached its destination. As the elevator door made of unknown material slowly opened, Superman stepped out of the safe zone calmly and fearlessly.

　　A slightly dark and gloomy passage lay before him.

　　"Hello?" Clark asked tentatively, activating his super-perspective ability at the same time.

　　Unfortunately, the buildings here, like the previous ones, are covered with a layer of special material. Clark doesn't recognize its material, but speculates that it is another kind of alien technology.

　　The sound he made echoed in the passage, and Superman waited quietly until another sound -

　　“Hiss hiss hiss hiss…”

　　It is the chirping of insects, the embodiment of natural disasters, the cry that once brought many disasters to the world, the foreshadowing of the fall of civilization, and the creature of an invincible and indescribable evil god.

　　There seemed to be some special switch in the Kryptonian's brain. Just by hearing this voice, countless blurry images flashed back in their minds. This was the embers of Kryptonian civilization warning the Last Son:

　　This is the global locust plague.

　　Player: "Are we inserting the previous episode a little too heavy-handedly?"

　　System: "Let's just make do with it. Krypton is long gone anyway, so let's arrange the history of the Kryptonians so that we can unfold the subsequent plot."

　　"Rao..." Superman covered his head with his hands, and a red light filled his eyes. In an instant, Superman took off the suit jacket that he had rented at a high price, and put on the red cloak that represented light again.

　　A red light flashed, and Superman used his heat ray to pierce a young stinging insect hiding in the dark.

　　"How could there be such a thing here?" Clark frowned, watching the body of the young stinging insect disappear bit by bit and turn into ashes.

　　But Superman had little time to find the truth. Soon, the sound of insects chirping could be heard from everywhere. The insects gradually gathered and surrounded Superman.

　　"Wow, he's so awesome." Inside the consciousness space, the players applauded as they watched the surveillance video.

　　As the surveillance camera moves, it can be clearly seen that Superman treats almost every little brother like a little brother. Young stinging insects and secondary stinging insects cannot last more than two rounds under his hands, and only real stinging insects can cause him some trouble.

　　"With the power he's showing now, it should be enough to deal with the big guy behind him, right?" The player lay back on the gaming chair and made some space for his butt, which had been sitting for so long.

　　“Just hold on for 56 seconds. It should be easy for a superman.” The system sorted out the numbers on its hand, and a stream of light flashed across it, which was a trace of interaction with the world.

　　"That's good," the player twisted his neck and stretched his muscles. He didn't know what he, a spirit, was doing. "This is fun."

　　The swarm is getting stronger and stronger.

　　Even though Superman is invincible in the sky and on earth, he still feels a little annoyed when facing endless enemies. He understands that the bugs that appear here are definitely the work of the mastermind, who deliberately left clues and then sent these minions to slow him down.

　　What does he want to do? Is he trying to capture the space station and use this special node to counterattack the earth? This mysterious person came here from the earth, so where did the swarm come from? Is it the collection of Ms. Black Tower?

　　Thinking of that willful and spoiled genius, Clark actually felt that it was very likely that there was a traitor in the space station, and the traitor had colluded with the mysterious man and wanted to occupy the earth with the help of Ms. Black Tower's collection.

　　The more Clark thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct. No wonder the toilet appeared in the office area of ​​the main control warehouse section and even had a hidden function. It turned out that it was a means for the insider to bring the mysterious man here and then secretly return without being noticed.

　　If players could hear Clark's inner voice, they would probably have vomited blood and fallen to the ground by now, but unfortunately, players have not yet added the mod to Liuguang Yiting, and the Black Swan is still lying quietly in the card pool, with its reputation switching back and forth between being super god and feeling not as good as Sambo.

　　The red light representing the heat ray and Superman's freezing breath alternated back and forth. The insect swarm that originally had the upper hand gradually fell into a disadvantage. One by one, the insects were killed by Superman. In their chaotic minds, where only reproduction was left, they finally had the concept of escape.

　　"Don't run!" Superman would not let these guys run away. Whether it was for the Kryptonians' past hatred or to protect the new Earth guys, Clark could not allow a bug to escape from his palm.

　　He ran and moved, killing his way through the entire corridor and clearing out all the rooms on this floor, until he reached the end, where a new elevator entrance stood quietly at the end of the corridor.

　　The same petals fell in front of the elevator, but this time there was no barking of the puppy.

　　Superman didn't hesitate and clicked the elevator's switch button.