Lin Feng gave Shan Hai a look.
"I could make you disappear with a single thought, would I need to tell you all this if I wanted to silence you?"
"Heh heh." Shan Hai also chuckled.
"It was just a joke."
Of course, he knew that his main body couldn't silence him. After all, they were one and the same, and there was no need to doubt his loyalty.
It was like a person wouldn't suspect their own organs of betraying them.
"But, what's going on? Souls shouldn't split for no reason." Shan Hai steered the conversation back on track.
"Right, I'm very confused too. So the reason I'm telling you all this now is because there's something I need you to do while you're researching the Death Realm."
Shan Hai leaned back. "Exploiting yourself?"
"Uh..." Lin Feng scratched his head, not wanting to answer the question, and instead pointed into the distance.
"Look, those souls..."
No one knew how vast the Death Realm was, nor how many souls it contained.
Moreover, in Hela's Death Realm, it seemed to hold souls from more than just one universe.
"You mean?" Shan Hai's eyes lit up, as if he had guessed his main body's intention.
"Exactly!" Lin Feng smiled.
"There are countless souls here!"
"And among them are beings of great evil. Aren't they the best research subjects?"
"People of great treachery and evil, still in a soul state, are indeed good material."
"Find a way to give them the same splitting ability as ours and see what's really going on!" Lin Feng said solemnly.
Shan Hai clicked his tongue.
"So that's what you were thinking."
"But I don't know what Hela did. The state of these souls isn't quite right..."
Even after Hela's death, these souls remained muddled and unresponsive, with no changes whatsoever.
Could it be related to that red network?
Lin Feng shrugged. "That's for you to research. As for me, I should go back and celebrate the holiday!"
Shan Hai clenched his fists. Even though it was his main body, he was still annoyed.
He turned to say a few words, but suddenly realized that his main body had vanished like a ghost.
So clever, running so fast...
The curse he had been holding back for so long finally turned into a sigh.
"As expected of me..."
Lin Feng left the Death Realm and returned to Blue Star.
His conversation with Shan Hai hadn't lasted very long, only about an hour longer than his time with Lin Jili and the others.
Lin Feng had given a lot of thought to the task he assigned to Shan Hai.
As soon as he had vaguely sensed that his clones were different, Lin Feng had already taken this matter to heart.
He had always given these two distinct clones sufficient independent authority.
This was evident in how Lin Feng didn't easily synchronize their memories.
Since the clones had displayed sufficient intelligence and self-awareness, Lin Feng would do his best to give them the respect they deserved.
Clones with a high degree of autonomy would be far more useful than ordinary ones.
This was a positive enhancement for Lin Feng. If an ordinary clone had been undercover among the black robes, they would likely have been exposed long ago!
He wasn't afraid of his clones betraying him. With a single thought, he could recall them, so what was there to fear?
In this regard, letting Clone Shan Hai research on his behalf would likely lead to new insights about souls.
It was like the Shadow Clones from Naruto that Lin Feng had read about before.
Anything learned or obtained by the clones would also be fed back to the main body!
Shaking his head, he put these thoughts aside.
Next, he should be quietly and happily celebrating the holiday with his family.
However, before that...
Lin Feng looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar place before him and clicked his tongue.
What had been a villa district the day before was now like Ultraman had paid a visit.
Well, when Shan Hai and the others were fighting, they had destroyed more than half of the villa district.
There were ruins everywhere, making it hard not to suspect Ultraman and a monster had a date here.
But thanks to Wanda's magic, Lin Feng's villa was mostly intact.
However! A villa standing alone on a pile of rubble looked odd, no matter how you looked at it...
It was like a haunted house in a horror movie, standing alone on the edge of a cliff.
The only good news was that there seemed to be no casualties...
"Lin Feng!"
"Lin Feng!"
As he walked into his villa's area, a group of people immediately rushed to greet him.
Susan, Wanda, Lin Jili, Martina, and even Tony were there.
They were all waiting for Lin Feng's return.
He had almost forgotten, Tony had said he would wait for him at the villa...
"It's all resolved!" Seeing the inquiring faces, Lin Feng smiled and gave everyone an answer.
This also signaled the true end of this danger.
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It was good that it was over.
That crazy woman before was too terrifying...
Susan hugged Lin Feng, not asking for details.
It wasn't the time to discuss it. Their living situation was like this, they needed to stabilize first. They could talk about it tonight when they slept.
"Lin Feng, I have a spare villa. You can pick one?"
Tony looked at the surrounding environment and said to Lin Feng.
Since having Morgan, the doting father had become increasingly meticulous about minor details.
Although Lin Feng's villa was still habitable, the surrounding environment made it rather unnerving for this family, big and small, to continue living there.
"Don't be polite with me, you know how it is!" Tony patted Lin Feng's shoulder and gave him a knowing wink.
He was afraid Lin Feng would refuse and didn't like Lin Feng being so formal with him.
"Alright... That's fine, pick a big one for me." Lin Feng thought Tony was overthinking. He would never be polite with this rich braggart.
"But I quite like it here."
"Tony, use my dividends to buy up the surrounding area. I want to build something like a manor here."
Lin Feng added, looking at the destroyed villas around.
Although, if one were to be precise, Lin Feng was much wealthier than Tony now.
Lin Feng had lived here for several years and had grown attached to the place, so he didn't want to move easily.
Tony, of course, wouldn't refuse.
He immediately had Jarvis contact the surrounding homeowners to prepare for the acquisition.
Meanwhile, Lin Feng and his family, after a simple tidying up, moved into a semi-mountain villa owned by Tony.
They would stay there temporarily. Once Tony finished acquiring the properties, Lin Feng planned to build his future residence using his own abilities.
However, the acquisition process was much faster than Lin Feng had anticipated.
This was because the villas were already mostly destroyed.
Furthermore, since the buyer was Tony, the owners were eager to establish some connection with Stark Industries and agreed to sell even without carefully examining the price.
Of course, Tony wouldn't intentionally lower the price...
Seeing that the acquisition was complete, Lin Feng intended to start building.
But looking at the calendar, Christmas was the day after tomorrow, followed by New Year's Day and the New Year.
The matter of the new house would have to wait. He would enjoy the holiday comfortably first!