Chapter 1 Qianyan Xia

If Captain Stardust was the "Shield of the Galactic Alliance," then Qianyan Xia (Thousand-Eye Hero) was its "Spear."

His power could be summed up in one sentence: he released energy light waves from the eyes on his body.

Some might think this ability was average, at most on par with heroes like the Breakdancing Bandit or the Tap-Dancing Terror. How could it be cosmic-level?

The reason was simple: Qianyan Xia's power... had no limit.

The Black Hole Queen once told the other heroes that each of Qianyan Xia's eyes was connected to a parallel universe; and the energy he released was the redundant force produced when those universes exploded.

Theoretically, that energy had been growing exponentially from the moment it was born and would never stop...

Therefore, Qianyan Xia was like an "infinite energy furnace," his life energy and the energy he could create were endless.

Even billions of years later, when other heroes had long turned to dust, Qianyan Xia would not change; as long as his body was not destroyed by external forces, his lifespan would be longer than that of a star, and he would never suffer from power depletion.

But unexpectedly, today... this hero, who was so close to being a "god," died at the hands of an enemy from the future.

"Qianyan Xia, you're just unlucky..." Dr. Didi looked at Qianyan Xia lying on the ground and continued in a confident tone, "In my original plan, I intended to spare your life; after all, you are very valuable for research... Even if the research failed, it would be good to use you as an infinite energy source." He paused. "Unfortunately... after I found 'that,' you have become a dispensable existence."

As he spoke, the last few eyes on Qianyan Xia's body closed...

This hero, who was usually gentle and taciturn, ended his life, which should have been incredibly long.

"Hmm... more fragile than I thought." Seeing this, Dr. Didi said coldly, "I thought you could still linger for a while, waiting for me to kill Mr. Low before you breathed your last."

"You're the one who's going to die!" The next second, Mr. Low, enraged, instantly arrived, and with a roar, his downward kick slammed towards Dr. Didi's face like a battle-axe.

Bang—

With that kick, the entire command center's tower was split in two.

The huge and solid building collapsed under the force of this melee move, and for a time, dust filled the sky and the earth shook.

Undoubtedly, Mr. Low was a power-type hero, and he was also the only pure power-type hero among the ten founders of the Galactic Alliance.

So, how strong was a cosmic-level warrior like him?

Let's just say... he was probably like a Super Saiyan who couldn't fire energy blasts and wasn't that ridiculously fast...

"Tch... I thought he was so powerful, but I solved him with only 40% of my strength..." Soon, Mr. Low's figure appeared in the ruins. He looked down at the fragments of the corpse in the pile of dust at his feet and said fiercely, "If I had known this earlier, I should have rushed up and killed him instantly, so that Toxin and Qianyan Xia wouldn't have..."

"You seem to have misunderstood something..." Just as Mr. Low was talking to himself, a low voice suddenly came from an inch behind him.

Undoubtedly, it was Dr. Didi who was speaking to him.

But... the current Dr. Didi was different from before.

His original semi-mechanical modified body had indeed been crushed by Mr. Low's attack, but he did not die because of it; not only did he not die, but he also transformed into a mass of mucus-like substance, gradually forming a human shape and reappearing behind Mr. Low.

No sooner said than done...

Mr. Low, who heard Dr. Didi's voice again, was suddenly shocked. Years of combat experience and instinct had directed his body to turn around and throw a punch before his mind could react.

Pfft—

This blow also hit; Mr. Low's arm passed through Dr. Didi's body, punching a big hole in the latter's torso.

However, a second later, the person who showed a horrified expression was Mr. Low.

"You... this is..." The moment Mr. Low saw Dr. Didi again, he knew... that he could no longer kill the other party.

At this time, Dr. Didi's entire body was in a semi-solidified state, the color of his body's surface was light purple, and it emitted extremely high heat.

Mr. Low was very familiar with this form, because... it was one of Toxin's combat forms.

"It seems you understand." Dr. Didi said calmly after seeing Mr. Low's expression, "So... rest in peace."

Dr. Didi spent six seconds saying the above sentence.

And these six seconds were enough for Mr. Low to die from the poison...

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At the same time, on the spaceship.

"What's going on?" Captain Stardust, who saw this scene through the spaceship's monitor, said anxiously, "Why is he healing like Toxin? And..."

"And... Mr. Low seems to have already..." Dr. Eternal finished half a sentence with a solemn expression.

Although it was impossible to determine through the monitor's screen, Dr. Eternal, relying on his ability to sense life, already knew the news of the deaths of both Qianyan Xia and Mr. Low.

"Poker Face! Didn't you say that Dr. Didi was just a scientist from the Exploding Star? How could he have that kind of ability?" Captain Stardust was already anxious at this moment. He suddenly turned around and asked Jue Ge in a questioning tone.

"It's useless for you to shout at me about this... I'm also very surprised..." Feng Bujue said, "Before carrying out this mission, I knew nothing about Dr. Didi; even now, my understanding of him is only based on a brief confrontation and a pile of information..." He turned his head and took a breath, "Besides... the result of that confrontation was that I was outsmarted."

When Captain Stardust heard this, he felt that Poker Face was right. He had no reason to vent his anger on his own people: "This..." He was speechless for a few seconds, then looked at the Tin Foil Hero beside him, "Cletus, what should we do now? If we don't go and help, I'm afraid even Lucky Man will..."

"No." Before the Tin Foil Hero could answer, Toad Hero interrupted, "Precisely because he has shown abilities similar to Toxin's, we can't act rashly..."

"Toad Hero is right." The Tin Foil Hero continued, "If he really possesses power comparable to Toxin's, it's just a waste of our lives to go down... In fact, even staying on this spaceship, there is a risk of being poisoned by him..." He paused for a second and then said, "Also... we have to consider the possibility that his ability is to copy the abilities of his opponents, what should we do then?"

"I'll go." At this moment, the King of Worms, who rarely expressed his opinions, spoke, "Even if he really copied Toxin's abilities, it would have limited effect on me, and I don't have any abilities that he can copy..."

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Back to the ruins...

After poisoning Mr. Low, Dr. Didi turned his face towards the direction of the Tin Foil and raised one hand, seemingly preparing to use some kind of telekinetic attack.

However, just before he was about to attack, he suddenly saw a figure... slowly walking towards him from the smoke and dust that had not yet dissipated.

When Dr. Didi saw this person, his expression became serious, and he withdrew his hand... assuming a defensive posture.

"Sigh..." When he got closer, Lucky Man first looked at Mr. Low's body, and then let out a sigh.

"Long time no see, Lucky Man." Dr. Didi naturally recognized the other party.

"Presumably... you have also studied strategies to deal with me, right?" Lucky Man did not greet the doctor, but instead asked directly in a cold tone.

"Of course." Dr. Didi replied, "My understanding of you, the 'initial ten of the Galactic Alliance High Council,' is probably far beyond your imagination..."

"Oh?" Lucky Man continued, "Then I'm very curious... how do you plan to deal with me?"

His question was quite skillful.

Because... he himself didn't know how to kill himself.

Lucky Man, as the name suggests, is a lucky man (ps: speaking of this, I have to mention Mr. Low who just received his box lunch; his hero name seems easy to cause misunderstandings, as if he is deliberately self-deprecating, but in fact... he is called this name because his surname is really Low, L-0-w... the surname inherited from his dear father, there's nothing he can do about it).

So, how lucky is he...

For example, if Lucky Man wants to win the lottery, he just needs to go to the lottery station, buy a random number, and the first prize is his.

Similarly, if he buys a football lottery and has the awareness of "I want to win the prize," then... no matter how slim the chances of the team he buys winning the championship, they will miraculously pull off an upset victory.

As for gambling, there's no need to mention it... compared to the odds of winning the lottery, gambling is simply a low-risk, high-return game activity; Lucky Man never participates in gambling, not even games with a certain element of luck.

Because he knows he will win without playing, even if his opponent has planned to cheat... as long as he is facing Lucky Man, something unexpected will definitely happen during the cheating, leading to exposure or failure.

Perhaps, after reading the above examples, you will think... Lucky Man's ability is probably "manipulating probability."

Wrong...

Let me give you a few more different examples...

For example, Lucky Man has a crush on someone of the opposite sex and thinks in his heart, "I wish she liked me too," then... as long as he maintains this awareness or obsession for a certain length and intensity, it won't be long... maybe the other party will take the initiative to confess to him.

For another example, before, when the Tin Foil was about to be hit by a stellar laser cannon; when an event that could endanger Lucky Man's "life" occurred, he didn't even need to have active factors such as "intentions" or "thoughts," he just had to lie there and not move... and he could "luckily" survive the attack.

But how exactly did he survive? It's not certain...

Maybe his teammates will save him; maybe the laser cannon will suddenly malfunction; maybe the spaceship's shield will suddenly overload and concentrate all the defensive energy on him alone; maybe a meteorite with extremely high speed and mass will happen to fly over and block the part of the laser that would hit him.

It is even possible... that a Long Aotian (protagonist of Chinese web novels, known for being overpowered) who breaks through the void and ascends from another plane will appear on the shelling trajectory and casually help him block the attack...

In short, this is Lucky Man.

A man who is ordinary in all aspects, but is favored by the "law of causality" in this universe.

As for the principle of his ability, not to mention others, even he himself is at a loss...

Of course, the Black Hole Queen knows something; however, she has not revealed the truth about Lucky Man's ability to anyone...

In fact, there will be an existence similar to Lucky Man in every universe, he/she/it is born as a kind of "reverse balance force."

Because... no matter what kind of universe, there will be corresponding "universe gods," these gods usually assume the management responsibilities that high-dimensional life should have, such as time, space, creation, destruction...

Since there is destruction, there will naturally be some corresponding negative things, such as death, pain, nothingness, etc. These "existences" will generate a lot of energy and form a kind of "force."

In order to balance this force, the universe itself will create a special individual somewhere to bear the "force" opposite to those negative forces.

And Lucky Man... is such an existence.

Obviously, Lucky Man is a good person.

How good? Good enough not to abuse his own heaven-defying abilities...

But now, he has made up his mind to use his abilities to hurt others, and that person... is Dr. Didi.

"Hehe... good question." Dr. Didi laughed immediately when asked by the other party, "I have indeed considered this question for a long time..."

At this moment, the doctor was actually stalling for time.

Although he had obtained Toxin's abilities, he was not Toxin himself after all, so he was not proficient in mastering these abilities; he needed a certain amount of time to adapt to this power and stabilize his body structure, otherwise... his body might have to remain in this semi-solidified state forever.

"Among you ten, there are only two... that I have never been able to find a way to defeat." Dr. Didi said unhurriedly, "One is the Black Hole Queen; the other... is you..."

Just as he said these words, suddenly! An unexpected change occurred.

A huge black shadow fell from the sky, like an air-dropped bomb, covering Dr. Didi's head.

The doctor suddenly looked up and took a closer look... and saw a giant pig trotter-like thing falling towards him.