[Fusion time required: 7 days and 12 hours. Development progress reduction: 4 days. Current time needed: 3 days and 12 hours. Proceed with fusion?]
"Eh? Development progress reduced the time by that much? Not bad." Fang Yuan was very satisfied.
It was only three days, so he immediately confirmed: "Fuse!"
Three days passed quickly. While Fang Yuan was studying compound v, he suddenly heard a prompt from the panel—
[Template fusion complete. Please name the new template!]
Fang Yuan thought for a moment. To save trouble, he directly named it: "Wolverine Template!"
After all, Wolverine is the representative figure of self-healing abilities; this name is easy to understand.
[New template named—Wolverine.]
[Wolverine Template: Grade A-, Development Progress 57%.]
"The grade increased?"
Fang Yuan quickly equipped the new template and took out a knife. Although his physique could already resist common blades, he could still self-harm if he controlled it himself.
He gritted his teeth and directly cut off his left pinky finger. He wanted to test if he could regrow a severed digit now.
Anyway, if it didn't work, he could just press it back on and it would heal.
Then, Fang Yuan saw granulation tissue rapidly growing at the site of his pinky. Even the new bone was clearly visible. In just one minute, Fang Yuan's finger had completely regrown!
Kimiko had also tried regrowing a severed finger when testing her abilities. Fang Yuan remembered it took her 13 hours back then. Now, he only needed one minute. This was clearly a change brought by the Logan Template.
Moreover, this provided a very intuitive look at the gap between the A-grade Wolverine Template and the B-grade Kimiko Template.
The first template fusion was a huge success!
So, Fang Yuan immediately set about the second template fusion.
This time, he planned to fuse the Good Big Brother template with Impact Alex Summers' template.
Impact can absorb free energy and release it, which shares similarities with the Black King's ability. So, even though Fang Yuan's Alex Template's development progress was at 35%, it still met the fusion requirements.
The Black King's ability is to absorb energy and release it through contact. If combined with Alex's ability, Fang Yuan would be able to directly release even stronger shockwaves after absorbing energy.
He could do it now, but it would put a heavy burden on his body. It certainly wasn't as convenient as a single template.
[Fusion time required: 56 days and 20 hours. Development progress reduction: 16 days and 4 hours. Current time needed: 40 days and 6 hours. Proceed with fusion?]
"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of an A+ grade template and an A- grade template. The fusion time is indeed much longer," Fang Yuan remarked.
You get what you pay for. Since the fusion period didn't affect his use of the templates, Fang Yuan clicked fuse anyway.
It was just a month's wait; Fang Yuan could afford it.
However, during this wait, things started happening.
Two things, actually.
Of course, neither was a bad thing.
The first was because the Black King's current actions were too frequent. Although Vought's Superhero business hadn't been heavily affected, the secret laboratories had suffered a major blow.
In the eyes of CEO Stan, the development of compound v was far more important than any Superhero star.
So, he couldn't sit still anymore.
Stan Edgar took the initiative to find Homelander, telling Homelander that if he wanted to keep the privileges he and Fang Yuan currently enjoyed, he had to deal with the Black King—at least to the point where he would stop causing trouble for Vought's labs.
It was a deal: stop the Black King in exchange for the two brothers' privileges.
Homelander didn't want to deal with the Black King, but Stan was an old fox. He used Fang Yuan as an excuse to keep him in check, threatening to cancel Fang Yuan's privileges if he didn't deal with the Black King. Homelander had promised to give Vought to his brother, so he could only agree.
Homelander didn't know that this task, which put him in such a difficult position, was a simple matter for Fang Yuan.
The research data Fang Yuan needed was basically all collected. It was no problem for the Black King to stop his actions now.
After all, Vought was his source of experimental data. If he collapsed Vought's labs too much, it would affect the progress of Fang Yuan's own research.
He might as well use this opportunity to let Vought's labs accumulate more data so he could harvest it next time.
Hmm, a laboratory? X
Fang Yuan's leeks? √
The second matter was quite sudden.
[Ding! The preset time node for the Marvel Universe is about to arrive. Countdown: 10 days in the current World.]
"Only 10 days until I can go to Marvel?"
Fang Yuan was quite surprised. He had made a deal with the Ancient One before, saying he would return when the Marvel Universe reached the year 2010. So after setting a reminder on the panel, he had temporarily ignored it.
He didn't expect it to be so close already.
Fang Yuan thought back. Although it felt like only a year or two to him, since leaving Marvel, he had been to the DC Universe, X-Men, and The Boys World. Among them, the DC Universe had even undergone several timeline reboots. In the multiverse where time flows differently, it was normal for time to be almost up on the Marvel side.
In that case, Fang Yuan immediately planned to head to the Marvel Universe.
After all, in The Boys World, Fang Yuan had already gained preliminary control over Vought Corporation. The rest was just gradual expansion to control the World.
However, Fang Yuan still needed time to study compound v, and the product wasn't fully developed yet, so he wasn't in that much of a hurry.
Besides, time flows differently in the Marvel Universe. Who knows how far ahead Marvel would leap if he delayed for one more day?
It wouldn't be good if he missed key plot points.
Not to mention the contract time he agreed upon with the Ancient One only lasted until early 2017. He had to hurry and use this limited time to make the Ancient One abandon the idea of dying.
She was a super-powered thigh; he had to cling to her tightly.
By comparison, the importance of The Boys World was temporarily pushed back. Here, Fang Yuan was a top-tier powerhouse; he could make a king's return whenever he wanted.
But with 10 days left, Fang Yuan intended to make good use of them.
Homelander's current reputation was 147, only 3 points away from unlocking the Tier 4 Aura reward.
Although increasing those 3 points from 147 to 150 was harder than going from 100 to 130, Fang Yuan always had good ideas.
Normal growth takes time. If he staged a major event and used a heavyweight person as a stepping stone, wouldn't his influence soar?
For example—the Black King!
Anyway, the Black King was just one of Fang Yuan's personas. Using it to help him get rewards was perfect.
He didn't have to worry about the Black King losing his prestige either. Fang Yuan had positioned the Black King as a Magneto-type figure.
Magneto, after all, being defeated by the underling of The Boys' version of Professor X (Fang Yuan) was perfectly natural. Being defeated by Homelander this time wouldn't stop the Black King from coming back and beating Homelander next time. It wouldn't affect the Black King's comeback in the slightest.
After clarifying the plan, Fang Yuan immediately began making arrangements.
"With so much evidence presented to the officials, they actually turned a blind eye. In that case, let's make a big move!"
The Black King delivered a pre-battle mobilization speech to his subordinates in The Boys. These supes were all full of fighting spirit, waiting for their leader's further instructions.
"We will directly raid Seven Tower at Vought Headquarters! Since the officials still intend to shield them despite the caught-red-handed evidence, we might as well just destroy Vought Corporation!" Fang Yuan shouted loudly.
The supes present immediately got excited. Even those with very weak combat abilities, like Kuchi and Heat Girl, followed along, shouting excitedly—
"Destroy Vought!"
"Destroy Vought!"
The power of the Black Emperor Aura was terrifying indeed.
However, Fang Yuan didn't intend to let everyone go. Supes without sufficient strength would be useless, and since this was about earning reputation for Homelander, he wanted to put on a grand show.
People like Heat Girl would only be a burden.
He couldn't exactly have a Sarajevo performance on the spot, could he?
Some with sensitive identities also couldn't be brought along, like Claw Woman. She had some self-healing ability, so she wasn't without combat power, but she was A-Train's girlfriend. Bringing her to attack Vought would make A-Train explode on the spot.
He could, but it wasn't necessary.
Or Sam; he was Golden Boy Luke's younger brother. Luke was highly valued by Vought and was also part of Fang Yuan's plan, so Sam wasn't suitable for exposure right now.
So, the Black King set off with a dozen or so supes with relatively strong abilities, with Cindy prominently among them.
Cindy's superpower was enough for her to survive in a chaotic battle. For safety, the Black King didn't even bring "Love Sausage" Brother Kun.
But the Black King didn't lead the attack immediately. He had to find a critical moment.
A moment under the spotlight of the entire World.
For example, Vought's quarterly shareholders' meeting in two days.
Although Madelyn had just held the previous year's shareholders' meeting two months ago, Vought had faced a series of major upheavals in those two months, and Stan needed to stabilize the shareholders' emotions.
compound v, supe Terrorists, and the public opinion stirred up by the Black King had put Vought on the hot seat, indeed causing fluctuations in Vought's stock price.
It just so happened that Vought had finally joined the Military-industrial complex and received large orders from the Military. Stan had the confidence to tell the shareholders that Vought was still steadily making a profit.
Based on this objective, Stan arranged for this quarterly shareholders' meeting to be broadcast live, announcing to the whole World that Vought was stronger than ever.
On the day of the public meeting, the scene was incredibly lively.
A dense crowd of reporters gathered here, and the invited media rushed in with their cameras and equipment.
They had too many questions to ask, especially regarding the Black King.
Besides reporters, there were also some invited audience members.
And The Seven also came to the scene as Vought's Superhero representatives, even though the current Seven still only had six members.
Homelander led Starlight, A-Train, Maeve, Black Noir, and Kimiko. Their appearance was met with cheers from many audience members.
This was the first collective appearance of this version of The Seven.
Many people in the crowd also shouted Kimiko's title—"Wolf Girl."
Her recent feat of defeating five supe Terrorists single-handedly at the hospital to save civilians had left a deep impression on many people.
But while the crowd cheered, Kimiko kept scanning the area, hoping to see her brother's figure. Unfortunately, there was no gain this time either.
Fang Yuan did not appear. His image here was that of someone who didn't like to show his face in public, so no one was surprised.
After all, only this way could Fang Yuan create an even bigger surprise for Vought from the shadows.
Just as Stan was delivering his eloquent speech on stage, boasting about Vought's earnings, a loud bang suddenly came from the scene—
"Boom!"
The surprise had arrived.
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