Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 177 Brain Power Enhancement
Successfully led a demonstration against the Superhero Registration Act in the Counterworld by reporting on the news.

As the instigator, Colin also retired. Except for the initial parade in which he participated, the rest of the stage was handed over to the citizens of New York City.

The external reason is that I don't want to blur the focus because of my participation and respect the rights of protesters.

But the actual reason is that Ben Yurich of "Frontline" and Jameson believe that Colin's reports have attracted too much hatred. For safety's sake, Colin should avoid showing his face in public during this period.

Although, the concerns of Jameson et al. do not exist.

There may be existences in the anti-world that can cause him danger, but it is absolutely impossible to appear in a parade.

However, since Ben Yurich and the others requested it, Colin was also happy to relax.

Anyway, the fuse had been lit, and even without his participation, the parade would have grown bigger and bigger as time went by.

Even, according to online media reports, small-scale demonstrations broke out in Los Angeles and Washington.

Obviously, protests against the Superhero Registration Act have spread from New York to all parts of the United States.

Next, Thunderbolt, or the Superhuman Behavior Oversight Committee behind it, will have some time to deal with the problems and troubles these parades cause.

……

Taking his eyes away from the anti-"Superhero Registration Act" parade on TV, Colin looked at the text in front of him.

[Super Brain Power (Bronze)]

【Super defensive power (bronze)】

With the latest serialization of the "Messenger", he successfully improved the ability of two [Black Iron] levels.

The latter, doesn't need much explanation.

The [Bronze] level of defense can help him better resist all kinds of damage from the anti-world, especially when the levels of various thermal weapons in the anti-world are far beyond the scope of the real world.

In fact, if possible, Colin would love to reenact a classic scene where Superman was unscathed by the atomic bombing and took a photo.

Only, limited by the times.

The world's atomic bomb is still in the initial stage of science fiction, and even the most critical paper on the phenomenon of uranium nuclear fission has not been published.Without reality as a reference, even if Colin creates this scene in the comics, the readers will not be touched too deeply.

Of course, Colin can also use his upgraded [Bronze] level [Super Brain Power] to study the production of nuclear weapons in the real world.

However, after all, he is not an evil villain in the comics who wants to rule the world, and if he can unlock superhuman abilities, why should he spend time and effort researching the production of nuclear weapons.

This kind of completely thankless task is obviously not what Colin is after.

After unlocking the [Bronze] level [Super Brain Power], Ke Lin's thinking ability has obviously been significantly improved.

In just an instant, more than one-third of the fission chain reaction formula has been deduced, and the remaining part cannot be completed due to his own knowledge reserve, but as long as he is willing, he can complete the rest by reading. formula.

Shaking his head, suppressing the formula deduced in his mind, Colin put more emphasis on the ability of [Super Brain (Bronze)] itself.

There is no doubt that after the ability is upgraded to [Bronze], it is completely different from [Black Iron].

This point can be seen from the previous [Super Power], after the ability reached [Bronze], the battle process between him and the members of the Thunder Special Agents can almost be described as crushing.

And this point seems to become more obvious in [Super Brain Power].

Picking up a book at random, Colin found that as long as he wanted to, he could memorize the contents of the whole book in his heart within ten seconds.

This is just a manifestation of the improvement of brain power. The previous situation where he easily deduced the fission chain reaction formula also proved that what he upgraded was not only memory, but also calculation ability.

[Ability description: Superman has incredible intelligence and amazing calculation and learning ability. He can read a book in ten seconds and master the knowledge that ordinary people need to learn in half a month. 】

And from the introduction of the text, it can also be clearly seen that the improvement brought about by the ability upgrade has been brought about by Colin.

The improvement of [Super Brain Power] was within Colin's expectation, so he didn't show too much surprise.

In just a few seconds, he adapted to the all-round upgrade brought about by this ability improvement, including the leap in thinking ability and a more detailed grasp of his own abilities.

He lowered his head and scanned the water glasses on the table, following Colin's thoughts.

Two red lights from his eyes fell on the cup, instantly reheating the cold coffee in the cup to a suitable temperature.

This kind of control over the release of [Heat Sight] is also something that can only be achieved after [Super Brain Power] is upgraded to [Bronze].

If it was before the change, Colin might burn a hole in the whole building with a [Hot Sight], not to mention the water cup.

"good."

After taking a sip of hot coffee, Colin nodded in satisfaction.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes turned and fell on the notebook in front of him. The use of [Hot Sight] was just a small attempt on his ability, and the next step was the focus of his unlocking [Bronze] level [Super Brain Power].

As thoughts flashed through Colin's mind, his fingers moved quickly on the laptop keyboard.

Soon, a large number of drawings appeared on the computer screen.

The dense blueprints flashed quickly on the lens, like a storm of data.

……

"Sure enough, the same feeling as always."

Facing the world and completing the accumulation of knowledge, Ke Lin opened his eyes and felt the familiar and oppressive feeling coming from his body, with a clear expression in his heart.

The ability to unlock the positive world will be reduced to some extent, but this feeling of suppression will change slightly with the upgrade.If the level of [Black Iron] is to add a thick layer of iron armor to suppress his ability, then when the ability is upgraded to [Bronze], the layer of iron armor on his body seems to become a little lighter. Allowing him to display some [Black Iron] abilities.

Although it is still suppressed, at least it will not be as uncomfortable as before.

Close your eyes and search the memories in your mind.

Obviously, the actions that can be easily completed with a single thought in the anti-world, now seem to be hung with a lot of big locks, which greatly restricts his thinking ability, and he needs to be patient to open the locks to be able to move what he needs. to find out.

Fortunately, with the shuttle between the two worlds, Colin has long been used to the restrictions of the positive world.

Frowning, it took nearly 10 minutes to find out what he wanted from his mind, and the corner of Colin's mouth twitched into a slight smile.

The world has changed because of me. (The world changes because of me)
……

"Where's the boss?"

At the Messenger newspaper, Little John handed out a thick stack of letters from readers to the workers, glanced at Colin's empty desk, and then asked Jacob beside him.

He had not seen Mr. Colin in the office for nearly a week.

"storehouse."

Picking up a blue paintbrush and carefully coloring the Superman in the drawing, Jacob said without raising his head when he heard Little John's question.

For some reason, Ke Lin suddenly became interested in the old rotary printing press left by the newspaper office.

With the purchase of color rotary printing machines, the newspaper's original black and white rotary printing machines were gradually eliminated.

Old John originally planned to sell it, but in this period of the Great Depression, selling things is much more difficult than buying things.Therefore, after several unsuccessful price negotiations, Old John put out his plan to sell the rotary machine and threw it in the corner of the warehouse.

Originally, this was a very common thing.

However, when Colin suddenly became interested in this machine, it became unusual.

jingle--

dong dong dong-

In front of the typesetting machine, Old John pressed the keys while checking, and the sound of mechanical knocking came from time to time in his ears.

This voice has lasted for almost a week. If it were someone else, they might have already expressed their dissatisfaction.However, considering that the owner of the noise was his own boss, the owner of the newspaper, Old John and the others could only bear this trouble in silence.

"So, what do you think the boss is going to do?"

Turning his head, after listening to the tinkling sound coming from the direction of the warehouse, Little John couldn't help asking Jacob.

"do not know."

Turning the paintbrush in his hand to add color to the Superman arm in the drawing, Jacob turned his head and glanced in the direction of the warehouse, then shrugged and replied.

"Maybe it's trying to make something."

Regarding Ke Lin's sudden behavior, although everyone in the newspaper office was curious, they did not dare to disturb him.

"So, what could it be?"

Jacob's answer not only did not make Little John's inner curiosity less, but made it a little bit bigger.

It's not that he didn't secretly go to the warehouse to watch Colin's hands-on process, but, when he went to the warehouse before, he only saw the process of the boss dismantling the rotary press, looking at the parts all over the floor, if it was replaced by Little John In my own words, I don't have the confidence to put them back together again.

In addition, after Old John found out, he was explicitly forbidden to disturb the boss again.

Since then, Little John has never been to the warehouse again.

"Super robots, like in the Superman comics."

Hearing this, Jacob made a rare joke.

However, the joke was obviously not funny at all, and even Little John didn't react too much.

Seeing that his humor hadn't worked, Jacob shrugged and returned his attention to the work in hand. While changing to a red paintbrush to outline the 'S' logo on Superman's chest, he said: "Whatever What it is, anyway, you will know in the end, unless..."

Unless manufacturing fails.

Jacob didn't say the rest of his words. After all, if he failed, Colin would definitely not be in a good mood. He didn't want to be the one who made his boss suffer.Before, he finally refused the "holiday" given to him by his boss, in case he was upset again.

Jacob figured he might be asked to take another vacation.

He loves his current job, especially with a new comic of his own on Courier Comics, and his life as a cartoonist has just begun.

"You're right."

Nodding his head, Little John obviously accepted Jacob's reason.

Sitting back in his seat, although his attention was still attracted by the sounds from the warehouse from time to time, under the gaze of Old John, he still had to focus on the work in his hands.

During this time, with the airing of the CBS radio drama, Superman's popularity was even greater.

It is said that even the rebroadcast of "The Adventures of Superman" ranked No.1 in the broadcast period of the day. Readers and listeners' love for Superman is not limited to New York, and many cities that listen to the radio drama have set off a wave of " Superman Hot'.

"Truth, Justice and the American Way! (Truth, justice and the American way!)"

This sentence has become a slogan passed on by all Americans.

Even Roosevelt, the Democratic presidential candidate, used this sentence as one of his speeches in public.

Although, Little John doesn't think there is anything good about the American way.

Did Hoover use a lot of American methods, but his American methods brought everyone the worst results.

So, the key is not the American way, but the people who use it.

Superman is the real answer, and if Superman's American way is the future, Hoover is the reality.

Dangdang-

The Messenger newspaper, just when Little John was thinking wildly.

The sound coming from the warehouse suddenly became quieter, accompanied by the sound of the mechanical bearings of the last machine turning, and finally turned into silence.

"The sound is gone, that is?"

The 'noise' that lasted for a week suddenly disappeared, and everyone, including Little John, was not used to it.

Even, Old John seemed to be able to hear the faint knocking sound in his ears, and he shook his head to realize that this was just his own hallucination.

"It's over, or..."

The disappearance of the sound in the warehouse meant that Colin's transformation of the rotary machine was over.

It's just that everyone in the newspaper office can't tell what the result of this transformation will be. With some anxiety mixed with curiosity in their hearts, they set their sights on the warehouse of the newspaper office.

Under the gaze of everyone, a few minutes later, Colin's figure appeared there.

"Everyone, put down your work, I have something to show you."

Wearing a simple overalls with suspenders and rolled up his cuffs, Ke Lin glanced at the people in the newspaper office, and then spoke.

(End of this chapter)