In the sin city of Las Vegas, a new round of get-rich-quick legends began circulating among the major casinos.
A young, mysterious male gambler had swept through the major casinos in just three short days, raking in nearly ten million dollars.
Some said he was a newly emerged professional gambler with superb gambling skills, others claimed he cheated using the latest high-tech gadgets, and still others insisted the guy was just purely lucky.
Only the casino dealers understood that this gambler possessed astonishing calculating ability and was truly relying on his own genius brain.
The casinos were simply outmatched.
Precisely because of this, the casinos had no way to deal with him. Moreover, the guy ran as soon as he won. By the time the major casinos actually reacted, he had already vanished from Las Vegas, as if he had never appeared at all.
All that remained in the sin city were the legendary, almost supernatural tales of his exploits.
"Strong, from the inside out, every sip is for a better tomorrow! — Johnson Brand Milk, recommended by Homelander."
"Be your own queen, you don't need anyone to crown you. Queen Maeve Women's Perfume."
"Rapid breakthrough, every step faster than the wind, your speed is the limit!! — A-Train 1.0 running shoes, endorsed by A-Train."
Shawn, hailed as the new legend of the casinos, was now keeping his achievements hidden and had safely landed at the airport in California.
Looking at the massive outdoor billboards, he couldn't help but laugh: "If not for the overly dark and dirty things Vought International does, becoming a superhero might actually be an option."
Vought International had at least two or three hundred contracted heroes. With their own strength combined with Vought International's overwhelming omnichannel marketing exposure, many were well-known; it was just a matter of how famous they were.
They represented not just the superheroes themselves, but also many popular IPs created around them, which brought huge profits to Vought International every year.
Not to mention the most successful 'The Seven', who were gradually becoming national idols, even the slightly lower-tier second or third-rate hero teams had members with endorsements worth millions of dollars.
Besides that, the security project partnerships tied to various state cities were worth hundreds of millions.
Although superheroes were essentially products of Vought International and high-level wage earners, the wealth they could ultimately share was something ordinary people couldn't imagine in a lifetime.
The safely landed Shawn felt moved to reflect on this.
He left the airport in a taxi, circled around his residential city several times until the driver's gaze became increasingly strange, then chose a spot to get off and entered a high-end custom gift shop he had never stepped foot in before.
A few hours later, having prepared a surprise for Mira, Shawn returned to his residence in a low-key manner.
It had been a month since he became Superman, and Mira had been pregnant for over twenty days.
His racial talent, 'Stellar Energy', was constantly absorbing power for him. His stature gradually increased, finally settling at 188cm, and his physique completely shed its former frail appearance.
As time passed, Shawn's abilities improved once again.
[Steel Body (Bronze): Super Strength (Bronze) · LV2, Super Agility (Bronze) · LV2, Super Physique (Bronze) · LV3, Super Senses (Bronze) · LV2, Super Brain (Bronze) · LV2, Super Healing (Bronze) · LV2]
The six-piece Steel Body set had all reached LV2, with 'Super Physique' even reaching the LV3 level.
Compared to when he first obtained the Superman bloodline, his strength had made a huge leap.
Just in terms of a single LV2 ability, his actual level was already roughly equivalent to those weak city-level heroes.
And since he had six abilities, he was the daddy of city-level heroes, a proper all-around powerhouse.
This wasn't hard to judge; there were interviews, competitions, and even live combat footage of them on the internet. While not as numerous as cow's hair, they were definitely not hard to find.
Shawn only needed to do a little research to know roughly what level he was at.
Because of this, he determined that he possessed the ability for initial self-preservation, which led to his previous trip to Las Vegas.
The plan to earn diaper money, under the blessing of his Super Senses and Super Brain, went smoothly without a hitch and could be considered very successful.
However, in the last few days, Shawn clearly felt the improvement of his abilities slowing down.
Improving ability levels from LV0 to LV1 generally took about a week at the time, but improving from LV1 to LV2 took nearly twenty-plus days.
Among them, the highest ability, 'Super Physique (Bronze) · LV3', would likely have taken months to break through if he hadn't strengthened it once before.
Besides the above improvements, he also awakened another important ability.
[Awakened Ability: Flight (Bronze) · LV0 —"LV1]
Flight was a standard feature for Superman, an evolution from infantry to air force. The boost to his strength was self-evident, and he was one step closer to becoming a mature Superman.
The newly awakened LV0 Flight could only allow him to hover, just enough for him to wobble into the air, but after reaching LV1, it allowed him to fly properly.
It's just that the speed was a bit pathetic, not much faster than a car.
Through this period of adaptation and contemplation, Shawn discovered that even if he lay still without moving, these abilities would slowly improve passively with 'Stellar Energy'.
This was very good, very Superman.
But if he actively trained each ability, he could still gain good benefits, and the speed of their improvement would be even faster!
This discovery was very important to Shawn, as it meant that even after becoming Superman, honing and training himself still had positive significance.
His Flight ability would therefore soon be able to catch up.
"Honey, come take a look, how is this outfit?"
When he returned to the apartment, Mira was wearing a white pleated skirt and looking in the mirror, without any of the warm greetings one might expect after her lover had been away for three days.
Shawn didn't need that either; the level of familiarity between the two was higher than that of many old married couples.
As the bloodline transformation progressed, Mira was changing silently; her appearance was becoming increasingly radiant, and like Shawn, she had grown slightly taller.
Shawn had already sent Mira a text message before returning. He now stood behind her, his eyes showing appreciation, but he said: "For the graduation ceremony, everyone will wear academic robes over their clothes; I don't think anyone will care what you're wearing underneath!"
At California Imperial Institute of Technology, the graduation ceremony was voluntary, and counting the time, it was just eight days away.
Originally, because Mira was pregnant, Shawn had not planned to go, but Mira thought it was very memorable. After discussing it, they decided to put a perfect end to their student life.
For this reason, their families would also be present.
"You don't understand women—"
Mira heard this and glared at Shawn, lifting her head like a proud, aloof swan: "Those bitches will definitely put effort into dressing up, and I don't want to be shown up by your former lover, Daphne!"
This matter had truly become Shawn's dark history.
"Just an ordinary classmate, how could she compare to you?!"
Shawn gave a sheepish smile, but his reply was unhesitating: "It should be said that no woman compares to you, Mira. Even without makeup, just standing there, you are the most beautiful girl!"
"Oh?"
Mira blinked and asked with a smile: "Then what about Jenny?"
"..."
Shawn looked blank: "Don't know her, who is that? Your friend?"
A certain intellectual older sister who had been stood up could now only be reduced to a part of their play.
The two chatted and laughed, and another half-day passed.
Their way of getting along hadn't changed much from before.
When the pregnancy first started, Shawn revolved around Mira almost every day, afraid that any lack of care would affect the health of the fetus and the mother.
After ten or fifteen days, he didn't find it annoying, but Mira couldn't stand it first and sternly rejected the excessive care.
Mira was not a delicate woman; she was already very healthy, and the Superman bloodline transformation was slowly improving her physique, so there was indeed no need to be too nervous.
Shawn observed for a while and found that Mira was completely normal, eating and drinking heartily with a great appetite, and showed no signs of becoming weak, so he let her be.
"Will you marry me..."
After dinner, Mira opened the gift Shawn had carefully prepared for her: a pocket-watch-style pure gold pendant with a photo of them together, plus a dazzling diamond ring.
Then, she heard Shawn's words.
There were no flowers, no applause, only the most simple and sincere words.
On this day filled with sunset clouds, an incomparably ordinary day.
Simple and direct.
"I do."
Mira's eyes shimmered with tears, and she smiled brightly: "I have waited for this day for a long time; it feels just like a dream..."
Shawn put the ring on her finger, took out a card, and handed it to Mira nonchalantly: "Earned a little pocket money, enough for our expenses for the foreseeable future."
In an instant, the touching atmosphere vanished completely.
Mira was so angry she wanted to slap him: "Can you, you jerk, say something romantic to coax me?!"
"Eight million."
"Hee hee!"
Mira blew him a happy flying kiss: "Honey, will I have similar Superpowers in the future?"
"Of course."
"It's really something to look forward to."
Money is a good thing.
A life without worries is the beginning of happiness.
Shawn didn't know if it was right, but he was indeed using his own way to try to support a home.
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