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Chapter 328: You are not the God of this world, I am!

Thinking of Stormfront dying by the other party's hand, and himself nearly being ruined, Homelander wished he could tear the Mysterious Person in front of him into a million pieces.

"Afraid? Who isn't afraid of death?" Facing the enraged Homelander, Xia Shang appeared exceptionally calm. He shook his head, reaching out to take the cup floating in front of him. "But you alone can't kill me. If you don't believe me, you can try, but I'm afraid the consequences will be hard for you to bear. For example, this Vought Tower beneath my feet, do you think this thing will, during our fight..."

"Explode with a bang? There are thousands of employees inside. Once Vought Tower collapses, will the Vought you worked so hard and painstakingly to acquire still exist? Hahaha..."

Xia Shang grinned, laughing exceptionally happily.

Especially upon seeing Homelander silently retract his Heat Vision, his laughter filled the entire Office.

"In that case, I'll take you to the sky!" Homelander instantly vanished from his original spot, reappearing already in front of Xia Shang.

He extended his right hand, about to grasp Xia Shang's neck, but ended up grabbing air.

After his body had been enhanced, coupled with A-Train's superspeed superpower, Xia Shang's speed was now nearly equal to Homelander's.

"I already told you, you can't kill me. Why don't we sit down and have a proper talk?" Sitting in Stan Edgar's seat, Xia Shang stopped laughing, looking at Homelander with a slight smile.

"Besides, Stormfront's death should be a good thing for you. If I hadn't killed her, you wouldn't have been recognized by the United States people as an anti-Nazi hero. You should know, it was me who helped you return to the top of the popularity rankings, and your number of fans also doubled."

"Your way of twisting facts is exactly like Mr. Jervis. You're not really Mr. Jervis, are you?" Homelander lowered his right hand, turned around, and sat on the sofa.

In response, Xia Shang merely smiled without answering.

"I have nothing to talk about with you. If you want a fight, I'm happy to oblige," Homelander said with a gloomy expression.

"Are you sure? Don't you even care about the information about Soldier Boy?" Xia Shang understood Homelander well. He knew that Homelander would definitely be interested in Soldier Boy.

The Office fell silent for tens of seconds before Homelander finally spoke up: "Tell me about it."

"You actually know very well that Vought, without Mr. Jervis and Stan Edgar, is as fragile as a baby, simply unable to withstand any test."

Xia Shang glanced at the newspaper and documents on the table, then said softly, "The Soldier Boy incident directly caused Vought International's stock price to fall by eight percent, and it's still continuing to fall. If this continues, Vought International's financial situation will soon be on the verge of collapse. By then, what you lose won't just be the identity as Vought President, but also your current fame, glory, and everything else you possess."

"Don't change the subject. Is Soldier Boy's appearance related to you?"

Homelander tried his best to suppress his emotions, otherwise, he feared he would lose his sanity and cause irreparable loss.

"Don't put all the blame on me. Soldier Boy was released by Billy and the others. I just happened to be there," Xia Shang said with a smile.

"Heh."

His only response was Homelander's cold laugh.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, Soldier Boy's superpower isn't just nuclear explosions. Supes hit by it will directly lose their superpowers, and that should include you." Xia Shang's seemingly casual remark caused Homelander's pupils to suddenly contract. The muscles on both sides of his face twitched slightly as he looked at Xia Shang in disbelief. "Homelander, you don't have much time left. Who knows what else Soldier Boy will do? Anyway, Vought, which is currently on the verge of collapse, definitely can't withstand a new wave of public opinion."

"Moreover, Billy and the others are also looking for Soldier Boy. Think about it, if Billy and the others recruit Soldier Boy, will they join forces to kill you? So what you need to do now is get ahead of them, build a good relationship with Soldier Boy in advance, and even get Soldier Boy to return to Vought."

"Only this way can the crisis Vought is currently facing be resolved, and the stock price can also stop its downward trend, rising instead of falling."

"Why are you helping me?"

After some thought, Homelander had to admit that what the Mysterious Person said was indeed the optimal solution for the current situation.

But he didn't believe that the Mysterious Person would help him without reason.

"Because..." Xia Shang stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and with his back to Homelander, chuckled softly, "I want you to understand that you are not the God of this world."

He turned his head and gazed into Homelander's eyes, saying word by word, "I... am!"

After saying that, Xia Shang's figure gradually disappeared from the Office, as if he had never been there.

...

After finishing the handover procedures, Xia Shang arrived at Godolkin University again, but no one could see him, unless someone's superpower was X-ray Vision.

Since it was the middle of summer vacation, there weren't many students on campus. Looking around, there were only a few people.

"What secret is hidden here?" Xia Shang curiously walked into a patch of woods, because the Experiment Base he saw was hidden beneath the woods.

Arriving at the hidden entrance, Xia Shang flipped open the cover, revealing a dimly lit section of stairs below.

Just as he was about to peek into the depths of the Base, he unexpectedly found that his X-ray Vision had failed. It was as if something was blocking his line of sight, causing him to only see a pitch-black area.

"This is getting more and more interesting." If he remembered correctly, it seemed there was only one kind of special metal that could block his X-ray Vision, and that was zinc.

The hidden and secretive Experiment Base instead aroused Xia Shang's stronger curiosity. First, such a massive underground building definitely couldn't be completed in just a year or two.

Secondly, to prevent Homelander from prying, someone had plated the walls deep within the Base with a layer of metal zinc. The purpose of doing this was clearly not to let Homelander see the secrets inside the Base.

Finally, Xia Shang speculated that this Base should definitely be related to Stan Edgar.

Subsequently, Xia Shang followed the stairs down to an Iron Door, and deliberately made some noise.

"What was that sound? John, go check it out."

A well-equipped Guard wearing a helmet opened the Iron Door and looked in the direction the sound came from. After searching for a bit, he said to the person behind him, "Nothing there. It might be the sound made by The Female."

(End of Chapter)