Chapter 1 Hidden Mission Activated

Just then, the system voice rang in Feng Bujue's ear.

He immediately opened the task bar and saw the line [Personally confirm the whereabouts of at least ten super villains]. Moreover, this task already had progress when it first appeared, with [Current progress 2/10] written after it.

"Two out of ten, huh..." Feng Bujue thought for a moment and muttered, "Killer Croc in front of me definitely counts as one, Harley Quinn... or rather, Doctor Quinn, definitely counts as one." He paused. "However, if Penguin and Two-Face are included, shouldn't I already 'know the whereabouts' of four villains?"

Thinking of this, Feng Bujue shifted his gaze from the wall and focused the flashlight on the torso of the skeleton.

"Hmm... I understand..." While investigating, he also distracted himself by deducing information related to the task and quickly came to the correct conclusion, "Learning the whereabouts of villains through the 'script introduction' does not meet the prerequisite of 'personally confirm' in the task description. I have to 'see the person alive or the body dead'."

The truth was exactly as he thought; this hidden task was not just about gathering information. The player had to personally find a certain villain or find conclusive evidence that the villain was already dead to be considered "confirming their whereabouts."

As for other methods... such as obtaining relevant information through television, newspapers, the internet, phone books, or even hearsay, it would not unlock the task progress.

"Let's take another look at this shackle..." Having figured out the task, Feng Bujue focused most of his attention on the "metal armor" on the skeleton.

There was a tightly fastened lock on this shackle, but there was no keyhole at all, which meant... the person who made this shackle never intended for the person wearing it to take it off again. Judging from the size of this shackle, it was undoubtedly "tailor-made" for Killer Croc. A person of Feng Bujue's stature would not be locked in at all, because he could easily crawl out of it with a simple shrug.

"Heh... it's hard enough." Feng Bujue used his hundred-plus jins of grip strength to try to bend this shackle, but to no avail, which was also what he expected—if even his strength couldn't withstand it, how could it possibly hold Killer Croc.

"Hmm?" Just as Brother Jue was about to let go of the shackle, he suddenly felt something strange on his hand...

At that moment, a force like gravity appeared where his skin was in contact with the shackle, and it slowly spread through his palm to his forearm, causing his entire arm to feel weak.

It was a very subtle feeling... like a black hole constantly expanding in your body, sucking in all the energy around it as it expanded.

"Holy crap!" Feng Bujue reacted quickly, and as soon as the curse word came out of his mouth, he quickly let go and pulled away.

And a few seconds after his hand left the shackle, the energy in his arm quickly recovered...

"This thing..." Brother Jue immediately became alert, "is no longer a common metal in the human world..."

As he spoke, he took out the Mad Moxxi poker cards again to see if he could cut the material with the cards; however... the cards couldn't cut it either.

"Ho~" Now Feng Bujue's curiosity was even greater, and he took out [Chuck Norris's Autobiography] from his knapsack to analyze the data of the metal in front of him, and the result he got was...

"Huh? Mass-produced Inertron alloy?" Brother Jue was also shocked when he saw the data.

Feng Bujue knew a thing or two about "Inertron metal"... it was one of the hardest and densest metals in the DC universe. The most common description of it in comics was "indestructible," and it also had characteristics such as "can reflect any light, ignores temperature effects, is insulated and heat-resistant, and turns matter into a state of weightlessness."

But Brother Jue wasn't quite sure what "mass-produced Inertron alloy" was. It was the first time he had seen the term.

"Wait a minute..." After a few seconds, Feng Bujue realized something else. He followed the chains on the shackle, all the way to the bed frame next to it, and then grabbed the bed frame and tried to shake it a few times, his expression changing. "The chains and the bed are also made of this material..."

This situation answered several doubts in Brother Jue's mind... such as why Killer Croc didn't break the chains and escape, why he didn't dismantle the bed and escape, and why he didn't drag the whole bed along with him...

"I see..." Feng Bujue spent some more time trying a few times and generally understood the effect of this alloy. "Short contact time, no exertion... the 'loss of strength' effect also appears slowly and is not obvious; but if you struggle hard while maintaining contact, you will soon become paralyzed." He touched his chin and muttered, "Hmm... good stuff, if you can make a pair of handcuffs out of this alloy, most 'planetary level' (here he naturally used the United Super League's rating system) and below characters should be easily subdued."

That's what he thought, but he couldn't do it.

Brother Jue currently has no props or skills that can be used to cut this alloy... and the shackles, chains, and bed in front of him are all connected. Obviously, he can't put this whole bed into his knapsack.

At this point, he began to miss the [Must-Break Defense Blade]. With that, he could easily cut all the "mass-produced Inertron alloy" here into pieces and take it away; thinking of this... he couldn't help but curse "Mad Eye" a few times in his heart.

"Sigh... forget it." In the end, Brother Jue could only reluctantly comfort himself before leaving, "Anyway, I don't have the technology to smelt this alloy..."

He reluctantly searched the "room" again, and after confirming that there were no other flag-like settings here besides "triggering the hidden task," he packed up various props and returned the way he came.

As Feng Bujue started running forward in the sewer again, the pressure in his heart increased slightly, because at this time, he had already speculated that the person who trapped Killer Croc here... was probably Batman.

If this was a DC universe that Brother Jue was more familiar with, it would be easy to handle. Even if Batman was very powerful in the setting, relying on calculating with a purpose and having an information advantage... it was not impossible to defeat. But... an unfamiliar, strange universe, and a Batman who uses scientific technologies that even Feng Bujue doesn't know and whose style of doing things is also unclear... is not so easy to deal with.