Chapter 4 Time-limited betting
As the camera exploded, black and white dots flashed across the TV screen, and then only an empty dark blue background remained.

Only the big English words "No signal" were left in the middle.

At this moment, Ke Youqing and Bai Qiuwu said that one of them was going to buy cigarettes, and the other said that he had a date with a friend, so they quickly walked towards the entrance.

Baizini said she was going to buy stationery, but first she rushed upstairs to get something from the bedroom, making a lot of noise on the floor, and was yelled at by her mother who was wearing a facial mask.

Ke Mingye found it a little funny and shrugged.

He had long expected that someone in the family would be restless after seeing this kind of scene on TV. However, he did not expect that Ke Youqing, Bai Qiuwu and Bai Zini would come up with such neat and exaggerated excuses, truly a family.

But it is normal, as the super villain who appeared in the Beijing area this time was rated as A-level by the system.

With the strength he demonstrated by shooting down a helicopter with ease, ordinary superheroes are no match for him and would only die in vain if they went.

Although Ke Youqing was notorious and had a long history of bad deeds, he was still a famous hero in the Beijing area of ​​China. He would never sit idly by in the face of such a situation. He might have already notified the other heroes in the Chinese branch of the Superhero Association not to take action and wait for him to arrive in person.

"Xiao Ni, why don't you send me any stationery you want to buy on your phone? I'll bring it back for you when I come back. It's not safe outside."

Ke Youqing stood at the door with his hands on his hips, hesitated for half a second, and shouted towards the second floor.

"No need! I'll be home soon." Baizini's voice came from the second floor.

"At worst I can just go with her. Dad, go buy the cigarettes if you need them. Don't suffocate yourself to death."

Ke Mingye, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, cracked a piece of melon seeds and tried to smooth things over for Bai Zini.

"so rude."

After saying this, Ke Youqing left the house and got on the elevator with Bai Qiuwu.

After they left in the elevator, Bai Zini came downstairs a little slower, ran to the entrance to put on her shoes, and hurried out the door with her schoolbag on her back. As soon as she stepped out of the door, the laces of her sneakers got tangled again. She slammed the door hard, then quickly squatted down and tied her shoelaces.

"Does this sect have any grudge against you?"

Ke Mingye said to her casually.

"What do you care about me?" Bai Zini said, not even waiting for the elevator, and ran down the stairs directly. Halfway through the hallway, she changed her words and said, "Brother, help me close the door!"

Ke Mingye raised his middle finger from the back of the sofa, but Bai Zini had already run away.

"Look at this child, so irritable. I don't know whose temper he inherited from." Bai Wenna, who was applying a facial mask in the bathroom, sighed.

"Yeah, I don't know whose temperament I took after."

Ke Ming said ambitiously, "Isn't that just what you want?" He sighed lightly, got up from the sofa, walked two or three steps to the entrance, and closed the door.

When they returned to the living room, only Ke Yongzhu and Bai Ziling were left on the sofa.

At this moment, Bai Ziling was squatting on the sofa, with her pale white hair hanging on her knees. She looked up from her phone screen and turned to look at Ke Mingye, "Watching a movie."

"dont see."

"Then what are you looking at?"

"news."

Bai Ziling looked at the "No signal" on TV and said, "It's not surprising." In today's era, there is news about a superhuman crime almost every few days.

Ke Mingye didn't say anything, thinking to himself, your two sisters and father will appear on TV soon, if you are not surprised, then I am.

"I'm leaving without watching a movie."

"Actually, the remote control is not in my hand." Ke Mingye reminded her.

Ke Yongzhu had already taken the remote control from the sofa. The 1.5-meter-tall kid sat in the middle of the sofa in a very domineering manner, saying:

"What's so good about the news? The criminal looks weak at first glance."

Ke Mingye sat on the sofa and put his arms on the armrests. "Ha, I can beat up a hundred little brats like you."

Although he said this, he actually knew in his heart that Ke Yongzhu's hidden identity was very terrifying. He was known as the "juvenile form of the Dragon of Disaster" and his strength rating on paper was A-level, which was comparable to the criminal who attacked the Beijing Ring Tower in the news. Maybe he could even put up a fight.

But he also knew that if he wanted to play the role of "Ke Mingye" well, he had to relax in front of his family, so that he could be like the Ke Mingye in their memories. If he didn't dare to be rude to them because of their hidden identities, it would have the opposite effect and make them more suspicious. Once these monsters knew that he was not the original "Ke Mingye" but a player who replaced his body, he would be finished.

The best outcome at that time would probably be no remains left.

"Forget it, just watch a movie."

As he spoke, Ke Mingye stood up from the sofa and walked to the second floor with his cell phone.

He thought about it and felt that it was unlikely that the authorities would allow reporters to continue reporting on the situation at the scene, so it would definitely not be seen on TV.

Most people would definitely think of opening a live streaming platform, but domestic live streaming platforms will also restrict the occurrence of such scenes. Even if someone is using a mobile phone to live stream on the scene, they will be immediately banned if they are discovered by the authorities.

It would be fine if it were the less dangerous superhuman criminals that appear in normal times, but when this kind of highly dangerous criminal appears, the leakage of on-site footage must be strictly prohibited to avoid exposing extremely bloody and violent footage that may cause panic to the public.

However, human nature is like this. Despite the official ban, there are still many "illegal superhero" websites on the Internet that have escaped the eyes of reviewers.

The types of videos uploaded to these websites are either battle videos of superheroes or wild superhumans shot by passers-by; or erotic videos of famous female heroes shot by hidden cameras in some hotels; or some more bizarre and unspeakable videos.

Some videos are boring, as the difference in strength between the two sides is so great that they are defeated with just one blow; some videos are filled with blood and the scenes of villains tearing superheroes apart are not new.

The developers of this kind of website can generally be divided into two types: one is the fanatical fans of superheroes or super villains; the other is the guy who wants to make a profit by relying on the number of clicks on the website.

As long as you grow up in this day and age, especially if you are a kid interested in superheroes, no one would not collect one or two of these websites to learn about their favorite superheroes.

A few years ago, Ke Mingye's predecessor secretly logged into an illegal video website. At that time, he saw a video of the criminal "Watchman" killing the superhero "Phoenix", which left him with a huge psychological trauma.

"Phoenix", this superhero serving the US government is not a person with special powers or a mutant, but a psychic like his sister and Ghost Tree.

The power of the diviners comes from the inheritance of gods in mythology. They usually have a emblem somewhere on their body, thus obtaining a part of the power of gods.

Just like Bai Qiuwu’s way to the gods is “Sun Wukong”, Gui Shu’s way to the gods is “World Tree”;
The superhero code-named "Phoenix" has a divine path that has the same name as his code, which is one of the twenty-seven divine paths - the "Phoenix" path.

In ancient Greek mythology, the phoenix has the power of "resurrection from the dead".

Likewise, this superhero's body has an extremely strong regenerative ability. Even if he encounters a devastating blow, he can be reborn within seconds, making him almost immortal.

But in the video on the website, the villain named "Watchman" took advantage of this and used different execution methods to torture and kill the phoenix again and again.

Reborn once, slaughtered once.

Repeatedly.

During that period, the torture methods used by the watchman on him included: breaking his fingers one by one, drilling nails through his skull, chopping off his hands and feet... After he lost interest in the punishment, the watchman uploaded the video to these illegal websites for people to enjoy.

At the same time, it is also telling the world that the superhero they admire is nothing more than a pig to be slaughtered in his hands.

Coincidentally, five years ago, Ke Mingye saw this scene and his stomach acid churned up, and he vomited directly into the trash can.

If the volume had not been turned off in time, the level of mental pollution would have probably doubled with the crazy laughter of the clock man and the wailing and roaring of the phoenix in the video. So after that, Ke Mingye's predecessor never dared to enter any illegal video website related to superheroes again.

Fortunately, the person using this body now is another person.

"Normally, if you search any illegal website right now, you should be able to see the live broadcast of the city center around Beijing."

Thinking of this, Ke Mingye decided to try whether the website could still be used, so he entered the website address into the browser on his mobile phone and clicked to enter.

As the page refreshed, a video website with a black and red UI came into view, named "Gray Pigeon Network". Apart from the densely packed advertisements, there was a huge live broadcast box at the top of the website. The box was showing the real-time footage of the "ghost tree" wreaking havoc on transportation in the city center.

Countless vehicles were overturned by the arms made of thorns, and the downtown area, which was originally bustling with people and cars, turned into a sea of ​​fire in an instant.

Above the live broadcast frame, a line of text was prominently marked in dazzling red letters: "Live broadcast! Breaking news, 'The Spiritual Ghost Tree' appeared below the Beijing Ring Tower!"

Next to this red text, there is another line of text below, with a "Hot!" mark at the end: "Limited-time betting is in full swing. Register an account, purchase virtual superhero coins, and place bets immediately to guess the wild superhuman species or superheroes who may come forward to fight in this incident!"

"Limited time bet?" Ke Mingye raised his lips, "Okay, okay, let's bet like this, ok?"

He thought that he was probably the only one in the world who could accurately predict which three superhumans would appear in the city center.

There is no doubt that Ke Youqing, Bai Qiuwu and Bai Zini will soon appear in this live broadcast in another identity.

(End of this chapter)