American Comics: BOSS Invasion

Superman disappeared for a whole month.

The Capitol bombing was declared closed within three hours, with the blame pinned on a poor wheelchair-bound individual.

If not for the bombing and the sensitive location, no one would have cared about the culprit. The public only cared about where Superman had gone, whether he was fleeing the scene or had vanished completely.

With Lex's deliberate hype, Superman's popularity actually increased after his disappearance.

Turning on the television, no matter the channel, hosts were discussing the events that occurred after Superman's disappearance.

Today, a car accident happened here, tomorrow a plane crash occurred there. If Superman were still here, he could have saved so many people.

Others strongly suspected Superman was the mastermind and demanded he come forward to confess and give the public an explanation.

Some with peculiar thought processes even went on talk shows and started cursing, completely forgetting their previous gratitude.

During this month, Batman calmed down, re-strategized, and re-trained his body, visibly increasing his muscle mass.

Lex, leveraging the influence of the Capitol bombing and spending lavishly, internally steered the Fiona escape incident towards the base's security vulnerabilities.

Although they strongly suspected an internal mole had hijacked Fiona's body, with the involvement of foreign spies behind it.

Under the explicit and implicit hints of many congressmen, they decided to suppress the matter.

Subsequently, the Department of Defense stepped in and directly transported the Kryptonian reconnaissance ship hidden within the base to Metropolis, blatantly placing it in the canal.

The National Guard was mobilized to block the entire river, and defensive positions were rebuilt on both sides.

They no longer believed anyone would dare to cause trouble under such scrutiny.

Lex achieved his goal effortlessly, eventually using the last pass signed by the deceased congressman to blatantly travel between the research base and the Kryptonian reconnaissance ship.

Clearly, his plan was progressing smoothly.

Qi Shan only occasionally inquired about the news, focusing his main attention away from these protagonists.

For this month, one cup of Water of Life and one egg every day made Qi Shan feel a bit hopeless.

But the effect was obvious: nearly forty demon subordinates had an average combat power of around 1 million, equivalent to Frieza before transforming.

With their combat power, targeting the gangs wasn't just bullying the weak; it was utter crushing.

There are fewer than 50 large and super-large cities in the United States. Combined with Gotham, where Qi Shan personally oversees, and Fiona, controlled by the Shadow Mage and slightly disguised, everything can be completely in his grasp.

Gangs are replaced very quickly. Someone might pop up out of nowhere, causing a stir, only to be eliminated by the police or other rival gangs within a few months.

Qi Shan's method of expansion was simple. First, he followed the information provided by the Penguin, selecting cities with rampant underground forces to establish footholds.

First, he used the demon's powerful combat abilities to wipe out one or two marginal gangs. After a simple integration, he quickly eliminated a top gang to demonstrate his strength.

Adding a large number of demon subordinates, Qi Shan's reputation had resounded throughout the underworld.

Now, even the Penguin would respectfully call Qi Shan the Demon King when meeting him.

The Penguin wasn't simple either. He was the heir to the Cobblepot family. As one of Gotham's four major families, his overt businesses spanned the globe, and his intelligence network, built over many years, could deliver the most accurate information at the fastest speed.

It was not surprising that the Penguin could get the news.

Aside from these 20,000 human gang members, Qi Shan had about 1,000 zombies and 2,000 former enemies who had their shadows cut off and could only hide in dark corners to serve Qi Shan.

In order to see the sunlight again, these people risked their lives to gather information for Qi Shan.

Without much effort, a simple intelligence network had already been built.

As for the zombies, with the Water of Life in hand, they were easier to handle.

As long as they drank a fixed amount of Water of Life every day, they could keep the corpses in a state of activity.

At critical moments, they could even recover from certain injuries.

If these zombies gathered together, Superman and Wonder Woman might not be able to handle them, but they could at least fight the rest evenly.

If Batman were caught alone, maybe…

Qi Shan's base had been moved to a skyscraper in the city center, just a block away from the famous Wayne Enterprises headquarters.

Thanks to the zombies' expansion, the production of Water of Life had increased dramatically.

Xia Lin was definitely a ruthless person. She directly priced the masks at $10,000 each, and the 10ml Water of Life, which could quickly show results, was priced at $1 million.

At first, Qi Shan was a little scared, but the fact proved that there were many rich people in the world, and even more women who hoped to stay young forever.

After a brief period of hesitation, Dream Company showed explosive growth.

In just two weeks, Xia Lin used the influence of her customers to open branches all over the United States.

The second half of the month was basically spent in negotiations.

The financial world was about to have an earthquake, like sharks smelling blood, they frantically swarmed over.

Under Qi Shan's instructions, Xia Lin sold some equity to a limited extent, and through cross-shareholding and a series of financial means, she quickly gathered a large group of followers.

An inconspicuous cosmetics company had thus grown into a behemoth in just one month.

The intricate interest conflicts and the overt and covert moves of various forces during this period were difficult to explain in a few words.

The chain of beauty salons followed the underground alliance, expanding extremely rapidly, and the bosses of the underground forces were happy to see one less powerful opponent.

The days passed like this, until that thing happened.