[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman":3,"chapter-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-424":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: A Lazy-Ass Superman",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1721930,2198,"Chapter 424 424 — Progress on the Secret Research","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-424",424,"\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 40 advanced chapters, visit my Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patreon - Twilight_scribe1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exhausted girl slept soundly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rarely stayed the night at Henry's place. But whenever she did, she slept especially well—as if she had found a safe harbor. The nightmares that once startled her awake had not visited in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry, however, was far from restful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding someone soft and fragrant in his arms was one of life's pleasures—but the pile of research waiting for him had grown too large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the digital imaging development had already been handed over to Stark Pictures' technical teams. Henry functioned more as a guide—occasionally correcting their course to ensure they didn't veer off track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His real workload lay elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In projects no one else could assist with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Research into Eternal blood related to future battlesuit development—but Henry wasn't in a hurry. Threats like exotic solar radiation or kryptonite weren't imminent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vibranium was the same. Without a clear purpose, crafting random gadgets would be a waste. Anything he made casually would likely end up as a paperweight—or a brick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His true focus remained the Kree and Skrull storage crystals he had taken from the Kree cruiser months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could extract usable alien technology—especially in the field of energy—it would change everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recreating a device to read alien storage crystals wasn't difficult. He had seen the original hardware; duplicating the read-spectrum system on Earth posed little challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real difficulty lay elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mountains of alien-language documentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without foundational knowledge or matching equipment, most of it was theoretical castles in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much of it was incomprehensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a Kryptonian with a super-brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, without structured indexing or guided progression, mastering alien science from scratch left him without a clear starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mar-Vell, the original Kree scientist owner of these archives, had not thoughtfully labeled sections as:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Primary School Level\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secondary Education\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"University Core Curriculum\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do Not Proceed Without Prerequisites\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Henry resorted to brute-force absorption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memorize everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Search for threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attempt to reconstruct the technological tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By comparison, learning Kree and Skrull languages through reading was child's play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With some prior exposure to Kree, Henry quickly abandoned translating into English and began reading the original texts directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skrull was manageable because the archives included comparative translations between Skrull and Kree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several months, he could meaningfully understand less than ten percent of the material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Partly due to limited daily time allocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But also because the knowledge truly reflected the level of a professional scientist. Very little was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he could understand most readily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mathematics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, math really was universal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technical terminology, however, often left him staring blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, there was progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry categorized the Kree data into:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Reference Literature — Established, verified knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Research Notes — Mar-Vell's hypotheses, experimental stages, and partial errors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose to focus first on the reference material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn't mean the research notes were trivial. In fact, Mar-Vell's work on the Pegasus Project, the light-speed engine, and Tesseract studies were all in that category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry simply wasn't prioritizing them yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skrull technology archives contained not only documents—but vast genetic libraries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also something resembling a Skrull Imperial Encyclopedia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minerals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>History.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territorial expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technological evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even contained an entry on Krypton—classified as a defeated civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many extinct civilizations followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The common conclusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not worth preservation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer arrogance was chilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Skrulls had clearly intended to rebuild elsewhere—why else carry a cultural archive during their escape?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they did not record extermination as shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They recorded it as merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The version Henry possessed was incomplete—only directory structures and summaries were accessible. The deeper content was encrypted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't rush to break that encryption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the accessible encyclopedia dramatically expanded his understanding of the galactic landscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cross-referencing Skrull summaries allowed him to interpret Kree materials more effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer just decoding equations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But mastering two galactic empires' science overnight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Materials science alone posed massive barriers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many raw elements used in alien technologies simply did not exist on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without materials, you needed substitutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Substitutes weren't documented in alien manuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry felt like a butcher who had paid dearly to learn dragon-slaying techniques—only to discover dragons did not exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small fraction of applicable technology was generations ahead of Earth's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy remained the bottleneck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry would never risk building alien-tech prototypes inside old Gary's apartment building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the FBI ever raided again, he couldn't rely on self-destruct theatrics twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed a base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A proper one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The funds from Sony's settlement and Tony Stark's concessions made serious infrastructure viable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An underwater laboratory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A submarine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Watchtower space station?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused that thought immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In DC lore, the Watchtower got invaded or crashed constantly. It was practically a mandatory tourist destination for alien conquerors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Bruce Wayne-level finances, constructing something that fell from orbit every other year was… unwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry mentally crossed it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real leap forward\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🎉 Power Stone Goal Announcement! 🎉\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll release one bonus chapter for every 500 Power Stones we hit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me know what should I do\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support means everything—let's crush these goals together! Keep voting, and let the stones pile up! 🚀\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>",893,"2026-06-06T15:31:22.542Z",1,"novelbin.me","6636a76617d2c66253b2cf6524d4c566820494aab6fa82e5f55dcd383962b6eb","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-425","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-423",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-cover.jpg"]