Chapter 336: Above the Moon

Unfortunately, with Dormammu covering for him now, Clark is unable to discern his location.

Otherwise, given Clark's nature, he would surely want to catch and kill the target first before saying anything.

It is not in Clark's style to let that shady rat stir trouble in the dark. So, besides the three magicians, is there anyone else who might be aware of the rat's whereabouts?

Thinking this, Clark, who had just returned to the rooftop of his villa, suddenly looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

"Being a stranger in a strange land, I doubly miss my family during the festive season." Just as Clark was considering whether to find the person who might have witnessed the entire process of Cassius's escape to ask about the situation, Nalan Bai had already arrived at the rooftop, smiling and asking, "You just came out of seclusion and ran here to enjoy the moon alone. Are you trying to experience the feeling described in the poem?"

Clark turned around and saw Nalan Bai wearing a clean white chiffon dress today, her arms and shoulders exposed, matched with her soft long hair gently swaying in the breeze, making her seem once again like the lively and beautiful young girl he had first met, not the CEO of a top Hollywood firm, looked up to by business elites.

Clark simply smiled calmly, then said, "What if I told you that right after coming out of seclusion, I just saved the world again? Would you believe me?"

Nalan Bai, with her hands behind her back, approached with a secretive demeanor, slightly leaning forward, and a unique fragrance unique to young women immediately filled Clark's nostrils after a refreshing shower.

Logically, Nalan Bai should have been past the age of having such a body fragrance, but several years ago, Clark had managed to reverse her aging with a serum containing dragonbone, rejuvenating her with the vitality of a young girl despite being in her thirties.

With a slight smile, Nalan Bai played along, saying, "With great power comes great responsibility. They all say you're now the strongest on Earth. When there's danger, who else to save the world but you? But... guess what I've brought for you?"

Clearly, for Chairman Nalan, her guessing game was much more important than saving the world or anything else.

Clark thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I can't guess."

"Hehe," Nalan Bai chuckled, continuing to tease, "Close your eyes."

Clark, with a calm smile, did as told.

"Open your mouth."

Hearing such an impolite request from Nalan Bai, Clark's internal alarm bells rang. This girl couldn't possibly be...

Warily opening his mouth, Clark was curious to see what she would come up with.

The next moment, he felt something cool being placed in his mouth.

It was something delicious.

Clark secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and with a slight disappointment, bit into it—it was a mooncake.

After chewing a couple more times, he identified the filling—it was mixed nuts.

Friendly forces!

Swallowing the mooncake, Clark couldn't help but laugh and say, "So today is actually the Mid-Autumn Festival. I was wondering why it was so lively when I was saving the world in the Oriental Pearl. By the way, can I open my eyes now?"

"Of course, no problem."

Clark opened his eyes, only to find Nalan Bai still holding the mooncake to his mouth. He bit into it again, snatching the mooncake from her hands, and then said sincerely, "As my power grows, I feel that the human aspects of me are fading."

Continuing to nibble on the mooncake, he savored the stimulation of his taste buds, "If it weren't for you all, I might forget I am human one day and step out of this realm to become a detached deity like those in the Court of Life."

Hearing Clark's words, Nalan Bai was at a loss for words.

After all, she had no idea about becoming a deity and didn't know whether to congratulate Clark or feel sorry for him.

Seeing her reaction, Clark just smiled lightly, quickly finishing the remaining mooncake, and then asked, "Want to have a unique Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Nalan Bai's eyes lit up, "Sure! Every year, it's either eating mooncakes or admiring the moon, which is really bland. So, what are your plans for this Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Clark simply smiled and calmly replied, "Moon viewing."

Before she could respond, a surge of spatial energy erupted from him, enveloping Nalan Bai, and in an instant, they disappeared from the rooftop of the villa.

The next moment, Nalan Bai found herself on a desolate hillside with a gray, barren landscape devoid of life.

Turning around, she saw a beautiful blue planet in the distance.

That was... Earth!

Looking at the cratered ground beneath her feet, Nalan Bai couldn't help but exclaim in surprise to Clark, "Are we on the moon?"

Clark nodded, "For moon viewing, of course, we need to be closer to see clearly."

Nalan Bai received an impression boost of +999!

"I've never heard of anyone going to the moon to view it," she said, though the novelty of several moon landings still thrilled her. She spread her arms and twirled around on the spot, unable to hide her excitement, "So it turns out that what they show on TV is all fake. There's no sensation of jumping and flying high with each step on the moon, and the air here is great; you don't even need a spacesuit."

Clark rubbed his nose, "Actually, I just adjusted the field, air, and pressure around your body when I brought you here, making it feel just like Earth."

Only then did Nalan Bai realize, but her amazement quickly turned into astonishment.

Though she knew Clark was powerful, in her mind, "powerful" meant being a good fighter, even better than the Hulk, Iron Man, or Captain America.

But she had no clear concept of how powerful exactly.

It was only today that this martial arts school heiress truly witnessed Clark's capabilities.

To casually alter natural conditions with a mere gesture—was such a thing really within human capabilities?

Or had he reached a god-like state, akin to Thor with his thunder?

"Clark," Nalan Bai asked uncertainly, "Is it really that easy for you to do what you just said, to modify the field, air, and pressure around me with just a word?"

Clark shrugged, "Actually, as you just saw, I didn't say anything. So, it's all just a matter of thought."

Nalan Bai received another impression boost of +999!

Suddenly remembering something, Nalan Bai quickly asked, "You can easily do all this, yet you couldn't guess what I had in my hand earlier? Be honest, were you just trying to make me happy?"

Thinking to himself that her focus might be a bit off, Clark honestly replied, "You just asked me to guess, not to use my abilities to find out what you were holding. So, I blocked my sensory abilities to a normal human level and tried to guess, but couldn't..."

Nalan Bai received another impression boost of +999!

A nearly omnipotent being voluntarily blocking his senses to play such a childish game with her!

At that moment, Nalan Bai felt a warm surge of emotions, a mix of feelings she couldn't quite explain.

Unaware of Nalan Bai's tumultuous thoughts, Clark simply smiled and snapped his fingers.

The next moment, music spontaneously began to play.

"I look up to the moon above, where countless dreams freely soar. Yesterday's sorrows are forgotten, dried by the wind, and I wish to meet you again on that vast road..."

As the music reminiscent of dancing grandmothers in public squares started, Clark winked at Nalan Bai, "Want to meet the local lord?"

Nalan Bai was shocked, "You know Chang'e?"

"Stop joking, I've never met any beauties living on the moon, just a big bald guy. But he's quite interesting. Come on, I'll take you to meet him." As he spoke, spatial energy swept up again, and both vanished from the spot.

Nalan Bai only saw a blur before her, with no other sensations, and the scenery changed once again.

Although they were still on the barren surface of the moon, two people now stood before them.

One, as Clark had described, was a big bald man, his bald head almost as wide as his torso, wearing a blue robe in an ancient Egyptian or Greek style, his expression serious and full of pretense.

Beside this bald man was an old man in a spacesuit with a glass helmet, sitting on a rock, incessantly rambling about something, "One time, I was reading a newspaper while walking, and I almost caused a disaster by jaywalking."

"Guess what happened next? A blind boy next to me stopped me with his guide stick. After I stopped, I just saw a double-decker bus zoom past right in front of me, the wind it generated nearly tore my newspaper. I was completely stunned. Can you imagine that feeling? That feeling..."

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