Chapter 1 Doctor Dian Dian, the Mad Scientist

Doctor Dian Dian, whose real name was Bairesi Dian, was male and from Blast Star.

The Blast Star possessed extremely advanced scientific prowess in engineering, and Doctor Bairesi Dian was the youngest recipient of the planet's 'Annual Blast Award'.

Unfortunately, this genius scientist's ideas were too radical, which led to opposition and ostracism from all sectors of Blast Star society.

Over time, Bairesi Dian's personality became increasingly paranoid, and his research projects gradually spiraled out of control...

Finally, in an illegal and secret experiment, his actions caused a major accident. The accident not only resulted in a large number of civilian casualties, but also left him seriously injured.

After the accident, 94% of Bairesi Dian's skin was burned. Some of his internal organs permanently lost their function and could only be replaced by instruments. In addition, he lost an entire arm...

However, these setbacks did not make him feel remorseful, nor did they make him give up.

After six months (Earth time) of extremely painful surgery and treatment, Bairesi Dian's body basically regained the ability to act independently; then... he escaped from the hospital.

After another half year or so (also Earth time), a man calling himself "Doctor Dian Dian" appeared.

He had a semi-human, semi-mechanical body, and commanded a legion of deadly machines he had invented himself. His style was cunning and precise, his goals and execution were extremely strong, and his methods of crime were very cruel.

Soon, he became Blast Star's number one super criminal and was put on the Interstellar United Council's blacklist...

...

Feng Bujue and Ben Bu's speed was no slower than that of transportation. In just over a minute, they had already found Doctor Dian Dian.

At this time, Doctor Dian Dian was focused on watching the data scrolling across the screen in front of a computer and did not notice anyone approaching.

Feng Bujue also slowed down about a hundred meters away from the other party.

"That's the guy..." This was also the first time Jue-ge had seen Doctor Dian Dian, but he had seen the other party's three-dimensional image in the database, so he recognized him.

"Yes, that's right." Ben Bu replied in a low voice, "Basically the same as the information." After he finished speaking, he asked, "So... do you have a plan?"

"Yes." Feng Bujue replied.

"What is it?" Ben Bu continued.

"It's like this..." As Jue-ge replied, he moved.

In the next second, a purple figure flashed past like a gust of wind, passing through the large pile of equipment around Doctor Dian Dian and appearing directly next to the doctor.

Then, there were a few sounds of "tzz", "bang", and "splat".

When Ben Bu came back to his senses and turned his head to look, Doctor Dian Dian was already face down, pinned to the ground by Poker Man. Moreover, the doctor's mechanical left arm... was now disconnected from his body and lying five meters away.

"See..." Two seconds later, Feng Bujue also turned to look at Ben Bu. "Sometimes the simpler the plan, the more effective it is."

"You..." At this time, Doctor Dian Dian, who was suppressed on the ground, had just reacted. He immediately opened his mouth and said, "Who... are you people?"

"I am Poker Man." Feng Bujue knew that Toad Man was still monitoring him, so he tried his best to act like a hero. "The one walking towards you... is Park Man." He paused for half a second. "Doctor Bairesi Dian, I regret to inform you that you have been arrested."

"Hmph... I was wondering who it was... so it's someone from the Interstellar United Council..." Doctor Dian Dian immediately sneered when he heard this. "I haven't heard of the names of you two, but... from this 'combat power that can instantly subdue me' and this 'courage to step onto Warm Ocean Star'... at least you 'Poker Man' are definitely not an ordinary person. According to my inference... you are a stellar-level hero, right?"

"So what if I am?" Jue-ge replied.

As he spoke, Ben Bu had already run to the side of the two.

It was also at this moment that a smile appeared on the corner of Doctor Dian Dian's mouth: "Hehe... if that's the case, then... it's just what I wanted!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an unexpected change occurred.

The moment Doctor Dian Dian finished speaking, a light purple gas suddenly sprayed out from both sides of his ribs.

Feng Bujue and Ben Bu reacted quickly. When they heard the sound of the gas leaking out, they both immediately held their breath.

"Useless." However, Doctor Dian Dian quickly brought them bad news. "This gas can directly penetrate into the body through the pores on the skin..."

He was not just bluffing, because before he could finish his sentence, Feng Bujue and Ben Bu had already fallen to the ground.

"How... can this be..." Ben Bu's face showed a look of pain as he lay on the ground, unwillingly muttering.

Feng Bujue's condition was slightly better. Although he also fell, he barely maintained a "sitting" posture.

"It seems... we have fallen into your trap." Jue-ge looked at the enemy in front of him, enduring the burning sensation in his body that was enough to make him lose his strength, and tried to probe with words.

"Heh..." Doctor Dian Dian smiled. "Your mind seems to be good too... Poker Man."

As he spoke, he slowly stood up... Obviously, the doctor himself was not affected by the gas.

"You're right, this is a trap..." In a few steps, Doctor Dian Dian had already walked to his mechanical arm that had been torn off and picked it up from the ground. "Several universe weeks ago, I deliberately allowed your Interstellar United Council's detection satellites to find me and expose my whereabouts to you."

"I have to admit... you played this move very well." Feng Bujue continued, "You know very well that your act of running to Warm Ocean Star... will definitely cause unease within the Interstellar United Council. The Union cannot sit idly by and do nothing about this, and will at least send someone over to confirm the situation; however, due to the special nature of Warm Ocean Star, it is also unrealistic to send a large team over... In summary, it is not difficult to deduce that the number of heroes who ultimately come to arrest you will not exceed three. Under this limitation of numbers... the heroes who come here will definitely be relatively strong, so as to ensure that you are subdued. And this situation is exactly what you are happy to see."

"Hmph..." Doctor Dian Dian snorted again. "A very accurate analysis, Mr. Poker Man. Unfortunately... it's all hindsight." As he said this sarcastic remark, he had already successfully reconnected his severed arm.

"Better late than never... isn't it?" Feng Bujue replied with a wry smile.

"Alright... you smart-alecky kid." Doctor Dian Dian replied, "I know you're stalling for time, but your 'countermeasures' made when you are 'already in a disadvantageous situation' cannot be compared with my 'plan' that 'has already considered all possibilities and has all the corresponding measures'."

After saying that, Doctor Dian Dian moved his mechanical arm twice. After confirming that the arm's performance was normal, he walked to the computer again.

As his hands moved quickly on the console, all the "equipment" around the three of them disappeared...

"This is..." Ben Bu was immediately shocked. "Virtual projection?"

"Hehe..." Doctor Dian Dian laughed triumphantly. "Arranging these images was just to make the fact that I'm 'standing here' seem less strange." He spread his hands and looked at Jue-ge and Ben Bu with disdain. "I wouldn't bring the real equipment down here when I'm 'acting as bait'... It would be embarrassing if you brutes accidentally damaged it."

At this point, he raised his left hand and snapped his fingers.

As soon as the sound rang out, a dramatic scene appeared... The clouds above his head slowly opened, revealing a huge spherical gap. Before long, a curtain of light flashed from the "gap", revealing a huge metal object.

"Is that the guy's spaceship..." A second later, Ben Bu spoke up.

"But..." Feng Bujue's face showed a hint of doubt. "Even if that spaceship has optical camouflage, it can only escape optical scanning, right... So how did it avoid the space and sonar radar on our spaceship?"

"Ha! Ridiculous!" Hearing this, Doctor Dian Dian laughed loudly. "Many people in your Interstellar United Council seem to take it for granted that the hardware developed by Toad Man and Tin Foil Man is the best in the universe..."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue continued, "Judging from your tone, you are the leading figure in this field?"

"I wouldn't dare to say whether I'm number one, but I can be sure that my technology is not inferior to those two." Surprisingly, although Doctor Dian Dian's tone was crazy, his response was still quite modest.

Usually, a crazy evil scientist like him should have an arrogant and self-centered attitude in academic terms; but right now, Doctor Dian Dian can maintain an objective evaluation of himself and his opponents... This alone is enough to show that his name is misleading—he is not "dian" at all.

Bang—Ch—

Just as Jue-ge was talking to Doctor Dian Dian, the latter's spaceship had already landed.

After a series of sounds of landing gear and air pressure conversion, the spaceship's hatch opened, and then... another Doctor Dian Dian walked out of the spaceship.

"Eh?" Ben Bu was dumbfounded at the time. He stared straight at the second doctor, not knowing what to say.

"So... even the 'person' is fake..." Feng Bujue quickly realized the truth and muttered, "He really is watertight..."

"This level of preparation is a matter of course." The doctor who walked out of the spaceship looked at Jue-ge and continued, "I said... I 'have already considered all possibilities and have all the corresponding measures'." As he spoke, he pointed to the "himself" next to him and continued, "This 'substitute' not only contains 'poison gas', but also has four radioactive cosmic minerals, sixteen special elements, a sound wave generator, and... when necessary, it can self-destruct."

"In simple terms... no matter what race or type the hero who comes here today is, you have prepared a way to attack their weaknesses, right?" Feng Bujue continued according to the other party's meaning.

"That's right." Doctor Dian Dian replied.

By the way... after the doctor's real body walked down from the spaceship, the "substitute" who had been communicating with Jue-ge stopped talking and just stood there like a piece of wood.

"But... have you considered..." Feng Bujue said again, "What if the heroes who came here today didn't intend to capture you alive at all? What if they unhesitatingly released a fatal long-range attack on you the moment you entered their range?"

"In that case... I would only lose a substitute robot for nothing." Doctor Dian Dian replied, "Besides, I am more than 90% sure that... the people in your Interstellar United Council will not do that; because... you are 'heroes'." He paused and then said, "When you bear those two words, you have already put yourselves in a disadvantageous position; at least for me, heroes may be the easiest group of people to deal with; the ones who are really difficult to deal with are those unscrupulous villains and those who have lost their minds..."

"Ha... hahaha..." Feng Bujue laughed. "Okay... I admit defeat." At this point, he had already stalled for five or six minutes, but... his body still wouldn't listen to him and he couldn't stand up from the ground. Just like Doctor Dian Dian said, "temporary countermeasures" ultimately cannot win against 'comprehensive plans'... At least when the intelligence of the two people is not too different, this theory rarely has exceptions.

Therefore, Jue-ge was now basically asking questions in a tone similar to "let me die with understanding".

However, Doctor Dian Dian did not answer Jue-ge on this most critical question.

For some reason, the doctor suddenly stopped, looked at the rolling dark clouds in the sky, and muttered to himself, "The time is almost up..."