Homelander: New Legacy

[26] : Testing New Strength, Speech!

As the altitude gradually increased, Roger felt the thinning of the air.

When he went to rescue Flight 37, Roger had already felt the thin air at high altitude, but that level was still bearable for him.

But now, as he was about to leave Earth's atmosphere, Roger felt his breathing becoming increasingly difficult.

Homelander's lung structure was not like Superman's. He didn't have Superman's powerful cardiovascular strength, so he also didn't have abilities like freezing breath or Superman's nearly infinite internal respiration.

Although his cardiovascular strength was far beyond that of ordinary people, it was still far inferior to Superman's.

As he was about to leave Earth's atmosphere, Roger distinctly felt a faint stinging on his skin.

That was the cosmic radiation outside of Earth. He couldn't withstand this cosmic radiation, and due to the different pressures inside and outside his body, just approaching interstellar space made Roger feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Is it not possible..."

Stopping in mid-air, Roger looked up at the deep starry sky and down at the brilliant blue Earth, regretfully muttering to himself.

It seemed that having a biological force field like Superman's was just a fluke or another cheat after his transmigration. Other than having a biological force field similar to Superman's, Roger's other abilities had not been enhanced at all.

He couldn't absorb sunlight to become stronger, nor could he survive in the starry sky. Just flying to this distance, Roger already felt somewhat hypoxic.

Perhaps he could rely on the biological force field to resist cosmic radiation and external pressure, but without the ability to internally circulate his breathing, he could only stay in outer space for a short while.

It was like human diving. Without equipment, the time humans could survive underwater depended on how long they could hold their breath.

After taking one last deep look at the cosmic starry sky, Roger no longer lingered and turned to fly back to Earth.

"But the view from the sky is really beautiful."

Roger looked toward the distant horizon, admiring the sight that only he could see with the naked eye.

...

"So, you're saying Homelander lifted an entire plane?"

At the eighty-second floor of Vought Tower, the floor where Vought International's board of directors resided, in an office, Vought's true leader asked Madelyn in front of him.

Looking at the dark-skinned leader of Vought, Madelyn took a deep breath and nodded.

"That's right. We don't know how he did it."

"So we have reason to believe he has gained new abilities."

Stan Edgar put down the pen in his hand and spoke to Madelyn.

Madelyn nodded. This was the only explanation so far.

In fact, Homelander saving all the people on a plane was a good thing for Vought International, but him showing abilities he had never displayed to Vought before was not a good thing.

This meant that Homelander might be hiding something from Vought. More seriously, it might mean he had already gone out of control.

Edgar thought for a moment and asked, "Have you asked Dr. Vogelbaum?"

Jonah Vogelbaum was the doctor who had once been responsible for Homelander. He had overseen Homelander's experiments when he was a child and could be seen as a father figure to him. No one understood Homelander better than he did.