I remember a line from a skit that was very well said.
The most painful thing in life is to be alive and not have enough money. The even more painful thing in life is to die and not have spent all your money.
And now, Wei Wen is facing this most painful situation.
Elder relatives came knocking, and with no descendants, he was designated as the sole heir, on the verge of inheriting billions from his great-grandfather, a real-life version of "Hello Mr. Billionaire."
Then he closed his eyes and opened them, and poof, he transmigrated.
From a future second-generation rich kid about to gain immense wealth out of nowhere, he became a 'mutant' with gills on his chest.
Oh, no, according to this world's terminology, he should be called a superhero.
"This isn't right!"
Wei Wen, who had been in a daze at home for an entire night, still couldn't accept this reality.
"No, why did I transmigrate out of nowhere? I didn't even want to transmigrate! And why this world of all places, the world of The Boys? And why this character of all characters, The Deep?! I really am @#$%@%@—"
Wei Wen held his head, wailing in his heart.
His billions! Billions that he could never spend in a lifetime, living carefree!
Just like that, poof, gone?!
Alright, alright, don't let me find out who made me transmigrate. If I find out—
I will definitely kneel and beg you to let me transmigrate back!
There's no other way; it's not that Wei Wen is a coward. Even with his toes, he could figure out that the person who made him transmigrate is either a god or an incomprehensible 'higher-dimensional being.'
Wei Wen is just an ordinary superhero now; in this world, he can't even beat Homelander, let alone the god who made him transmigrate.
If he could meet them again, begging them to let him transmigrate back would be the most important thing.
After all, that's billions!
Billions!!!!!
"I'm tired, let it all be destroyed, I want to die..."
Lying on the bed like a salted fish, Wei Wen stared blankly at the ceiling, starting to ponder whether there was any possibility of transmigrating back if he died now and restarted.
But his instinct for self-preservation ultimately made him abandon this highly suggestive idea. With the sound of the alarm clock, his mind, which had been blank all night, finally began to sort out information about this world and himself.
First, it can be confirmed that the world Wei Wen has transmigrated into is the world of the American TV series "The Boys."
That bloody American drama that blacked out all the DC and Marvel superheroes.
Wei Wen had watched this American drama before his transmigration, including the spin-off "Gen V," and understood the general setting of The Boys' world.
In short, this is a world where superheroes are packaged like celebrities.
Here, superheroes are household names. They appear on TV, endorse products, shoot commercials and films, occasionally go out to fight villains to maintain public presence, and sometimes take photos and sign autographs with fans on the street.
Sounds quite peaceful, doesn't it?
But in fact, it's quite the opposite.
Superheroes become superheroes because they have a sense of justice, responsibility, and self-control to remain unswayed by temptation.
Even without superpowers, these people would be excellent in certain fields.
But the superheroes in this world are just 'ordinary people' with superpowers, and their moral compass is even lower than that of ordinary people.
They lack the qualities superheroes should possess. While outwardly displaying justice, as if they are the embodiment of righteousness, they secretly do things that are unacceptable to ordinary people.
Let's not even mention their various promiscuities and disgusting fetishes.
Most of these people feel nothing about human lives; they wouldn't feel guilty about casually killing a passerby on the street, only finding the post-incident public relations troublesome.
They use their superpowers to force others to do things they don't want to do.
Coercion, robbery, indiscriminate killing, destruction of public property...
These superheroes secretly commit almost every bad deed. If their superhero halo were removed, they probably wouldn't die enough times even if they died ten times over.
And among them, the most famous is undoubtedly Homelander.
His prototype is DC's Superman, and he is also one of the strongest supes in The Boys' world currently.
While he appears relatively righteous on the surface, his heart is actually full of cruelty.
He doesn't allow anything to go wrong. Once things get out of his control, Homelander becomes furious and uses his immense power to eliminate those who displease him.
Yet, such a person has become a national hero in people's hearts, which shows how terrible this world truly is.
"But fortunately, I'm also a superhero. Well, if you can't beat them, join them, that's pretty good too."
Wei Wen thought to himself, amused.
The superhero Wei Wen has transmigrated into is one of the members of the Seven, the celebrity superhero team in this world, just like Homelander.
His name is 'The Deep,' or he can also be called 'Aquaman' or 'King of the Seas.'
His prototype is DC's Aquaman, Arthur, possessing the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with marine animals.
Compared to those superheroes with blood on their hands, the character Wei Wen has transmigrated into can be considered innocent.
Although he has done many bad things, such as forcing Starlight to..., etc., overall, he hasn't indiscriminately killed innocent people.
He's not a good person, but he's not terribly bad either.
He's one of the few 'normal' superheroes in The Boys.
Uh, his disgusting and unique fetishes are a separate matter...
Honestly, becoming such a character, Wei Wen was a hundred times unwilling, not only because of the things he did in the show, but also because of the gills on his chest.
Those are key to The Deep's ability to breathe underwater, a pair of special organs that look like fish gills.
The Deep didn't like them, and the current Wei Wen doesn't like them either.
But what can he do if he doesn't like them? Transmigration isn't logical. Wei Wen can't just tell the god who made him transmigrate to let him transmigrate into a preferred character, like Homelander or something.
If he really met the transmigration god, Wei Wen would still kneel and beg him to send him back.
Billions...
No, I can't think about it anymore. The more I think, the more my heart aches.
As an old saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
Since Wei Wen has transmigrated to this world and it seems he can't go back anytime soon, he might as well settle down here first.
Anyway, he's in The Seven, he's a superhero. As long as he doesn't do the self-destructive things from the original plot, he can live very well in this world.
Although he lost billions!
Although he went from a rich second-generation who could eat until he died to a superhero celebrity who still needs to work hard!
But at least he gained superpowers, didn't he!
Of course, it would be even better without these gills on his chest...
Wei Wen comforted himself in his heart.
No, he shouldn't be called Wei Wen now.
He is now Kevin, Kevin Moskowitz.
This is The Deep's real name.