Unknown territory, wilderness.
A large number of demon-like soldiers kept shuttling back and forth in this deserted and deserted building. Just like every time they conquered the world in the past, after successfully surviving against powerful enemies on the battlefield, they took over the role of engineers without stopping. Role.
They hauled gravel and dirt, corrected crooked steel cables, and used strange energy from Apokolips to "repair" the building's roof.
Like fungi that grow wildly after rain, Apokolips built a huge and fully functional fortress from scratch in one day and night.
This is the early stage for them to capture a planet. After their strength is satisfied, such fortresses will quickly cover the entire planet.
However, with Steppenwolf's own power, he is still unable to perform such an operation through such a transmission method.
That requires the help of a mother box.
The good news is that now, Steppenwolf already has a mother box in his hands.
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The spacious hall is full of wasteland style and various metal colors.
This is the place where the "energy response" is the most abundant in the entire area. Steppenwolf stood here and erected a biological stone slab brought from Apokolips on the ground.
On that stone slab, there were three perfect square gaps.
After repelling the left and right, Steppenwolf inserted the retrieved mother box into a gap in the biological slate.
Flowing like water, the stone slab moved quickly, wrapping the mother box at an extremely fast speed, and quickly deformed in the wriggling motion, becoming more swollen and larger. Soon, the living, tumor-like piece of The black gelatinous object took on the shape of a human being.
"Steppenwolf, what do you call me for?"
The figure shown on the stone slab is tall, but it gives people the feeling of being huddled in the shadows. The man's face was withered, his eyes were deep-set, and the skin on his neck was as hard and rough as old bark. Combined with the black material of the slate, he looked like a dead person.
But this guy who looks old and dead actually enjoys a great reputation in many worlds. He is the real upper echelon of power in Apokolips. His position is stable. Darkseid is the most powerful and the most powerful. One of his trusted subordinates, he has been following Darkseid from the very beginning, helping him become the most powerful assistant to the most terrifying nightmare king in countless spaces.
Disad.
As a person born on New Creation Star, Disad should have been a decent party, under the command and jurisdiction of New Creation Star's Heavenly Father, but since Darkseid corrupted him, he left New Creation Star. Joining Apokolips, Desaad becomes badder, more evil, and more terrifying than the natural villain.
He used his wisdom and evil heart to help Darkseid do many things, so that Disad had done countless wrong things, including accepting the order of the Queen of Apokolips and killing Darkseid. True love of virtue.
Darkseid has used his own omega rays to kill Disad many times, but in the end he resurrected him, and every time he would say: This is the last time.
Facts have proved that Darkseid cannot do without Disad's help, and Apokolips cannot do without Disad's help.
Compared with Steppenwolf, Desaad is obviously more trusted and reused. This can be seen from the fact that Desaad can live on Apokolips, but Steppenwolf has to be alone, going into exile in the name of conquest but actually atonement. come out.
You know, compared to Steppenwolf's half-hearted and stupid operation of turning back the prodigal son even if he was a traitor, Desaad actually killed Darkseid's lover.
On Apokolips, Disad's status is obviously higher than that of Steppenwolf.
However, Steppenwolf looked down upon the villain Disad.
"Dessard."
Compared with Desaad's aloof manner and tone, as if a superior summoned his subordinates, Steppenwolf's back was straight and he could barely look at Desaad with his nostrils.
"Haha, it seems that your expedition this time is not going well, Mr. Steppenwolf."
As soon as they met, the sparks between the two "old friends" were extremely bright and bright. Desarde saw at a glance the bare patch on the top of Steppenwolf's head, missing a corner.
"snort!"
Steppenwolf's reply was to slam his ax hard.
"I don't have time to talk so much nonsense to you. The world we met this time is indeed a bit tricky.
But, it's all worth it. "
"Um?"
Disad seemed to have realized at this moment that this was his first "face-to-face" communication with Steppenwolf in thousands of years.
As a result, Disad, who had been calm just now, immediately lost his composure, widened his eyes, and froze in place.
Steppenwolf was pleased with his reaction.
"Wait a minute, this is... you found the mother box!"
Disad finally understood and exclaimed, carefully felt the vague energy fluctuations, and then narrowed his eyes.
"You are on that blue planet now! Those hateful indigenous gods, they cut off your horns, right?
The mother boxes are still there, are all the mother boxes there, you found them all..."
"Dessade...you talk too much."
Although a horn is broken on his head, Steppenwolf is immortal. Especially since this is his true body. With his strong vitality, this broken horn will be restored to its original state within ten years, leaving only one Known as scars of honor.
"Steppenwolf, what on earth is going on!"
"Where is the Lord? I want to report to the Lord."
Although he is nominally the upper echelon of Apokolips and the leader of the demon-like army, he is also Darkseid's uncle. But Steppenwolf was really miserable. He was alone on the expedition and couldn't even see the boss.
"Steppenwolf, you should know better. If you don't have something important enough to do, if you lie..."
"That's my own business. It has nothing to do with you."
"Ah."
With a disdainful laugh, Disad's image on the stone plate melted and turned into the appearance of the stone plate again.
And a minute later, the stone slab expanded again, becoming tall and towering, creating a sense of oppression. Among the figures gradually formed on the stone slab, a man with hunched muscles, eyes that seemed to contain endless darkness, and a bald head with a somewhat iron chin suddenly emerged.
"The great endless darkness, the great...Darkseid!"
All the armor on the upper body was removed, revealing Steppenwolf's scarred skin. He dropped the ax in his hand, knelt on one knee, and lowered his proud head deeply.
"Steppenwolf..."
Although there was an endless distance, just the sound of Darkseid made Steppenwolf feel a familiar fear.
"Dessard told me that you recovered a Mother Box. You discovered that planet, right."
Since Darkseid's most tragic failure in his life was on Earth, not only was he injured and defeated, but he also lost the Mother Box, so Darkseid also has a deep memory of this blue planet in his memory.
The scar on his shoulder is still there.
"Yes! Lord!"
Steppenwolf was no longer as tough as he was when he met Disard. He had the energy to answer every question, and he didn't dare to delay anything when he asked questions.
"This is the original planet. I have found a mother box, but the natives of this planet are still very powerful. I..."
"That's your business. Steppenwolf, find the remaining two mother boxes and activate the power of unity. When I come to the throne, I will take away the due reward!"
"Yes! You...are you going to come in person..."
Steppenwolf hurriedly agreed, and then seemed to have just remembered something: "Lord! I discovered the Anti-Life Equation on this planet!"
"Are you sure, Steppenwolf?"
"I saw it with my own eyes!"
"Well……"
The huge golem put his hands behind his back: "In order to find the anti-life equation, I have turned a hundred thousand worlds into scorched earth, just to find the anti-life equation, and to find those who deprived me of my glory.
I will step on their heads and bask in the glory of the Anti-Life Equation.
By then, everything in this endless space will be controlled by me! "
Steppenwolf lowered his head: "It must be so, my master."
"Go and retrieve the remaining Mother Boxes, Steppenwolf. This is your only path to redemption."
"yes."
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Colorado, home of Martian Manhunter.
It was late at night, but Brother Martian's house was still brightly lit.
At this time, it seems that working overtime or not is not an important matter at all. After all, it is still unknown whether the term "overtime" will be used in the future of the earth.
However, Ron was not dealing with documents or anything like that. He had been sitting in front of the computer for half an hour, still unable to make up his mind whether to tell those people, the upper echelons of mankind, about this incident. Crisis thing.
This time is different after all. It is a real crisis that may destroy the entire earth.
After thinking about it, Ron decided to report this matter, for no other reason. At least, when superheroes like them who are determined to do something to protect the earth are doing their work, they can't hide from the human beings. The hunted and wanted bar.
Click the confirm button, and the web page that has been open for a long time on the computer is displayed as being connected.
Half a minute later, all the more than a dozen video channels were connected. Looking at the senior executives who were either sleepy-eyed or angry, Ron's face was calm.
"Ron En, you'd better really have something important to report. I finally managed to get my daughter to sleep..."
"Mr. Congressman."
Unceremoniously and very impolite, Ron interrupted his boss's boss's speech and said expressionlessly: "Please believe me, in order for your daughter to live well in the future, you must listen to what I have to say. Then decide whether you want to be angry with me or not.”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone who was ready to help was stunned at the same time.
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There aren't many things, nor are they very complicated. It only took Ron less than five minutes to finish everything.
After listening to Ron's description for just a few minutes, the senior executives who extracted some important vocabulary were stunned for more than a minute.
"The destruction of the earth", "the extinction of mankind", "becoming a demon-like slave of chaos", "nowhere to escape", "almost unstoppable", "invincible"...
This time, Ron's words were completely free of exaggeration or cryptic expressions. He just said what he wanted and how he described it.
There is no need for him to lie or hide anything. The people from Apokolips are on Earth now and have already obtained a mother box.
"Damn it! I knew Superman couldn't be trusted!"
"Ron, are you sure that there is really no connection between these aliens?"
"Ron En, you must stop those monsters, otherwise... otherwise..."
"Ron, is there really no solution for you and the Justice League?"
"Ron En..."
"Ron...!"
Ron sat motionless in front of the computer. For some reason, he felt a little nauseous, nauseous and wanted to vomit.
He simply couldn't imagine that these people could actually say such things.
At this moment, Ron was constantly "replaying" Linn's words and deeds in his mind, constantly flashing back to Linn's sarcastic smile when he mentioned these senior officials.
If Lynn were here, I would be too ashamed to look into his eyes.
"Ron En, is there really...nothing we can do?"
Although it was just a one-sided statement, and although there was no evidence yet, Ron never lied and was always extremely professional and trustworthy. Secondly, there is no use lying about this kind of thing. Within a few days, or even within a day or two, it will be obvious whether it is true or false.
Therefore, when they heard what Ron said, after a brief thought, they confirmed that what Ron said should be true.
What followed was endless fear and uneasiness.
At this moment, some people were still blaming Superman, but in their hearts they just wished they could move to Metropolis and sleep with Superman's lap in their arms.
"Gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet and don't say such embarrassing things or do anything... ridiculous."
Ron's face remained expressionless, and he lost all dignity when speaking.
“Of course we will not back down, and of course we will fight until the last moment to protect humanity.
I also hope that you will not hold us back and do anything stupid. "
After hesitating for a while, Ron still "lost his conscience" and did not mention Lin En one word.
After "threatening" these big shots, Ron, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, ignored the big shots asking endless questions and simply shut down the computer.
"It's really ridiculous. Lynn, at this time, I really don't want you to be the right one..."
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"Oops, oops, oops...Fake!"
Looking at the closed communications on the computer, an angry congressman who had been woken up late at night closed the computer with trembling lips.
How could this happen, how could this happen!
Is it safe to stay at home now? Is it safe to stay in this city? Is there any safe place on earth? !
"No! I have to get out of here! I'm going to Metropolis... No! I'm going to Gotham!"
After hurriedly packing some things and taking out all the cash from the safe, the big man hurriedly picked up his suitcase and opened the door to his home late at night.
"Hello, Mr. Congressman."
At the door, there was a man who seemed to be standing there by chance, and who seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He was holding a black cat on his shoulder and waved to him politely.
"Ah! You, who are you! Why do you..."
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous."
The man raised his hands and slowly lowered them, revealing a gentle smile in the darkness.
Immediately, he slowly reached into his arms and took out a crumpled piece of paper.
“Excuse me, do you need a ferry ticket to Gotham?
The current fare is..."
The person raised his head, revealing a pair of cold eyes.
"A life."
(End of chapter)
