Chapter Forty-Nine: The Stirring Storm
In the small hotel, the information obtained by hooking up the earth consciousness surprised Kewen, and after sharing the information obtained with the Dick three, the expressions of the three became as wonderful as Kewen. All four of them have seen the timeline of -10 Earth, and they understand that this timeline revolves around Superman's conceptual confrontation with a real human represented by Lex Luthor as a perfect person.
No matter how it changes, the timeline revolves around these two men, and Superman creates a utopian society centered around him as the perfect man. And Lex Luthor led the world's human beings to the utopian world with his own wisdom, but the final outcome of both of them was the same, whether it was Superman's perfection or Lex's flaws, in the end, the utopian world was still going to destruction.
The greatest irony is that the superman who traveled back in time from the future on a time spaceship to try to change the destined future for destruction is actually a descendant of Lex. But now the question is, if Superman who went back to the past did not show his most perfect side internationally, would Lex still lead all mankind to that utopian world as he did later, thus prompting the birth of mankind? Without cause, there would be no effect.
"It's a big deal," Dick muttered, understanding the possible consequences of Superman's disappearance.
"Well, am I the only one who thinks this is going to be a good thing? If Superman is not active in this special era, it means that Lex Luthor is just a high-IQ entrepreneur and has no motivation to compete with Superman, then Superman will not be born in the future, the timeline has changed, and everything is fine. Connor, who hadn't turned his head yet, didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and wondered there.
"That's not what I said, you know the wisdom of Lex Luthor, the appearance of Superman only brought out his wisdom to the fullest, and gave him the idea of defeating Superman. But it's not necessary, even without Superman's appearance, Lex could lead humanity to utopia because of the stimulus of other things, but here's the problem.
If there is no superman in this era, and in that doomed future, there will still be supermen born, and they will also be sent to this era. But you have to be clear that Superman was born in the future, went back to the past, and then the concept collapsed, the times advanced, and destroyed, which is the cycle formed by this timeline. But the problem now is that there is already a Superman in this era, and his mission is to guide Lex to the idea of confronting this human god, and then bring this timeline to destruction, which is a closed loop. Now that there is no Superman in this era, it means that there is a gap in this closed loop, and a new Superman will be born in the future..."
Speaking of the back, Wally didn't continue, and Connor, who realized it later, also reacted at this time that because of a gap in this closed-loop timeline, a second Superman who came on a time spaceship would appear, and the result was that the entire timeline completely collapsed. And the four people who are the creators of this timeline reset will also be destroyed with the collapse of this timeline.
Thinking of this, Connor couldn't help but shudder, "Oh my God, does this mean that this timeline has entered the countdown to death?" ”
"Yes, it's not just this timeline that has entered the countdown to death, but also us as the founders. Originally, I thought it was another Wally's ghost, but as it stands, there's a mysterious third party. ”
For Connor's hindsight, Kewen was helpless, after all, what happened now has exceeded everyone's expectations. There is no Superman who falls in the right place, and there is no Superman who shows himself. There is only one spaceship, and the atmosphere is getting worse and worse Cold War.
"So what now?"
"What we need to investigate now is who is the mysterious third party who took away Superman, we need to investigate on the Bering Strait side, and the countries that have each harvested a palm print also need to be investigated, divided into groups?"
After thinking about it for a while, Ke Wen also determined the next course of action. In the context of this great era, it is another world full of black technology, and there is also a spaceship. God knows how far these two countries will escalate the military race, don't when the timeline has not completely collapsed, the earth will self-destruct because of the military competition between the two countries, after all, in the talent of self-destruction, human beings have always been the first.
"This thing is really endless, I'll be in a group with Connor, you and Wally will be in a group, this guy is now about to become a scum with only 5 combat effectiveness, and you are the only one who will add combat power to him."
"Hey, hey, I'm still here, besides, I'm also a speedster who has learned five cars, and I can fight with Aquaman without speed!"
Regarding Dick's complaints, Wally also shouted there, but the three of Kewen also directly ignored Wally's speech, which has become a battle five scum Wally, and confirmed their respective division of labor tomorrow, and then went to rest. It's just that what they don't know is that just because of the performance of Curvin and Connor on the hydropower station during the day, after a day and night fermentation, they have begun to stir up the world.
The Red Fort, the administrative center of the country, issued instructions from this building, as one of the two countries in the world, also showed its minions at this moment, and the entire state apparatus began to operate. began to make a big fuss about Curvin and Connor, and in another country on the other side of the ocean, with the emergence of Curvin and Connor, the hostile countries made a big propaganda and made a response.
At night, at the Lex mansion, the sleeping Lex Luthor couple was also woken up by a phone call.
"This is Ryan, Louise Ryan Luther, well, please say... You wait, I'll be in place now. Louise, who got out of bed, changed her clothes as fast as she could, and was about to leave, when she realized that her husband had already changed his clothes and was waiting for her outside the house.
"You knew this would happen?"
"Uh... I just prefer to do Plan B, but it looks like Plan B is still quite useful, okay, get in the car. I'm going to see the president here, and you probably won't be able to be idle there, so we've both had to work hard for the past two days. Wally, let's drive. ”
"Yes, Mr. Luther."
After getting his wife in the car, Lex also gave orders to the old 52 Wally, a part-time driver. Wally, who was lurking beside Lex, didn't say a word, and drove the Lexes to the White House with them. And this night, the White House presidential palace was brightly lit, and people who were sleeping soundly or still enjoying the nightlife were also attracted by the cacophony of words and conversations, especially when they saw Mr. President, who should have rested, appeared on the television broadcast with a serious expression, and whoever saw this scene couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts.
And the president did not sell the guanzi and directly began his speech.
"My compatriots, it has always been the duty of this office to publicize all major events that may affect the international standing of our free and democratic nation. I regret to tell you that just this morning, such an incident happened. The nations that are hostile to us across the ocean have shown us their muscles, two super-soldiers so powerful that they can be called gods, whose very existence is a threat to our status as eternal world superpowers. ”
As he spoke, the president's image disappeared, and a black-and-white film video was played, which was the picture of Curvin and Connor on the hydroelectric power station, easily stopping the falling satellite. There is no audio track, just a silent video, no beginning and no end, but in this era when the Internet is not developed, there are not many channels for obtaining information and there is a lack of entertainment programs, such a film is no less than a three-view reconstruction for everyone who sees it.
Flight, power, invisible stagnation, and cool armor shapes make the people who see this scene breathe a little heavier, and when they look at this video, they wish they were the person who flew away in the image, but before they could immerse themselves in such fantasies, switch back, the stinky president shattered their illusions.
"I know what you are thinking, fellow citizens, why such a power does not belong to you, why does it not belong to this great country. I also want to know, but the truth is that they are super soldiers who belong to another camp. And after this talk, I will rush to Europe overnight to strategically cooperate with our North Atlantic Treaty Organization members to discuss how to face the super soldiers of the other camp..." At this point, the president also stopped talking, and at this time, a secretary who walked in also handed over a piece of paper, looked at the contents of the paper, and then continued: "These two threats named Kamen Rider and Superman, compatriots, God bless us." ”
At the end of the live broadcast, the people of this country have not yet detached themselves from the president's words just now and the image that shocked their lives, but they also know one thing, God exists, and at the same time, they also have names, one is called Kamen Rider, and the other is called Superman! It's just that they don't belong to this country, they are enemies from another camp, their heroes, my enemies, but what they don't know is that these two warriors, who are inexplicably called gods, have never belonged to anyone.
In the White House, after the president finished his speech, he looked at the name on the paper, and also frowned and asked the agent who came in to interrupt him, "Agent Olsen, Kamen Rider, Superman?" That's the answer Luthor gave me? Every year, the country allocates one-third of the funds to him, and let him continue to study for twenty years, and then give two names?! ”
"Mr. Luthor says that his research has reached the most critical stage, and besides, he asked me to give it to you." Agent Olsen handed Mr. President a thick stack of papers with various calculations written on them, which the President could read, but not how they were used.
"What is this?"
If you're worried about the country's finances being out of balance because of the large amount of money allocated each year, he said, you can just give it to the Treasury and the idiots will know how to use it. If you can leave him alone, he will give you a piece of the magic recipe for eradicating inflation, and solving the problem is as simple as eating and breathing for me, Superman and Kamen Rider are just another problem, that's what he said. ”
Looking at the formula in his hand, the various words that were originally going to be exported were blocked and he couldn't say it, because the president knew what kind of genius the man named Lex Luthor was, if the two super soldiers in the video had the power of God, then this man had the wisdom of God. With this formula, even if he didn't pull a game back during his tenure, he wouldn't become infamous for inaction.
"Let him as soon as possible, the people need a shot in the arm, so be it."
Instead of dwelling on this, the president left his building, went to the airport under the protection of the agents, and went to the North Atlantic, as he said, on Air Force One, to fulfill his so-called duty and negotiate a way to deal with the gods. But he knew in his heart that there was only another god or demon who could defeat the god, but the unfortunate thing was that neither the god nor the demon was beyond his control.
After talking to a bunch of politicians whose IQs were completely below his own limit, Lex Luthor also drove to the laboratory he had built. In the main universe where Ke Wen is located, the Star Lab can be said to be a non-governmental organization with a complex background and black technology with the entire international cooperation, but in this -10 Earth Universe timeline, this is a hall of words belonging to Lex Luthor, and usually only Lex has the final say.
But now things are different, there is another young man in this laboratory, a young man who is smart enough to fight Lex Luthor and this young man has 100% respect for Lex Luthor. This is a young man who has completely let Lex Luthor let his guard down, and maybe, at least to outsiders, Lex Luthor behaves like this.
Casually handing over his hat and coat to his assistant, Lex Luthor smiled as he looked at the young man standing in front of the cultivation chamber after stepping into this laboratory of his own.
"Kamen Rider? Superman? How did you come up with such a great idea, Wally? ”
"Superman is your idea, Mr. Luther, isn't your plan S to create a man who surpasses everything in humanity and reaches all the perfect side of humanity. So Superman, worthy of the name, as for Kamen Rider, that's my idea, that armored warrior standing above the hydroelectric power station, doesn't look like a perfect person no matter how you look at it. Turning around, Wally of the old 52 universe also said to Lex Luthor.
"That's a good description, Wally." Walking forward, Lex stroked the huge cultivation chamber in front of him, looked at the sleeping figure in it and said: "I know that the two of them are not Soviet creations, as far as I know, they are still in the second stage, but it doesn't matter, people don't want to believe that such a great power is possessed by human beings, people prefer to believe that such an existence is a god or notoriety, and people are especially willing to believe that these two gods will choose sides." But it doesn't matter, and I wonder how much they know about the Bering Strait incident that happened 20 years ago. ”
Looking at the man in front of him, who was as wise as a god, Wally took out a box of chess from a drawer and placed it on the table.
"Well, why don't we play a game of chess, Mr. Luther, they're playing, and it's time for us, isn't it?"
"Nice offer, Wally."
Turning around and taking his attention off the cultivation chamber, Lex Luthor also started a night's game with Wally.
And just as the Soviet leaders turned the story of the two men in the morning into a propaganda tactic to hype up the spheres of their own country's rule, a young man in a collective farm in Ukraine was lying in a field listening to the message coming from the radio, turned around and stretched out his hand. He lifted the tractor used to reclaim the farm next to him, just holding a tire of the tractor, and let the big guy stand on the palm of his hand without any deformation.
The young man was not surprised or curious about what he was doing, he just looked at the tractor that he was lifting, there was a light in his eyes, and then, as if he had heard something, he slowly lowered the tractor again, and then got up. After patting the dirt on his body and estimating the distance, he disappeared in an instant, and in the cornfield, a horizontal line opened the waves of the field.