Chapter 597: A Last Battle
A cloudy consciousness that seemed to wander between life and death, Eric felt that his whole person was like a leaf floating in the undercurrent of chaos, drifting with the tide and not knowing where to go.
This is not the first time he has felt this way, and if there is such an award as the closest number of deaths, he is confident that he will be able to win the championship. Ironically, it seems that he has only had a moment of rest in such a dying moment, which is the only peace he can get after a series of physically and mentally exhausted fights.
But it doesn't always last long, because he always has to keep going until one day he can't wake up again.
Eric opened his heavy eyelids, and almost as soon as he regained consciousness, he felt a sharp pain all over his body. He gritted his teeth and tried to concentrate on his arm to support his body, and the first thing that caught his eye was the girl with reddish eyes.
Eric took a deep breath, squeezing out a natural-looking smile and reached out to caress Raven's head. She didn't wait for Eric to ask before explaining softly, "This is the final bastion that Batman has prepared to prevent this, and everyone else is here." It looks like he had prepared a magical fortress early, and he said that he had teleported here by activating a hidden spell when the watchtower fell, and that the Titans, Avengers, and the rest of the Justice League had stayed here under his guidance. ”
"Yes." Eric had to lie back down after another failed attempt to get out of bed, sighing, "Oh no, he even thought of this step." ”
Well, it was thanks to God that he had been alive until now, and he thought that he would definitely die after this last dress. But even so, his current situation is not much better. He couldn't exert any strength at all, the Omega and Yamozhuo viruses only became more effective, and the armor had completely lost its response, and it was basically out of combat.
It sucks.
At the same time, the room is just a few steps away from the conference room.
"So, neither Superman nor Wonder Woman survived."
Batman sat in his chair in front of his supercomputer, his tone indifferent, and his face did not show the slightest fluctuation, so calm that people couldn't help but feel a little unapproachable.
"Yes, they stayed there to cover our retreat, to fight Steppenwolf and his army." Captain America said.
Batman pondered for a long time and said, "Got it." You guys go out first, I need to think about it. ”
"It's the end of the world, Batman." The Flash patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to do it alone, we can come up with ideas together and figure out a way to get through this together." ”
"I said I needed someone."
His voice was a few degrees lower, and it only sounded colder, almost unreasonable. The Flash was stunned for a moment, but finally didn't say anything and left the room according to the words. The others looked at each other, and then left one by one, leaving him alone at the electric table, the bat-shaped shadow stretched by the faint fluorescence emitted by the screen.
Like a sculpture blended into the darkness, he sat still for more than a minute, and suddenly without warning, he smashed the expensive monitor next to him with a punch, and the electric sparks "crackled".
"You're an idiot, Clark." He gritted his teeth and said, "You always have." ”
Two days passed like this, and the heroes rested and discussed the plan to fight back, but unfortunately nothing came of it. In the past two days, bad news from the outside world has come one after another, and in addition to the news of the setback of the army of such and such a country and the compromise of the government, it is nothing more than accusations against superheroes. Some think they've been defeated, others think they've abandoned humanity, but whatever they say, there's an air of despair.
The news media has almost only one message: the earth is falling, and there is no future for humanity.
Of course, some people represented by Thor and Hulk are desperate to go out and fight the enemy to the death, and it is obviously not their style to carefully lie dormant in a small magical fortress at the end of the world, but the captain can still restrain them from this senseless death action for the time being. At the same time, Batman is obviously not in the best state in the past two days, he has not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and his temper is more irritable than usual.
He was still researching the Amazon magic that had summoned the army of the Apocalypse, and he could have asked Wonder Woman about it, but now she and Superman were missing - if we put it more optimistically, but facing that number of demons and a pair of Infinity Stones alone against Steppenwolf was not optimistic.
On the third day, he decided to take a risk and try to find the location of Paradise Island using data from his past research on Diana's hometown. I've heard that men aren't very welcome there, but maybe he can use his friendship with Diana to convince Queen Hippolyta to tell her about the Amazon spell, and maybe they will find a way to get the apocalypse back to their lair.
Unfortunately, before this idea could be put into action, the enemy knocked on the door one step ahead of time.
Around ten o'clock in the morning, Lightning Boy panicked and called the crowd to watch the TV news. The picture in the news appeared to be a rolling mountain, but everyone who had been here for days could recognize it, and it was the disguise of the exterior of the last fortress where they were hiding.
All the news channels were broadcast live simultaneously, with the camera pointed to the ceiling above their heads.
In an instant, a violent tremor swept through the facility, and sand and dust rustled from the cracks in the ceiling. Blaring alarms rang across the base, overwhelming countless security breaches that popped up almost at the same time. The magical camouflage on the outside of the base was instantly ripped open in the news footage, revealing a modern base with a black shell.
"They've found us," Hawkeye frowned, "but why?" ”
"To destroy hope." Captain America said solemnly, "They want people around the world to see the moment when we are defeated." ”
Nightwing said anxiously, "The system is being paralyzed, and there are irresistible external forces taking over the system...... A large number of demonoids are invading the base through security breaches, and we must retreat! ”
"Retreat?" Thor tapped his hammer in his palm and snorted, "Why retreat when I wish they were coming up?" ”
Batman was silent for a long time, and then said, "Thor is right. ”
Everyone looked at him in amazement, and Batman continued, "This is the last bastion, and we have no way back but to fight against the water." ”
After a pause, he said: "Thor and Hulk are the forwards, everyone obeys the command of Captain America, quickly withdraw from this base as soon as possible, and first occupy the high ground three hundred meters behind us, where we will fight the enemy to the death." ”
"Wait," the captain said with a frown, hearing that something was wrong, "you don't plan to go out with us?" ”
Batman glanced at Tony Stark and said lightly, "We have something else to do." ”
Tony was stunned for a moment, then stunned as if he had suddenly thought of something: "You...... Don't...... Did you really toss 'that thing' out? ”
Batman didn't answer, but his eyes were already acquiescing. He glanced at everyone and said, "Now, Earth's greatest heroes...... Fight for our tomorrow. ”