Chapter 593: The Watchtower Falls
With its dark clouds, burning buildings, and dilapidated neighborhoods of alien invaders, this is New York today – no different from any other city in the world, and it looks like the end of the world.
Superman struggled to get up from the burning pit, and the excessive energy release just now made him a little breathless for a while, and he thought that maybe it was also partly because the sunlight he drew energy from was completely obscured by the black clouds. He looked around, and there were ruins as far as he could see, and he couldn't help but feel gloomy.
"Woke up, big man?"
Superman turned his head and saw that Hal and Diana were not far from him, but they were all covered in color and looked rather embarrassed. And through their eyes, Superman realizes that his image may not be much better.
"Cheer up, warriors." Diana stroked her hair, even in such a situation, she still showed a Valkyrie-like sassy and heroic posture, "There is still a tough battle waiting for us to fight." ”
She was right, the whole city was filled with an all-pervasive enemy, and the smell of despair was everywhere. The world was in a terrible situation almost not long after the invasion began, and it would have been even worse without them.
"That's right." Superhuman, "but we may need more manpower, and ......"
As soon as the words fell, a huge mass had already shot down from the sky at a rapid speed. The impact of the landing shook the earth's crust violently, and rubble rustled from the ruined buildings, splashing all over the ground. The smoke rose high, and all three of them retreated alertly, only to see a mutilated sub-demon staggering out of it, looking like a trembling old man because one of its legs had been beaten to the point of being supported by a weak bone. A large green palm burst out of the smoke screen and grabbed its head, smashing it to the ground with fluids.
Hulk roared and jumped out, showing his powerful arms in a demonstrative manner. Only a few seconds later, the rest of the avengers also rushed over one after another, and they were all covered in colors, but they only added a domineering spirit unique to battlefield warriors.
Superman was delighted, "I'm so glad to see you here." ”
"So do we." "In this case, we need all the allies and resources at our disposal, and we need to stick together and fight the outside world." ”
A rapid red shadow rushed in from the outside of the city, turning around the streets with golden lightning, and finally braking hard in front of everyone, dragging a long string of crackling sparks under the soles of their feet. The Flash took a deep breath and said, "Sorry guys, I'm late...... Again. Batman told me to join you here, I shouldn't be too late, right? ”
"The timing is right, The Flash." Superman said, pausing for a moment, and said, "Speaking of Batman...... Superman calls Watchtower, Batman, are you still there? ”
There was no response, only a cacophony of current tones ringing in the communication channel, which was only distracting in this harsh situation.
Superman instinctively felt the slightest bit wrong, and he asked again, "This is Superman, Batman, are you still there?" ”
After a while, Batman's hoarse voice finally appeared in the channel, along with a rather noisy background sound. "This is the watchtower," he said. Listening to Superman, I'll try to make a long story short - I scanned and located the intrusive passages and found that there were enemy entrances all over the world, all powered by a magic that we were no strangers to, and based on a comparison with the Watchtower database, I found this space magic to be very similar to the Amazon summoning magic that the Alliance had ever seen. ”
Diana was taken aback: "What are you talking about, Batman?" I can assure the Amazons have nothing to do with this. ”
"I don't have much time left to argue with you, princess, I'm just telling you what happened." Batman said lightly, "And now, the energy fluctuations of all spatial magic are gathering in your location, and the root of the enemy may be about to appear in front of you." Whatever happens, Superman, I need you to be there to lead the crowd to defeat it......"
"What are you talking about, Batman!?"
As Superman shouted, he used his super vision to look up into the air, and it didn't take long to locate the watchtower floating on the surface. He was surprised to find that there were already fires in many places on the watchtower, and the advanced space station built by Wayne Technology was wrapped in pitch-black smoke and was falling into the atmosphere at a uniform speed. The intense friction with the atmosphere caused the aerospace alloy of its outer shell to burn red, like an oversized red-hot soldering iron falling to the ground.
Superman was taken aback and almost without thinking about it, he was about to take off into the air, but all he heard was Batman's shout: "Don't come, Superman!" ”
Superman subconsciously stopped, and said anxiously: "But ......"
"You have more important things to do." Batman said indifferently, "I have chosen the best route to ensure that the watchtower will fall into the untouched sea, no innocent people will be implicated, and you can concentrate on dealing with the root cause of the enemy." ”
As he spoke, the entire outer shell of the watchtower was encased in a massive fireball, and the entire facility resembled a missile that accelerated and dived. The cockpit was red-hot, but Batman, who was just flesh and blood, was already soaked in sweat, and his consciousness was almost blurred.
The watchtower has been nearly overrun by the Demonoids, who roam the space station with impunity, destroying everything indiscriminately. The entrance to the cockpit is sealed by layers of special metal doors, which can hold even a direct attack of ICBMs, and can also block all kinds of magical wall-piercing tricks. When Batman insisted on modifying the cockpit to look like a military fortress, Superman used to laugh at him for being worried, but he didn't expect it to come in handy today.
He eventually did. The watchtower, which burned in flames, avoided all the city at maximum speed and crashed towards the uninhabited sea. Almost as soon as Batman completed his mission, the expensive door behind him was finally breached by the combined efforts of several demons. The demons walked into the final room with their fangs bared like demons from hell, and Batman sat in the driver's seat exhausted and closed his eyes tiredly.
"Boom!"
Thousands of miles away, Superman watched with his super vision as the burning fireball fell into the sea, setting off a shocking wave of water, and he didn't realize that he was stuck in place.
Everyone else was stunned for a long time, and it was difficult to digest this fact for a while, and Flash was stunned: "Batman, he ...... No, it can't be. ”
That's what everyone thinks on the same page - that's Batman! He's sure to show up when you least expect it, bringing a new one-size-fits-all solution to surprise everyone who is already in a desperate situation, right?
Superman closed his eyes and clenched his fists, making a slight tremor from the exertion.
More and more demons descended from the sky, and the layers surrounded the people in the center. Superman slowly opened his eyes, and his clear blue eyes seemed to burn with monstrous anger.
"Our battle is not over yet." He gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, we can't live up to what Batman left us!" ”