In the familiar light and shadow, Mason and his party returned directly to the secret base in Port Miller in Gotham.

It's not that they don't want to go to Osborne Tower to join the remnants of the Caribbean world, but because the impact of the shock event has made it impossible for the World Gate to open access to any other world except the base world.

When Mason looked down at the brass doorknob, he unsurprisingly found that two world coordinates had been permanently dimmed on it.

The world of Hogwarts didn't seem to be immune to this shock.

It's a pity.

"Let's take a break, and when the impact of the impact has passed, we'll go to Osbornta to meet Selena and them, why don't you see Charles and Ivy?

They should be waiting for us here. ”

Mason looked left and right.

He saw some black dirt remnants, presumably brought back from the Hogwarts world by two of his other teammates.

didn't think much about it, just whispered to Zakang, who was still able to move, asking him to take a look around and contact the kite man and poison ivy by the way.

He arranged Barbara and the second bucket on the bed in this secret base, gave them medicine to rest, and took out Barbara's separation chip.

"I used the program Judy gave me to trap that evil data body in Bizarro's mind."

The sick bat girl took a bag of ice cubes and put it on her forehead, and said to Mason:

"You can talk to it on my microcomputer, but it only lasts 12 hours before it expires, and we have to move it to a more secure data 'cage'.

Judy should have a dedicated data device on her side. ”

"Well, I know, you take a break first, don't think too much."

Mason put away the hot separation chip and untied the microcomputer from Barbara's wrist, also from the 2077 era, and dragged the captive Bizarro he had brought back into the world into a small compartment that was partially separated from the inside of the container.

I'm going to treat this unlucky captive first.

Although the Kryptonian clone is still alive and strong, this guy has been pierced through his body for hours by the dangerous Alice Knife, and his vital signs are already extremely weak.

"There is no soul curse on this conqueror."

As Mason pulled Alice's knife out of Bizarro's zombie-like body and bandaged him urgently to stop the bleeding, the Sorting Hat, who had been silent, spoke to Mason:

"It seems that only members of your Stars Society will be tattooed with that curse, and members of other institutions have their own ways of traveling through the world."

"But the coordinate system of the World Gate is the positioning of their shuttle through the worlds, and this will not change."

Mason shook his head as he poured a bottle of healing potion into the unconscious Bizarro's mouth to help him heal his wounds while checking the guy's physical condition:

"Therefore, the Worldgate Ontology and Your Excellency Destiny are still at the heart of the problem, and this matter is not over until they are resolved. So, the next thing to do is to think about how to win over Ciri, even Norman, a new member, has seen the problem of the Quint Society, and it will not be good for her to be obsessed. ”

"You'd better keep a low profile."

The Sorting Hat reminds us to:

"This Quint doesn't seem to be a good guy, and if you're going to take advantage of each other's weaknesses with them, you'll have to be 'friendly' for the time being, and do less things like the one that obviously don't fit their style right now."

"I try."

Mason nodded and said:

"It's really annoying to deal with these 'reformists', who always want to turn things around by tinkering, and this style is really unlikeable."

"It's not about style, my brother."

The Isu ghost Consus reminded at this moment:

"It's a matter of choice!

They don't have an answer to the shock, so they have no other choice, and in this case, letting them completely abandon the system built by the Stars Society is tantamount to making them tie their hands and wait for death in despair.

If you want to get rid of the Stellar Society, you'll have to give them a new option.

You have to come up with a solution to the problem. ”

"Then you're too embarrassed for me, a C-class."

Mason pouted and said:

"If I can find a solution, why do I need to play this kind of lurking game that makes people unhappy here? I'm also hoping that a bunch of god-like guys will suddenly jump out and help me solve all of this.

However, no God can save us in this dark age.

They can't even save themselves.

God has God's afflictions, and man has a task."

This answer silenced both of Mason's bodies.

A few minutes later, Mason, who had removed his blood-stained medical gloves, confirmed that the zombie Superman in front of him was not suffering from his worst injuries so far.

His super self-healing can allow this penetrating wound to heal quickly, and the real trouble lies in his brain.

Barbara burned the "smart component" in the man's brain with a hacking program, like detonating a bomb in Bizarro's brain.

Rao is a Kryptonian whose brain is tough enough and has the ability to heal itself, but this terrifying injury can never be solved by self-healing.

"He's now cut off a third of his brain."

The Isu ghost Consus hovered beside Mason, a top biologist who said:

"Can't wait for him to heal himself, this kind of injury is probably fatal for all races except the Kryptonians, no, it's also fatal for the Kryptonians!

It's just that there is something special about this sample in front of me.

Presumably to better control it, the cleaners gave his brain some kind of modification, which allowed him to survive the explosion of the prosthetic body's overheating.

But the craniotomy must be done immediately, my brother.

Get out those broken metal scraps, or he'll soon be dead. ”

"You're going to open this guy's head?"

Mason suddenly felt a little numb, and he pouted and said:

"Then we'll need a blue kryptonite to allow him to temporarily peel off this steel body, otherwise even a laser cutter won't be able to cut through his titanium skull.

I have green kryptonite in my hand, but I don't have any ideas on how to convert green kryptonite to blue kryptonite, maybe I can get some help from the master?

He's always been interested in this kind of thing that can beat his own people. ”

"Or, you can ask the guy who's been manipulating this zombie Superman."

The hat that Mason placed next to him protruded a vague human face, saying:

"Can't you decipher that chip?"

"Well, that's a way to do that, too."

Mason nodded, glancing at Superman, the zombie who was still in pain in his coma.

He plugged the split chip in his hand into Barbara's microcomputer, and the moment he turned on the start button, a violent voice sounded from it.

The guy shouted:

"Let me out! No, this damn data hell! Damn unknown AI! I curse you! ”

"Shut up, Anim Zola!"

Mason scolded coldly:

"I ask you, do you want to live?"

"Can I still live?"

The former Hydra evil scientist who was exiled and besieged by data life from the 2077 era is also considered to have backbone, and he responded sarcastically when he was suppressed:

"No kidding! You traitors, I have seen the destruction of countless worlds. Wherever I appeared, everyone there wanted me to die on the spot.

The same goes for you.

You are a bunch of betrayers.

If you keep your own secrets, you can't leave them alive.

Do you think I'm the kind of idiot who will be persuaded by hope? ”

"Well said, but I'm not kidding."

Mason looked seriously at the strange face made of data that appeared on the microcomputer screen in front of him, and said:

"I'm not afraid to tell you that the Stars and I have never been on the same path, and I prefer to have other options at critical moments than to go dark on one path.

If you're cooperative enough, I can hand you over to the superheroes of my world, and I assure you they're a bunch of 'humanitarians'.

You will be imprisoned, and you may be tortured.

But you won't die.

Provided that you don't die yourself. ”

"You're going to give me a 'gift'? Bastard! ”

Mason's answer made Dr. Zola, who had already transformed himself into some kind of strange data consciousness, frown, as smart as he naturally understood Mason's plan immediately.

The cunning guy bounced a few lines of data ripples on the screen and said with a wicked smile:

"You want to use me to wash the stain on your world so that you can regain their trust? Do you believe in your world like that? Even after witnessing the truth of the shock, you still feel that your world can survive one crisis of destruction after another without relying on us? ”

"I can answer you, yes!"

Mason said in a casual tone:

"I believe in my world more than the Stars, more than you. Considering that I may have a showdown with them soon, a 'gift' is a must.

Now I leave the choice to you, Arnim Zola.

The choice is yours.

As far as I know your past story, you shouldn't have any psychological pressure to jump sideways repeatedly, right? Jump from the mustache to the Red Skull, then from the Red Skull to S.H.I.E.L.D., and finally from S.H.I.E.L.D. back to Hydra.

You are the human embodiment of the word 'traitor' compared to us. ”

"Hehe, you're such a peculiar little fellow."

Trapped in the separation chip, Dr. Zorla let out a wry laugh and said:

"It's rare to see a half-hearted person like you in all worlds, I need time to think about it, and I remind you."

He suddenly turned down the volume of the computer and said in a negative voice:

"You're trying to save that idiot Superman, aren't you? I know how blue kryptonite does it, but I can't tell you right now, unless"

"Mason! I've found Ivy, but you've got to come and check it out! She's not quite in the right shape. ”

Zackon's shouts rang out outside the cubicle, and Mason frowned.

Dr. Zola screamed and turned off the microcomputer, walked out quickly, and saw the dejected Poison Ivy Girl sitting in the corner of the secret base, her hands over her face and not knowing what she was thinking.

"Where's Charles?"

Mason walked over to Poison Ivy and patted her on the shoulder, handed her a palliative to calm her minds, and asked:

"Is he alright?"

"He"

Poison ivy took the palliative with some trembling, the experience of witnessing the end of the world made her obviously a little shocked and confused, facing Mason's question, Ivy drank the potion in her hand before raising her head to look at him.

Those green eyes sparkled with anxiety.

She grabbed Mason's hand and said:

"He's been taken! Charles brought in those guys to save me, but he took them! The door was back up and running before the world collapsed, and I fought so hard to block the demigod's sword that I barely escaped.

Go and save him! ”

"Don't worry, talk slowly, what's going on?"

Mason asked with a frown:

"Who captured Charles?"

"Justice League!"

The Poison Ivy Girl got up a little irritably, waved her hands and said thoughtlessly:

"Superman and Wonder Woman came down on us from the sky as we sent potions and seeds into that apartment and back here.

But they came so fast that we couldn't get out of it.

Charles told me to go first.

He was very brave but . I managed to resist Wonder Woman's onslaught and escaped, I tried to reopen the door but couldn't, some force was interfering with me. ”

"Wait!"

Mason took a few seconds to make sense of Poison Ivy's somewhat confused description, and he said with wide eyes:

"You say Superman showed up in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts? The Justice League is all gone? ”

"That's right! Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman, they're all there! ”

The poison ivy woman gritted her teeth and said:

"I can see very clearly, it's the Batman we are familiar with. He's dressed in strange clothes, and he's"

Mason was shocked.

He turned and rushed out of the secret base, standing with Zakon and them in the night sky of Miller Harbor, looking up at the sky.

There is nothing there.

"John!"

Mason shouted with a sinking face, and Zakang also realized that the problem was serious.

Holding the trident, he snapped his fingers and sprinkled some green fluorescent light into his companions' eyes, allowing them to see through the global illusionary enchantments set up by the spellcasters of this world and see what existed in the real night sky.

In the starry sky, the ruins of a world are suspended above the sky.

It was the only remaining ruins of a destroyed celestial body, scattered throughout the night sky like suspended broken rocks, and the remaining main body of the continental shelf was being pushed away from this sea of stars little by little.

"Hogwarts!"

Mason muttered something as he looked at the rubble that strewn across the sky.

"What?"

The slag beside him spat out the smoke ring in surprise and said:

"Isn't Hogwarts ruined?"

"It's ruined, and it's right in front of our eyes. It's what should have collided with our world! The Justice League destroyed that world ahead of time.

It's a damn joke. ”

Mason pointed to the floating fragments of the world above his head, and said to the Zakang whose face had changed drastically:

"The worst thing now is that Charles didn't run away while escorting Poison Ivy away, he was captured by them, and there it is! Right among the stars. ”

"! Finished! ”

The cigarette in Zakang's mouth fell to the ground, and this guy was at a loss by this "surprise", and the first thing he reacted was to turn around and rush back to the secret base.

He said to Mason:

"Quick! Pack everything and go! The Kite Man can't keep a secret, and even if he could, Wonder Woman's rope would allow him to say everything that should be said and what should not be said.

It's not a matter of willpower at all.

We will soon be exposed.

No, he doesn't need to say much at all, Batboy knows the relationship between you and him very well.

Finished.

Something is missing! ”

"Hurry! Don't run! Give me a little decent! ”

Mason slammed the slag on the container next to him, staring at him viciously, and then looking back at the others beside him.

He took a deep breath and said:

"Anyway, I was going to have a showdown with the Justice League after this is over, and this matter hasn't reached the point of being out of control. We can't leave Charles behind!

We have to get him out of this world before we can get out of this world! ”

"You don't want to die, get people from the Justice League?"

Zakang screamed:

"With the strength of our current group of remnants and defeated generals, Dachao makes us unable to beat him with one hand and two feet!"

"We must save Charles!"

Mason stared at Zakang and said word by word:

"I'm not asking for your opinion, John! We have to do it, and if it's you who gets caught, I'll do the same. Remember our previous conversation on Turtle Island?

I won't allow anyone in K-Team to be the 'price'!

I wasn't kidding.

Not yet! ”

He let go of Zak.

The latter picked up a cigarette and cursed, but did not mention the escape, perhaps sensing Mason's determination and knowing that it had to be done.

Mason looked back at the silent others, he reached for his phone, and said:

"You guys go to Spider-Man and wait for me first, we need a plan, I'll be over after a phone call."

Captain Jack glanced at him and helped Barbara turn towards the secret base, and the weakened Colypso patted the grumbling Zak Kang on the shoulder and motioned for him to help him back under the container.

When Mason was the only one left in the place, he opened the flip phone and looked at the emergency number saved in it, and after several seconds of silence, Mason cursed in a low voice and pressed the dial button.

The beep beep connection continued for a long time before it was connected, and the low, hoarse voice was as good as ever.

"Mason?"

"Bruce"

Mason put his phone to his ear.

Looking up at the wreckage of the world in the starry sky in the night breeze, he rubbed his aching forehead and whispered:

"Is the scenery in the Forbidden Forest okay?"

(End of chapter)