"It's a bit complicated, and it's not clear in a sentence or two."

When Mason returned to the Atlantis mothership from the Labyrinth of Time, a crowd surrounded him, and he knew what they wanted to ask, so he waved his hand and said to them:

"To sum it up, a group of outsiders with the same conscience as we do have come here with equipment that can help the world completely move before the end falls.

I know you may be tired, but now you must act now.

Find a way to contact local officials, prepare the whole world for docking through their channels, send a gathering message to the world, and then there will be someone in each area to guide them to the new world through the transfer door. ”

"But it's less than a day before destruction!"

The old lady said in a dumb voice:

"Is this too late?"

"That's the second piece of good news I'm going to say."

Mason pointed to the lap in the labyrinth of time behind him, which was closing, and said:

"Shem, who came with me, will succeed your Barry Allen to keep the system running, I don't know how long he will last, but he should be able to win a few more days.

As for the productivity of my peers, there is no need to worry at all, it's not the first time they've done this kind of thing. ”

"There will always be people who don't believe in such a big thing."

Damien whispered:

"It's so sudden, what are you going to do with those diehards?"

"I don't know, but people have a way."

Mason shrugged his shoulders and said:

"If they really don't want to go and stay here, and it's not me who begged them to live, in the face of such a doomsday situation, stupidity is an unforgivable sin.

Okay, let's do it.

I'll go see the captives. ”

He walked past the crowd and instructed as if he had been tasked:

"Selena and Talia go to Paradise Island, and King Shark takes your 'loyal servants' to Atlantis, and the people of both places are 'strategic support' to be sent into our base world.

I'll be in touch with you.

Their transfer is at the end of the day, and I want them to see the world shattered so that they can honestly follow us. ”

This arrangement made Talia's eyes light up, and Catwoman pouted.

As Mason stepped into the cabin of the Doomsday Ship, he saw the Fenrir armor parked there.

This big treasure has obviously been used by the old lady before, and its left arm freeze gun module still exudes a cold aura, which is the result of high-power operation at a glance.

And in the shadows behind the dark and massive power armor, Farr Zod, dressed in a black suit, stood there with his arms crossed, like the coldest jailer guarding the frozen prisoner.

Dressed in a dirty yellow suit with a red lightning bolt logo on his chest, the details are basically the exact opposite of Barry Allen's, representing this guy's strong dissatisfaction and malice towards the Flash.

Reverse Lightning!

"Mr. K!"

Seeing Mason emerge from the darkness and just recovered from a good night's sleep, Harley Quinn, who was also a "cameo" security officer next to Zod Superman, suddenly called out in surprise.

She ran over with her hands dancing and carefully checked Mason's condition.

After confirming that Mr. K was not injured, the worry on his face dissipated, and he took Mason's hand in his arms again, and followed him to the frozen Reverse Lightning.

This guy's anti-speed power is just as amazing as Barry's speed power.

He was healing quickly even when he was frozen, but the injury on his left leg caused by Gungnier's projection did not improve at all.

The weakness caused by the divine power affects him, and this power above reality has always been difficult to deal with, especially for a runner who eats on speed, and the fact that a broken leg is basically equivalent to destroying more than half of his ability.

The hapless ghost was struck in the thigh by Barry's lightning bolt and escaped from the time labyrinth, only to crash headfirst into the encirclement that Mason had set up on the outside.

It can be said that his coping is not bad.

Despite dragging a broken leg, he still relied on the magic of the anti-god speed force to avoid most of the ambushes.

However, when facing the Fenrir armor, which had just upgraded the anti-Flash module and was piloted by the vicious and delicate old lady himself, his reaction was not perfect enough.

A shot was slowed down and shot by the Death Shooter.

Then, in the tugging with Venom Black Cat, he collided like a headless fly and hit his head in the hands of Farr Zod, who was waiting for the rabbit.

The newly empowered Kryptonian obviously couldn't keep up with the Speed Rusher, but in the face of a Reverse Lightning with a broken leg and a lot of injuries, he only needed to see the opportunity to punch hard enough to solve most of the problems.

"This guy is dangerous, Mason."

Zod, who was emaciated with his arms crossed, glanced at the remaining scars on his chest, and said:

"I almost tore my heart apart with his vicious attack just now, and if you hadn't arranged it, this one enemy alone would have killed us all."

"You just haven't gotten used to your power yet, Zod."

Mason shook his head and said:

"When you grow a little longer, the reverse flash won't be too much of a problem for you, even if it's enough to rely on the Kryptonian's instinctive reflexes to keep up with his super speed.

But you still have enough time to learn and grow, and now I need you to help me look at it, and I'm going to talk to this guy.

Hallie, stand farther away. ”

"It's okay."

Hallie hid beside Mason and squeezed her eyes and said to Mr. K:

"I dare to put a can of clown laughing gas on me, and this yellow guy will be sprayed in the face if he dares to come near me, and even if he kills me, he will be infected.

I learned this from Mr. J, the principle is not complicated, and I have already completed the modification. ”

She patted her chest on her clothes, and pulled back the collar to show Mason the "all together" system she had arranged, this overly intimate gesture and the white flower made Zod next to him turn his head.

The Kryptonians, who had been in prison for the first half of their lives, were unexpectedly simple.

Of course, Mason is not a dirty person, and he immediately stopped Harley's behavior, and he was not too worried that Harley would hurt herself by randomly combining Clown laughing gas.

Despite her crazy appearance, Harley Quinn is also a top student with a Ph.D., she is very smart and often gives Mason a hand, and she always has her own understanding of strange engineering objects.

"Go ahead, I'll protect you!"

Harley threw a bubble gum in her mouth with a baseball bat, and escorted Mason with her big dog, revealing a wary look of wide-eyed.

Mason stepped forward and put his hand on the ice, and the magic fire melted the frozen ice, quickly releasing the head of the reverse lightning.

The ice created by the upgraded Freeze Gun is just as simple as it looks.

Its internal structure is not the same as that of ordinary ice cubes, and the weapons carefully produced by Star Labs have the ability to suppress the speed force, making it difficult for the speed of the god to break out of the cage through physical resonance.

"Who sent you?"

Mason stared at the reverse lightning in front of him and asked:

"Which faction do you serve?"

"I'm at my own service, idiot! Unlike you, reduced to a tool in the hands of others. ”

Reverse Lightning probably guessed that he would not be able to live anyway, so he was very single, neither begging for mercy nor talking nonsense, and said to Mason with a sneer in the cold air:

"You'll never really kill a speedster, I can always come back from time."

"Returning from 'time'? Interesting. ”

Mason narrowed his eyes and said:

"I asked Barry how easy it is for you speedsters to travel through the timeline in individual worlds, but it's basically impossible to accomplish 'resurrection from the dead' in a hyper-temporal flow system that coexists with a parallel world system.

After all, not every world has the existence of the speed force, but you are so confident that time will be your friend.

It seems that the man who sent you has mastered some of the power of the super-temporal stream.

Hmm, let me think about it, there are so many individuals in the parallel world who can control time without involving the cosmic level, and there are only a few behind the scenes that can make Reverse Lightning willing to be a striker, and the most dangerous and famous one among them.

Do you serve Kang the Conqueror?

Is he also a member of the Council of Hope? ”

This inference caused Reverse Lightning's pupils to change slightly, and he began to refuse to answer any questions, but this reaction had already convinced Mason that he was right.

"Don't worry, Reverse Lightning, I won't kill you, I'm not a cruel person."

Mason stroked the speed force tail ring on his little finger, and he said:

"I'm interested in the Reverse Speed Force you possess, a strange power that can sever the link between the Speed Force and may be my weapon against some tricky enemies in the future.

Therefore, I now formally invite you to join my research project, and stay in the 'warm box' I have prepared for you for a long time as the object of study. ”

"You can't trap me!"

Reverse Lightning scolded:

"All those who have tried so have failed, and you are just the next miscellaneous fish to die at my hands!"

"Hmm, then allow me to introduce you to one of the super inventions of the black technology of the Isu civilization."

Mason snapped his fingers and whispered:

"It's called the 'Time Stasis Module', you know what it's for, don't worry, my current skills are completely unable to make this level of unknown technological creation."

He took out the prototype of the modified Frozen Gun from his bag, aimed at the reverse lightning and pulled the trigger, and the latter's head was quickly frozen in the blue energy blast.

He looked at the crystal clear ice in front of him and whispered:

"So before I can make the Time Stasis Module, I'll have to grieve you to spend some time in the ice cubes."

"Mason! Are you really going to do that? ”

Zod, who was watching from the sidelines, frowned and said:

"It only takes one small mistake and he'll run away, which is very risky."

"I know, so I'm going to send a powerful man to guard him."

Mason looked at Zod and said:

"I now officially appoint you as the 'Keeper of Dangerous Goods' and 'Jailer' of Team K-Team, would you like to accept my invitation and join us in discovering and helping more people in need in the parallel world?

Mr. Fall Zod. ”

Mason's extremely formal invitation made Zord hesitate.

Levitating in the air, he looked up at the thick, dim hull structure above him, as if his gaze had passed through an obstacle to look at the stars, and after a few seconds, he rubbed his forehead and said:

"I can still hear the call from the stars, which was there when I was weak, and the voice became clearer as I drew strength from the sun.

My people await me in the stars, Mason.

I have remembered the mission I was sent to Earth.

I and the other Kryptonian children were launched from our home planet into civilizations across the universe, and we were ordered to lurk and pick up our invasion fleet at the right time to complete the conquest and colonization.

From this point of view, it doesn't seem that the earthlings imprisoned me out of all malice.

I have my calling

And I'm hesitating if I'm going to finish it. ”

Mason didn't answer but looked at Zod, who turned his face, and the emaciated face, which didn't bear much resemblance to Dachao, finally showed a subtle smile.

He moved his shoulders very relaxedly, and said:

"However, I have learned the truth, this world was destroyed seventeen years ago, and I am only living in the illusion of the past, which has no value to my people.

Even me, who was launched into this world as a sentinel, has become a worthless member.

So.

Fuck the mission and the mission, I've had enough of it all. ”

He held out his hand to Mason and said:

"Kryptonian Farr Zodd applied to join Team K, and I yearn for a free life that truly belongs to me. But Mason, I'm not advocating your ideals or agreeing with your ideals

You know.

I don't know enough to think about such complex and profound issues, and I join you only because I believe in you. ”

"That's enough! Keep that trust alive and we won't let you down again. ”

Mason's hand and Zod's hand clasped together.

In the cheers of Harley next to her as she clicked out her camera to take pictures, the most needed attacker of Team K was finally in place.

——

"Are you sure you're ready?"

While the outside world was busy and busy, in the core area of the speed force matrix in the depths of the time labyrinth, Barry Allen, who was like a faded photo in the silhouette of time, said to Xiao Shan, who was doing a "warm-up exercise" back and forth at ten times the speed of sound:

"Once you go up, you have to keep running to keep the speed of the force to move the whole matrix, but if you are a little slower, you will be carried forward by the whole matrix.

You have to run faster than the matrix is already running at any speed!

This will prevent the speed force in your body from being sucked dry, which is close to your limit. ”

He said worriedly:

"You're too young, Barry, you're not reaching your limit, and your shoulders may not be too young to carry the weight of running a world."

"I'm not as good as you."

Xiao Shan looked around, pouted and said:

"But you have no other choice but to make up with me, as for the risk of this, believe me, when I used the cosmic treadmill to travel through twelve parallel worlds in seven days and entered the extreme exhaustion, I already knew very well how terrible the risk of depletion of divine speed power was."

Barry, who was as optimistic as a young child, looked up at the old Barry Allen who was drooping and skinny, but still running.

A complicated look appeared in his eyes, and after a few seconds, he said:

"However, it's a world, you know what I mean? The other Barry, it's something I've always wanted to do in my hometown but never had the opportunity to do.

Compared to my peers, I was always reckless and jerky, and I always felt unworthy to be part of a team of the world's greatest heroes.

And now, I finally have this opportunity.

When I go back, I can proudly proclaim to them that I can finally stand with them with confidence.

I alone saved seven billion people!

Come on!

Isn't that cool? ”

He grinned and waved at the other Barry.

Then he swooped to the core of the Divine Speed Force Matrix, and he felt the terrible pressure pressing on his young body little by little.

And he stretched out his hand and put it on the arm of old Barry, who had no more energy left to run.

Old Barry, who had abandoned everything in the Divine Speed Force Matrix and had been running for a full seventeen years, seemed to be awakened at this moment, and the latter's wrinkled and age-spotted face struggled to open his cloudy eyes and look at the young man behind him.

The face surprised him.

Just like seeing myself many years ago, I am just as full of vitality and energy.

"You're tired, Barry."

Xiao Shan whispered:

"It's time for you to rest, I'll run instead. I promise everything will have a happy ending, I promise! ”

These words made the old Flash smile with difficulty.

The moment he stopped running, the last remaining of his torso flew like a streamer, sacrificing the last of his remaining existence to the Speed Force in exchange for the system to move forward.

Dots of light flew around the young Barry, like a farewell to himself, and in the swirling golden dots of light in front of him, Xiao Shan, who was holding a tattered battle suit, vaguely heard an old voice urging him to take a step.

"Run, Barry, run."

So said the tired voice.

So Xiao Shan took a deep breath and opened his legs in the matrix of terrifying pressure, and in the next moment, a more energetic divine speed force erupted from him, driving the old system to continue to move forward.

Golden lightning flew, illuminating the entire area.

It's racing.

Like a runner who never stops along the track of a race against fate, just like the light that lit up on that rainy night, the lightning chose him, and he had to give back with greatness.

Let's start now.

(End of chapter)