Lao A personally ordered that almost all the forces that Quint would place in the Stars would be dispatched.

The next thing doesn't need to worry about Mason much, including the K team led by Zakang to welcome the captain's "triumphant return" and the 'six-headed snake' supported by the old green goblin, the six pioneer teams are acting under the coordination of a great mentor, and the full support of the Star Castle, and it is a matter of moving a world in three days.

The main thing is that Mason has no choice but to intervene even if he wants to, Team K has not performed such a large-scale transfer, and they are out-and-out novices in this regard.

Therefore, after receiving Mr. Hunter's roaring letter, Mason took his team's new attacker and his little tail Harley to Paradise Island as fast as he could, ready to hand in the mission and go home by the way.

Of course, the things that should be arranged before leaving still need to be properly arranged.

"This Ark of Doom is going to Osborne Tower, where the world's oceans have been polluted, and although the Atlanteans have the technology to purify the oceans, they can't live in sewage when they first pass, so the ship is to be returned to the Atlanteans as their mobile city in the New World.

The Stars Society's Diversion Gate has its own space folding, which does not affect the efficiency of its passage. ”

Mason said to King Shark, who was in charge of the seabed:

"Take the ship back and give it to the ministers of Atlantis, and tell them that their Majesty Arthur will come to see them in a few days.

Let them lead the people through the gate of transfer, and someone over there will answer them. ”

The humble shark king touched his head and nodded vigorously.

As the bloodline of the gods of the past, of course he could understand Mason's words, but whether he could understand them was another matter.

Mason didn't expect this rammer to do much well, mainly to let him use his pure and noble marine bloodline to make a gesture and be responsible for passing the word, and it was the titular servant deathstroke trio of King Shark who really did the work.

There is also the old death knell that has been "bound" to Schrader Wilson and the younger version of Lex Luthor.

The main reason why the latter wants to follow the Ark of Doom is that he needs to stabilize the unlucky Captain Atom's biopod, lest the latter's sudden self-explosion push everything into an irreparable state of affairs.

And Lai Bald in this world is probably the only guy in this group who can understand the principle of the effect of the God Speed Force Matrix, so he is more anxious and uneasy than everyone else.

"You look nervous."

Mason stood beside the Hermes rune leading to Paradise Island and joked to Luther:

"Are you curious and looking forward to a new world?"

"No, what I'm worried about now is that your little friend can't support the needs of the Divine Speed Force Matrix, according to what you just described, I feel like you're asking a boy to do a man's job."

Luther kept looking down at the time.

It's like I'm afraid that the timeline that carries the existence of the world in the next second will suddenly get out of control, and everyone will be swept into the runaway turbulence and completely buried in the dark stars.

He said to Mason:

"I can understand the need for this action, but your decision was too hasty."

"Sloppy? No, I don't think so. ”

Mason shook his head and said:

"Barry knew exactly what kind of pressure he was going to face when he took on the role, and he knew it would be difficult, but he gritted his teeth and took it.

I'm sure he'll make it to the end.

That's running.

That's what he's best at, and you, Luther, you're smart, but I don't think you should judge a professional in a field you don't understand. ”

"You know you're idealistic, right? It doesn't give me any peace of mind. ”

Lai bald snorted, he looked down at his watch again, and said:

"Mason, you said you weren't going to recruit me into your K-team, so where are you going to send me?"

"The third shock has just ended, Luther, the entire parallel world system is full of ruins, and the world needs your clever brain.

So I'm going to send you to a ruined world to work as a handler to build a house.

Your superior wisdom will come in handy when mixing lime. ”

Mason waved goodbye to Luthor as he walked into the Hermes Rune:

"Besides, your new leader isn't me, Schrader said he needed you to be his staff officer, and he's planning to rescue a few people from your space-time xenomorphs.

In other words, you might have to compete with your 'evil twins' for intelligence. ”

"Huh"

Mason's figure disappeared into the magic of Paradise Island, leaving the young version of Lai Bald stunned in place, but in the next moment, Death Knell stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying:

"Don't listen to Mason's nonsense, our captain is a joker, how can I let my brains take a gun to the front?

We're the gun-wielding bosses who broke into the Lex Group's headquarters, and you're only responsible for helping us break through another defense program written by Lex Luthor himself. ”

Schrader Wilson, who aspires to build a large cross-world "death knell army", grinned, and his white fangs reflected a cold light in the sunlight.

He said to Luther, who was looking at him:

"Think of this as an 'entry test' for the Knell Corps, my dear science officer."

This prime-age version of Deathbell shoves a Victory cigar into Luther's hand, and then follows King Shark and Death Shooter swaggering to the cockpit of the Doomsday Ark.

The clever Lybald glanced at the cigar in his hand.

It was a sign he hadn't seen in this world, and just as he hesitated, the old version of the death knell of this world stepped forward and comforted him:

"Don't worry, Luther, I've made a deal with Shredder, I'll join his organization in exchange for a promise that he won't hurt you, you just need to plan for him, and you don't have to worry about him using your wisdom to do evil.

With Mason pressed on it, he didn't dare to overdo it.

And to start life anew in that strange world, we do need some 'friends'. ”

"Do you believe him?"

Luthor looked at the commander he trusted, and his question made Old Deathstroke laugh dumbly, and the lonely old hero took out a cigar and put it to his lips, and whispered:

"I'd rather believe in a dog than in the promises I made when I was younger. At that time, I was very depraved, and I saw breach of contract and fraud as commonplace.

At that time, I didn't have any beliefs, I was a real mercenary.

But I am willing to help him, at least in the next matter, I will do my best to help him achieve his goal, regardless of good or evil, good or evil. ”

"Why?"

Luthor frowned and asked:

"It's not like your code of conduct."

Faced with this question, Old Knell spat out a smoke ring and leaned against the bulkhead of the slowly descending ark, looking at the messy sea outside the glass window in front of him and the burning Gotham City in the distance.

After a few seconds, he whispered:

"My child. He went with his mother before he was born, and they died many years ago in the revenge of the supervillains against me.

My family is gone, Luther.

But his family is still there.

He is me in another world, so it may also be equivalent to my children's space-time aliens in another world, and that is also my child, another possibility of life that they have never opened.

I couldn't convince myself to sit idly by.

He also knew this, so he didn't ask my opinion. ”

"That's not how it counts, Wilson."

Young Luthor smiled dumbly.

He shook his head, intending to give Old Knell a brief explanation of the concept of "space-time heterogeneity".

But seeing his world-famous old hero leaning lonely beside him smoking a cigar, Luthor suddenly realized that he might not need an explanation full of academic flavor.

He may be seeking to make amends for the painful failure of his youth, which Old Knell seems, in religious parlance, as a second chance in his life.

"Okay then."

Lai Bald also picked up his cigar, but did not light it, and said:

"I'll help him this time! But only this time it's free, and you'll have to charge me for help later, after all, there's no official in the New World that would hire someone like me who doesn't even have legal status.

I still have to work to earn money to support myself. ”

"Well, not necessarily."

Old Deathbell blinked his eyes and whispered to Lai Bald beside him:

"I just talked to the guy and I found that although we live in two different worlds, many of our habits are exactly the same.

For example, the bomb codes we use most often are exactly the same.

I've heard that you're super-rich in another world, and you must know his usual passwords, and taking a little bit from another account is enough for you to spend a lifetime.

Why don't we try it later?

If this happens, you won't have to worry about money at the beginning of your new life. ”

——

On the other side, on the alien craft flying inland from Gotham, the old lady Thomas Wayne sat in the co-pilot and operated an instrument that could observe the landing point of the Transfer Gate.

They're going to the predetermined location to provide ground guidance for this thing, and by the way, talk to the official representatives.

Since the old lady has been better at "physical communication" with other people in the past many years, this difficult task was entrusted to his companions at this time.

Former army pilot Mr. Hal Jordan.

Compared with the old lady's calmness after everything has settled at this time, the performance of the young man Hal is slightly worse.

He hears Mason announce the arrival of his rescue to them, and he glimpses the strange scenery in the mysterious labyrinth of time, but he still can't accept the fact that his world was destroyed seventeen years ago.

At this time, while operating the aircraft, I was thinking about these more incomprehensible problems that ordinary people could hardly encounter.

"You're flying a plane that's ten times more complex than an airplane, and the minimum cruise speed of this thing is more than Mach 5, so I want you to be more serious and focused if you can."

The old lady's faint voice sounded, waking up Hal, who was gradually falling into thought.

The latter jerked his head up and grasped the joystick, only to find that the aircraft had already been taken over by the steel skeleton in the form of a data program and entered automatic flight mode, and he glanced at Batman sitting in the co-pilot in surprise.

I thought that this guy who grew up listening to his stories would actually joke.

The story of the old lady slaughtering villains in Gotham in this world has long been a household name here, and of course, the story about him is unlikely to be some kind of friendly fairy tale.

In fact, Thomas Wayne has a bad reputation in this world, and his ruthless style of killing makes people think of him as a dangerous person who could get out of control at any time.

"You seem to be in a good mood?"

Hal asked in a whisper:

"Is it because the world is saved?"

"What does it matter to me whether the world is saved or not?"

The old lady said without raising her head:

"I had a lot of reasons to start this trip, but saving the world wasn't part of it. Our world sucks, Hal, and I've always thought of it as a manifestation of the malice and darkness of the world.

It shouldn't exist at all.

It turned out that I was right.

We are just living in the remnants of despair in a dead world, and all the suffering and tragedy is explained, but does this give relief to a weathered heart?

No!

I still hate it, and I won't change because I helped save it. ”

"You're lying!"

Hal keenly noticed a hint of insincerity in the old lady's tone, and he retorted:

"The legendary Batman doesn't say that much at once, and if you're not interested in the subject, you won't even squeak. Admit it, Thomas, you have joy too. ”

"I have expectations, but they have nothing to do with the world."

The old lady glanced at Hal with an imposing look, he didn't want to discuss the subject, but the conversation was already open and he had to say something, so he asked:

"Who are you going to go with? Mason said that they would assign you to different worlds, because he had something of value in his hands, so the treatment you would get was said to be quite good.

It is the peaceful world that those people have chosen for you.

You've been part of the action, Hal, you've played a role in proving the courage and fearlessness of ordinary people, and you should probably put it all aside and learn to move forward. ”

"I'm thinking about it."

Hal pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and said to the old lady:

"But I don't know if I'm supposed to go to those places that sound good, can you tell me where and what you're going to do?"

"I can't."

Thomas rejected the question, saying:

"All I can tell you is that this is not the end, not even the beginning of the end, it is just the end of the beginning."

"To go to a wider dark stellar and fight against a group of unheard enemies that can't even confirm that we're on the right side.

This is the fate we will face next. ”

The old lady didn't want to say it, but at this time, the steel skeleton who was controlling the flying machine said the truth without care, and the cyborg who was turned into pure data by Mason with the soul killer program said in a voice without sadness or joy:

"Thomas is right, Hal, you should follow your friends and family to the good places and enjoy life. Until the next time Mason's claim shock comes, you'll be able to at least give each other a little bit of good memories.

This may give you the courage to face another apocalypse. ”

"I'm not afraid to face the apocalypse!

Just as I did when I prepared to fly this plane to destroy Atlantis' doomsday weapon, and just as I convinced myself to join you in doing the right thing. ”

Hal retorted:

"I don't lack the courage to face the dark truth!

I now think that your persuasion of me to go to the good world may be just a reason for deception, and I don't believe that we can have a good peace after seventeen years of destruction.

If I can make a choice for the sake of this world, then I think I may be able to face the darkness a second time.

I should probably come with you! ”

The young and courageous pilot glanced at the distant city and the glorious beams of the transfer doors that opened above the dome, and said:

"I've had a feeling since I was a kid that at some point I'm going to take on something that only I can do, and that's not my imagination, it's not my destiny.

Perhaps, I should take this step, I should enter my true destiny"

"Smack"

At this moment, the old lady suddenly got up and pressed Hal down, pulled out the kinetic pistol on his waist and shot forward.

A strange green glow appeared strangely in the sealed compartment of the aircraft, and Thomas's bullet hit it but failed to dispel it at all.

As if it didn't exist, it swayed and glowed green in front of Hal Jordan's eyes.

It was a ring like a green jade, with a simple and peculiar inscription on the interface.

"This is this"

When the young man saw the logo, he immediately remembered the remains of the alien named "Abinsu" hidden under the military base, and the guy had the same emblem on his suit.

"Here's the ring!"

The old lady narrowed his eyes and stared at the green ring in front of him, and he whispered:

"It's the ring that Mason said was rightfully yours, and he said you have to show extraordinary fearlessness and courage to be recognized.

Looks like you did. ”

Speaking of this, Thomas glanced at Hal Jordan, who reached out and held the ring but did not have any follow-up reaction and looked confused, and the gun in the old woman's hand quietly pressed against the young man's waist.

He said in a dumb voice:

"It seems that this thing needs some specific conditions to trigger power, and Mason must know what to do. And you, Hal Jordan, fate has made the choice for you.

Now, you have to go with us. ”

(End of chapter)