"At your request, I sent an inquiry to the Doctor of Destiny, who is the most knowledgeable of the Righteous Lords about supernatural powers, but based on his response, there is no source of power in our world that you are looking for."

After the Black Lantern Legion was sent away, Mason did not leave the Lord World, but instead asked Lord Superman and the lord who worked here to help him ask him about the power of the roots.

The response was as good as expected.

Faced with the answer given by Lord Superman, Mason sighed and said:

"It's understandable, when I first came into contact with the power of the roots, I knew from the swamp monsters that not every world would have such a mysterious power.

Although our world shares a common template, there are slight differences, such as the absence of Cyborg and Shazam on your side, and the Martian Manhunter was never born.

But that doesn't matter, they are not necessary to implement the current plan.

Is the placement of those devices going smoothly? ”

"It's all in preparation."

Lord Superman nodded and said to Mason:

"Our side of the World Magnetic Field Generator has been placed in the center of the earth, Diana and Atom are personally responsible for its commissioning, and Ms. Emilia's side of the world has been set for installation.

I'll be there soon, helping them with their digging to the center of the earth.

You've got a great schedule, and there's not a lot of pressure to move the project forward on that schedule, but when are you going to get our Batman back? ”

"Huh?"

The question made Mason blink, and he glanced at the Batfighter that was taking off overhead, and whispered:

"You found out?"

"Do you think I'm going to be kept in the dark?"

Lord Superman gave a subtle expression.

He pointed to his forehead and said:

"I've talked to your Superman, who relies too much on Batman's intelligence just like I once was, but when Barry died before my eyes, I knew that Bruce's intelligence wasn't everything.

I have developed my wisdom.

I noticed something strange when the Gray Bat and your Batman completed the identity swap, and although he was perfectly disguised, some of the details could not hide from my eyes.

I saw it as a symbol of the union of the two sides, and it was not punctured.

The truth is, your Batman is all right, but he's not the comrade I can trust completely, and I didn't tell my wife, Diana, about it.

But I'm sure you won't be able to hide it from her for long. ”

"It's the two of them, Clark."

Mason explains:

"I wasn't involved, the two Batmen thought that this kind of identity exchange would allow them to establish a stable cooperation with someone who never trusted anyone, albeit in a weird way, but considering Batman's personality, if you want Gray Bat back, you'll have to talk to him personally."

"Forget it."

Lord Superman waved his hand and said:

"I couldn't convince him, his stubbornness was as formidable as his intelligence.

It's like I've told him countless times that I trust him, but he's still sneaking up on the Kryptonite armor in the Batcave that will suppress me. ”

"You even know that?"

Mason winked and said:

"You are really intimidating to know and be all-powerful in this world, are you learning from Batman?"

"He's always had a solid mind, and he's perfect as a reference."

Lord Chao showed a faint smile, but then shook his head and said:

"I have to! Because while I am determined to devote myself to the righteous order, I have gained strength but I have also lost some of it.

I can easily defeat your Justice League, but I'm sure that my victory, no matter how great, will be reversed by your Superman at the last moment.

The power that that guy can burst out with the impetus of the Oath of Guardianship is almost limitless.

The beliefs he kept in his heart gave him endless possibilities.

And me

I have gained strength across that line, but I have also lost my strength. ”

"I knew you Kryptonians had to go the idealist line, and it turned out that I was right."

Mason shrugged his shoulders and said:

"So this is some kind of 'lock of oath'? As long as you believe that you can do something, then you can do it? Maybe it has something to do with willpower? ”

"You're digging into the secrets that belong to the Kryptonians."

The lord Chao slowly got to his feet, letting his white cloak flutter in the levitation.

He looked at Mason condescendingly and said:

"I won't tell you the answer, but I think your guess is right, protect your Superman and don't let him go down this path of no return like me.

I will eventually part ways with my former comrades-in-arms because of the conviction in my heart.

I can even see my share of the exiled future, and even if I survive the catastrophe of the shock, the story of the righteous lord in the next era will still end in tragedy.

Because it wasn't heroic, but I can't turn back. ”

"Little Joe thinks that you are still a hero worthy of respect, and that loss has not led you astray, it has only strengthened your adherence to justice and order."

Mason Says:

"Don't despair about your future, Clark, I actually think our Superman is a little too weak compared to you.

You may be the real Superman in my mind. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, but I'm not."

The lord said softly:

"Killing is never praiseworthy, restraint is the only way to bring true peace, and when the so-called divinity overpowers humanity, the only thing that can be born from this shell is a monster that constantly destroys itself.

They say I stand in the light, but I'm just a thin line away from true depravity.

Grey Bat and I have both broken the rules once, and that's not a glorious thing, we're the real underdogs compared to your Bruce and Clarke.

I'm not brave as a superman, but yours are brave.

Don't worship us, honor them. ”

With that, Lord Chao sped into the air and disappeared into the night, Mason lit a cigarette for himself, and after a few seconds, he looked back at Damian and Little Joe who jumped out of the cloak of invisibility not far away.

He said:

"Do you hear that? They tell you not to worship them, not to think about how cool it is to break your self-restraint. ”

"Hey, people are preaching to you, not to us."

Damian crossed his arms and said:

"I've always been very clear about who I am, and instead of worrying about me getting lost, you should care about this farm boy."

"I want to go home."

Little Joe folded the invisibility cloak in his hand and handed it to Mason, and the well-behaved boy said to the captain:

"Lord Superman has taught me a lot, but he doesn't want me to be like him, and I don't know the difference between him and my father, but I think maybe my dad can give me an answer."

"Then go home, everyone has seen through it, and it doesn't make much sense for you to stay here and continue to play at home."

Mason looked at his watch and summoned the Speed Ones to pick them up, and a few seconds later, a yellow light broke through the plane barrier and appeared in front of Mason as the Speed Force Rift opened.

Reverse Lightning, dressed in the Speed Force armor, visibly unhappy, felt like he had been blackmailed by Mason into becoming his "personal taxi driver", but the bastard put up with it given the proton bomb on his wrist that could be activated at any moment.

It's quite a bit of a grievance that dares to be angry and dare not speak.

"You're three seconds late."

The captain looked at his watch and said reluctantly:

"Is this expressing your dissatisfaction to the leader?"

"It's just my first time here, I need to familiarize myself with the road conditions, don't look for trouble!"

Reverse Lightning responded very unhappily:

"Although I am a prisoner, I also have human rights, you pick on me again, believe it or not, when I go back, I made a mistake in a coordinate, so that everyone can jump into the black hole together to have a good time?"

"Is this the right way you talk to your superiors?"

Mason snorted, but Bucklightning turned away from him.

He was sure that Mason still needed him to work, and he was valuable, and he would definitely not be casually dismissed because of such a trivial matter.

The captain really didn't make a big fuss.

He was still busy, and when he returned to Osborne Tower with his group, he jumped into the suitcase factory, this time not to the engineering workshop he frequented, but to the jeweler Mason's studio.

"Bell!"

Mason's main body placed the bag given by Professor McGonagall in front of Mason, the jeweler who was carving the charm, who put down the carving knife in his hand and pushed the monolithic magnifying glass used to assist in the delicate work, and was startled when he took the broken cosmic cube from the bag.

"Where did you get this good thing?"

The astonished jeweler poured out everything in his bag, including the Strength and Reality Gems, the Broken Cosmic Control Stick, the dim Setolak Deep Ruby, the Extraordinary Ten Rings of the Dragon, and finally a golden lightning-like spear.

These things, which could all be called "artifacts", were piled together to look bejeweled, but it didn't take long for jeweler Mason to discover their problems.

"The power of these things is a little lacking, and they look like they look like they are compared to the full version of the artifact."

Mason, a jeweler who has studied the field of jewelry, twisted up the deep ruby of Setolak and rubbed it in front of his eyes, and said to Mason:

"What are you going to do with them? What kind of new jobs are you going to assign to me? ”

"The Twelve Charms have been done a lot, and they are now enough to use as consumables, so we have to advance our greatest goal in the field of jewelry processing!

It's time to kick off that mega-project that's been put on hold. ”

Mason's main body played with the original Time Gem that he had previously seized from the Warlock, letting the green fluorescence dance on the tips of his fingers, and he said to Mason, the jeweler:

"Regarding the strategy of replicating the Infinity Stones, using an artifact of that level as a conventional weapon is still difficult to do with our current level of jewelry processing.

So the first goal was to make one-off Infinity Stones first."

"I can't do it."

Mason, the jeweler, immediately shook his head and said:

"First of all, I had to study the energy properties of the Infinity Stones and how they were formed, and I had to understand this knowledge before I could further explore the methods of imitation.

It's not that I'm incompetent, Juche, you have to think about the time.

There's only twenty days left until the fourth impact, and you're sure you want me to continue working on these things at this time? ”

"Time can't bind us anymore, time is no longer a problem, because of this!"

Mason regretfully threw the time gem pendant in his hand to the jeweler Mason, saying:

"You take it and go to the two guys of the Scribe and the Enchanter, and find a way to make a time enchantment in the pocket factory, and if you don't pursue the effect of time standstill, you have to make at least ten times or twenty times the time delay.

That way, we have enough time to prepare everything we need before the shock arrives. ”

"Are you sure?"

The jeweler gasped.

He touched the time gem in his hand and said to the main body Mason:

"In this way, you won't be able to fight with the Time Stone, this thing has to stay here for a long time as a semi-permanent magic circle core, which is equivalent to one less life-saving artifact for you."

"We are craftsmen, and strength and war are not the ideals we pursue."

The subject waved his hand and said:

"It is our desire to study skills to reach the full-professional god craftsman, and besides, there are many ways to save our lives, and this one is not bad.

Once this time barrier is in place, you should immediately start researching and replicating the Infinity Stones and the jewelry processing items in front of you, and I don't have high requirements.

Well, you'll have to hand me over ten sets of one-time Infinity Stones before the impact comes."

"Ten sets? You might as well kill me. ”

Mason, the jeweler, suddenly exclaimed:

"Do you think it's easy? You bastard! It's great to be able to make up a set for you, and besides, what are you going to do with ten sets of Infinity Stones?

Like a magic stick, do you want to show us what is the Book of Genesis? ”

"I naturally have my usefulness."

Mason rolled his eyes, he flicked his fingers and took out a prototype of a disposable Ultimate Eraser, placed it on the table with a snap, and said to Mason the jeweler:

"This thing is very powerful, but I can't always use disposable ones, it's too extravagant to lose one with one, whose money is blown by the wind?

The blacksmith told me that he was about to master the art of smelting X-metal, so that the outer frame material for this thing would be available.

I now have enough Star-Swallowing Energy to use as an internal energy source, but I still need to learn how to use it from Uncle Swallow's database.

And your job is to give me back all the Infinity Stones that I used for archetypal research when everything is ready, so that I can combine them to make a 'True Ultimate Eraser'.

It's not so powerful that it can destroy ten dimensions at once.

At the very least, it should not be damaged by a single fire. ”

Mason, the main body, spread his hands and said:

"Pistols and shells are outdated, and this thing will be my main weapon from now on.

Wait until the Lord of the Universe Neural Power Armor is modified, and then attach the one-time Infinity Stones you made, and tsk, I'll be able to achieve 'Mason Cooper Full Body Form'!

At that point, we'll be able to smack Mephisto on the head and give that bastard a physical feel for the power of the working class. ”

"That's a good idea."

Mason, the jeweler, flicked his tongue and complained very viciously:

"But you'll have to survive this shock first."

"I'll take care of this, you just have to do your job."

The main body Mason waved his hand and said:

"Anyway, I'll leave this matter to you, and in order to give you more motivation, I've decided to put the 'separation' ceremony of the various members of the Mason Manufacturing Team on the agenda after surviving this shock."

"Are you serious?"

This sentence made the jeweler Mason a thriller.

He stared at the subject as if he were looking at a psychopath, and he scolded:

"What are you trying to do by separating us from you? Are you planning to break up your luggage? I don't know what other people think, but as far as I'm concerned, I think it's a good way for us to work together.

Don't dig yourself a hole!

Beware of a few resentful moisture bodies that start to trouble you after separation. ”

"You're all me, brother, I know what you think."

Mason waved his hand and said:

"If it were me, I wouldn't want to stay by the subject's side forever in the form of a doppelganger vassal, everyone has the same origin but each has its own personality and attitude towards life.

It was I who decided to give you full intelligence, and when I made that decision, I knew that there would always be a day when we would all be different.

Instead of waiting until you really unite to dig a pit for me to force the palace, it is better for everyone to get together and disperse, anyway, even if I am separated, I will still be the main body.

If I die, you will die too."

"It's also said that you are invincible, but you have no fear."

Mason, the jeweler, said sourly:

"After I finish the separation, I also want to create my own water body legion, so that I can experience what it is like to be the main body and give them tasks.

Okay, I'll take the one-time Infinity Stones.

You hurry up and get busy with you, don't waste time here to get in the way of my business, someone is looking for you outside, I guess there is trouble coming to the door, hurry up and receive it. ”

(End of chapter)