Chapter 208: Good strategy, but I want to modify it slightly
Although the Dome began to sail towards the world of Hancock, the superman of all, under the control of Girovala, Red also took advantage of this time to temporarily return to the world of the DC main universe Earth 0.
Since Darkseid, who possessed Bruce Wayne, has been killed by Red, at least until he is resurrected again with other bodies, those golems controlled by the anti-life equation will be in a leaderless state, which is the best time for the survivors to counterattack.
However, it seems that Red is thinking things too simply.
"It's actually this time...... Are you still fighting among yourself? ”
Red rubbed his temples gently, and after hearing about the current situation from Lex Luthor and Barbara Gordon, it was a bit of a headache for him to be honest.
Originally, Red's plan was idealistic, with Barbara continuing to lead the Justice League as "Batman" and Luthor leading the surviving villains of the Supervillain Secret Society, who work together to regain lost ground and eliminate the remaining elite of Darkseid.
However, the reality is skinny, and after the biggest threat is temporarily eliminated, the surviving heroes and villains begin to fight among themselves.
The trigger for the matter is the way the brainwashed people are handled.
Darkseid's brainwashing of humans is divided into several levels, and a small number of them will receive special benefits, just like Starchaser, Mary, and Supergirl, who are completely brainwashed and become loyal servants with their own thoughts.
However, most of them are deprived of their sense of freedom and then manipulated together, and these golems will only act when they are ordered to do so, otherwise they will become walking dead.
The villains of the Society of the Wicked are very direct, proposing that sooner or later these people will become Darkseid soldiers again, and that they are no different from death from the moment they are brainwashed by the anti-life equation, and that they must be killed like zombies for the sake of surviving humans.
In fact, this is also the best solution to regain the lost ground in a race against time, after all, according to the statistics of the watchtower, in the six months after the final crisis, the number of direct deaths exceeded 2 billion, the number of people who were corrupted into selfless puppets by the anti-life equation exceeded 4 billion, and the number of survivors was less than 1 billion.
And this is already the best ending that Batman got after being reminded by Red, preparing in advance and sealing Wonder Woman, who is the most important source of communication.
You must know that in the original work, the final crisis lasted only a few days, and more than 3 billion people were controlled, and countless deaths and injuries were lost.
Although these 4 billion puppets are much less aggressive than before because they are not under the command of Darkseid, the manpower and material resources required to capture and detain them are simply unimaginable, and they may even drag down the current 1 billion surviving people, and will greatly slow down the speed of the counteroffensive to regain lost territory.
And Red had already warned them that Darkseid was not completely dead, and that he would be fully resurrected if he was given enough time, and that the puppets would soon become Darkseid's siblings and eyes again.
For this reason, it is most efficient and prudent to kill them all from a rational point of view.
But it's clear that this plan is unlikely to be accepted by the superheroes and survivors, many of whom still have family, companions, and friends in the controlled party.
So they want to bet their hopes on finding a way to remove the brainwashing of these puppets.
"What to do, Red? Which side do you side for – to raise the butcher's knife for the sake of survivors and eventual victory, as you did in Washington six months ago. ”
"Or to save the hope of these 4 billion people, at the great risk that they could lose everything...... As the one who defeated Darkseid, Ling's choice and statement are very important. ”
Lex Luthor, who was dressed in a straight suit, poured a glass of red wine and handed it to Red, looking at him with his legs crossed on the couch with interest.
But Red shook his glass, looked at the red wine like blood, and smiled meaningfully after a moment.
Or choose the third option...... Let me order to kill all the golems corrupted by the anti-life equation, but not until the last 50% of the kills...... Or 30% of the time, you find a way to keep them under control instead of killing them, so make Lex Luthor the savior - you planned it that way, right? ”
Lex Luther's expression froze immediately, unaware that the red wine he had poured into his goblet had overflowed.
It seems that Red guessed correctly.
The essence of the anti-life equation is the complete deprivation of free will, turning the victim into a complete sibling puppet of Darkseid.
The only way to clear the effects of the anti-life equation is to have Superman completely destroy Darkseid like in the original, and then reset the effects through the Wish Machine from the thirty-first century.
But if not for elimination, but for the use of the anti-life equation...... But there is another way.
Red knew that with Luthor's wisdom, coupled with the superpowers of other villain masters he now mastered, such as the mad hatter, the pied piper, and other hypnotic masters, although he could not directly and completely clear the anti-life equation, it should be possible to overlay the anti-life equation with hypnotic control and control the victim.
However, if the option of being controlled by Luthor were to be brought up now, it is not difficult to imagine that it would be immediately rejected.
However, as we all know, people are compromised, and if more than 10 or 2 billion people are killed, I am afraid that many people will become unscrupulous in order to keep their friends, relatives and acquaintances alive, and realize that life does not necessarily really override freedom.
And if Luthor proposes a third plan at this time, he will become a worthy savior...... At that time, the notoriety of murder was borne by Red, but Luthor became a hero instead-
"Don't think crooked, I'm not doing it for myself!"
As if sensing Red's thoughts, Luther's face quickly turned gloomy, and he leaned out of his seat and leaned in front of Red, and said fiercely in a low voice.
"Do you know how much material it takes to mass-produce a device that controls their hypnosis? Do you know how impractical it is to feed these billions of people now that the sky above the Earth is covered in blood-colored canopy and the sunlight is extremely thin? ”
Luthor looked more and more agitated, almost grabbing Red by the collar. Red could see the domineering girl at the door frowning slightly, but he raised his hand and shook it to show that he was okay and didn't need to act rashly.
"It's impossible to save 4 billion people, but I can save at least half of them......"
"Don't worry, I know you're in a hurry, anyway, don't worry."
However, Red didn't seem angry at all, and to be honest, if he dealt with Batman and Luther, he had already tacitly tacitly calculated himself from the beginning.
And Red didn't care, even he had just thought of a plan of his own.
Red grabbed Luthor's wrist, and after feeling the pain of the knuckle about to be crushed, Luther had to let go.
"Honestly, magic against magic, brainwashing against brainwashing? It's a good strategy......
But Red smiled and looked thoughtfully at the lamp ring in his hand.
"I'd like to make a slight change, though."