If it was some other supervillain who planned this attack.

Whether it's a physically aggressive supervillain or a supervillain who uses magical powers, Roy doesn't have anything to worry about.

But the grid, a self-aware computer program, is the only exception.

Roy could destroy the grid's mechanical body, but he couldn't harm the grid's ontology program.

The power of the stars does have many uses, but there is no way to attack them in the online world.

To put it mildly, Roy didn't even have the ability to touch the mesh program.

He will have a chance to destroy the grid unless he can find out where the grid's ontology program is, and at the same time cut off all network connections around it, leaving the grid with nowhere to escape.

Although Roy didn't speak, after seeing him frown, Selina knew that things were getting a little tricky.

"Is this grid difficult to work with?"

Selina whispered.

"It's not just hard, to be precise, I don't have the ability to hurt him at all."

"He is not a life in the true sense of the word, but a program with self-awareness."

"It's not just me, Superman and Diana can't beat him."

Roy replied quickly.

After hearing Roy's answer, Selina continued to ask:

"Isn't there still a steel bone?"

"He should be able to deal with the grid, right?"

"Normally, that's the case, but judging from the current situation, I'm not very optimistic about the steel bones."

Although in the comics, the grid is the defeated subordinate of Cyborg.

But that doesn't mean Cyborg can beat the grid at any time.

In order to defeat the grid, there must be a special environment where you cannot escape to the grid.

Otherwise, even the steel bones would not be able to stop the grid from leaving.

The Grid will kidnap the students in the school at this time, indicating that it is ready to go to war with Cyborg.

Although it is unknown why Grid kidnapped so many students, if nothing else, Grid wants to use these students to restrain or threaten Steelbone.

It didn't take long for Roy to discover that his guess was correct.

Because the grid directly said its own plan.

"From now on, you are all my hostages."

"If you don't want to die, you'd better be obedient."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't mind blowing you up with the Great Hall."

"Don't try to resist, and don't think anything you shouldn't have."

"I'm giving you three minutes to contact the outside world, and you can call the police, or you can contact your own family or friends."

"Of course, it would be best if you could get in touch with Cyborg."

With that, Grid began to instruct his men to plant bombs throughout the auditorium.

And, a silvery-white in appearance, I don't know what it is.

As the grid's men set up around the auditorium, the students in the auditorium took out their mobile phones and began to contact the outside world.

"You should call Diana and tell her about the situation."

Roy said to Selina.

"Uh-huh!"

Selina nodded, quickly pulled out her phone, and dialed Diana's number.

Roy didn't pay attention to Selina and Diana's conversation, and looked at the silver-white cuboids curiously.

Just as he was thinking about what the hell was the use of these things, the grid directly activated these silver-white cuboids.

These rectangles, which used to look like bricks, began to deform rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, these cuboids turned into an arm-thick silvery-white cylinder.

After the transformation was completed, the cylinders slowly floated in a form that defied the laws of physics, emitting a pale blue light.

Under Roy's gaze, the pale blue light emitted from these cylinders connected together, like a boxy energy barrier, completely enveloping the entire auditorium.

Energy Barrier Generator?

Or is it a miniaturized portable version?

It's kind of interesting!

Although the technical principles may be different, after seeing the energy barrier formed by these columns, Roy immediately remembered the huge urban shield in the Garden of Eden.

It's just that, unlike the energy barrier generator in the Garden of Eden, these columns in front of you are much smaller.

I wonder how defensive this energy barrier is?

Looking at the light blue energy barrier in front of him, Roy suddenly had the urge to test the energy barrier's defense.

Suppressing the inexplicable impulse in his heart, he continued to look at the grid's men.

After setting up the energy barrier, these subordinates of the grid did not do anything else, and gathered together in twos and threes, watching over the students in the auditorium.

"I've told Diana about the situation here, she'll be here in a minute."

Selina said to Roy.

"Well, then we'll see what they do."

Roy replied.

Although he was in the Great Hall now, he wouldn't do it lightly until he knew how much of the grid was left.

If the bombs around him exploded, he would only be able to protect a small part of the auditorium with the power of the stars.

Now he has indeed regained his strength, and he is stronger than when he was in the Marvel Universe, but he still has not reached the point where he can instantly cover thousands of people with the power of the stars.

Unless there's a network delay on the grid side.

Otherwise, the speed of the grid detonating the bomb would definitely be faster than he could cover the entire auditorium with the power of the stars.

As soon as the three minutes were up, the grid blocked all the signals in the auditorium.

Although the signal was blocked to prevent the students inside the auditorium from continuing to contact the outside world, the grid took the initiative to project the situation outside the auditorium onto the large screen in the auditorium.

Looking at the images displayed on the big screen, the students in the auditorium had a strange feeling that they were not only at the scene of the kidnapping, but also watching the live broadcast.

In order to let the students in the auditorium better understand the situation outside, the grid also deliberately divided the large screen into several screens, showing the Metropolitan Police rushing to the school and the school evacuating students.

Not only that, but it also relayed a live feed from a news channel.

After seeing these movements of the grid, Roy frowned slightly.

What the hell is it thinking?

If the grid just wants to force Cyborg to fight him.

Well, kidnapping the students of the auditorium is quite enough for it.

As for whether the students in the auditorium can know what is happening outside, it will not affect it to force the steel bones out.

Now, however, it actually projects the situation outside.

If the Grid were a real terrorist, Roy would still be able to understand its thoughts somewhat.

But the thing is, the grid is not a terrorist, and it doesn't need to put psychological pressure on the hostages.

Or rather, it doesn't care at all whether the hostages are scared or not.

Outside the school.

Diana unleashed her powers and completed Wonder Woman's costume change.

Then, he picked up his phone and dialed the number of the steel bones.

Soon, the phone was connected, and Steelbone's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm already on my way to Metropolitan University right now, and I'm expected to be there in a minute."

Before Diana could speak, Cyborg said immediately.

"I know you're definitely heading to Metropolitan University, and I want to say that among the people kidnapped by Cyborg, there is a special person."

Diana said quickly.

"Special people?"

"You mean Roy, who went with you to threaten Amanda yesterday?"

Cyborg asked rhetorically.

"How do you know it's him?"

Diana asked, confused.

"I just analyzed all the calls made by Metropolitan University, and I just happened to find out that his girlfriend, Selena, is contacting you."

Cyborg said directly.

"Well, now that you already know he's in there, that's fine."

"I'll leave now, see you at school."

Diana continued.

"Good!"

After speaking, Steel Bone took the initiative to hang up the phone.

Soon, Diana and Cyborg came to the lawn outside the auditorium and surveyed the auditorium in front of them.

"Where's Clark?"

"Isn't he in the Met?"

After realizing that it was only herself and Cyborg, Diana asked Cyborg.

"He didn't know where he went, I contacted the AI of the Lonely Fortress, and the AI of the castle didn't know where he had gone."

Cyborg said quickly.

In the comics, the Solitary Fortress is Superman's secret base in the North Pole, where various alien technologies are stored.

But here, the Dugu Fortress is just an ordinary secret base established by Superman on a mountain peak dozens of kilometers away from the metropolis.

Although it houses some things that are important to Superman, it is far less exaggerated than the Fortress of Solitude in the comics.

But this is also normal, after all, the superman of this universe has not only never seen General Zod now, but also does not know that there is a Kryptonian spaceship that has been frozen for tens of thousands of years under the Arctic ice shelf.

If he knew that there was a Kryptonian ship under the Arctic ice shelf, he would definitely not build a lonely fortress in the mountains near the metropolis, but would directly use the Kryptonian ship as his secret base.

"Since you can't contact him, forget it, this time, the two of us should be enough."

Diana said to Cyborg.

"I can find a way to contain the grid, and I'll leave it to you to save people."

"By the way, since Roy is in the auditorium, why didn't he make a move, did he have any concerns?"

Cyborg asked, confused.

"I guess so."

Diana replied with some uncertainty.

"I'll see if I can break through the signal shield of the grid and get in touch with him."

"If we can know the specific situation in the auditorium, it will also be convenient for us to save people."

Cyborg said quickly.

"Okay."

Diana nodded back.

Without any hesitation, Cyborg immediately began to break through the grid's signal shield.

He didn't bring any gear, but his body was the best gear.

When the steel skeleton broke through the grid signal shield, the Metropolitan Police finally arrived.

After seeing that Diana and Cyborg had already come, the police inspector who led the team immediately stepped forward.

The Inspector had wanted to get more information from Diana and Cyborg.

After realizing that they didn't know more than he did, the Superintendent sighed helplessly.

Whether it's stopping criminals or rescuing hostages, intelligence is crucial.

Without accurate intelligence, not only can operations fail, but hostages are also unnecessarily exposed.

Although he was unable to obtain any useful information, the police inspector did not waste time and immediately arranged for other police officers to evacuate the surrounding onlookers and set up a cordon.

At the same time, the information on the scene was reported.

Under normal circumstances, rescuing hostages is the job of the police.

But now, it's clear that this is not the case.

Supervillains can only be dealt with by superheroes!

Whether it was Steel Bone and Diana, or the police inspector and others who had just rushed over, they didn't expect that their every move would be broadcast on the big screen in the auditorium.

After seeing Cyborg and Diana coming, the fear and uneasiness in the students' hearts suddenly dissipated a lot.

Although they were still hostages of the grid, they had seen hope of leaving the auditorium alive.

In their hearts, Diana and Cyborg are much more reliable than the police in the Met.

Unlike these relieved students, Roy still didn't think that this time it would be easy for things to end.

If the grid is so easy to get it done, it's a bit too incompetent.

Or, if Grid had only had these skills, it would never have planned such a plan.

Little by little, time passed.

Outside the auditorium, more and more police officers and journalists gathered.

In the sky above the school, several news helicopters even appeared.

Selina, like the other students, looked at the big screen in the auditorium with a serious face.

At that moment, her phone suddenly vibrate.

Selina looked at her phone suspiciously, and saw a message from Cyborg.

This is?

After seeing the message from Cyborg, Selina immediately handed the phone to Roy.

Picking up the phone, Roy quickly sent a message back to Cyborg.

"I've got in touch with Roy."

"Not only is there an energy barrier in the auditorium now, but there were also bombs in the past."

"Roy says he can only solve the energy barrier."

"As for the bomb, there's nothing he can do."

Cyborg said to Diana.

"Does he know where the bombs are?"

Diana asked immediately.

"I don't know, the location, the quantity, the equivalent, he doesn't know anything."

Cyborg continued.

Upon hearing his answer, Diana immediately frowned.

Although they all possess extraordinary abilities that ordinary people do not have, they are not God Almighty.

"Do you have any plans?"

Diana asked at Cyborg.

Cyborg shook his head and said slowly:

"Now it seems that there is only one way to stop the grid from starting the bomb."

"However, even if the grid is stopped, it may not be able to prevent the bomb from being detonated."

"Arranged bombs may not only be detonated by the grid, and those terrorists in the auditorium may also have detonators."

The grid may be a little less powerful than the steel bone, but the grid now has an absolute advantage.

"I'll go meet the grid for a while and see if I can get more information from it."

"I'm going to make a secret route for you to contact Roy and you can figure out how many bombs are in the auditorium."

Cyborg said to Diana.

(End of chapter)