Chapter 284: Why Can't You?
Shazam's speed is still very fast, although he has passed through several demon-like lairs, but fortunately, he has plenty of experience in dealing with demons, so there is no danger along the way.
When he saw Gotham City appear on the horizon from afar, it was already the afternoon of the third day of his departure, and Zhang Yu was also communicating with Barbara and others about some developments in this world, as well as sorting out some materials left behind in the Bat Cave.
When Barbara and Kate found the real Batcave, it was completely breached by the demons, and some of the Doomsday demons were ready to occupy it as their lair.
In the end, it was the Riddler who detonated the bomb that Bruce had prepared under the bat cave at the cost of his life, which cut off the presence of those monsters in Gotham City.
However, although the explosion killed many of the demons, it also destroyed the resources of the bat family in a sense, except for the kryptonite buried under the ruins, most of the bat technology was destroyed in the explosion.
"I worked with Black Mask, he sent people here to dig up a lot of weapons and technology, but those things are still not enough for the demons, and without resources, kryptonite is also used less and less, and in the end, you can see what happened to him, the forces of Black Mask all died in the port of Gotham."
Kate displayed the contents of the warehouse in front of Zhang Yu and the others, and opened her mouth to introduce.
"Now there are only these things left here, Gotham is not suitable for habitation, there used to be more than a dozen shelters here, but now most of them are gone, the attack of the demons is very sudden, sometimes just overnight, a well-equipped shelter will disappear."
Looking at those boxes of kryptonite quietly, Zhang Yu could imagine what kind of tragic scene the people would experience at that time, and in the face of those enemies that superheroes could not defeat, ordinary people had almost no ability to resist.
"Listening to what you say, the demons are very disciplined about Gotham's offensive, unless they are beings who know Gotham very well, how can they directly attack and occupy the Bat Cave." Kara thought for a moment and came up with a guess.
"I see what you mean, we've had similar thoughts before." Kate crossed her arms, a little anxious between her eyebrows.
"There are so many artificial kryptonite in the bat cave, no one knew this news before, if it weren't for the presence of kryptonite exposed when the Riddler blew up here, we didn't know that Bruce would have so many kryptonite reserves."
Barbara also took over the conversation. "Clark has said before that Batman may not be dead, which may make sense, no one except Batman will know Gotham so well, let alone take the initiative to destroy the Batcave."
Batman is indeed not dead, this is a fact that Zhang Yu has known for a long time, and not only Batman, but also everyone in the Justice League except for Aquaman and Hal Jordan is not dead.
After defeating them, Darkseid transformed their bodies into cyborgs, the Cyborg was transformed into resembling the 'Wall of Origins', and Batman was brainwashed by Darkseid to become his most loyal subordinate and advise him.
As for why Aquaman and Hal Jordan were not modified, it was because the two of them were characters who died on the spot, one was split by the demon and the other was pierced by omega rays, and the others were miserable but not dead, even the Martian Manhunter who was engulfed in flames left a sigh.
"Did you have any plans before?" Zhang Yu picked up a Batman mask and asked.
Barbara and Kate's main communication partner is Louise, and even if Superman has any plans, Louise relays them to them.
"Previously, the Apocalypse Star released a large engine towards the earth, and two of them have been placed one after another in the past two years, and a third one was released a few days ago."
Sighing, every time she talked about the things of this world, Barbara felt powerless.
"That's the technology used to extract the core of the earth, if you can't destroy these things, it won't take a few months, the earth will be completely hollowed out, and at that time, the earth will also become a death star, and because of this, Superman wants to counterattack the Apocalypse again."
"Counterattacking the Apocalypse Star, just rely on you people?" Petro frowned.
It's not that Pietro looks down on them, it's that even the most powerful Justice League has failed in the first place, and the remaining guys want to run to someone's home court again, which is no different from sending them to death.
"There's no way around it." Kate bit her lip and looked at her with some anxiety. "We've done our best, you can't understand how we've been here for the past two years, to be honest, I'm tired, this kind of hopeless life is really not good."
"No one can guarantee that this trip will be successful, and even we are not optimistic about this decision, but there is no way, we can't think of a better plan than this" Barbara came to Kate's side and hugged her gently.
Zhang Yu understands that they are just going to die, maybe as Kate said, they live in a hopeless day, which is different from all the super criminals they have faced before, this is a world of despair.
"Don't be so pessimistic, maybe I have a way to deal with it." Zhang Yu said flatly.
Hearing this, Barbara and Kate's sluggish spirits changed a little, they raised their heads, and looked at Zhang Yu's face that had maintained a calm and firm face from beginning to end, and their hearts were full of incomprehension.
"Mr. Zhang, I thank you and your friends for being willing to visit here, but," Kate took two steps forward and smiled palely. "I'm really happy from the bottom of my heart that you're willing to help us, but all I can say is that you're one step late."
If Zhang Yu and the others could have come two years earlier, maybe there would still be hope for this world to be saved, because at that time, there were still countless existences on the earth that tried to resist, but now, those people have died in battle, and the core of the earth has been extracted for two years, and this place is no longer suitable for human habitation.
In Kate's eyes, it is completely impossible for this planet to return to its former state, the rivers are full of filth, the land is no longer fertile, and there are countless extinct animals, even if there is no Apocalypse, no Darkseid, this place is already in ruins.
"It's not too late, you're still alive, it's not too late." Zhang Yu came to Kate and said in a deep voice.
Kate's face froze, she really didn't know where Zhang Yu got the confidence to say such a thing.
"Don't you understand?"
Kate took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice.
"Even if you have the power to kill Darkseid, it's useless, this planet has lost its vitality, even if there is a 1 in 10,000 chance, we really killed Darkseid, blew up the Apocalypse, and then what?"
Taking a step forward, Kate almost stuck in front of Zhang Yu.
"Tell me, where are we going to live, can you give us a planet?"
Swallowing his saliva, Zhang Yu's expression was still calm, and he looked at Kate, Zhang Yu didn't mean to avoid her gaze at all.
Then, Zhang Yu's voice sounded in Kate's ears.
"Why not?"
For a moment, the audience fell silent.
The entire inside of the bat cave was as if it was swept by a cold snap, and everyone was silent, even Barbara was stunned in place, looking at Zhang Yu at a loss.
Kate stared blankly at Zhang Yu's eyes, her pupils flickering, she couldn't believe what she had just heard.
After pondering for a moment, seeing that Zhang Yu didn't mean to joke, Kate instantly had goosebumps, she was afraid that she had auditory hallucinations, and couldn't help asking.
"What did you just say?"
"I said I had a way to give you a habitable planet." Zhang Yu repeated it flatly, Carla and Pietro next to him already knew what Zhang Yu meant, and Zhang Yu also continued.
"I don't know what you've communicated with Dinah and Jason before, but in fact, in another wasteland world that is in ruins, it does need some people like you to rebuild."
Kate took two steps back slightly, she blinked, she only felt that she was almost stoned to death by the news, and now she only felt dizzy. "Dinah told me a little bit that the world was taken over by supercriminals, right?"
"It's much more than that." Zhang Yu shook his head. "It's been ruled by supercriminals for more than forty years, and now there are signs of civilization breaking down, and morality has even been reduced to a prehistoric society, and I can't change everything in that world by my own strength."
"So."
Zhang Yu's face was serious, and he was serious.
"I need you to change her!"
(End of chapter)