Chapter 524: Kandak
On a sand dune outside the city of Kandaq, a shadow abruptly squeezed out of the air.
Then, the shadow bloomed like a blooming flower, and then a large black umbrella popped up.
It was like a signal, and with the appearance of the black umbrella, the shadow began to twist and expand rapidly, and in a few seconds, the shadow turned into several tentacles, supporting a humanoid creature to walk out.
Feeling the dryness in the air, Zhang Yu took a deep breath and slowly opened the black umbrella for shade.
"Is this Kandak?"
As an oasis country living in the desert, the cities in the border region of Kandak are very backward, and the buildings here are not common buildings, but even more dilapidated sand buildings.
It looks similar to the cave, but it's a little poorer here.
Because it is located on the border and has been deep into the desert, sandstorms are often set off here, and because of this, the architecture of the city here is not for aesthetics, but for disaster prevention.
casually put the blindfold on his face, the runes on the umbrella surface of the black umbrella flashed, and Zhang Yu's figure quickly became illusory and integrated with the surrounding landscape.
Stealth magic is not a high-level magic in the secret arts, but after Zhang Yu's transformation, this kind of conventional stealth magic can also be done to the point where it does not leave a trace.
Even breathing and heartbeat can be hidden, which is why Zhang Yu dared to swagger into Kandak.
Raising his hand and taking out his phone, now after Tim reinstalled the system, all the software on the phone has been replaced with something he had never seen before.
The address book and the like have all been merged together, and there are several more special apps, including Justice Society information, mission briefings, and data viewing.
These are generally the software used by the people of the Justice Society to connect, and you can even see the 'Moments' posted by those people when they are on a mission, but only a few people such as Wildcat will post them, and most of them are not bubbling.
From the data reading, we can see some background information of the International Gang, which is a large organization that spreads to many countries, and they hide in various countries to establish their influence and carry out some illegal activities.
Originally, everyone only thought that they were gangster forces and didn't pay too much attention to them, but later after the Krypton War, this group of people seized Krypton's technology, which made them enter the field of vision of old Bruce Wayne.
After the old bat's investigation, he also dug up more information about this organization.
The International Gang has not only extended its hand to the United States, but has even carried out regime subversion in several small countries, with great money and resources, and has begun to grab a series of otherworldly items or extraterrestrial technology.
After the heroes of the Justice Society worked together to dismantle their power in the United States, the group went into hiding and focused on other small nations.
Kandak, a backward country, has become the primary planning direction of the International Gang.
Legend has it that Kandak possesses a very magical metal, known as Eternal Metal, which has something to do with Shazam's Eternal Rock, and the mysterious energy of this metal has also attracted the attention of the International Gang.
With the vast majority of Kryptonian technology lost, Eternalmetal would be the best way for the International to get revenge on the Justice Society.
This is all the information stored in the Justice Society's database, and it seems that Bruce Wayne Sr. and others also want to exterminate this international gang, but because the heroes have to protect their own cities, it is difficult to travel so far to operate.
Shixia, Midnight Doctor, Wildcat, and even the Flash all have their own cities to protect, and now that Kandaq is controlled by the International Gang, and it is also the home of the enemy, they need to plan carefully.
Not to mention, at least if they want to go to other countries to carry out operational missions, then they must do a good job of permitting their operations, otherwise this is an illegal military operation, which will cause great trouble.
But this is also a helpless thing, who made the Justice Society now hang a prefix of the United States, in the eyes of everyone, the American Justice Society is one of the military forces of the United States, even if the old bat does not admit it, there is no way.
And this matter is actually a concession that old Bruce Wayne had to make.
In order to better recover and preserve the remains of those Kryptonian technologies and Kryptonians, the old bat had many exchanges with the Congress, and he was unwilling to hand over these things to the military, and the military did not want to give up these alien technologies.
In the end, due to the intervention of the international gang, which caused huge damage and people's lives and property losses, this led to the huge public opinion, and both sides had to take a step back.
The old bats and heroes recovered all the Kryptonian remains and Kryptonian technology stolen by the International Gang, and the original Justice League was renamed the Justice Society of America and was controlled by a part of Congress.
Of course, this was only an expedient measure on the part of Bruce Wayne Sr., who retired after forming the Justice Society, and secretly played a lot of secret chess, and Tim's failure to join the Justice Society was part of his plan.
But the specific steps of these plans are known only to Bruce Wayne alone.
Looking at the file on the phone, Zhang Yu entered the city while recalling the plot in his memory.
Although the world has undergone tremendous changes, and what is about to happen here is also a little different from the original plot, Zhang Yu believes in the power of timeline closure.
At least, there are still some plots that can be corrected here, which is also a clue that Zhang Yu needs to firmly control.
Except for the fact that the International Gang controls all of Kandak and mines eternal metal from here.
A man named Ismail, who claimed to be the 'only surviving descendant of King Acton', approached the members of the International Gang and told the International hierarchy about the magical crown in Kandak.
This crown is what Acton, the king of Kandak in ancient times, sought power from the ancient demons, and if he wore the crown on his head, King Acton would be blessed by the demons and transform into a demon named 'Shabak'.
In the comics, Shabak is one of Shazam's main enemies.
Like Shazam, users who have been blessed by demons have to shout 'Shabak' in order to transform into demonic form and gain terrifying powers that are different from ordinary demons.
In the same way, just as Shazam was blessed by the divine power of the six ancient gods, Shabak's power also comes from the six demons.
Satan, Cratis, Asmantis, Beelzebub, Amu, and Belel (also called Beriah).
Apparently unaware of the true role of this crown, this Ismail concealed the origin of the demon and hoped to activate the demon hidden in his genes through the power of the International Gang.
And now from the perspective of time, the crown has been exposed to reality, and Black Adam has also been released, and the next international gang will start to search for the crown by any means.
In order to find this crown that carries demonic powers, you must find Black Adam and the woman who unleashed Black Adam, Adriana.
Finding two people in a huge country is obviously not an easy task.
However, for Zhang Yu, this is not difficult, the divine power and magical energy in Black Adam's body, which is completely different from this world, is enough to make him as obvious as a torch in the night.
Coming to the city of Kandak, the buildings here are much better than the sand buildings on the outskirts of the city, and at the same time, some sense of technology has slowly appeared in Zhang Yu's field of vision, and there are more cars on the street.
On the streets, the residents of Kandak walked in a hurry, each with their heads bowed silently, never talking to anyone, and there was no smile on their faces.
Perhaps, it has something to do with the international gang members with guns in their hands on the streets.
After taking control of the small country, the International Gang had a large number of people stationed here, armed with firearms, and carefully checking the identity of any locals and what they were carrying.
The International Gang is committed to making Kandak a secluded country, and they don't want anyone to spread the word about it, and it would be bad if it alarmed other countries.
The existence of Eternal Metal is a secret, and once those great powers know about Eternal Metal, then not only Kandak, but even the International Gang will not be able to keep these high-end resources.
It is naturally impossible for the sentry post of the International Gang to stump Zhang Lu, and he is in a state of invisibility, and he can walk freely all the way to any place.
Even if he walked in front of a stranger's eyes, it was impossible for the other party to notice Zhang Yu's existence.
At this time, the problem in front of Zhang Yu was how to find the location of Black Adam.
Holding a large black umbrella, Zhang Yu slowly stretched out his hand, and soon, the sand on the ground slowly flowed, and under the guidance of the invisible force, it quickly gathered in Zhang Yu's palm.
"Dust of Kandak, tell me where the king of this place is."
Muttering to himself, as Zhang Yu's mouth opened and closed, the magical power was suddenly triggered.
The sand in his hand swirled rapidly, turning into a small tornado in the palm of Zhang Yu's hand, and began to tremble slightly, as if he was listening to Zhang Yu's words and looking for something.
Looking at the quicksand in his palm, Zhang Yu's attention became more and more concentrated.
At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in a building in the distance.
The terrifying sound of the earth-shattering terror instantly caused a commotion among everyone, and people began to run in panic, and even Zhang Yu had to look away and look towards the location of the explosion.
I saw that in the center of the city in the distance, a thick thunderbolt burst out fiercely.
With Zhang Lu's eyesight, he could also see several members of the International Gang being thrown into the air like cannonballs.
(End of chapter)