N-A-A Chapter 607 Thunder Spirits and Ultimate Social Darwinism
Chapter 607 Thunder Spirits and Ultimate Social Darwinism
Chapter 607 Thunder Spirits and Ultimate Social Darwinism
The laughing bat swayed his belt, his mood cheerful.
The five-dimensional imp from King Robin's belt is not without origin.
In the history of the main universe, the Justice Society appeared decades earlier than the Justice League. The superhero groups on Earth, their "past," and the 31st-century superhero army, their "future," are important parts of the entire DC universe's history.
Simply put, they are the front and back ends of a road called Time, but they are both roads and cannot resist the road renovation construction called "Rebooting the Universe". They change with the construction schedule of the road called "Super Time Flow".
But in the end, no matter how the road is repaved, the road will always need a front end and a back end, right?
Therefore, in the previous crises, the history of the Justice Society members has changed at least five times, but despite the slight changes, they have always existed.
They fought evil in their past, battled villains of all kinds, had their own epic lives, and would even step out to uphold justice in their old age, and occasionally travel through time...
That's right, time travel. Sometimes, for all sorts of random reasons, they'll travel from the "past" to the "present" to work with the Justice League to solve some crisis, and sometimes they'll even run into a legion of superheroes from the "future"...
In short, no matter how the universe restarts, they will always exist on the timeline, and they will always have a place on the newly paved "roads".
However, this changed after the major event "Flashpoint" in 2011.
The Flashpoint incident was ostensibly caused by Barry Allen, the Flash, but in reality, the mastermind behind it was Dr. Manhattan.
He rebooted the entire DC Universe through the Flash, stealing ten years of the DC Universe. Simply put, Doctor Manhattan stole the cement needed to pave the new roads. Due to Doctor Manhattan's interference, such as taking away the lamp of the original Green Lantern Alan Scott, he died in the accident that made him Green Lantern, etc., causing the entire Justice Society to disappear on the spot!
The original Green Lantern and the Flash, Timeman, Wildcat, Dr. Midnight, Sandman...
These numerous heroes subsequently disappeared, and among them was a superhero who controlled five-dimensional beings: Johnny Thunder.
Johnny Thunder doesn't have any superpowers; he's just an ordinary person. However, he can control a five-dimensional little devil called "Thunder Spirit." Yes, it's a five-dimensional little devil, like the Mischief Maker and the Bat Mite, that can arbitrarily smear reality like paper.
Although there are differences in strength among five-dimensional beings, and although the Thunder Sprite is much weaker than the Mischief and the Bat Mite, and although the Thunder Sprite is very rigid and can only act according to Johnny's orders word for word, while Johnny himself is somewhat slow-witted and causes constant trouble, it is still a five-dimensional being!
This made Johnny Thunderbolt one of the most powerful members of the Justice Society, but due to Dr. Manhattan's little prank of distorting reality, history was changed to "Johnny Thunderbolt never received the recognition of a fifth-dimensional imp as his master," and the fifth-dimensional creature "Thunderbolt Spirit" returned to the fifth dimension.
The fact that the Thunder Spirits can be driven by an ordinary person also shows that the Thunder Spirits are silly and not like the Mischievous Ghosts, who are five-dimensional beings with complete consciousness and perfect logic.
And this... gave King Robin an opportunity.
No one knows how King Robin seized the power of the five-dimensional beings; even the Batman Who Laughs knows very little about it.
But the truth is, the Batman Who Laughs found a five-dimensional imp in the other's belt, and this imp only had about 30% of the power of the Thunder Spirits from the main universe.
King Robin somehow caused the Thunder Spirit to split, turning it from a five-dimensional being into two... King Robin then captured the weaker of the two and made it pledge its allegiance to the belt.
From this perspective, King Robin is even more awesome than the Batman Who Laughs.
But now everything belongs to the Batman Who Laughs, so King Robin's actions are also part of the Batman Who Laughs's plan. This is the inevitability of the Batman Who Laughs's plan. As long as the Batman Who Laughs says that this is part of his plan, then it is inevitable.
"The merciless iron fist will surely be able to attract the attention of Batman Dragon..." The Batman Who Laughs thought slowly.
"And if Batman is busy dealing with Merciless Iron Fist, then he will never be able to interfere with what I'm doing," the Batman Who Laughs thought.
But no, this is so wrong, you know what? Hehe, someone as smart as Batman Dragon, when he sees someone like Iron Fist who seems to have been set up specifically for him, wouldn't he immediately suspect that the other party has ulterior motives? Wouldn't he immediately sense that he might be being misled?
Come on... come on...
The Bat of Mad Laughter chuckled softly.
Struggle as much as you want... and everything you do... is part of the Bat Who Laughs's plan!
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"The plan has been slightly changed, fellow mages."
The retro-style Wonder Woman turned around and saw Bane waving at her from the other side of the portal. Before the portal could close, he turned back and announced to the group of mages standing there, "Gentlemen, gentlemen, the plan has changed. Keep the green potion for yourselves. Batman just gave me a mission to distribute a brand new potion..."
As the portal closed, the other person's voice also disappeared.
Retro Diana felt dizzy and didn't know what to do next.
She landed in the middle of the road and veered off course toward him, but the retro Wonder Woman somersaulted over the oncoming car, grabbed the roof, lifted it into the air, and then hurled it high into the sky.
"Oops!" Then she realized she had done something stupid, so she quickly jumped into the air to catch the toy car that was still tumbling, and then gently placed it on the ground.
With a thud, the driver desperately pushed open the car door and immediately began vomiting on the ground, vomiting incessantly.
"What's going on? Is she from the Amazons?"
"No, it feels like they're just a superhuman... they don't look like an Amazonian."
How did you know?
"Where are the superheroes? Is it dangerous? I'd better not get close..."
A jumble of noises flooded the ears of the retro Wonder Woman, making her even more dizzy.
She was dizzy for a moment, then heard someone ask her, "Are you Wonder Woman?"
So she said, "Oh, oh dear... Wonder Woman, hey, I'm not... uh. Wonder Woman, I'm Diana, um... I'm Diana. Hey, Wonder Woman. How dare you! How do you know I'm Wonder Woman? Tell me... ah? I'm Diana... hahaha!"
Her mind became increasingly unstable. Then, she stumbled and started running, gesturing wildly as she ran, letting out a silvery laugh and muttering incoherently, "Ah? Good, good... good hahaha, I'm Wonder Woman."
She swiftly drew her shield and sword from her waist, then simply said, "Ah? Oh, hehe, these are mine, hehehehehe..."
Even though it's a parallel universe version of Diana, still sporting the towering, voluminous hair of the last century, she is still Wonder Woman after all. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a slender and powerful figure, exuding a heroic aura like a female leopard. This should have been wonderful.
But when she opened her mouth, she sounded completely foolish, and no one thought she was a normal person. The people around her were too scared to approach. They soon realized that the person standing in front of them was an Amazon, and in this world, the Amazons of Paradise Island were as infamous as the Atlanteans of the deep sea.
"Where should I go? Ugh... How strange. Waaah. What happened?" Wonder Woman wandered aimlessly through the streets, acting silly. No one was there to guide her, not even Bane.
But she soon found her goal.
She stared blankly at the two pointed clouds in the sky.
"Hey, Batman! Uh... when did you get here? Huh? What do you want? Huh? Where do you want me to go? Snoring... Ah, when did you get here? Hmph, no! I'm now... oh? That's right, I love you too."
She rambled on to the bat-shaped clouds in the sky, then ran off like a duck.
"They want to...want to go home..."
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Paradise Island.
The universe in which Reverse Lightning exists is a veritable breeding ground for venomous creatures.
The Wonder Queen Diana here is a cruel and violent queen who kills people like mowing grass.
This is definitely not just an adjective; the Shazam of this universe is not just Billy Batson's transformation, but seven kids working together to become one Shazam.
After the battle between Wonder Queen and Shazam, Wonder Queen used the Lasso of Truth to obtain the spell to undo their transformation magic, then forced them to shout the spell, which was followed by a complete massacre.
What does it look like when very thin white rice porridge is spilled on the ground?
When the CIA agents arrived at the scene, all they found were large amounts of shredded, mushy white rice that barely resembled human figures.
For Wonder Queen, ever since she cut off the red head of Mera, the first wife of her husband Arthur Curry, she has completely forgotten how to write the word "mercy".
She is likely one of the most powerful superhumans in the world, but today she has encountered an even stronger enemy.
Paradise Island was littered with corpses.
"So do you understand now? No matter how many times I do this, I'll never get tired of it."
The merciless iron fist's bronze-blue armor reflected the Amazons slaughtering each other; he possessed such power that he was already the god of war in his world.
He stared at the so-called warriors on Paradise Island, who fought like dogs, unable to defend themselves against a merciless iron fist.
The merciless, iron-fisted man slammed his sword down on the shield of the magical queen before him: "You're placing too much hope in them, Diana. You're expecting them to unite, discuss, and compromise."
"What did you say?" Wonder Queen asked.
With a sudden, merciless kick, Wonder Queen sent her opponent flying. Like a cannonball, she crashed into the building behind her, causing several massive houses to collapse like dominoes.
Wonder Queen charged back like a cannonball, swinging her sword at Merciless Iron Fist: "Hah!"
He couldn't understand a word the merciless iron fist was saying. The other party clearly regarded him as another Diana substitute, and was saying things that the Wonder Queen would never do.
Look at what they're saying! What about mutual compromise? Wonder Queen never compromises with anyone, and she certainly doesn't expect others to do the same.
But the merciless iron fist ignored him, completely absorbed in his own world: "In the months since your death, you'll say I'm corrupted by the helmet, killing those I once spared, killing my enemies, killing the heroes who stood against me."
"I would say I've been purified. My illusions have finally been cleanly and decisively erased by the helmet. I've always been afraid to do things I knew I should do, afraid to dedicate my entire self to the battle. The helmet made me realize how naive my principles and rules were, and that the only thing that truly matters is victory. Now my true self has finally accepted that."
The Wonder Queen was no longer willing to listen to the other party's nonsense. She let out a deafening battle roar, found an opening, and used her shield to smash the Merciless Iron Fist into another pile of buildings. She was panting heavily.
This flaw was deliberately left by the ruthless and iron-fisted man.
He was toying with the other person, just like a cat would play with its food before eating it.
He was interrogating the other person:
Do you consider yourself righteous? Do you consider yourself kind?
"Kindness? Justice? No, no, no, these things don't exist in this world." The merciless iron fist said, "This is the truth, Diana."
The helmet taught me that the struggle between good and evil, the struggle between right and wrong, no longer exists; there is only the fight for survival, a battle that never stops and requires all one's strength.
In the animal kingdom, the weakest at the bottom are devoured; in the plant kingdom, greedy vines first climb up their neighbors.
"Let me tell you..."
With a merciless, iron fist, he grabbed Wonder Queen by the neck and lifted her up: "Weakness is the original sin. And all of this today is the result of your lack of strength."
He said this, and then spoke with great conviction.
"You were too weak, that's why you died. And the so-called struggle between good and evil is nothing more than a story only the victors have the right to write. Oh, Diana, dear Diana, how I wish I could tell you..."
Wonder Queen has been completely outmatched; there are hardly any living Amazons left around the battlefield where the two superhumans are fighting.
With a merciless, iron fist, he gripped Wonder Queen's head, seemingly intending to crush it. This was already the umpteenth Wonder Woman from a parallel universe he had killed. He was reliving the process, the exhilaration and the excruciating pain.
But then he suddenly looked up.
He sensed the arrival of another Diana.
(End of this chapter)