In what was once the Metropolitan National Mall, a "human tower" of dark energy thousands of meters high is now erected.
Superman and Wonder Woman's arms are tied together with mantra lasso, and they are floating thousands of meters in the air. Next to them is a "human tower" stacked by the citizens of Metropolis.
Purple-black lightning energy covered everyone's body surface, their souls were sinking into nightmares, their bodies were like concrete blocks, their heads were looking straight, their arms were hanging on their waists, and their bodies stood upright and motionless.
Around them, above their heads, and below their feet, there were people with the same posture and the same situation.
Millions of people are stacked on top of each other, layer after layer. Under the blessing of purple-black lightning energy, they are completely unaffected by gravity and will not collapse, just like a "spear of the gods" inserted into the earth.
"What's wrong with everyone?" Dachao murmured.
"They were trapped in a dark nightmare just like us. They didn't die completely, but the situation must be millions of times worse than the two of us. Maybe some of their souls have completely sunk." Diana looked at the human tower with a sad and angry expression.
, "I don't understand why Barbatos did this, but we will not give up hope. We will definitely defeat it and rescue everyone."
"Uh-huh!" Dachao slapped his head hard and groaned, "Why are we here?"
"We lost, don't you remember? We followed Bateman to the tomb of Seth, the Lord of Labisu, and met the owl priest and the people from the Court of Owls. We didn't even see Barbatos himself.
Fainted." Diana said bitterly.
Dachao rubbed his temples and said with a sad expression: "It took you a long time to wake up? My mind is a little unclear and I need time to sort it out.
Too many memories are intertwined like threads, and it is almost impossible to tell which memories are real and which ones are just nightmares I have experienced for decades. Damn it, I know they are illusory nightmares, but I remember them very clearly, and my feelings are very real, as if
reality.
Decades of memories are too many and too confusing, burying all my real-world experiences."
"I woke up half an hour earlier than you, and I couldn't sort out the complicated memories in my mind at first. Just close your eyes and enter a meditative state, and I'll help you." Diana stretched out her free left hand, her fingers flashing with golden light.
Gently print it on Dachao's eyebrows.
"There is no Harley in all nightmare memories. This is a label that is easy to distinguish. As long as Harley exists, it is a real experience. I feel that our experiences in dreams are not illusory, they are too real."
Oh, it would be great if Harley were here, even if she didn't do anything, she would just help us answer difficult questions."
Sighing, she continued: "You can start remembering when Harley left, and smooth out the memories from the time she left until we were captured."
With Diana's help, Dachao quickly anchored the source of the chaotic memory: the day Harley left.
On the day Harley left, they received a message from the Watchdog system. It only said one sentence: Be careful, I'm leaving. A crisis may be coming soon, but don't worry, I've prepared a few back-ups for you.
Only an hour passed after receiving the message, and a huge mountain suddenly appeared in Gotham.
The 100-meter-high mountain peak with a radius of one or two kilometers moved to the center of Gotham without any warning, without any process of falling from the sky or rising from the earth. It seemed as if it teleported.
Nearly 300,000 people were killed or injured on the spot.
If before the "Darkseid War", Gotham citizens still lived in ordinary reinforced concrete houses, 300,000 would have been at least ten times higher.
Fortunately, during the "Darkseid War", Harley dug out a piece of land with a radius of thousands of miles from the western continent of the United States and formed a "fighting world" in the dimension of the stomach bag - the earth goddess Gaia descended part of the will and carried part of the thick skin.
Divine power enters the land, ensuring that it cannot be easily destroyed by the most advanced battles.
Doujie is like a rubber doll, which has been kneaded into various shapes by two supreme gods and countless gods. It is riddled with holes and can withstand countless forces and attacks.
The earth was barely preserved and was not completely annihilated.
But all the urban buildings on the land were destroyed, not even the debris was left.
When the "Darkseid War" is over and Harley spits out the fighting world, it is like a band-aid on the "wound" on the surface of the earth. The ground is very clean and there is not a single man-made building.
In order to help citizens rebuild their homes, Harley hinted to the US government: Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor do not want to destroy the earth, they want to destroy the main universe! What we destroy and rescue is not only ourselves, not only the earth, but also aliens
Higher civilizations should be grateful to us and help us.
Then the U.S. government hinted to the high-level civilization representatives in the embassy: Admiral Galaxy asked you to donate money and materials to help us rebuild our homeland.
Reconstruction funds are astronomical to the U.S. government, but only a drop in the bucket to advanced alien civilizations.
As a result, all residents from Metropolis to Gotham, thousands of miles away, lived in alien high-tech buildings.
The building's protective properties are very powerful and helped the people of Gotham greatly during this crisis.
Inside the mountain, the heroes of Zhenglian saw ancient but extremely advanced high-tech equipment.
Inside a machine that looked like a space capsule, they found a freezing cabin that emitted strong energy fluctuations. There was a line of words scrawled in blood on the cabin shell: Run, it is chasing us. We made a mistake. We should look for it first.
Tomb of King Martial God, maybe King Martial God is not dead, only her
There are several bloody handprints at the back, but they are not finished and there is no body.
Before they could continue their investigation, the "Black Hawk Lady" arrived at the scene with the Black Hawk Squadron, stopped the Zhenglian heroes, and took over the scene.
"Ms. Black Hawk, Black Hawk Squadron?" Sea King Arthur stared at the fully armed Ms. Black Hawk and said with a strange expression: "Kendra, you don't think I can't recognize you wearing a helmet, do you? Even if you are separated from each other,
Even with a wall, I can distinguish your breath of life."
When he said the last sentence, a triumphant look appeared on his bearded face.
Kendra Sanders, the Hawkgirl who was once one of the little giants of Zhenglian.
"Arthur, I never thought of hiding my identity from you. Everyone knows that someone can see my face directly. This dress mainly isolates dark energy radiation." Ms. Blackhawk glanced at Dachao specifically, "But now I do
I am the leader of the Black Hawk Squadron. 'Hawk Girl' became a thing of the past many years ago, and 'Ms. Black Hawk' is my true identity now."
"Many years? How do I remember that last year you and I, Dinah, shot promotional posters for Justice League together? You still insisted on spreading your wings, saying that men thought your wings were sexier than your breasts." Diana glanced at her.
Behind her, Eagle Girl was just like an ordinary person, with a bare back and no wings spread.
"It's not last year, it's the year before last, before the final crisis." Dinah frowned and looked at Ms. Black Hawk, "After the final crisis, she and Carter (Hawk Man) left without saying goodbye.
I just sent a message to the Hall of Justice saying that I was quitting the Justice League.
As of today, we have not seen you for almost two years."
"The situation is a bit complicated." Kendra, the Black Hawk lady, looked around at the old scientific research instruments and said, "This mountain is called 'Challenger Mountain'. You should have sensed that it is emitting strong energy radiation waves.
A huge energy storm is blowing around."
Standing outside, you can directly see purple-black energy lightning flashing over Challenger Mountain.
"Challenger Mountain? Kendra, you don't seem surprised at all by the current situation. Why? What secrets are you hiding from us?" Dachao said seriously.
"I mean, staying here for a long time is harmful to our health. It's better to talk somewhere else."
Kendra took her former Zhenglian teammates to a small island in the South Pacific.
"This is Black Hawk Island, a pocket dimension similar to Paradise Island, Dinosaur Island, and Nanda Mountain, or it can be regarded as a time-space wrinkle on the earth."
On Black Hawk Island, the heroes of Zhenglian saw many strange dinosaurs with bird wings.
There is a very sci-fi building in the center of the island, and there are many scientific researchers and training soldiers inside.
There is also a golden statue of Eagle Carter erected in the square, which looks quite old.
"I know about Paradise Island, Dinosaur Island, and Nanda Mountain. When the Crisis on Infinite Earth broke out, I saw with my own eyes the Naboo God King and the human gods and wizards used magic to blend the gaps in space and the turbulence of time together to form
The spectacular scene of Dinosaur Island, but I only knew about Black Hawk Island today." Dachao looked at Kendra, feeling more and more strange that she had become strange.
They had only been separated for two years. They had fought together for more than ten years. Now they were face to face, eye to eye, but there was almost no feeling of familiarity.
"The Black Hawk Squadron is a secret 'Guardian Team'. Their course of action is to protect mankind and eliminate darkness. The history is longer than the existence of the United States, and their leaders have always been Kendra and Carter." Bateman
His eyes were complicated.
Dachao asked in surprise: "What do you mean? Kendra and Carter have been disguising themselves and deceiving us before?"
Neptune asked doubtfully: "Did you know about the 'Black Hawk Squadron' before today?"
"The reason why I know them is because they have been secretly tracking me for the past two years. Their actions aroused my alertness, and I was eventually traced to Black Hawk Island and learned about the existence of the Black Hawk Squadron."
Bateman looked at the short-haired black girl Kendra and said hesitantly: "Do you understand the impact of the restart of the world on your personal timeline?
Have you and Carter ever thought that your lives and memories were distorted in the final crisis?"
"Ah, Kendra and Carter's timeline has been restarted?" the heroes exclaimed.
While they were surprised, a look of surprise gradually appeared on their faces.
"Kendra, why didn't you tell us? Tell us earlier and go to Harley earlier to minimize the impact! With her ability, she should be able to help you find the past timeline." Dinah said.
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In the final crisis, the fifth world completely underwent a big reset. The dead Heavenly Father, Darkseid, returned, and the material universe was slightly affected.
After all, Darkseid conducted an equation argument in the main universe that "everything belongs to Darkseid". The material basis and laws of the universe have become part of Darkseid and need to be restarted and repaired.
However, most ordinary people were not affected at all. On the contrary, the subsequent "Flashpoint Incident" and the restart of the Flashpoint world had a greater impact on the timeline of people on earth.
"I know about reboots, and I know that reboots may distort the reality of the world and change some people's timelines, but please believe me, Carter and I are just returning to our truest selves.
It’s you, all of you, who are really being distorted by the reboot’s perception and timeline!” Kendra said with a serious expression.
Seeing their suspicious eyes and hesitant expressions, and hesitating to speak several times, she asked again: "Is the Era of the God of War real history?"
"The Era of the God of War is real, but the truth about it is known to people all over the world. Didn't you watch the news?
Louise also made a special series about the Era of the God of War, which lasted for 45 episodes. The ins and outs, cause and effect, impact and results were all explained in great detail," said Diana.
Kendra said: "No matter what the truth of the Martial God King's era is, it is extremely real to all of us on this timeline.
Since it is absolutely true and has a huge impact on history, ask yourself, have you ever truly regarded it as history?
There are ruins of King Wushen everywhere on the earth. Do you still remember the experience of learning the history of King Wushen in class when you were a child?
Especially you, Diana.
They were born late, too far away from the era of King Wushen, so they may regard King Wushen as a myth.
But you are a god yourself and have lived for eight thousand years. Your mother even experienced the era of the God of War herself and is very aware of the battle between humans and gods back then. Did she ever tell you about it?
But after meeting Harley, have you ever had the same strange feeling as meeting a legend?"
Diana looked at her with a hint of pity in her eyes.
This is a standard patient with "restart syndrome"!
Stubborn, unrepentant, plausible, unable to persuade
"Although the Martial God King Era is real, I already existed before this timeline. I still remember everything on the real timeline, so naturally I will not be affected by the new timeline."
Kendra shook his head and said: "How can it not be affected? The Era of the God of War is today's reality. When you live in this reality, every minute and every second, everything you experience is affected by the real history of the past.
Otherwise, how do you think Challenger Mountain came about?"
"What I was about to say." Neptune seemed to have been holding it in for a long time and was finally released, "We can talk about the restart later. The key now is Challenger Mountain.
Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured in one fell swoop, the United States was shocked, the world was in turmoil, and people were quarreling online.
Only by announcing the truth as soon as possible can we appease people's hearts."
"Maybe the truth will only bring greater panic."
Kendra sighed and said, "However, I won't hide anything from you.
You all know the history of Carter and me. Thousands of years ago, we reincarnated on the earth. He was the son of Khufu, the pharaoh of the 19th dynasty of ancient Egypt. I was his wife. The wizards Naboo and Shazam also served us. What do you think?
But, our souls appeared earlier."
Dinah said: "Don't you think about it? We know the history and customs of the Senagon people very well.
Your souls have been imbued with N metal, and you can reincarnate indefinitely.
Many Senagon people choose to reincarnate in other civilizations to experience more colorful cultures and collect more scientific and technological knowledge.
The Senagon people have hardly done any scientific research on their own, but through reincarnation with memories, they have forcibly elevated a primitive civilization with serious religious worship to the top of the universe.
However, all benefits come at a price. You have not experienced hard self-struggle, your achievements have come too easily, and your spiritual civilization has failed to keep up with the development of society.
Some people who choose reincarnation are well-informed, broad-minded and trendy in their thinking.
The people who have been reincarnated inside the planet Senagon have conservative ideas and are conservative in their ways. They have entered advanced civilizations, and they are still practicing the most primitive religious worship.
What I worship is the great devil of hell, blood, cruelty, and depravity.”
"Don't go too far." Arthur, the king of the sea, patted her arm.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to ridicule you, I just felt sorry for you." Dinah sighed.
She personally experienced the "Rann-Senagon War" and saw with her own eyes the whole process of the demon Onyma destroying the Senagan civilization, and she was deeply moved.
Many years have passed since the war that year. Not to mention that Lann has recovered as before, at least his position as the overlord of the galaxy has not been shaken at all.
Senagon, who had obviously suffered less losses on the battlefield, was almost in a state of collapse, and he still hasn't recovered his breath.
"To be honest, I identify more with my identity as an Earthling." Kendra looked calm and did not feel offended. "What I want to say is that before Khufu and Triaya, Carter and I have been reincarnated in this world.
Earth, the Earth of ancient times.”
"So?" Dachao looked puzzled, "Carter also said that he was once a Kryptonian. What does your reincarnation have to do with Challenger Mountain?"
Bateman's eyes flashed slightly, and there was a hint of shock in his low voice, "Your previous life was also in the era of the Martial God King?"
Kendra nodded lightly, "Carter and I have witnessed the afterglow of the Martial God King era. At that time, the war between humans and gods had ended, and even the human Martial God inspectors had almost disappeared.
Do you know about the Martial God Inspector? He is a human Martial God who rides an alien motorcycle to patrol the human tribe."
Dinah said strangely: "Of course I know that Oliver has been a human patrol for tens of thousands of years, so that after he returned to modern times, he didn't like patrolling the streets very much.
Almost every superhero likes to patrol the streets. He used to patrol the streets every day, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't patrol once a day.
Now he prefers to lie on the sofa and play games while being distracted and serving as a technical director for Team Arrow.
He said that he used to patrol the entire earth, and even enter the solar system and various other dimensions. The enemies he guarded against were gods and demons, which was very majestic and gave him a sense of accomplishment.
Now I'm patrolling a small city and just arresting some human villains, which really doesn't bring much interest."
"When Carter and I reincarnated to Earth, the patrol system had been cancelled, and the human God of War would only leave the God of War from time to time. In addition, we had also heard of the famous name of 'Dead-Eyed Yi' and heard that he had fallen into a deep sleep." Ken
Derla Road.
"Then what?" Dachao asked.
Kendra glanced at Batman, "At the beginning, there were four major human tribes in the western continent of North America, namely the bird tribe, the bear tribe, the wolf tribe, and the bat tribe that emerged later. Kent and I became the leaders of the bird tribe."
"I seem to have heard about the Bat tribe from Oliver." Dinah recalled.
Kendra continued to stare at Bateman, "The Bat Tribe had a protracted war with the three major tribes, but later some members of the Bat Tribe broke away from the original tribe and joined the Bird Tribe.
They don't really want to integrate into the Bird Tribe, they just want to pollute the spirit and thoughts of the Bird Tribe.
They spread the belief in a terrifying demon among the bird tribe, and the symbol of that demon is a huge and terrifying bat.
It is the source of all the subsequent disasters for mankind for tens of thousands of years, and it is also the darkness that is about to come."
"Am I related to the Bat Tribe and the Bat Demon?" Bateman asked directly.
"You created the Bat Tribe, and the descendants you left behind in the Bat Tribe are the priests who serve the Bat Demon, and are also the 'Judas' who infiltrated the Bird Tribe. You and the Bat Demon are inextricably linked to each other," Kendra said.
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"I don't remember the detailed experience of traveling through the Martial King Era, but Harley knows it and Oliver knows it. They all said that I only stayed in the Martial King Era for a few days.
I haven’t had a relationship with any female savage, so there’s no way I could leave any descendants.” Bateman said.
"Among the sacred objects enshrined by the Bat tribe are your bat uniform and belt, and the universal belt also contains your weapons, such as batarangs.
Their reverence for you is almost as much as that of the bat devil, and they regard you as the messenger of the bat devil.
As for the descendants who all have ancestors, have you ever thought that your ancestors come from the bat tribe? You are even the ancestor of your ancestors."
All the heroes were stunned.
"Kendra, do you know what you are talking about? Bateman gave birth to a child with an ancient man, and that child is Bateman's ancestor? That's ridiculous."
"My mind is very clear. Batman not only traveled to 50,000 years ago, he drifted on the river of time and appeared many times at different points in time.
Have you ever seen a stone falling into water? At first, the stone was very powerful and the distance between the landing points was very far. Then the distance became shorter and shorter, and finally fell into the water.
Bateman appeared very few times before and in the middle period of the Martial God King Era, maybe only once or twice?
The closer we get to 'modern times', the more frequently he appears, traveling through the world once every few decades or more than ten years.
Harley and Oliver don't know what happened in the time close to the 'modern' time, and they have already fallen into 'sleep'." Kendra said.
"Do you have evidence?" Bateman's expression remained calm.
"There is no conclusive evidence, but Carter has studied many ancient murals and legends. In almost every incident, you have interacted with bat demons and bat tribes. If you are interested, I can introduce them to you one by one."
Kendra said as she led the heroes into Eagle Carter's storage room.
There are many ancient utensils placed inside, and there are also yellowed old photos or hand-painted murals hanging on the walls.
Bateman's "black bat logo" is indeed visible in several of the drawings.
Kendra also opened the drawer and took out a "diary" that was thicker than a dictionary. It contained Carter's records and collected materials.
"The struggle between the bird tribe and the bat tribe has lasted for many years. It should be said that mankind has never lacked heroes, and they have never given up fighting the darkness.
Because we have been entangled with the Bat Tribe and the Bat Priests, we were able to collect this information and know that you are so deeply involved with the Bat Tribe (ps)."
Dachao first turned on his super vision and looked at the "Carter Diary", then glanced at his good friend and said hesitantly: "Harry once said that the evil owl god may be targeting you.
Although your time travel is related to Omega rays, Darkseid has no special purpose."
Bateman frowned and looked through "Carter's Diary" without speaking.
Diana looked sideways at the contents of the diary for a while and asked: "Kendra, are the evil owl and the evil bat the same existence?"
Kendra shook her head, "I don't know much about the evil owl god. Carter and I died in the war between the bird tribe and the bat tribe, and were killed by the 'bat priest' of the bat tribe.
Later, we awakened this memory and began to inquire about the Bat Demon.
We need to find it, challenge it, and then completely eradicate its evil influence on mankind.
Challenger Mountain, which fell in Gotham at this time, was originally a small peak in the Rocky Mountains. Hundreds of years ago, Carter established a secret "hyperspace travel experimental base" in the heart of the mountain.
Didn’t you see the space capsule and the cryogenic chamber inside before?
That's for plane travel."
"The equipment in Challenger Mountain is indeed very old, as if it has many years of history, but did the earth have such advanced technology hundreds of years ago?" Dachao asked confused.
"First of all, Carter and I have memories of past lives, including life experiences on Krypton or other interstellar civilizations, and we have powerful scientific research technology.
Secondly, the earth is not as simple as you think.
Not to mention anything else, tens of thousands of years ago in the era of the God of War, human war god inspectors all rode space motorcycles.
After being enchanted by the prisoners of the old gods, those motorcycles can enter other dimensions and dimensional rifts to fight gods and demons.
When we excavated the ruins of King Wushen, we found many treasures.
It’s not just us. Many of the ancient emperors and overlords relied on the ‘Treasure of the King of Martial God’ to dominate the world.
During World War II, Heitler wanted to dominate the world by excavating the relics of the God of War. If it hadn't been for the rise of the Justice Society, he would have probably succeeded."
The corners of the mouths of the heroes twitched, and they felt extremely awkward. They wanted to complain loudly, but they opened their mouths several times but were speechless.
Because what she is talking about is the "real history" of this timeline.
Even today, relics from the War God King era can be found from all over the world. If you are lucky, you can dig up weapons that are more powerful than space battleships.
Some Middle Eastern and African warlord leaders relied on "relic weapons" to rise to power.
"Finally, we did not act alone. Shazam Wizard and Naboo both took into account the feelings of the old monarchs and ministers and provided us with a lot of help.
The energy source for entering the dark dimension is the N-metal power pump designed with the help of Shazam Wizard.
Other power sources cannot adapt to the environment of the dark dimension, and only the special energy extracted from N metal is effective.
In the end, as you can see, the entire Challenger Peak was moved to a different space, and it was only today that it fell back to the material world from the edge of the dark dimension, but I don’t know why it landed in Gotham.”
Kendra glanced at Bateman again, "Maybe Gotham is located directly under the dark dimension, which is where the Bat Demon finally descended.
When the dragon climbs out of the cave, rocks may fall at the foot of the mountain.
Those stones were originally at the entrance of the dragon's cave. When the dragon crawled, it took the stones out of the cave and rolled down to the foot of the mountain, hitting them right in the center of the valley village.
At this time, the alert villagers should have realized that the great terror was about to come."
"What do you want me to do?" Bateman closed "The Carter Diaries" and looked at Kendra and asked.
Kendra hesitated for a while, then took out a bundle of ancient parchment scrolls from the cabinet, "There is a legend recorded here that the bat demon in the darkness needs to use a human-shaped passage to enter the world.
Before that human being becomes a portal of darkness, he must first be fed five kinds of 'sacred metals', which is the ninth divine gold, through the priest of the bat demon.
The Bat-demon will seek out that human nightmare and take them all under his wing.”
"Look here!" Kendra pointed to an ancient word in the parchment, "It has appeared together with the dark bat demon many times. It means a movable container, a -"
"Carriage? The word is wagon." Diana said.
Kendra said calmly: "I think it's Wayne."
Dachao said harshly: "If we want to prevent the dark bat demon from coming, we must destroy the human-shaped door?"
"Only by feeding five kinds of metals can a door become a door. Batman, go to Heaven Mountain quickly and hide in God's house. No one can hurt you.
Although Harley has left, we can contact Ivy in Paradise Mountain and ask her to take Bateman to heaven in the Archimedes airship." Neptune said.
"The Archimedes airship is on Earth, and Harley left it with Rachel." Dinah said.
"That's better."
Kendra said: "I originally planned to let Bateman stay on Black Hawk Island and let us protect him, but if he can go to Paradise Mountain, it should be safer than Black Hawk Island."
Bateman fell asleep for a moment and said: "A Challenger Mountain can fall from the dark dimension today, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? We must completely solve this problem."
"You go to Heaven Mountain, and we will solve the cracks in the dark dimension." Da Chao said.
"No, I can't escape."
At this moment, Diana moved her fingers away from Da Chao's eyebrows and asked, "Have you sorted out your memories?"
"Alas, Bateman should have gone to Heaven Mountain earlier." Dachao opened his eyes and sighed.
"I can't go. The moment Harley leaves, heaven will immediately close down." Diana said.
Da Chao was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "How do you know? Didn't the Keeper Dog System persist for several days?"
"Baitman told me that he is a destined person and cannot enter Paradise Mountain."
Dachao was silent for a moment and said: "Now let's go to Gotham. I can hear Barbatos laughing and screaming. Maybe Bateman is there too."
"We shouldn't be its opponents, at least not right now." Diana hesitated.
"Barbatos is laughing at us. He knows that we have come down from the human tower and the Dark Knights are coming here.
And there are only two of us free in this world. We have nowhere to go, no way to escape, and we don’t know what backup plan Harley has left, but now we can only fight to the death."
Da Chao looked up at the sky. The sky was filled with dark clouds and there was no trace of the sun.
"I'll go up first to replenish energy." He took Diana and flew into the sky.