Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 72 Don't panic if you encounter trouble, just restart first! If you can't solve it, change the machine
It is naturally a great feeling to be carried away by the Flash.
Especially after traveling nearly a thousand kilometers of road in twenty seconds at an immeasurable speed, even the knowledgeable Mason couldn't help but exclaim that this speed force is really convenient.
If the Flash could lower his status and join the express delivery and food delivery industry, it would only take a few minutes to build a business empire. If he worked harder to monopolize the global commercial transportation business, it would not be a problem for his assets to surpass the Wayne Group within a year.
However, this thing is indeed fast, but its comfort is indeed a little lacking.
Damian is okay.
After all, this little madman has received rigorous assassin training since childhood. His cerebellum has been trained to be extremely strong and can barely withstand the dizziness caused by speeding.
But Mason suffered.
He had no training in this area, and the Isu people's super senses seemed to become a negative BUFF. The perception that was several times sharper than that of ordinary people brought even more times the dizziness experience.
The moment the Flash let go of his hand, Mason covered his mouth and rushed to the coast under the dawn sunlight, where he lay and spit out a rainbow.
He felt dizzy as if the world was turning upside down before his eyes. The Sorting Hat on his head cast a restorative spell on him, which slightly relieved his churning stomach.
At this moment, the Isu ghost Consus also appeared beside Mason.
He held a virtual clipboard like a scholar, looking at Mason's dire situation and writing:
"My brother, it seems that the changes brought about by the Isu genes in your body have not yet completely covered certain fragile physiological characteristics of your human nature. Our super senses can be temporarily shut down in similar situations.
You should strengthen your training in this area and strengthen your nerves so that you can withstand this level of distress, otherwise, it may become a weakness for you."
"I guess Barry Allen is already documenting my situation so he can report it to Batman when he gets back, and then this will become part of the master's 'anti-Mason strategy'."
The young man took some time to wake himself up. With a pale face, he took out a pile of materials and placed them at hand. He clasped his hands together, and the alchemy array on his gloves flashed red, and a bottle of silver-gray potion appeared in his hands.
He twisted the cap and drank it all.
It was like a magical effect that immediately removed the [Imbalance] and [Dizziness] effects in the status bar of Mason's character card.
"Goat-horned demon decoction! It's the most commonly used potion by demon hunters who specialize in swordsmanship. I thought I wouldn't be able to use it, but I didn't expect it to have such a miraculous effect in this situation."
Mason stood up holding the bottle, took out his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, saying:
"It seems I need to always have this thing on hand to prevent bad guys from using it against me."
"Can you do this, Mason!"
Damian rarely saw Mason in such a state of disgrace, so he took the opportunity to taunt him wildly:
"As the captain of Team K, why are you still carsick? Isn't this a bit too embarrassing?"
"Try running around with Barry while your senses are fully activated!"
Mason said unhappily:
"You'll get numb even if you stomp on it."
"Don't waste time, come here!"
The old man had now found the enclosed entrance to the underground military base on the camouflaged stone wall. While setting up explosives to force a breakthrough, he looked out at a seaport in the distance.
From where everyone was standing, they could see that there was a ship preparing to leave the port, and many people in military uniforms were busy on the ship.
"Barry, go check it out."
Mason gave an order, and the Flash disappeared with a whoosh, returning a few minutes later. His injuries were obviously improving rapidly and no longer affected his speed.
"That is the research vessel of Lex Luthor, the chief scientific officer of the A.O.M.C., and they are heading to the deep sea to search for the 'doomsday weapon' mentioned in the Atlantean legend."
The best scout Flash reports:
"I entered the cabin and checked the logs. Their mission is to lock onto the Ark of Doom of the Undersea People to provide guidance for future military operations.
This base was established specifically to deal with this threat.
Although there are no more details on the ship, I estimate that some kind of "super weapon" created by human civilization against the Atlanteans should be found here.
The person in charge here is General Lian En..."
Barry Allen hesitated for a moment, then whispered to Mason and Damian:
"He is the father of Louise Lane in this world. She was also a journalist in this world. It is said that she was attacked by underwater people while reporting in Europe and disappeared in the disaster that submerged Europe."
"Is she an important person?"
The old man didn't quite understand why the Flash wanted to emphasize this female reporter, but Mason and Damian understood what Barry meant.
Mason nodded, without responding to the old man's question, but took out a special chip from his bag and inserted it into the PDA in his hand, then winked at the Flash.
As Thomas Wayne blew away the stone wall covering the entrance with a precise directional blast, Barry sprang into action.
He "infiltrated" the heavy military-grade closed door in front of him in an extremely unscientific way, and then within two minutes of the patient waiting of the three members of the "Bat Family", the door in front of him slowly opened.
It seems that Barry has taken control of the surveillance facilities in the underground base.
"The alien life form codenamed 'Guest' is underground! In the laboratory at the bottom level. Experimental records show that he has been locked up here for more than thirty years."
Xiao Shan reappeared beside Mason with a whoosh, holding a thick experiment record book in his hand, and said with a grim expression:
"For more than thirty years, the authorities have been conducting various experiments on him. There are more than fifty secret experimental projects derived from him alone, and most of them are related to human body modification.
They used him as a 'guinea pig'.
Hell, Mason, even if we rescue him, he won’t trust any human after what he’s experienced over the years… He might even regard us as enemies.”
"I wanted to ask this before."
The old man, holding the bat dart and moving forward cautiously, finally couldn't help but said in a hoarse voice:
"You all seem to be familiar with the alien imprisoned here? Who is he that makes you so concerned? You all seem to think he is the answer to all the problems at hand?"
"It's Superman, Thomas."
Damian took a look at Mason's expression and whispered to his grandfather from another world about the stories about Superman over there. The old man was stunned by what he heard.
This old man, whose heart was filled with anger and revenge, obviously did not believe that an alien would do so many great things to protect humanity.
This is exactly the same as the thinking of his son in another world.
"Mason! Look!"
As the four entered the next level of the underground base, Barry suddenly bumped Mason's arm and pointed forward.
Mason, who was adjusting the special program on his PDA, looked up and followed the direction of the Flash's finger. In a room that looked like a collection cabinet not far away, there was a blond young man in a pilot's uniform standing there.
He had his back to the crowd, staring at something in the glass case as if in a trance, and muttering to himself.
"That's Hal!"
Xiao Shan whispered:
"No doubt about it. I can be sure of it just by looking at his back. But he doesn't seem to have become a Lantern in this world?
I think we could probably talk to Hal, and if he's even a tenth as good as the Hal I know, we could convince him to help us."
"Just go and take a look and you'll know."
Mason blinked and gestured to the old man and Damian to split up, asking the grandfather and grandson to continue exploring downwards, while he and Barry quietly walked towards the direction of Hal Jordan in this world.
As a top pilot, Hal Jordan shouldn't have let his guard down so low.
But at this moment, he really seemed to be attracted by the things in front of him, so much so that he didn't even notice that Mason and Barry were behind him.
It was not until the two people's reflections were reflected in the glass cabinet in front of him that Hal was startled. He immediately tried to draw the pistol from his waist, but Mason held it down with his hand.
Little Flash covered Hal's mouth and persuaded him not to get excited.
The next moment, Mason and Flash both saw what was in the glass cabinet in front of them, and they instantly understood why Hal Jordan was in a trance here.
In the glass display case in front of the three people was a complete alien... or to be more precise, its remains. The alien's skin had become shriveled, obviously having been "wind-dried".
But it still wears the Green Lantern uniform that the Flash is very familiar with.
It's a Green Lantern!
Flash, who was very familiar with the story of Hal becoming the Green Lantern, seemed to understand it at this moment.
He looked at Hal Jordan beside him in surprise and said:
"Is this Abin Su? He died on Earth in this world, but why didn't his Green Lantern Ring find you? The fact that you were attracted to him proves that you still have the potential to become a Lantern."
"I refuse to answer any of your questions, intruder."
Hal, with his hands tied by Mason, was tough.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"You are entering a military base and you are breaking the law."
"Barry, it looks like your friend is tough."
Mason glanced around the display case and didn't find the Green Lantern Ring there, so he lost interest. He said to Flash:
“Tell him what he would have done in another world, try to awaken the heroic spirit in him, and convince him to help and stay here.
I have to go down.”
"Leave it to me."
Barry accepted the restraints on Hal Jordan and Mason stood up and strode to the next level.
Probably because the research ship was about to set sail, there were not many people in this base. Xiao Shan hacked into the surveillance here, allowing the old man and Dami's actions to go extremely smoothly. They knocked out researchers along the way.
But when Mason approached the bottom laboratory, he heard the sound of fierce gunfire.
He immediately moved forward to find a shelter and saw the grandfather and grandson in front of him fighting with a silver-gray cyborg.
That's Cyborg, this world's presidential advisor.
However, Mason immediately discovered that the Cyborg in front of him was much worse than his own.
He did achieve full-body semi-mechanized transformation, but there was no trace of the Mother Box of Apocalypse in his body. Without the core that brought essential improvements to Cyborg, the threat of this cyborg was much weaker on all levels.
For example, now, facing the joint suppression of Thomas and Damian, Cyborg was beaten back step by step and could only defend the entrance to the lowest laboratory.
The best part is, the Cyborg in this world seems to have some friendship with the old man...
"Thomas! Are you crazy? Why attack this base! This is not Gotham."
While Cyborg switched the weapons on his arms, he shouted in his signature mechanical voice:
"Cease fire! Perhaps we can talk."
"There's nothing to talk about."
The old man was even more powerful with the two kinetic pistols that Mason had given him as a gift. He used his flying claws to cross the crossfire area and landed on the other side of Cyborg under Damian's cover. He fired fiercely while saying:
"We need to take that alien underground! Someone told me he can save this world from extinction."
"No, he can't."
Steel retorted:
“He is very weak. Apart from being from outer space and having a body of steel, his strength is not as strong as you think. He even needs help to eat.
You've come to the wrong place!
If you really want to meet him, Thomas, join us.
The president has authorized me to form a new superpower team, and I urgently need someone like you to lead those young warriors."
"I say again, I'm not interested!"
With a speed that was totally inconsistent with that of a middle-aged man, the old man dodged the steel arm's rays and rushed in front of the robot. He raised his hand and shot through his outer armor with two shots. Then, he suppressed his "old friend" in place in the gun battle.
"You're just a researcher, Victor. This isn't your war, so stand aside!"
The old man's strong persuasion did not convince this loyal cyborg. Seeing that he could not solve the problem of the invaders by force, he prepared to use his data consciousness to take over the defense of the entire base and trap these invaders here.
However, Mason finally took action at this critical moment.
He activated the special program he had been debugging on the PDA fixed on his arm.
In the warning of the flickering red light, Cyborg, who was uploading his consciousness, immediately felt that an unknown program had invaded his cyborg body. He tried to resist but it was useless. The special program flashed through his thinking level like a sharp data steel knife.
The next moment, the steel-boned body stopped functioning, the eyes dimmed, and the metal brain exploded with a bang, and the headless corpse fell to the ground. This scene made the old man, whose hands were covered with engine oil and strange blood, stand there in a daze.
He squatted down to check on Victor Stone's condition. After a few seconds, he turned around and looked at Mason who had walked out of the bunker. He said coldly:
"You killed him?"
"In a conventional sense, I stripped him of his life and soul."
Mason waved his PDA, which was heating up abnormally, and explained:
"But believe it or not, old man, your old friend is now hiding in my personal computer like a data elf. This is my first time trying the 'Soul Killer' program, but it is really useful for these mechanical life forms."
As he spoke, Mason took out the special separation chip from the PDA, threw it to the old man, and said:
"I'm giving it to you as a souvenir. From today on, you have your own 'mechanical companion', old man, but don't just plug it into any connector you can find.
Creating a disembodied electronic ghost in this apocalyptic world is not a good idea.”
Mason borrowed Cyborg's high-authority ID card from Damian and swiped it on the elevator leading to the laboratory on the bottom floor. The elevator door opened and everyone walked in.
A few seconds later, they entered the deepest part of the base.
What came into view was a fully covered biological experiment cabin made of special transparent material, and inside it lay a skinny man.
He was wearing a white lab suit, and was so thin and weak that he could only crawl on the ground like a monkey. When he saw everyone coming in, his eyes were filled with undisguised fear and resistance.
He tried to curl up his body, buried his head under his arms, and carefully hid his disgust and hatred deep in his eyes.
“Is this the Superman of this world?”
Damian couldn't help but complain to Mason beside him when he saw this scene:
"Don't they ever feed him? How come he's so thin? His enviable good figure and big body are gone... Hey, Clark Kent!"
Da Mi walked to the front of the experimental cabin, knocked on the glass and shouted:
"We are here to save you, don't be afraid, we are not bad people."
"Don't call him that, that's not his name."
Mason stepped forward and corrected Damian's wrong call. He looked at the poor man trembling in front of him and pushed the lensless frame on his nose.
After a moment, he finally said the real name of the Kryptonian refugee in front of him.
"Hello, Farr Zod."
