Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 77 I guessed it when you programmed the charge order for my ship! Bastard!
"The great dark lord took pity on your attempt here, and he ordered his loyal servants to bring you good news of mercy."
On Paradise Island, beneath the statues of the Olympian gods, Wonder Woman looked warily at the white-haired old woman in front of her, who was wearing Apocalypse armor, holding a dark battle flag, and guarded by two elite goddesses of vengeance.
The latter is nicknamed "Kind Grandma". The nickname sounds kind, but in fact, she has a face full of flesh and no magnetic personality at all.
She is a servant of the Dark Lord and holds a very high leadership position in the war system of Apokolips. In the past, her appearance on Earth meant the beginning of a new conquest, and the Justice League often had to pay a huge price to defeat the Nemesis team led by her.
But this time, this notorious warmongerer was uncharacteristically calm.
In front of the Batman projected by the communicator in the woman's hand, the kind grandmother maintained her usual false gentle disguise, staring at the expressionless master with her cunning and vicious eyes, and said:
"The Dark Lord will not wage war against you at this time. The Great Lord believes that your attempt is beneficial to the great cause of Apocalypse, which will conquer all things. Therefore, after far-sighted thinking, he decided to give you some help.
The Earth will be temporarily regarded as a vassal of Apocalypse!
Before this impact is over, any war launched against Earth will be seen as a provocation to Apocalypse and the Dark Lord. His invincible army has set out into your dimension, and the bravest demons will carry out the Dark Lord's will.
You are safe.
At least until you succeed, you are safe, but if you let him down... well, you have no chance of letting him down, your failure will bury you, even without the great Dark Lord himself having to do it.
Rude guys!
Why don't you kneel down and thank the Dark Lord for his supreme grace?"
These words made Wonder Woman's eyes widen.
She looked at the projection of the master, who maintained his image and did not respond. As for kneeling down to express gratitude, was it possible that the kind grandmother in front of her was living in a dream?
In fact, the master has enough reason to believe that the last remark was added by the white-haired and dramatic commander in front of him. Given Darkseid's style, he would not do such useless things since he has decided to grant asylum.
The Justice League knows all too well the ways of this powerful villain who has put them to death several times.
"Thank you for the Dark Lord's assistance."
The master said calmly:
"This will save us a lot of unnecessary pressure, although most of the pressure actually comes from him. But I am still curious about the reasons that drove the Dark Lord to make this decision that goes against his usual style.
Is it just because he also wants to survive the crisis of universe change? "
"Haha, the foolish thoughts of mortals."
The kind grandmother sneered:
"We, the New God of Apocalypse, live in the fourth dimension, outside of all time, space, and the physical universe. Your so-called impact has no impact on the safety of the great dark lord and his loyal servants.
Even if the existing multidimensional system collapses completely, Apocalypse will still be safe.
But the impact of this power tremor originating from the source of the universe did arouse the curiosity of the great monarch, and over the past seventeen years he has been using his supreme wisdom to explore the root cause of this phenomenon.
The Dark Lord is willing to protect you at this time only because he has found a new target of . A single starry sky can no longer satisfy the great monarch's supreme desire. A stable universe formed by the fusion of many planes is worthy of his grand ambition.
He wants to see you do the impossible, and that makes him feel happy.
That's all.
Your limited wisdom cannot understand the thoughts of the great monarch, so don't try to think in a similar way, it's really laughable. Just do what you should do.
Those fools who want to disrupt this attempt will be punished by the supreme power of the Dark Lord, but you must not let him down! Otherwise, what awaits you will be a fate worse than death. "
After saying this, the arrogant dark servant waved the flag in his hand on the ground, and a precise sonic boom channel was opened to break the dimension and pull them back to Apocalypse, leaving dark burning runes on the ground.
"Do you believe Darkseid will help us with this?"
Wonder Woman walked to the Master's projection and asked:
“It sounds so magical and incredible.”
"It's not difficult to understand, Diana. The kind grandmother has already explained it very clearly. The impact will indeed not affect Apocalypse, but the changes in the universe after the impact originate from the source of all things. That is the doomsday moment that even the dark lord living in the fourth dimension cannot resist."
The master shook his head and said:
"Don't let her words distract you from your thoughts. Darkseid is helping us only because his interests are aligned with ours at the moment. This is actually good news."
"Um?"
The heroine looked at Batman in surprise, and the latter whispered:
"This shows that Darkseid also recognized Mason's theory of plane fusion, which can help revitalize this dying universe. But if we have new friends, we will definitely have new enemies."
He looked up at the calm sky where the shadow of the garden world opposite was reflected. The reflection cast by the connecting world bridge was like a towering tower.
Wonder Woman hadn't yet understood the true meaning of the old man's worried words when she heard them, and then she saw a green arc of light flashing over, falling from the sky and hovering in front of the two of them.
Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of this world, said to his companions with a grim expression:
"Sorry, guys, the Green Lantern Corps... just passed a resolution. The Guardians demand that Earth immediately stop the fusion process to prevent the entire plane from suffering irreversible safety risks.
They informed me to pass on this news to you that over 500 Lanterns have been mobilized to the Earth Sector."
The master was not surprised by this.
Diana behind him widened her eyes. At this moment, she understood what the master meant by "new enemy". This made the goddess of war very angry. She shouted:
"Darkseid can see the value of all this and choose to put down his hostility with us and provide protection! But the Green Lantern Corps, whose duty is to protect the stars, regards our resistance as an unstable factor and intends to intervene forcefully?
Are you serious?
Hal!
"Of course I'm serious! It was because I firmly rejected that resolution that the Lanterns came to Earth. I know what this means."
Hal Jordan clenched his fist, looked at the flashing light ring in his hand, and said:
"Hal II has been telling me that there is something wrong with the little blue men. He said that Mason told him that Mason has always believed that the little blue men who formed the Green Lantern Corps are the source of chaos in this universe.
I had suspected he had been brainwashed by Mason.
But now it seems that I am the one who is really confused.
Hal II and Mason have always been very rational, and his comments are very accurate. The little blue people cannot represent the will of the green lanterns at all. They are just a bunch of old and confused assholes.
I, Hal Jordan from Earth, choose to stand with my brothers and sisters!
I will guard the edge of the solar system with No. 2, and we will prevent those Lanterns from getting close to here."
"No, I don't need to."
The master's projection waved his hand to interrupt Hal's request for battle, and said in a firm tone:
"You and Diana should pack up and take the Second and Third Teams of the Justice League to Osborne Tower to assist in the war over there. The Cosmic Tuning Fork is there, and it is the absolute core of this plan and cannot be lost.
We already have the temporary protection of Apocalypse, so there won't be any major disturbances."
"But what about the lantern group?"
Hal asked back:
"The little blue men are mobilizing the universe! That's 7,200 Lanterns..."
"We have help."
Batman said this and the projection disappeared.
At the Isu Aurora facility's base in Gotham, Bruce Wayne stood up and took out a specially made disposable communication device from his belt.
This thing was made by Mason and secretly handed to him a few days ago. The built-in communication in it points to a specific coordinate deep in the starry sea. It can only be used once before it will be destroyed.
The master pressed the start button.
A few seconds later, the leader of the Yellow Lantern Corps, Fear Lantern Sinestro, appeared in front of Batman. Uncle Sinestro was still dressed in classic style, and his unique hairstyle and flirty mustache made him look serious and gloomy.
"You should fulfill your agreement!"
Batman said to Sam:
"The Green Lantern Corps is marching towards Earth. The defense system of Oa has been dismantled by the little blue people. They are afraid of our desperate struggle at this time and have lost their composure."
"Heh, Mason told me before that he would give me a chance to launch a surprise attack on Planet Oa in the future. I thought he was joking, but it turns out that he is indeed a magical little guy."
Uncle Sai's eyes lit up.
He reached out and touched the second Dim Lamp Ring on his left hand, next to the Fear Lamp Ring. The extinguishing ring that once belonged to the Dawn Lamp was now something he had practiced and mastered.
When there is a personal mark belonging to Mason on this Broken Lamp Ring, it is a "limiter" representing an agreement between Uncle Sam and Mason.
Only after the agreement is fully fulfilled will this magical Broken Lamp Ring belong to Sinestro forever.
The very determined Lord of Terror said to Batman:
"Then according to the agreement between him and me, the power of fear will sail to Oa today, and the good days of those little blue people who covered up their shameless past will end today.
You and we will both gain a crucial victory.
I don’t know what fate will happen to me and my Fear Walkers in the next era, but there is no doubt that there will be no more disgusting little blue people in the next era.
Ah, the good days are coming."
…
In the airspace of Osborne Tower, the war of invasion and defense has intensified. Various beams of light continuously shot down from the sky are mixed with messy bombs, almost plowing the wasteland of this world again.
The defenders are determined, but the invaders are just as determined.
They stubbornly believe that what the Earthlings are doing will blow up the entire starry sky, and they believe that they are doing the right thing. This may explain why even the Nova Corps, a force that has always been just, will join in the melee under this impact.
After the lower-level units' mutual attacks made no progress, those hidden individual forces also began to join the battle. The three consecutive underground Ark reactors were blown up, which made the old Green Goblin furious. While activating the backup energy device to charge the cosmic tuning fork in Attilan City, he shouted in the communication:
"Jack! Where the hell have you been with your spaceship? Come back here! Take over! I only have five backup energy sources, and I can't let them blow up the reactor again."
"I'm fighting ! Are you blind? My ship is almost out of ammunition!"
Captain Jack was also in a hurry.
He kept adjusting the direction of fire attack in the bridge of the Second Black Pearl. This aerospace carrier loaded with various weapons had become a firepower platform in the airspace, floating outside the city of Attilan and acting as a part of the destroyed city's defense system.
Any Chitauri assault boat that dared approach would suffer a devastating blow.
The enemy had too many people, and they were broken up into small groups and flying around in all directions, seriously dispersing the anti-aircraft firepower of the K Corps. There were too many places to guard, resulting in breaches everywhere in the entire defense line.
Although the current battle situation is still tense, the situation has improved after a steady stream of reinforcements from all sides were sent into the world.
Under the threat , the foreign fleet had been forced to retreat, and without firepower and manpower support from the rear, the vanguard that broke into the Osborne Tower had to retreat no matter how fierce it was.
Right in front of Captain Jack, there was a particularly huge Shi'ar Empire battleship pouring fire on the Inhuman City to cover the evacuation of teammates. Every shot of the particle weapons it was equipped with could cause huge damage to the suspended city.
The enemies have captured a huge energy reaction in this city, which makes them certain that this city definitely occupies an important position in the Earthlings' plans.
This is called attacking the enemy who must rescue.
"Support! I need support!"
Jack yelled over the comms system:
"Send everything that can fly into the sky! Attilan's city shield won't hold out for much longer... Hey! What are you doing?"
The captain was getting anxious and angry, but he suddenly saw that his shipboard host was quietly executing a special command that he had never been authorized to do.
This made Jack Sparrow's eyes widen, and he immediately realized something terrible.
"Don't charge! Asshole, our ship doesn't have an aerial ramming horn! Delaman! I order you to stop charging!"
"The ammunition depot is completely empty, and the efficiency of energy weapons has dropped below 30%. It will take at least 30 minutes to reload. How can we give you 30 minutes in the current battle situation?"
The carrier host Delaman responded with a sharp voice:
"According to my calculations, the best solution right now is to use a collision tactic! We must destroy that Shi'ar warship to ensure the safety of Attilan City.
Don't worry, Captain!
This machine is absolutely professional in the field of car crashes. I have planned the best collision route, which can absolutely guarantee that after a fierce collision, this arrogant enemy ship will sink into the Atlantic Ocean together with it!"
"No! That's not what I'm talking about! Although the battle situation is critical, we really don't need to do this. The support from K-Men is on the way, and the Atlantean's underwater ark has also surfaced.
Our manpower and firepower will be replenished soon!
Don't hit it!
We are in an advantageous position now, and we are not in a desperate situation at all. It really hasn't reached that point yet.
Please, don't hit me!"
Jack screamed and threw himself on his carrier's mainframe, punching and kicking it, but the charge program had already been activated, and Jack was thrown from his position and hit his command chair.
He felt like he was sitting in a madly accelerating sports car, and even had a terrifying feeling of being pushed on his back.
He watched his aerospace carrier complete a crazy acceleration from rest to maximum speed in less than 4 seconds in the air, and listened to the groaning and explosion of the carrier's engine under the heavy load. The captain, knowing that he was powerless to save the situation, shouted to the crazy carrier-borne main engine with a tone of despair:
"I finally figured it out. You just want to bump into me, right?"
"Captain, don't talk nonsense. The result of this machine's calculation is absolutely correct. Only crazy collision can ensure the smooth progress of the battle! Ding ding... This ship is executing a special suicide collision tactic. Please ask the friendly ships in front to avoid it immediately!"
Delaman's voice spread throughout the air. The voice of this free AI revealed a sense of excitement and joy, as well as the joy of a company dog about to get off work.
"It's great to work with you, Captain Jack, but Bartmos has already invited this machine. After this battle, this machine will be transferred to Unicron's planet to serve as the chief navigation AI of the Mechanical Kingdom.
This is our last collaboration, and I hope to leave a glorious mark on my career as a Battleship host.
Don't worry about losses.
This ship has already purchased commercial insurance for you in several worlds in advance, and the resources obtained from the compensation are enough for you to build three more motherships of the same level."
Ten seconds before the impact, Delaman sent his blessings and resignation to the pale-faced Captain Jack in a gentle voice. Then, when the catapult system was activated, all the staff on the mothership were ejected out of the danger zone.
Amid the howling screams of ghosts and wolves, Captain Jack cried while holding his magic bottle of Black Pearl like a hapless child who had been beaten several times.
He watched helplessly as his favorite aerospace carrier roared and crashed into the panicked Shi'ar warship like a road killer.
The latter were apparently caught off guard by this barbaric and ancient tactic.
The aliens might think that these primitive people on Earth are a little crazy. You are clearly in the upper hand in this situation! Is it really necessary to go to this extent?
Asshole! I'm going to leave work and retreat after this round!
Faced with the phase collision of the Second Black Pearl, the opponent clearly wanted to turn to avoid it, and reacted quickly to activate the protection matrix.
But Delaman is worthy of being an old driver of car crashes, and he predicted it in advance.
"Listen up, opposing warships! This ship has been ordered to ram you. Your meaningless lives and stubborn resistance will end today! Repent, Didi! I will ram you to death, you bastards!"
With Delaman's whistle and a thunderous explosion, the Second Black Pearl accurately plunged into the middle of the deck of the Shi'ar warship, and then poured all the last of the ship's firepower onto the enemy ship at close range.
A huge fireball flashed across the entire battlefield, and then the flying wreckage fell obliquely towards the ocean that was no longer calm. In the scattered firelight like a setting sun meteor, the black Atlantis Ark slowly rose above, and in the rolling of huge waves, the first round of covering bombardment cleared most of the falling objects in the sky.
This scene was captured by the rookie K-Men who had just entered the defense zone, and a group of mutant clones looked at each other in bewilderment.
Hey!
Has the situation here become so bad? Even the flagship of the vassal army is forced to launch such a suicide attack? But the news they received on the way should be that the two sides are in a stalemate and their side has the upper hand?
Tsk, is this how Mason's K team fights? Such a reckless fighting style is too exciting!
