Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 9: Questions from the Trajectory Series: How to become friends with strangers the fastest?
When Mason returned to the Scarlet Castle, a vampire-style banquet was being held.
This is a ceremony that Countess Emilia uses to entertain other vampire elders. It is held every month to show the vampires' transcendent status and external solidarity in this medieval world.
Of course, there are also some vampire-style activities after the banquet, such as the first embrace, blood transfusion, and traditional pastimes such as discussing conspiracies that cannot be discussed in the open in the black room.
Tonight's banquet is as luxurious as usual, but for those who are interested, the significance of this event is no less than "The Last Supper".
"This is their last chance. I wonder if these medieval vampires who pretend to be elegant can understand this."
In a room where magic could be used to overlook the entire banquet hall, Ertong, with his arms folded, whispered to Zha Kang beside him:
"The Countess has decided to take action. As we act, the world will be cleansed. Unfortunately, it seems that not all vampires are as wise as Lady Emilia."
"What stupid shit are you talking about? Did you throw your brains out when you were fighting that vampire girl last night?"
With a vicious tone, Zha Kang blew out a smoke ring and looked at the magic mirror in front of him that reflected the scene of the banquet hall with a cold look. He said casually:
"From what I know about vampires, Emilia is the most abnormal one! These guys were born in evil and darkness. It is their nature to play tricks and cling to destructive power.
What normal vampire would follow Mason and pursue truth, goodness and beauty with us?
Is that still called a vampire?
But what you said is indeed right. Tonight is the last chance for these old men and women. If they can't see the situation clearly, then we will have to do something very bad to them.
For example, what our captain just did...
To cruelly take a newborn baby away from his parents and claim that it is all for the good of the child, well, it's horrifying to even just hear about this kind of evil thing."
The handsome wizard in a vampire-style robe turned around and nodded to Mason who appeared from the teleportation light. His movements were elegant and full of a gloomy feeling unique to dark aliens.
"I used to think you were Batman's best apprentice, but now I finally understand that you are the absolute enemy of countless Batboys in countless parallel worlds."
Zha Kang said in an exaggerated tone:
"Not only have you snatched our Batman's son and made him your subordinate, but now you're even trying to snatch someone else's child to raise. Can't you bear to see poor Bruce Wayne's family be complete?
Do you want the child to have your last name in the future?"
"Shut up, this is just a strategy."
Mason walked down from the Mobius chair unhappily, releasing the four time stasis capsules in his bag and said to Zha Kang:
“You have no idea how dangerous the Justice Lords are. They designed a device very similar to the World Gate under the Batcave. It is now completed and is in the testing phase.
That thing can open a channel to a predetermined plane. I strongly suspect that they got inspiration from the technology of the Mother Box and the Conqueror.
They are clearly preparing for both situations.
If we hadn't appeared at this time, the most likely outcome would be that Lord Superman would lead the Lords of Justice to defend that world and fight the Conqueror to the death. At the same time, Gray Bat and the Queen of Justice would lead the rest of the people to another world.
They are sharp swords tempered by war, and their "immigration" work will never be carried out in a peaceful manner.
Do you know what this means?"
"A new, more potential and more dangerous prototype of the Star Society is being born? Perhaps I should call this group a perfect combination of the Star Society and the Conquerors?
That sounds cool! Can I get a ticket?"
Zha Kang grinned, blew a smoke ring, and didn't care about this damn situation at all. He spread his hands and said:
"This is the fourth round of attacks, Captain. Apart from those well-protected garden worlds, which other worlds have survived to this day are the most frugal?
I would be surprised if they couldn't develop such technology."
"The Justice Lords have met Mason."
Ertong, who was standing next to him, was holding Alice's sword and said sadly:
"The fact that they have such technological capabilities means that they have mastered the technology to lock planes. Maybe through certain characteristics of Mason, they can lock onto the Gotham world and invade it.
This is indeed a dangerous state of affairs.
But I believe we can prevent this worst-case scenario.”
"It seems that even you think our Master Mason is omnipotent. What a pity."
Zha Kang complained:
"Coming to a medieval world for vacation and ending up having to work my ass off again is not the career path I had planned for myself when I was young. I guess I got on the wrong ship.
So, my mighty captain, what will you ask your poor Constantine to do for you?"
"Just shut up, I don't ask for anything else."
Mason replied venomously, and warned Ertong:
"Barbara brought back a group of Conqueror rookies who I had recruited. Go talk to them and re-arm them. Lead them until Emilia takes action, and then they will lead the way into the Conqueror base."
"I'm fine!"
Ertong asked straightforwardly:
"But what's the mode of action? Annihilation? Or capture alive? I see you're very interested in these mutant clones."
"Fire a warning shot the first time, and kill any more resistance."
Mason took off his coat, flexed his fingers and said:
“We are not here to do charity!
My interest in them does not mean that they have any privileges. Since it is a mutant affair, I have applied for assistance from Utopia, and an Alpha Sentinel commando team will join when the war breaks out.
Barbara will be in charge of commanding them and cooperating with you.
As for you, John, you and Charles should follow Emilia. I will go to the Lord's World myself, so you don't have to participate, lest you be held hostage by those Lords.
Those guys are absolute pragmatists, and I believe they are capable of doing this.”
"I understand."
Ertong was very satisfied with the order. He turned around and left with his sword. Zha Kang did not object to staying in this low-intensity world and waiting for an opportunity to blow up the Conqueror's military station in this world.
But before leaving, this guy whispered:
"Can you handle them alone? My suggestion is to prepare a trump card or something."
"I'm not preparing for this, am I?"
Mason pointed at the four jars in front of him. The Lightning Family members inside were suspended in a rather funny posture. He stroked his chin and looked at them, then said to Zha Kang:
"How's your practice in the mirror dimension going?"
"It's absolutely no problem to fish you out at the critical moment."
The sao man chuckled, put his hands behind his back and left the room, leaving the space for conversation to Mason and the four members of the Lightning Family.
After the door was closed, the captain first activated an engineering workbench, and then took out the "fish tank" that was given to him as the "Star Devourer".
The purple light inside shines with a crystal-like luster. This is the state of Uncle Tun's cosmic energy after being highly concentrated.
Mason stared at the ball of energy, then took one last look at the blueprint with the help of the Mobius chair before pulling out a specialized device designed to focus and extract energy.
As he started to get busy, he snapped his fingers to deactivate the four time stasis chambers. At the moment the thick glass was opened at the same time, three figures pounced on Mason, obviously trying to capture him.
But Mason pretended not to see it.
His busy movements didn't lose any shape, and just before the three speedsters could attack Mason, Wally West rushed over and pushed his family and friends out.
The Flash leader opened his arms and stood in front of Mason, scolding the three companions in front of him:
"Stop! Don't go near him!"
"Wally!"
Free beauty Jessie Quick widened her eyes and scolded:
"Are you crazy? Or have you been brainwashed? That guy attacked us, he is a dangerous villain!"
White Wally's daughter Little Iris and his cousin Black Wally also looked at him with confusion, but Wally was very clear-headed. As the successor after Barry Allen's death, he had learned to judge the situation under the constant teaching of Gray Bat.
He said to his family and companions very seriously:
"I'm not crazy, and I'm not protecting him, I'm protecting you!"
"He did the right thing, girls and boys, listen to Wally."
Mason manipulated the special material probe to enter the Star Devouring Energy, maintaining accurate energy absorption, while explaining without raising his head:
"I am performing a very dangerous engineering operation, preparing to make myself a little defensive weapon, and this ball of cosmic energy in my hand is very unstable.
If it encounters interference from an external force like the Speed Force, it is very likely to explode."
"To be precise, the explosion probability is 13.75%, which is not high."
Mobius's "machine soul" floating next to Mason explained calmly:
“But considering the destructive power of Galactus’ energy, once the explosion is triggered, you and the world beneath your feet will be reduced to the humblest stardust within a ten-thousandth of a second.
But instead of thinking about being blown to death, you should be more worried about being 'melted' after getting close to the energy of Galactus. If Mr. Wally had stopped you 7 milliseconds later, you would be meeting your family members in the form of black and white photos now.
Speedsters, this universe is filled with dangerous forces that you don't understand. My advice to you is, don't act rashly.
Even without the Speed Force armor has nine ways to kill you!"
“You can try it!”
Little Iris, the little girl with twin ponytails and wearing flight goggles, snorted in dissatisfaction, but under her father's glare, she shut her mouth obediently.
Wally West turned around and looked at Mason behind him, who was unmoved by the outside world.
He said:
"I heard your conversation with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman just now. You let me hear it on purpose, right? You said you wanted to start a unique cooperation with the Flash family?
In what specific aspects? "
"Mobius!"
Mason ordered.
His chair, which was very smart and had its own unique personality, immediately popped out a document and projected it in front of Wally West in the form of interactive optical projection.
The speedster sees things very quickly. In just a blink of an eye, Wally finished reading the contents of the document and was shocked.
"This Speed Force Matrix...is simply a miracle!"
He exclaimed:
"I never thought that the Speed Force could be operated in this way. And the model and advanced application of the cosmic treadmill you posted at the end is a device specifically used for super-time and space teleportation!
Do you have anything real in your hands?"
"have!"
Mason glanced at him and said:
"But I can't give it to you now. After all, you are a member of the Justice Lords. To be frank, I still don't trust you. But I know someone who can convince you. I gave you a hyperspace coordinate at the end of the document just now.
Run towards it, you have three days to make the round trip.
If you are late, you will miss out on what I want to do together with the Lords of Justice."
"That means I have to travel through most of the parallel world system and avoid being hunted down by the conquerors."
Wally scratched his messy hair and said:
"You can't just let me run away. You have to tell me what's waiting for me over there, right?"
"Who do you want to meet the most? And who led you down this path?"
Mason glanced at him and said gently:
"Don't you want to see your poor uncle who was murdered by Luther before he married your Aunt Iris? Don't you want to give him a surprise?
Our Barry Allen is not even older than you. If they really meet, he will have to call you brother."
"cool!"
Wally West laughed and was immediately attracted.
He wasn't really so naive as to believe Mason's lies.
The main reason was that he had just heard the conversation between Mason and the three Lords of Justice. He thought that if Gray Bat was willing to give Mason a chance, then he could trust him during these three days.
So he turned around and gave a few instructions to his daughter and cousin, and told his good friend Jesse Quick to take good care of the two children. Then he turned around, opened the speed force channel, and ran towards the space-time coordinates of Osborne Tower given by Mason.
After Wally West left, Mason's engineering gadgets were coming to an end.
A purple light spot the size of a match head was attached to his energy probe. He took out the retro-style lighter he carried with him and placed the light spot into a preset space.
A few seconds later, when Mason held the lighter and flipped the button, the ignited flame turned into a strange purple.
"cool."
Mason exclaimed in admiration, lowered his head and used this thing to light a cigarette for himself.
When the first wisp of smoke rose, Jesse Quick, who was watching the scene, said in surprise:
"You went to so much trouble and used such dangerous cosmic energy, but after all your hard work, you ended up making yourself a lighter?
Um, although it may be rude to ask this, sir, are you a psychopath? "
"No, I'm not, but my girlfriend is. Does this truth bother you?"
Mason waved his hand and played with the lighter infused with the energy of the Devouring Star. A long string of information labels came into view as the lighter danced at his fingertips:
Star Eater Retro Lighter
Quality: Legendary Engineering Creation, Perfect Craftsmanship
Effect:
Pressing the lighter produces a purple flame as noble and flawless as Uncle Tun's, completing a classic and chic cigarette lighting action to become the coolest guy in the crowd.
Or you can activate the star-swallowing energy contained in the lighter and release it once or multiple times along the direction of the ignition port.
warn!
This item is designed as an ultimate eraser, so its destructive power depends on the user's mental state, with an upper limit of [planet crushing] and a lower limit of [lit tobacco].
warn!
The material of this item cannot withstand the one-time release of Galactus' energy, so at its highest destructive power, this item is considered [Disposable].
Producer: Mason Cooper
Item Description: Another name for it is "The Not-So-Ultimate Eraser". The fact that you can make this thing fully proves that you have extraordinary talent in the counterfeit dealer business and have already achieved a certain status. Perhaps you should be given the title of "King of Junk Man and Counterfeit Dealers"?
"Why are you staring at me, little girl?"
Mason looked back at little Iris West, who was wearing goggles, and said with a smile:
"Come and call me brother, and I'll give you some candy. It tastes like nothing you've ever tasted before."
"Mom told me not to play with bad guys like you."
After Daddy left, little Iris was obviously timid and hid behind Aunt Jesse. Black Wally, who was as strong as a calf, was not afraid, but he did not continue to provoke Mason.
The captain looked at the three speedsters in front of him, rolled his eyes, and put on a smiling expression, just like a weird uncle tempting children to see goldfish.
He said:
"Wally won't be back for three days. Do you want to follow me and do something interesting? Anyway, you can't go back to the Lord's World now, so you're just sitting there doing nothing."
"How do you know we can't go back?"
Jesse Quick said unhappily:
"I can also open a speed force channel that goes through two dimensions!"
"Yes, you can, but your speed force is different from other speedsters. This is a little secret of the Quick family. Unfortunately, I know it as well as you do.
Dear Jesse, you are not 100% sure that you can safely pass through the plane, so let's make a deal."
Mason twirled the lighter between his fingers, snapped his fingers with his other hand, and said:
“Give me the speed formula left by your father Johnny Quick, and I will take you to do something that you reserve justice lords have always wanted to do but have never been able to do.
By the way, I would like to express my position on behalf of those difficult justice lords behind you. I think having enemies with you may help us become friends faster, just like the best way for new employees to integrate into the environment is to complain about the company's stupid system with the old birds.
I mean, if you guys aren't busy, why don't we plan on killing a few Conquistadors for fun?"
