Chapter 478: Bat's Past, Strong Will

He shook his head.

The Alpha Wolf Guard readied his great hammer again, infused with Spiritual Energy, repeated the steps that had smashed the first Doom Demon, and hammered the Doom Demon he had stunned with a palm into pieces.

Meanwhile, over at Xiao Li Hai Park, the pack of Alpha Wolves were all killing for fun.

After all, the Doom Demon's physical quality and stats finally matched those of their OriginalBody "bodyguards", allowing a fair fight!

The hammer‑wielding Alpha Wolf Guard, some of them cared only about the kill count and ignored the process of killing; it was clearly not as much of a "play" as the other brotherhoods.

For example, a Doom Demon that had broken free of its ice shackles, for some reason, charged straight at the stationary Fuguerimu, but as soon as it completed its initial leap, an Alpha Wolf punched and interrupted it.

Immediately after, the Alpha Wolf clad in what seemed a heavy, clumsy Terminator armor moved with uncanny agility, delivering a flurry of straight punches, swing punches, and hooks to the Doom Demon.

In contrast, the Doom Demon that endured the combo punches remained unharmed, shifting from passive taking hits to gradually adapting, then beginning to attempt a counterattack.

In less than two seconds, the Doom Demon had fully grasped the rhythm of the combo and successfully, and easily, blocked the Alpha Wolf's left straight punch.

When the Alpha Wolf swung a right swing punch, it was likewise seized by the Doom Demon's left hand, unable to advance any further.

Both sides were locked in a deadlock.

But the Alpha Wolf Guard's feet slowly retreated and sank into the sand, while the Doom Demon advanced steadily, indicating that in terms of strength, even with the Terminator's boost, the Alpha Wolf remained at a disadvantage.

"Heh… heh!"

Seeming to sense its upper hand, the simple‑minded Doom Demon let out a sickening laugh, making its already nauseous face even more twisted and grotesque.

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As for the helmeted Alpha Wolf whose visor flickered with a pale green light, it said nothing, and its expression was unreadable.

Just as the Doom Demon's eyes burst with red light, preparing to fire a laser to deal with what it considered a "weak opponent"…

"Hahaha!!" The disadvantaged Alpha Wolf, with a metallic‑sounding voice, laughed loudly: "Truly a premium toy! Impressive!!"

Smiling, the Alpha Wolf stepped back, then darted right, causing the Doom Demon to lose its balance in an instant; moreover, the Alpha Wolf seized the opportunity to deliver a left knee strike to the Doom Demon's abdomen.

"Puff!!"

The internal injury from that knee strike instantly made the Doom Demon spew fresh blood, indicating it was the first time the Doom Demon had suffered such an attack.

However, upon reconsideration, aside from the puppet Clark Kent and Diana, who was recuperating at the Advance Base, there were few on Zero Seven Earth capable of engaging the Doom Demon in hand‑to‑hand combat.

The Alpha Wolf was indeed weaker than the Doom Demon in raw strength, but it was testing; moreover, this Alpha Wolf was nearly two hundred years old, and with its experience could kill the Doom Demon.

Next.

The Doom Demon, no matter how strong or fast, still fell victim to the Alpha Wolf's "lifelong techniques"—whether a naked grapple or a back throw—essentially embodying the Space Wild Wolves' fondness for brawling, described with a "fiery exuberance".

Finally, after snapping the Doom Demon's neck, the Alpha Wolf deployed the Spiritual Energy claw mounted on its right arm, flooding it with overwhelming Spiritual Energy to slash it apart, burning it to ash.

Looking around.

All Doom Demons that rushed toward Arundon were annihilated by the Alpha Wolf Guards and pure Spiritual Energy beings; regardless, this bait battle gave the Alpha Wolves a proper fight.

Meanwhile, Fuguerimu never intervened; earlier, when he personally dealt with Doom Demons attacking the shelter, it was merely a test of their strength.

As he had initially thought, Gen Luo·Westgate, empowered by Spiritual Energy, along with the champion of the 13th Battalion, could eradicate the Doom Demon; moreover, their strength ranked just below the OriginalBody's Honor Guard within the legion.

After eliminating the greatest threat, the Doom Demon, the Alpha Wolves lost all interest in the tens of thousands of "late‑coming" demons.

But to avoid wasting ammunition and for efficiency, the Alpha Wolves ordered the Frost Dragon to unleash another ice‑storm.

"One‑click clear screen".

Having completed the bait mission, they learned that Sarah Kerrigan had successfully seized the Krypton Meteorite and, incidentally, captured Bruce Wayne.

Thus, Fuguerimu's party no longer lingered, activated short‑range teleportation, and returned directly to the still‑cloaked Advance Base.

In contrast, the first, second, and third battalions led by Gen Luo·Westgate had no intention of returning, preparing to continue search and rescue operations.

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Soon after.

Having returned to the Advance Base first, Fuguerimu had Rus dispatch a squad of military sentries through the Space Gate.

Unlike reconnaissance sentries, the military sentries roamed near Philadelphia to sow confusion, disrupt, and attract the attention of the Apocalypse Star forces and the traitor government.

It can be assumed that soon they will face a full counter‑attack, so they must prepare for a prolonged "defense" and "rescue" battle.

The company, after analyzing the Krypton Meteorite, used planetary terraforming devices to recreate Krypton and weaponize Kryptonite, all of which requires time.

But he does not intend to hold a deadlock; instead, he focuses the battlefield near the Space Gate to alleviate pressure on other regions of Earth.

When the Olympus forces and more Space Wild Wolf battalions arrive to assist, Fuguerimu will also rescue as many stranded Zero Seven compatriots as possible and relocate them to the Advance Base.

After all, every strategic move is aimed at saving the humans of Zero Seven Earth; otherwise they would have already deployed massive Spiritual Shock or executed an extermination order.

Currently, when unleashing planetary or galactic‑scale Spiritual Shock, only the Spiritual Users who can fine‑tune it to a single target—namely the Human Sovereign, Magnus, and Shengjilesi—can avoid collateral damage.

The other OriginalBodies, including Ailinmir (the Mar ancestor), Ivereni and NuoWa, and Sarah, can also unleash planetary or galactic Spiritual Shock, but they treat friend and foe alike, "impartially".

His proficiency with Spiritual Energy is far below that of his father and two elder brothers, so Fuguerimu chooses to advance step by step, not rushing.

Not even a moment passed.

The transport fleet carrying ten thousand survivors, as well as Sarah Kerrigan and others, also returned to the Advance Base.

Although the captured Bruce Wayne was "unremarkable" and physically far weaker than a support soldier, Fuguerimu, who learned Zero Seven Earth's details from Diana, still held him in considerable respect.

Thus, after Bruce Wayne undergoes a full examination, Fuguerimu arranges for Sarah to interrogate him.

Inside the interrogation room at this moment.

Bruce Wayne, freshly cleansed and dressed in a patient's gown, sat silently on a metal chair, his expression perpetually grim, cold, and "dazed".

Opposite him, Sarah, having removed her HES modular armor, also sat on a metal chair, but with an overly relaxed posture, her right hand draped over the chair back, giving Bruce Wayne a flippant stare.

"Not bad…" After a quick appraisal, Sarah commented: "He's a handsome uncle, too bad—why does he keep thinking about suicide?"

"…" Bruce remained silent.

"Hmm… not speaking?"

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"Tsk, I'm telling you, I'm being patient, so don't force me to dig out all your secrets at once," Shala said, a little impatient.

Bu Lu Si remained silent, but this time fixed his originally dull and cold gaze squarely on Shala.

After a long while, he slowly spoke, "Little girl, I advise you to watch your mouth; you have no idea what I've been through."

"Little girl?" Shala moved her right hand off the chair back, lightly flicked her bangs, and giggled, "Don't think that because I call you uncle, I'm younger than you, kid. I'm already over a hundred years old, okay."

Hearing that, Bu Lu Si's gaze and demeanor remained unchanged, still very composed, but a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth revealed he was deeply shocked inside.

"Kid, you have a friend at our base who claims to be the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta," Shala tried to use Dai An Na to pry Bu Lu Si's mouth open.

Upon hearing this, the Batman's eyes indeed flickered, evidently surprised and pleased by his comrade's survival, yet he also noted Shala's subtle expression, trying to gauge whether her words were true or false.

However, Bu Lu Si, who knows his own position clearly, realized Shala had no reason to lie, and thus began to speak:

"Two years ago…"

Two years ago, Bu Lu Si Wei En piloting a bat fighter, carrying a hydrogen bomb, attempted to pass through a portal to return to Tianqi Xing, bearing a death‑defying resolve as he tried to rush toward Tianqi Xing's core.

But he miscalculated his own "weight."

At that time, he was flying a bat fighter built with Wayne Group's top technology, activating Optical Camouflage, seizing the fleeting chance created by the remnants of the Justice League and elite soldiers, preparing to forcefully breach one of the portals.

Yet, Da Ke Sai De, who was being restrained and besieged by Dai An Na and numerous heroes, still found the mental bandwidth to watch him; as he and his bat fighter passed through the portal, Da Ke Sai De instantly shifted the portal's destination from Tianqi Xing's surface to Venus's orbit around the Sun.

Fortunately, the bat fighter he piloted was originally designed to transport special squads, able to reach a low‑Earth orbit about two hundred kilometers above the surface without rocket assistance, and capable of conducting raids and decapitation strikes against any force or organization.

Moreover, he always liked to prepare various contingency plans, anticipating the possibility of mission failure and being stranded on Tianqi Xing's surface or underground, so he stocked ample supplies, allowing him to endure for a long period without worrying about running out of oxygen, water, or food, especially since the fighter's troop compartment had its own recycling system.

At this point, Bu Lu Si Wei En drifted through space.

Yet, even though the bat fighter could navigate the outer space, it was not yet advanced enough to initiate a direct space jump or warp travel, and its fuel reserves were insufficient for a direct return.

If he had been given a little more time, if it weren't for De Lu Zuo De leading the Krypton exiles, and the sudden arrival of Da Ke Sai De and Tianqi Xing, and if he could have planned and deployed earlier, the Justice League wouldn't have failed, and Earth wouldn't have fallen.

Unfortunately, as a top intellect, Bu Lu Si Wei En knew that there are no "ifs" in this world.

After a brief moment of despondency, the never‑giving‑up him began to devise how to return to Earth.

Based on the distance between the fighter and the Sun, and the Mercury images captured by its onboard telescope, he calculated his position to be in Venus's orbit.

Immediately after, he computed that if the fighter used minimal consumption and drifted for forty‑five Earth days, it would be captured by Venus's gravity.

It seemed the "luck" of being Batman persisted; once he and the fighter were captured by Venus, then, after this planet—named after the goddess Venus—completed a seventy‑Earth‑day orbit around the Sun, the Earth‑Venus closest‑approach cycle would commence.

The reason it's called good luck is that the nearest distance between Earth and Venus is about 40.5 million kilometers, and such an opportunity occurs only every 584 Earth days.

Consequently, Bu Lu Si Wei En, following his calculations and plan, was successfully captured by Venus and then, at the closest point, used Venus's gravity slingshot to fling himself and the fighter toward Earth.

40.5 million kilometers, compared to the Earth‑Mars nearest distance of 55 million kilometers, is nearer and faster.

Yet even so, the bat fighter still needed ample fuel to decelerate when approaching Earth, so that Earth's gravity could capture it successfully.

What followed was an even longer wait.

Humans are social animals, and Bu Lu Si Wei En could not escape this law; spending long periods alone in a cramped space, he deliberately went hungry and thirsty to conserve resources, and forced himself to sleep.

Gradually, he began to experience hallucinations and auditory delusions, his mental state constantly teetering on collapse.

However, Bu Lu Si Wei En was merely on the edge; his strong will let him endure another one‑hundred‑plus‑day voyage.

In the end, after nearly nine months, the Batman finally piloted the bat fighter back to the long‑missed surface, breathing the long‑awaited "fresh" air.

However, Earth, having endured the apocalypse war, was already unrecognizable; none of his former comrades or allies were seen, and even his only remaining family (the butler, adopted son, and son) were missing…

This drove Bu Lu Si Wei En to the utmost rage.

Once he located a backup underground base, and, relying on ample supplies, restored his flesh to peak condition, he once again became a nightmarish figure, launching a violently suicidal "strong assault" against the treacherous government's bases, concentration camps, and other facilities erected on the American continent.

Of course, each "strong assault" was meticulously planned in advance, and each time he lured away the powerful yet brainless Doom Demon, making it easier to exact retaliatory slaughter on demonic‑like beings and traitors.

This time, he discovered that the Philadelphia laboratory had been assaulted by an unknown resistance, prompting him to consider seizing the Krypton Meteorite.

He never expected, nor could have foreseen, the sudden intervention of the primary universe, which caused his Krypton Meteorite theft plan to fail, leaving him seated before Shala, who seemed younger but was actually over fifty years older than him.

(End of Chapter)