Chapter 2361
"Unbelievable, how did you convince her?"
Hal asked, chasing after Batman. Batman didn't answer, just said: "According to the original plan, Clark will hold Atlan, and the two of us will make some noise in the sea, making the Sea Queen realize that her real enemy is not on land."
Hal didn't continue to ask. He nodded and used Green Lantern energy to bring Batman to the place where they encountered the Atlanteans before. They knew that it was not far from the main city of Atlantis.
Soon that familiar huge city appeared before their eyes again. Hal quickly found the specific location of the palace. There was a huge energy hub at the top of the palace, which looked like it was used to power the whole city.
Batman began to look for traces of energy pipelines near the energy hub. The two followed the pipelines to the core room of the energy hub.
"I originally wanted to destroy some pipelines used to power the palace, but now it seems that there is a mature alarm system here. Let's find a way to trigger it."
Hal thought for a while and wanted to punch the ceiling, but there might be important pipelines there. Other screens that looked like crystal or glass products were too easy to break. Finally, he punched the console covered with mysterious characters.
With a bang, fragments splashed, sparks emerged from the big pit, sharp chirping sounded in the room, lights flickered constantly, and noisy sounds came from outside the door, but it wasn't intense.
As they expected, most of the palace guards were transferred to the front line. At this time, the Atlantis city was empty, and the Sea Queen should understand this better than them.
Where countless sea people stood, the seawater became more turbulent because of their standing. Strong and brave palace guard warriors guarded the huge coral throne, on which sat a blonde woman. Fine armor like fish scales covered her body, and her strong arms held the trident representing the will of the ocean.
When she waved her weapon, all the Atlantean warriors roared with her, but it was not difficult to see the thick worry hidden under her firm expression.
Suddenly her expression stiffened, her fingers suddenly tightened, and she turned to roar at the captain of the palace guards: "The alarm in the Sea Current Hall has been triggered. Who is there?"
The captain waved his arm, and a picture appeared in front of the Sea Queen, but Hal and Batman had hidden early. All they could see was the mess deliberately made and the big pit on the console.
"Damn it." The Sea Queen cursed. She knew that with her guarding here, Batwoman couldn't sneak into the sea silently. Could it be that besides this crazy Batman, there were other enemies?
Just at this moment, a warrior sent fragments of a crashed drone and a letter hanging on it. The Sea Queen opened the letter and saw that it was actually a letter from Batwoman requesting to postpone the negotiation.
The Sea Queen was even more suspicious. Could this be a conspiracy between Batwoman and a mysterious enemy to destroy Atlantis?
It seemed that continuing to wait here wouldn't have any results. She sighed, waved the weapon in her hand, left a small part of the warriors to station, and the rest all returned to defend.
On the other side, Clark pretended not to see the light flashing in Atlan's eyes. He nodded and said: "Okay, we really can't stay here and do nothing. Since you are more familiar with the Atlanteans, let's try to talk to the Sea Queen."
"Very good, it seems this strong big guy is not immune to mental influence." So Atlan strengthened the effect of mental influence and further said: "No, not us. I'm afraid I have to go by myself. I know how exclusive the Atlanteans are. You going with me will only add unnecessary trouble."
Clark pretended to nod slightly sluggishly, but still said: "Then I'll send you there, but I won't go into the sea."
Finding that his conspiracy succeeded, Atlan suppressed the joy in his heart. The two soon came to the seaside. Atlan pretended to walk into the sea calmly, searching for the figure of the Sea Queen's troops.
Theoretically, they should be in this area, Atlan thought. He knew very well what the Sea Queen was worried about. As long as he used his mental influence ability to stimulate her slightly, the Sea Queen wouldn't wait for the negotiation day at all and would launch an attack immediately.
But Atlantis, which had declined to this point, couldn't be an opponent of the land people. By then, they would fight to both sides' destruction, and he would naturally be able to sit back and reap the benefits.
But after wandering here for a long time, Atlan didn't find the shadow of the army. Although he saw small troops, the Atlanteans couldn't be so weak. The main force must still be in the deeper part.
After searching this whole sea area with Atlan, he didn't find the shadow of the Sea Queen, which made him feel a trace of uneasiness.
Atlan's feelings for Atlantis were very complicated. He not only hoped that Atlantis would be destroyed, but also believed that Atlantis must be destroyed by his own hands.
Finding that things had changed, Atlan couldn't care about so much. He chased all the way to the deep ocean, not knowing that Clark, who had promised him not to go into the sea, was already leading a small troop to track his traces and rushing to the main city of Atlantis with him.
Atlan searched while walking, and his speed was naturally not fast. But the Atlantean warriors who discovered mysterious tracking traces were eager to report the situation to the Sea Queen, and instead, they arrived first.
So Atlan's action, which he thought was secret, was soon caught by the Sea Queen who sent out reconnaissance troops.
Now all Atlanteans were very excited and in a state of stress. The mysterious traces of destruction in the energy hub also made the Sea Queen more irritable. Therefore, after discovering the invaders, she didn't think too much and directly issued the order to attack.
Amidst the surging tides, Atlan soon found himself surrounded.
He didn't want to have a direct conflict with the Atlanteans, but the manic Atlantean warriors wouldn't listen to his explanation and would only charge towards him like crazy.
If it were anyone else, they should choose to slip away and find another opportunity, but Atlan was the former emperor of Atlantis after all, and the greatest emperor in history, which destined him not to tolerate this group of hateful thieves in his eyes provoking him like this.
After a roar, golden light erupted from Atlan's body. Almost instantly, the surrounding Atlantean warriors were all stirred into fragments by the furious sea currents.
A big undersea battle broke out.
This soon attracted the attention of the Sea Queen. The smell of Atlantean warriors' blood came from the sea currents. The Sea Queen stood up, gripped the trident, and accompanied by the roar of the whole army attacking, countless Atlantean warriors rushed towards the central area where the battle broke out.
And as the drone fragments fell together, the nano-camera hanging on the Sea Queen's arm transmitted all this back to Batwoman's Batcave.
"Now you can tell me what's going on." It sounded like a question, but Batman wasn't asking for an opinion; this was their deal.
Batwoman turned around and said: "Atlantis is about to be destroyed."
"Although I don't know what's going on, their energy has been severely polluted." Batwoman walked to the console and tapped a few times, and a series of data appeared in front of Batman.
In fact, when Batman checked the energy hub before, he also found abnormalities. Their filtration system didn't work at all, and some mysterious energy that had been polluting the seawater continuously invaded the clean energy, causing the whole city's energy efficiency to drop, and at the same time making the Atlanteans go crazy.
"Looks familiar." Batman commented.
This evaluation was obviously beyond Batwoman's expectations. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Batman. After Batman hesitated for a moment, he decided to reveal some information. He said: "Have you ever thought about why Gotham is so bad?"
"Because there is a group of bad criminals here." Batwoman's answer was not unexpected. Batman knew from Gordon's mouth that the Batwoman of this world had broken the bottom line, and she vented all her hatred on the criminals.
"I know, but why are there so many criminals here?"
This was a question Batwoman couldn't answer either, just like the egg and the chicken. If it was so bad because of criminals, why were there so many criminals only here? If there were so many criminals because it was so bad here, then why was it so bad here?
"Looks like you know something." She said.
"Of course, but what I know is still not enough, so I need your help."
"What do you want to do?"
"Help me find Constantine. He can help me contact a doctor who might know the answer. They are both British and both belong to the occult field."
"Occult?" Batwoman's tightly furrowed brow revealed a trace of doubt. She shook her head slightly, looked at Batman, and said: "I don't think we are the kind of people who pin our hopes on the occult."
"Of course we are not, unless we see solid evidence."
"Have you seen it?"
"In another universe, it was very... special."
After being silent for a few dozen seconds, Batwoman nodded after careful consideration and said: "In any case, you resolved the crisis that might have come, so I am willing to help you, but I must go with you. I have the right to know the truth of this universe."
"Of course."
Unsurprisingly, Constantine was caught by the two Batmen. At that time, she was just finishing a case of demon invasion in a bar in New Zealand, and was drunk and unconscious.
In this universe, Constantine was a decadent blonde woman, still wearing her long trench coat, and the cigarette butts she finished smoking were thrown everywhere.
Batman picked her up directly from the chair and gave her a punch, making Batwoman frown.
"Tell me, how can I find Dr. Nyog-Sothep."
"What? Who?"
"Nyog-Sothep."
"What the hell, who is that?"
"If you don't know, go find him first, and then come and tell us." Batman said.
Batwoman frowned slightly. She actually didn't deal with Constantine much. She nudged Batman with her elbow and asked: "You seem to really dislike her."
"Believe me, this guy is no better than a criminal." Batman threw Constantine back into the seat and said: "If you knew the things she did, you would be more violent than me."
"Tell me about it."
Batman was about to speak, but Constantine, who hadn't sobered up at all, looked hazily at the two figures in front of her that split into two and merged into one, giggled foolishly, rushed towards them, fell into Batwoman's arms, hugged her, and muttered: "Beauty... two, hiccup, beauty..."
Bang!
Batwoman shook her fist, turned to look at Batman, and said: "Looks like you're right."
End of Chapter
