Chapter 4419: Prelude to Darkness (Part 11)

J'onn briefly told Clark about the encounter he and the others had. Clark was completely bewildered; is this Bruce a great prophet? There really is a fake person invasion?!

Wait, Clark suddenly reacted; Bruce's Martian invasion plan, wouldn't it be more than just wanting to force humans to unite and promote technological development?

Thinking about it, it really is possible. The biggest characteristic of these fake people is that they are exactly the same as normal humans. The couple caught in Central City, under the research of so many scientists, couldn't see any difference at all. If there wasn't this Martian invasion plan laid out in advance, they would enter Earth, wouldn't it be like a dragon returning to the sea, able to swim freely?

And with the Martian invasion plan, now the whole world is united and shares a common hatred. From top to bottom, the most hated are Martians who can disguise themselves as humans, and the vigilance of all departments is fully pulled up. And at this time, people who should have died many years ago suddenly resurrect, then they are directly labeled as enemies, don't even think about confusing the public again.

That pair of fake parents was caught like this. Originally, they called the police themselves, wanting the police to confirm their identity and force Barry to submit. If there wasn't this Martian invasion, the police seeing these two living people, even if they remembered they had died, might feel that an accident happened at the time, and it wasn't these two people who died. They just went missing, and now they came back. Even if they looked relatively young, it might just be good maintenance, and there was no sufficient evidence to prove they weren't them.

However, the police after the Martian invasion plan were different. Seeing these two people who were exactly the same as the deceased, there was nothing to say, just label them as Martians and be done with it.

If they weren't Martians, then count them as unlucky; but if they were Martians and they didn't report it, then they would be in big trouble. So the police would definitely report it. Others were the same; as long as they reported at the highest alert level, at least if something happened later, they wouldn't get themselves into trouble.

Just like that, they called official law enforcement personnel, not only failing to establish their identity but immediately being caught.

And at this time, they had two choices: either use superpowers directly, which would confirm their identity as Martians, after all, whether it was Barry, or the police and neighbors, all knew that the Allen couple were ordinary people, and those with superpowers were definitely Martians.

If they still wanted their social identity and fought to get rid of the stigma of being Martians, then they couldn't use superpowers, and could only wait obediently in prison. Then no matter what they originally wanted to do, they couldn't do it in the short term.

That is to say, this Martian invasion plan was a god-like move completely aimed at this group of fake people. Before they even came, they had already put the blame on their heads, creating a false impression that they were here to invade Earth, raising global hostility, making them completely unable to carry out infiltration warfare.

Clark didn't believe such a brilliant targeting method would be Bruce's unintentional mistake; this looked like it was deliberately laid out.

"You really have to tell me this time," Clark looked at Schiller and said, "I know you and Bruce have some secrets, involving the multiverse and so on. You also had arrangements early on, not letting me know, maybe because you were afraid I would leak it. But under such circumstances, the disaster has already begun to erupt, it should be time to let me know, right?"

Everyone in the room also looked at Schiller. Schiller put down the pen in his hand, looked up, and said, "The main reason for not letting you know is that I'm not sure if cognition is a kind of power. I'm worried that if you know certain things, it might find you along with your cognition."

Everyone in the room shuddered. J'onn said somewhat hesitantly, "How about we forget it? This kind of thing is too dangerous. In case the other party is too strong, I don't have the confidence to protect your spirits."

"But I can tell you a rough idea," Schiller changed the subject and said, "Some kind of dark energy is invading the multiverse. And after testing, the energy concentration of your universe is the greatest, which proves that the mastermind wants to erode your universe first. Of course, these are already known."

"In the multiverse, so many Justice Leagues aren't just eating rice. When you were gathering, they also conducted an investigation and finally discovered that it might be the ghost of Darkseid who unified the multiverse."

"Darkseid?" Clark frowned and said, "That's Steppenwolf's boss? He can resurrect the dead?"

"He certainly can't. He suffered a loss at Batman's hands before, so this time he didn't take action himself, but brought in another powerful enemy. The other party is an enemy of the entire multiverse, attacking all life indiscriminately, just hasn't been able to completely break free from where he came from, so he chose the weak points of the multiverse to attack, the purpose is to completely open a channel for his appearance."

Several people looked at each other in dismay. Clark looked at Schiller and asked, "How strong is he?"

"I said before, cognition might have an impact on you; this is undoubtedly power at the level of cosmic rules. And if I were to give him a codename, I would call him 'Death'."

Several people took a light breath. J'onn stepped forward and asked, "He can manipulate life and death, resurrect the dead?"

Schiller nodded and said, "That's right, but that's just his most basic ability. Now the channel hasn't been completely opened, he only stretched out one tentacle. Once he completely descends, it will bring greater disaster."

"He chose our universe as a channel; what connection does this have with him resurrecting our relatives?" Barry asked.

"The place where he originally resided is called the Domain of No Life, meaning a void zone where there is no life at all. To build a channel connected to the multiverse, it is necessary to let a part of the Domain of No Life expand into the multiverse. That is to say, the place chosen by him as a channel cannot have any life."

"He wants to destroy Earth?!"

"Not just Earth, but the entire universe. He needs a single-body universe that has absolutely no life at all. You are the soft persimmons he chose."

Schiller stood up, looked at them, and said, "Before I came, Batman had already retired in despair, Superman was still confused, Wonder Woman was fighting alone, and everyone else didn't even have any consciousness of forming a league."

"If you maintained this state, but he took ruthless action, resurrecting your relatives, and then letting others of the Justice League kill them, prompting you to kill each other, what kind of disaster would eventually erupt?"

This made everyone break out in a cold sweat.

Now, they were facing these resurrected relatives, and it could be considered they still had the leisure to think rationally, because they were now in a state of full mental and emotional satisfaction.

Although the battle with Steppenwolf was difficult, it made them experience life and death together, becoming comrades and comrades-in-arms who could safely entrust their backs to each other, not only providing support in their careers but also providing emotional comfort. They didn't need to seek it elsewhere; this could be seen from the fact that they all chose to spend Christmas Eve together.

However, if there were no such life-and-death friends who shared the same goals, and they themselves were being persecuted in various ways, pushed to a dead end, then the relatives who appeared at this time would undoubtedly become their last straw. No one could say that they definitely wouldn't be overwhelmed by emotional comfort and make irrational decisions.

Still the same thing, mental health is crucial for intelligent life. Some correct decisions they could make in a state of mental and emotional fullness might not be made in a state of mental oppression and extreme emotional poverty.

By then, only a little provocation might produce a very serious chain reaction. Once there is one instance of distrust, then subsequent trust is impossible; the zone between them will become a real dark forest.

Not to mention, this universe itself is at a critical period of choosing between trust and distrust. The Kryptonian spaceship has arrived, Luthor is about to be stressed, and Superman's persecution is already a foregone conclusion. And once he is more out of control, Batman and him will inevitably have a battle, and the mastermind will fish in troubled waters, which can easily make the situation completely out of control. Not to mention not knowing each other without fighting and then forming the Justice League, whether Superman and Batman can survive is unknown.

The one stirring all this behind the scenes is Darkseid, who suffered a big loss at Batman's hands. He knows very well that if you want to turn a universe into a soft persimmon, you must first solve Batman. The Batman of this universe is already old, and covered in wounds, and has also suffered great trauma psychologically.

A battle with Superman can destroy his body, while using the power of resurrection to resurrect Damian can destroy his soul. With both hands, he is not afraid of not being able to handle him.

If the main universe Batman hadn't noticed something was wrong in advance and sent Schiller to carry out a series of operations, so that Batman and Superman didn't turn against each other, but instead Superman inspired Batman, gave him new hope, and then took advantage of the situation to form the Justice League, finding each other's spiritual pillars, then this poisonous scheme of the multiverse Darkseid would probably have already succeeded.

Others didn't think so deeply; after all, people who have been smooth sailing can't predict what they will be like when they are driven crazy. J'onn said: "Now, his scheme of provoking us to kill each other should have already failed. Then what will he do next?"

Schiller shook his head and said, "It's hard to know in advance. Even Batman can only meet moves with moves. Although we have already figured out that this Death might have the power to reverse life and death, who he will resurrect, in what way he will resurrect, and what the resurrected people will be like, we have no way to know in advance. However, Batman chose a general solution, which currently seems to be quite effective."

Clark nodded and said, "Indeed. Now all people resurrected from the dead have been labeled as Martians, becoming public enemies, don't even think about provoking discord. I also want to know, regarding your response plan, what can we do?"

"First of all, you are the president; you just need to be a good president. Continuing to implement the plan to resist the Martian invasion is already effective enough. At the same time, that resurrected Dr. Erdel also needs you to handle, but our preliminary paving is enough; he won't be very hard to deal with."

"And others, although you were the first to wake up, not everyone has such willpower. You might have to help your companions, don't let them indulge in hypocritical family affection."

Clearly, this is a very difficult job, and everyone realized this point. You have no way to ask a person not to draw emotional comfort from their closest kin who have resurrected from the dead; this is anti-human.

However, if they are allowed to sink, the entire universe will be in danger. When necessary, they have to take some mandatory measures, which will also hurt the feelings between companions. They can only hope that they won't be addicted too deeply; everyone is praying like this. ===== CHAPTER 4420 =====