Chapter 4425

"Victor resurrected Hal not by relying on anything else, but by relying on the Mother Box. And this Mother Box, there isn't one anywhere else, but don't the Amazons have one?" Shiler asked.

Diana was stunned; she only then realized: Steppenwolf had gone to Themyscira before just to look for that thing, but in the past, they Amazons didn't call that cube a Mother Box, and they also thought it was just one of the Queen's collectibles, so Diana hadn't thought of it for a moment.

"But... but I don't know how to use it," Diana said, "That thing probably isn't something just anyone can use, right?"

"That is true; actually, I don't know how to use it either. But I can go help you look into it. After all, at that time, Hal was resurrected on the beach, and with many people and eyes, someone must have been able to see some clues."

"Thank you so much," Diana said, "Although asking you to do things will definitely increase the Pharaoh's curse on me. But as long as it can be done, I'll even go sweep the tombs for the Pharaoh in the pyramid!"

Shiler smiled and said, "That won't be necessary. Just wait for the good news, Miss."

Shiler's actions were fast; he sent the information to Diana in less than two hours. Diana took a look and discovered that it was actually information from the Luthor Group, and not from when they were fighting Steppenwolf, but a subsequent report on the repair of the underground heating pipes.

Diana thought about it; Shiler definitely wouldn't do something without a reason. Since he had promised, there was no need to fool her; there must be a problem with this report. Sure enough, the column for the cause of damage read "superpower hazard."

Metropolis had been very unstable during this period, and various companies and factories had added new items to some accident reports, which was superpower hazard. Although most of these were used to balance the books and became an item under the "Fire Dragon Burning the Warehouse" category, this Luthor Group item was different because the accident report also included photos.

That photo showed that the place where the heating pipe broke was very neat. This looked like it had been cut by something, but this pipe was also not simple; ordinary engineering equipment couldn't cut it so neatly. Moreover, the camera had also captured Victor's figure; this was the most conclusive evidence.

This proved that Victor had used the underwater heating pipe to resurrect Hal. Then the answer was already obvious: only a huge thermal impact could activate the Mother Box.

Diana had an idea in her mind and immediately rushed back to Themyscira, not even attending the Christmas Eve banquet. While the others in the Justice League were eating, drinking, and chatting, Diana stole the Mother Box under the cover of night.

Don't look at how much the Amazon Queen valued this thing, but Diana was her daughter after all. Guarding against everything, it's hard to guard against a thief in the family. Diana had been able to enter and exit the Queen's treasury freely since she was a child, and this time it was also easy; she got the Mother Box without much effort.

And mentioning thermal energy, Diana naturally thought of the God of Fire, and she had a very good relationship with him. So she rushed toward the Temple of the God of Fire.

It was just that she didn't dare to take the Amazon's portal, because only the Queen could open this door. Diana couldn't explain what she was going to Mount Olympus for. After all, she didn't have a good relationship with those gods in the past, and not attending the Justice League's Christmas banquet but insisting on running to Mount Olympus was really too suspicious.

So, Diana went to Greece. There was another portal at the temple in Greece, and she wanted to go from there. But this portal couldn't be opened just because she wanted it to; when she arrived in Greece, she realized that the temple's guardian had gone home for Christmas.

Diana couldn't help but hold her forehead: although Greece and ancient Greece were no longer the same, wasn't it a bit too outrageous to choose a Christian to guard the temple? Did Zeus really have no objections?

Without the key in the guardian's hand, Diana couldn't open the door either. She wanted to find the guardian, but this person had accompanied his wife back to England for the holidays. The people here didn't have the address of his wife's family, and just going to find him like this was like a headless fly.

Diana thought about it and felt it was better to call Shiler: wasn't England his hometown? Finding someone shouldn't be difficult, right?

She just wanted to call but stopped: what if Bruce was monitoring her phone? In that case, she should use a public phone, but what if Shiler's side was also being monitored? Then it wouldn't matter which phone she switched to.

Anyway, she had already gotten the thing, so it didn't matter if she waited a little longer. Diana simply flew back directly, returned to Metropolis, and found Shiler again, meeting him to ask for his help in finding the person.

Shiler agreed, but it would take some time. Diana went home to wait. But unexpectedly, as soon as she got home, she actually saw Steve.

Diana thought she was too tired and was having hallucinations, but she didn't expect Steve, who had been missing for many years, to appear before her alive and well. Diana was really on the verge of a breakdown.

She wanted to interrogate Steve about what was going on, but Shiler's phone call came again. Diana was really out of options; she knocked Steve unconscious with one punch and carried him directly to the Temple of the God of Fire. One sheep is herding, and two sheep is also herding. Since the other party could also be resurrected, it wouldn't hurt to be washed by the Mother Box's energy; maybe it could even extend the resurrection card?

After moving Steve to the Temple of the God of Fire and putting the Mother Box there, Diana went back to steal the corpse. The reason she didn't take it away at the beginning was because there were people guarding the cemetery, and Diana was afraid of alerting them.

Now going back, the Queen must have already discovered that the Mother Box was stolen and would definitely summon guards; the whole of Themyscira would be in chaos. No one would pay attention to the situation at the cemetery, so it would be easier for Diana to act.

So she carried the corpse again, flew to Greece, and then returned to the Temple of the God of Fire. Immediately afterward, she activated the Mother Box, preparing for a wave of group resurrection. And just when the Mother Box's energy was activated, Victor and the others arrived.

Diana's way of activating the Mother Box was clearly wrong. The Mother Box that Dr. Stone used to resurrect Victor at the time had been adjusted by him. Although the underlying code couldn't be changed, some operating modes could be adjusted. This took Dr. Stone several years. Diana taking an original version and activating it directly naturally wouldn't work.

But perhaps it was precisely because Victor came, and although the Mother Boxes seemed to be three, there was actually only one. The one in Diana's hand and the one in Victor's body resonated and tuned, so the power that erupted really did resurrect the Amazon female warriors and Steve.

Victor's brain turned fast; he directly used the newly absorbed power to open a boom tube and sent everyone back to Themyscira, leaving no evidence. Hal's brain didn't turn slowly either; he directly dumped the blame on Mount Olympus.

Zeus and Hera were both confused; we were all sitting properly in our own temples, and suddenly we were told that the Temple of the God of Fire had exploded. Then you said this was a trap we set just to blow up the Justice League; may I ask why?

Zeus and Hera didn't know what had happened before, but the Amazon Queen knew. To be fair, this really did look like a trap.

Because whether it was Diana who supposedly stole the Mother Box, or the Amazon Queen who brought them here, or Zeus and Hera who suddenly arrived, they were all considered to be of the Mount Olympus faction.

So this matter would look very much like Diana lured people here, the Amazon Queen brought people in, and the God King and Queen couple set a trap, preparing to kill everyone here.

However, this was just a pot of blame. After all, Mount Olympus and the Justice League really didn't have any enmity. If one had to say, Diana taking away their entire Golden Apple orchard was a bit uncalled for. But they really didn't know where Diana had taken the Golden Apple orchard. Taking a step back, it was also a conflict between Mount Olympus and the Amazons, and it had nothing to do with the Justice League.

Hal and Victor argued strongly and had a debate with them. In the end, they left a harsh threat: if Mount Olympus dared to stir up trouble again, Batman would definitely pay a visit.

But in fact, whether Mount Olympus stirred up trouble or not, Batman was going to pay a visit. Or rather, the series of interlocking plans he designed was exactly for this effect.

That's right, from the moment Diana took the initiative to complain, everything was already Bruce's scheme.

He first feigned a firm refusal. This was actually to anger Diana, making her feel a sense of resentment like "Why can Hal be resurrected, but my sisters can't," while also blocking her possibility of going to find Victor.

With the righteous path blocked, she would naturally want to take the evil path. And the current master of the evil path in this universe was Shiler.

Immediately afterward, Shiler used a gentle posture to suggest that Diana could completely steal the Mother Box from the Amazon Queen, and he also very thoughtfully attached the method of use.

The key lay in this method of use. The Mother Box required a large amount of thermal energy to activate. However, Diana was not a scientist, and she didn't know where to find engineering equipment that possessed a huge heat source. Even the underwater pipeline that had a case before, this thing required specific coordinates, and she definitely couldn't find it. Natural heat sources like volcanoes didn't have impact force and weren't convenient to operate. So she only had one choice, and that was the Temple of the God of Fire.

The plan designed to this point had actually walked into a dead end. Because Bruce was not the type of person who would risk Diana's life, and he really didn't have the confidence to control the Mother Box. Just letting Diana take the Mother Box to cause trouble like this, the result would likely be both the Justice League and Mount Olympus suffering losses. Bruce didn't like that.

But Shiler provided him with another line of thought. Since Bruce didn't have a deep enough understanding of the Mother Box and was also worried about not being able to control it, wouldn't it be enough to find an expert?

The person they found was precisely Victor's father, Dr. Stone. Dr. Stone agreed to cooperate with them, but he also had conditions. Or rather, this condition was the necessary condition to continue executing the plan—that was to let Victor approach Diana.

The Mother Box in Diana's hand couldn't be tuned. No matter how capable Dr. Stone was, he couldn't control it remotely. But he could control the one in Victor's body. As long as he could have some contact with Victor, he could set the Mother Box to absorption mode through signal frequency tuning. Dr. Stone's plan was to let Bruce and the Justice League help Victor absorb all sides of the Mother Box.

Thus, the two sides hit it off. Dr. Stone deliberately asked for leave and didn't go home, and Bruce led Victor to find his father, so that Dr. Stone could contact Victor and tune the frequency. Then, when Victor arrived at Diana's place, he directly absorbed the other side of the Mother Box that was erupting with energy.

At the same time, because many members of the Justice League were present and it happened to coincide with the Mother Box's energy eruption, Hal directly dumped the blame on them. Don't look at how you can't do anything to them at this time, but when Bruce wants to borrow something from Mount Olympus, this is the best excuse.