Chapter 4455: Prelude to Darkness (47)

Clark's reaction was faster than Diana's. The moment the black dot appeared, he leaned to the side, dodging the sneak attack lightly and smoothly, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Steppenwolf, saying: "I thought how powerful you were, but that's all!"

Before the words fell, the red and blue figure directly grabbed the blue-gray figure and shot out of the Earth like a cannonball. The huge shock of breaking the sound barrier still lingered in his ears, and he had already broken the third cosmic velocity. Before reaching Mars, he had already entered sub-light speed. And when Clark hugged Steppenwolf and crashed into the sun, the space-time stagnation brought by the speed of light made the fire tongues of the solar particles dance elegantly and gracefully.

Steppenwolf didn't even have time to scream before his whole body was melted by the intense high temperature and powerful pressure of the sun's core, leaving not even ash. And Clark, who flew out of the sun, had only slightly dirty clothes, and when he returned to Earth, the flames on his cape had already extinguished.

Clark clapped his hands: "Done."

The crowd was stunned for a moment, then erupted into deafening cheers. Clark shrugged, assuming an indifferent look, but still raised the corners of his mouth.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the sea surface suddenly rippled slightly. Arthur was the first to notice something wrong, lowered his head, and looked toward the depths of the sea. Clark also felt the subtle tremor under his feet.

Subsequently, in the shocked eyes of the crowd, a huge city floated up from the sea surface. Arthur was stunned, because that was Atlantis.

And below Atlantis, in the pitch-black seawater, a tall figure was holding up the city. He was deathly blue-black, with thick darkness surging in his eyes. Arthur's gaze pierced through the seawater, and the moment he saw his face, he called out his name: "...... Atlan!"

Clark looked at him, and Arthur said in a deep voice: "No wonder, I searched the entire cemetery and couldn't find his bones. It turns out he had already been resurrected."

Suddenly, the golden trident in Arthur's hand vibrated. Arthur's face changed: "He is competing with me for control of the ocean!"

Clark immediately wanted to rush into the water, but Arthur hurriedly stopped him and said: "Don't go in, this ocean is his domain now. Your mobility will be affected, and you might also be corroded."

Clark paused his steps. But he still tried to walk into the water and touched the seawater. As soon as his hand reached in, he felt the seawater wrapping around his limbs like a resentful spirit, bringing bone-chilling cold.

Actually, he didn't need to test it; it could already be seen from the appearance that the original ice-free port was now covered with a layer of thick ice. The original relatively clear seawater had turned into turbid black. The power of death spread in the water area, and Arthur's face became paler and paler.

"He's crazy." Arthur said, "He wants to turn the ocean into a domain of death. My power is not enough to contend with him."

Clark's face also sank. He tried to walk into the water, but his mobility in the water was greatly reduced. That kind of power of death was like a bone-attached maggot, constantly infiltrating along his skin. Clark didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly flew out.

He shook his head and said: "No. I'm not used to fighting underwater, and this seawater is too weird. What exactly did he do?"

"He might have been resurrected long ago," Arthur said, "he must have done something to change the environment of the seabed, which allowed the power of death to spread so quickly. Can't go into the sea anymore."

The figure of Atlan floated to the sea surface soon. The crowd found that he was eroded by the power of death to a greater extent than Steppenwolf. Half of his body was a skeleton, and the other half was also rotten, with thick black gas emitting from his whole body.

The blackness of the sea surface spread to hundreds of kilometers away. Clark, who had flown into the sky, saw that the Atlantic Ocean was being swallowed by blackness.

Damn mastermind, these actions on land were just a diversion, the real killing move was hidden in the water.

But it had to be admitted that this was quite effective. The sea area on Earth was too vast, affecting the water cycle of the entire planet. Humans almost couldn't survive without the ocean. Once the ocean was polluted, the Earth would be finished.

"Stop him." Clark said, "Absolutely cannot let him pollute the ocean, hurry and stop him!"

The crowd rushed toward the figure on the sea surface again. But Atlan seemed not to want to fight them at all, just showed his face, and then drilled back into the sea again. Hal covered his whole body with green-light energy and rushed into the sea. Although he wasn't eroded, he couldn't see Atlan's figure anymore, not knowing where he was hiding.

The ocean now was like a huge domain of death. Everyone's perception ability here was compressed to the limit, even Clark couldn't feel anything three meters below the sea surface. Under such circumstances, fighting underwater was too risky.

Clark hesitated for a moment and then said: "Don't go down, retreat. Go back and find Batman."

Although the crowd was very worried, they had no other better way, so they could only retreat. And after they left, a figure sneakily came to the seaside, gazing at the sea, not knowing what he was thinking.

Returning to the Justice League base, Batman had been waiting here for a long time. He opened the projection screen and then said: "I won't show professional data. In about 12 hours, the power of death will pollute the global ocean. More than 60% of the rainfall in tropical regions will be affected. After 24 hours, the global water cycle will be polluted."

Hearing this time, everyone was a bit desperate. Diana said: "12 hours? Why would it be so fast?!"

You have to know, the sea area on Earth is very vast. If it spreads to the global sea area within 12 hours, the speed of a hundred kilometers per hour is far from enough. The speed of spread is probably about the same as a high-speed train.

"They were prepared." Batman's voice remained calm, and he said, "The ocean is the Earth's greatest blessing, and also its greatest weakness. We have known this for a long time. In fact, while you were focusing on Steppenwolf, there was movement on the seabed."

"You noticed?"

"Yes, but there was no way to stop it. Or rather, there was no need to stop it."

"Why?" Arthur looked at him in confusion and said, "Even if you can't go into the sea, as long as you told me in advance, perhaps also..."

"As long as the ocean on Earth exists, he will definitely find a way to take action. Without Atlan, there will be others. Because this is the fastest method."

Arthur also fell silent, because he knew that even if he was the King of the Sea, he couldn't observe the seven seas at all times. And there were so many Atlanteans; if any one was resurrected and caused trouble in some corner, he wouldn't be able to discover it.

Just like Batman said, the ocean is the Earth's weakness. If you want to cause trouble on Earth, you will definitely use the ocean as a breakthrough point. There are days to be a thief, but no days to guard against a thief.

"Then what should we do?" Barry asked, "If you have no way, you shouldn't let him do this."

Everyone looked at Batman, clearly agreeing with Barry's view. Batman seemed to have expected it, and was very calm. He should have a way.

Batman didn't make a sound, just pressed the remote control. The picture on the projection screen changed. Everyone widened their eyes, because what appeared on the screen were precisely those three nails driven into the Earth.

Everyone looked at Clark. Clark blinked, his brain a mess. He looked at Batman and said: "What is this?"

"This is a nail." Batman replied.

"I know this is a nail, I'm asking what its scientific name is."

Batman spat out a string of strange languages, Clark: "...... ah?"

"Isn't this Kryptonian?" J'onn said, "You can't understand it either?"

Clark was full of question marks. Batman said a few more sentences, seemingly an explanation of the previous noun, but Clark still couldn't understand. Then he shook his head and said: "I am a Kryptonian illiterate. Why don't you just say it in English."

English clearly wasn't much better, just a bunch of professional terms he couldn't understand. Finally, Batman sighed and said: "Simply put, this is an ecological reshaping system, used to change the Earth's environment. This is also its original function."

Everyone understood the last sentence. Diana suddenly realized, and she said: "Right, I remember this thing was something you got from the Kryptonian main ship. What were they originally trying to do with this thing? Remodel the Earth into an environment that Kryptonians could adapt to?"

"That's right." Batman nodded and said, "Even in the Kryptonian technology system, this is a very high-end instrument. If there wasn't this set of instruments, Zod wouldn't have come to Earth. The environment reshaping instrument, combined with the Codex, is the only way to revive Kryptonian civilization."

"Why do I feel he is more like a Kryptonian than you?" Barry asked Clark in a low voice.

"I feel the same way." Clark also answered in a low voice, "I didn't know these, what are the environment reshaping instrument and the Codex?"

"So you were prepared long ago." J'onn said, "I knew you wouldn't just tell a lie and drive this thing down. Can it reshape the Earth's ocean environment?"

"Without the invasion of the power of death, of course it can. But if it is to counter the power of death, the effect won't be so significant. It can only slow down the speed of spread. And it also needs Hal's help."

Batman looked at Hal and then said: "This thing is just a medium. It can spread a certain power into the water body. Currently, the best one is green-light energy."

"I am willing, but I might not have so much energy." Hal said with some worry, "I am just a new recruit. Even if I defeated Parallax, I only advanced one level. My energy allocation quota is not much, I'm afraid I can't afford such consumption."

"At a time like this, who cares about that!" Arthur was clearly anxious, he raised the golden trident and then said, "I'll go to the headquarters with you, whoever dares not give you energy, I'll stick him into the ground!"

Diana also said: "At this time, we can't care about so much. The Green Lantern Corps claims to be the universe police, didn't they also not go to deal with the mastermind? We are now fulfilling their duties, defending the safety of the universe, then they have the obligation to provide us with logistics."

"Right, let's go directly to the Green Lantern headquarters." Barry said, "Let's talk to them properly, they will definitely support us."

Batman gave Hal a look, Hal understood, and immediately made a difficult expression. He said: "The Green Lanterns aren't easy either. The allocation quota of the Green Lantern headquarters is also limited..."

"Then who has the green-light energy?"

"The Guardians of the Universe." Hal said, "They formed the lantern corps and issued the rings. The main lantern furnace is with them. The Green Lantern headquarters is just a branch base."

Clark stood up and said: "I support Diana's view, since we have fulfilled the duty of defending the safety of the universe, they should provide us with energy. Let's go, let's go find the Guardians of the Universe and talk." ===== CHAPTER 4456 =====