Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 391 One plus one equals two

"She said,"

"You once went to her grave and asked her a question,"

The beast's head floated next to Kal-El, looked into Shenzi's eyes, and said, "Her answer is, every day!"

The eyes of the Son of God are filled with an incomprehensible compassion. Compared with Bruce Wayne, this god on earth is more like a truly perfect personality with an inner abundance.

The abundance of family love and rich personalities since childhood, based on his own abilities, make it difficult for Superman to understand why there is so much sorrow and suffering in the world.

He believes that human nature is full of kindness and justice, so his eyes often reveal misunderstanding, pain, struggle, and now only compassion.

Now he faces calmly the fact that he possesses the divinity of great love, but he also feels a sense of 'homesickness' towards his personal love.

The beast asked, "What did you ask her, Carl?"

Superman turned to look at the beast that followed him, his eyes filled with compassion and unwavering determination.

"I……"

"Does she still feel proud now..." Superman's deep voice sounded.

"Apocalypse, we're here!"

The Apocalypse in front of us looked like a doomsday planet with several sharp-angled openings neatly cut into it, like a hexagram. Streams of core flames thousands of kilometers long were gushing out from these huge openings.

The hard shale plates on the surface of the planet and the gushing flames make this planet ruled by "God" look no different from hell.

The ruler of this hell today is Orion, the son of Darkseid, the "god" who once ruled the planet.

Many years ago, the dark lord Darkseid invaded the earth and went to war with Superman and other heroes of the Justice League. Batman's Hellbat armor was born for this reason.

After the dark lord Darkseid returned to Apokolips injured, he was killed by his own son Orion.

Orion thought that by killing the dark monarch who had an endless desire for conquest and ruled all with tyranny and darkness, he would be able to bring peace, freedom and tranquility to this place.

But those who were once ruled by the dark monarchs had long been accustomed to being ravaged and oppressed, and had developed a deep-rooted slave mentality that could not be eradicated and a violent outpouring of violence.

The violent revolution without the transformation of consciousness only brought about a cycle of decay. Orion, the second-generation monarch of Apocalypse, who sat high on the throne, was therefore in deep despair and powerlessness all day long. Even the arrival of Superman, who was not really a friend, did not arouse Orion's interest.

"Clark, how did you come to this rotten place? You are the son of hope, this place is not suitable for you,"

Orion supported his cheek with one hand, his eyes revealing deep fatigue and boredom.

Superman once wanted to communicate with Orion and gain some experience, but what Superman didn't expect was that Apokolips is so unremarkable today.

A simple observation revealed that Apocalypse had changed, but not much.

This also made Superman more aware of how important it is to shape the collective consciousness of social civilization as Emperor Gogmora once said.

The cause that the second generation of Tianqi monarchs had wanted to accomplish had not even been completed in the first step.

So Superman got straight to the point and said, "Orion, I'm here to ask you a question."

"what is the problem?"

Orion replied lazily, "I heard about what happened in your place recently. Are you also going to devote yourself to a 'great' cause like mine? Then you'd better be careful about the people you want to protect."

"Even though I invited Mr. Miracle and Big Barda to help me transform the people of Apokolips and get rid of the mental shackles under Darkseid's rule, I was resisted and spurned by those people."

"They call me a tyrant worse than Darkseid, hahahaha!"

Superman was slightly stunned, then shook his head, "It doesn't matter, I have this belief and I won't be afraid of the difficulties that are coming."

"I want to ask you where the life equation of the universe is."

"Life equation?" Orion sat up from his throne with a lazy figure, frowned and said, "Just because Darkseid possesses the Anti-Life Equation doesn't mean that there must be a specific Life Equation in the universe."

"Why are you looking for this thing? Are you also craving for more powerful power?"

"I will use it to awaken a real God!" said Superman.

"The real God?"

Orion laughed and said, "Have you been bewitched by those so-called gods? How pathetic! You have the potential to become a god yourself. Why do you have to believe in those false gods?"

Superman shook his head, "That's not a material God, that's a spiritual God. I don't believe in him, I choose him!"

"It's really rare. I'm curious about the guy you call God."

Orion stepped down from his throne, looked into Superman's eyes, and discovered that the Kryptonian warrior showed no signs of being bewitched or confused by any other force.

Orion then said: "The life equation is actually the concept and rules of life."

"Darkseid symbolizes darkness and illusion, and you, Clark, also symbolize reality and life. You and Darkseid are polar opposites in a certain sense."

"It's part of the universe's natural balance. When one side gets too high, the other side will rise up as an instinctive counterbalance."

"That's why Darkseid, who is so powerful, suffered at your hands. That's why Darkseid's true body can never descend into this real material world."

Orion said in an indescribable tone: "Instead of searching for the elusive life equation, perhaps you can sacrifice a part of yourself to replace the role of guiding the life equation. It depends on whether you are willing to make sacrifices for your own 'God'."

Life seems simple, but it is actually an extremely complex and profound proposition.

Superman could occasionally sense that the soul will of Emperor Gogmora was beginning to approach this world, with his own existence as a punctuation.

But it is not an easy thing for a dead life to come back. It even goes against the rules of the universe. Only by using the rules can one fight against the rules.

That's why Superman mobilized many superheroes of the Justice League to look for news and existence of the Life Equation. Not only him, but even the iron-blooded Princess Diana returned to Paradise Island to seek for the knowledge that was once left behind.

"Can I, too? Are you sure?"

Superman just asked back. "Huh?" Orion's eyes widened, as if he was meeting Superman for the first time.

……

"Researchers from the UK National Physical Laboratory, Time and Frequency Group and other institutions said that it started from the moment the broken celestial body that was about to hit the Earth reached a fixed space orbit,"

"The fixed frequency bands emitted from it have caused a chain reaction in various weak ways, causing the Earth's rotation rate to accelerate,"

"And the Earth's rotation speed has reached its highest level in the past fifty years, which means that a day for people on Earth is less than 24 hours."

"But the observational records and results over the past few hundred years show that the Earth's rotation rate has occasionally fluctuated on the basis of a long-term slowdown,"

"This also means that the broken celestial body asteroid belt is stealing our human time,"

"And according to the current growth rate, even if the broken planetary belt does not hit the Earth, it will affect the Earth's rotation rate and cause the Earth to rotate too fast, which will also lead to the worst result - the disintegration of the Earth..."

Under the newly renovated luxurious manor, a group of outsiders are gathering in the Batcave that Bruce Wayne has redeveloped.

The main control screen for external communication broadcasts today's news headlines, which are the collective efforts of many rulers who hold power and bigwigs behind the scenes to launch an offensive on world public opinion.

On the other screen, secret scenes were played, including the corpse field of those legendary creatures deep in the starry sky and the battle that once took place in the Kansas wilderness.

Unlike the previous situation where there were only two or three outsiders, there are now several more people in Batman's camp.

Among them, Catwoman, who was once in the "Human Liberation Front" camp, is on the list.

Catwoman's relationship with Batman is as contradictory as Batman himself.

They have a de facto relationship as lovers, but they will never stand firmly together. However, whenever big things happen, Catwoman will always appear beside Batman.

The Human Liberation Front camp, which also includes the shadow of Batman.

Because Batman also agrees with some of the villains' views, Batman is determined to eliminate and control those superhumans with human hands, which to some extent has the same interests as those villains.

In addition to Catwoman, there is also a rogue playboy who always has a cigarette in his mouth.

Blonde hair, a long trench coat and a cigarette that never leaves his hand are the first impressions of Constantine in the eyes of outsiders.

And the girl sitting next to Constantine, studying the mysterious magic runes on the drawing with a serious look on her face.

The wide-brimmed hat was placed on the girl's right hand, revealing her long flowing hair. Her beautiful and plump figure under the magic cloak could make every man in the world burst out with unimaginable passion.

The soft and plump white legs under the black fishnet stockings always made Constantine's eyes linger inadvertently.

Zatanna, the daughter of the famous magician Vani, a member of the mysterious Three Holy Eastern families, possesses powerful magical abilities.

Compared to Constantine, a playboy whose magical abilities are sometimes effective and sometimes not, Zatanna is the most trustworthy magic master in the Outsiders organization.

So Constantine naturally handed over the task of checking the magic runes to this trustworthy girl who looked quiet but was actually hot.

"Shit, shit, you mean we have to fight an enemy like this?"

Constantine was holding his favorite 'Silka' cigarette in his mouth, but he spat out saliva very skillfully.

"This is as ridiculous as a teacher teaching me that one plus one equals two and then telling me to go get a doctorate degree right away."

Constantine narrowed his eyes and said, "The Martian Manhunter, with his powerful ability, was easily defeated by him. Are you saying that you want me to help deal with such an enemy?"

"You're not paying me enough, you bastard Batman."

"Is there any difference between this kind of enemy and the gods in legends?"

"If you insist on saying this guy isn't a god, that's as ridiculous as saying God is a hey man. Oh, no, God really could be a hey man!"

Constantine kept complaining, but no one wanted to pay attention to him.

Only Blue Beetle Cord asked seriously: "God is a human? How is that possible! Damn Constantine."

"How is it impossible?"

Constantine exhaled a puff of cigarette, then showed his big yellow teeth and smiled: "I can prove that God is a hey man, bet fifty dollars, what do you think, Code, damn Code, do you dare?"

"Evidence! What evidence do you have to prove that God is a heyman!" Blue Beetle spread his hands and looked at the unruly prodigal son.

Constantine chuckled and said, "Everyone who believes in God calls God Father, but God's children have never seen God!"

There was a sudden silence, and after a long moment, Batman said, "This is not funny, Constantine!"

"Look, you're just too serious, shit Batman, self-righteous Batman, I don't think there's anything wrong with what the Justice League does, why do you have to get involved with those villains of the Human Liberation Front?"

Constantine muttered, "If you hadn't given me so much, I might have gone to the Justice League."

Zatanna looked up and scolded, "What are you talking about, Constantine, you bastard!"

Constantine raised his hands in surrender and said with a smile: "Alright, alright, I admit my mistake. You know me, Xiao Zha. I stand by Batman because of true justice and freedom. It's purely because of my good character!"

Zatanna shook her head helplessly. Constantine looked at the figure of Superman rising into the sky on the screen and muttered in a low voice, "This guy, oh, no, Emperor Gogmora looks very generous."

"You said, I mean, if I borrow a little bit of power from this Emperor Gogmora, will he lend me his power for the sake of my good character?"

Everyone ignored Constantine's words, Zatanna looked up at Batman and nodded.

"These magics are different from the magic system I master, but I can see that this life-restoring magic circle based on human beliefs has no strange or negative effects. There is nothing wrong with the knowledge it has given us."

Even though Batman admits that his enemy is charming, he has never been a person who easily denies himself.

By nature, he never trusts anyone. Perhaps the only person in the world whom Batman can trust the most is his former butler, Alfred.

"That's good!"

(End of this chapter)