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"Ah."

Luo Wei nodded calmly, and a golden light shot out from the token, condensing into a teleportation portal in the open space in front of him.

A few seconds later, a howl came from the depths of the portal, eerie and unsettling, like a sleeping ghost awakened from the abyss, sending chills down the spines of Bruce and his companions.

"You're planning to lock Steppenwolf in this door?"

Bruce swallowed hard and asked, seeing Rowe nod, "If Steppenwolf escapes, it will be dangerous too."

"No one can escape from inside."

Luo Wei only replied with one sentence, and waved.

With a wave of his token, the portal that was originally in front of him moved to the front of Steppenwolf and unleashed a powerful suction force, sucking the wolf in directly without giving it any time to react.

After doing all this, Lowe followed him into the portal, while Bruce and the other two outside stopped in their tracks, not daring to go in with him.

Where does this door lead?

Hal Jordan asked warily, raising his light ring to check, but received an unknown result. The token and the portal were both unknown, which meant that even the Guardian did not know of their existence.

Bruce and Arthur Curry did not answer, but waited for Rowe to come out. About five minutes later, Rowe came out, but Steppenwolf was nowhere to be seen.

"Green Lantern, don't worry. Steppenwolf can only come out if Darkseid comes in person. And don't worry about the token. Aren't there plenty of things the Green Lantern Corps doesn't know?"

As soon as Lowe came out, he noticed Hal Jordan looking at the token and gave a brief explanation.

He didn't choose to kill Steppenwolf because he knew Steppenwolf would definitely be resurrected by Darkseid. Rather than letting him make a comeback, it was better to just lock him up in the underworld.

Yama, the King of Hell, had no objection to this. He even expressed his liking for the Steppenwolf's soul, noting that its wild, unruly, and flamboyant personality had forged its powerful spirit, which Yama greatly admired.

Just after Steppenwolf was sent to the underworld, Yama, the King of Hell, couldn't wait to imprison him, and he didn't care at all even though he knew that Steppenwolf was Darkseid's man.

Luo Wei guessed that this might be because the underworld, like Apokolips, exists outside the universe and is not worried about being threatened by humans.

“Mysterious man, if possible, I think it would be more appropriate to file a record.”

Hal Jordan couldn't help but say that, in fact, as long as something is tested and found to be safe, no one will care once it's registered without permission.

Dididi

At that moment, Bruce Wayne's communicator rang. He quickly answered it, interrupting Hal's questioning.

"Afu, have you left the base?"

Bruce asked.

A series of panting breaths and static crackled from the other end of the communicator, before Alfred's aged voice came through a moment later, "Sir, there's a problem. The monsters are here. I didn't have time to get out, and now I'm stuck with the Mother Box."

"Shet."

Bruce was getting agitated and immediately folded the communicator and said, "No, ignore the Mother Box. Leave the base immediately. They're after the Mother Box."

He quickly added, "I've already notified Robin to come pick you up."

"It's no use. The humanoids will kill everyone in the base. And now that the Steppenwolf has been captured, the humanoids are probably in complete chaos. They might launch a massive attack on the city's humans."

Lowe warned that even if Alfred didn't take the Mother Box, the humanoids wouldn't let the old man go. The humanoid army that had lost its leader was now in complete chaos. They would start attacking humans like headless flies, since their original goal was to conquer the Earth, and the humanoids were obsessed with conquering the Earth.

The reason is simple: Darkseid has conquered countless planets in the universe, even striking fear into the hearts of the multiverse, but he has never conquered Earth.

The fact that Darkseid's loyal humanoids, while shouting "Long live Darkseid!", were also thinking about quickly reclaiming the Mother Box and taking over the Earth.

Bruce's attention was drawn to Rowe's words, but a loud "bang" came from the other end of the communicator.

His expression was grave. "Afu, you must leave now!"

Alfred was not only the butler of Wayne Manor, but also Bruce's only relative and last kin. Now, the explosion over there was like a steel needle, piercing Bruce's heart at all times.

However, on the other end of the communicator, apart from the sound of the explosion, there was no longer any echo of Afu's aged voice. It seemed that the other side had been engulfed in flames, accompanied by the sound of a humanoid demon flapping its wings.

However, just as Bruce was about to angrily smash the communicator, Lowe grabbed him with one hand, gave him a slight smile, and said, "Don't worry, he's fine. Leave it to me."

"you"

Bruce was taken aback. He was met with a gust of wind and a thick cloud of dust. Rowe, who had been standing in front of him, had vanished without a trace.

"He's very fast, probably close to the speed of light? Maybe even faster."

Sometime during the day, a testing device appeared in Hal Jordan's hand, but it couldn't detect Lowe's running speed; it only displayed a string of numbers, "9999".

"Get back to Gotham quickly."

Bruce Wayne was in no mood for anything else but to get back to Gotham as quickly as possible. Things were unfolding exactly as he had predicted: the humanoids were launching a massive attack on the city.

"no problem."

Hal Jordan didn't hesitate any longer, conjuring a supersonic plane and taking Bruce to Gotham City. As for the fighter jet parked at Amity Harbor, it was temporarily left in the custody of Arthur Curry's men.

Arthur Curry did not go to Gotham City for the time being. He needed to return to the Undersea Kingdom first to relocate the Mother Box to a safe place. Although Steppenwolf, the vanguard commander of the Apocalypse Party, was now imprisoned, the location of the Mother Box was no longer safe and had to be moved. In addition, the Undersea Kingdom had been under heavy attack and he needed to return to appease the people.

And at the same time.

In Gotham City, even though it was broad daylight, the sky was gloomy, as if shrouded in a gray curtain, filled with a sense of oppression and suffocation. Pedestrians hurriedly stepped into the puddles by the roadside, and the splashes of water did not stop them from walking.

Boom!

Suddenly, a deafening explosion occurred in a bustling area of ​​the city, causing nearby streets to tremble and thick clouds of dust to rise into the sky. Passersby, whose faces had been expressionless until now, showed expressions of fear.

"Look! What's that!"

"My God, it looks like something is hovering in the sky."

"Are they birds? Or giant bats? They have wings, could they be Batman's handiwork?"

Passersby shrank back in fright at the sound of the explosion, but quickly looked up again. They saw strange figures circling in the thick smoke-filled sky. They spread their wings, their roars echoing, and their numbers were increasing as they gathered in the smoke-filled sky.

What's in that place?

What's up high in the sky?

The citizens of Gotham all stopped in their tracks and looked up, completely unaware that a terrible battle was about to break out in the city.

All police departments and government agencies in Gotham City were alarmed by the explosion and the swarm of monsters hovering in the air, and began dispatching troops to the explosion site.

At this very moment, high above the thick smoke, an underground base was blasted open with a huge rift, and winged humanoid demons swooped down and crawled into the rift.

In a corner of the underground base, an elderly figure was huddled up. The aftershocks of the explosion seemed to have injured him; his calf was pierced by broken debris, and his expression was contorted in pain.

Before he could move, he hid in a small room in the underground base.

"Roar--"

A humanoid demon descended from the sky and landed in front of him. Its turbid eyes locked onto him, and it opened its ferocious maw, revealing sharp fangs, with drops of saliva dripping down.

[PS: Four thousand words, combined into one.]

Chapter 83, Part 82: The Mother Box (Part 10)

"Roar!"

After the massive explosion at the underground base, the lights in the entire preparation hall flickered, exposed circuits were torn apart, emitting blinding sparks, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of burning.

A humanoid demon, nearly two meters tall, stood where the sunlight streamed through the rift, its fierce eyes locked onto Alfred in the corner, its open jaws revealing sharp teeth.

"do not come"

Alfred took a deep breath, enduring the excruciating pain in his calves, and stood up, leaning against the wall. He pulled out the revolver from his back and aimed it at the humanoid demon's eyes.

In his youth, he was a powerful figure in Gotham City. Although he is old now, he is not so flustered as to lose his grip on the pistol when facing the humanoid monster. However, the stinging pain in his calf has weakened his brain nerves, causing a dizzy spell.

"Roar, for Darkseid!"

The humanoid demon roared and lunged at the old man. Its outstretched wings, with sharp steel claws on the sides, scraped across the ground as it lifted them, producing a series of ear-piercing screeching sounds and a burst of dazzling sparks.

bang bang bang! ! !

"Fake!"

Alfred couldn't help but curse, and decisively pulled the trigger. His uninjured left leg stomped the ground, throwing his body onto the open space beside him.

The bullet fired from the revolver pierced the humanoid demon's eye. The humanoid demon roared in pain as it slammed its head against the wall. The angry roar echoed throughout the underground base and gradually spread outwards!

Puff puff! ! !

In an instant, more humanoid demons flooded into the underground base, and they immediately spotted Alfred hiding to the side.

"Damn."

Alfred endured the excruciating pain and tried to continue fleeing in the other direction, but the injury to his calf prevented him from making any further movements. The wound had already been torn open even more when he dodged the first humanoid monster. By now, his back was soaked with sweat, and he had even bitten his lip until it bled in order to bear the pain.

"Roar--"

On the other side, a dozen or so humanoid demons swarmed towards them, brandishing their steel claws. They were so close that one could even feel the gale-force winds they generated.

"Ugh"

Alfred sighed, closed his eyes, and quietly awaited death.

Whoosh——

Suddenly, a figure fell through the gaping hole in the underground base with a "bang," followed by a blazing beam of light that sliced ​​all the humanoid demons in half at the waist. The crimson light shone on Alfred's face, and because of the close proximity, the heat emanating from the light hit him, causing his pores to open slightly, and the temperature in the air to rise rapidly.

Alfred listened to the sounds of piles of body parts hitting the ground with a "thud," and felt the blood flowing over his hands. He unconsciously wiped his hands, opened his eyes, and asked in surprise, "You are... that mysterious person?"

"Okay, Batman will be here soon. I'll take you out first."

When Lowe saw that Alfred was still alive, he breathed a sigh of relief. Alfred could be said to be Batman's mentor, not only in fighting, but also in life, guiding Batman step by step to become a legend in Gotham.

"it is good."

Alfred realized that with something like this happening at the underground base, it would definitely be exposed. If he stayed, the residents of Gotham City would probably know about the Batman tomorrow.

He has become a knight-errant.

Lo Wei possessed Afu and flew out of the rift. Before leaving, he took a special look at the box where the Mother Box was stored and found that the box had been torn open and the Mother Box was nowhere to be seen. It was probably taken away by the humanoid demon just now.

So he sped up, smashed through the gap in the base, and brought the humanoid demons that had gathered there. He first took Afu to a safe place and used his thermal vision to stop the bleeding and treat the wound.

"Go quickly, someone will come to pick me up."

The person Alfred was referring to was Robin, whom Batman had contacted before and who was also Batman's latest assistant.

Whoosh——

Lowe did not respond, but flew towards the swarm of humanoid monsters in the distance. Batman's underground base was actually located in a rather remote area, not in the city center, but in a place far from the docks. There were not many people there usually, and most of the time it was a place frequented by workers, thugs, and gang members.