Without his secret weapon, Wolf knew he had almost no chance of winning against Superman in a one-on-one fight, so he opted for a group attack.
Four newly grown wolves pounced forward and entangled Karl, while the last one stood still and frantically bit his own arm, splattering blood everywhere. More wolves grew out, crowding the street.
Their numbers increased, but their strength remained undiminished; each of them was a berserker wolf in its prime, almost defying the law of conservation of energy.
Hundreds of wolves are enough to conquer anything, but now their only target is Karl.
……
……
Earth III.
An unnamed sea area, the former location of Paradise Island, but now not even a handful of soil can be found, only an endless ocean.
Wonder Woman looked at the map in her hand with some doubt: "This world is upside down, but other aspects are still very similar. Logically speaking, Paradise Island in this world should be here, or is it that there really are no Amazons in this world?"
Wonder Woman's counterpart is uncertain; all other League members can find their counterparts here, but her counterpart seems to be nonexistent.
Seeing that the place that should have been Paradise Island was now empty, Wonder Woman couldn't help but wonder if Paradise Island really didn't exist in this world.
“Paradise Island is a place blessed by the gods. Perhaps because the gods never came here, Paradise Island never existed,” Wonder Woman speculated.
Just as she was thinking this, the seawater beneath her feet suddenly surged, and a giant squid carrying several people in armor emerged.
“Atlanteans?” Wonder Woman recognized them. She had dealt with Atlanteans before joining the Justice League.
She had no idea what the customs of Atlantis were like, and wondered whether she should say hello.
“A lone Amazon must be one of the survivors who escaped the destruction of Paradise Island.”
Ordinary Atlanteans were unaware of the final fate of Paradise Island; from their perspective, things were simple.
Superpower arrived in a massive spaceship, and no matter how the Amazons attacked, it was to no avail. Finally, with a blue light, Paradise Island ceased to exist.
"Soldiers, seize her! Or kill her outright. The Amazons cannot exist; this is the will of the Superpower!"
Their king was also a member of the Ultimate Alliance, so these Atlanteans felt they should help kill the remaining Amazons.
"What did you just say happened to Paradise Island?!"
Wonder Woman's eyes widened in anger. Even though she knew this wasn't her Paradise Island, hearing these words suddenly made it impossible for her, as an Amazon, to contain her rage.
The Atlanteans pulled out water guns and shot Wonder Woman. These weapons resembled rifles in appearance, but they used water as bullets. The destructive power generated by the compressed seawater was more powerful than that of ordinary kinetic weapons.
Wonder Woman took out the round shield hanging on her back to block the attack, and then wielded the Lasso of Truth to snatch the giant squid on the sea surface.
She still maintained a degree of rationality, choosing a lasso as her weapon instead of the longsword at her waist. If it were in her own world, and an Atlantean dared to slander Paradise Island like that, she probably would have drawn her sword long ago.
She is a superhero who doesn't kill indiscriminately, but she is also a warrior of Paradise Island, and her identity as a warrior takes precedence. Therefore, she doesn't adhere to the principle of not killing as strictly as Superman and Batman.
Wonder Woman pulled the giant squid down, causing the Atlanteans on its back to fall into the water. They had assumed that the squid was just an ordinary Amazon, and that with a small team like theirs, doing whatever they wanted would be a piece of cake. But Wonder Woman was far more powerful than the average Amazon.
The Atlanteans lived their entire lives in the sea, but even these soldiers couldn't outrun Wonder Woman in terms of underwater speed, and were quickly captured by Diana.
“Tell me, what exactly is going on at Paradise Island? Where have all the Amazons gone?” Wonder Woman demanded, dangling the soldiers in the air.
The Amazons, bound by the Lasso of Truth, were forced to tell the 'truth'.
"Destroyed. Just two months ago, Superpower piloted his spaceship and fired a single shot, leaving not a trace of the entire island."
Wonder Woman felt dizzy, and she kept repeating to herself, "This isn't my home, this isn't my home..."
After a while, Wonder Woman suddenly swung the soldiers and slammed them heavily onto the sea. The force of the impact was no different from being thrown onto concrete. All the soldiers were knocked unconscious and floated on the sea like dead fish.
She held back, at least not killing the soldiers outright. Life in the Justice League had made her less ruthless than she was a thousand years ago, but that didn't mean she had calmed down.
Filled with rage, Wonder Woman flew towards Gotham City to tell her teammates about her discovery.
Meanwhile, other people's investigations were also not going well.
In Central City, The Flash wanted to first appreciate the city and see how it differed from his own Central City.
With 24 hours of free investigation time, he could do a lot of things in that time, so he wasn't in a hurry to find his counterpart.
The Flash first bought a hot dog from a roadside stall to replenish his energy, and then leisurely went to the Central City Police Department, where he usually works and is responsible for handling physical evidence.
Driven by curiosity, The Flash came here to see the differences between the two worlds.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be quite different; most of the police officers working there were actually criminals from his world. Seeing these 'familiar faces' made Flash feel incredibly awkward, but at the same time, it fueled his curiosity even more.
He infiltrated the police station at super speed, intending to rummage through the case files to satisfy his curiosity and investigate the world—he was truly a genius.
“Let me see… Oh, what’s this, Leonard?” The Flash looked at the cover of a file: “Captain Cold, I never thought that the guy who often robs banks would be a cop in this world.”
"Wait, he's been killed in the line of duty!" the Flash exclaimed. "The perpetrator was Johnny, is it the Johnny I'm thinking of?"
The Flash found a file that caught his attention, and perhaps he was too preoccupied with it, for he didn’t notice a bolt of lightning striking him from the other side of the city.
Chapter 178 The Lost Uniqueness
The Flash was looking at files at the police station, and the contents of them intrigued him. If he wasn't mistaken, the person who killed Captain Cold in this world should be Johnny Quick, although the possibility of two people named Johnny was ultimately quite small.
The Flash put down the file and was about to flip through the others when suddenly an orange-yellow lightning bolt appeared beside him, and a person wearing a red bodysuit and goggles arrived.
The Flash is very familiar with this kind of lightning; it's the Speed Force. People who can use this power are called speedsters, which means that the person appearing in front of him must be Johnny Quick.
Johnny Quick stared at the Flash from head to toe and said, "My gut feeling was right. Another person in this city can use the Speed Force."
“Uh…hi, hello.” The Flash tried to say hello.
Perhaps he had become accustomed to the feeling of sharing the Speed Force with others, because he did not sense Johnny Quick, but rather Johnny Quick, who had always enjoyed the power alone.
When the Justice League arrived in this world, he noticed that he was slower. He was anxious to find out why, but to no avail, until the Flash arrived in Central City and Johnny Quick sensed something.
Johnny Quick didn't respond, but instead stabbed at the Flash with a high-speed vibrating hand chop. His hand, imbued with the Speed Force, was powerful enough to penetrate anything; it was a true killing move that the Flash usually wouldn't use, but Johnny was different.
The chop struck the Flash's chest emblem, narrowly missing the mark. In a split second, the Flash leaned back, miraculously dodging the fatal attack with a bridge-like stance.
The newcomers seemed hostile, and the archives were too cramped for high-speed movement. The Flash had no intention of fighting there, so after dodging the hand chop, he flipped over and sped away from the scene.
"Stop right there!" Johnny Express shouted as he gave chase.
Two speedsters engaged in a chase through the city at unimaginable speeds, running over high bridges, driveways, and even steep buildings. Only the best cameras could barely capture a few flashes of lightning.
For The Flash and Johnny Quick, the entire city seemed to have come to a complete standstill, and the only ones who could react to their actions were each other.
The Flash ran ahead, with Johnny Quick close behind, less than two meters apart.
Johnny Quick thought that this distance was practically nothing, but that was only if the other person wasn't a Speedster. At the same speed, those two meters were both incredibly close and incredibly far.
Johnny Quick's expression was ferocious as he ran with all his might. He had never run so hard before, except when he was conducting the Speed Force experiment under Carl's supervision.
After exerting all his strength, Johnny Quick finally made a breakthrough; he could see the distance between him and the Flash gradually closing.
Johnny Express stretched his hand forward with all his might, almost there, just a little bit more.
The two were only centimeters apart. If he ran a little longer, just a little longer, he would be able to reach the Flash.
However, at that moment, Johnny Quick noticed a change in the surrounding scenery. The light in the sky became extremely dim and soon disappeared completely. They had run into an area shrouded in the moon's shadow.
Johnny Quick's ferocious expression gradually changed color. He looked sullen, as if he had seen something terrifying. Yes, he was afraid.
Don't be fooled by his immediate attack on The Flash; it wasn't because he was violent, but because he was afraid and his life was threatened.
Johnny Quick was always clear about one thing: his boss, Superpower, had always disliked him. When he was being held captive by the Nobunt's lasso, Superpower almost killed him.
The reason he's still alive is simply because of two things: first, he's cowardly and obedient enough that he never dares to do anything out of line; second, and most importantly, his abilities are unique and irreplaceable—not everyone who gets struck by lightning is lucky enough to gain superpowers.
Johnny knew that his boss's plan required a large amount of Speed Force, which was his life guarantee. With this, plus being obedient enough, he could move freely in the city.
And now what has he discovered? A new speedster, and his own position is no longer irreplaceable!
"If he keeps running, he'll reach Gotham. He can't be discovered, he absolutely can't let the other members of the Alliance find him, otherwise...!"
Johnny Quick made up his mind, then patted his face to soften his expression as much as possible.
“Hey!” he yelled at The Flash, “Don’t run away, I mean no harm.”
Johnny Quick slowed down until he came to a complete stop. Seeing this, Flash turned around and stopped at a spot not too far away from him.
Then he said, "You were just attacking me, do you think I would believe that?"
Johnny Quick argued forcefully, "That was just because I'd never seen any other speedsters before, so I was itching to test my skills. Even if you were hit by my hand chop, I would make my arm ethereal and pass right through your body."
"Really?" The Flash was somewhat skeptical.
“Really!” Johnny Quick nodded emphatically.
But after waiting for a while, the Flash remained stationary, making no other move.
Johnny Quick rolled his eyes behind his goggles and said, "Seriously, I've never seen anyone as fast as me. You know what I mean, sometimes being too fast is inconvenient. You can say something and it takes everyone else ages to react."
The Flash nodded in agreement; that was indeed true.
Johnny Quick continued, "Right, you can understand me. This is an experience I've never had before. We can definitely become friends. Why don't we sit down and have a good chat?"
The Flash didn't respond, but he was clearly hesitant.
Johnny pressed his advantage, saying, "I know a really good fast food restaurant. Their burgers and hot dogs are absolutely amazing. You must be hungry after running around for so long."
The Flash touched his stomach and realized he was indeed feeling hungry after hearing what the other person said. The Speed Force accelerates the body's metabolism, making the user feel hungry more easily.
So the Flash thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I happen to have a lot of questions for you too. Where is that fast food restaurant?"
"Come with me."
Johnny Quick brought the Flash back to Central City, where there was indeed a very good fast food restaurant. As soon as the waiters saw Johnny Quick, they rushed to the kitchen and brought out a lot of food, showing that Johnny was a regular customer.
"Sit down," Johnny Express said.
In order to prevent others from discovering the existence of another speedster, Johnny decides to find a way to keep the Flash in the city first, and then secretly look for an opportunity to kill him.
The two sat down, and just as they were indulging in their high-calorie food, the surrounding light suddenly brightened.
The moon has been moved away.
Chapter 179 Inquiry
The moon's relocation has sparked curiosity among many. Although it's no longer like before, when the sun wouldn't be visible for years at a time, that was only because Superpower no longer frequently adjusted the moon's orbit, meaning the moon could no longer block out the sun every day or two. The current situation is clearly different.
The people of Metropolis looked up at the sky and soon saw a red cape flying down. They recognized it all too well; wasn't that Hyper Giant? Only the symbol on his chest seemed to have changed.
However, for the citizens of the metropolis, this level of change is insignificant, since they dare not ask anyway.
You'll Also Like
-
Thanks for the invitation! I'm in the Marvel universe, specifically Doomsday.
Chapter 187 4 hours ago -
Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet
Chapter 957 4 hours ago -
In Ultraman: Starting with the Battle Device
Chapter 690 4 hours ago -
Genshin Impact, I, a mere mortal, cannot accompany you to the very end.
Chapter 237 4 hours ago -
I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.
Chapter 212 4 hours ago -
Retired God King becomes Witch Idol Manager
Chapter 590 4 hours ago -
Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...
Chapter 385 4 hours ago -
Devouring the starry sky, the clone evolves into a primordial behemoth.
Chapter 392 4 hours ago -
Pampered Beast: Frail Beauty with Many Children Brings Blessings
Chapter 640 4 hours ago -
The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens
Chapter 522 4 hours ago