As dirt and stones flew up, Wonder Woman's reappearance interrupted Mebius's self-absorption. She put away her Lasso of Truth and drew her magical sword.
"Come on, big sister, let's do something fun!"
Mebius stepped forward without fear, directly using the bone spurs that grew from her hands to withstand the artifact. She wanted to test what she was capable of now.
Wonder Woman easily cut the bone spurs, even leaving a huge gash in her hand, but she herself was also thrown off balance by Mebius's immense strength.
"Haha, come again, big sister," Mebius said, watching the body rapidly healing under the flickering arcs of energy.
The two charged at each other again, and a clang rang out—a sound of metal clashing against metal. After being reborn, Mebius's bone spurs were now able to contend with the artifact.
Injury, adaptation, and becoming stronger—this is Doomsday's core ability, almost like the word "evolution" itself.
Wonder Woman had come to see Mebius as the end of the universe, and facing such a monster alone was not a rational move. This was no longer a one-on-one duel for glory, so she decisively called for the other members.
"Guys, is anyone free to come and lend a hand?"
Chapter 185 The Death of the Eagle's Claw
Wonder Woman is hoping someone will come and help her, but it seems like no one is available right now.
Superman: "I can't leave."
The Flash: "Almost there, almost there."
Green Lantern: "Why don't you help me out first?"
In the end, only Batman remained unanswered. Wonder Woman also didn't know where he was hiding, but Batman and Doomsday were not compatible, so she would probably have to do it herself.
At this moment, in a back alley in Gotham City, two people with similar convictions are fighting each other as humans.
Gotham City is rife with crime, with countless cases of all sizes, but the case that happened here was special, giving this alley its name: Crime Alley.
Batman and Night Owl, their fates both began to turn from here.
Batman's parents were shot in an alley, which led him to fight crime. Meanwhile, Nite Owl killed his own parents and brothers in the same alley and began to rule the city with fear.
The moment they met, they realized that these were members of the Wayne family from a parallel world, and that they were completely opposite. For some reason, they both chose not to use high technology or any other tools, but instead to fight each other with their own bodies and the martial arts they had cultivated over the years.
The Joker once called Batman a lunatic, which is an inaccurate statement, but there's no smoke without fire. Batman does sometimes insist on things that ordinary people can't understand, but that's also an important factor in his strength.
Batman and Night Owl each used their own methods, but neither could gain the upper hand for the time being, and the battle seemed to have reached a stalemate.
But then, an unexpected event occurred.
Batman was working with the Joker; he was fighting Night Owl in Crime Alley, but the Joker wasn't idle either. He was also fighting and unexpectedly got the first kill.
The blindfolded human head was thrown in front of Night Owl, with an exaggerated smile still on it, clearly indicating that he died from laughing gas.
"What did you do!"
Batman reacted the most strongly. He would never kill anyone, and he would not allow his partner to kill anyone during a mission. This was a bottom line for him.
"As you can see, I killed him, I killed Eagle Claw, that Night Owl's henchman, a man who deserved it, hahaha! Don't you think so, Night Owl, hahaha!"
Night Owl's expression remained unchanged, as if the matter had affected him less than Batman. However, the Joker knew that Night Owl was not as calm as he appeared; he valued his brother highly.
Night Owl had no feelings for his parents; he killed them with his own hands. But it was different with his brother; it was an accident, and he had no intention of killing his younger brother.
For many years afterward, Night Owl hoped to find a brother, unlike his fragile younger brother, who wouldn't leave him over trivial matters—a true brother. He once thought that Eagle Claw was the one he was looking for.
The clown was still mocking the night owl, and the night owl almost immediately threw several darts at him.
clang!
Batman used the same method to stop Night Owl. He was unhappy with the Joker's behavior, but he wouldn't just stand by and watch his enemy kill the Joker.
Night Owl tried several times, but he couldn't easily break through Batman's blockade. However, he no longer intended to have a fair fight with Batman.
"Listen up, all Alliance members!" Night Owl issued the order over the Ultimate Alliance's internal communications: "The outsider has killed Eagle Claw. If you don't want to be next, come to Gotham City and eliminate the enemy."
"Do not."
Higher privileges override Night Owl's commands, and naturally, no one but Carl could do that.
"Those who haven't arrived in Gotham yet, return to your respective territories immediately. From now on, no matter what happens, you must maintain order in the city. Listen carefully to my order! No matter what, maintaining order is the top priority!"
Night Owl was in charge of commanding the Alliance most of the time, so everyone knew that Karl was the real boss. After all, you could tell just by looking at the Alliance's name. Karl's power was the cornerstone of the Alliance. They decisively abandoned Night Owl's orders and chose to return the way they came.
"Why is Superpower so powerful? Can you give me an explanation?" Night Owl asked, suppressing his emotions, in his personal channel.
Carl replied, "The reason is that it's time to execute the plan and launch 'Noah's Ark'."
Eagle Claw died. This in itself is nothing. Eagle Claw was just a nobody, and the things he did usually made his death not unjust at all. He deserved to die.
But the key is the timing of his death. In the original story, the day Eagle Claw died was also the day the Anti-Monitor descended on Earth. A red light flashed, and the universe was destroyed.
Of course, the timing of Eagle Claw's death is clearly abnormal. It is the arrival of the Justice League that caused a butterfly effect, leading to the current result, which is mostly inconsistent with the original time.
However, no one dares to gamble, and no one wants to joke with their own life. What if the universe is really going to be destroyed? When the anti-monitors arrive, they might not even have a chance to run away. Therefore, they must prepare in advance.
"What was the plan you were talking about?" Superman asked.
He has super hearing, and he heard every word of the Ultimate Alliance's conversation. He wanted to know what the plan that Superpower was talking about was, as it sounded very important.
Carl didn't answer. Eagle Claw was dead. Assuming the timing wasn't wrong, the Anti-Monitor could arrive at any moment, perhaps in a few minutes, perhaps in the next instant. He had to prepare to fly out immediately.
His figure appeared in front of Superman in an instant. In fact, the two of them had been trying to restrain their power during the previous battle and had not been serious at all. After fighting for so long, both of them were still at full health. If you really want to talk about it, it could only be considered a warm-up.
This time it's different. Carl unleashed his full speed, catching Superman off guard. And that one move was enough.
Karl threw a punch right in front of Superman's face and then opened his hand, smearing Superman's face with a large amount of Kryptonite powder. Superman immediately lost his strength and fell straight to the ground. That's how exaggerated the weaknesses of Kryptonians are.
Then Carl arrived at the Gotham battlefield and punched Wonder Woman.
The punch wasn't delivered with much force, but unfortunately, it was still blocked by Wonder Woman's shield, who was experienced in combat.
"Hmph." Karl's attack failed, and he didn't continue. He didn't want to waste too much time.
So Karl said to Mebius, who had used the Doomsday gene, "Mebius, stop them for me."
After saying that, he flew directly towards the metropolis. The preparations for the spaceship would take a considerable amount of time, and they had to begin as soon as possible.
Chapter 186 The Plan Begins
Carl always knew that the universe was going to be destroyed. No matter how many villains there were on Earth, they had nothing to do with ordinary people who were busy with their lives. So, if he could save them, he would naturally do so.
Carl flew to his underground base. Brainiac's spaceship made this idea possible. The method was simple: use the spaceship's shrinking ray to put all the cities on Earth into a bottle and take them with him. It wouldn't be called a wandering Earth, but rather a wandering land.
The Octopus Ship is launched, with four enormous tentacles hovering in the sky; it's clearly not a good thing.
The people of Metropolis weren't too afraid. They had already witnessed the Octopus Ship's deployment once before, flying out and then returning. Apart from the ground cracking slightly, it hadn't affected their lives at all, and everyone continued with their lives as usual.
However, this time the situation was different. The spaceship cast a blue light from above and seemed to resonate with something underground. In an instant, the entire city, along with the surrounding towns, was shrunk and sucked into the spaceship.
Carl had been preparing this shrinking plan for almost a year. In order to be ready to escape at any time, he installed a shrinking aid device under every city on Earth to save time.
The Octopus Ship doesn't need to charge up; it only needs to emit a symbolic blue light to activate the equipment buried under the city, allowing it to pack up and take the entire city away quickly and easily.
However, others see things differently. Even those who know Karl is shrinking the city, let alone those who don't understand spaceships, find it hard to accept.
The commotion surrounding the metropolis was significant; cities around it witnessed its disappearance. While the cities were shrunk, on the surface, it was no different from being blasted to smithereens.
“That’s Brainiac’s spaceship!”
The Justice League members recognized the prototype of the Squidward spaceship. The aliens' spaceship was very different from the one in their world, but they could still tell who the owner of the spaceship was.
"The city where the blue light disappeared—is this how he treated Paradise Island in this world?"
Wonder Woman remembered what the Atlanteans had told her: Paradise Island had vanished in a blue light, leaving not a single rubble behind. And wasn't that exactly what was happening now?
Wonder Woman blocked the staff that Mebius swung at her. He was using the staff like a club. She blocked the attack with her shield and used the force of the blow to temporarily create distance between herself and Mebius.
She stood atop a clock tower and cried out, “We must stop him! Paradise Island has shrunk; this must not happen again… And you, do you really want to live in a bottle from now on?”
She wasn't just speaking to her companions; she was also trying to get help from the Ultimate Alliance. Normally, no one would want to be locked up.
“Of course I didn’t want to, but what he did was definitely to save people, and I believe him,” Mebius said with certainty, recalling what had happened in the Honkai world.
Johnny Quick looked at the disappearing city in the distance. Metropolis and Gotham City were only separated by a bridge, but now that bridge was gone. This scene, which was no different from destruction, made him waver.
Carl had told him about the crisis Earth was about to face, but even he found it hard to control his thoughts. What if it was a lie? What if Superman just wanted to use this to control the Earthlings?
After all, the other party is an alien, so it's normal for them to take away Earthlings with their spaceship, just like in the movies. The so-called 'Noah's Ark' is just a lie fabricated to justify the construction of the spaceship. Johnny Quick thought this uncontrollably, and even stopped in his tracks.
"What are you doing?" The Ring-Bearer flying in the sky spotted him: "Superpower told us to stop the outsiders and maintain the stability of the city no matter what happens. Don't stop, or Superpower will get angry."
Johnny Quick imagined Carl standing in front of him with burning eyes and shuddered.
"Okay, I understand."
In any case, being shrunk is better than facing the Superpower directly, so Johnny Quick ultimately decided to focus on the task at hand first.
The Ultimate Alliance has a pyramid-shaped organizational structure. Regardless of the process, the members at the top have chosen to support Project Ark, and the lower-level members have no choice but to cooperate and try to maintain the stability of the city, although the methods may be somewhat violent.
No one on Earth-3 chose to respond to Wonder Woman's suggestion, but this interruption gave the Justice League a chance to regroup.
Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Superman, who had just fallen from the sky, reunited.
"Formation 3, let's go." Wonder Woman gave a coded signal and led the rest of the team, except for Superman, who was still in a weakened state, to charge forward.
Mebius swung his enormous snake tail, aiming to smash it down on them, but Wonder Woman and Hal together stepped in front of it, preventing the tail from hitting the ground.
The Flash seized the opportunity to rush behind Mebius, to the location where the Ringwright and Johnny Quick were.
Johnny, who also possesses incredible speed, immediately clashed with The Flash, throwing punches at each other. However, to his surprise, The Flash wasn't simply swinging his fist; at the same time, Johnny's forearm was making high-speed circles in the air.
The Speed Force isn't just about making someone faster; it has countless amazing uses. Johnny Quick didn't really explore it, but The Flash certainly had plenty of ingenious ideas.
When their fists collided, a violent whirlwind suddenly arose, blowing Johnny Express into the air.
"Don't run!" Mebius reacted and slapped the Flash on the ground, but missed.
Hal, who was prepared, did not let the opportunity pass. He conjured a huge fire hammer and smashed it directly into Johnny Quick in the air, knocking him unconscious.
The Justice League's coordinated attack resulted in one less member on this side, making it 3 against 2.
"You've got some skill; we absolutely can't let you bother Karl right now!"
Ignoring everything around him, Mebius focused solely on attacking Flash, who was the most likely person to interfere with Carl. His massive body moved through the city at incredible speed, creating a veritable catastrophe.
Wonder Woman and Hal immediately launched an attack to try to rescue The Flash, but despite his cowardice, the Ringwright's combat power, equivalent to that of a top Green Lantern, could not be ignored. With his interference, the two could only inflict minor wounds on Mebius.
This actually worked in Möbius's favor. The deliberate pursuit, coupled with her constantly injured body, caused her speed and defense to evolve rapidly. Soon, Hal's armor energy became completely ineffective.
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