American comics: I became a god at the beginning, I chose to practice both science and magic

Chapter 282 Lex Luthor Has No Secrets

Just after Dane and Diana dealt with the Amazon issue, Arthur's progress in Atlantis was also very encouraging.

Because he had the experience of fighting against the demons from hell together last time, he did not encounter any major obstacles this time.

Even the king of the Trench Tribe, who had always been elusive, agreed to make a pact with Arthur that he would lead the Trench Tribe to fight against the space invaders.

Although the Trench Clan are a group of irrational monsters, they are still very useful as cannon fodder to consume the demon-like army. In terms of numbers, Arthur really doesn't know who is stronger, the demon-like army or the Trench Clan.

The king of the Trench tribe did not care about the possible losses. Even to him, the people of the Trench tribe were just consumables.

It was hard for him to have any feelings for these completely irrational guys who even practiced cannibalism.

In the palace of Atlantis, Arthur lay on his throne without any image.

He had been traveling all over the seven seas with Atlanna during this period, and he was so tired that he almost collapsed.

"As a king, how can you behave like this?"

When Arthur heard the voice, he immediately started to regain his composure. Atlanna swam in from outside the door. She had returned to Atlantis several years ago and had now completely regained the demeanor of a queen.

If it weren't for the stain of having an affair with a surface person, she would even be more qualified than Arthur to be the king of Atlantis, but now all that is in the past.

Now Atlantis has begun to establish communication with the outside world through the country of Kandak.

Although they are still mysterious, they are no longer an illusory legend to ordinary people.

713 "Our army is on standby, ready to march at any moment with just one order. As the King of Atlantis, Lord of the Seven Seas, how come you're still so out of touch?"

Arthur said with a sullen face, "Because that's just who I am. Becoming a king or something like that doesn't change who I am. The king you expected wasn't me from the beginning!"

This wasn't the first time they had discussed this topic, but it always ended in a sour mood.

Compared to Orm, Arthur really doesn't look like a king. He spent more time as a hero in the human world than as a king in Atlantis.

Most of the things here are managed by Atlanna and Vico, and the Council of Nobles has actually been dissatisfied for a long time.

If it weren't for the close relationship between Arthur and Shazam, they might have thought of some way to mess with him.

In the Western feudal system, the political game between the king and the nobles is also a feature that must be tasted.

Fortunately, Arthur's own strength and external support were strong enough to suppress the aristocratic parliament and prevent it from acting rashly.

Atlanna had no doubt that if the Council of Nobles dared to drag its feet at the critical moment and delayed Shazam's important task, he would simply massacre all the nobles in the council and then replace them with an obedient one.

Look at Xebel now, she is almost Shazam's yes-man, especially after Nereus' daughter Mera and Shazam became closer, the Kingdom of Xebel has always responded to his requests.

This time was no exception. When they mentioned that this alliance was initiated by Shazam, the old guy Nereus agreed without much thought.

This puzzled Atlanna. In her impression, Nereus should be a very principled guy!

After all, he was a man who was exiled when he was young, and then led his men back to Zebel to inherit the throne. He shouldn't be like this now.

In fact, this is because there is an information gap between Atlanna and Nereus.

Atlanna thought Shazam was just the Lord of Kandak and the leader of the Justice League.

But Nereus already knew from his daughter that Dane was still the Lord of Hell and King of the Underworld, and he possessed more than he showed now.

To put it bluntly, he is now a true god. As a mortal king, no matter how humble he is in front of a god, it is not excessive.

Besides, he believed that given the relationship between Dane and Mera, he would never sit idly by and watch the Kingdom of Xebel suffer a heavy blow.

Supporting the formation of the Earth Alliance is also a preparation for the future. The sea people will definitely have to deepen their cooperation with the surface people in the future. This has become a general trend.

Active and proactive participation will help Zebel gain a first-mover advantage in the future.

If one day in the future the entire earth civilization has the opportunity to form a huge community, then Zebel's little first-mover advantage today will bring huge benefits in the future.

Atlanna?

In his eyes, she is just a woman with long hair and little knowledge. How can she expect the two worlds to understand each other with a saintly heart?

There is no real interest binding in this kind of relationship.

Atlantis and Xebel are the two strongest countries in the Ocean Kingdom, so if they agree, the Fisherman Kingdom will not object.

However, the people of this kingdom simply cannot live without water, and they don’t like fighting by nature. They will be a drag on the battlefield, and by then they will probably only be able to do logistics and other work.

However, the resources of the Fisherman Kingdom are very rich, and Atlanna originally hoped that Arthur could have some kind of marriage with the princess of the Fisherman Kingdom.

But when Arthur heard this, his face turned green, and he yelled at Atlanna for the first time:

"I.Donn.Fuck.The.Fish"

Fortunately, this news did not spread, otherwise, no matter how gentle the King of the Fisherman Kingdom was, he would probably bring his army to fight Arthur to the death.

But to be honest, the people of Fisherman Country do look... a little too pure, so it's normal that Arthur can't stand it.

It's not like he really likes to mess around with fish as the rumors say...

As for the purer saltwater country, this country, which was originally the most difficult and stubborn one in the movie "Aquaman", is actually the easiest to deal with.

Arthur simply showed them the golden trident, and under the appeal of this king's weapon, the King of Saltwater quickly agreed to join the allied forces.

In this way, basically all the underwater kingdoms joined the Earth Alliance.

Apart from a few lost kingdoms whose depth was unknown, Arthur had no friendship with them for the time being, and because of Atlanna's warning, he did not go.

Now only the human world remains.

It is obviously impossible to expect all countries to participate, but it is not impossible to get the countries with the strongest military power to participate.

Even under the cover of the Mother Box, Cortana can still do many things. She is not a pure electronic consciousness now, and there are things that the Mother Box cannot reach.

The dream world is a place that the "hand" of the Mother Box cannot reach.

In this world, Cortana brought in both Lex Luthor and Victor Stone and unlocked their ability to perceive "dreams".

Anyone who has ever had a dream knows that no matter how absurd and bizarre the dream world is, it is difficult for the person in the dream to perceive it, and the person’s cognition in the dream will be distorted by the dream itself.

Therefore, in the past, Luther was not aware of the abnormality here in his dreams, and he was working hard for his own inspiration.

But what if we could wake up these people who are immersed in their dreams?

If they realize that they are dreaming, even the most scheming people will be defeated.

Lex Luthor's expression was extremely grim at this moment. He stared at Dane beside Cortana:

"So, you've been reading my thoughts all along?"

Dane comforted him, "That's not the case at all. In fact, you only come here when you are inspired.

For example, the Apple Core project you proposed last time has great prospects. That’s how I learned that you were the one behind the Canadian University project.”

Luther didn't feel comforted at all, on the contrary, he felt ashamed!

It turns out that all his plans had been seen by Shazam, but he was the only one who was still complacent. He is just a fucking monkey!

He made up his mind at this moment to solve this problem, otherwise he would have no secrets in front of Shazam in the future.

But what Luther didn't know was that his memory was only continuous at this moment. Once he left the dream world, everything in the dream would be forgotten. Isn't that what dreams are like?

Therefore, his thoughts were completely meaningless. From the moment he entered this dream world, he had no control over his own behavior.

On the other side, Victor Stone stood silently, looking in the mirror.

This is the world of dreams, so here he can realize his wishes, such as becoming a normal person.

But this is just a dream. When he wakes up, he will turn back into the cyborg wrapped in machinery.

But just this moment was enough for him to savor the feeling of being human, this breath, this temperature, this feeling of being alive.

But Dane had to interrupt him: "Victor, you should know why I called you here."

His words interrupted Victor's fantasy, and he quickly changed back into the mechanical cyborg.

Victor turned his head, as if this form had brought back his cold rationality.

"Yes, I think I do."

Dane turned around and introduced him to Luthor: "This is Lex Luthor."

"I know him. He's the head of the Lex Group and the indirect person responsible for the Saint Rock incident."

After the Doomsday incident, out of curiosity, Victor also researched the cause of the incident on the Internet.

The firewall of the Lex Group was obviously unable to prevent the dimensionality reduction attack of an electronic biochemical man like him, and he directly discovered the truth.

"I didn't expect that. I thought I handled it pretty cleanly."

Although Luther was smiling on his face, he felt as sick as if he had eaten shit.

He was filled with a strong desire: He must find a way to restrain these damn freaks!

Chapter 283 The Role of Lex Luthor

Although Lex Luthor has too much malice towards superhumans in his heart, he still has to be patient because he must cooperate with the Justice League to resolve this incident.

To some extent, he should bear some responsibility for this.

"So where do we start?" No matter how smart Luther's brain was, he couldn't create a machine out of thin air and then break the Mother Box's blockade of the real network.

"That's why I'm about to introduce you to this... Cyborg."

Originally, Dane wanted to say Victor's name directly, because Luther would forget everything after waking up from the dream.

But he thought about it and decided that it was just a name, so it wouldn't be a bad thing to keep it on the safe side.

For the first time, Victor learned that his name was "Cyborg". He looked at Dane and knew that he was defending his true identity.

Although this cover-up didn't mean much to him, he was still grateful to Dane for his actions, which made him feel respected.

"Cyborg..." Luther looked up at the cyborg. Well, what abilities does this new freak have?

"Cyborg was born with the power of the Mother Box, so he possesses a part of the Mother Box's abilities."

Smart people don't need too much explanation. Luthor instantly understood the significance of Cyborg's existence. He is the key to breaking the Mother Box's blockade of the Internet, and even the key to preventing the Mother Box from performing the "Trinity" ritual.

But before that, Dane first needs Luther to do something.

"I need you to properly activate the intelligent system you sold to the military so they can understand what's going on."

I have to say that Luther is a smart guy. Although the system he designed is not impossible to crack, if you want to use some of the methods he secretly buried normally, you must enter the passwords he set in advance one by one.

And it must be done by him personally, because those codes are not digital information, but living people!

It was he who personally recruited and developed the connections and subordinates for the Lex Group over the years. Each person would only tell him a number or a word when they saw him in person.

These numbers or words change all the time. Only when Luther obtains this information correctly within the specified time can he finally activate the hidden hand he left behind.

He used quantum technology in his communication network system. If Cortana tried to bypass the password and forcibly activate that function, the quantum information would collapse from the superposition state to a definite state, eventually causing the system to completely collapse.

Luther seemed to have been prepared and had set a self-destruct program for the system.

Because of this, even Cortana cannot guarantee that she can crack the program without any mistakes. One negligence may completely destroy the entire system.

So to be safe, Dane must find Luther.

Of course, the most amazing thing is not the tricks he did on the technology, but that even if those secret tricks were successfully launched, it was still done by humans after all. Those people only identified Luther, because Luther held the upper hand over them.

So only Luther can hold them hostage.

So even if Dane and Cortana could solve the technical problems, they would still need a "Luthor" to meet with those people in person and finalize the details.

Because it was too troublesome and the steps were too complicated, they finally decided to let Luther get involved directly. Dane knew that this was actually Luther's purpose.

It’s a pity that he didn’t know that Dane had a powerful weapon like dreams, so his subsequent plans failed before they even began.

Luther did not play tricks in this regard, he knew what was important and what was not.

"First of all, I need a computer, and I need a computer with very high computing power."

Luther raised his eyebrows at Dane, seemingly provocatively.

But Dane ignored his expression and simply said, "Do you know the Room of Requirement?"

"What? You want to tell a fairy tale?" Luther frowned.

However, just as he finished his question, a gust of wind suddenly blew past him from behind. Luther turned his head sharply and saw a mottled ancient wall.

He looked up again and found that this place had become a very old castle at some point, and the ceiling gave people a very profound sense of art.

He could even smell the musty odor of an old house emanating from the ancient castle.

All of this was too real, so much so that Luther couldn't tell whether it was reality or a dream, but he knew very well that none of this was real.