Eudemons Qinglong in American manga

Chapter 261 Fortress of Solitude

Author: Fat Beef Rice with Onions

Chapter 261 Fortress of Solitude

If the person planning this attack was another super villain.

Whether it is a super villain with physical attacks or a super villain using magical power, Roy has nothing to worry about.

But the grid, a self-aware computer program, is the only exception.

Roy can destroy Grid's mechanical body, but he has no way of harming Grid's ontology program.

The power of the stars does have many uses, but it cannot launch attacks in the online world.

To put it bluntly, Roy doesn't even have the ability to touch the grid ontology program.

Unless he can find where the main program of Grid is, and at the same time cut off all surrounding network connections, leaving Grid with no place to escape, he will have a chance to destroy Grid.

Although Roy didn't speak, after seeing him frown, Selina knew that things were getting a little tricky.

“Is this grid difficult to work with?”

Selina said softly.

"Not only is it difficult, to be precise, I have no ability to hurt him at all."

"He is not a real life, but a self-aware program."

"Not just me, Superman and Diana can't defeat him either."

Roy replied quickly.

After hearing Roy's answer, Selina continued to ask:

"Isn't there still Cyborg?"

"He should be able to handle Grid, right?"

"Normally, that's the case, but judging from the current situation, I'm not very optimistic about Cyborg."

Although in the comics, Grid is defeated by Cyborg.

But that doesn't mean Cyborg can beat Grid at any time.

If you want to defeat the grid, you must have a special environment where you cannot escape towards the grid.

Otherwise, even the steel frame cannot prevent the grid from leaving.

The Grid will kidnap the students in the school at this time, indicating that it is ready to go to war with Cyborg.

Although I don’t know why Grid kidnapped so many students, if nothing else, Grid wanted to use these students to restrict or threaten Cyborg.

Soon, Roy discovered that his guess was correct.

Because the grid directly stated his plan.

"From now on, you are all my hostages."

"If you don't want to die, you'd better be obedient."

"Otherwise, I don't mind blowing you and the auditorium into the sky."

"Don't try to resist, and don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have."

"I now give you three minutes to contact the outside world. You can call the police, or you can contact your family or friends."

"Of course, it would be best if you could contact Cyborg."

After saying that, Grid began to order his subordinates to place bombs throughout the auditorium.

And, a rectangular shape with a silver-white appearance and an unknown shape.

While Grid's subordinates were setting up arrangements around the auditorium, the students in the auditorium took out their mobile phones one after another and began to contact the outside world.

"You should also call Diana and tell her the situation here."

Roy said to Selina.

"Uh-huh!"

Selina nodded, quickly took out her cell phone and dialed Diana's number.

Roy didn't pay attention to the conversation between Selina and Diana, and looked at the silver-white rectangles curiously.

Just when he was thinking about the use of these things, the grid directly activated these silver-white cuboids.

These cuboids, which originally looked like bricks, began to deform rapidly.

In just a blink of an eye, these cuboids turned into silver-white cylinders as thick as an arm.

After the deformation was completed, these columns slowly floated up in violation of the laws of physics, emitting light blue light.

Under the gaze of Roy and the others, the light blue light emitted by these columns connected together, like a square energy barrier, completely covering the entire auditorium.

Energy barrier generator?

Is it actually a smaller and portable version?

Interesting!

Although the technical principles may be different, after seeing the energy barrier formed by these columns, Roy immediately thought of the huge city shield in the Garden of Eden.

However, unlike the energy barrier generator in the Garden of Eden, these columns in front of you are much smaller.

I wonder how defensive this energy barrier is?

Looking at the light blue energy barrier in front of him, Roy suddenly had the urge to test the energy barrier's defense.

Suppressing the inexplicable impulse in his heart, he continued to look at Grid's men.

After setting up the energy barrier, the Grid's subordinates did not do anything else but gathered together in twos and threes to watch over the students in the auditorium.

"I have told Diana about the situation here, and she will come over in a moment."

Selina said to Roy.

"Well, let's see how they deal with it."

Roy replied.

Although he is in the auditorium now, he will not take action easily until he understands how much backhand the grid has left.

If the surrounding bombs exploded, he could only use the power of the stars to protect a small number of people in the auditorium.

He has indeed regained his strength now, and is stronger than when he was in the Marvel Universe, but he still has not reached the point where he can instantly cover thousands of people with the power of the stars.

Unless there is a network delay on the grid side.

Otherwise, the grid will definitely detonate the bomb faster than he can cover the entire auditorium with the power of the stars.

Once the three minutes are up, the grid blocks all signals in the auditorium.

Although the signal is blocked and students in the auditorium are not allowed to continue to contact the outside world, the grid actively projects the situation outside the auditorium onto the large screen in the auditorium.

Looking at the pictures displayed on the big screen, the students in the auditorium had a strange feeling that they were not only at the scene of the kidnapping, but also watching the live broadcast.

In order to allow the students in the auditorium to better understand the situation outside, the grid also deliberately divided the large screen into several, showing the Metropolitan Police rushing to the school and the pictures of the school evacuating students.

Not only that, it also transferred the live broadcast of a news channel.

After seeing these actions of the grid, Roy frowned slightly.

What is it trying to do?

If Grid just wants to force Cyborg to fight him.

Then, kidnapping the students in the auditorium is completely enough for it.

As for whether the students in the auditorium know what is happening outside, it will not affect it in forcing Cyborg out.

But now, it actually projects the situation outside.

If the Grid is a real terrorist, Roy can somewhat understand its thinking.

But the problem is that the grid is not a terrorist, and it does not need to add psychological pressure to the hostages.

In other words, it doesn't need to care whether the hostage is afraid at all.

outside school.

Diana used her magical power to complete Wonder Woman's costume change.

Then, he picked up his cell phone and dialed Cyborg's number.

Soon, the call was connected, and Cyborg's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm already on my way to Metropolitan University. I expect to arrive in a minute."

Before Diana could speak, Cyborg said immediately.

"I know you must be heading to Metropolitan University. What I want to say is that among the people kidnapped by Cyborg, there is a special person."

Diana said quickly.

"Special someone?"

"Are you talking about Roy who went with you to threaten Amanda yesterday?"

Cyborg asked rhetorically.

"How did you know it was him?"

Diana asked doubtfully.

"I just analyzed all the calls made by Metropolitan University and just found out that his girlfriend Selina is contacting you."

Cyborg said directly.

"Well, now that you know he's in there, that's OK."

"I'll leave now. See you in school."

Diana continued.

"good!"

After saying that, Cyborg hung up the phone on his own initiative.

Soon, Diana and Cyborg arrived on the lawn outside the auditorium and looked at the auditorium in front of them.

"Where's Clark?"

"Isn't he in Metropolis now?"

After realizing that only she and Cyborg had arrived, Diana asked Cyborg.

"He doesn't know where he went. I contacted the artificial intelligence of the Fortress of Solitude, and the artificial intelligence of the castle doesn't know where he went."

Cyborg said quickly.

In the comics, the Fortress of Solitude is Superman's secret base in the Arctic, where various alien technologies are stored.

But here, Fortress Dugu is just an ordinary secret base established by Superman on a mountain dozens of kilometers away from the metropolis.

Although it contains some things that are important to Superman, it is far from as exaggerated as the Fortress of Solitude in the comics.

But this is normal. After all, the Superman of this universe has not only never seen General Zod, but he also doesn't know that there is a Kryptonian spaceship that has been frozen for tens of thousands of years under the Arctic ice shelf.

If he knew that there was a Kryptonian spacecraft under the Arctic ice shelf, he would never build the Fortress of Solitude on the mountains near Metropolis, but would directly use the Kryptonian spacecraft as his secret base.

"Since we can't contact him, forget it. The two of us should be enough to handle this matter."

Diana said to Cyborg.

"I can find a way to contain the grid, and I'll leave the rescue to you."

"By the way, since Roy is in the auditorium, why doesn't he take action? Does he have any concerns?"

Cyborg asked doubtfully.

"Probably so."

Diana answered somewhat uncertainly.

"I'll see if I can break through the signal shielding of the grid and contact him."

"If we could know the specific situation inside the auditorium, it would be easier for us to save people."

Cyborg said quickly.

"good."

Diana nodded and replied.

Without any hesitation, Cyborg immediately began to break through the signal shielding of the grid.

Although he didn't bring any equipment, his body is the best equipment.

When Cyborg broke through the grid signal shield, the Metropolitan Police finally arrived.

After seeing Diana and Cyborg approaching, the police inspector leading the team immediately stepped forward.

The inspector originally wanted to get more information from Diana and Cyborg.

After discovering that they knew no more than he did, the inspector sighed helplessly.

Whether it's stopping criminals or rescuing hostages, intelligence is a crucial part.

Without accurate intelligence, not only can the operation fail easily, but the hostages may also be exposed to unnecessary danger.

Although no useful information was obtained, the police inspector did not waste time and immediately arranged for other police officers to evacuate the surrounding onlookers and establish a cordon.

At the same time, the intelligence on the scene was reported to the superior.

Under normal circumstances, it is the job of the police to rescue hostages.

But now, it's clear that this is not normal.

Super villains can only be dealt with by superheroes!

Neither Cyborg, Diana, nor the police inspector and others who had just arrived, did not expect that their every move would be broadcast on the big screen in the auditorium.

After seeing Cyborg and Diana coming over, the fear and anxiety in the students' hearts immediately dissipated a lot.

Although they are still hostages of the grid, they have seen hope of leaving the auditorium alive.

In their minds, Diana and Cyborg are much more reliable than the Metropolitan Police.

Unlike these students who breathed a sigh of relief, Roy still didn't think things would end easily this time.

If the grid could be fixed so easily, it would be too incompetent.

In other words, if the grid only had these abilities, it would never plan such a plan.

Time passes little by little.

More and more police and reporters gathered outside the auditorium.

Several news helicopters even appeared over the school.

Selina, like other students, was looking at the big screen in the auditorium seriously.

At this moment, her phone suddenly vibrated.

Selina looked at her phone in confusion and saw the message from Cyborg.

This is?

After seeing the message from Cyborg, Selina immediately handed the phone to Roy.

After taking the phone, Roy quickly replied with a message to Cyborg.

"I've contacted Roy."

"The auditorium is not only equipped with energy barriers, but also bombs."

"Roy said he could only solve the energy barrier."

"As for the bomb, there's nothing he can do about it."

Cyborg said to Diana.

"Does he know where those bombs are?"

Diana asked immediately.

"I don't know. He doesn't know the location, quantity, or equivalent."

Cyborg continued.

After hearing his answer, Diana immediately frowned.

Although they all possess extraordinary abilities that ordinary people do not have, they are not almighty God.

"What are your plans?"

Diana asked Cyborg.

Cyborg shook his head and said slowly:

"Now it seems that the only way is to prevent the grid from activating the bomb."

"However, even if the grid is stopped, it may not prevent the bomb from being detonated."

"The arranged bombs may not be detonated only by the grid. The terrorists in the auditorium may also have detonators."

The computing power of the grid may be a little worse than that of the steel frame, but the grid now has an absolute advantage.

"I'm going to check the grid first to see if I can get more information from it."

"I'll temporarily open a secret line for you to contact Roy. You guys try to figure out how many bombs there are in the auditorium."

Cyborg said to Diana.

(End of chapter)