The Death Knell

While Deathstroke and others were eating and preparing to leave, somewhere on the earth.

After self-destructing and disappearing from the public, Luther received a new body given to him by Pepatua, a stronger and smarter body.

In addition to being paler and with eight-pack abs, this body is still 'extremely smart'. At this time, in the information room of the Fortress of Destruction, Luther was busy operating the console to search for something, and a green light shone in his The bald spot flickers in and out.

"Crack..."

Along with the mechanical sound of the door moving, Brainiac walked in. As Luther's consistent ally, the green artificial intelligence was now in charge of all electronic equipment in the Fortress of Destruction.

"Luthor, you have sent away all the fire. Even Martian Manhunter has been devoured by you. You should not focus on exploring space. Our battlefield is the Earth in the main universe."

"One more to go." Luther manipulated the virtual projection without looking back, with a dense star map on it.

Brainiac crossed his arms and walked to his side, raised his head and read the message on the star chart: "Here you go again, haven't you gotten rid of human's inferior emotions? I've told you many times, Dark Thad is dead, and when the Origin Wall exploded and all the New Gods were wiped out by our goddess, he is no longer a variable."

Luther lowered his head and looked at his gray palms. He gave up his human identity in exchange for his current strength and situation. He answered to the green face of his teammate: "Darkseid is always a variable, Brainiac. If anyone can ruin my plans today, it's him."

Brainiac didn't take it seriously. He formed an alliance with a smart person like Luther. If wisdom could be added up, it would be level 24 wisdom, not to mention the powerful Pepper Tua behind him.

"You are worrying too much. In your current high-end evolutionary state..."

Luther shook his head repeatedly. He raised his palm to interrupt Brainiac's words, his face glowing with an unhealthy metallic luster: "Darkseid's foresight is well known, and he must be prepared. And the death knell on Earth is still there. Hiding in the darkness, not knowing his movements for a day, we all have to be careful at all times when he sends a sword through the heart behind us."

"Darkseid is dead, the discussion is over." Brainiac said calmly: "And I am here to inform you about Deathstroke. Harley Quinn, whom we are monitoring, has just left her residence. Preliminary calculations Left with Deathstroke.”

"Harry..." Luther touched his chin, not knowing what he was thinking.

"You gave her an offer, what was her response?"

Brainiac asked. He knew that Luther had contacted Harley through remote communication not long ago.

Luther rubbed his head and felt a little headache when he mentioned the crazy woman: "I promised her power, wealth, status, and the possibility of survival, but she just asked me if I could get eight if I believed in the goddess. Abs and mermaid lines? And she laughed."

"What... does this mean?" Brainiac felt confused. Is this considered an agreement or not?

"I don't know either." Luther's eyes became gloomy, and he looked up at the star map in front of him: "What I hate most are madmen. They are illogical, irrational, almost impossible to speculate, and are all variables."

"Then why didn't you kill her?" Brainiac was also looking at the star map, just for show.

Luther gave a sneer, but Brainiac still didn't understand. Although he was smart, he was inhumane: "It's easy to kill Harley, but where can we find the whereabouts of Deathstroke after killing her? What else can we do than to tie up the cat?" Is a noisy 'bell' a more effective tracking method?"

Brainiac was silent for a while, and the light in his eyes showed that he was calculating at high speed. After a moment, he nodded.

"Then I hope Circe's actions can limit Deathstroke's magic. I can't understand the shaping and use of this energy, but believe me, Darkseid is dead and he is no longer a variable."

Luther sighed deeply, looking a little regretful, and closed the star map of the Ghost Sector: "What a pity. Originally, I wanted to invite him to work together on a great cause. I like smart people."

"He is dead, although I also want to see what his expression will be like when he sees me being so powerful now."

Brainiac imitated a human and told a joke, because Darkseid, like Batman, was always expressionless.

.....................................

"snort."

Far away on Sepurk in the Ghost Sector, Darkseid cut off the image in front of him with his hands behind his back. He heard the conversation between Luther and Brainiac verbatim. It was a rare opportunity for a cosmic tyrant. He let out a sneer.

The Doomfortress is well hidden, Brainiac and Luther's electronic signal protection is also good, Circe's magic defense, and Peppertua's energy shielding are all the best in the universe.

But for him, Darkseid, it was just good.

He wanted to see Luther's plans and actions, then he could see them. Seeing such a shameless exchange between mortals made him laugh after all.

All the strange boxes have been collected, Serpuk's Ark has been assembled, and his plan has been half successful. When he rules the world in the future, he would also like to see Brainiac see the man who has been deemed dead. What will your expression be like?

Of course, this is also a joke. As a humanoid AI without emotions, Brainiac also never has expressions.

The tall giant walked out of the cabin with his hands behind his back, where the heroes of the Justice League were still waiting for him to speak. He was so cute and silly.

"You look like you're in a good mood, and this is disturbing."

Cyborg outside the door was the first to notice that Darkseid had been laughing all the way. Seeing the tyrant of the universe laugh was definitely not a good experience. He suddenly felt his anus tighten, even though he had no anus and his lower body was entirely a metal mechanical structure.

Darkseid replied in a dark and low tone: "I just saw a few mortal children swimming in water that could submerge their heads..."

Cyborg's black face showed a trace of nervousness: "Referring to... us?"

Yes, they actually had a plan. After knowing what Sepulk was, the four members of the Justice League had a new idea.

Darkseid is definitely not a good person, and this cosmic ark is too powerful. The key is that no one knows what he plans to do with it.

So why not just grab the Ark with a few of us? Cyborg has the Mother Box in his body, so it may not be a big problem to control the technological products of Apokolips. He and others can fight more with less, which is fine.

After all, Deathstroke has won several times with more and less, and Cyborg sees it really.

Darkseid stretched out a big hand and said, "No, Cyborg, you are my comrades in this rescue operation. I will not laugh at you. We need to respect each other."

Cyborg felt that Darkseid did not notice his thoughts, and he was relieved: "Yes, mutual respect and trust."

Green Lantern Jessica, who was standing behind the three of them, curled her lips. She really couldn't believe Darkseid, because she was almost killed by omega rays, and she and Darkseid's daughter Gray The relationship between you and me is also a bit tense.

She intervened in the conversation between Cyborg and Darkseid: "If we still have difficulties while trying our best to do this, then please forgive me."

Darkseid put his hands behind his back and led everyone towards Sepurk's main control room like a village leader patrolling the field: "I like you, Jessica Cruz, you are bravely irritating me."

"Uh, thank you?" Jessica scratched her head with a cute expression on her face, pretending to be confused.

"Let's get started." Darkseid didn't intend to chat with a few people: "The alien box is already in place. I used the metal that can grow in it to assemble Sepurk, but now it is just a huge stone floating in the universe. It The fire pit is still waiting to be lit.”

"I'm afraid we can't help."

Cyborg couldn't understand how the 'fire pit' in Apokolips' technology operated. He only knew that it was a hot pool of liquid omega energy.

"I know, so this will take about an hour, Earth time."

Darkseid revealed his next actions.

The huge Sepurk looks like an irregular octahedron. Its huge figure is like a star. It is floating in the fragmented ghost star field at this time. Various cosmic rays make it look colorful.

But in fact it is made of exactly the same material as Apokolips. It is black and a terrifying fortress.

Darkseid walked into the control room, raised his hand and released omega rays. The strange boxes on the ground floated in the red light one by one, emitting their own energy and linking to other similar ones.

Suddenly, the dazzling red light obscured everything, and the four could only hear Darkseid's explanation: "I am correcting their positions and activating them, which will release a subatomic flow, thereby activating Sepulk's System, after that ten point six seconds, they will react with other strange boxes scattered in the ghost sector to establish a super energy network."

The other three secretly glanced at Cyborg because they had no idea what Darkseid was talking about. However, Cyborg's face was also full of confusion. Although he was one of the owners of the Mother Box, he didn't know what kind of technology this strange box was.

It's not that he hasn't tried to crack them, he tried it during the process of collecting them, but he can only know that the technological level of the alien box is still higher than that of the mother box, and the technology of Apokolips is almost unlimited.

Darkseid turned his back to a few people, his eyes emitting a strong red light, watching the red lightning between the boxes gradually becoming clearer and spreading outward, he added:

"The connected system will form an impenetrable anti-gravity sub-sphere, sealing the entire ghost sector. This will protect all planets and all life within the sector. It will make the ghost sector separate from time and space. A break from continuity, a break from reality. Out there, the multiverse may wither and die, or be consumed by the fires of Chaos and mad gods, but the Ghost Sector will survive."

"So the Ghost Sector will become your safe house." Cyborg agreed. He actually had nothing to say to Darkseid.

"Our safe house, everything else is as you said." Darkseid tilted his head slightly and looked at Cyborg with the eyes of a god looking at a mortal. To put it simply, it was no different than looking at dust.