The Death Knell

Hearing the good news, Arthur's eyes widened and he rubbed his messy beard:

"What's the good news? You've defeated Perpetua?"

"...You really think highly of me, and you really dare to think."

Su Ming took off his helmet and put his arms around Arthur. After the three supervisor brothers came over, they guarded the door and were as docile as bodyguards, as if they had been tamed by the death knell. No wonder Neptune dared to think so:

"It's not that good. Adjust it a notch lower."

Arthur rolled his eyes upwards and looked at the cave roof full of debris above his head. He thought for a few seconds: "So you defeated the Laughing Bat and helped Batman come back with reinforcements?"

"Bat did come back once, but he didn't bring any souvenirs, and then left again. But you are thinking in the right direction, go to the next level."

Su Ming stretched out his hand and used his thumb and index finger to create a small gap in front of the two people.

"What else can be considered a good thing?" Arthur scratched his head. Thinking was even harder than not drinking: "By the way, the food crisis on the earth has been solved? Is there food to make wine again?"

After saying that, he showed a happy smile, as if he had begun to imagine the scene of drinking beer freely.

With a sigh, Su Ming had completely given up trying to get Arthur to guess the riddle. Each of his guesses was less reliable than the last, so he might as well tell the answer directly.

"Starman ran away and the plan to recover the fragments of the complex was abandoned. Are you happy?"

"Wait, you said you ran away?" Cyborg, who had been listening, raised his metal palm to signal Su Ming to slow down and explain the matter clearly: "Have you classified Star Man's departure as good news?"

"Given how many times he's come close to screwing us over...yeah, I think that's good news."

Su Ming gave Cyborg a "you know" look.

If Star Man doesn't escape, Su Ming will definitely insist on killing him or sending him to prison. At this point, based on his character, Superman will definitely play the opposite tune.

Guang Weizheng's Superman is full of hope for everything. Several of Star Man's previous plans failed, and Superman would only blame himself for his lack of ability. He never blamed Star Man, he just hoped that Star Man's next plan would be successful. Make progress, spontaneously understand and correct omissions.

But to expect an alien prince hippie to reform? It would be quicker to send him directly to reincarnation.

Su Ming knows that some people will not change. This is not because he makes a judgment arrogantly, but because there is an old saying in China, which is called "A dog cannot change and eat shit". This is the crystallization of the wisdom of the sages and thousands of years of life experience. Summarize.

He is guided by a solid theoretical basis.

And Superman hopes that everyone will get better. If Star Man doesn't leave, he will give Star Man another chance to prove himself. Even if Superman himself is tricked to death, he will die full of trust in his comrades.

This is probably the difference in the way of thinking between ordinary people and superheroes.

Superman can be satisfied with 'definitely next time', but Su Ming prefers 'settlement on spot'.

Star Man already has a lot of problems with him. His brain was originally incomplete, but under pressure he became a paranoid man who always wanted to prove himself. Such people are internal enemies.

Now there is no need to take action or argue with Superman, and the hidden dangers that Star Man may have caused have been solved. This is of course good news.

Cyborg's metal jaw moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a gesture of curling his lips and shrugging.

Although he also knows that as a superhero, it is not good to think like this, but in his heart, Cyborg actually has no hope for Star Man's plan.

The reason why he walked into the portal was for Superman and Aquaman. He was willing to fight side by side with these two people and act as a communicator.

As for the plan that looks like getting yourself killed? Victor didn't really care.

But that was when we had no choice. Now that we have a choice, who will die if we can live? Now that the death knell is here, it means there are other better plans.

Superman was silent all the time. Everyone originally listened to him, but in the end, because of his trust in Star Man, it seemed that he put everyone in danger, and even caused Deathstroke to come to the rescue at an unknown time...

Clark was reflecting on himself. In short, everyone else was right. He thought he was the only one who was wrong.

Su Ming, who was talking to Cyborg and Neptune, suddenly stopped. When he looked down, he saw a dirty little boy reaching out to touch his thigh with a very obscene expression, as if he was about to drool.

Su Ming stretched out a finger to push the child away. How could he become a gay at such a young age?

"Who is this?"

he asked Cyborg, pointing at the child.

Cyborg sighed, put away the hard drive in his hand and replied: "His name is Kamandi, and he claims to be the last boy on Earth. He is just curious about the metal used in your armor."

"Um?"

Su Ming frowned and locked his eyes on the child. He circled around the child who was obviously at a loss but forced himself to be calm. He looked up and down, then squatted down and handed him a bottle of soda.

His gaze shifted to the tiger in a red cloak who was dressed like a Spartan warrior, and then to the kobold in a green military uniform and round glasses who always looked like he couldn't wake up...

"The tiger head is Taftan? The dog head is Dr. Canus?"

He opened the cap of Kamandi's soda bottle, indicating that it was drinkable water, and then asked the people the child brought with him.

The boy boldly took a sip of the soda. He believed that his own kind would not harm him. Then he felt the wonderful touch of carbon dioxide in his mouth, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"You know us?"

"Ah, I know you, but you shouldn't be here, tsk."

After receiving the confirmation, Su Ming took a breath. Sure enough, in the future timeline, DC has upgraded to a super universe...

Based on the memory of his previous life, Su Ming remembered "The Last Boy on Earth", a work by comic master Jack Kirby. The world view is completely different from the DC world.

It tells the story of the last human boy helping a tiger man to fight orangutans in an ordinary apocalyptic world. There are no superpowers, no gods or saviors, and the war is still very cruel.

The story as a whole is a tragedy, because Kamandi finally found a girl, and the girl died in the battle.

In the end, he could only continue to search for his kind in the broken world. The world is full of dangerous mutant creatures, and no answer was given until the end.

Before Su Ming traveled through time, he saw a trailer for a computer game with a similar world background called "Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden". He didn't know if it was a tribute to the comic.

Jack Kirby's representative works are "Captain America", "Hulk", "Iron Man", "X-Men", "Avengers" and so on.

As a comic master with a high status, he has also repeatedly jumped between Marvel and DC. On the DC side, he created "The Last Boy", "The Fourth World", "New Gods", " Forever Man" and other artistic works, the price is to help DC create "Green Arrow" and "Superman's Sidekick Jimmy".

Except for the latter two, the former ones are worlds that have nothing to do with superheroes and do not belong to the diversity of superheroes, just like Marvel's "Men in Black" next door.

But at this time, the last boy appeared in a certain future on Earth 0. There is no longer any super power here, it is the original world view. This can be seen as evidence of the upgrade of the multiverse to the super universe, because different stories begin to be connected and compatible.

This is not Earth-51, not Jack Kirby’s hodgepodge universe of superheroes, this is the main world of future chaos.

Are He-Man and his sister Ciri coming too? The worlds of "RWBY" and "Gears of War" may also be accessible, as well as "Armageddon Empire", which is the world of "Mortal Kombat".

Su Ming felt a little emotional. If the universe he was in now was really upgraded, many "old acquaintances" would be able to see it.

Sure enough, everything has two sides. When the explosion of the Origin Wall released Perpetua, did it also remove the final restriction on diversity?

No matter what, it's better to have a backup plan first...