The Death Knell

In the following time, Bobo began to talk endlessly about the Parliament of Life.

He spoke so eloquently that he even dipped his finger into the wine in the cup and drew a tree diagram on the table. The wet liquid shone under the light, making the brown wood look much cleaner.

Su Ming crossed his legs and listened to Bobo's conversation, but did not rush to explain that dealing with zombies was not the purpose of this trip.

Bobo has been living a very depressed life these days. He is treated as a toy by the female gorillas and has no dignity. Can't he be allowed to show his strength and wisdom now?

You must know that although he is sitting in the booth with Deathstroke, the three gorillas not far away are staring at him with blurred eyes, listening to his words.

Knowledge and experience are very important to any intelligent life. Why is it said that lolita loves uncles? It is because the accumulation of wisdom and wealth is a magic weapon in nature to attract a spouse.

Deathstroke gives Bobo a chance to perform, so that he can regain his prominence in front of females!

You’re welcome, this is what every pet owner should do.

The Parliament of Life, to put it bluntly, is a way for representatives of all classes in the ecological chain to meet together as a means to stabilize and balance the natural world.

There are many seats in the Parliament of Life and it is very complex, but the most representative ones are the five giants, namely the green of all things, the red of all living things, the ashes of decay, the fungus of division, and the black of decay.

Among them, the green of all things was once the most powerful. In the DC universe, plants are connected to each other by an indescribable mysterious force. This power is the green of all things, not just the earth, but everything in the entire universe. plant.

The green of all things was previously subdivided into the Tree Council and the May Queen, representing trees and vines respectively. There are many spokespersons, the most typical ones being Swamp Thing and Poison Ivy.

But the May Queen is the embodied will of vines. The characteristics of vines are climbing and attachment, so she always forms according to the opinions of the Tree Parliament. Therefore, many people think that the green of all things is equal to the Tree Parliament, and the swamp monster is all things. The guardian of the green.

It was right to say that at the beginning. After all, this is the fact. The Tree Council does have great power.

But after Hecate created the Council of Flowers, which represents flowers, the Green of All Things split. New spokespersons such as Wood Road appeared, and the flowers also took away half of the power of the Green of All Things.

The May Queen withdrew from this internal struggle. She wanted to see how the situation developed before deciding who to cling to in the future. In other words, anyone clinging to the vines could survive.

After Hecate was eliminated, the Council of Flowers, which had intended to rule the Green of All Things, was forced to negotiate with the severely damaged Council of Trees, but the harmonious coexistence between the many spokesmen only lasted a short period of time.

Circe led several representatives of the Parliament of Life to attack the Dark Alliance, but was suppressed by Deathstroke with a black diamond. Then Swamp Monster led the Parliament of Trees to fight against the order represented by Naboo, and then the entire army was annihilated.

After all this twists and turns, the control of All Green is now in the hands of the Council of Flowers, and the May Queen is once again on the winning side, so now Poison Ivy can enjoy her vacation abroad.

The Red of All Beings, as the name suggests, is the collective consciousness of animals, and its most famous spokesperson is Animal Man.

The way it selects spokespersons is often through various totems, such as bat totem, bird totem, Anansi totem and so on.

Once upon a time, the Red of All Beings was split into the White of the Sky and the Blue of the Sea, representing birds and fish respectively. However, it later merged back together. It is unknown whether there are still spokespersons under those two seats.

The Withering Ash was originally the collective consciousness of all microorganisms, but is now ruled by fungi. The most famous of its spokespersons is Solomon Grundy, the immortal and idiotic monster that grew out of a mushroom in his brain.

In fact, Solomon is also being detained by Zhenglian, but no one will ask him for information. After all, the answer will only be useless nonsense like 'Monday' and 'Tuesday'.

The Splintered Bacteria used to belong to the Withering Ash. It is the collective consciousness of all bacteria and participates with fungi in the decomposition process of animals and plants after death.

It's just that after penicillin was discovered and widely used by humans, fungi and bacteria fell out. These invisible microorganisms became independent and gradually showed their extremely powerful side.

The number of bacteria in the universe is endless, and they are almost invincible. Therefore, they have squeezed into high positions in the Parliament of Life, occupying a position similar to the 'permanent director'.

As for the final blackness of decay, it represents the will of death. There are actually many agents, and the entire Akane family can basically be counted.

Its form of existence is more complex, including plague, famine, and aliens, all of which can be regarded as manifestations of the blackness of decay. This is a metaphysical concept that has no entity, but is everywhere.

From a certain perspective, existences such as the Black Death, the Black Death Emperor, the God of Death, and Pluto can almost all be regarded as agents of 'death'.

Finally, in recent years, there is an emerging force that wants to join the Parliament of Life, and that is the ‘Metal Spirit’, the collective consciousness of human creation. This concept is more abstract, somewhat like the ‘soul of all opportunities’ in the Warhammer universe.

The Life Parliament is still studying whether it can join it, because strictly speaking it is not a life, but a hazy will born in technological creations. Refrigerators, color TVs, cars, airplanes, etc., according to traditional concepts, these are dead things.

However, human beings belong to the Red of All Living Beings, and their creations should also belong to the Red of All Living Beings. Therefore, the Metal Spirit should have a seat in the Parliament of Life, and this suddenly becomes a logical contradiction.

Bobo talked happily, and he drank one cup after another of the wine that the death knell called. It was a high-spirited and scolding Fang Qiu.

Su Ming compared the information he provided with the information in his own mind. They were almost inseparable. Except that the orangutan didn't know the difference between N52 and Rebirth, everything else was correct.

Looking at the female orangutans again, the eyes looking at Bobo became even more intense. The eyes that were bigger than light bulbs were shining with lightning like thunder.

Okay, this time I will take Bobo out for a walk to relax. When he comes back, he will be able to straighten up and get along with the three kings.

"You are right and very good." Su Ming patted Bobo on the shoulder. The woolen fabric of his suit was very smooth, just like hair: "However, it doesn't matter whether it's the gray of withering or the black of decay. Forget it, I’ll leave all the zombie problems to Constantine and Zatanna.”

The stuck Bobo's pointed mouth moved, and then the two corners of his mouth tilted downwards, and he said like Batman: "Then why do you want me to watch TV?"

"You have so many guests here, and they are all drunk here. If something happens outside, if they get drunk and go out, wouldn't they be looking for death?" Su Ming immediately blamed everyone. Of course, after watching the TV show, it was true that Some added wine, but others hurried away.

Maybe you went home to collect your clothes?

The orangutan detective was also speechless. Deathstroke always makes sense. He could only pick up the cup and jump off the table, climb onto Deathstroke's lap and sit down: "Okay, tell me what it is now. Stop beating around the bush."

"We said on the way that Diana is missing. Harley, let's go!" Su Ming finished the glass of wine, placed a few bills under the glass, and stood up with the orangutan under his arm.