dmims Chapter 188 The First Appearance of Parademons, The Shadow of Darkseid
Chapter 188 The First Appearance of Parademons, The Shadow of Darkseid
Chapter 188 The First Appearance of Parademons, The Shadow of Darkseid
"I punched that idiot Tom right in the face, then gave him an elbow strike..."
On the helicopter, Billy, who had already shouted "Shazam!" and transformed into a cloaked, muscular man, was still rambling on about his glorious deeds of beating up several other teenage boys.
"He even tried to trick me with two people, to ambush me, but I immediately followed up with a left front kick, then a right roundhouse kick..."
Chen Tao had no choice but to point out his nonsense, pull him away from his seat, and make some space for him: "Stop talking now."
He spread his cloak.
The helicopter's hatch opened, revealing a stealth bat-shaped aircraft hovering in mid-air.
"Wow, that's so cool," Billy said.
Chen Tao silently asked Billy's adoptive father one last time.
Adoptive father Victor Vasquez sighed, then asked Chen Tao again to confirm, "It's just a visit, not a fight?"
"Um."
Seeing that the other person was still hesitant, Chen Tao emphasized to him, "You can't keep Billy in your bottle forever."
Billy's adoptive father, Victor, swallowed his last words, finally making up his mind: "Alright. Billy, you'd better get some rest..."
But before he could finish speaking, Chen Tao grabbed Billy and, amidst Billy's exhilarating shouts, jumped him directly into the invisible Batplane.
With a clang, the hatch closed.
Viktor saw Alfred turn around on the screen: "Now, do you want to go straight home, Mr. Viktor?"
the other side.
"They always bully others, but this time they actually did it in front of me. How could I tolerate that? I was so angry..."
Chen Tao flew the plane with a blank expression.
"Hey, Billy."
"uh-huh?"
"Well, what I mean is..." Chen Tao paused.
"When you rushed up and beat those school bullies, did you ever think about what the possible consequences would be?"
Chen Tao said, "For example... for example, if you can't beat them, or maybe you just need to walk away and pretend you didn't see it, then there's no need to have a conflict with them... or something like that."
"What? Of course not!" Billy said, "Even if we can't win, we have to fight!"
He waved his fist twice from the passenger seat: "I'm never afraid of bad guys!"
Chen Tao pursed his lips.
Is it some kind of heroic trait? ... It can only be said that every member of the Justice League possesses such innate heroic traits to varying degrees.
"Ha, are you testing me by asking that, Mr. Wayne?"
Billy excitedly shook his fist: "When I get the chance later, I'll definitely show you just how awesome I am!"
How reckless could he be? Chen Tao barely suppressed the urge to facepalm. Billy had been talking nonstop since they started, his energy was excessive even for a child.
"Okay, okay, we're here."
He piloted the plane and landed silently on the lawn outside the interstellar laboratory.
"Listen to me, we're not here to fight, so you'd better act mature."
The hatch opened, and Billy was the first to jump out.
Chen Tao then reached out and pressed a few buttons on the control panel of the Batplane, saying as he did so:
"I've already messaged government officials, such as Colonel Steve Trevor and Agent Amanda Waller, and I expect to see them rushing over in about ten minutes."
The stealth aircraft revealed its outline under his control. Chen Tao did this to prevent anyone walking on the lawn from bumping into the stealth aircraft and getting seriously injured.
"But we have to remain calm and avoid any misunderstandings before they get here, you know?"
"I don't want the government to misunderstand us as trying to forcibly seize the Mother Box."
"They were already treating us like thieves, and they didn't want the news that they had found a mother box to leak to us. If we directly took it by force, it would only touch a nerve with them."
He jumped out of the cabin and then parked the plane.
"While leaving something as dangerous as the Mother Box in the interstellar laboratory is something that absolutely must be changed, we still have to consult with the government. After all, they are the government, representing the most basic public order."
As Chen Tao spoke, he was lost in thought.
Since the Brainiac incident, his relationship with the government has become increasingly strained, which is a very bad problem.
Once the tangible external threats are gone, humanity's inherent tendency towards infighting begins to surface.
Perhaps Amanda Waller's previous use of his authority to get the government to fully cooperate with Batman provoked a group of militants within their ranks, or perhaps Metal Man and his armored forces gave the militants some confidence.
Therefore, the government is not only desperately trying to hide their findings from him, but also doing everything in its power to mislead him.
For example, Dr. Randolph from before, and the Kryptonian spaceship they detected carrying Super Dog Little Krypton.
Chen Tao had long wanted to find an opportunity to have an open and honest talk with the government. Although it was impossible to establish a close relationship like that between the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. next door, at least the unnecessary internal strife had to stop.
For example, regarding the issue of the mother box...
Chen Tao turned his head, intending to continue speaking to Billy, who had already transformed into the muscular Shazam, "Let's go, remember to be polite, we'll go together..."
A gust of wind blew by, and only Chen Tao and his stealth aircraft remained on the lawn.
"...Billy?"
boom!
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
Clang!
Billy stood at the entrance of the interstellar laboratory. The 45-centimeter-thick iron door was repeatedly kicked by him with his Spartan-like kicks, leaving thick footprints. Finally, unable to withstand the weight of his superhuman strength, it collapsed with a loud crash.
"Alarm! Alarm! Intrusion! Guards—"
Billy, transformed into Shazam, stood with his hands on his hips, laughing wildly to the sky: "Hahahaha! You bunch of evil villains, prepare to be beaten by the heroes of justice!"
"Fire!"
Ding ding ding...
A hail of bullets, like a blizzard, rained down on Billy in just a few seconds, startling him.
But he soon discovered that such an attack could only tickle him, and couldn't even break his skin.
So he quickly puffed out his chest proudly and began to imitate Superman on TV, striking various bodybuilder-like poses. Then, like a comedian, he swayed and walked towards the guard who was still firing his gun in vain.
"Heh... Ahhhhh..."
One step, two steps, the Gatling gun barrel was already smoking red, but it couldn't harm the enemy in front of him in the slightest. The guard could only watch helplessly as the monster walked up to him with bullets on its body and let out a desperate howl.
He dropped the Gatling gun, then pulled out a pistol and fired a desperate shot right into Shazam's upper eyelid.
"Aww!"
This made Shazam jump up: "You actually threw ashes in my eyes!"
Then, in the next moment, he was overwhelmed by more bullets.
A guard hurriedly put his hand on his headset: "Warning, warning, extremely dangerous. Someone is intruding into the lab. Please notify..."
"...Everyone evacuate, repeat, evacuate..."
The voice of the frontline guards came over the loudspeaker, followed by screams and continuous gunfire. All the experimenters stood up; they should have immediately evacuated to a safe area, but…
"My God, Silas, look at these readings!"
Dr. Stone's female assistant suddenly exclaimed, "Whatever this thing is, we think we just started it!"
Dr. Stone immediately rushed to the computer: "He's teleporting!"
"Is it possible to trace the source of the energy?"
"I'm trying to lock onto the signal!"
His son, Victor Stone, gritted his teeth.
"Someone's invading from outside! Dad, and you're still researching this thing at a time like this!"
He turned to look at the trembling mother box, then quickly caught up with his father and shouted in his ear, "Is this thing more important to you than your own son?"
Dr. Stone, his head throbbing from the loud shouting, turned around abruptly.
"That's enough!"
"...That's enough!"
Chen Tao, who arrived late, turned into a blue afterimage, like a bullet fired at high speed.
The Bulletbat synchronized with him, causing him to curl up and reveal a pure blue appearance.
He grabbed Billy's raised fist: "We're not going to attack them!"
He turned his head and saw the iron gate lying on the ground like a crumpled piece of toilet paper. He choked for a moment, then immediately turned around and shouted, "You even kicked down someone's door! My God! Didn't you hear what I told you before?"
"Ha, what did you say to me before?"
Looking at Billy, who was blinking like a fool, Chen Tao sighed heavily.
He turned to look at the guards, who were holding guns and standing at attention as if facing a formidable enemy. He quickly raised his hands:
"Hey guys, we mean no harm. If you knew me, you'd know who I am. Amanda Waller and Steve Trevor will be here soon, and he'll explain everything..."
But before Chen Tao could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed.
He sensed a tremendous energy erupting inside the interstellar laboratory.
At this moment, he narrowed his eyes, which were loaded with rapidly firing bullets.
The specific situation is unclear.
The government lined the laboratory with a lead coating; it's obvious who they were trying to protect against. But even lead couldn't stop Chen Tao from feeling that unconventional power erupting; something was very wrong.
Chen Tao frowned.
The burst of energy was so vivid that he probably had to...
He sighed.
"Gentlemen, could you please move aside for a moment? I have something I need to take care of inside right away."
No one moved aside.
Chen Tao grabbed Shazam and, ignoring the guards who were firing incessantly, headed straight for the next iron gate.
The laboratory had several iron doors, two of which he could see through because they weren't coated with lead.
Chen Tao raised his foot and kicked the iron gate, sending it flying backwards, which caused the guards behind to shout.
"Hey buddy, you're way better at kicking down iron gates than I am."
Shazam, whom he was holding in his hand, said, "Do you like kicking down iron gates yourself?"
Chen Tao remained expressionless, completely ignoring his antics, and lifted his foot again:
boom!
With a loud bang, Victor, who had just walked behind his father, heard a violent explosion behind him.
The intense sound and light almost deafened him for a moment.
He turned his head, dumbfounded to see a portal open behind him. Countless tiny metal chains linked together in the void, forming a circle, within which lay a deep red chaos.
Then, a monster leaped out of the chaos.
The creature had a pair of fleshy wings, but its entire body was covered in steel armor. Its face, which looked like a rotting corpse pulled from lava, was covered with rows and rows of teeth.
They had an ohm symbol on their hearts, and half of their bodies were even implanted with some machinery that emitted a faint glow.
Within just a few seconds of the door opening, four or five of these monsters jumped out.
"what!"
A violent scream rang out, and before Victor could react, he saw the monster grab an experimental assistant who hadn't had time to escape. Amidst the assistant's screams, the monster tore him in two, and blood and intestines scattered like petals from a fairy garden.
"Help! Quickly..."
Chaos erupted in the laboratory. Victor saw that there seemed to be more monsters rushing out from behind the portal, but just then, a burst of lightning suddenly erupted from the metal at the top edge of the portal, and the portal abruptly closed. The reset Mother Box fell to the ground with a bang, and one of the monsters immediately picked it up and ran quickly outside.
"what!"
In the blink of an eye, a monster pounced on Victor and his father. The future Cyborg bravely rushed forward and slammed a powerful punch into the monster!
Then... he almost broke his own fist. The monster retaliated, sending him flying backward.
boom!
Cough cough cough...
Amidst the smoke and dust, Victor struggled to his feet amidst a pile of overturned debris, then saw with bloodshot eyes the monster lift up his father.
"Help!"
Victor's eyes widened.
His father's words just now echoed in his ears.
"Open your eyes and look! Son... They can fly, they can tear buildings apart... They'll make everything you can do a piece of cake..."
"...In that kind of world, wouldn't it be a joke to think you can conquer the world by dropping a ball?"
"No!"
He struggled to his feet, completely oblivious to the pain that made his bones feel like they were broken.
The rugby player's excellent physical condition allowed him to move after being hit by the monster, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Driven by adrenaline, he ran behind the monster and desperately punched and kicked its stone-like body, but he couldn't change the monster's grip on his father's throat with one hand.
The monster seemed to be examining his father, assessing his worth.
"Whoever it is, whoever it is!"
Victor punched again and again, shouting, "Just save my dad! Anyone, please save my dad!"
Then he heard a loud bang.
He turned his head and saw the menacing Batman kick the last iron gate away, followed by a panting guard.
(End of this chapter)