Martin Variety in American Comics.

Chapter 566 Mind Control (Please subscribe and read further, and give monthly tickets/recommendations!)

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Martin patted his belly, and stingers shot out from what should have been his navel, flying out at incredible speed and piercing the heads of the worker bees that surrounded him.

These bee stings were quite powerful; as they pierced the heads of these people, they also carried their corpses backward until they hit something and came to a stop.

This was the third wave of attacks Martin had encountered. The first two attacks involved only five or six people, but this time the number suddenly increased to dozens.

However, the increase in numbers did not cause Martin much trouble, because these worker bees were no different from real worker bees and had no ability to fight on their own.

Martin can simply pat his belly, and once transformed into a bee, a special organ inside his abdomen can generate a sticky substance that forms a bee sting-like object, turning it into a deadly weapon.

"Nothing new!"

Martin looked around at the beehives, observing their structures. He felt that everything here was the same, and these beehive structures posed no threat to someone like Martin.

"However, the physical structure of these worker bees is beyond my expectations!"

He muttered to himself, squatted down in front of the corpse, and stuck his index finger directly into the wound. He stirred it forcefully, and what came out was not the corpse's structure, but something like honey.

He put his finger under his nose and sniffed it gently. He could smell a sweet fragrance, confirming that what flowed through the worker bees' bodies was not blood, but some kind of honey substance.

This also means that the people of Kolank have been transformed into her worker bees by Sazara. This is not mind control, but a dual influence on both mind and body.

"This is really troublesome!"

Martin initially didn't want to talk to Diana so as not to interfere with her command, but the appearance of these worker bees changed his mind.

“Diana, I have some new information. It seems that the bodies of the people in Kolank have all been modified. Your battle plan needs to be adjusted.”

He took out the mother box, contacted Diana, and expressed his opinion.

"What's going on? I need more specific information."

Upon hearing Martin's voice, Diana disregarded the topic of their relationship and instead pressed for details about Kolank.

To be honest, Kolank is really too unknown. Even though it's not far from the Justice League, it still didn't attract the attention of the Justice League's scouts. They didn't even survey the geographical environment, let alone learn about the local people.

"My attack plan was based entirely on the assumption that the other side was just an ordinary person who was being mind-controlled. The few contingency plans I prepared were based on the prediction that a part of the Kolank had become superhumans. I never anticipated that the entire country would become superhumans."

Diana said this not because she believed that this factor would have a decisive impact on the war.

From a war perspective, unless one becomes a superhuman like Clark, or transforms into tens of thousands of superhumans at once, and these superhumans must undergo specialized training to not only control their abilities but also know how to use them to cooperate with others.

If these two things cannot be accomplished, the so-called superhuman abilities are not as effective in enhancing the combat effectiveness of the troops as some kind of simple equipment that can be distributed on a large scale.

Diana's real concern was that the people of Kolank had been transformed into some kind of alien species, and that once Sazara was destroyed, these guys would run rampant and directly ignite the situation in neighboring countries.

From any perspective, this outcome is far from ideal for the Justice League.

"What was supposed to be a raid has turned into an annihilation campaign. I don't have enough manpower here. We can't just use artillery to clear the way and blow Kolank into a scorched wasteland!"

Diana was deeply troubled by the very postwar issues she had worried about during her conversations with Bruce.

"By the way, didn't you turn into a bee today? Why don't you just take over Sazara's position and control the worker bees here?"

"You really overestimate me. I'm just an ordinary bee today, without any queen-like abilities. If you really want to control Kolank in this way, you might as well discuss with Ron and directly use your mental power to control these worker bees."

Martin offered his solution: the Ranque population is at least several million. Controlling what these people do will be difficult for Martian hunters, but simply keeping them in place is not a problem.

"But Rong En has already led his men to launch a surprise attack on Sazara!"

Diana was unwilling to deprive Martian Manhunter of the opportunity to fight, and this was one of the rare times he volunteered to go into battle.

"You don't need to worry about that. I'll inform Rong En."

Martin took control of the matter directly, but did not say anything about the battle to Diana.

"Then it's up to you!"

Martin's willingness to take charge of this matter was certainly a good thing for Diana, who was already in a state of war and found it difficult to transition to a civilian state in a short time.

"Rong En, where are you?"

Martin had just finished his call with Diana when he started contacting Martian Manhunter.

Their communication method is much simpler; they can communicate directly through the power of their minds.

"We broke through from the sky and have just landed. We are now heading towards Sazara's palace. Give us your orders, leader!"

Martian Hunter knew, of course, that Martin was the kind of person who wouldn't call unless he had a reason. If he contacted him in this situation, it must be because he had something important to say.

"You also saw the situation in Kolank. The people here were probably converted a long time ago, but they were hidden in the hive by Sazara until the war came, when they were released to be used as weapons."

Martin briefly explained the current situation, then ordered, "To prevent these worker bees from losing Sazara's control, or from being controlled by Sazara and going mad, I want you to use your mental powers to control these worker bees and prevent them from running around and causing more trouble."

"Even without considering the post-war situation, we still have Savage to deal with. If we let millions of worker bees fly around aimlessly, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Martian Hunter listened to Martin's words and gestured for his team to stop: "I agree with you. These worker bees aren't very intelligent, so controlling them isn't difficult. But there are too many of them, so it's a big project for me. At least we need to prepare a ritual in advance."

“These are all minor matters. What I said was just to get the ball rolling. You’re so smart, you’ll definitely come up with a better solution.”

Martin's talk about control methods with Diana was just a casual remark.

"Alright, since the leader has given the order, I will of course obey. However, you need to come to me immediately and take over my team before I can leave."

"We've arrived."

When Martin made contact with Martian Manhunter, he had already flown off, flapping his bee wings and flying at a considerable speed.

"Be careful, these people are yours to handle!" Martian Hunter carefully examined Martin's bee-like appearance, a smile appearing on his lips, but said nothing more before flying directly towards the shell.

"Wow, Martin, you look so strange today!"

Wearing Nightwing gear, Dick served as the team's assistant. Besides him, there were two other well-known heroes: a vixen with the Ancestral Amulet and a beast boy who could transform at will.

The former enjoys certain privileges on the African continent, while the latter is able to move freely in the wilderness of the African continent.

Besides those two, the remaining members are also outstanding, but they didn't become heroes in the original timeline. However, within the current Justice League framework, they have unleashed their potential.

"Mr. Martin!"

Aside from Dick teasing Martin about his appearance, everyone else saluted Martin with serious expressions, not wanting to make any mistakes in front of him.

"Hello!"

Martin returned the salute to everyone and said to Dick, "I still have some human structure now, but when I really become a bee with a human face, you'll know what true grotesqueness is."

"Tell me, what are your plans for dealing with Sazara?"

Since Martin took over the team halfway through, he naturally needed to understand their situation.

Although all of the Martian Manhunter team's actions were recorded by their equipment, it was still through firsthand accounts from those who experienced them that the problems became more apparent.

“We cannot be certain of Sazara’s combat capabilities at the moment, but as the queen bee, she can certainly control a large number of worker bees. To avoid this situation, we have decided to use a rapid assault to rush directly to Sazara and cut off her communication with the outside world.”

Dick’s plan was simple, even sounding somewhat hasty, but the raid itself didn’t require any complicated design.

Especially for superhumans like Martian Manhunters, too many plans can actually hinder them from fully utilizing their abilities.

If Martin had been in charge of the raid from the beginning, he would have only needed to make sure the enemy didn't have anything self-destructible before launching the attack. A group of superhumans could have simply rushed in and done it, without having to worry about anything else.

"There are no problems with the plan. Let's proceed. Check your equipment and await my orders!"

At Martin's command, the group immediately began to move, checking their equipment, which was specially issued to amplify their superpowers.

Meanwhile, the special forces raid had begun. Amazonian elite warriors jumped out of the plane without even taking parachutes, directly ramming through the outer shell with their bare hands.

Their equipment was crafted by the god of fire.

Upon learning that Diana was going to form her own legion, Hephaestus took over the equipment his sister needed, and started the factory he had built himself, working day and night to produce tens of thousands of sets of equipment, including not only cold weapons, but also some firearms and magical weapons.

It was precisely because of the magic in these items that the sticky honey posed no obstacle to the Amazons.

Their bodies descended like shooting stars, crashing directly to the ground, and then they began to attack the nodes of the giant hive.

"Diana, increase the intensity of our attack and let this alien queen experience our firepower."

Martin's demand for increased firepower was actually intended to draw Sazara's attention and create conditions for their surprise attack.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of kinetic energy munitions poured onto the honeycomb's outer shell, blasting large holes and causing the entire honeycomb to become chaotic.

"Let's go, we need to speed up on the rest of the journey."

Martin waved to Dick and the others, then flapped the bee wings behind him, flying directly into the sky and carrying them towards Sazara's palace.

What need does a bee have for a palace!

He flew up to a certain height and saw the palace made of beeswax, and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He has always wanted to say that these aliens who came to Earth are really not aliens at all. If we disregard the physiological differences, what is the difference between them and humans?

However, now was not the time to discuss such issues, so Martin quickly put aside his questions and led the team directly toward the palace.

Martin flew in the sky, and people on the ground began to show off their unique abilities.

The female fox possessed the strengths of several animals, and her running speed was like that of a low-altitude flight.

Beast Boy transformed into a falcon, while the others activated their armor, leaping dozens of meters at a time and charging forward.

Martin's blatant disregard for the intruders meant that even if the worker bees lacked brains, they still had eyes and could see them. Without giving any orders, they immediately surrounded them.

"I'll deal with them!"

Just as Martin was about to pat his stomach and spray out the poison needles, Beast Boy, transformed into a falcon, flew out and swung his sharp talons at the worker bees, easily crushing their heads as if squeezing a watermelon.

Beast Boy's real name is Garfield Mark Logan. As a child, he contracted a rare tropical disease, and in order to treat it, the leader of the Doom Patrol had to be injected with an untested serum.

This serum turned his skin green and also gave him the ability to transform into any kind of animal.

Normally, this kind of start would be the beginning of a person's descent into darkness, but Beast Boy didn't undergo such a change. He remained optimistic and was a goofy kid in his daily life.

However, since it is a transformation into a beast, there is a risk of losing control if one becomes too immersed in this state, although it is very small.

"Well done!"

Martin and his companions flew through the air and were instantly above the palace. He said to Beast Boy, "Transform into a big guy and give these worker bees a greeting!"

"Alright, Mr. Martin."

Upon hearing Martin's praise, Beast Boy instantly perked up, chuckled, and transformed into a Tyrannosaurus Rex, smashing through the palace that was dripping with honey.

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The worker bees swarmed around and began stinging the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which was stuck in the honey.

The Beast Boy transformed into a Tyrannosaurus Rex, with thick skin and tough flesh, but even he couldn't withstand the stings from the worker bees. He howled and cried out, sounding quite pitiful.

(End of this chapter)