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Chapter 595 Pushing the Battle Lines Out (Please subscribe and read, and recommend with monthly tickets!)

"I have fully recovered, there is no need for drastic measures."

Martin got up from the ground, explained his situation, and underwent a brief examination by the doctor.

He also thanked the soldiers who protected him and urged them to return to their posts as soon as possible.

Finally, he looked at the man following behind Diana and confirmed that this was Scott Free, the one who had escaped from Apokolips.

Without Diana needing to say anything more, Martin could sense the contradictory aura emanating from Scott.

As the son of the Father, Scott's nature as a new god is full of light, but after being sent to Apokolips as a hostage, he was thrown to Darkseid's kind grandmother for training, where he suffered greatly.

In this way, Scott's new god traits were mixed with a lot of Apokolips elements.

These things did not affect Scott's characteristics as a member of the New Genesis lineage, but they still had a significant impact on his personality.

Once he encounters certain situations, he becomes extremely volatile and finds it difficult to think calmly.

Just like in the original timeline, Big Badah encountered an accident, and Scott went insane, even using the Anti-Life Equation to resurrect many corpses. He was completely unable to think rationally and was manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes.

When he learned the truth, instead of cheering himself up, he chose suicide, an extremely self-destructive way, to end his life.

While Martin was observing Scott, Scott was also observing Martin.

He didn't know who Martin was. The identity of the New God was an extremely painful memory for him, and there was no need to recall it except for Big Badah.

So for many years, he hid in the circus, detached from worldly affairs, and didn't even use his great power, like an ostrich burying its head in the ground, as if the name Mr. Miracle had nothing to do with him.

In this way, he naturally wouldn't know Martin's identity.

Although Martin's identity has been made public, various countries have tacitly kept it a secret from the public.

They don't want the public to know that the Justice League has such a leader. If this were made public, who knows what unexpected things might happen.

The sheer scale of the Justice League's actions, spearheaded by Batman alone, had already thrown various countries into disarray. Adding Martin, whose identity had been revealed, made it even more overwhelming for them.

"This is Martin, the person in charge here. He will explain everything to you!"

Diana broke the silence by speaking.

Although it was her first time meeting Scott, she had a basic understanding of his personality: a person who had been excessively suppressed and had lost the ability to act independently.

There are plenty of people like that in schools; even if they have special powers, they're not difficult to deal with.

"I have nothing to say."

Martin stopped observing Scott and went straight to the point: "Big Bada is in the center of the battlefield and should still be alive. You can go find her now, but make sure you have one of our people watching you."

Upon hearing Big Bada's command, Scott immediately raised his head, and the divine power within his body became active.

Martin shook his head slightly, and with a wave of his hand, four sword energies descended from the sky, directly pinning Scott to his side and sealing him off, making it difficult for him to make any other moves.

“I know that in your eyes, Big Badah is the angel who saved you from the abyss. But this is a battlefield, and she is the enemy I just defeated. It is already very generous of her to only supervise her.”

"This is a notification, not a request for opinions. If you cannot accept it, then leave."

Under Martin's stern gaze, Scott shrank almost imperceptibly, then nodded, indicating his agreement with the approach.

"Go! Try to persuade her to cooperate with us and strive for leniency."

Martin withdrew his sword energy, and Scott, instead of dashing off like a monkey, obediently followed the Alliance warriors.

"I had hoped these people could play a role in the battle, but it seems I overestimated their abilities."

Martin watched Scott's retreating figure, shaking his head in dissatisfaction with Mr. Miracle and Big Barda's performance.

Diana had no expectations for these new gods, but she still comforted Martin: "I think your standards are too high. These two are quite good at fighting and are not entirely useless."

"What good is being able to fight? Can you even beat Darkseid?"

Martin didn't think his standards were high at all: "We don't really need anyone who doesn't have a decisive advantage in defeating Darkseid. What really disappoints me is that these two are too selfish and completely unqualified to be commanders. At most, they can only provide some information about Apokolips, and we can't expect anything more from them."

The prerequisite for using troops swiftly and decisively is to love them like one's own children.

If you don't treat your soldiers as brothers and friends, why would they risk their lives to achieve the tactical objectives you've planned in your head on the battlefield?

The biggest weakness of both Big Badger and Scott lies here: the former's command ability is entirely based on the absolute laws set by Darkseid.

The latter is completely unqualified to act as a commander.

It's just a matter of combat strength. To reiterate, anyone who can directly defeat Darkseid isn't that important to the Justice League.

It would be better to have a scientist or a talented individual from within the organization who can help the Justice League hold off the Apokolips army.

Darkseid is certainly terrifying, but the Apokolips army is no pushover either.

Martin must stop both of them and ensure they do not cause fatal damage to Earth in order to consider the operation a success.

"Quickly clean up the battlefield, we're retreating. Next up is Darkseid!"

Martin sighed, and Diana also became extremely serious, her heart skipping a beat.

Darkseid is a true behemoth, and the Justice League has virtually no advantage in front of him. No one is sure how to deal with such an opponent.

Even Diana could only silently say to herself, "Thank goodness Martin was there."

Martin does have an idea, but whether or not he can turn that idea into reality is not something he can decide alone.

In short, the task of cleaning up the battlefield was no longer a concern for people like Martin and Diana. They immediately returned to the Alliance headquarters, held a meeting, and began to discuss the fight against Darkseid.

"I can tell you very clearly that if we rely solely on the power of Earth, we can definitely defeat Darkseid, but Earth will also perish."

Martin cut to the chase, delivering a heavy blow to the attendees and silencing them all. They all understood what Martin hadn't said: without the Earth united, whether they could defeat Darkseid was uncertain.

After this period of training, all those who had illusions about reality within the alliance have been purged, and those who remain are people who can see reality clearly.

They knew very well that reality wasn't about defeating monsters and clearing levels; they believed that defeating the final boss was all it took to complete the game.

Simply defeating Darkseid is not enough; the Justice League must also ensure that Earth is not subjected to irreversible damage. Otherwise, even if they defeat Darkseid, it will be of little use.

Are we going to have billions of people on Earth collectively migrate to other planets?

If they could really do that, they would have done it already. Why bother with all this effort and trouble to form an alliance? They could just run away.

"The Great Barda of Apokolips has confessed everything. The entire Apokolips fleet has been mobilized and will arrive in the solar system in three months at most. Three months—that's all the time I have left."

Bruce maintained a cold expression, making it impossible to discern his thoughts, but his words weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.

"What happens on Earth is no longer our concern. All the Alliance can do for Earth is spread this information. As for what each country and region does, that's their own business."

Diana's statement made her stance clear, which further dampened the spirits of the alliance members.

"Are we just going to abandon Earth now? If we do that, will the Justice League still be the Justice League?"

Immediately, some people protested Bruce and Diana's words, arguing that such a view was a betrayal of the Alliance's ideals and that they could not accept it.

"But that's the reality. We don't have the time or the ability to modify the forces within the Earth. We can only project our power into outer space."

Martin raised his voice, instantly silencing all the other discussions.

These discussions were loud but lacked substance; they opposed Bruce and Diana's views but offered no plan to resolve the issues.

When Martin spoke, everyone fell silent.

The clever ones saw that Martin, Bruce, and Diana were working together in concert, while the less perceptive ones hoped that Martin would, as usual, provide them with a solution.

“We don’t have much power at our disposal. Turning theoretical things into actual war power also requires people and materials. If Darkseid takes his time, we can create a military base by transforming Africa.”

"But the enemy won't give us that opportunity, so we can only push the front line forward, at the very least to the edge of the solar system."

"If the United States and other countries are unwilling to cooperate with us, then we don't need to get entangled with them anymore. We can build bases on the moon, on Mars, and on Saturn, setting up lines of defense to gradually separate Darkseid and his army, and defeat them one by one."

Martin's voice echoed throughout the meeting, but the league's veterans remained unmoved, having long been prepared for this.

Although the core members were surprised, they quickly regained their composure; they were used to Martin's leaps and wild ideas.

The other collaborators who attended the meeting were deeply moved; their vision wasn't that far ahead, and they hadn't imagined that they would suddenly be heading to the moon or Mars.

"Isn't this too risky?"

The people who expressed this view were members from several local African countries; their raised hands were trembling, and their voices were unsteady.

"Does that mean things won't be dangerous if Darkseid sends his fleet around Earth?"

Dick and Barbara, as representatives of the new generation, immediately stood up to defend Martin's plan.

"Once Darkseid's fleet gets close to Earth, they won't even need to send troops close. Just by turning on their main guns, the firepower will burn the Earth's surface to ruins."

"Therefore, pushing the battle lines outward is something that must be done."

Dick and Barbara weren't just making empty promises; they presented various investigations into Apokolips, especially information on its weapons.

The things the Apokolips fleet had done were presented to everyone one by one. The fate of one intelligent life planet after another constantly shocked the attendees' understanding, until they finally became numb to the military power of Apokolips.

If it weren't for the Justice League members maintaining their high spirits, and if Apokolips didn't convert all its prisoners into Parademons, the African collaborators would have surrendered to Apokolips long ago.

Regardless, under the threat of Apokolips' military might and the Justice League's insistence, the meeting quickly reached a consensus, deciding that the Justice League would deploy all its forces into space.

"Friends, there's no need to worry too much. With the help of the Green Lantern Corps, we are not alone in the universe. However, you all need to prepare to learn the language of the universe."

Martin meant it as a joke, but with such a colossal object as Apokolips in front of them, all they felt was fear and dread of the unknown.

……

The Justice League's closed-door meeting has attracted attention from various countries.

Since the Justice League went to war with the Savage Group, the whole world has been watching the situation closely, wanting to see how this nascent organization will handle the war and the ensuing events.

But soon, the development of the war surprised everyone.

Firstly, the various parts of the Savage Group were completely powerless against the Alliance's attack and were wiped out within a few days.

Then, Savage summoned alien forces, further corroborating the Justice League's claim of an invasion of Apokolips.

Facing such an alien force, the Justice League not only did not lose, but fought back and forth with them, and finally used a technology that no country could understand to wipe out the army of Apokolips.

Upon receiving this result, the hearts of the generals of various armies shattered like the sunken Savage territory, utterly desolate and chilled by the sea.

They did not expect the Justice League to transform superhuman powers into tangible military force so quickly, and to defeat both Earth's and alien armies.

In this way, the so-called coalition forces sent by the Americans immediately became clowns, highlighting the strength of the Justice League.

Faced with this reality, countries have begun to consider how to adjust their policies toward the Justice League.

Just then, the Justice League suddenly held a public press conference, revealing the news of Apokolips's imminent arrival and releasing a series of pieces of evidence.

However, the Justice League, which had always been very enthusiastic about resisting Apokolips, suddenly went silent.

This silence, however, has only made countries feel deeply uneasy.

(End of this chapter)