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Chapter 85 Doomsday Thermal Reactor

Inside a room at the back of the Atlantis palace, the door is locked.

Mera, the "Queen of the Sea," blushed deeply, her body glistening with sweat.

She is neither a naive girl like Diana, the "Wonder Woman," nor a naive girl like Zatanna, the magician, who was influenced and nurtured by Connors.

Mera was fully aware of her current state, but at this moment, instinct overwhelmed reason.

She just wanted to find something to alleviate her current state as soon as possible.

However, the cosmetic table is made of various minerals, pigments, and algae taken from the seabed, unlike the human world which has bottles and jars of different sizes.

Agitated, Mera, the "Queen of the Sea," heard the door close and instinctively turned around to find that the door to her room was shut.

"I heard screams. Does someone need help?" Clark listened intently, preparing to head to the rescue.

"No need. The poison in her body has already started to spread. Even if we save her, Arthur will kill that traitor," Connors stopped Clark and said.

The "Kusama" eye he had planted on Orm's head had already seen Orm arrive at the place where "Aquaman" Arthur was being held captive, which was a trench with flowing lava below.

Also imprisoned here is Aquaman Arthur's son, who is estimated to be less than a year old.

According to what Connors knew about what would happen next, Arthur would inevitably cut off his left hand to save his child, and Orm, the one who started it all, would show no mercy.

As for Mera, the brave and strong "Queen of the Sea" in the original story, she has been turned into someone who throws herself into the arms of the enemy and doesn't even care about her newborn child.

Even if Connors doesn't kill her, "Aquaman" Arthur won't let her go.

"Batman, you said you know what the 'Outsider' is all about?"

Hal, the "Green Lantern," kept thinking about what Batman had just said and pressed for an answer.

"Yes, just as Seaside City appeared in comic book form during your childhood, our world might also be a larger 'Seaside City,' and it may have appeared in some form within Connors' original world."

Batman said in a deep voice.

"So, he knows many things that he shouldn't know, like Krypton?" Clark asked.

Connors urged Batman with great enthusiasm:

"Keep going, keep going."

"Barry, do you remember saying 'There is no future in this world'?" Batman turned to look at Barry, who was still retching beside him.

"The Flash" Barry nodded weakly. He had eaten so much food, but after swallowing seawater, he had vomited almost all of it up. He was extremely weak at this moment.

"I think Connors came to this world because something is going to happen in our world in the future, but I'm still not quite sure whether he came to save us or to destroy us."

Batman's voice was filled with doubt.

If Connors came to save others, then his ruthless killings hardly seem like heroic acts.

But Connors' act of throwing the Kryptonian spaceship into the sun to stop the Scarecrow from poisoning the stadium makes him seem less like a villain.

"Superman" Clark interrupted Batman's speculation:

"Stop guessing, Batman. What we need to do now is get to Arthur. I searched the palace with my ears while you were talking, but I couldn't find Arthur there."

"And whatever Connors' purpose in coming into this world, I will choose to believe him."

Hal the Green Lantern, Bruce Wayne, and Barry the Flash were all momentarily confused as to why Clark would say such a thing.

Barry, the "Flash," seemed to understand something. From the first moment he met Connors, he could feel an inexplicable kindness emanating from the man.

The reason "Superman" Clark said this is quite simple: he met Connors on the rooftop of Wayne Tower, and Connors said something that kept him up all night:

"Because you are a hero."

For Clark, the “Superman” who travels the world saving humanity, spontaneously acts as a vigilante countless times, and is occasionally misunderstood and feared, Connors’ words had a profound impact on him.

"—I also choose to believe him."

Surprisingly, Hal, the Green Lantern, spoke up after Clark finished speaking.

"Why?" Barry had his own answer, but he couldn't help asking Hal.

Hal, the Green Lantern, pointed to Connors' right hand, where he was wearing the Justice Society's "JS" ring.

"Like Hal, even though my outsider friend can be a bit annoying sometimes, I still trust him."

Barry said that, putting everything else aside, he is still very weak and Connors has been supporting him the whole time.

Batman: ...—

Why do I feel like I'm on the opposite side of everyone?

The old man sighed:

"I'm just taking this opportunity to tell you about something that might cause a major crisis in the future."

"Sir, stop hiding it! Quickly bring out your 'Anti-Connors Armor' so I can open it!" Connors thought to himself.

He had no doubt that, given Batman's style, he wouldn't have failed to take precautions. Batman, however, didn't elaborate further on the matter, instead steer the conversation back to the present:

"I was lurking in the shadows when I saw Orm head north. Our immediate priority now is to find Arthur—"

Before he could finish speaking, "Superman" Clark and Connors turned to look at the entrance to the kingdom.

One possesses superhuman senses, the other spider-sense; the two discover "Aquaman" Arthur almost simultaneously.

However, unlike when he was born with all four limbs intact, Arthur's left hand was broken off at the wrist, while his right hand was holding a baby.

"Where is Mera? She abandoned me and the child. I will kill her with my own hands."

Arthur seemed unconcerned about the pain of his broken left hand and addressed the people standing in the palace.

"I've already killed her," Connors said without any hesitation.

"Superman" Clark stepped forward and took the child from Arthur's arms, looking at his wrist:

"Arthur, your hand."

Arthur, the "King of the Sea," had his left hand merely wrapped in some seaweed, with blood still flowing out.

"Superman, please help me stop the bleeding. I need to go find Orm," Arthur said nonchalantly.

Of these people, only Batman saw Orm heading north; the others had no idea where Orm was.

But it didn't matter; with "Superman" Clark leading the way, everyone's attention was focused on Connors.

"Om is still on its way; its destination is likely the Arctic."

Connors did not disappoint everyone's expectations, he said.

The "Kusama" eye he placed on Om's head has yet to be discovered.

"Aquaman" Arthur glanced at Connors, his brow furrowed, and said:

"Om is going to activate the Doomsday Heat Reactor; he's going to melt the polar ice caps and flood the continent."

Hal suddenly realized:

"No wonder Om stole the uranium from the nuclear submarine."

"So what are we waiting for?"

Barry yelled and was about to use the Speed ​​Force, but as soon as he was off Connors's support, he almost fell to the ground again.

Batman glanced down at his wristband:

"My bat wings have arrived."

In preparation for a potential large-scale operation, Batman had already sent his fighter jets toward this location on the way here.