The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Chapter 193 You're Everywhere

First, a dark shadow rapidly expanded beneath the blue-black sea.

Then a giant wave surged up, and the spray burst out to both sides, the water flowing down the black metal arc like a waterfall.

Even as Li Zhen lifted the dark submarine and peeked out from the sea five miles off Gotham City, he still hadn't seen the "hacker's" next attack.

The submarine, which initially entered diving mode from the artificial lake, was indeed attacked by an unidentified signal.

The other party seemed to have been monitoring the situation at the Teen Titans base and knew that Li Zhen was watching from near the submarine. Therefore, the person did not choose to hack into the submarine's control panel, but instead chose to directly shut down most of the submarine's functions remotely.

The objective was clear: to cut off the oxygen supply, thereby forcing Li Zhen to destroy the submarine to rescue the people.

With all other connected modes of transportation capable of carrying the Teen Titans across thousands of miles unavailable, if the submarine becomes unusable, Li Zhen will have no choice but to find a large piece of metal or a boulder to carry everyone to Gotham.

However, the opponent doesn't seem to have any good countermeasures against mages.

While Rachel couldn't teleport so many people at once, she had no problem creating a space where people could temporarily survive in a high-pressure, oxygen-deficient, sealed environment.

The "hacker's" attack stopped there, and there was no attack or encirclement by submarines that Lee Jung had initially imagined, such as those that would invade and control the world.

It's as if all the methods ultimately only reach the level of technology that humans can achieve, and even ruthlessness is not thorough enough; it's always a matter of hitting one stick and then withdrawing it.

So Li Zhen simply held the submarine up with both hands from under it, using the force field to fix its relative position to herself, and swam all the way underwater.

To be honest, even if Li Zhen were swimming while carrying a submarine, she would move much faster than the submarine itself, which was built with the Justice League's black technology.

Once they surfaced, the change in pressure triggered Rachel's magical barrier, so she immediately released everyone back out.

Then, the people inside the submarine somehow reactivated the submarine's power supply system and opened the hatch on top of the submarine before Li Zhen could reach out to tear off the sheet metal.

Tim, eager to get started, scrambled up the submarine's exit pipe, poked his head out, and looked up at Li Zhen standing to the side.

"How's Gotham?"

Tim was very nervous. His view was blocked by Li Zhen, but he was also afraid to climb out completely, for fear of seeing something he couldn't handle.

However, Li Zhen deliberately moved aside, leaving Tim with no choice but to witness the current state of Gotham Harbor.

Although there was a considerable distance between them, the unobstructed view from the sea allowed Tim to spot the pale green mist drifting over the distant Gotham City harbor.

Li Zhen crossed her arms over her chest, her face somewhat pale, and asked Tim in a low voice.

"That green poison gas...could it be that clown's doing?"

Tim also looked somewhat serious, but after a moment of contemplation, he shook his head.

"The Joker usually doesn't target the entire Justice League. However, regarding the specific composition of that fog, when I reactivated the submarine just now, I launched an underwater detection device. I need to capture some samples for analysis to learn more information."

"Underwater detectors? Can you even trust these internet-connected gadgets?"

Tim was a little embarrassed and explained in a low voice.

"When I restarted the submarine just now, I reprogrammed the internal computers and temporarily shut down all external signal receivers, physically isolating most of the possibilities for intrusion."

Li Zhen nodded, watching as a thin needle emerged from the harbor's waters, stirred the green mist-filled air a few times, and then quickly retreated back into the water.

With a slight change in the shape of her pupils, Li Zhen activated a tiny bit of super vision that mimicked the special crystalline structure of Kryptonians, watching the spider-like robot swiftly and nimbly run towards the submarine underwater.

A slight stinging sensation came from her eyes, prompting Li Zhen to quickly close them, then shake her head violently and rub them a couple of times.

With the force field becoming increasingly refined, Li Zhen was able to slightly alter the physical structure of her body, and the superpowers of the Chlorine Star people, which came from their unique physiological structure, were precisely the new ideas that Li Zhen was trying to emulate.

Of course, this was mostly just for practicing force fields, and it didn't mean that he would necessarily turn himself into a fake Kryptonian in the future.

Soon, Tim's head retracted from the hatch, presumably to study the collected samples.

Li Zhen waited patiently, his usual impatience and recklessness seemingly never present.

After all, the Death Star is hanging high. If you die in a head-on one-on-one battle, at least you won't have failed the years of Vitrum's tough training.

It would be so frustrating to be killed by those invisible viruses and toxic gases.

But less than five minutes later, Li Zhen heard a commotion coming from inside the submarine.

First came Tim's voice.

"The submarine is about to explode! Run!"

Then came Rachel's greeting.

"I have magic here that allows for short-distance tunneling!"

Finally, there was Mar's urgent shout.

"Instructor! Don't let the submarine explode underwater!"

A dark, circular magic door opened on the sea surface not far from the submarine, and a group of young Titans jumped out of it in a panic.

After Ma Er's prompt, Li Zhen quickly jumped into the sea and, half a second later, lifted the entire submarine, pushing through tens of thousands of tons of seawater, and flew into the sky.

"What exactly is going on?"

Li Zhen turned around and casually asked a question.

Unexpectedly, Tim, who had fallen into the sea, frantically tried to pop his head out of the water, shouting intermittently.

"Ten seconds left—even if it explodes from the sky, it won't work!"

"Are you guys giving me a test?!"

Li Zhen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He mustered all his strength, first lowering his arms to his shoulders, and then pushing with all his might, sending the submarine flying into the sky like a cannonball.

Because the submarine was too large, and Li Zhen pushed it with all her might, it created a sonic boom. Even with the protection of the force field, the entire submarine's structure began to tremble and rattle, as if it would fall apart and crack at any moment.

Li Zhen didn't gamble on whether the thing would fly out of the atmosphere first or whether her force field would break down first. She simply widened her eyes and turned on the full power of the imitation thermal vision technique she had learned from Dr. Fate some time ago.

A thick, golden beam of light burst forth from Li Zhen's eyes, instantly catching up with the large iron lump that was still flying freely.

The enormous fireball and the golden pillar of light complemented each other, illuminating half of the otherwise desolate Gotham City in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, the originally quiet pale green mist became as active and bubbling as boiling water.

Li Zhen fell from the sky in a huff.

"Can you explain why such a small sample could destroy a submarine?"

Tim, who had swallowed several mouthfuls of seawater while trying to convey a message to Lee Jung, answered with a pale face and gagged.

"Those are—superviruses composed of a semi-nanomechanical structure, a semi-protein structure, and—a special enzyme polymer!"

"Each of them is alive and can infect both human bodies and mechanical structures simultaneously!"

"It might even evolve!"

evolution?

Li Zhen raised an eyebrow.

This sounds a bit like the Aspergillus virus.

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