The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Chapter 226 The Death Was Extremely Tragic

Only after seeing it with his own eyes did Tim finally begin grinding his teeth with a complex expression.

Although Batman had told him once before the complete mutation, Tim still found it hard to believe.

Looking at the giant covered by a blood-red bone helmet, Tim was filled with conflicting emotions.

The gray giant didn't see Tim at first glance, because Artemis, who was 1.8 meters tall and wielding a giant axe, was too eye-catching next to Tim.

He was holding two similarly mutated figures in one hand—to his left was a penguin covered in tumors and several times its original size, and to his right was Bane, whose skin was bluish-black and whose arms were as thick as pillars.

"alert!"

Artemis roared, instantly raising the giant battle axe in her hand, while the lasso of submission in her other hand also glowed, the tips of the thorns even oozing a scarlet color.

Tim, Mal, and Cassandra immediately assumed fighting stances, their eyes fixed on the guy who appeared to be Infected Zero.

However, the expected attack did not come.

The giant's gaze eventually fell on Tim.

Or perhaps, it's on Tim's Red Robin uniform.

A ferocious smile appeared on his face, a smile that contained no malice, but rather a hint of relief and exhaustion.

Immediately afterwards, he casually tossed the penguin and Yeen Wolf into the ground, where they instantly sank into a deep pit and fell silent.

After doing all this, Jason Todd let out a long sigh, his voice hoarse and heavy, as if carrying endless pain.

"Don't be nervous, I've never been completely under control—besides, you've already eliminated the biggest threat."

Everyone was stunned and looked at him with puzzled expressions.

Jason Todd slowly raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm, and stared at Tim.

"The organization that released the virus attempted to resurrect an evil god that should not exist, but your instructor somehow managed to sever the connection between the evil organization and the super virus."

Jason even clicked his tongue in admiration. As the first carrier chosen by the original virus, Jason also shared a part of the virus's vision as the virus continued to acquire superpowers and evolve and mutate.

Jason, who possessed an immeasurable amount of power, once nearly glimpsed the true form of the evil god, who was nothing more than a shadow, in his imagination.

Jason, who fought the virus all night with his super willpower, almost succumbed to that one glance.

Then came an unparalleled punch crackling with pure white lightning, bridging the gap between reality and illusion, sending the shadow flying to who-knows-where in a single blow.

To be honest, that punch greatly shocked him. He had originally thought that Li Zhen was just Jason, a stronger and more unscrupulous Superman, and he almost lost the tenacity and determination that Batman had taught him by example.

Upon waking up first, Jason discovered that all the ferocious superhumans around him, who were originally Gotham's talent pool mutated under the catalysis of the virus, had been stunned by the seemingly real yet unreal strange phenomenon.

Jason decided to take matters into his own hands and tie them together in a way that was less dangerous, then subdue the Penguin and Bane before they woke up.

Artemis frowned, not acting immediately, but watching him warily.

"What tricks are you playing?"

"I didn't try anything funny."

Jason Todd shook his head.

"I've knocked the Oracle and Nightwing unconscious, and they're hidden in the underground chamber of Wayne Tower."

After saying that, Jason even clasped his hands together and extended them forward.

His eyes were fixed on the Lasso of Submission in Artemis's hand, his meaning clear: if the people didn't believe him, they could even use this thing to verify it.

Although it seems different from the Lasso of Truth that Jason had in his impression of his universe, it should have the same function, right?

Tim nodded slightly to Artemis.

Seeing this, Artemis no longer hesitated. She swung out the lasso of submission, and the golden rope, as if it had a life of its own, wrapped around Jason Todd's hands and body, tightening instantly.

Jason Todd shuddered. Under his own control, the gray metallic texture on his body began to fade, and his aura became weak.

Ten minutes later, the drone's buzzing gradually descended from the sky, accompanied by a cloud of blue powder large enough to cover the entire Gotham City.

That was an antidote mixed with gene-reducing agents.

The powder drifted in the wind, covering the entire city of Gotham. The infected, who were on the verge of death, smelled the antidote and collapsed to the ground. Their mutated characteristics began to fade, and their skin slowly returned to normal.

In one of the ruins of Gotham City, there is a peculiar circular area. It is the only place where there is no blending of blue and green, but only blue powder floating in the air.

In the center of the circle, the Justice League members, who had been beaten half to death by Li Zhen, were lying on the ground.

Under the action of the reducing agent, their damaged bodies are rapidly healing, and the black blood vessels and bruised skin on their bodies are gradually fading away, slowly returning them to their normal appearance.

Superman was the first to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes, and the soreness all over his body made him frown. Images of the rage and chaos after being infected by the virus, as well as the scene of fighting Batman for most of the night, flashed through his mind.

He struggled to his feet and looked up to see Kara, Shazam, and Blue Beetle descending from the sky, their faces filled with anxiety and worry.

"Karl, are you alright?"

Kara quickly stepped forward, took Superman's arm, and finally temporarily lost the coldness that Li Zhen had instilled in her, her eyes filled with unconcealable worry.

Superman shook his head, his gaze sweeping over the awakened Justice League members around him, then looking at Gotham City outside the circle, his face instantly filled with grief and guilt.

"We—we almost destroyed Gotham, we almost became the culprits who made things worse."

As guardians of the Earth, they were controlled by the virus and turned into destroyers who aided and abetted evil.

A long-suppressed sob suddenly broke the silence, making Superman, who was already feeling guilty, tremble.

He and Kara turned their heads at the same time.

In the very center of the circle, Rachel knelt before a body, pulling at two fingers of one of the figures' outstretched hands.

His face, hidden by a low-hanging hood, trembled and he sobbed softly.

Superman's eyes widened suddenly, and Kara only realized what was happening when she heard Rachel's suppressed sobs.

He rushed over with Kara.

Only when the person's face came into view did they finally see everything clearly.

Li Zhen kept her eyes tightly closed, and the blood flowing from her seven orifices had already dried.

The reason they didn't notice it immediately was because Li Zhen remained standing the whole time.

He clenched one fist tightly, and reached out the other hand toward Rachel's head, but clearly, his vital signs had already completely disappeared halfway through his reach.

Kara covered her mouth, while Superman circled around Lee Jung several times in disbelief.

He had never strained his superhuman senses so much, yet he still couldn't hear a single trace of life.

"Impossible, impossible!"

"That virus couldn't kill me! How could it possibly kill him!"

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