The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Chapter 258 Shattered Belief

On the unnoticed floor, Wilson finally fell silent after hearing about Batman's disappearance.

He quietly pricked up his ears, listening intently to the conversation between the two people above, unwilling to miss even the slightest detail.

"What does it mean to disappear on your own?"

Li Zhen stared at Jason with some annoyance.

No one can guarantee that continuously destroying Apokolips will truly stop the Dark Lord's advance. It wouldn't be too difficult for Darkseid, who truly exists in a higher dimension, to enter a three-dimensional universe.

Currently, it is the Olympian gods who are blocking the progress of the divine realm of Apokolips, but what if those guys from Olympus fail?

Darkseid arrives with war, but the highest mountain of the Justice League mysteriously disappears during this time.

Jason gently nudged Li Zhen aside with his shoulder, sat down at the desk, and began disassembling the radar device that he had painstakingly modified.

"He's getting old; elders always become weak in some ways."

Perhaps due to years of pent-up resentment, Jason first rambled on about random things before finally beginning to recount what had happened during that time.

Batman did not completely abandon Gotham at first.

Two completely different mindsets were tormenting him. On the one hand, Batman believed that Gotham could not do without his help. In Batman's eyes, most of the people in the city were ignorant, and the city itself was also very sick.

"What he truly sees himself as is not a knight of the night, but a lone traveler who guides and supports Gotham from falling into the abyss."

"Seriously, would that guy really describe himself like that?"

"No, of course not, actually these comments come from someone called ————"

After Jason sorted out the scattered radar parts, he finally took a moment to glance at Li Zhen.

"You're dressed quite like a guy called the Angel of Death."

Jason turned around, pulled out a wire from somewhere, and tentatively touched the dark badge that Li Zhen had given him.

Meanwhile, continue speaking.

On the other hand, because Batman truly believed that Lee Jung's death was caused by him, he has been trying to find Rachel and Lee Jung's body to try to confirm whether Lee Jung could be resurrected.

But the city of Gotham, Mother City, will not allow her holy son to be busy with other affairs.

Despite the city being weakened, Gotham City remained quiet for only three days.

Starting from the fourth day, those demons and monsters once again emerged from every nook and cranny, and began to wreak havoc in the streets and alleys at night.

Although Jason has taken over Batman's night patrols as Red Hood, Batman has not tacitly granted Jason the authority.

Besides, Batman wants to find Jason and have a proper talk with him.

Unfortunately, Jason didn't give Batman that chance.

"He was tracking me, searching for you, and continuing to be that guardian, all while maintaining his identity during the day."

Jason seemed to finally remember Wilson's existence, vaguely mentioning Bruce Wayne's real name.

Fortunately, Wilson himself listened intently and did not offer any opinion on such trivial matters.

Of course, it's also possible that Wilson simply idolizes Batman and doesn't care about his real-life identity.

"I've seen that guy go several nights in a row without rest before, but this time is different. He's constantly tormented by a complex mix of guilt and remorse."

Don't forget, Batman has another identity.

That is the leader of the Justice League.

With the relationship between the Teen Titans and the Justice League strained, Batman also has to squeeze out a little time from his already packed daily routine to deal with the aftermath of Lee Jung's death.

Lex Luthor's plea for acquittal, the deteriorating relationship between Superman and Supergirl Kara, and the multiple in-depth medical examinations of the Plastic Man.

It seems that everything is inseparable from him, from Batman's judgment and decisions.

Jason paused briefly once again, using tweezers to pick up an extremely tiny part, pulling over a specially made magnifying lens, bending over on the desk to examine it carefully.

After a while, he carefully pressed the component into the radar chip before letting out a sigh of relief and putting down the tweezers.

"Later I secretly visited Penny One, and according to him, Batman maintained this lifestyle for about three days, and half of his hair turned white."

Then, something else happened that was strongly connected to Li Zhen.

If the citywide spread of the α-Modrovirus was due to the initial strain of the original α-Modrovirus, which, through the incubation, development, mutation, and spread of "Patient Zero Jason," acquired such terrifying potential and lethality.

The emergence of "Patient Zero," the new synthetic virus that "killed Lee Jung," shattered Batman's confidence, which was already precarious in both mental and physical condition.

"What?!"

Li Zhen was truly horrified when she heard this.

"Shouldn't I be the patient zero of this catastrophe-like virus?"

Jason was slightly drawn to Li Zhen's choice of words.

"A natural disaster? Is that the name you gave to the virus that killed you? It sounds like you encountered a similar virus on your planet."

However, Jason did not pursue the matter further, but immediately returned to the previous topic, and even used the name that Li Zhengang had just given him in the following narrative.

"That's not actually the case. After several days of investigation, Batman finally discovered a suspicious point."

"Just like the Amozzo virus itself needs a host to perform those complex genetic modifications and protein reconstructions, the circular, 'catastrophe-like' viral coverage area in the final battle between you and the Justice League, where everyone was infected, was completely illogical."

Yes, the Amodro virus cannot spontaneously generate all sorts of incredible mutations, so those catastrophe-like events covering the final battlefield should not have appeared out of thin air.

"The AMD virus, aided by Batman's intellect, deduced a cataclysmic structure. The most plausible scenario would then be that, after selection, a 'Patient Zero' carrying the original strain of the cataclysmic virus was created."

Undoubtedly, Batman immediately diverted some of his attention to simultaneously investigating the catastrophic virus, Disease Zero.

Clues to human existence.

This is much easier than the other difficult points mentioned earlier.

In less than half a day, Batman found the infected person who was the zero carrier of the catastrophe.

He wasn't a famous person; he was just an ordinary citizen of Gotham.

After achieving its goal of killing Li Zhen, the quasi-disaster virus, having lost its primary target, stopped spreading continuously. Instead, it underwent the structural evolution that a normal virus should have, thanks to the body of Patient Zero.

"And this is where it all begins."

Jason gripped the Dark Badge tightly in his hand, his knuckles visibly tightening.

"He originally believed that the special structure he derived would not harm anyone except you."

"But after the catastrophe-like phenomenon re-evolved in Patient Zero's body, it unexpectedly transformed into a deadly poison for Earthlings."

Wilson, who had been lying prone on the ground, suddenly raised his head.

"Wait, I feel like I recognize this news!"

"East District! Old Crime Alley! Along the park street, an entire street, thirteen households have been infected with a new, unidentified virus!"

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Li Zhen's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

He looked at Jason with an incredulous, searching expression, and Jason nodded with a pained expression.

"The second-generation natural disaster has a more specific infection and mortality rate among young and middle-aged humans. Thirteen families are in critical condition. In three of these families, all the adults have died, leaving only their children."

"Batman broke down, just as he saw your death as his fault and responsibility—and so did the parents of those children who died under that virus."

It's hard to imagine how Batman managed to handle the aftermath of the catastrophe. All the Batman family knows is that once the children were properly settled, Batman vanished as if he had evaporated into thin air.

"Nightwing and Oracle have searched using various methods, but they haven't found them. We haven't informed the Justice League about this yet."

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