The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Li Zhen walked up to the resurrected orange peel Mongo.

Mongo remained seated on the ground.

His eyes were vacant and blank.

Rachel looked at Mongo, who hadn't even stood up despite Li Zhen approaching him to a fatal position, and felt somewhat bewildered.

"What did he see in the illusion this time? How come he's still like this even after breaking free?"

Li Zhen raised her hand, but instead of slashing Meng Ge's throat with a chopstick, she helplessly rubbed the top of her head.

"I don't know, to be honest, and I don't want to recall it for now."

After looking around, the entire war fortress was deathly silent. The self-reproducing Black Mercy, like a facehugger from the Alien movie, had pulled all the life forms inside this metal planet to the ground.

Li Zhen turned around and, gritting her teeth, kicked the stunned Meng Ge in the face.

"You piece of shit! Where did you get such disgusting stuff?!"

Mongo's massive body crashed to the ground, and his empty eyes finally showed some movement.

But overall, it still felt stagnant. "I'm speechless!"

Li Zhen was at her wits' end with Meng Ge, who seemed to have completely lost his mind.

Although this person had also prepared a backup plan to break free, he had absolutely never personally experienced the terror of Black Mercy.

That's why, driven by anger and a desire for revenge, he unleashed all the seeds of dark compassion in one fell swoop.

Even though he's managed to break free now, he's still like a mentally challenged idiot.

He's practically drooling off his lips, and he could be cosplaying a non-aggressive, seriously ill patient at the mental hospital in Li Zhen's illusion.

The nightmare that Rob the Wolf mentioned is not the most terrifying one at all.

If it really is a nightmare, at most you'll have some psychological trauma after waking up.

If it were someone like Lee Jung, Superman, or Batman who experienced something similar, even if they broke free, the aftereffects would be terrifyingly strong, and heaven knows how long it would take to overcome and recover.

"Rachel! Come out and slap him across the face with me!"

Li Zhen felt that taking action alone wasn't quite enough to vent her anger.

Rachel reluctantly agreed, but before she could even peek halfway out of the shadow dimension, Li Zhen, whose expression had changed drastically, shoved her back down. A sound like a surging tide came from the darkness.

In the darkness of the War Fortress, where the power had been cut off due to the clown's earlier mischief, countless black mercy surged forth.

These creatures reproduced too quickly, and given the spacious interior of the war fortress, they may have also found food storage warehouses.

In short, the number of Black Mercy groups far exceeds the number of intelligent beings that can be possessed.

From the moment Rachel peeked out, they swarmed over like flies that had smelled blood, hiding in the darkness.

Fortunately, Li Zhen reacted quickly and promptly put Rachel back in.

The black waves engulfed Li Zhen, but this time, not a single black benevolent flower approached him.

The closest one lingered for a moment, puzzled, near the spot where Rachel had just emerged, before being swept away by the torrent of black, strange plants.

"Won't someone who has been possessed be targeted for a short period of time?"

Li Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief when those black mercies, who had come with high hopes but left disappointed, once again retreated into the darkness.

Mongo on the ground was also discarded like trash by those black mercies, but the extra noise seemed to awaken more of his consciousness.

Li Zhen closed her eyes, repeatedly giving herself a mental pep talk, before squatting down and pressing her hand, with her five fingers together, above Meng Ge's heart. As Meng Ge's eyes became more and more active, Li Zhen gradually increased the pressure in her arm.

Mongo's self-healing ability is poor, but his vitality is strong enough that he can maintain his life for a period of time even if his vital organs are pierced.

Li Zhen planned to use this short time to interrogate all the questions about the Green Lantern Corps and the missing Batman.

Mongo finally regained full consciousness.

Although the savagery in his eyes had dimmed somewhat, he was no longer the dazed man he had been just moments before.

Li Zhen's arm began to accelerate in a short distance.

puff.

A spurt of blood with a strong sulfur smell gushed out.

"etc."

Meng Ge looked at Li Zhen, but there was no fear in his eyes.

Strangely, the previous hostility had disappeared.

"I am not Mengo." Li Zhen paused slightly in her grip.

However, it only lasted for an extreme moment. Because the effects of the illusion had not yet dissipated, he found it somewhat difficult to perform this routine work of Witrum.

But out of his cautious instinct, he waited for Mongo to say the next word only after he had grasped Mongo's heart.

With his heart being squeezed, a little blood trickled from the corner of Meng Ge's mouth. Li Zhen was not a skilled surgeon, so the rough action damaged the structure of his lungs.

However, Mongoben can survive in the space environment and doesn't really care about the air.

"I am not Mongo".

He repeated it again.

"Then who are you?"

Li Zhen raised an eyebrow and squeezed the other person's enormous heart.

"Or perhaps you've been possessed by some being in the illusion?"

"I am Nero, the current Lord of Hell."

Li Zhen's expression changed, but he still didn't easily loosen his grip on the other person's heart. "What's your relationship with the newly fallen?"

On the other side of Hell, Li Zhen didn't really have many acquaintances, so she couldn't very well mention Constantine's name.

In most cases, mentioning Constantine to a magic-based character will only make things worse.

Mongo, who called himself Nero, gave a strange smile.

"The first to fall? Let me count, that old man was probably one, two, three before me... According to Earth's terminology, I'm the seventh to sit in this position."

Li Zhen believed a small part of what this guy said.

No wonder Mongo smelled of sulfur after reviving using his second move.

"Why did you take over Mongo's body?"

"Oh, that's not entirely accurate. I only lied to him about some things."

Nero briefly explained the whole story.

Hell is unaffected by cosmic changes, so no matter how large or small the DC universe is rebooted, Hell always maintains its consistency.

According to Nero, Mongo in the previous universe also experienced failure. This was the infamous incident that nearly turned Seashore into Engine City, ultimately leading to Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, transforming into Parallax in a fit of rage.

Hal, transformed into Parallax, wreaked havoc and successfully avenged himself against the instigator, Mongo.

After his defeat, Mongo was approached by Nero, who suggested that he sensed a strong desire in Mongo and asked if he would be willing to make a deal, such as selling his soul in exchange for the power to defeat Parallax Morhal.

"That Mongo refused me rather rudely, so I killed him."

Nero spoke casually.

"You should also know what happened to your new universe later. Your universe's initial value was insufficient, so with the help of the Speed ​​Field, it received a portion of the legacy from other universes."

"Many people have extra fragments of memories in their minds, memories from past universes or universes that should have existed, and so does Mongo here."

"But in reality, the guys I kill can't possibly have souls, let alone come to this universe."

Nero revealed a sinister smile on Mongo's orange face.

"I disguised myself as a fragment of Mongo's memory from another universe. When I was received by Mongo in this world, I also brought him the 'power' that he had once rejected me, as well as some treasures that he could not refuse."

"For example, the Seed of Resurrection that could bring him back to life once."

Li Zhen loosened his grip slightly. He suddenly realized that the heart he was holding belonged to a powerful figure who could blow him away with a single breath.

"Then why are you telling me all this..."

Nero laughed heartily.

"Black Mercy, that plant was originally cultivated and released by me. Every time it multiplies in large numbers in the universe, I come up to check on it and, while I'm at it, make some deals with people who have strong desires in their hearts."

Nero's smile finally vanished, and he began to stare intently at Lee Jung.

"Your desire is also strong, so would you like to make a deal with me?"

Li Zhen felt a little numb.

This guy seems to be extremely vengeful. Not only did the last Mongo refuse the deal and get killed, but he also actively sought out and tricked the Mongo in this universe.

Nero seemed oblivious to the fact that Li Zhen's arm was still buried in the wound in his chest. Instead, he looked around at the people lying haphazardly on the ground, possessed by the Black Mercy, with the same gaze that an old farmer would give to a bountiful harvest.

He urged Li Zhen somewhat excitedly.

"Make a decision quickly! This scene is truly a sight to behold, even across several universes. So many people harbor such strong desires, waiting for me to make a deal with them!"