American comics: Praising the sun, starting from Gotham!

Bruce finally breathed a sigh of relief after the informal morning meeting came to an end.

He sent Xiu En, who only wanted to be a hands-off boss, to the sunny courtyard to sunbathe with the sunflowers, while he invited two new employees with sensitive identities to his real office.

Bat cave.

"This is Wayne Enterprises' core technology department and operations command center."

Bruce explained, half-jokingly.

"Until you are familiar with the work environment and the laws and regulations of this world, your activities will be temporarily limited to this area and your respective dormitories."

This is not just onboarding training, but also a form of surveillance.

Adrian looked around with great interest, from the giant mechanical dinosaur to the various suits hanging in the display case, a meaningful smile on his face.

This person's technological level exceeded his expectations, especially the architecture of that main server, which made him feel vaguely excited.

Rorschach remained silent.

The darkness and cold of the cave gave him a strange sense of comfort, which felt far more real to him than the warm sunlight on the ground.

"Bruce, emergency communication! Red alert!"

Suddenly, the main screen of the bat computer was forcibly occupied by a semi-mechanical face covered with electronic patterns, and a rapid and distorted sound resounded throughout the cave.

It's Cyborg, Victor Stone.

Bruce's face darkened.

"Victor, what's going on?"

"My monitor just detected an unusual signal!"

"A parallel Earth, its worldline is collapsing rapidly! I've never seen such a violent rate of decay, it's as if the physical constants of the entire universe are being artificially distorted!"

As he spoke, a disturbing live video appeared on the main screen.

It was a blue planet that looked incredibly familiar, but its surface was covered with an ominous dark red halo.

"etc……"

Adrian's gaze was drawn to a rapidly scrolling stream of data representing energy in the corner of the screen.

"What is this energy composition? It's trying to force a collision between itself and another dimensional coordinate system. They're using their own universe as fuel to break open a door!"

"Yes!"

"Based on my limited observations, this world's Superman, because his wife Lois Lane was murdered by the Joker, became a dictator of Earth. He established a global hegemonic rule, calling himself the Injustice League. And now, he's activated a Kryptonian device called the Doomsday Clock, preparing to sacrifice the entire Earth to make a fucking devil's deal!"

"What does he want to do?"

"To resurrect Louise, or rather, to pull over a phantom that he believes to be Louise from some evil dimension."

On Cyborg's face, the human half of his expression was filled with anger and sorrow.

"Based on the signal characteristics analysis, the target dimension he is connected to is likely the domain of the demon god Terrigon."

Upon hearing the name Trigon, Bruce slammed his fist heavily on the control panel.

"An interesting snack has appeared."

Just as the atmosphere in the cave reached its most tense point, a voice came from the entrance.

Xiu En strolled back in, carrying a plate of unfinished cookies.

"Hey, Cyborg, huh?"

Xiu En walked to the computer, pointed to the complex waveform, and asked with shining eyes.

Have you ever seen this kind of energy signal before? It feels very unique.

The system itself, which had been feigning death since Xiu En became powerful, also issued a warning at this moment.

[WARNING! Three unknown, high-purity energies with extraordinary biological characteristics have been detected in this world, abnormally fusing with the world's life essence!]

[The system is naming the animals; naming complete. Based on their energy fluctuation characteristics, they have been named: The Ox's Brute Force, The Sheep's Hypocrisy, and The Pig's Greed.]

Looking at Shuen's expression, Bruce felt a sense of foreboding.

The system message indicated that only Xiu En could see it, but at that moment, a bright smile appeared on Xiu En's face.

"etc!"

Bruce seemed to have guessed what he was going to do and immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Shuen, I know you want to help, but this is an extremely unstable parallel universe, the Justice League..."

"I didn't intend to help."

Xiu En thought for a moment and then flatly denied it.

"I just saw the menu and now I'm going to order."

"Want to order?"

"That world."

"Destruction and an evil universe—that sounds very appetizing!"

He turned to Cyborg, Bruce, and the two new employees with complex expressions, and announced.

"None of you should go. How can we make our employees work overtime on such dirty and tiring jobs?"

"I can go by myself."

Xiu En's eyes were filled with the excitement and anticipation of diners about to enjoy a grand meal.

"This time, I won't go looking for offerings."

"I'm going to receive the offerings that others have brought to my door."

"So, I can go by myself!"

"No!"

Bruce and Cyborg's voices rang out almost simultaneously.

"Shuen, you have no idea how dangerous that world is! We need to plan first!"

Bruce stood up, trying to stand between Shum and the computer screen.

"That world's Superman has gone mad! If he possessed almost all of our Superman's powers, and had no moral compass whatsoever, that would be terrifying!"

"The target universe is in a quantum bubble state before the collapse of its rules!"

"Steelbow continued."

"Any uncalibrated space jump could be caught in dimensional turbulence, or torn to shreds by the exclusionary laws of that world!"

Xiu En said he didn't hear anything.

One step, two steps.

He walked past Bruce and went to the main screen of the Batcomputer.

Adrian and Rorschach held their breath, wanting to see how this man would handle these technical issues.

Xiu En stretched out his right hand and gently swept it through the air.

Then, the three-dimensional coordinate data stream representing the Injustice Universe on the screen was forcibly pulled out from the cold screen and converged into a data sphere flashing red light, which landed in his palm.

"Signal received."

Xiu En clenched his fist, and the ball of light disappeared into his palm.

On the main screen of the Bat computer, all data about the target universe was instantly wiped clean.

"Hello!"

Steelbone let out an incredulous gasp.

"Listen, Shum."

Bruce felt his temples throbbing. He suppressed the urge to punch someone and made a final effort.

"That world is completely rotten. We need to plan first, even if it means calling on Superman. Don't rush."

"I know."

Xiu interrupted him, sniffed lightly, and showed an expression that was a mixture of expectation and disgust.

"The stench of greed and decay emanating from the signal was so strong it was almost overflowing. Isn't it precisely because it's so disgusting that it needs to be cleaned up quickly?"

He said it as a matter of course.

Xiu En turned around and walked toward the open area of ​​the bat cave.

On her shoulder, the sunflower hugged itself with its leafy arms and said in a disdainful tone.

"If you dare die out there, I'll dismantle your original form and use it as a flowerpot! I guarantee it'll grow into the most beautiful carnivorous flower in the world!"

"Relax, relax."

"It's just a fast food meal."

He walked to the base of the mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in the bat cave and then stopped.

Xiu En extended his right index finger and gently traced it from top to bottom in the air in front of him.

But the space he traced with his fingertips silently split open to both sides, revealing an extremely unstable, pitch-black fissure.

On the other side of the rift lies a completely different deep sea and high altitude.

The murky seawater is teeming with countless strangely shaped deep-sea fish.

Further away, a massive, unimaginably large, writhing, living shadow could be vaguely seen, like a mountain range.

The smell there was a million times more nauseating than what was transmitted through the signal.

"Looks like this is the place."

Xiu En smiled with satisfaction.

He waved to the three shocked faces and half mechanical face of the audience in the cave, as if saying goodbye.

"I'm off, Bruce. Remember to tell Alfred to prepare some hearty stuff for supper, since today's appetizers might be a bit greasy."

Before he finished speaking, he stepped without hesitation into the rift leading to the otherworldly hell.

Steelbone spoke with an air of naiveté.

"He...he went in..."

"My God, it's completely impossible to track his jump trajectory!"

Bruce stood there silently, watching the spot where Shuen had disappeared.

"Hey, newbie."

Adrian and Rorschach looked at him.

"Our first team building activity has started ahead of schedule."

"Show me what you've got. I need to know what kind of monsters I've gained under my command."

A plan to save the world was completely disrupted in the most outrageous way before it even began.

A completely new and even more chaotic plan is brewing.

In another universe.

Xiu En's figure slowly emerged from the seawater.

This is the end of the world, a deep ocean ten thousand meters below the surface, where even light cannot reach.

The immense water pressure was enough to crush a submarine into a pancake in an instant.

But clearly, this clone of Xiu En had traveled so many times and was very strong. Not only was he unaffected by the water pressure, but he was also able to protect the sunflower. He stretched comfortably as if he were in his own swimming pool.

"Ugh! The smell here is disgusting!"

The sunflower made a gagging sound.

"What the hell is this place?!"

"Don't rush."

Xiu En reassured him, his gaze already fixed on the huge, writhing shadow in the distance, his eyes gleaming with excitement comparable to the sun.

"Look, our main course is getting impatient."

Before my eyes, a living prison is writhing.

It is less a living being than a living black continent made of flesh and blood and resentment.

Countless thick, mountain-like tentacles slowly waved at its base, each wave stirring up massive amounts of seabed silt, like a sandstorm.

Countless thick, mountain-like tentacles slowly waved at its base, each wave stirring up massive amounts of seabed silt, like a sandstorm.

It's so big that it doesn't inspire any thought of resistance.

The sunflower wilted completely.

"Shuen, are you sure you want to use this thing as a ritual offering? Even if it were processed into organic fertilizer, I'd still find it disgusting!"

"Don't jump to conclusions."

"High-quality ingredients always require some pre-meal preparation. You have to check if they're clean first."

Xiu En closed his eyes, and his golden divine sense enveloped the moving flesh and blood continent in front of him.

To the average person, it was a malicious mass filled with gluttonous desires.

However, under Xiu En's divine sense, the internal structure of this giant beast was clearly revealed.

Countless labyrinthine tubes of flesh and blood crisscross within, and highly corrosive digestive juices surge within, forming stomach sacs that resemble lakes.

Between these deadly digestive organs, many storage compartments without digestive function have been created.

There, there is only imprisonment.

"Oh?"

"Interesting. It seems this pig has been modified to know how to categorize and store food."

This reminded him of a refrigerator, with its well-organized sections for fresh produce, frozen food, and vegetable preservation.

His divine sense continued to penetrate deeper, sweeping over the tightly sealed storage compartments.

Most of the storage compartments were empty, or contained only some long-digested remains and resentment that exuded an aura of despair.

However, in the core cold storage compartments, Xiu En saw something different.

There, there resides a group of human beings whose lives shine brightly.

It's like finding several cans of food that haven't expired but are severely deflated among a pile of moldy food.

Although these lives are very faint, filled with hunger and despair, their core is exceptionally resilient, still maintaining a tenacious "vitality".

"Hmm? In here..."

The sunflower also noticed those few glimmers of light.

"They are some very tenacious seeds. Although they are almost rotten from being soaked, they are not completely dead yet. These people are very resilient."

"yes."

"It looks like we need to get rid of these nearly expired side dishes before we eat the main course. Otherwise, cooking them together will affect the flavor of the whole dish."

Just as Xiu En finished his pre-meal food safety inspection, the giant beast that had been lazily wriggling finally noticed the presence of this outsider.

In its perceived world, Shuen radiates boundless and immense energy.

That's nothing like the negative, emotionally charged remnants it usually devours.

That's a top-notch, high-energy dessert!

"roar--"

A tremor was stirred up in the deep sea.

Its massive, mountain-like body awoke.

It opened its real mouth.

Directly beneath its body was a massive, ever-spinning vortex of flesh and blood, large enough to swallow an entire city.

The immense suction force caused seawater within several kilometers to surge wildly toward the black hole.

This is an invitation to a grand feast from the abyss, and Xiu En is the main course that has been invited.

"Hey! It's going to eat you!"

The leaves on the sunflower head stood up tensely.

"It's alright, Xiaohua."

As Xiu En faced the terrifyingly large maw that could devour everything, he revealed a triumphant smile.

"It opened the door and signed for the package on its own initiative."

He did not resist, and even withdrew the golden light around him, letting the enormous suction force pull him toward the spinning abyss of flesh and blood.

In the final moments before being swallowed up, his voice calmly echoed in Ivy's mind.

"Make a good note of the locations of the living people inside. We'll go in first to get the pre-meal preparations done."

The world spun around.

Endless darkness and stench.

It was as if I had been flushed into the dirtiest sewer in history.

A moment later, the tearing force around them disappeared.

They successfully entered one of the monster's stomach sacs.

Outside, the giant beast, having finished its snack and feeling satisfied, fell back into a deep sleep.

It was completely unaware that it had swallowed a sun that was about to explode from within.

"alright."

Hugh looked around the bizarre and bloody interior of the restaurant.

"The place is quite spacious, but the decor is terrible and it smells awful. We need to do a thorough cleaning first."