I, V, Gotham Legend

"Maybe you are a pawn of some big shot. In any case, you are qualified to talk to me before the war." Darkseid looked directly at Valerie, as if she was the only one here.

"I see. I was too abrupt." Desaad lowered his head and stepped aside. "No wonder my equation didn't work."

Darkseid has crossed the subspace channel, but what is surprising is that he doesn't look like he wants to take action.

As if the mission was accomplished, after Darkseid crossed the subspace, the space cracks automatically closed up, like water returning to calm.

"What are you talking about? What equation?" Valerie asked bluntly.

"If you want to talk to me on an equal footing, then you should stand in front of me." Darkseid did not answer.

Valerie seemed to sense that something about her made Darkseid look up to her, so she bravely jumped down from the wall.

Darkseid was very satisfied with Valerie. He did not make trouble but actually explained.

"The Anti-Life Equation can make all life in the universe forget the meaning of life and only be willing to serve me." Darkseid said, "Desaad has been trying to imitate this equation, but the effect has never met expectations."

"It sounds like mind control..." Valerie was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Desaad with wide eyes, "You tried to mind control me just now?!"

"True great achievements are hard to replicate, and there is no doubt that I failed," Desaad admitted generously.

Even so, this is the largest-scale brain control technology in the universe, and Desaad can even use it to patrol the entire universe.

Valerie frowned. She knew that she was inexplicably immune to abilities like mind control, but based on what Darkseid had just said, she also understood that this might not be a good thing.

She couldn't help but ask, "What god are you talking about? Is it Barbatos?"

Darkseid looked at Valerie's face and shook his head: "I'm not interested in knowing so much."

Being able to chat so much with Valerie is already giving face to the god whom I have never met.

Valerie took a deep breath and pulled her thoughts away from herself. The crisis on Earth was the biggest problem at the moment.

"You want the Anti-Life Equation and then conquer the universe?" she asked bluntly.

Darkseid nodded slightly.

"What a simple villain target." Valerie said, trying to make herself look strong. "But the Earth is more hidden than you think. You might die here, right?"

"You can try it. The one standing in front of you is just a clone." Darkseid didn't take Valerie's words seriously.

"Can't we sit down and talk?" Valerie knew that negotiation was useless, so she wanted to delay as much as possible.

"Violence is the most traditional form of negotiation. There is no way you will agree to my reasonable demands." Darkseid's red eyes turned. "You must have something special to be targeted by the God of the Multiverse. I'll give you a chance. You can become my servant."

"Don't joke, I'm free, and to be honest, I've beaten up any organization that tried to recruit me," Valerie refused.

"Then you have no choice but to die." Darkseid suddenly stretched out his hand.

Seeing the dark lord suddenly attack, Valerie was quick-witted and activated Sianwestin quickly, trying to jump back, but the time reduction only made her speed up, and her ankle was still caught by Darkseid.

Darkseid threw Valerie to the ground like throwing a piece of dough, and the solidified iron ground cracked layer by layer.

"V!"

They seemed to be having a conversation just now, but Darkseid suddenly attacked, which caught Wonder Woman off guard. She rushed forward and swung her sword at Darkseid.

Darkseid didn't even look at her. Desaad behind him reached out his hand first, and Wonder Woman paused.

"My equation is still useful." DeSaad ordered Wonder Woman to commit suicide.

Wonder Woman tremblingly picked up the sword and almost put it to her neck, when a ball of water fell from the sky and splashed all over her.

The scalding water startled the heroine for a moment, and she immediately slammed her arms together, causing a sonic boom to explode centered on her, also waking Diana up.

She turned back to give Aquaman a look of gratitude, then changed her target, pointed her blade at Desaad, and rushed towards him.

Darkseid suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Wonder Woman's forehead casually, lifted her up easily, and then threw her away.

Wonder Woman slid through the arc and was thrown directly onto the bridge. The steel bridge was deformed and sank.

Darkseid never looked at Wonder Woman from beginning to end. He only looked at Valerie who was lying on the ground with his ankle grabbed by her.

The blue-haired girl's face made contact with the ground, but Darkseid could tell that she hadn't fainted yet.

He silently wanted to turn Valerie over, but Valerie turned her upper body first, holding a box in her hand: "Take my move!"

As he spoke, a white light shone on Darkseid's face, the light was not enough to blind him, the real power was behind the light.

Superman flew out from the light with his fist clenched and punched Darkseid on the head. Even Darkseid was knocked back by this sudden punch.

During the time when she was smashed to the ground by Darkseid, she made a temporary teleportation device, so that Superman, who should have returned to the spaceship, could be teleported here.

Valerie felt her ankle freed, probably because Darkseid had subconsciously loosened it. She immediately crawled forward a few steps, then turned back: "Hit the hooded guy behind him first, he can control my mind!"

Superman immediately raised his head, and red, hot rays of light shot out of his eyes.

Desaad raised his hand and tried to block it, but it was no use. Half of his body was simply burned by the high temperature and crystallized like sand.

"Oh, ah, ah! My master!" Desaad screamed as if he realized it belatedly.

Darkseid stood in front of Superman and took the punch that Superman threw at him. He didn't even look back. Red rays suddenly shot out from his eyes. Superman tilted his head and dodged the attack.

The ray did not miss like an ordinary shot. After passing over Superman's head, it raised up as if it had life, and changed direction at right angles.

However, this tracking ray did not come back to hit Superman, but made a big circle and shot at Desaad behind Darkseid.

The black-robed strategist turned into ashes without even saying a last word.

"You just killed your adviser like that?!" Superman was extremely shocked.

"He is extremely important to me, so there is no simpler way of treatment than to kill him and then resurrect him." Darkseid said casually, as if death had no meaning in his eyes.

This is the dark king in the universe. The death of life is just a form that can be exploited by him.

"How can healing be so inconvenient?" Valerie, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but get angry. "You can't even take a potion to restore your health. You're just a cosmic trash!"

Valerie's words seemed to touch Darkseid's heart. He looked at Valerie, his eyes lit up red again, and rays were about to burst out of them.

Superman suddenly stretched out two fingers and shot them at Darkseid's eyes like bullets.

"Ah!!" Even Darkseid groaned in pain when his eyes were suddenly stabbed. The rays that had not yet been fired exploded like a punctured balloon. He angrily pressed Superman's shoulders and pushed him to the ground with his eyes closed.

The entire land formed by solidified iron was cracked apart by this blow, like a split continent.

There was no molten iron flowing out like magma under the iron block on the surface. All the liquid metal had been used by Steppenwolf to open the gate to the subspace.

Valerie had just been trying to get up, but the shock made her legs go weak again.

"I'll hold him, you guys go!" Although he was pinned to the ground, Superman still held Darkseid and said.

This was no longer a level that ordinary people could handle. Valerie immediately held the teleportation device, trying to stand up on the collapsed iron continent, and looked up in the sky for the direction of her teammates.

At this moment, electric sparks appeared with a sound of breaking through the air, and the Flash flashed to Valerie's side, stretched out his hand and held Valerie's shoulder: "I heard something..."

"Let's get together..." Valerie said with her head down, "Let's go back to the spaceship and prepare for the next plan. I'll leave this to Superman for now."

"I understand." The Flash nodded, picked up Valerie, and rushed to the iron bridge with her in an instant.

Darkseid's recovered eyes saw from afar a beam of light descending from the sky, covering Valerie and the others until they could no longer smell anything. He lowered his head and looked at Superman: "This is just the beginning, Kryptonian."

"We can always be at the beginning," Superman said unwillingly.

Back in the spaceship, Valerie immediately ran to the main control room.

Batman was already wearing his Blazer armor and sitting in the main control room waiting for them.

On the table in front of him, there was a huge glass container with a box quietly placed inside it.

The few people who came back knew what it was; they had seen it just now.

That was a mother box.

NO19. Anti-Life Equation

The pioneer armor is already fully armed. The six-meter-tall giant is huddled in the main control room. If it weren't open enough, it would be extremely crowded here.

In front of the pioneers sat a man in a black and green tights, lazily lying on a chair, drinking a bucket of water in big gulps, looking much more heroic than drinking.

"Who is this guy? He looks dirty. Isn't he afraid of choking by drinking water like this?" Valerie asked with disgust. She felt that this green guy had a smell.

"Please show some respect to the heroic seniors, little sister. I am a legitimate space policeman and this area is under my jurisdiction." Green Lantern crossed his legs, his words full of confidence in himself.

"What senior..." Valerie narrowed her eyes speechlessly and simply opened the box, "Hal Jordan? He's a pilot."

Green Lantern was stunned for a moment, then sat up: "It seems that you are also a person who makes a living by your high IQ."

Valerie was very satisfied with Green Lantern's evaluation of her. She liked this guy a lot better and was no longer so unacceptable to the smell of Green Lantern: "Yeah, you have a good eye for seeing the truth."

"Hahaha, of course, I'm the Green Lantern." Hal Jordan was also very pleased with Valerie's praise.

The atmosphere of mutual praise between the two eased the originally depressing atmosphere due to the worsening situation, and Batman took over the conversation.

"We can't put everything on Superman's shoulders. If Darkseid is not lying, what we are facing now is just a substitute." As he said this, Batman's fingers slid across the table, and a projection hit the wall behind him.

That was the space fleet outside. With the joint efforts of Superman and Green Lantern, one third of it was destroyed, and the rest was just floating there without any movement.

They are like loyal guards. After completing the first phase of their mission, they stay on standby and wait for their master's orders.

"Are there passengers on these ships? They've been wandering around the Earth for thousands of years?" Valerie asked.

"There are passengers, and they have been floating in the universe for much longer than a thousand years." It was Green Lantern who took over the conversation, rubbing his cervical vertebrae. "The demons are like this, they still have life, but they don't look like they are alive at all. Obeying Darkseid's orders is the only reason they can still move."

And if Darkseid were to obtain the Anti-Life Equation, the entire universe might become such a monster.

"You know so much." The Flash said in surprise.

"I am the Green Lantern. I have looked up information about Apokolips at the base." Hal Jordan raised his head proudly. "I can guarantee that the history of the Green Lantern Corps is longer than that of Apokolips."

"It sounds like a huge force..." Valerie finally became serious.

Green Lantern smiled and nodded: "I have been a Green Lantern for at least nine years. As a hero, I have more experience than any of you. I have to eliminate dozens of evil forces in the universe like this every year."

She did sound experienced, but Valerie suddenly put her hands on her chin and said, "Don't you veteran superheroes take showers?"

"What?" Green Lantern's eyes widened. He understood instantly and raised his arm to sniff. "Yue...it must be the rotten smell of those demons. It has all stained me!"

"You can take a shower first." Valerie said, pointing to the depths of the spacecraft. "That's the living area. Don't worry, there's no one there right now... But don't go into room A7."

A7 is Harvey's wife's room. Although Harvey's wife left with him temporarily after confirming Maroney's death, she had not had time to clean up her room.

By the way, Helena has been sent back to her afterlife in Gotham, and it is difficult for her to intervene in a war of this level.

Valerie even called all her friends and told them not to come over today.

Green Lantern wanted to say that it was already so late and he was still a little embarrassed when a beauty like Valerie covered her nose and said that the smell was strong.

"Wait for me five minutes." As he said that, the Green Lantern's whole body glowed with green light and he floated towards the depths of the spacecraft.

Seeing Green Lantern disappearing quickly, Valerie turned back to look at Batman: "So where did this guy come from?"

"The Green Lantern Corps is an organization that upholds justice in the universe. He happened to encounter these Apokolips warships after returning from a meeting at headquarters today, so he temporarily joined us." Batman concluded based on several conversations and the intelligence he had collected previously.

"The headquarters in the universe... that must be far away. No wonder you smell like you haven't showered in a long time."

Valerie said, sitting next to the pioneer and reaching out to touch the mother box wrapped in a pile of devices.

This is the Mother Box that Valerie originally owned. Where it came from remains a mystery. The most likely speculation at the moment is that it came from another world like the hacker access cabin.

Valerie's thoughts went back to Metropolis a few months ago, when she faced Lex Luthor in the warship.

At that time, Luthor said that he crossed into a parallel world through the hacker access warehouse and the Mother Box and saw the destroyed metropolis. This was the source of his subsequent series of plans.

If the assumption is true and this mother box comes from a parallel world, then why did it travel through time?

Valerie thought even more about herself. How did this character who had nothing to do with DC, this person who hadn't even watched a few DC works, travel to this world?

She was dazed for a moment, then pulled herself back to her senses. Now was not the time to think about these things.

Valerie took out the Mother Box that truly belonged to this world from her pocket and placed it on the table.

"It seems that there are three mother boxes now?" Valerie felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu and couldn't help but confirm it.

Imported copies from a parallel world, the genuine ones just snatched from this world, and the pirated ones made by Valerie herself that still remain on Earth.

Batman nodded: "If this mother box really comes from a parallel world, we can use it to send Darkseid to other worlds..."

This was the original plan. The Mother Box has the function of opening the subspace, so whoever opens the door doesn't matter.

It may be a bit unethical for the parallel world, but the Mother Box should prioritize connecting the subspace tunnel to Apokolips. It is better to let Darkseid of that world deal with himself.

But during the confrontation on Earth just now, Darkseid personally admitted that what came was just a clone.