Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 10: You guessed it! It's the Stitched Monster from Secret Wars + Crisis on Infinite Earths
Ever since joining the Star Club and becoming a member of the trans-world villain organization, Mason and his teammates have been speculating on the truth of the so-called "impact" incident.
From a supernova explosion destroying a galaxy in an instant, to the extinction of the sun causing all things to die, to even more outrageous speculations that the collapse of a parallel world system would instantly cause the extinction of all things.
But it was not until the impact event suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes in an absolutely real manner that they realized that their previous guesses were too advanced.
The true face of doomsday comes in a low-key way.
It's even almost plain and not as cool as imagined.
But it is precisely this simplicity that makes every change so shocking, so shocking that only one word can describe the state of mind of everyone at this moment:
"grass!"
Zha Kang, who was busy assembling the transfer gate at the city gate with Captain Jack and his complaining crew, looked up and saw the reflection of the world in front of him, and his hair immediately stood on end.
Unlike those idiots who were still pointing at the sky, John Constantine, a master of magic, understood all the truth of this "impact" incident almost instantly.
He no longer hides.
With a whoosh, he teleported himself from the ground to the highest point in the city, then took out a very delicate golden armillary sphere and held it in his hand to check some magical parameters that only he could understand.
The more he examined, the paler Zha Kang's face became.
"The spatial framework is disordered, the magic network is collapsing, the spellcasting constant is unbalanced, and the planetary tides are also affected. The next step should be the damage to the earth's core..."
"boom"
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent earthquake broke out as if his words had come true.
When Constantine looked back at the great plain behind him, he saw horrible cracks bursting out from beneath the earth, tearing the earth's crust apart and allowing boiling magma to break through the shackles and spread out from the center of the earth.
Further away at the end of the sight, there is the magnificent scene of a volcanic eruption. The magma that is sprayed high into the sky drags long tails down from the clouds and bombards the earth like a meteor shower.
The topography around Virginia City was reshaped almost instantly.
One fifth of the city wall at the edge of the entire city collapsed in an instant. Amidst the chaos, a large number of zombies howled and rushed into the city, attracted by the smell of flesh and blood.
Without having time to think, Zha Kang immediately took out the sewn magic floating cloak from his bag and tied it on his body. He flew into the sky like Superman and rushed towards the chaotic land. With the help of the power granted by the divine devil of the Star Society, he summoned a large number of hellhounds out of thin air, and they pounced on the crazy zombies with a mixed smell of burnt sulfur.
Zha Kang only did it instinctively to ensure that the collapse of the surroundings would not affect the opening of the transfer gate, and his attention had never been diverted from the strange vision above his head.
The effect of the reinforcements Mason gave him was perfectly displayed at this time. Constantine remained steady and orderly while multitasking, and even the magic lines in his hand did not fluctuate at all.
With this level of spellcasting, he would be qualified to be on good terms with the "warehouse manager" version of Lao Wang in Kamar-Taj.
As a spellcaster, he could feel more clearly than ordinary people that the illusion of the world reflected in the sky above his head was getting closer to reality every second.
That's not an illusion.
There really is another world emerging from another dimension and approaching the dimension of the Caribbean world. This process is very rapid and the "tremor" caused by the basic power of the Dark Star Sea makes it completely unstoppable.
Unless you have the power to influence the rules of the universe.
Once the strange world that is "breaking out of the shadow" before our eyes moves to the right position, the two worlds that almost completely overlap in astronomical units will be attracted by each other's gravity and collapse.
There would be no collision, no Mars hitting the Earth. Both worlds would be shattered in that second like cracked walnuts, and then become extinguished embers among the dark stars.
This process will never take more than 48 hours.
But don't worry.
At that time, no one would feel the pain and despair, and no one would be able to witness the arrival of the final moment.
Because before the two worlds are annihilated by each other, the world-class disaster caused by the imbalance of gravity, gravity and various magical constants is enough to exterminate all life on the two worlds within a few hours.
The collapse and annihilation of worlds is only the end of the apocalypse, not the beginning...
"Mason? Mason where are you? Asshole! Come here!"
Zha Kang was shouting frantically in the air.
He cursed:
“Now tell me what should we do?
We have to leave now! We have to leave immediately. After the earthquake, there will be a deep collapse of the continental shelf! The sea level will rise rapidly until it submerges the world and then usher in the extinction of all things in the collapse of the earth's core.
Hell, two days at most…”
"Stop howling, John. Mason isn't here."
The second barrel's voice sounded in the team communication:
"He just went to Peter's world and will be back soon. Are you guys ready? Open the door! We have to get everyone out before the earthquake destroys the city.
Jack? Did you hear that?
Open the door!
“This hasn’t been debugged yet.”
Captain Jack shouted awkwardly at this moment, but then he saw Zha Kang flying down from the sky and kicking open the world door that was still being debugged.
The World Gate with the Transfer Gate Module installed opened to both sides, and the image of Osborne Tower was reflected in its swirling and shining starlight.
Zhakang and Jack could even clearly see Catwoman and Lady Elizabeth who were busy directing things on the other side.
All the people in the Iceberg Bar were mobilized and were there, led by two heroic ladies in suits to maintain order. Even Judy was helping.
There are also a large number of Osborn guards fully armed and ready for battle.
A world gate equipped with a transfer gate module can temporarily transfer the landing point to the target world and allow more lives to pass through at the same time.
This thing is a device that the Star Society uses specifically for large-scale life transfer in this kind of doomsday. It will only be distributed to important worlds when the impact is imminent.
But it's not a panacea.
Zha Kang knows this very well.
The proximity of the two worlds in different dimensions will eventually affect the accuracy of the World Gate, which is very likely to fail when the impact reaches the final stage.
If an entire world opens the portal to transfer at this time, there will be absolutely no hope.
But fortunately or unfortunately, there are only so many people alive in the Caribbean world, and most of them are gathered in nearby areas. If we start to move now, there will barely be enough time.
"Aren't they afraid of being discovered if they all go there so blatantly? Aren't the magicians supposed to be monitoring Gotham?"
Captain Jack exclaimed.
Zha Kang blew out a smoke ring viciously and said:
"With things like this here, do you think we can still be safe over there? The Justice League and Batman are probably very busy right now, how can they have time to pay attention to what's happening in Gotham?
The magic circle must have mobilized everyone as well, so it won't matter as long as we don't get discovered before they finish.
What are you still standing there for?
Waiting to die?"
The black magician turned his head viciously and looked at a noble woman who was holding a child and had a frightened look on her face. He stretched out his hand and pinched the lady's overly plump butt hard.
As the other party cried out in surprise, the dark wizard pointed at the Starlight Gate in front of him and said in a rough tone:
"Take your cub with you!"
"Remember you owe us a life! All of you! You owe Team K one... no, two lives!"
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"Is this the truth?"
In the laboratory of Osborne Tower, Mason, who rushed over in , had no time to be polite. He stared at the old Green Goblin, Dr. Otto and a group of leaders gathered here and said:
"The planets in the parallel world system collide with each other at a certain time? Until all the worlds are destroyed? This is really simple and crude.
It seems I am overthinking things.”
"No , not all planets."
The old Green Goblin stood in front of the French window, looking up at the reflection of his own world that was also appearing synchronously above the sky.
He shook his head and said:
“Only Earth!
The Earths in all parallel world systems will perish one by one in this cruel way. If we don't want to become a broken star ring among the dark stars, we can only destroy the world that crashes into us before the worlds collide.
I've seen this kind of scene once before.
This is the second time…”
"So, more than three years ago, the price for our world to survive was that another world died because of us?"
The atmosphere in the laboratory became gloomy. The old spider held his daughter, who was still curious about what was happening and was watching the changes in the sky, and whispered:
"Is this the price of surviving the apocalypse? Must you have blood on your hands to survive?"
"Don't be silly. At that time, you were still hiding underground and pretending that everything was peaceful."
Old Norman Osborn sneered and said:
"Why do you think the Stars wanted to spread the virus in the parallel world? Isn't it to make you kind-hearted little cuties less entangled when making decisions?
When you realize that your world can only survive by destroying the world of others, someone will definitely jump out and shout that humanity is supreme.
But what if your enemies are a group of monsters?
If the world across from you had already been reduced to ruins before the end of the world.
In this way, when you decide to destroy them, you will naturally have no psychological burden, just like what we are going to do now.
Otto, are you still not well? "
He shouted impatiently to Dr. Octopus who was busy in the laboratory. Dr. Otto, who was wearing a hippie T-shirt, said without even looking up:
“Give me a little more time. The machine they sent is a bit strange. This is the first time I’ve done phase coordinate calibration, so there can’t be any mistakes.
Also, Norman, are you sure that the world across the way is full of zombies?"
"Look, what did I say?"
The old Green Devil's tone became even more sarcastic. He said:
"We have fallen into such a mess here, and our kind-hearted Doctor Octopus still has the mood to consider the feelings of the other side. What if the other side is not a world full of zombies?
If there are still living people and complete civilization in that world, what choices do you think they will make in the face of the current situation?
If they had nuclear bombs, do you think they would hesitate for a second before dropping them here?
After all, according to their observations, our world is already full of zombies.
Don't be silly!
Don't pin our hope of survival on the other side's kindness.
Open when you're ready!
This is no time for jokes."
"The transfer gate has been successfully opened, Mason. It is in the square of Area C. Your people are maintaining order there."
Just as a group of people were talking, the door of the laboratory was pushed open, and Matt Murdock, wearing Daredevil's suit, walked in and said to Mason:
"The first batch of refugees from the world you designated is entering Osborne Tower. Everything is going according to plan. Don't worry. If everything goes well on your side, they will all be able to pass safely before the worlds collide."
"That's not what I'm worried about right now."
Mason frowned as he looked at the instruments in the laboratory in front of him that were used to monitor the state of this world.
While various natural disasters broke out in the Caribbean world due to the approaching impact, the Spider-Man world was also unable to avoid these crises. The instrument's graphics showed that just a few minutes ago, the entire devastated Western Europe had sunk in the earthquake.
"I really doubt whether this life-saving device Quint will send can be effective."
He was still troubled by the truth of the "impact" incident he had witnessed with his own eyes. His mind was in a mess and he wanted to drink a few bottles of tranquilizer to calm himself down.
He took out the medicine bottle and uncorked it, saying:
"I had a quarrel with them before, and now I really doubt their sincerity. I didn't send those people here to send them from one hell to another."
"Can you at least have some confidence in your own organization? Even if you don't trust them, don't show it so obviously."
The old green devil showed a weird smile and said:
“Mason, you can stay here and watch how it works, perhaps this will give you a clearer understanding of the true strength of our enemy.
Also, if you really plan on fighting the Scavengers in that Pirates of the Caribbean world, you should be ready now.
Based on my understanding of that group of mad dogs, they will not miss this good opportunity. It is said that during the brewing stage of the impact, the intervals between the parallel worlds will be temporarily broken, making it easier to travel between the worlds.
If I were them, I would definitely take action at this time."
"That's what I'm here for."
Mason walked to the window and looked down.
Next to a vehicle warehouse on the ground below , the re-armed "Demon Lizard" was driving out of the warehouse little by little. The reinforcement from the outer armor to the weapon system made it once again a war weapon full of fangs.
Fenrir's armor is being made final adjustments by Judy.
The military drones being mass-produced in Osborne Tower were also being loaded onto trucks and prepared to be sent to the Caribbean world for Barbara to operate.
There was also a special type of weapon missile being taken out of the Osborne Tower launch silo and being carefully loaded into the armory of the Demon Lizard Tank.
That was a tactical nuclear bomb "given as a friendly gift" by the old Green Goblin.
These things greatly strengthened Mason's confidence.
"You need to be careful."
Perhaps out of goodwill between new companions, the gloomy and cunning old green devil whispered to Mason:
"The cleaners are just the beginning of the trouble. I've had a lot of contact with those guys, and I know some of their inside information. If they are determined to get something, then defeating the first wave of bastards who landed is just the beginning.
Once they think they need to request support, they will send out more dangerous 'vanguards'.
Those guys were called 'Conquerors'.
Have you ever heard of this name? "
"Um."
Mason touched his hat, which was a little agitated, and said:
"I have personally seen a world destroyed by conquerors. It is said that it took only two or three people to complete a worldwide massacre."
"Yes, that's what I'm going to say."
The Green Goblin snorted, narrowed his eyes and said:
"You are likely to encounter them, Mason. They are monsters that can destroy civilization alone. Team K's current strength is not enough to compete with them.
Therefore, when things are impossible to do, withdraw in time and don't risk your life for some ridiculous orders.
You have to survive first before you can have a future."
The old Green Goblin, who has come into contact with Mason's organization and gained an "identity", draws a Gwent card and holds it in his hand. Mason notices that there is a "7" in the corner of the card in his hand.
Mason also drew his own card and kept his identity as strict as an underground worker when making a contact.
Old Norman Osborn chuckled twice, patted Mason on the shoulder, and said:
“You see, I am now a member of this small organization. Although I have only had contact with them once, I have roughly understood some of the goals of this organization.
It is not as noble or great as I thought. It is just like the Star Society, which was born out of certain ideas.
I have an extra option at hand, which is great.
But I still long for more.
You just said you had an argument with them?
Tsk tsk, Mason, I always knew you were a young man with ideas, and I would love to be your friend and partner, so if you need help, don't hide it.
For example, now, I will help you without reservation.
I have reorganized the Hydra team. They are all stupid and dumb, but good at fighting. They are under your command now. Take them over later.
You’re going to need help.”
"I don't need it for now, but when I do, I won't be polite to you."
Mason nodded, staring at the instrument in front of him and then looking up at the sky.
He said:
"But Norman, can you please just leave me alone for now? I want to appreciate the methods of the Star Society."
