socalfunplaces Chapter 96 How to Deal with the Enemy?
Chapter 96 How to Deal with the Enemy?
Chapter 96 How to Deal with the Enemy?
This Earth is really going to be doomed.
That was Joey's only thought after communicating with Martian Manhunter.
Martian Manhunter, a founding member of the Justice League in the early days of DC Comics, is practically a Martian version of an enhanced Superman.
It's not just about ability, but also about morality.
Having witnessed his wife and daughter being burned alive before his eyes, he unexpectedly travels to a thousand years in the future.
He became the sole survivor among the Green Martians.
After initial confusion and anger, the Martian manhunter finally decided to focus on helping and protecting humanity on Earth.
In order to save this new species in the solar system from the same fate as its own kind.
Now, he and the hundreds of his surviving clansmen are clearly preoccupied with nothing but revenge.
Even if it means burning the entire galaxy together with the Kryptonians and bringing the misfortune of their own people to others, they would not hesitate.
Now, the Martian hunters are stubbornly sticking to their guns and insisting on following Joey's lead.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least not until the Kryptonians arrive.
Otherwise, hundreds of Martians, even those who couldn't use telepathy, would already be a catastrophe for Earth at this moment.
As for what Cyborg had just hinted at—killing all the Martians present—Joey had considered it as well.
Martians' weakness to fire is a perfect opportunity for Cyborg, who can project heat and is equipped with a variety of explosive weapons.
Killing the remaining Martians on the spot might be difficult for Joey alone, but with Cyborg's hundreds of robots, there should only be a few who escape.
But what is the nature of Yang Yi's actions?
To bring about a second extinction of the Martians, and then claim that it is a negligible price to pay for a more peaceful and stable future for Earth?
"Go back, Cyborg."
Joey first dismissed the hundreds of fully armed unmanned robots scattered throughout the site, as a gesture of goodwill towards the Martians.
Then, looking at the slightly relaxed Martian hunter, he said:
"As for you, continue doing what you were doing before, but this time, remember to do it a little better."
These Martians did indeed control the military and political power of the entire North America. If Kara hadn't insisted on causing trouble for Joey, Joey probably wouldn't have realized this until the Kryptonian fleet arrived on Earth.
"Stop letting those bugs cause trouble. I don't have the energy to play their nonsense right now, and I don't even have the time to slap them to death."
Joey watched the dawn rising from the distant horizon, took a deep breath, and then let out a heavy sigh.
Four days left.
As time passed, the day of the Kryptonian fleet's arrival drew ever closer.
Joey was now forced to seriously consider a question he had always avoided.
That is, he simply doesn't know how to win.
In the various Superman stories I've seen, there have been crises involving large-scale Kryptonian invasions of Earth.
Just like other crises that have erupted, they have all been resolved one by one by those heroes.
But the so-called "invaders" in those crises were nothing more than a tiny remnant of the former glory of Krypton, the interstellar empire.
Joey remembered one Kryptonian invasion crisis when Batman released a massive amount of Kryptonite dust into the atmosphere, creating a deadly rain of Kryptonite that wiped out all the Kryptonians present.
Such tactics are only effective against disorganized and undisciplined Kryptonian remnants; a well-organized Kryptonian army would obviously not be deterred by such minor envoys.
Kryptonite and the red sun are not Kryptonian defects, just as you can't say that swords and bullets are human defects.
A key dividing line between civilization and barbarism in the course of human evolution is the beginning of learning to use tools.
It's true that the human body is vulnerable to swords and bullets, but who wouldn't think of creating a stomach armor or bulletproof vest?
Do Kryptonians look like barbarians?
Joey once thought the power gap between Earth and Krypton was as vast as that between primitive humans and modern humans.
After encountering Starfire and his Green Lantern crew, Joey realized the gap might be even wider.
It's as vast as the enormous chasm between the macaques of Mount Emei and modern humans.
But the appearance of the white-haired Kara forced Joey to look at the problem from a more pessimistic perspective.
That means the power gap between humans and Kryptonians might be even greater than the gap between a kiwi and a monkey.
The protective gear worn by the other party not only contains lead, but also likely has the function of enhancing or providing solar radiation.
So much so that she alone was enough to beat Joey black and blue in their first encounter.
The more crucial point is that her armor even has batch numbers on it, making it look like an industrial product that can be easily replicated.
Even if other Kryptonians don't possess the formidable strength of Kara, the addition of these metal armors is enough to cause a qualitative change through quantitative accumulation.
Moreover, this is just the tip of the iceberg of Krypton's military strength; Joey hasn't even seen what their space warships look like yet.
Let alone four days, even if Earth were given forty thousand years, they probably still wouldn't be able to match such a Kryptonian civilization within the solar system.
Aside from the remaining Kryptonian metal on Kara, the only other option that could truly harm a Kryptonian is magic.
Doctor Fate? This kind of charlatan and riddle-maker is completely unreliable; his helmet was already crushed by Joey before. As for Zatanna, Constantine, and the like? They can be won over, but it's unlikely they can change the overall situation.
Raven? Right now it's only half a Raven, completely useless, it can hardly help even in Joey's past battle with Superman.
Shazam? Joey pictured Billy's silly face; the guy was utterly useless.
Speaking of which, Shazam and Black Adam had already started fighting before I encountered Kara. So how far has it progressed now?
Joey's gaze swept across the entire globe once more, finally spotting the two figures in the North African desert.
At this moment, every punch and every physical collision between Shazam and Black Adam was like a thunderbolt, shaking the entire desert.
The black and white robes fluttered in the hurricane and thunderstorm stirred up by the two men. The battle raged from day to night, with neither side able to maintain a sustained advantage.
After a night of fierce fighting, Billy in Shazam's mind was already quite impatient, to the point that he shouted in his heart:
"What should we do? We were taught by the same master, and we still can't break through their moves!"
The wizards bestowed upon the two almost identical powers: the power of the Egyptian six gods versus the power of the Greek six gods.
Both sides possess equal thunder, strength, speed, endurance, courage, and wisdom, making this an endless, perpetual struggle.
Billy felt that even if the game went on until the end of the weekend, there wouldn't be a result by the time he went to school on Monday morning.
"Do you think it would be appropriate for me to tell the principal that I skipped class because I fought a supervillain in the desert for three days and three nights?"
Will she accept?
Billy's grumbling caused a very subtle pause in Shazam's thoughts, a point that Black Adam keenly noticed.
His fist pierced through Shazam's protective lightning shield, striking the lightning emblem on the latter's chest and sending him flying hundreds of thousands of feet away.