To Pozharnov

"Really?" The Flash confirmed again. "Batman's head almost exploded like an egg in a microwave."

"Superman will definitely regret it once he regains his senses."

"Because we don't need to do anything," Wonder Woman said.

Her words revealed a hint of regret.

Batman, who had been calm and collected all along, seemed to have expected this and shifted his gaze to the left.

Lois, the middle-aged woman from this world, jogged to the scene, calling out, "Clark, Clark."

Batman was casually tossed aside by Superman like trash.

Superman appeared in front of Lois almost instantly.

"She wasn't particularly pretty, and even looked a bit like an old lady, but in Superman's eyes, he was her treasure, the anchor that kept the world stable," Basil narrated off-screen.

"Your Prophecy —no, what you just said—wasn't comprehensive; it was a selective account of parts of the story." Batman dusted himself off and stood up. "Lois is very important to Clark Earth."

"But the conflict between me and Clark should be about who kills the Joker."

"Clark wanted to do it himself, so I imprisoned the Joker."

"You must have used my impression from another world," he said as he walked, then suddenly stopped and raised a finger to guess, "A crazy person who insists on non-killing to an absurd degree."

Snap snap snap—

Basil clapped. "Bruce Ron, if we disregard the Martha incident, the version of you other than the one with the taillights is indeed the best Batman I've ever seen."

"You may make mistakes, but your values and personality are the most mature and unbiased."

"Go on, what else can you guess?"

Batman wasn't surprised at all that his name was called.

He is old.

I have seen many storms and waves.

The crisis of his identity being exposed might have been a big concern for him when he was young, but for him now, it's completely unimportant.

He chose to obey the orders of this alien Clark and seek new help to protect Earth from Darkseid.

"Clark changed me. He changed my gloomy nature and gave me the sunny side."

"After learning of Darkseid's existence, I understood even more that Clark was more important than anyone else."

"I will never give the Joker the opportunity to get close to the people he cares about and is more important than my life."

"When Victor resurrected Clark, he saw the future where Earth was destroyed."

"Lois is in the Batcave, Clark is holding her body, Darkseid appears there."

"I also had a dream where Barry Allen appeared in the cave and told me that 'Lois Ryan' was the key."

"But why would Darkseid think I'm the least noticeable one?"

As he frowned in deep thought, he suddenly noticed the head beside his legs. "Luthor, it's because of Luthor, isn't it? It's the death of Lois Ryan."

"He has a morbid obsession with Superman, spouting lofty words and having countless noble and righteous reasons, but in reality he wants to destroy Clark at all costs, no matter how insidious or despicable, no matter how much disaster it will cause."

Superman has already flown away with Lois.

But Batman didn't stop.

He believed that once Clark recovered, he would join them to protect the Earth.

"The Joker may have indeed made the move, but he was merely guiding it."

"Because he discovered that I cared about Lois far more than Gotham."

"It sounds a bit perverse, but the Joker only allows me to focus most of my energy on him."

"He won't allow me to neglect him."

"Not entirely," Basil interrupted. "It was indeed Luthor. He discovered that Superman's weakness was Lois, and in order to corrupt Superman, he didn't hesitate to betray the world and reveal this secret to Darkseid."

"So much so that Darkseid killed Lois with his own hands."

"But the Joker also killed Lois."

"Because these are two futures."

"The future where the Mother Box successfully opened the Explosive Channel, you stopped the Mother Box, and the Joker, in a frenzy, has set his sights on Lois's future."

"And the reasoning is wrong."

"You see Superman as a more perfect version of yourself, the sun, the Earth's protector and hope."

"You, all alone, have no idea how important Lois is to him."

"You believe that he is just like you, and that the loss of a loved one will only make him stronger."

"You don't value Lois more than Gotham."

"Superman is more important than Gotham."

"The Joker, who is good at reading people's minds, discovered my mistake." Batman smiled wryly. "In another future, Darkseid even used tricks to cooperate with Luthor's scheme. It seems that Clark is much, much more important than I thought."

"But you won't exist in either of those futures."

"Of course." Basil looked with great interest at the car in the parking lot not far away, whose roof had been dented by the flying Mother Box, and the Atom Man 'Zheng Kai' in the crowd. "Wow, I can still see this familiar face after traveling through time. I almost thought I had arrived at the Running Man set."

"By the way, Niko." He looked at Cyborg, "Stop scanning me with your mechanical eyes. You can't see anything. What you should be paying attention to now is the Mother Box. Your dad took it."

"What?" Cyborg turned around immediately.

"There's one more thing," Basil pointed toward the parking lot, "Steppenwolf is here."

A sonic boom appeared in mid-air, and Steppenwolf, wielding a giant axe and seemingly made entirely of metal, landed in the parking lot. He walked straight towards the car that still carried the scent of the Mother Box and came face to face with 'Zheng Kai'.

"Hey—, little cheetah, tear off Steppenwolf's name tag!"

Basil was spouting jokes that only he understood.

Then he glanced at Cyborg in surprise, "Hurry up. Your dad's a good nerd, if you keep delaying, he's going to die!"

The bristling Steppenwolf has arrived at the laboratory where Cyborg's father is.

An alarm sounded in the laboratory.

"What are you planning to do!" Thanks to Basil's warning, Cyborg arrived just in time. "Father."

"Mark the Mother Box, overheat it, make it the hottest thing on Earth besides a nuclear reactor, quick, Victor, you can do it!" Cyborg's father looked nervously at Steppenwolf and hurriedly explained his plan.

Such a hot object is clearly visible on a thermal imaging system.

This will allow us to locate Steppenwolf's base.

The other two Mother Box prevent the three Mother Box from merging into one.

"You cunning bug!" Steppenwolf bristled even more fiercely.

This is an open conspiracy, and he, eager to get home, is destined to fall into it.

"Uh~"

He was about to swing his axe when he felt a force pushing against the back of his knee, causing him to kneel on one knee while his right arm was bound by the [Mantra Lasso].

It's the Flash and Diana.

Cyborg thrust forward with his fork, and Steppenwolf quickly blocked it with his remaining left hand.

The Cyborg has completed the marking of the Mother Box.

"It seems you've arrived just in time." Basil appeared, holding Diana's hand.

There is death, but no one else can see it.

He rarely smiled at Cyborg's father, saying, "Good, old Niko is still alive."

"Is he insulting me?" Cyborg's father asked.

Because Basil reminded him that he had saved his father, Cyborg was very grateful, "He's from another world; over there, 'nigo' might be a neutral term."

"An alien!" If it weren't for Steppenwolf's presence, Cyborg's father, a scientist, would almost have turned into Basil's little fanboy and stepped forward.

"Ah—" Steppenwolf roared angrily and disappeared unwillingly into the sonic tunnel.

"He ran away," Basil said gleefully. "He must be furious; he's going crazy wanting to go home."

"This butcher who has ravaged Carnage countless planets and defeated countless super-life forms on them just wants to go home?" The Flash asked in surprise.

Batman, who arrived late but habitually kept track of everything that happened, said, "We should let him take the Mother Box. Since Victor has already marked it, you shouldn't stop him."

"The army of Parademon will grow larger and larger over time."

"His kneeling posture made it hard for me not to give him a whack," Aquaman coughed.

"I only gave him a push," The Flash said.

"Our top priority now is to find his base." Wonder Woman gave the two of them a disapproving look.

Batman looked at Basil.

"Cherobelli, which you call Pozharnov, is a ghost town not far from Moscow," Basil said.

"I know." The Flash raised his hand. "It was abandoned after a nuclear accident thirty years ago. The radiation there is so strong that a leg could grow out of a person's neck."

Cyborg stopped Basil's father, who was excitedly trying to approach him, saying, "Let's go, Father. You stay here."

"Why not use nuclear weapons?" Aquaman asked. "When we dealt with Doomsday..." He noticed the chilling expressions on the faces of those around him. "Well, they didn't work on him, but what about the Mother Box? –"

"That's the one that won't," Wonder Woman said. "The Mother Box are powerful enough to reshape an entire planet; bombing them will only strengthen the cohesive power between Mother Box."

"Yes, we can't blow it up from the outside. I want to connect to the unified Mother Box, merge with it, and weaken its cohesion from the inside," Cyborg said.

Upon hearing this, Cyborg's father froze on the spot. "No, Victor, you might die. There must be other ways."

"Yes, there are other ways," Diana said, looking at Wonder Woman with a puzzled expression. "Can't you do it? Just channel your divine power into the intention to separate the Mother Box, and then create a thunderbolt."

"That's what Zeus did."

"You are..." Wonder Woman recalled the inexplicable feeling she had before and realized, "Me? You are so beautiful, and your Clark is so handsome. How could you do that? But we are only demigods."

"I can use a hammer. It has nothing to do with whether you're a demigod or not. You must have fought Ares before, right?" Diana was somewhat speechless. "His techniques of using the power of the god of war to create wind, control metal, teleport, and achieve telepathy—didn't you ever think of trying to learn them?"

"I'm only eighteen years old."

"You have lived for nearly a hundred years."

"Whether it's divine power or combat experience, you actually..."

"You can't possibly only fight with melee combat, can you? Mindlessly unleashing your divine power is just to amplify your physical body?"

Wonder Woman looked down, "I'll try later. But can you help?"

"Basil?" Diana asked.

"He, and Darkseid, were both punching bags I found," Basil said.

"Quick!" Batman warned.

He, Wonder Woman, Cyborg all reacted instantly, transferring the Mother Box to the Flash's hands and making a move to run away.

"Zod".

A name familiar to everyone on the planet came out of Basil's mouth.

"Ah—" The Flash instantly opened his mouth, closed his eyes, and lay down on the ground.

A man with a thick beard appeared out of thin air, and the Mother Box appeared in his hand.

Cyborg, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and Batman all wanted to make a move, but the man who was supposed to be Zod from another world didn't make any move. With just a glance, they were sent flying backward, as if a Translucent had knocked them away.

"Just the look in his eyes? This is Kryptonian, is this still Zod?" Aquaman, who still didn't understand why he was being attacked, was even more confused.

Shouldn't Kryptonian be like Superman —strong, indestructible, with Heat Vision, and able to fly?

As a result, telekinesis came into play.

The Flash, with his Speed Force, recovers quickly.

He wasn't curious about Zod's power, which wasn't what the public understood about Kryptonian.

In the other world, eighteen-year-old Diana could separate the Mother Box with a hammer.

It's obvious that the superheroes and supervillains in the other world are more powerful than those in their world.

It's not surprising that Zod is so illogical.

He was simply puzzled, "Why are we taking action?"

"A punching bag," Wonder Woman said. "Darkseid was also his chosen punching bag, so he will combine the three Mother Box and bring Darkseid into existence."

"What?" The Flash looked at Basil in disbelief. "You must be joking."

"All you need to do is do nothing," Basil said. "Go home and wait for peace to come, or, with your overly responsible superhero mentality, watch the war."

"I suggest you choose the former."

Sometimes doing nothing is the better option.

"For example, if you hadn't put Superman's body in a Wutian box, he would have already resurrected himself by sunbathing."

"Goodbye."

Basil left with those words and disappeared with Diana.

Next was Zod.

After Zod left, the pressure that had been on Batman and his crew dissipated, and they were finally able to move.

"We need Clark," Batman said.

On the other side.

Pozharnov, the base of Steppenwolf.

Countless Parademons lay prostrate on the ground or flew in the air, centered around the base.

The silver- Winky Steppenwolf howled and roared madly.

Suddenly, he looked up.

They looked at the two Mother Box suspended in mid-air.

"The third Mother Box is approaching." A smile appeared on his face, revealing rows of sharp teeth.

Under the azure sky.

Four figures flashed by.

It left behind sonic boom rings.

"Are you deliberately giving Bruce Ron and his men time?" Death asked.

This pace of movement was essentially like taking a walk for Basil.

"No." Basil shook his head.

He was looking in the direction of the North Pole.

"I'm just envious."

The Fortress of Solitude in this world is unfolding for Superman.

An AI that inherited Jor El's memories narrates what a normal father would say to his child, such as the El family crest representing hope.

At the same time, a variety of cool outfits with different designs appeared from both sides of the corridor.

It's not just the traditional red and blue uniforms used as dresses.

A black uniform worn at home for everyday life.

There are also heavy, armor-like uniforms that exude a futuristic, technological feel.

Look at that guy's dad, he even gave his son a whole set of Kryptonian Heilan Home clothes.

"That dog, Joe Al." Basil's face darkened.

When we get back, he'll definitely beat him until he's spinning like a top.