Arthur looked at the news headline and asked in confusion, "What's this Serpent thing supposed to do? What does it have to do with Mars? Are there snakes on Mars?"
Mera rolled her eyes beside him. "You've spent all these years on land. How come you suddenly seem illiterate?"
"Sorry, I've got a bit of dyslexia, especially after seeing a whole bunch of phrases that all mean basically the same thing." Arthur rubbed his eyes, nodded to the waiter serving their food, and asked, "Have you ever heard of Martian civilization?"
Mera thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Not really. But the Ancients might know. Do you remember when we asked about information on the Mother Box? He mentioned that the Mother Box came from a powerful extraterrestrial civilization."
"Could it have been Mars? But if the Martians were so powerful, how could they have gone extinct?"
Mera shook her head, indicating that she did not know either. Then a startled cry suddenly came from the next table. The man there was holding his phone, talking animatedly to his female companion in shock.
Arthur leaned over and vaguely caught words like "Mars." But the news he had seen did not seem worth such surprise. Weren't they all just guesses?
With that thought, he casually refreshed the page and saw a new headline—"Latest Mars Rover Photos: City Suspected on Mars?!"
Arthur sucked in a breath. He enlarged the picture and examined it closely, only to find that it was not fake. It really was Mars City. The skyline was identical, and even the ship belonging to Darkseid hovering above the city was exactly like the one he had seen. The photo was real!
What shocked most people was that ship, because they had seen it appear over the American