Gate of Apocalypse, Harbingers of the World's End

After the noise subsides, silence follows.

A deathly silence.

The once bustling Sin City of Gotham never had such an atmosphere.

The children's crying, the car alarms, and the endless television broadcasts all fell silent.

Within the brown pillar of light, the enormous figure seated on the throne exuded immense pressure simply by sitting there.

An unparalleled sense of oppression.

Darkseid!

The Steppenwolf, firmly bound, had a face full of reverence and fanaticism!

Darkseid ...

"He... is Darkseid..."

Barry Allen was trembling uncontrollably as he witnessed such a horrific scene for the first time.

Fear, a deep-seated fear, was relentlessly eroding every cell in Barry Allen's body.

"No! Diana!"

While the wary Bruce Wayne was still pondering how to respond, Diana had already taken the initiative to test the Darkseid phantom.

However, the phantom named Darkseid merely extended a finger, and an invisible energy field was already detonated in front of Diana.

Bang!

The demigod's body from Paradise Island was instantly enveloped in blood mist and fell to the ground.

She tried hard to keep her eyes open, but ultimately she could only close them helplessly.

"Diana!"

Bruce Wayne quickly landed beside Diana and immediately began checking her vital signs.

Thankfully, he's still breathing.

"Humanity is doomed."

A deep, resonant murmur echoed across every corner of the earth. Darkseid, a phantom, sat upon his throne, flicking his finger, and a magnificent gate appeared out of thin air above the ruins of Gotham City.

A large bronze gate engraved with countless mysterious symbols!

The Mother Box, which had been sealed in layers within the Batcave, broke free of its restraints and, drawn by an inexplicable force field, flew to the groove of the bronze door.

Click...

The Mother Box that Steppenwolf stole from the Sea Clan's sacred land also flew out from the brown pillar of light and became embedded with another Mother Box.

After doing all this, the brown beam of light slowly disappeared.

In the clear, cloudless sky, only the bronze door that stood quietly told people that what had just happened was not an illusion.

"No one can stop Darkseid's arrival."

"Nobody's here."

Having regained his freedom under the cleansing energy of the beam of light, Steppenwolf stretched his arms, glanced up at the bronze gate above Gotham, and grinned, a particularly cruel smile.

Turning around, the Steppenwolf's figure disappeared into the teleportation array.

It left behind ruins for Gotham, and the panic of the entire world.

Oh, right, there's also a Parademons squad that feeds on fear.

"Breaking news from Gotham media."

"At around 10:30 this morning, a mysterious entity appeared in the sky above Gotham City, claiming that humanity is doomed to perish."

"We have no way of knowing the truth of this statement, but judging from the situation on the ground, our superheroes are no match for that mysterious entity."

"Batman, the guardian of Gotham, is helpless, Wonder Woman, who has been active recently, has been severely injured by that mysterious being..."

Inside a pub in Kansas.

Arthur Curry, who had just recovered from his injuries in the hospital, sat at the bar, his brow furrowed as he watched the news on television.

When the television screen cut to an image of the Parademons spreading their wings and devouring humans, the entire bar erupted in uproar.

"How could this be?!"

"Those monsters are completely immune to firearms."

"Even the police are useless."

"Is it really the end of the world?"

The people in the bar were talking amongst themselves, each expressing their fear and anxiety.

How could this be...?

Arthur Curry frowned, paid for his drinks, and left the tavern...

Metropolis, Daily Planet.

Lois Lane, Superman Clark's official girlfriend, stared blankly at the bronze door on the screen at her workstation, her eyes closed due to a deep-seated unease.

Clark...

Over the next three days, the panic among humans gradually intensified as the number of Parademons increased.

What started as a few hundred Parademons squadrons has now expanded to the size of several divisions and is wreaking havoc across the world.

They feed on fear and possess a terrifying reproductive ability to turn the humans they devour into their companions.

If Bruce Wayne hadn't used the Wayne Enterprises to introduce the Demon Hunter Gun, the world order would probably have been in chaos long ago.

However, even so, the government's credibility is eroding day by day.

When ordinary people who didn't take this matter seriously discovered that they could actually be in danger of being attacked and killed by Parademons at any time, a sense of oppressive fear began to permeate the entire society.

Some people began to indulge in debauchery, and the crime rate rose frequently.

The doomsday Darkseid spoke of has not yet arrived, but humanity itself seems to be driven to the brink of Extremis by this atmosphere of panic.

Gotham, Wayne Manor.

"Alfred, what's the situation outside?"

Diana, lying pale in her hospital bed, watched as the butler entered to change her IV drip.

"The situation is not very optimistic."

"Although Young Master Bruce introduced a demon-hunting gun specifically for those winged monsters and distributed it for free."

"But in fact, the fear brought about by Darkseid has already caused a small number of people to break down first."

"Most people are on the verge of collapse right now."

Alfred deftly changed the special potion, speaking slowly and deliberately.

"Where's Beckett? Where's Mera? Haven't we been able to contact her either?"

"Unfortunately, no." Beckett and Mera, who were in the underwater world, could not contact each other unless they had special communication tools.

"However, in the past few days, young master Bruce has almost finished finding the people on his list."

"Oh, right, there's also the location of the last Mother Box."

Alfred briefly explained Bruce Wayne's achievements over the past few days.

"He's figured out a way to deal with... Darkseid?" Even now, Diana Central City she recalls the terrifying power she faced back then.

"In fact, young master Bruce wanted to..."

"Resurrecting Superman".

The underwater world, the Kingdom of Zebel.

The Queen's coronation ceremony, which had been in preparation for several days, officially began today, and all steps are proceeding in an orderly manner.

Dressed in golden armor and wearing a crown, Mera step by step to the pinnacle of power in the underwater world.

"From this day forward, I am the King of the Ocean!"

Before the solemn Mera lay the leaders of the underwater kingdoms, including her father, Nereus of the Kingdom of Zebel, with whom she had broken ties.

Clang!

As if in response to Mera's words, the Golden Trident made a crisp sound.

The first unified queen in the history of the Seven Seas officially ascended the throne today!

While eating on the roof of the Zebel Palace, Beckett looked at the appearance of Mekong River in the distance and for some reason thought of Hela.

If Hela hadn't turned against Odin, would her presence on the throne have been the same as Mera's at this moment?

"Your His Highness Beckett, something seems to have happened on land."

Today, Woz was finally not writing a history of love, took a stroll through the online world with nothing to do, and then stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Um?"

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