The rise of comics

"You... why are you here?"

The girl Zoe frowned slightly. She looked at the man in front of her and stuck her head out to look at both sides of the door, but found no trace of anyone else.

"Where is Ellie? Didn't she just..."

The quiet corridor was empty, as if the knocking on the door just now was just an auditory hallucination.

The man in front of her didn't respond. He just looked at the girl silently without any movement, as if he had become a stone statue on the spot.

"Are you here to pick me up?"

The girl didn't see anyone else, nor did she think too much. She turned around indifferently. She didn't even look at the man.

"You know how to come back and take care of me now? You don't have to go to jail? Or are you escaping from prison again?"

The girl returned to the suitcase. As if she had remembered something, she opened the suitcase again. She went to the cabinet and rummaged around, finding several small dolls and preparing to stuff them into the suitcase together.

"Oh, by the way, everything is in chaos outside now. With such big monsters running around outside, it must be the end of the world. You, the 'death shooter', can't help much. Did you escape in the chaos?"

As if thinking of something, the girl looked out the window. Among the ruins in the distance, she could vaguely see a huge ferocious figure walking under the sun. From time to time, the ground under her feet could feel a slight shaking like an earthquake. , that is the shock caused by the confrontation between the giant beast and the missile. Even though they are separated by more than ten blocks, the fierce battle can still be felt here.

After zipping the suitcase again, Zoe turned around, only to suddenly find Floyd standing at the door walking in at some point. The distance between them was only one chair.

Seemingly confused, Zoe raised her head and looked at the man's face, but suddenly her pupils shrank and she was stunned for two seconds. Her expression seemed as if she had seen something incredible.

"you...!"

Just when she was about to say something, the man suddenly raised his hand. His movements gave people the illusion of being fast and slow. Although it seemed erratic, the next second, the slightly rough hand moved. Put it on the girl's head.

In an understatement, the girl and the suitcase in his hand turned into a scattering of pure white particles very quietly in an instant, just like a white lotus withering, decomposing, gradually disappearing, and finally hiding in the void, as if the girl The same has never existed in this world.

The man's hand still stood in the position of touching his head. He seemed to be a little stiff, but this pause only lasted less than two seconds. He suddenly retracted his arm and turned around to leave.

With every step he took, a white divine light began to ooze out of the man's eyes, becoming brighter and brighter. The originally restrained and ordinary temperament of his body gradually sublimated, and the long black windbreaker began to be dyed with pure white color, as if he was walking towards the sacred.

When the man walked out of the door, he took one step forward and disappeared into the corridor space.Only a parallel white light was left, which gradually disappeared.

The door was still open, but there was only an empty room left.On the ground, a square piece of paper that looked like a photo seemed to have fallen out of nowhere.It was a photo of two people. A bearded man touched the little head of the girl next to him, lowered his head and looked at the girl's bright smile. The man's eyes were also filled with infinite tenderness.

...........

In the huge dark cave, there is wet swamp soil at the feet, and there are cliff-like cliffs on all sides. When you look up to the top, you can faintly see a piece of white light, but it seems very far away, as if this place is located underground in an extremely deep abyss. .

Constantine once again led everyone to visit the sealed place.

Only this time, there are no members of Task Force The five Green Lanterns, Martian Manhunter, and Cyborg, all the core members, gathered here.

On the watchtower far away in space, the logistics work is handed over to Hawkman and Green Arrow Oliver Queen, as well as the families and partners of other members. They will continue to be responsible for commanding the ground special services and assisting the armies of various countries to resist. The army of monsters summoned by Gaia...

Everyone clearly understands that their mission represents the final showdown between humans and Gaia. On this planet, only 'one' of the planetary consciousness and human civilization can survive.

As the disadvantaged side, the human world is on the verge of collapse. Obtaining the magic lamp will be their last hope.

"How should we go? Do we have to find the previous sea?"

asked Arthur, the king of the sea.

He felt that every second he stayed in this place that felt so unpredictable was torturous and uncomfortable.

"Come with me."

Before Constantine could speak, Bruce, who was standing in the middle of the crowd, walked out. The tall and ferocious figure of the Hell Bat Armor stepped heavily on the ground, leaving a series of footprints. He walked straight towards the original cave entrance. .

"Is it really okay for him to continue wearing that armor like this?"

Clark looked at Bruce's back, his eyes reflecting some worry, but when he looked at Cyborg with a questioning look, the other person shook his head.

No one forced Bruce to continue to use this suit of armor that was also 'deadly' to himself. However, to Cyborg's surprise, Bruce's life potential always seemed to have new power flowing out, allowing him to continue to support the Hell Bat suit. Although in Cyborg's calculations, he should have been drained of his life force long ago, and may even be sucked into a mummy, but except for his hair turning gray, Bruce Wayne did not show any other abnormal symptoms. Is this really because of the power brought by the so-called Holy Cloth of Moses?

Is the power of the ancient saint really so incredible?

Not only Cyborg was confused, but Constantine also felt very puzzled.

In his opinion, Bruce Wayne seemed to be gradually covered with a veil of mystery, as if he was not just the billionaire Bruce Wayne, nor just the Batman known as the Dark Knight, but he was something else. Although Constantine has never met anyone who inherits the holy relics, he thinks he knows the limits of the power of the Holy Relic of Moses. However, some aspects of Bruce Wayne are beyond his understanding. Does he actually not understand the true power of the Old Saints, or does Bruce Wayne have some other secrets?

Although he was doubtful about this, Constantine did not point it out at this time. Who among them could not reveal his secret? As long as he knew that Bruce still put human beings first, as long as they were still comrades in the united front, even if This is only temporary, and he won't ask too much.

As a guardian, the fact that Bruce Wayne can obtain the inheritance of the ancient saints is also the best proof for himself.

The group of people silently followed Bruce into the originally dark corridor filled with the fog of war. Although Constantine followed the second group, he did not volunteer to go to the front to lead the way.

Since Bruce himself didn't say anything, let's just follow him and see what he plans to do.

Halfway down the path, Bruce suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

It was Clark beside him who spoke.It was less than a minute's journey, and he didn't quite understand why Bruce suddenly stopped walking.

The Hellbat armor flashed with the red lightning of the Speed ​​Force. Bruce raised his head and suddenly punched the void in front of him.

This punch was truly astonishingly powerful. The crackling sound rang in everyone's ears. The Hell Bat Armor directly blasted out a sonic boom. The shock wave shook the not-so-wide corridor violently in an instant, but in the dark, It seemed as if there was a mysterious force that was keeping the passage from being destroyed. Although some gravel fell down, briefly vacuuming up the fog of war tens of meters around it, but soon, the thick black fog swallowed it up again. Swept back like a storm.

"Oh? Aren't these enough?"

Bruce seemed to be whispering to himself in the armor. He focused his gaze, and the armor once again emitted a more intense red arc light. This time, he turned into an afterimage directly in front of everyone, and the earth beneath his feet cracked. The black iron fist carrying the power of the speed force was like a world-destroying fall, and it hit the earth wall of the passage. There seemed to be some kind of shattering sound. As the earth shook and the mountains shook, everyone seemed to hear many strange sounds, like It was the howl of a banshee, the roar of spirits, the roar of beasts, and the sound of strong wind pressure.

Before everyone could recover, the next moment, they found themselves in a strange and bizarre space, filled with colorful brilliance.

This is a space with seemingly no boundaries. Suspended above the head, there are several distorted and rippling mirror images hazily emanating from the sky. Looking through these transparent mirrors, one can vaguely see the different small worlds behind them. Especially for someone as sharp as Superman, he could see at a glance that in these mirror images floating in the void, there was a cave as hot as the center of a volcano, with countless thick iron chains interspersed in the middle of the cave, and the uneven ground at the center. A well-like raised edge is arched out, which is the Sun Well, the core of Gaia's seal.

"Look, that's the sea that Neptune and I went to before!"

At this time, Barry Allen suddenly shouted and pointed with his hand, attracting everyone's attention.

It was a slightly distant mirror image. You could vaguely see that there was a dead blue sky and a deep blue ocean with no waves. But in this lonely world, apart from the ocean and the sky, there seemed to be nothing there. nothing.

Constantine frowned and observed the floating mirror images above his head. In addition to the sea space and the sunwell space, there was also a black tunnel filled with the fog of war in the mirror space. The passages extended in all directions, like a complex maze. It seems that you can vaguely see some unknown existence hiding in the darkness.

There was a space that was as magnificent as the temples of the gods. A row of stone statues stood tall and tall. The columns of the hall were carved with many murals and epic records of ancient legends. This was the Hall of Valor that they had visited.

There is still space, and there seems to be nothing inside, except for the rolling thunder that is constantly rolling and surging throughout the world.

There are also clear mountains and beautiful waters in the space. Pure streams flow from the mountains. The trees and grass are lush and green, but the strange thing is that there is no living thing, not even insects.

There is also a space that seems to be like a hell, with a sinister atmosphere inside. The dry land is covered with cracks. There are dead bones reaching up from the ground to the sky. Scattered skeletons and skulls are scattered on the rocks on the surface. The dark eye sockets exude a faint smell. The light of the will-o'-the-wisp...and suddenly there was a ghostly shadow passing through the afterimage. It was some kind of monster with a dry body and an extremely human-like appearance. Although it looked like a human, it had long arms and short legs. It had no clothes and was wearing loose clothes. With messy hair like withered grass, it turned its head and seemed to be looking at the other side of the mirror space. The terrifying face of a jackal opened its big mouth, revealing a mouth full of sharp fangs, which sent chills down the spine.

There are such weird and weird spaces, and there are more than a dozen floating in them. It’s difficult to explain them all. This makes everyone in the Justice League feel surprised and slightly uneasy. Everything in front of them has really challenged them for many years. The worldview and cognition formed since then.