Dressed in a superhero shell to save the world [Comprehensive British and American]

"I'll do one last confirmation of the plan," said Superman.

He'd just flown back from the Fortress of Solitude in the North Pole, making some minor preparations and bringing Kryptonian technology that could help.

"How is the intelligence analysis done?"

Several astronomers, physicists including Dr. Banner, and Batman surrounded a huge device.Government officials and agents who have nothing to do with the research work stand on the periphery.

Hearing Superman's question, Bruce Banner, the master of physics, showed a embarrassed expression.

"I don't think it's possible at all," he said. "This is indeed a very remarkable alien technology-the use of fake Zeta rays to monitor and record the universe. Their technology is simply genius."

"But the problem is, we have too much data."

"An active Zeta ray can exist everywhere at the same time. Tracking it is equivalent to condensing the entire universe into a single thought. The most advanced computers on earth cannot analyze these contents unless—"

Superman asked: "Unless what? We are short on time, there is no need to waste it on small sections."

Dr. Banner was still silent.

Batman kicked off the ground, and the chair beneath him fell back from the crowd.

"Unless you come. It's like connecting an external processor to a computer."

He said blankly, "Using your super brain to analyze data is the only way we can think of for the time being to locate Alice in the universe."

"But there's a downside to that -- it's just plain wrong. We don't know how your brain interprets the light."

"...this universe is terribly big, and we are so small that even you have limitations."

"Probabilistically, it's almost impossible to succeed."

"Maybe you'll go crazy and die."

Superman didn't answer right away, and everyone looked at him silently.

"But don't they want to invite Superman?" A government official couldn't help asking, "Why didn't they just give the address?"

"Isn't this obvious." Thor, who heard about this and came to help, said with folded arms, "I am familiar with the style of these bandits in the universe. They are definitely not friendly-seeing the intact Superman is not the main purpose " He felt guilty for the trouble his brother caused, and volunteered, "If you can wait two more days, I can go back to Asgard and ask if anyone can contact the Green Lantern Corps."

"They manage order and maintain peace throughout the universe, but the number of people is too small and the universe is too big, sometimes it is too late to react."

Well, in fact, most of the time there is no time to react.

"But maybe someone in the legion has seen that little girl."

System: "Don't worry, my firewall is upgraded, and trust yourself."

It guarantees that both Batman and Superman are very calm.

Batman's previous popular science was only spoken to appear objective and neutral.

"Use this machine." Superman said, "quickly."

Thor hesitated to speak.

Then he stepped forward and solemnly said, "I will always remember you, brother."

...not at all.

"I'll be fine." Superman tried to persuade people to look away sympathetically. "And I don't have to take the risk. The thing is we can wait, but who knows how long Alice can wait?"

"..."

Superman's efforts failed.

Now everyone's expressions look like they are preparing to pay homage to the saint.

"Forget it, you guys." He straightened his face, "Call me when you're ready."

As the scientist was fiddling with the pile of tubes and trying to glue the data cable to Superman's head, there was a sudden exclamation from behind.

Immediately afterwards, the voice of the news report suddenly sounded in the laboratory:

"The twelfth news of our newspaper!" The reporter who spoke had his pupils dilated, his whole body was trembling with excitement, and his face was a little distorted with excitement, "Just now a six-year-old boy jumped off the roof of the metropolis, luckily It's not life-threatening at the moment. It's worth noting, though, that he's wearing Superman's uniform! 'Lord, have mercy on me, for I'm in dire need!' But where is Superman now? Why hasn't he appeared? Superman— Couldn't—save that child!"

His hoarse roar made the phone's speaker emit a sizzle.

"I know that most of you hate Lex Luthor's statement, but it's not enough for you to see who we trust? Or he is not a human, what are we believing in? The God of Light? Also Or an evil god from the universe?"

"What will he bring us?"

"Our years are wasted! Our strength is waning! Young children indulge in unrealistic delusions!"

"That monster has a long life, he is dragging us all to death in slow suicide, open your eyes and look around you! If you don't want to watch your children die because of him—"

"That's enough." Pressing the pause button with both hands made the room suddenly silent, "It is forbidden to play with mobile phones in the laboratory."

"..."

"There will always be such people in this world, won't they?"

"He's just afraid. Part of you loves you, and part of you is afraid of your love for them, and of yourself loving you as much."

"As for some times, if you help them, they will die. If you don't help them, they will die too."

"We are walking on a spiral road, and the mistakes and the right are repeated alternately, until time stops and can no longer move forward."

The young man who had accidentally let out his voice looked like he was on the verge of tears.

"I didn't do it on purpose." He muttered to himself, "I just have the habit of watching the news at noon. This software played automatically. I didn't realize it. I just..."

He was speechless, and the tears finally fell down his life-filled cheeks and onto the metal floor, forming two dark puddles.

"I'm sorry, Superman." He choked out, "Humans, we're not all like this."

"I know." Superman said.

"We're just afraid of the unknown." The agent next to him suddenly said, but the boss beside him didn't stop him.

"I know." This time when Superman spoke, his tone was particularly slow, and everyone could feel the comforting and positive force from it, "It's still a long time, and we have time to get to know each other slowly—but Let’s talk about it when I come back from the universe.”

So no one spoke anymore, and the hand of the person in charge of connecting the instrument was shaking while holding the tube.

The system asked, "Is this an intelligent creature?"

Superman replied, "That's it."

He walked up to the restraint table and lay down: "I'm ready."

**

"Living in this world, breathing the air, looking at the blue sky, appreciating the mountains, rivers and the sun, what a great happiness it is? But we are still not happy, because life is short, and the experience of the passage of time is numb and slow-witted."

Louise wrote this text with a pen on a certain night when the lights were on, lighting a desk lamp.

"In early July, my friend Jimmy and I debated people's attitudes towards superheroes. We disagreed on some issues, but were generally hopeful about the future and were reluctant to discuss complex, human-related topics. The discussion is too deep, so the collision of opinions also seems friendly and perfunctory."

"Three weeks ago, a colleague of mine suddenly asked us when we were writing: Which of you has seen Superman in the past two days?"

"Everyone answered 'no'. Some thought he might be hiding temporarily, some said that maybe Superman needed a break too, and they voiced their opinions enthusiastically, and 10 minutes later they went about their own things. Superman's topics were like A gust of wind passed between us without leaving a trace. I had a lot to tell, but thinking of the trusting look in Superman's eyes when I last talked face-to-face with him that evening, I felt like I couldn't say anything. "

Under the warm yellow light, Louise took a deep breath, and the silent room only echoed the rustling sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper.

She hasn't written such a long text for a long time, and she may have misspelled a lot of words just now, but who cares?And now there is no one to ask.She agreed to Clark and said that she would reserve the position of assistant for him, so Perry asked her if she needed a temporary partner several times, but Louise refused.

"I can solve it by myself," she said. "This is not the last century, and I can look up words that I can't spell on Google."

But sometimes asking is just an inadvertent habit.

Superman helped a lot of people get into little habits of one sort or another that would be weird in other cities.For example, everyone will look up from time to time to look for a red and blue figure in the sky, and take photos to show off to relatives and friends; parents will safely leave their children at home, and some careless people will forget to close the doors and windows, and wait for someone Superheroes come to visit for oral education; the comics held by Metropolis in recent months have far more people cosplaying Superman than others, and the post on the forum sharing how to make curly hair realistic and uncluttered has become the most popular of the year...

Probably more for Louise.She spent much longer with Superman and had the good fortune to work with both of the other's identities at the same time.She is used to spelling casually with the young man who is squatting and squinting and typing, and is also used to occasionally climbing to the top of the building and stepping on the edge of the cement slab against the wind.

Humans don't have wings, and they yearn for and fear heights by nature, but Superman gave Louise a sense of certainty that she is always tied to the ground even if she is teetering in the air.

What makes Louise both funny and sad is that, from the identity of 'Clark Kent', it can be seen that Superman is also relying on his dependence on humans to root his feet in the soil.They looked up to each other and depended on each other, as if standing at the two ends of the balance.

"Superman trusts me. It's not that I'm belittling myself and feeling untrustworthy, but the weight of that trust scares me sometimes."

Louise continued.

"He regards human beings as his fellow-citizens, and the earth as his cradle. I am like an old friend whom he has not seen for a long time, or a sister who has never met. He believes in the good and bright side of my personality, Willing to reveal his deepest secrets and let others guess. For a long time, I was full of doubts, and it was difficult to understand why he should treat me like this."

"Luthor said that Superman may have the ability to observe parallel universes, which can explain my confusion and also make his past, which was already a cloud of mist, clouded with haze."

"I am dubious about Luthor's statement, and Superman's companions have not denied or affirmed it. Here I want to say that no one can find out the truth of the matter, so all the following contents are actually based on analysis and assumptions."

"Lex Luthor believes that Superman saw his own death in an alternate world. Luthor is a person who always puts his own interests first, so he takes it for granted that everyone is like him."

"But I would say that Kal-El was never that guy."

"The parallel world is a magic mirror, people see what they want to see. Superman cares about the object of his love far more than himself-so he only cares about us in another world. How can we help him, how we lived long happy days with him, and perhaps how we died because of him."

"Compared to his own departure, these are the things that will make him painful and even crazy."

"Everyone will leave, sooner or later. If Superman erases his memory, and the aliens of Asgard only see his funeral in his mind, then what is reserved and forcibly completely forgotten, in his mind Which one is deeper in your mind?"

"We all have answers in our hearts."

"Superman doesn't care about these things. The people he saves and protects desperately want a result. So people ask: Where was Superman when the boy fell?"

"Another week later, my colleague asked again: 'Have any of you seen Superman?'"

"Another week goes by...we're still going about our lives."

"More and more people find that there is something missing in their lives. When they inadvertently ask: Where is Superman?"

Louise's pen stopped.

Because the radio next to her was on at regular intervals, rustling FM noise.After a while, the official spokesperson said in a blunt tone: "...Superman? Yes, he is indeed not on the earth. You are right, he went to the universe... The reason? It is very complicated, involving some high-level secrets... ..."

A noisy quarrel ensued.Various questions, telephone ringing, and car horns rang alternately.

"The mayor of Metropolis? What does this have to do with him... What? He contacted S.H.I.E.L.D.? Let me just get straight? Why is he... ok ok."

"In fact, a human girl was taken by aliens."

"No, the kidnapper is not Superman's enemy, nor is it because of Superman. We analyzed that this may be a conspiracy against the earth. The appearance of Superman destroyed the enemy's plan and caused them to be jealous, so we decided to use some means to send him away. deal with it separately."

"This is a crisis for both Superman and us. But don't worry, the government still has a lot of backup measures."

"You ask if Superman is in danger? Will he come back safely?"

"I don't know, ladies and gentlemen, no one will ever know. He was an amazing hero who made -- I can't specify now, because of non-disclosure agreements -- sacrifices for the safety of humanity. But we have no choice and cannot Give up either side. The only thing to do is to believe he can do it, to wait patiently and with hope until the day the red capes reappear over the Mets."

"Clap" sounded.

Louise turned off the chattering radio.

She realized that she hadn't thought about anything, and went straight to the safe, took out a small communicator that Superman had slipped into her before he left, and used it to ask for help from a "trustworthy object" in a critical moment, and pressed the connect button .

After a few seconds, an inconspicuous green light glowed on the edge of the communicator.

"I'm Lois Lane." She said without a pause. "It's all right, I'm not in danger, just—just want to know what happened to Superman."

"Batman."