[Comprehensive British and American] Flying around the sun

The LX laboratory branch center is still brightly lit in the middle of the night.Most of the place is underground, and the criss-crossing exhaust pipes and day and night lighting make it look gloomy and cold, giving people a feeling of depression and anxiety.

But the busy researchers here have no complaints. Most of them fanatically followed the soul of the laboratory——Dr. Lawrence, and willingly surrendered at the feet of this genius.

But at this moment, everyone was silent.Their backbone, Dr. Lawrence, was striding into the laboratory, his footsteps were a little crooked, a shocking bloodstain flowed down from her smooth forehead, and a few drops of blood stained the surface of her shattered glasses.The coat on her body was covered in dust and blood, and her expression looked extremely angry, looking as terrifying as a wounded beast.

No one dared to take a second look. Although Dr. Lawrence looked like he would faint on the ground in a second, everyone who could stay in the laboratory until now knew not to do anything on their own, even if it was just a trivial concern.The doctor stumbled into her exclusive research room and slammed the door behind her.

What happened?Researcher Merry lip-syncs Gablehouse.

Gablehouse shook his head silently at her, signaling her to continue with her work.The light on the lab door turned red and a beep sounded.The five core researchers—there were originally six, but Mark unfortunately broke his leg during Audrey's escape, so he was fired by Dr. Lawrence—stopped their movements and walked in tacitly one by one.

Dr. Lawrence's dirty coat has disappeared, and her expression has disappeared from the rage just now, replaced by a gloomy and icy coldness that can almost drip water: "Call out the information about all the laser weapons that have been developed by the sub-center. Data. Activate the photon scanner in the bioanalysis room, and give me the complete fluctuation data of Audrey Lewis's brain signal. Do it immediately."

The researchers immediately dispersed in silence and completed her request within half an hour.Lawrence stared at the words and images flashing across the screen, and let out a low, eerie laugh.

She turned around with a creepy gentle smile on her face: "Well done, you guys are beyond reproach! Now, can someone tell me why 'Lava' can't keep firing? And 'Queen' Why hasn't it been successfully manufactured so far? Could it be that my dearest loyal subordinate is going to tell me that there is some stupid flaw in my design?"

"No, doctor, your designs are perfect." Mei Li, the researcher in charge of laser weapons, said, she felt a drop of cold sweat running down her neck, "Our funds were mainly invested in the biological research of the main laboratory before. , the research and development of 'Queen' requires a lot of ruby ​​rough stones, we have postponed the progress..."

"So, what about the 'lava' that has claimed to be technologically mature?" Lawrence said softly, "but now it's just a ridiculous laser pointer, which can't even kill a bird."

Meili lowered her head: "I'm sorry, doctor. I think this defect is a concession made by us because we couldn't solve the overheating problem, but its radiation power is extremely powerful, and I think it is a kind of weapon that is convenient for mass production. Qualified product."

"Solve this problem, Merry." Lawrence said in an extremely amiable tone, "If you fail, I think the real lava can give you some inspiration. Solve this problem, and I promise you will get everything you want .”

"Give me two weeks, doctor." Mei Li bowed down and said humbly, no one could ignore the trembling in her voice.

"You can do it, dear." Lawrence smiled, and she turned to the rest. "Contact Lex Luthor."

Her expression turned back to the usual indifference.

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"I need to know what happened, Barry," said Superman.

"I don't know!" Barry explained quickly, his hair sticking up, "I was just passing by, uh...then she fell out of the sky with injuries all over her body."

Superman glanced at him suspiciously, and didn't ask further: "Passing by? Where is it?"

"The place where I caught her was in the southeast suburb of the city. She should be flying in the direction of the metropolis." Barry scratched his hair and replied, pointing to the documents beside his pillow, "She has these on her body."

Superman gently picked up the blood-stained papers.

After being oxidized, the blood stains have become dark and black, making those cold typefaces look even more shocking.The Son of Tomorrow of the Metropolis silently flipped through the evils brought about by human ambition, his fingers clenched the paper tightly, leaving a deep finger mark on it.

Superman read through the papers without a word, carefully smoothing out the creases on each page with his fingers.He stroked the scorched holes and splashed blood on the paper, and understood everything that happened in silence.

"Thank you, Barry." He put the documents back beside Audrey's pillow, and said in a low voice.Barry raised his arm and patted him on the shoulder reassuringly.

"Don't worry too much, Superman." Barry said, "The doctor said that she was in a short-term coma caused by blood loss, and she will probably wake up soon. If you have any questions, you can ask her after she wakes up."

"What's the problem?" A voice sounded softly.Barry and Superman turned around at the same time, and the blond woman on the hospital bed opened her eyes and was looking at them with a pale smile.

"How are you feeling?" Superman asked, flying to the edge of the bed, and Barry moved to the edge of the bed with small steps that were slow for himself.

"It hurts more than I imagined." Audrey blinked and said in a teasing tone, "It's a bit like a dream. Hello."

Her eyes turned to Barry, and Barry's ears turned a little red under her gaze.

"Uh, I'm Barry Allen, the person who took you to the hospital. You fell from the sky and I happened to be passing by." Barry said incoherently, "I happen to know Superman, and Superman happened to be nearby— "

Audrey smiled slightly. "Thank you for saving me, Barry. And you, Superman."

Superman raised his eyebrows, but didn't mention that the two actually knew each other, but got to the point with a serious tone: "You sneaked into Lawrence's house tonight."

"Yes."

"It's dangerous, you can tell me first."

Audrey didn't speak, but looked at him calmly.Barry looked around and cleared his throat: "It suddenly occurred to me that I still have work arrangements for tonight-if there is nothing else, I will leave first!"

He didn't wait for the two to answer, and left the ward as if fleeing.He was too nervous, Barry thought angrily, this Audrey is exactly the same person as the girl from the Flashpoint universe, no matter in tone or demeanor.

Facing Audrey like this made it impossible for him to get along with the strangers he met for the first time. It would be bad if he accidentally showed it... What if?

"I can't, Carl," Audrey said gently. "Lawrence is out on bail, and she could be back home at any moment. You're a superhero, and if you're caught sneaking into a citizen's house, you're going to get caught."

Superman just felt an unexplained annoyance fill him.Whether it was Audrey's own actions or the crimes committed by Lawrence, he felt helpless pain and anger.He said in a blunt tone: "You know I don't care about those..."

"Thank you, Carl. But this world is always like this. Politicians, scholars and the public often determine public opinion. I don't want anyone to attack you because of this." Audrey said.

She raised her hand and gently hooked Superman's fingers hanging by her side, but she quickly retracted her hand: "When you are suppressed, your enemies will be raised. You should be loved by everyone. Please don't be mad at me."

Superman sighed deeply.He didn't know how Audrey could be so gentle and patient with him. Was it because he was Superman, or because Carl in her heart was him, or maybe both?

No matter which one it is, it can't make him happy at this time.

The stern and indifferent mask on Superman's face slowly shattered, revealing a real, sad and distressed expression: "I'm not angry with you, Audrey. I'm angry with myself...I just don't want to see you do it for me. This hurts."

"I didn't have to be injured." Audrey lowered her eyes and smiled, "If I wanted to cause irreversible damage to her...or I was willing to make a big move...I could burn her residence to the ground , or snap her bones apart, suck the air out of her... If I wanted to, I could. But I don't. You know why, Carl."

"..." Superman's tone was dry, but he continued, "You don't have to do this...you should put your own safety first."

"I don't think such an injury is anything." Audrey laughed again, "Besides, I think there are some things that have to be done."

"Do you think these documents are worth your life?" Superman said sadly. "You've lost so much blood...you could have..."

"I could have asked for your help? Uh." Audrey didn't answer, but started another topic, "I suddenly remembered something. Today, during the day, I will have a comprehensive physical examination in this hospital...do The MRI of the head took two full hours. One instrument and three doctors were changed, which almost alarmed the director. I think Clark must be very confused about what happened."

"Uh...Clark?" Superman said.

Audrey smiled slightly: "Do you know him? He is a very lovely person, and he is the first friend I have ever had since I was reborn. Well, all in all, my brain scans failed four times."

"why?"

"The machine can only hum and display a fuzzy, chaotic image that doesn't look like brain tissue but more like a cloud. Lawrence angrily accused me of being a monster tonight when he attacked me. By definition, Maybe I'm not human anymore."

"Of course you're not a monster!" Superman replied subconsciously, "No one can change you."

"Thank you, Carl. Yes, of course I am not a monster... I am me. You see, I will also be injured, I will be in pain, and I will lie weak on the hospital bed and fall from 8000 meters in the air."

Audrey smiled, her cheeks were slightly pale after blood loss, but her eyes were still as red as fire: "But I was endowed with this ability by fate, so some things are destined to only be done by me. No one understands it better than you."

Superman stared down at her.They looked at each other silently, and they both had enthusiastic expectations for the same lofty ideal.This expectation jumped in Superman's heart like a flame, and it has never been extinguished since the day he put on the cape.

He leaned down and hugged Audrey gently.He whispered, "Yes, Audrey...no one understands better than me."

At the same time, in the alley of the metropolis not far from the hospital, a strong man was dragged into the darkness.He struggled subconsciously, then covered his mouth with his hands, and stabbed a knife into his chest soundlessly.

Blood gushed out like a spring, soaking the cloth on his chest.The man half-opened his eyes and let out a few difficult ho-ho sounds, twitched a few times, and finally stopped moving.

An ID fell out of his pocket and into the puddles on the ground.Then, the other hand picked it up and wiped off the blood and water stains on its surface.

Outside the alley, the neon lights of the city are dazzling. Under the rotating illumination of lights of different colors, a few lines of small words on the surface of the document can be vaguely seen:

metropolitan prison

caretaker 0158

tom wilson

They left silently, no one noticed what was happening here.

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