Chapter 512 58. Hey, you, the Devourer, are too noble to be normal! 【Additional update 1010】
The entire world gradually returned to normal after nearly 72 hours of shutdown due to the war.
It was inevitable to liquidate the capitulationists, but Mason did not care about this.
During this process, he even uncharacteristically temporarily put aside thinking about future plans and those plans that would never be completed, and instead helped the injured recover in Dr. Leslie's clinic.
This battle not only shocked the world, it also made Mason more deeply aware of the impact of chaos.
The scene of seven cities being wiped out in the blue plume of neutron killing came back to me in the middle of the night, giving the captain a deeper understanding of the cause he had been promoting.
He didn't want to see the same thing happen again.
At noon on the third day after the war, in the observation ward of Leslie Clinic, Mason in a white coat handed a sealed box of potions to the handsome uncle Oliver Queen in casual clothes in front of him.
The latter came to take his girlfriend home.
The face of Black Canary Dana who was being supported by him was still covered with gauze, which was the scar left after being kidnapped by the Skrulls and parasitized by the starfish Starro.
The injury should have been difficult to treat, but Mason used alchemy to help her restore her face, which is very important to the heroine.
"Recuperate well after returning home, and remember to continue using the beauty potion for at least half a month to allow the scars to completely dissipate."
Mason looked at the middle-aged uncle and old aunt in front of him, who had a similar relationship with the master and Catwoman, and he warned:
"I understand that you two have just experienced the separation of life and death, but in the next three days, try not to engage in strenuous activities."
"We are not young people who don't know anything!"
Green Arrow felt that Mason was verbose and meant something.
But he was too embarrassed to lose his temper, so he could only thank Mason stiffly. If it weren't for the young man in front of him who he once regarded as a dangerous person, he and Dana would probably be separated forever.
Black Canary thanked her profusely, and was put into a luxury car by her rich and dashing boyfriend and drove away.
"That's the last superhero patient. The rest are ordinary people. We can handle it."
Dr. Leslie's voice came from the door of the clinic. Mason looked back. Dr. Leilis, who was in her fifties but looked as well-kept as a thirty-year-old woman, was standing at the door slightly tired.
She held the coffee in her left hand and put her right hand in her pocket. She looked at Mason with a gentle smile unique to the elders. The feeling in her eyes was like looking at a junior who has finally become a talent.
"I heard that you did a lot of great things after you left here."
The doctor who took in Mason smiled and said:
"The whole world owes you a favor this time, Mason."
"I'm more curious about where you heard about the things I did after I left. As far as I know, I rarely move around in this world."
Mason pushed up the frame on the bridge of his nose, winked and teased the doctor.
The relationship between the two was similar to before. Mason had deep respect for the old aunt in front of him who taught him wound treatment and suturing skills.
However, this meaningful hint still made the smile on Dr. Leslie's face disappear. She said with a straight face:
"Of course from your adoptive father! Every time Gordon and I have dinner, he will talk about what you and Barbara are doing as if he were reporting on work. Obviously I have no interest in it.
Alas, that old man is really hopeless. ”
"Don't say that, doctor, Gordon saved a lot of people this time."
Mason shook his head, took off his white coat, folded it and handed it to Dr. Leslie, saying:
"The reputation of the Sheriff is spreading throughout the city. He will also have a dual identity in the future. Your reunion with him is destined to encounter many twists and turns.
Maybe next time Barbara and I go home for dinner, he will introduce you to us as the hostess of Gordon House. ”
"The stinky kid can't speak. Who wants to be the mistress of that shabby house?"
Dr. Leslie blushed, turned his head, and said something rather arrogantly.
But when she turned back, Mason was no longer beside her. It was like the turning point in the stories of those legendary superheroes. Just by looking back, a certain man who was by her side just now disappeared like a ghost.
"It's really hard to learn well, but it's easy to learn bad things!"
The old aunt who had been busy for several days stretched her body on the spot and planned to get off work early, so she dialed a number and told her that she wanted to have home-cooked food tonight, so Sheriff Xia had to return home early to prepare for candlelight. Dinner is served.
In the alley across the street, Zha Kang, who was holding a cigarette, said unhappily to Mason, who was reshaping the water body beside him:
"You want to play Batman's disappearing game with your future legal adoptive mother, but why do you have to call me over? Do you know I'm very busy?"
"I know, I can see it."
Mason glanced at the red strawberry on Zha Kang’s neck and said:
"Are you interrupting your and Xiao Zha's good business?"
"Hey, I have a good idea. Xiao Zha is in seclusion to study magic. He was rekindling his relationship with Xiao Jing Jing just now. Just when he was about to do the second round, you called him over, you bastard!"
The handsome mage threw the cigarette butt from the corner of his mouth to the ground, kicked it hard, and cursed:
"If your own good deeds are interrupted, you won't be able to see the good deeds of others, right?"
"What are you talking about?"
Mason said in surprise:
"Harley and I are fine."
"I know you and Harley are on good terms, but I'm not talking about Harley."
Zha Kang rubbed his hands and said coquettishly:
"It's Mr. Xili. There are rumors that a certain innocent-looking little bastard almost killed his infatuated female boss in the ward and even took off his pants.
Okay, Mason, don’t you see, you still like to play this game? Do you want a buddy to give you some advice? ”
"Who spread this news! Xili and I are innocent!"
Mason scolded angrily, but then he thought that the witness that night was the swordsman who had always been unreliable in his affairs, so he reached out to cover his eyes with a headache.
What he was worried about was not the random gossip, but mainly that it was not easy to explain to Harry.
"Send me to Rome."
Mason said something very tired. Zha Kang was stunned for a moment and then realized. He took a peek at Mason's expression and reached out to open a portal to the city of Rome.
When the captain stepped into it, Zha Kang, who lit up a cigarette again, patted his shoulder behind him and whispered:
"That's not your fault, don't put any more pressure on yourself. This is war, casualties are inevitable."
"I know, I've convinced myself."
Mason said without looking back:
"I just want to go there and have a look before I leave, and inform everyone that there will be a meeting at Osborne Tower in three hours. Everyone must attend. The plans and policies for the next stage need to be discussed."
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"Damn, I was so full that I tried to comfort you, but you turned around and threw me a meeting notice. You have no conscience!"
Zha Kang cursed.
Mason stood in the portal and glanced back at him, saying:
"Three hours are not enough for you to finish a friendly game?"
"Of course not enough!"
Constantine counted on his fingers:
"Little Crystal has one more debt, Colypso owes three times, and my little pet Emilia is in a manic stage of blood thirst recently. I also plan to take the opportunity to hook up with Storm Girl
How about you give me eight hours? ”
"Xiao Zha's lightning strike was really light."
Mason complained, turned around and disappeared into the rotating light curtain amidst Zha Kang's obscene laughter. In the next moment, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived outside the city of Rome in Europe.
The city in front of me was still in ruins.
Hei Qiqi is not a volunteer repairman, so it is naturally impossible for him to repair all the war damage in the entire world. Besides, the city of Rome is in a special location.
This city was one of the seven cities destroyed by the warlock's neutron killing. Compared with the loss of city buildings, the lives lost in the particle beam were the most terrifying casualties in this lifeless place.
The remaining radiation from the neutron killing was still there, and no one could get close to the ruins, so someone erected a monument outside the city, and the bottom was filled with flowers for mourning.
Mason stands in front of the monument, which is made from the remains of a crashed Pioneer spaceship.
He reached out from his bag and took out a bouquet of white flowers and placed it on it, closing his eyes and observing for a moment.
He didn't know what to say, but the dead lives in front of him seemed to be still looking at him from the sky, and the heavy pressure made Mason's spine bend a little.
"Are you being pretentious? Or do you want to use this method to express your happiness about victory and fear of failure?"
A strong woman's voice sounded behind Mason.
He did not look back. Ten seconds later, another bouquet of flowers was placed under the monument. It was placed by a dark-skinned woman in formal clothes.
She looks majestic in sunglasses, and the Tianyanhui logo on her chest represents her identity.
Amanda Waller, director of the Secret Forces of the Sky Eyes.
Of course, the real Waller had died in the crash ten minutes before the neutron kill arrived in Washington, and the one who appeared next to Mason was just a pretender.
"Don't talk to me under such skin, Brother A."
Mason didn't open his eyes, he whispered:
"This will make me feel like I am talking to the dead. In addition, I think you should hurry up. The survivors of the whole world are very angry with you who initiated the war.
Once they know that there is a remnant of the stars hiding here, the whole world will be angry. ”
"Anger without strength is just a sign of incompetence, so I am not afraid of your revenge. This is your victory, not this world's.
They are still weak. ”
The whole body of "Swallow" next to him trembled as he spoke, and in an instant he returned to the gloomy appearance of Alex Mercer, a thin young man wearing a black hood.
With his hands in his pockets, he stood with Mason in front of the war memorial and said:
"Did you bring the red of all things? And my real body."
"It's all here."
Mason patted his luggage, opened his eyes, glanced at the person next to him, and said:
"But if you want me to give them to you, you must at least give me a reason, right?"
"That's not something people feel comfortable about."
Brother A said in a stiff tone:
"Why don't we waste this time pretending that we are friends and playing these games of sharing the past? You give me your things and I promise that I will not appear in your sphere of influence in the future."
"What? Are you in a hurry?"
Mason said teasingly and pressed the button on his watch.
Ten seconds later, Wonder Woman's stealth fighter roared in from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea and hovered over the area.
Wonder Woman in classic dress and a shrunken version of the Queen of War in black armor jumped out of the stealth fighter one after another. Diana was still holding a large bag that was constantly struggling.
The two fell not far away, blocking Brother A's escape route from two directions, but Swallow didn't care. The A-level personnel said in a relaxed tone:
"I won't lose anything by killing this biological clone. However, once the black light virus breaks out on a large scale, the world you just took back will fall into the next round of chaos in an instant.
Mason, you wouldn't bet on something like this, would you? ”
"I won't."
Mason stared at the monument in front of him and said softly:
"But my friends are probably not as sensible as me. You see, you are asking me to give you two very dangerous things. I think I need to know what you will use them for.
Isn't this a very reasonable request? I really don't understand what you are resisting.
Come on, we still have three hours. ”
Alex Mercer fell into silence. After several minutes of confrontation, he sighed, reached out and pulled down the hood on his head, completely covering his eyes, and then said: < br>
"I am a black light virus aggregate. The real Alex Mercer died a long time ago. I just chose this name as my codename, just like the Batman of your world.
So to be precise, 'I' is not a biological concept. I am more like the aggregation of virus and biological consciousness, a monster that I don't know how to classify. ”
"Tell me something I don't know."
Mason pointed to the time on his wrist. Brother A was unmoved. He explained briefly:
"I devoured all life in my world, including humans, animals and even microorganisms, but it was not out of malice or madness.
That's just a sign that the plan went well.
Mason, we pioneers have seen many, many worlds trying to save themselves from the apocalypse, and most of them died quietly.
Only a very small number of people have enough time and luck to complete their world-saving plan, and even fewer of them can go to the end as planned.
Fortunately, I made it to the end, which was the final swan song of a C-level world.
They created me in the laboratory, and they hesitated to use it, until the moment of impact they realized that they could no longer hesitate, so 'I' was scattered all over the world, completing the task of destroying the world's life in 18 hours. Devouring and retaining.
My world is dead.
In the shadow of doomsday, I survived and joined the Stars Society in the name of 'Swallow'. ”
Brother A told the story of his birth with an expressionless face, and his tone was so calm that he seemed to be telling someone else's tragic past, without any emotion.
When the dark clouds above covered the sky, he continued:
“The civilization that created me did not have the advanced technology to protect the entire world, so they made a desperate move called the ‘World Completion Plan’.
I am the ‘agent’ created at the cost of the extinction of the entire world’s life signal group.
The body you took away is the 'World Gene Bank' that I must keep.
All the life characteristics of the entire world have been engraved into the genetic information of the corpse in the form of biological programming. They have set up a fairly complicated program to ensure that I can complete the world's recovery at some point in the future. ”
"The world recovers?"
Mason narrowed his eyes, looked at Brother A and said:
"The black light virus in your body alone cannot complete this operation of reverse resurrecting the devoured object, so you are eyeing the red of all living beings? Do you think that power can help you?"
"That's the result of Wesker's research."
Brother A no longer concealed anything at this time, he explained:
"In exchange for helping to analyze the perfect black light virus sample, Wesker helped me complete the second half of the plan. He claimed that I needed to undergo a 'seeding of the source of life' to complete the world's recovery, and the price was the collapse and death of my existence.< br>
I happily accept this. ”
He paused, stretched out his hand, and let the pale sunlight shine on his palm.
It is obvious that the light is not warm in the hand.
Under Mason's gaze, he closed his eyes and whispered:
"This era is terrible, and the next era may not be so good, but no matter how the future develops, I am convinced that there will be no world left for a monster like me.
Instead of living in vain, it is better to fulfill the mission given to me as a tool and exchange my death for the new life of my hometown.
That is the path I have chosen for myself, and that will be the end of Alex Mercer's destiny.
This is my story, are you satisfied? ”
Ps:
After calling it a day, I’ll keep the monthly ticket for now. When it doubles, I’ll add more and send a signal! (End of chapter)