Chapter 478: Arkham Is Home to Many Talented People! (Part 1)
As mentioned before, the first law of Gotham is that no matter how correct and standardized the beginning of an event is, the people of Gotham will definitely mess it up, and the second law of Gotham is that the people of Gotham do not believe in any monsters.
It is difficult to say that the citizens of a city on the east coast of the United States are all firm materialists, but the fact is that when the people of Gotham see anything they cannot understand and does not exist in common sense, they definitely do not think of supernatural events or divine punishment and natural disasters, and they will never scream and run away.
When faced with this situation, every local Gotham person will only have one reaction, that is, to find a gun, pull the trigger, empty the magazine, and then walk forward to confirm whether those things they cannot understand are dead or not.
This is actually a manifestation of natural selection, because people who can only run away when startled cannot survive in Gotham City.
Therefore, after the fisherman, the first witness of the previous haunted incident, shouted that sentence, all the gangsters in the corridor on the third floor of the mental hospital opened fire at the same time. When the muzzle lights lit up, the windows at both ends of the corridor shot out white light straight, illuminating the dark night sky like a large searchlight.
How to describe the intensity of the firepower at this moment? Simply put, Batman and the Joker ran away with their heads in their arms, the Penguin and the Scarecrow rolled and crawled, and Hell Detective Constantine almost got on the bus to hell.
Although the gangsters in Gotham are not beautiful on the outside, their inner... is not much better.
This night, they were first awakened by a ghost for no reason, and then provoked a fierce fight. After fighting for a long time, everyone realized that they were fooled. They had to work hard to sweep the building and track down the ghost. The gangsters were already impatient.
Pulling the trigger and pouring bullets is the simplest way to vent anger. Don't worry about whether you can kill the opponent. When the bullets burst out with anger, the violent factor engraved in the bones of Gotham people is ignited, and the anger is getting stronger and stronger, and it begins to tend to be crazy. Everyone attacks all green things in sight.
This did not give the Green Lanterns who had just landed here any time to react. They didn't even open the shield, but just relied on the flashing green light on their bodies to resist these bullets.
The green light energy attached to the body surface did block the attack of bullets for them, but it did not block the shock wave of the explosion. When the first rocket entered the field with a sound of breaking through the air, except for Hal who had expected it, the others were all blown away.
And after they got up, the first thing they did was not to fight back, but to run away.
Indeed, the green light energy is very powerful, but the ones who use this energy are still intelligent life. As long as there is wisdom, they will feel fear.
The Green Lanterns knew that human bullets and explosions did not exceed the range of the Green Lantern energy defense. Theoretically, even if they stood in the most densely-fired area, they would not be in danger of death. However, theories are just theories.
For example, humans know that geese are unlikely to kill them, but when a bunch of geese rush towards them with their wings flapping, they should panic and run. …
As soon as the Green Lanterns landed, they encountered angry gangsters. They were chased like ducks and ran around in the corridor in a panic, like headless flies emitting green light.
"Don't run! Don't run! Come back and organize a counterattack!"
Adjutant Carol shouted loudly, but the Green Lanterns who had never seen such a scene were indeed panicked. They fought on their own, and tried desperately to find something to block themselves. The formation was in a mess.
In the end, it was Hal who used the Green Lantern energy to pull them all back through the wall and barely maintained the front line.
"Damn it! Didn't you just receive training?!" Carol shouted angrily: "Didn't the instructor tell you?! When you encounter an attack, organize a defense line and a joint shield as soon as possible!
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But Hal beside him turned around and asked him: "They've just received training'? Don't tell me they are all newcomers??"
Carol cursed and said: "I think you should be able to see that the commander of the legion doesn't take your words seriously at all. The second team is all newcomers who have just taken office. They may not have as much experience as you!"
Hal said desperately: "Don't run! Don't run! Hold the defense line! Joint shield! Can't you take a look at the tactical manual in the ring?"
But there are still several Green Lanterns who want to escape through the window. They look very young and obviously have just become Lanterns. Moreover, these Lanterns look more like humans and obviously come from a civilization with a similar style to humans, so they can better understand the danger of heavy firepower.
Carol and Hal organized for a long time and finally calmed everyone down. The green light was indeed a ring that represented willpower. It took only a few dozen seconds for the group to overcome their fear of bullets and explosives and barely formed a joint shield at the end of the corridor.
After resisting the first wave of firepower attack, the next thing to do was to defend and counterattack. Soon, a green energy wave was launched towards the end of the corridor, directly knocking several gang members out.
The leading fisherman was furious. He raised his gun and shouted: "The ghosts are fighting back! Punish them! Kill them! Let them go to hell!"
All the gang members were extremely angry and pressed forward step by step, not caring about the loss of manpower at all, just wanting to cause the greatest damage to the opponent.
The Green Lanterns who had just arrived did not understand what was going on at all, and faced such a fierce attack. Even though the Green Lantern energy was very strong, the gang on the opposite side not only had more people, but also had more weapons and sufficient firepower. The Green Lanterns were suppressed and could only fight and retreat.
But even so, the gangsters still felt it was not enough. The fisherman fired while saying to the people behind him: "Send someone upstairs and call everyone down. By the way, let those guys send a letter to the North District. We need more deadly firepower!"
"Cobolt has sent someone!" Soon a voice sounded behind him, saying: "Master Falcone has called the Godfather, and support will be here soon!"
Just as they continued to output, the Green Lanterns finally reacted from the panic and began to attack in an organized manner instead of scattering.
The gunfight in the hospital corridor was another kind of street fighting. The space was much smaller than that of street fighting. The front line could not be deployed at all, and the height difference was almost zero. Therefore, many human weapons could not be used, because whether it was guns or grenades, there would be friendly fire. …
The advantage of the Green Lanterns was that the green light energy had no friendly fire. Whether it was energy shock waves, energy weapons or energy shields, they were only effective against people without green light energy. Therefore, they did not need to consider the arrangement of the gun line, and could just output forward.
Soon, the situation became tense, and then the Green Lanterns gained the upper hand, the gangs' front began to waver, and then gradually retreated.
But at this moment, a ray of light fell from the sky, and Constantine landed in front of the Gotham gangs.
His blond hair moved without wind, his windbreaker fluttered, his hands flashed dazzling light, and with a wave of his arm, a huge silver shield blocked everyone.
He waved his hands again, drawing a smooth arc in front of him, and a complex magic circle lit up under his feet. Several magic missiles flew out of his hands, passed through the barrier of green lantern energy, and landed in the center of the Green Lantern formation.
"Imprisonment!"
As Constantine's low voice sounded, the magic missiles turned into chains and entangled the Green Lanterns. Carol was not to be outdone. The green light condensed and turned into a sharp sword, splitting the chains in a few strokes. The remaining Green Lanterns followed suit and cut the chains one after another.
But at this time, Constantine showed a vicious smile, and the broken chain fragments turned into more magic missiles. When they bombarded the Green Lanterns, it was like a blizzard falling from the sky, forcing the Green Lanterns to stretch out their arms to cover their eyes.
The gangsters pulled the trigger again, pouring firepower, and a gap was opened in the shield formed by the distracted Green Lanterns.
With a "bang", the ceiling of the third floor collapsed, raising countless smoke and dust, making the situation at the end of the corridor confusing.
The gangsters who lost their vision could only slow down their firepower output. Constantine waved his hand, and several whirlwinds flew out from his side, blowing away the dust.
The successive attacks made it impossible for the Green Lanterns to maintain their shields with all their strength. The gap in the shield healed very slowly. Carol turned around and shouted: "Concentrate! Use the power of your will, the heretics and rebels, fear my divine light! The green light is always on, and the light is eternal!
"The green light is always on, and the light is eternal! "
Just as they were shouting slogans, the fisherman on the opposite side asked in confusion: "What are they shouting, what heretics?"
"They call us heretics???"
"They are ghosts, we are humans, they actually call us heretics??? Are ghosts so fucking arrogant now?!"
"Stop talking nonsense, shoot!"
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Just then, the green light was so bright that the whole corridor turned into a faint green. The Green Lanterns strengthened their beliefs, so their strength increased greatly. They flew into the air and began to attack the gangsters with various energy waves.
Adjutant Carol rushed forward. After floating into the air, all the bullets and explosives stopped and condensed in the air within half a meter around him. His low roar echoed in the corridor with unparalleled power:
"For justice! "
The light became stronger and stronger, and the rich green light condensed on his right arm. Then he stretched out his hand and aimed it at the gangsters in the corridor. ...
The originally small energy beam became huge with a "hum". However, the expected scene of everyone being knocked out and fleeing did not appear.
Constantine raised his hands, and the magic light covered his whole body. The magic circle under his feet expanded again, and the color changed from silver to an evil deep dark red.
The rolling magma surged out from the center of the magic circle, but disappeared in an instant, like a bubble that collapsed at the touch of a finger, and like a fleeting illusion, but at the same time, a tall figure stood up and directly broke through the ceiling of the two-story building. It was the Hell Hateful Demon with evil energy surging all over his body.
An evil, deafening voice rang out in the corridor: "Who... summoned me..."
Constantine waved his arm and slapped the Hate Demon's calf, saying: "It's me, stop talking nonsense, beat them up!"
"Damn, Constantine, why aren't you dead yet?! When are you going to die?!"
The tall Hate Demon lowered his head and stared at Constantine with his huge head. At this time, a green energy beam just hit him. The Hate Demon waved his hand, and a flame barrier was ignited. In an instant, the entire barrier flew out along the corridor.
When the flames passed over Carol, the green light energy helped him resist the erosion of heat and dark energy, but it ignited the curse runes around him.
This rune is not offensive, but it means that he has been marked by the devil. Anyone who can communicate with the devil can find him by following this mark, and because the mark has no offensive power, the green light energy seems unable to dispel it.
The Abomination turned his eyes away from Constantine and looked at Carol. He moved towards Carol and said, "Constantine, you'd better prepare the sacrifice quickly..." As he spoke, he spit out flames from his mouth and grabbed Carol with his claws surging with magma. Carol was not to be outdone. The green shield lit up and the energy shock wave swept the eyes of the Abomination. Just as the Green Lanterns and the Abomination were fighting, a burst of crazy laughter came from the hole where the ceiling collapsed before. They heard a high-pitched voice shouting: "The Joker's surprise is here! Cheer for it!" "Boom! ! !!" After a loud bang, the main building of Arkham Psychiatric Hospital collapsed. The Joker can be called an expert in using explosives to attack various buildings. Even the sturdy buildings built by the Wayne family with layers of defense can still not withstand the bombs set by the Joker, let alone an old, devastated mental hospital?
The moment the Joker's laughter came, Constantine took everyone to move, and they appeared on the road some distance away from the mental hospital.
Looking at the slowly collapsing building, Constantine smiled very unscrupulously.
But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore, because in the dark night sky of Gotham, a meteor-like light slid from the end of the sky, and then it became bigger and bigger in the field of vision, and the tail flame of the missile illuminated the entire sky like daylight.
In Schiller's manor, Merkel arranged guest rooms for the two children who stayed overnight. Dick, who was just about to go to bed, felt the floor under his feet shake.
He looked back with some curiosity and opened his eyes wide in shock. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom, on the city skyline, after the fire exploded, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky.