Chapter 1505 Surrender
The strategic goal of the Dark Knights of Barbatos in invading the cannon fodder parallel universe is not to completely destroy the universe. The destroyed universe has no value. If the Dark Knights regard the destruction of the universe as their combat goal, then it would be better not to invade and it would be a waste. time.
The birth, restart and destruction of parallel universes are like boiling bubbles in cola, rising and falling at any time and bursting at any time, reincarnation is endless, and the cycle is endless.
What can be grasped and generated is the time period during which the bubbles exist, and strive to extract more energy that is beneficial to improving Barbatos's divine power during this period.
For Barbatos, the god of fear, this energy is the emotion of "fear". The specific way to extract this emotion is to build Barbatos' temple, which is what the Laughing Bat calls the Tower of Fear.
The outer walls of this tower are covered with sharp blades and chains, binding the creatures to it, causing them to scream and die slowly in despair. The fear they generate will be sacrificed to Barbatos as the source of his strength.
Countless earths in parallel universes that have been conquered by the Dark Knights have chosen to succumb and build towers of fear on the surface. Those in power command their minions to hang the common people on the towers of fear to be consumed as coal for the furnace of fear. The purest fear condensed from the desperation of the sacrificers before death was exchanged for their survival.
Since they have carried out countless invasions, the Dark Knights are extremely proficient in their business. Their method of intimidating those in power on the earth is to first kill all the superheroes in the current universe who can fight them with a thunderbolt, and then display their corpses to the mortal powers-that-be. , clearly telling these people in power that they have no one to rely on, no one will come to save them, and the power of the Dark Knights can easily crush a planet.
Mortal leaders who have no choice but to face a choice, either all mankind will die together and the earth will be blown into dust, or a large part of the people will be sacrificed, and the other small part of the people will surrender and survive.
Although the Dark Knights are powerful in combat, they cannot use their own labor to carry bricks and build the Tower of Fear, and then arrest the living people one by one to hang them up. Therefore, they use intimidation and force to control the leadership and force the people of the universe. The correct way to conquer is for the rulers to consciously build towers to capture people and complete sacrifices to the God of Fear for them.
The spirit of preferring to live in pieces rather than live in ruins is indeed valuable, but it is not in line with the instinct of biological reproduction and continuation of the ethnic group. No defeated country in human history has chosen to commit suicide as a nation to face failure, even if it becomes a slave, even if it loses hope for the future , as long as you can survive, surrender is not an unacceptable option.
Precisely taking advantage of the cowardly weakness of human nature, the Dark Knights conquered parallel universes and brought them into the sphere of influence of the Dark Multiverse. They built countless towers of fear in those universes that surrendered and sacrificed them. Countless lives, the despair and fear of these creatures before death were all provided to Barbatos to strengthen his divine power.
After the Laughing Bat came to this multiverse, he discovered that the Batman of this universe had actually been elected president. He wanted to develop this very unique presidential version of Batman into a member of the Dark Knights, but fell short at the last moment. As a remedy, he wanted to The cruel knight who looked most like the original Batman was used as a stand-in, but was resolved by Damian inciting Arkham prisoners to attack Wayne Manor, so he simply stopped engaging in conspiracy and directly used his absolute strength to crush him.
From the perspective of the Dark Knights, the current multiverse is just one of countless conquered cannon fodder parallel universes. There is no need to waste too much time here. Under absolute power, any strategy is meaningless.
The real threat to Barbatos and the parallel universe that needs to be taken seriously is the parallel universe where "metal" exists. However, the cannon fodder universe where Damian descends does not have "metal", so it did not attract the attention of the Dark Knights.
Damian is not a first-line superhero either. The original template is just like an unsupportable Adou in infinite parallel universes. He almost never takes the lead in saving the universe on his own. When he defeats powerful enemies, he either hugs his father's lap. , or hugging Raven's thigh, also did not attract the attention of the Dark Knights, and they did not think there was anything surprising about Damian in this cannon fodder universe.
What Barbatos is afraid of are plot-killing props and key protagonists. If a certain map does not have this prop or a key protagonist, then he and his minions are equivalent to invincible existences, so there is no need to waste brains and energy on formulating The plan is to crush them with sheer force.
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The live broadcast showed the heads of the five core members of the Justice League. At first, the leaders and the public who watched the live broadcast refused to believe it, thinking that it was just using realistic props to intimidate. However, the reaction of the famous reporter Louise changed the audience. idea.
The love affair between Lois and Superman is no secret. After the two broke up, Superman and Wonder Woman hooked up, and the media reported it so much that the identity of Lois' Superman's ex-girlfriend became known to everyone.
If anyone can testify that the head belongs to Superman, Lois is undoubtedly the most credible witness. Her expression of sadness and panic does not look like a fake. It is obvious that only the head was really cut off from Superman. Yes, that's how she reacted.
For a time, audiences around the world had an ominous feeling of impending disaster, and waves of fear and helplessness surged in their hearts. Although the people of the DC universe have experienced many world-ending crises, and there have been many times when they felt truly desperate, Every time the superheroes are not dead, as long as the superheroes are not dead, there is still a glimmer of hope of rescue deep in their hearts.
But this time, the crisis has just begun. Five of the world's most famous, influential, trustworthy and reliable superheroes have all died. The remaining superheroes have never shown up. It can be said that their life or death is uncertain. Mortals who have lost their superheroes have no ability to fight against evil forces. There is really no hope at all.
Just as the audience was horrified, the program screen suddenly switched, and the live news broadcast was inserted into a temporary broadcast by the Government of Hope. The host announced to the audience with some expectation that the Government of Hope had temporarily taken over the power of President Wayne. The Vice President is going to make a public speech.
Generally speaking, when such a crisis strikes, the head of the government makes an impromptu speech to inspire the people, issue a stern warning to the aggressors, and express the country's determination to fight the crisis together.
When the live broadcast screen switched, people saw the vice president with a bruised nose and face sitting at his desk. The wall behind the desk was covered with blood, and stumps and rotten flesh were scattered around the desk.
This veteran politician, who usually seemed gentle and elegant, trembled and said in a trembling voice: "Citizens, I... we failed. The core members of the Justice League collectively died in the battle. Captain Atom, the last hope of the Chinese military, also blew himself up. Justice The hall was destroyed, the watchtower satellite was thrown into the sun, Washington has been occupied by the enemy... All the military bases in the country of hope were destroyed overnight. We have no choice. If we continue to resist, we will all be killed... …Therefore…I declare…the surrender of the country of hope…”