radicalducati Chapter 449 The Crow's Mouth of Steel Bones
Chapter 449 The Crow's Mouth of Steel Bones
Chapter 449 The Crow's Mouth of Steel Bones
Since the Kryptonians had already begun small-scale skirmishes with the Green Lantern Corps, Joey, having nothing else to do, had no choice but to return first.
Hopefully, Joe Al knows that he is no longer facing a loosely organized militia of individuals, but a more militarized Green Lantern Corps.
Anyway, Joey didn't think this interstellar war could be over in an hour. Joe El had underestimated the capabilities of those little blue men in Oa.
It's one thing for the Kryptonian army to conquer and seize territory in interstellar space, but it's just a few star systems; once they're given away, they're gone.
But for the little blue Oa people, Earth, which harbors the spirit of existence, is the center of the entire universe and the foundation of all things in the world. It is even more important than the planet Oa itself.
This time, the Green Lantern Corps and the Blue Lanterns are definitely going all out.
But to put it simply—the affairs of the Kryptonians should naturally be the concern of Jor-El, the leader of Krypton. What does this have to do with Joey?
When Joey tried to return to Earth, he was suddenly faced with a dilemma: which Earth should he return to first?
After a quick glance, Joey decided to return to Tony's Earth to discuss countermeasures.
After all, someone had already come over and yelled, "You brat!"
Inside Stark Tower in New York City, Tony Stark was gripping Cyborg's neck, shaking his half-machine head, which seemed to be completely filled with water, violently: "You actually dared to come here!"
As an old acquaintance of both sides, Cyborg realized something was wrong and immediately used the teleportation matrix inside the Justice League's Watchtower to travel over to Iron Man and Batman to discuss countermeasures.
Unexpectedly, upon landing, Tony ruthlessly pinned him down with his iron hand: "The Terminator, right?! John Connor, right?!"
"Ugh! Ugh!" Even though Cyborg was no longer human but a cyborg, he was almost being pinched by Iron Man in his suit until he was in a whirlwind of pain.
The onlookers were completely bewildered, watching Iron Man's behavior and wondering what grudge this suddenly appearing robot had against him.
Only Cyborg knew—it seemed Tony was still holding a grudge about the time he used a fake T-800 to prank him.
"Do you have to hold a grudge like that? It's been a whole day already!"
Yes, Cyborg's timeline had been normal until now. So many things had happened on Tony's side, but for him, it was only a day.
Tony was truly petty; even though it had been over half a year, he still remembered it clearly: "Your machine crashed and damaged my villa! You owe me for my ceiling and floors! No, my entire villa!"
The villa on Long Island had long been reduced to ruins due to the crash of the Fantastic Four's spaceship. Tony thought to himself, since he was already here, he might as well make Cyborg pay for everything instead of just two pieces of flooring!
"I'm still in college!"
Although Cyborg had mastered the tricks of stealing money from the complex financial system of human society before Superman came, he really couldn't be a sucker now.
So Cyborg, a former member of the Gotham State University football team, used his student status as a shield: "I'm a student, can I not pay compensation?"
"Even if you're an animal, it's still not acceptable!"
Tony had already decided to pin the entire reconstruction cost of his villa on Cyborg: "Hurry up and pay up!"
Just as these two mechanical superheroes were arguing, a worried Batman and Joey arrived at Stark Tower almost simultaneously.
They had just perfectly resolved the potential zombie crisis in New York City, and in theory they should be happy, but the reality is that no one can be happy right now.
As an outsider who has not been involved in most of the crises over the past six months, Cyborg is currently unaware of what Superman meant by the "collision crisis".
Tony, on the other hand, was completely unaware of this news. When he saw Cyborg appear, he didn't realize that the time difference between the two universes had been erased.
So after Superman and Batman came in and explained the situation, the two, who had been chatting and joking around, quickly became restless.
"A major crisis." Tony Stark frowned.
"Yes, yes." Steel Bone nodded mechanically.
The atmosphere between the two, which had been lively just moments before, immediately cooled down.
"You didn't just leave one thread here and move most of the computing power to another Earth to concentrate your efforts, did you?"
Tony pointed first at Cyborg, who had seemed a bit sluggish earlier: "That trick won't work on me!"
The reason was simple: he had already been tricked by that cyborg Iron Man before.
"No way!" Cyborg delayed for another second, and then Tony received remittances from hundreds of thousands of different anonymous bank accounts around the world: "I'm raising money for your compensation!"
"Don't worry, everyone."
Cyborg has always liked to plan for the future. Even someone like Joey wouldn't believe that Cyborg's few seconds of silence were simply to launder money from the online financial system. Cyborg must be operating the expansion of the robot army on the other side.
It's important to know that Cyborg has been dealing with the military since his debut and has experienced the Amazon-Atlantis War.
They usually bicker and joke around because since Joey came, Superman, being so tall, can hold the sky up if anything happens. But in reality, he can be absolutely decisive when he takes action.
This sudden crisis, involving two Earths, has unexpectedly placed Tony and Joey on opposite sides in a life-or-death struggle.
"The situation hasn't gotten to that point yet, we still have a chance! Stay calm, okay?"
The worst thing to do now is to act impulsively. Just like the zombie virus crisis in New York City not long ago, a solution that could have been found was almost ruined because of Reed and Joey's irrational ideas.
After learning what Tony had come up with, Cyborg, regaining his senses, had a sudden flash of inspiration and seemed to understand the reason behind everything: "So that's why the time machine suddenly malfunctioned!"
"Is it possible—" Cyborg struck a thoughtful pose, making a fist with both hands like Einstein, "that time is relative?"
Just like slowing down someone else in a video game is like speeding up yourself, Iron Man and Superman had a brilliant idea: to accelerate their own time in order to research a cure for the zombie virus.
In other words, isn't that equivalent to slowing down time for everyone else in the entire universe?
If the Observer could speak right now, he would definitely jump out and tell Cyborg that his guess was absolutely correct.
Throughout cosmic history, the Infinity Stones have been possessed by many different people, and it's not unheard of for all six to be gathered together. However, apart from exceptionally gifted individuals like Thanos, almost no one can wield this power. They are quickly consumed by the stones and rapidly head towards self-destruction.
Superman used the Time Stone in this way before – he thought it was just a small use to speed up the time of Reed, himself, and Iron Man. In reality, the Time Stone slowed down the time of the entire universe.
Logically speaking, the backlash from simply using the Time Stone to exert power that affects the entire universe would be enough to annihilate the vast majority of beings.
Unfortunately, Joey didn't realize this from beginning to end. At first, the Time Stone burned him a lot, but he was tough because he was used to being beaten, and he just endured it.
If that's really the case, then at the same time Jor-El is trying to get into this universe, with one side increasing and the other decreasing, no wonder the time machine suddenly malfunctioned!
Not only did it fail, but it also brought about such a disastrous consequence.
"What did I say before? If something unexpected happens, the excessively large time scale could cause an uncontrolled, massive exchange of matter between the two universes."
Cyborg brought up his initial idea for building the time machine: "I just said it casually, and I never expected my jinx to come true!"
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