novelsmap Chapter 69, "Foreign Forces," seems to contain a bit too much material.
Chapter 69, "Foreign Forces," seems to contain a bit too much material.
Kara and herself came to Earth with a sacred mission.
What mission could be more sacred and sublime than fighting for the survival of one's race?
At that moment, Joey couldn't think of a second answer.
"Tell me, Kara, when will they arrive?"
As long as Kara hasn't sent out Earth's exact coordinates, it will still take some time for the Kryptonian army to find them.
Then Joey received a devastating answer from Kara—seven days.
In seven days, the Kryptonian fleet will arrive on Earth and completely incinerate all the native inhabitants of this planet.
"Very good, Kara, it seems you did take my words to heart. You chose your side between all life on Earth and Krypton."
At this moment, Joey didn't even know what side he should take to criticize Kara Zo El.
He had told Kara this simple lesson when he killed the gorilla Groud and his threatening gorilla brethren.
The silverback gorilla that could communicate telepathically posed too great a threat to humans living in Africa, so Joey, disregarding Kara's advice, did not hesitate to wipe out its entire tribe on the spot.
Similarly, the same applies to humans and Kryptonians; humans are now inadvertently living in Kryptonian Promised Land.
A paradise bathed in the yellow sunlight.
"That's not it, Kal'El. The arrival of Krypton will bring Earthlings more advanced technology, a more stable order, and a better tomorrow!"
The humans on this planet are far too backward. If it weren't for our intervention, they would have nearly self-destructed. Only under Krypton's rule can they be safe...
"Enough, Kara. One or two Kryptonians ruling the Earth is a completely different proposition from an entire Kryptonian empire ruling the Earth."
Joey turned and gestured to interrupt Kara's long-winded explanation. He could tell from Kara's expression that she was actually serious.
She genuinely believed that the Kryptonians' technological prowess and moral standards were far superior to those of humans, and that Kryptonian rule over Earth would make humanity better.
But morality only has value when judging individual figures like Karl El or Drew Zod.
It is too much of a luxury to make moral judgments about a race or an interstellar empire, especially when the entire race is on the brink of life and death.
The Kryptonians will obviously do everything necessary to ensure the survival of their race.
"Kara, you're making Kryptonian domination sound like a gift, but what if Earth doesn't want to accept it? Will the Kryptonian fleet just turn around and leave like Amazon delivery drivers?"
Having just witnessed the Kryptonians' methods from the Green Lantern Corps, Joey wasn't very optimistic about Kryptonian rule:
"I just encountered the Green Lantern Corps in another sector of the universe, and they told me how the conquest and domination of Krypton works."
Do you remember Tamaran from Krypton's database? Two years ago, in a war with Krypton, the planet's inhabitants were wiped out, with only one girl surviving out of billions.
But for some reason, when Kara heard Joey mention the Green Lantern Corps, her previously mild expression instantly turned ferocious:
"No! Kal'el, we Kryptonians aren't like that! Don't believe a single Green Lantern. They're all lackeys of those self-proclaimed righteous guardians of Oa, the culprits behind Krypton's impending destruction! If you encounter a Green Lantern, you must annihilate them immediately!"
The mere mention of the Green Lantern Corps sent Kara into a frenzy. Joey stepped forward, restraining the restless Kara, and looked her straight in the eye. Kara's demeanor made him think of a new question:
"When I returned to Earth, I saw a damaged spaceship belonging to the Green Lantern Corps on the outskirts of the Kuiper Belt, as well as the body of a Green Lantern Corps member whose ring had been removed. The remaining data on the spaceship told me that the deceased was named 'Abin Sue'."
Joey posed the question to Kara, enunciating each word clearly: "Kara, tell me, who did that?"
"..."
Kara's silence says it all.
"Kara..."
Joey's head was spinning. He couldn't figure out how to deal with the mess Earth was in right now. Furious, Joey just wanted to be alone, so he pointed to the sky:
"Kara, get off my planet."
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"Ah, you're here."
Wonder Woman set off from Paradise Island and, unsurprisingly, found Joey inside the Fortress of Solitude.
At this moment, the other party was staring blankly at the countdown on the central computer screen, which showed only six days and twenty hours left.
Although the war between the Amazons and the Atlanteans had ended, the end of the war only marked the beginning of a political one.
The British royal family is attacking the Amazons at the United Nations, claiming that their invasion caused them to lose the British crown.
As for that idiot Arthur Curry, he was being jointly demanded by multiple countries for a perfectly reasonable and enormous amount of compensation because of his indiscriminate attacks on ships at sea. Diana estimated that even if he salvaged all the treasure that had sunk in the deep sea, it wouldn't be enough to pay for it.
But she came here for a more important matter: the forced end of the war gave her and Aquaman a chance to renegotiate.
Through internal investigations within both races, the collusion between the hawks of both races, led by his aunt Penthesilea and Aquaman's younger brother Orm, was finally revealed, thus bringing an explanation for the war between the two races that was barely acceptable to both sides.
The problem is that Penthesilea and Orm, the two main culprits, have successfully escaped the intricate web laid by the Amazonian and Atlantean hunting teams and are now in a place inaccessible to both sides.
Wonder Woman handed Joey a technological tablet from Atlantis, which was showing footage of the two escaping their pursuers.
With a loud 'bang', Pentessilia and Orm were enveloped in bright white halos. As a dazzling beam of light flashed, the two disappeared as the halos contracted.
Sonic blast channel.
The technology of the New Origin Star and Apokolips: an extremely advanced hyperdimensional point-to-point teleportation technology.
Considering the differences in customs between the new Founding Star and Apokolips, Joey is currently assuming that this thing is the work of Apokolips.
"Is Apokolips getting involved too?"
Joey was still agonizing over the Kryptonian fleet's invasion and the Rashomon-like situation with the Green Lantern Corps.
There was a living witness from the Green Lantern Corps who could prove that the Kryptonian army did indeed carry out a great purge on Tamaran, but Kara's accusations against the Green Lantern Corps only confused Joey more.
Considering that many beings in this universe are morally ambiguous, and given that the Oa Guardians are not exactly clean themselves, Kara's accusations may not be unfounded, especially since she killed someone for this reason, despite never having committed murder herself.
But Joey also genuinely observed that the Green Lantern ring in this universe is driven by willpower, and only those with an iron will are qualified to wear it. The four Lanterns were clearly not lying to him.
All of this already made Joey feel uneasy, and then Wonder Woman brought news that Pentessilia, Orm, and Apokolips were colluding, which immediately made Joey feel immense pressure.
Why are there more and more "foreign forces" involved?
This Earth is truly cursed with bad luck. How can so many powerful figures in the universe have nothing better to do than form a group and come to this remote planet on the Milky Way's spiral arm for a photo op?
Joey couldn't even imagine that while he was fighting for his life against the entire Kryptonian empire's army, a sonic boom would suddenly appear on the other end, unleashing Darkseid of Apokolips and his million-strong Parademon army...
Moreover, there's the Green Lantern Corps in Rashomon. While most Green Lantern Corps members are probably well-intentioned, their superiors, the Guardians of Oa, are not so certain.
What a vibrant and thriving scene it will be on Earth then!
Destroy it already, I'm really exhausted.
Just kidding, just kidding—the pressure is so great that Joey has no choice but to take positive action.
Joey began to reassign computer access permissions at Lonely Fortress, removing Kara's permissions, and then cut off the interplanetary communication channel.
Then he set off to visit Cyborg, since Cyborg could do almost anything in Earth's cyberspace at the moment, and with his help, many things would be much easier to handle later.
Joey felt that the Earth beneath his feet could still be saved.