Dressed in a superhero shell to save the world [Comprehensive British and American]

Outside the game, seeing that the plot would not end for a while, Shazam flew out to move a table and some chairs.They brought the game console from the basement to the relatively dry warehouse, and put the wooden table on the dirt floor scattered with straw stalks and corncobs.

"Superman's farm environment is really good." The underage hero who has been living in the city said enthusiastically, "When I went out just now, I saw two pelicans lying on the side of the swamp in the north. After seeing me, I still want to Bite my boots off. I have a practical report at school next week, can I write here?"

The others sat in a circle on the edge of the long table, looking up at him in unison, with serious expressions as if they were having a round table meeting.

Shazam forgot to close the door, a free-range goose rushed in brazenly, looked around arrogantly, and said to the only Shazam floating in the sky: "Gah!"

People's eyes fell on the goose.

Green hands appeared out of nowhere, grabbed the goose by the neck, threw it through the warehouse door, and slammed the door shut again.

Goose: "Quack quack!"

Diana threw out the lasso of mantra, unscrewed the handle of the window, and the world was quiet.

"Oh." Shazam just fell down at this time, realizing that the short relaxation time before going out and leaving just now has passed, "What happened again? Didn't Superman and the unrighteous bat just talk very well."

Haiwang said: "The intermission time has passed, child. The next turning point is related to you."

Shazam asked inexplicably, "What?"

A mouse crawled across the corner of the warehouse, holding a corn cob and gnawing on it.Batman threw a bat dart, and the wild animal that had strayed into the temporary meeting room of Zhenglian let out a mournful cry, and was knocked down by the electric current, as shameless as a fallen subordinate of the Riddler.

Shazam began to feel that something was wrong. The silence around him was like a murder scene in the wild, ready to stage a 'chainsaw massacre' or 'death is coming' at any time.

Steel Bone hung his head and said: "We are discussing the next option given by the game. You know that Superman has chosen not to kill twice, namely Luthor and Joker. The third person-is you."

Shazam: "... Seriously?" He couldn't believe it, "What do I look like with a bald head and a lunatic?"

After transforming, the stalwart young man unbelievingly raised his hand and stroked his hair.

Well, his hairline is still healthy.

"It's not a big deal." He put his hands on his hips and leaned in front of the screen and said, "Let me see what the game AI says."

Krypton AI: "Of course you can choose not to kill this time, Superman! After all, you have let the clown and Luthor go, how could you attack your friends? There is no reason, no need, you are a completely decent person , let’s go on this road to the end, I have nothing to say.”

"Gone?"

"Gone."

"This is very strange." Shazam asked, "Why is its tone different from the original one? We also choose whether to kill it this time? Superman, what do you think?"

In the game, Superman sits on the edge of a pitch-black cliff, the moonlight is like milk, coating his uniform with a layer of silver brilliance, and the sea breeze blows the black hair. : "I still think it's nothing to discuss."

It would be a shame to even deliberate carefully.

Batman outside the game: "I have a guess, but I have to try it to know."

He chose not to kill.

The screen suddenly went black.

The AI ​​first played a cold smiley face, and then the narrative content slowly emerged: "Of course you shouldn't do anything to Shazam, this is 'correct'. As players, you also feel that Superman should not be forced, even if this That's the only way to save him..."

"Fuck, is it talking to us? Is this the first time it's acknowledging us?"

The alliance consultant looked gloomy: "Keep watching."

"...friendship is such a bondage thing, isn't it? Anyway, you made the uninteresting choice to end the war without bloodshed. No problem, you convinced Shazam to go secretly Help Batman, but you find it difficult to sway others. They have been on the side of the ruling army from the beginning to the end, and they agree with your ideas from the bottom of their hearts. They firmly believe in the rightness of your actions and have no fear of the coming war. To make matters worse, you are not 'crazy' enough to be regarded as a villain, criminal and murderer by everyone, and you find that not all ordinary people mind being 'dictated|dictated', so after you take the initiative to fail, There are still people who will take over your flag and stir up disputes in your name."

"Ironically, you feel that these people don't necessarily want to help you to maintain justice, they only pursue power and chaos, and want to take a piece of the world map when the big tree of the Alliance is dead but not stiff. They don't We need a superman, and we don't need a supreme councilor, we only use innocent people who can't see the situation clearly, promise ideals and salvation, and build our own glory and wealth on the corpses of countless people."

"The Rebels can't do anything about it. This is not a battle of superheroes, but a vortex rolled up inside ordinary people. Your failure just opened up a new era full of blood."

"Aris predicted the possibility of his comeback through your transformation. He told Wonder Woman about your contact with the Rebels. Diana was very disappointed. She raised her long sword and declared to the world to fight to the last moment. Amazons Never surrender, Paradise Island and Atlantis battle throughout the whole era. You watch it all but can't change anything, from the moment you step back into the background, the former chess player lost again The possibility of playing chess. You can only stand at the front of the wave and look down, watching the relationship between people change and change at an unimaginable speed, the territory of the territory is criss-crossed, and the boundaries between comrades and opponents are blurred.”

"You don't know what's the point of staying here. You're sinking in a melting pot filled with desire, without hope or truth."

"Congratulations on reaching the ending - 'Twilight of the Age of Gods', you underestimated the madness of believers."

"..."

The screen lights up again.

There is still blood on Superman's uniform, but there are no obvious injuries on his body.He stroked his black hair a few times, and the middle of the uniform at the elbow position was torn and the fracture was uneven.He was suddenly teleported to the original login interface, and he was stunned. After realizing it, he relaxed: "It's over?"

"Yes."

"I have to take a break." The alliance chairman wiped his face wearily. "The AI ​​won't let me interfere with the game process. I tried to resist it, but the effect was not ideal."

He lay flat on the green grassland and closed his eyes, surrounded by white dandelions around him.

What exactly did Superman see that led him to decide to confront the game's managers?

"How are you feeling?" Batman asked.

This is already a routine questioning, and it seems that they are like a group of inexperienced psychologists, sitting outside the ward and throwing a few words of care to the patients.

Clark pushed away the flowers that had been tickling him on the side of his face: "Tired, headache."

Diana asked: "Can we also enter the game?"

Superman laughs with his eyes closed. "I think watching is fighting, Diana, and it's harder than participating."

The point is, you can't do anything in the process.

Wonder Woman opened and closed her fingers again: "You're right, Clark, sorry."

Batman: "I think we have figured out a way to end this coordinate world. The key point is Shazam. The options given by AI are very direct and malicious, but it also shows its weakness. Its means of coercion It's the same from beginning to end, and the last one is its limit-it thinks that Shazam's death will make you lose your sanity."

"You sound pretty sure I won't."

"I didn't 'believe' it, you've been 'proving' it."

Batman puts accents on two verbs.

Shazam bared his teeth and said in a brisk tone: "Dude, don't you think I'm going to stop you from doing anything in the game? I beat Batman more than 100 times with Superman K·O when I was playing superhero fan games. , and vice versa, who would take it seriously?"

The Flash: "...you are No.1 on the achievement list?!"

Hal said calmly beside him: "The road is narrow, my friend."

"I'm just giving you an example! I also play other characters!"

"No matter what, we've been standing behind you, Big Blue."

Green Lantern asked abruptly, "What is hope?"

Diana: "It's just that I've seen two or three supermen who accidentally go the wrong way, and I still believe that the next one will be better. And it's you who made me believe so, Clark."

Superman seemed to be holding his breath, his chest didn't rise and fall, lying on his back in the virtual golden daylight in the game, like a finely carved icon.

After a while he said, "Thank you, I tried my best. I imagined that scene a thousand times, it's easy, but I still can't do it."

Power is like a nuclear bomb to him.

He stood by the side of this world-destroying weapon, for fear that it would be blown up inadvertently, let alone touch the fuse with his own hands?

Batman: "You have to do it, it's saving yourself, you're helping us, the world needs Superman."

"..." A faint anger appeared on Superman's face.

"The league needs you, Clark."

"Please." Shazam also said, "Can I speak for myself, I really don't mind."

"Enough talking? Can I stay alone for a while quietly? I just came back from the universe that you can't see, so I have to talk about how to take the next part of the road now?"

The Kryptonian turned his back on them, covering his ears to block out the sound.A corner of his cloak was lifted up on his temples in a considerate way, as if tactfully accusing and persuading others.

In fact, he was angry with himself.

"—that's absurd."

he murmured.

He has a bunch of best friends.

His friend persuaded him to raise the knife and aim it at the neck of his other self in the virtual world.

Killing for a hope.

But why?

When will fate only show people two paths, and use the ending to delineate all the hard work?

He asked himself in his heart: "What else can I do?"

Superman is not a god.

"—Be yourself," the system said, "face it. Don't worry, the game AI is not that powerful."

While speaking, it silently started its own countermeasure program.

This is a Trojan horse virus that hurts one thousand enemies and eight hundred, as one of the last resorts in times of crisis.The system hadn't thought of using it: its logic told it that Superman's action was the best choice at this time.The members of the Justice League won't mind, as long as Superman overcomes his own boundaries and moral standards, he can easily achieve a happy ending.

But its emotional module - the will of the universe knows why it has such a thing - said to it: You have to help him, some things must not be compromised for human beings.

Can code write and prove love?

The system doesn't know, but it does feel some kind of power from Superman and his friends.

The Kryptonian AI calls that power 'cross plus bond'.

The system thinks exactly the opposite.

This is the meaning of the reboot of the universe, and it and the superheroes are born to protect.

"I will temporarily confuse the game AI's judgment on your shot level."

The sound of the system was mixed with several creaking noises, like the whine of an old machine.

"Fly, Superman."

—for there is a hole in heaven that needs to be filled.

You can definitely do it.