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

Enter the game again, the game AI will automatically rewind the save file to the place where you choose whether to attack Shazam.

Sure enough, just like the previous analysis, although the AI ​​is one in a million dogs, its routines are quite limited. Once the system slightly interferes with its judgment of the character's hands-on level, even if Superman lets himself go in the game, it will only be left with impotent and furious share.

After choosing the 'kill' option, the AI ​​said in a strange way: "In the second week, you finally made up your mind. Whether it is for a higher goal or for yourself, someone must make sacrifices. But when you kill people in this uniform Don't you think it's weird? Remember to change your clothes next time. Sanity value -20."

The voice of the last sentence was dry and seemed extremely reluctant.

Originally, the sanity value was used to cut off the connection between the game and the outside world, but now it has dropped to only 65%. Not only the sound signal on Superman's side is up and down, but even the picture has begun to blur.

But that is a setting deliberately made by the AI ​​​​in order to trap the character in the game.Without the help of the system, the lower the sanity value, the stronger the sense of substitution. In addition, the cruel options are all set by the player. It is difficult for the character to avoid anger and evasion—even if he knows that he is in a virtual environment and Players are inherently well-meaning.

When the sanity value is completely emptied and the two sides lose contact completely, it will be the time when the AI ​​wins.

But now, the system fights against the will of the universe with the remaining loopholes in person. As a member of the non-biological body, the plan that AI worked so hard to figure out is suddenly useless.Just like hacking the health bar of a player, it seems to be a panic, but it is actually a blood lock.

The AI ​​of the game has limited authority and does not know that it has been raided from behind.

But it can feel the emotions of Superman. The Metropolis hero, who was ups and downs just now, is now as calm as if he was out walking his dog during the day, and he returned to the headquarters of the Injustice League again with a calm mind, without the slightest post-traumatic after watching a world war. stress disorder.

The only nervousness is due to the system that disappears after speaking.

The AI ​​couldn't figure it out. It didn't know what went wrong. After checking the program and emotional modules dozens of times, it still couldn't figure it out.After all, it is just an artificial intelligence. Facing things beyond its comprehension, it behaves no differently from a sweeping robot stuck in a slipper, weak and helpless.

Superman couldn't get in touch with the system, and the game was still going on. He relied on his high position and power to go straight to Shazam.

Shazam was at a loss.

He hurried back when he heard that the headquarters had called a meeting. He didn't expect that the big boss would have a private talk with him instead of presiding over the meeting.This makes Shazam, who is no longer young, feel uneasy. In connection with Superman's recent behavior style, if he really did something wrong, it may not be as simple as layoffs and wage deductions.

But Superman is Superman after all, so he wouldn't do anything excessive... right?

With subtle entanglements, when Shazam stood in front of Superman, he felt no different from the elementary school students who were called to the office by the head teacher.

It's really a dream to return to youth, who made him no longer the youngest hero of Zhenglian.

As a result, Superman had a long conversation with him, and the central idea was simple: "I may kill you in front of many people, but not completely."

Superman is indeed Superman, which is asking too much, but not too much.

Shazam: "..."

Superman was not asking for his opinion. Although the chairman of the alliance used euphemistic words, the toughness in them was beyond doubt.

In the end, he was still a little more influenced by the shell, bringing out the dictator's one-sided style.

Now Shazam and AI are also full of question marks. He rubbed the back of his head and shrugged, half joking and half sincere: "Of course it's no problem. Even if you really do it, what else can I do?"

Superman was noncommittal, just patted him on the shoulder: "You may have memory confusion for a while later, if you can't figure out the situation, go to... the Justice League of the parallel universe."

Wonderful, at the critical moment, we must learn to push the pot, anyway, he will not be here when the time comes.

"Who are you looking for?" Shazam stuttered in shock, "Aren't they enemies?"

"Churchill said that there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. The same applies to opponents."

"...Is this what you learned when you were the chief of the alliance?"

"No," said Superman solemnly, "it's a sentence I often used when I was a reporter analyzing international situations."

His expression was still very cold, making Shazam confused for a moment whether he was joking or not.

After Lois left many years ago, it seemed like a part of Superman disappeared too.

Or maybe not so early.

The torch that illuminates the night, the fuel core seems to burn forever, but in fact, people often fill it.

Later, Tianchai left, and was too hasty before leaving, so that he forgot to teach the latecomers how to protect the bonfire in the snow.

The winter was too long, and in the end only Mars was left with residual heat. Those who stayed at the old station and refused to leave and those who insisted on sailing and pioneering were divided into two camps.

Occasionally, they would look back and ask suspiciously: Will the fire be extinguished?

Why is it?

Maybe in a few years, someone will ask again: What did the fire that supported you through the snow and wind look like?

Waiting for more than ten years, except for the memories of the older generation, only the descriptions full of fallacies and illusions related to the first torch are left in the legend.

They said: Many years ago, our fire was actually immortal.

Shazam has witnessed countless brilliance and turmoil since the creation of the Justice League.

He is not yet old enough to reminisce about the past, the blood in his heart is not cold, and the drive to move forward is still there.

This meeting looked at Superman and suddenly thought, if only the time could go back to five years ago.He wouldn't worry about gains and losses because of a joke, and suspect that the big blue man that everyone liked back then is back.

But how is it possible?

**

Kryptonian AI is watching secretly.

From its perspective, Superman pierced Shazam's forehead with his heat vision without hesitation.As the spokesperson of the will of the coordinate universe, it shares a part of the player's body in the game, and pays special attention to Superman's hands-on process, so the details are particularly clear.It can even write a narration based on the other party's "physical feelings"-some previous second-person narrations full of cynicism came from this way.

"You killed Shazam. The hot gaze burst out of your eyes with the temperature of destruction, but your cheeks were only warm and dry. Something that an intelligent creature should have was evaporated dry with his death Two cleansing. Finally, the residual heat cools down, your old friend falls to the ground motionless, like a dummy at the end of a drama, and the air smells disgusting when the protein is burnt. You wait quietly for a moment, feeling all this It's different from what you expected. There is no thunder of judgment, no condemnation from the world, and the end has not come or gone. There is nothing here, and there is nothing around you. Your colleagues, subordinates, and friends are like being hit on the wall. shadow."

This paragraph can also be interpreted as the dullness after the emotional ups and downs.

"—So your heart has no fluctuations, and you just want to open the window to ventilate."

The Kryptonian AI stared at the last sentence automatically generated based on real psychology for a long time.

Is something wrong?

Its purpose is to pull Superman to sink together.

But this is no longer the level of ordinary blackening!I just killed my good friend with a strong sense of substitution, and the first reaction is to breathe fresh air!

It makes a lot of sense... AI once again has a new myth about the diversity of intelligent creatures.

It vaguely felt that something was out of control.

The next plot development is like pressing a shortcut key.

Shazam's death became the last straw that intensified the conflict, and the rebels no longer came out of nowhere. Since this scene was prepared in advance and broadcast live to various TV stations simultaneously, the support rate of ordinary people also hit a record low.Not surprisingly, after Superman is defeated as the great devil, the alliance government that ruled the world will completely collapse, and the world structure will be reshuffled. It will not enter peace soon, but it will not be too bad.

The AI ​​was dumbfounded the whole time, and the generated narration lost its soul.

"You killed a rebel soldier."

"Sinestro's subordinates fought with Atlantean soldiers, they blocked your way, so you solved everything."

"Sinestro has a bad opinion of you."

"You use physical means to make him take back his opinion."

"Here comes the raven."

"The raven is gone."

"..."

"Your army was defeated, but you won everything... Wait, you didn't win?!"

Superman's expression was the same as always, even with the gentleness of a little reporter, explaining to it seriously: "Justice will be late, but it will not be absent."

The AI ​​felt that it was being ridiculed but didn't know why, it trembled.

What's even more frightening is that after the war, Superman was imprisoned in the Red Sun Room to serve his sentence, and there was an endless stream of visitors!

Batman in the parallel universe was rescued, and he came to see him once with the unrighteous bat. The two parties could not say that they had a happy conversation, at least there was no conflict and discord, which was completely different from what Krypton AI imagined.

Injustice Hal, who took off the yellow light ring, also came once, and thanked Superman earnestly.

AI: Don't know why? !

The Injustice Flash came over a little more often, bringing countless snacks from time to time to chat with the former chairman of the alliance, and the scene was as harmonious as a picnic in the back garden.

AI: He killed Shazam!Shazam!Have you lost your memory?

Unrighteous Wonder Woman actually came once.She looked angry and a little sad.

The two looked at each other through the glass panel of the red sun room. After a while, Diana turned and left without saying a word.

It's like a decisive parting of ways, and it's like a tacit understanding that doesn't need to be stated.

AI: I can't read it, but I'm shocked.

From Superman's point of view, things are very simple.

He just colluded with some superheroes, using the AI ​​options of the game to play a show for the people of the world, completely cutting off the possibility of their restoration under the banner of Superman, taking the initiative to overthrow the crumbling dictatorial government, and finally taking responsibility for what this body should have accepted of judgment.

In other words, ordinary people in this universe have about the same perception of Superman as Kryptonian AI.

Some superheroes know that Superman changes later.They thank him for his help, but that doesn't offset the laws Superman has violated and the blood on his hands for various reasons in the past.As a result, Superman squatted in the cell, countless people visited the class, and the friendship was unprecedented.

For Diana, she witnessed Clark's death, accompanied Karl-El's growth, and was helpless against the fall of the god on earth.

She was the only one interested in the crumbling bonfire itself on a winter night.

It's just that the way is different, and we don't conspire with each other.

For those who have been with the ice for too long, the resurgence of a spark is painful.

The unrighteous bat knows more, such as Superman from the parallel universe, but he didn't tell anyone, and he was only ready to supervise everything when things changed.

Has Superman changed?

Can a person's change be described as good or bad?

Even standing at the time point in front of him, it is difficult for him to judge whether many actions in this world are just or not.

The point is, heroes are guarding hope.The hope of human progress.

Although the leader of the enemy army was said to be an undercover agent before, in order to be able to defeat the leader of the ruling army on the surface, they finally called the Zhenglian Superman from the parallel universe.The clown over there also got the nuclear bomb, but the explosion was stopped after all, and all the tragedies never happened. The heroes at the crime scene accidentally traveled to the injustice universe and became the helpers of the rebels.

The True Flash of the parallel universe opened a passage between the two worlds through the Speed ​​Force, and since then the Rebels have been able to seek help from another Superman.

But who can guarantee that the next Superman will be 'normal'?

No one can.

Finally a decision is made and all one can do is wait and hope.

'I've seen a superman who accidentally went the wrong way two or three times, and I still believe the next one will be better. '

This is hope.

So here comes Superman.

Anyway, everything is well organized.Only the Kryptonian AI puzzled world line was reached.

AI: "Who am I, where am I? Have I witnessed the birth of a superman who still maintains his charisma after being blackened, squatting in a red sun room and still in a detached position?"

Saying that justice will never be absent, won't your conscience hurt?

It has been holding back for a long time, and the persistence of the game system makes it impossible to use the original ending name.

It took a long time to delete, delete, modify, and improve, until Moses, who was experiencing the long-lost Kryptonian body without superpowers in the prison, felt impatient, and then he opened his mouth and said:

"One day the sun fell into the valley, and the dead bonfire said it was willing to be equal to everyone. The night watchman marked the place where the nightmare whimpered and ended with his wings, and the charred firewood did not bandage or cry."

"But the living struggle with all their strength, crackling like white phosphorous, and outsiders in the cold night swear by pointing at the ice peak: sleep my dear, I will come again like an avalanche."

"Congratulations on reaching the end—hope I do."