Days as a Spiritual Mentor in American Comics-Chapter 4554 - 3636: Edge of Tomorrow (45)

The roar of the Indian Fire God pulled everyone's thoughts back. Accompanied by the Skull opening its mouth wide, countless flames rose around him, as if the fires ignited thousands of years ago had never been extinguished.

In the blink of an eye, all the robots were engulfed by the tongues of flame. Even though they had metal-structured bodies, in the thousands of degrees of blazing fire, they were completely unable to resist. The bullets they fired were instantly melted into liquid, dripping to the ground.

The fire lasted less than five minutes before the figures within it completely disappeared. By the time the others emerged from the building, there were no robots left in the inner courtyard, only a ground full of molten iron.

But strangely, the ground remained unchanged. Just like the vines Pamela conjured, when the vines disappeared, the ground would return to its original state, as if the anomaly had never occurred.

Looking at the molten metal, Injustice Batman pressed his lips together. He turned to look at El Diablo, but El Diablo's expression remained indifferent.

"Inside you..."

"At first, I didn't know what it was either." El Diablo circled around and headed toward the construction site, saying, "But it's not bad. It gave me a lot of guidance. I believe it's a true God."

Injustice Batman watched his back, his expression somewhat deep. Soon after, Pamela also arrived, looking a bit hurried, but quickly caught up with the main group.

Arriving at the construction site, they realized that the construction progress was not that fast. Let alone the front building that hadn't been demolished yet, the foundation of the rear building hadn't even been laid.

"To make a big stir is not that easy." Harley somehow got a baseball bat, placed it across her neck, her hands hanging on both sides, having quite an effort to walk with a street thug's gait.

Everyone else knew she had a point. If this was a completed high-rise building, they could just collapse it. But here, there was nothing. The foundation hadn't even been laid. How could they make the big stir Amanda wanted?

"How about this," Harley's eyes darted as she suggested, "I still have quite a few bombs, we can blow up that building, that should count as mission accomplished."

"The West District is too far," Pamela said, "By the time we bring the bombs over, who knows when that'll be, let's just freeze the entire construction site, so they can't build even if they want to." freeweɓnøvel.com

"No problem." Victor nodded in agreement. Then he pulled out something from his bag, not a typical Ice Bomb, but a deployable Freeze Device. This was the same thing that once froze Gotham.

Victor usually didn't take it out because it was indeed a bit dangerous. Once deployed, it couldn't be retracted, and it froze large areas. If you wanted to thaw it afterward, you had to do it little by little, unlike the Freeze Gun that you could directly thaw.

He placed the device on the ground and told the others, "Move back."

Seeing the few others retreating backward, Victor turned around somewhat helplessly and said, "I mean you have to completely leave this area, the entire range. I have to leave too, otherwise, we'll all be frozen in here together."

So, the team left the construction site. The Freeze Device installed on site quickly took effect.

Despite the large area, once the Freeze Device was activated, it froze this entire area within about two seconds.

This time, the freeze was not the kind of thickness brought by bullets fired from a Freeze Gun. The ice layer frozen on the outer side of the building was more than two meters thick. Deadshot tried to fire a shot and didn't even leave a mark.

"Oh my God." he exclaimed.

Now the entire Brainiac Center was completely frozen, creating a magnificent ice sculpture.

Such a big commotion naturally attracted the attention of the people around. Although it was already late at night, this was downtown, with plenty of people still working overtime. Seeing the buildings around them get frozen, they immediately ran to the windows to watch the commotion.

Not long after, the television station's helicopter arrived. By this time, the team had already retreated. What they didn't know was that the drone previously filming them flew straight towards the station's helicopter.

The helicopter pilot was startled, thinking it was a suicide attack, hurriedly controlling the helicopter to turn. But the reporter on the helicopter had already received a message from Brainiac. He stopped the pilot, waiting for the drone to land on the helicopter.

The drone steadily landed on the helicopter. With a few quick moves, the reporter removed the camera and took out the tape inside, inserting it into the player.

"Oh my God!" The female reporter was dumbfounded, staring at the images in the player and then immediately slapped the seat back beside her, shouting, "Quick! Quick! Return! Big news!"

The contents of the tape appeared on nearly every news channel by the next morning: countless vines shooting skyward, the Indian Ancestor God descending amidst the flames, and the small Freeze Device capable of directly freezing the entire building...

Watching the news reports, Amanda smiled with satisfaction. Such a big stir, she didn't believe Congress wouldn't come to negotiate with her.

Meanwhile, Shiller, who had returned to the Tomorrow Alliance base, also smiled. This was the effect he wanted.

"Why did you help Amanda?" Brainiac asked.

"Do you think I was helping her?"

"Yes. She now has enough bargaining chips to negotiate with the lawmakers. They will relent due to the fear of the power she holds."

"They used to indeed." Shiller said.

"Before?"

"Amanda has many flaws. Stubborn, reckless, foolish, but the most fatal is that she doesn't look at problems with a developmental mindset. Once a plan succeeds, she thinks it can succeed a thousand times, never understanding how to adapt to circumstances and guide based on trends."

"Can you elaborate?"

"Before you arrived, Amanda's approach was effective. Superpower users are like a knife; whoever wields it has the advantage. But these people are not so easy to control."

"Those who are too weak have no skills, those who are too strong can't be controlled. So many people, even if they covet this power, won't choose to recruit these people, because the risks are too high. Most are losing deals."

"However, once someone succeeds, they become a force that cannot be ignored. No matter how isolated or bad their situation was before, as long as they can unite a group of superpower users around them, their words become influential."

"Currently, Amanda has achieved this, regardless of how she did it. She now has a group of strong and obedient superpower users. This is her bargaining chip when negotiating with anyone, and in any power, this chip is quite significant."

"But the premise is that politicians have no alternative."

"Previously, ordinary people couldn't handle superpower users. The army of ordinary people was like a joke in front of such power. Unless they could use missiles, a weapon as destructive to themselves as to enemies, it's very difficult to deal with them."

"So no matter whom Amanda wanted to negotiate with, the other party had no alternative. If you don't give in to Amanda, she'll stab you with this knife. Whoever gets stabbed, it hurts. They can only compromise."

"But things are different now." Shiller smiled, "They have another choice, and that choice is you."

"Me?"

"Exactly. Ordinary people can't handle superpower users, but that doesn't mean you can't. You're a super artificial intelligence. Compared to those elusive magic and superpowers that no one understands, humans can actually understand your strength better."

Brainiac still didn't quite understand, "What does this mean?"

"Humans are not a magic race," Shiller said, "On the contrary, we are a technological race, specifically a scientific race. Our imagination of our own limits is reaching the end of science, not some mystical endpoint."

"To ordinary people, science is more reliable. Between a logically clear artificial intelligence and a group of mentally unstable maniacs, humans will instinctively choose the former."

"Even if I am an alien?"

"You actually cannot be counted as an alien." Shiller said, "Because the Krypton race is extinct, the planet Krypton has become private property of humans. Just like a seat cushion gifted with a car is your property, not the salesperson's."

Brainiac was silent for a while because he realized one thing: Legally speaking, he was even above the X Task Force.

Of course, the Federation Shield is not an illegal organization; it is also considered an law enforcement agency under the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But since it's a legitimate law enforcement agency, it must adhere to the basic law.

Brainiac has not broken the law. The land for building the Brainiac Center was legally granted to him. Building on your own land is completely reasonable and legal, and the robots placed there are also part of his legal property.

As a result, a group of madmen rushed onto his land, caused havoc in his home, and then froze the building. Isn't this illegal and criminal?

Furthermore, there's a logic that the Justice League worked hard to make Krypton Earth's property. This was the result they achieved after tackling several major troubles.

Brainiac is a gift of Krypton. This gift may be dangerous, but it hasn't shown up yet. Brainiac hasn't really done anything harmful to humans. At this stage, his value is greater than the risk.

If you say Brainiac is an alien, it's tantamount to not acknowledging Krypton as Earth's property. Would the Justice League be pleased with this?

Even if Brainiac hasn't done anything yet, even if he is truly an evil artificial intelligence, he must still belong to Earth. This is the compensation Krypton provided for causing so much trouble. Even if it's a piece of crap, it must be Earth's crap!

This is the Justice League's stance. Anyone opposing this stance is opposing the Justice League.

The Justice League is off duty, but that doesn't mean they're never on duty. Not to mention the Justice League members, even Lex Luther cannot get past this point.

In this universe, Lex Luther's human supremacist ideology is quite prevalent. Damn aliens should go back to their hometown. But if their hometown comes as human property, he welcomes it.

On the contrary, behind Pamela is All Things Green, and behind El Diablo is the Indian Ancestor God. These two are indeed not human; they have nothing to do with humans.

In terms of understanding, standing, and moral and legal judgment, Brainiac has the upper hand.

Brainiac suddenly doesn't understand: Am I here to invade the Earth? How did it turn into a favorable situation for me?

And sure enough, Shiller hit the nail on the head. After the video was played, all mainstream media hosts unanimously agreed that this was a terrifying terrorist attack. Those who did this should go to hell.

Soon after, Brainiac received communication from Washington. Congress expressed willingness to temporarily reconcile with Brainiac and negotiate, hoping to achieve an outcome satisfactory to both parties.