The Death Knell

Missing is never a good word.

Su Ming discovered something not very good. Everything that happened recently seemed to be related to the number seven.

The Riddler left a riddle with seven as the answer. John said that there are seven forces outside the Origin Wall that are coming to the earth. The current lineup of the Justice League is also seven people, and the number of the Endless Family is

Also seven.

So will his enemy also be a gang of seven?

"Any ideas?"

Death looked at Su Ming's half-healing face, which looked rotten, and asked with a smile.

"Ah, probably, the universe has been changing recently, and he may have something he wants to know."

Death does have the habit of "visiting privately". From time to time, she will transform into a mortal, a mortal with only one day's life, to feel the joys and sorrows of the world, and then come here to face herself.

But Sandman, the God of Dreams, has no need to do this. He can sneak into anyone's dream at will and feel everything he can experience in reality.

Unless he wants to return to Earth to visit relatives and see his mother.

But now that the Wuwu family doesn't know his whereabouts, this possibility has been ruled out.

"Yes, there have been drastic changes. The dream kingdom has been broken. Some dreams that do not belong to this world have entered his realm. In addition to these, I heard that the prince of hell has also disappeared."

Death rolled her eyes. She shared the information and mourning she knew, and that was all she could do. Apart from life and death, she actually had nothing.

Su Ming sighed. The hell situation in the DC world is quite complicated. Satan's family is not the only one. Each demon king has its own territory.

The current situation is that there are three major forces in hell, the traditional faction of Satan, the Eastern faction of Izanami, and Magikon, who acts as the agent of Lucifer's throne.

Demon kings from other worlds like Sannomiya are from another world, and they look down on a place like hell.

The prince of hell mentioned by Death is usually the nickname of Lucifer Morning Star, because he is a fallen angel and the son of Heavenly Father, and also because he has the grace and charm of a prince.

But he had thrown away the hellish mess before and left it all to Mackenzie, his woman. He opened a big nightclub in Los Angeles called "Light Bar".

Daniel's disappearance is understandable, because Sandman has never been a martial artist, he is more like a magician. If Zha Kang pays enough price and is determined, he can summon the Sandman and trap him.

But Lucifer was different. He was once the highest-ranking angel and the king of hell, and his combat prowess was frightening. His disappearance at this time was like an alarm bell ringing.

What exactly comes outside the Origin Wall?

"I have to return to the main world. If you want me to help find Daniel, then I need more information."

"He abandoned his throne and the Kingdom of Dreams. He was hiding from something. Some books were missing from his library, and they were stories that had never been written."

Death watched as Su Ming's face returned to its original state. She stretched out her cold hand and touched his chin. The beard and hair grew again.

When she reached out to touch Su Ming's blindfold, Su Ming grabbed her hand.

"The power of life does not belong to me. Some shortcomings represent memories, and people will not want to forget them."

"I'm just paying some remuneration. Mercenaries need remuneration, right?" Death felt a little aggrieved, but she still smiled.

If possible, just ask everyone else from the Endless Family except you to stop bothering me. "Su Ming stood up, he had to go back.

"As you wish, at least I can agree to your request on behalf of fate." Death also stood up, her height only reaching Su Ming's upper arm.

"It's best for me to control my destiny. I haven't settled Manhattan's debt with him yet."

"Well, let me tell you another piece of information in return. If calculated according to the time of the main world, Dr. Manhattan has been dead for ten years."

Death said something with a smile that shocked Su Ming. If Manhattan had died long ago, who was the person he saw last time?

Who gave him a bag of stones and sent him away?

"How could Manhattan die?" Su Ming stopped putting on his helmet and stared into the black eyes of death.

"Death is an inevitable end. Even the universe will die. Dr. Manhattan is no exception, and you are no exception."

Su Ming sighed. Maybe.

But didn’t you survive this time?

"It doesn't matter, it's not today anyway."

"Not today, but we will meet again one day. There is no direct door to the main world here. There are two better ways you can choose."

"Um?"

"One is that I send you to Limbo, which is the residence of the souls of the unbelievers and is also a place closely connected to the present world. You can contact the magicians to have them summon you."

"What's another one?" Su Ming didn't want to go to the House of Mystery to find Constantine.

Death showed his teeth and gently bit his lips painted with black lip gloss. "There is another way, which is to send you to the kingdom of dreams, where you can see everyone's dreams. The most convenient way to get to the present world is to wake up from other people's dreams." When the time comes, hitch a ride.”

It doesn't seem to be in line with the rules to invade someone else's dream and wake them up, so death is a bit embarrassing.

Su Ming didn't care about this. This was undoubtedly the fastest way now.

"Send me to the land of dreams."

Death waved his hand, and a door appeared on the wall. On the other side, there was a completely different scene than here.

There are green trees and fairy tale colors everywhere.

Puss in Boots and some other fairy tale characters can be seen having a picnic under the big tree.

"Goodbye." Su Ming walked towards the door. After saying it casually, he felt a little awkward. It might not be a good thing to say goodbye to death.

Death just smiled and waved at him.

The door squirmed and swallowed him whole.

He entered the realm of dreams.

The last time he came here, he only stayed briefly in the central castle and didn't even finish hearing Daniel's story. Only then did he see the entirety of the Kingdom of Dreams.

Green trees and red flowers, quiet and peaceful, the sun in the sky has smiling features, and the breeze is also an anthropomorphic image, flying overhead with a puffy face.

But something is indeed different, like a huge white crack appearing in the colorful sky that a child drew with crayons of different colors, as if the painting is about to crack.

A feeling that the world was about to be destroyed came over me.

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