The Death Knell

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar room, it was obviously just a false memory, but he was still unhappy that the police had made a mess inside.

Even the sofa legs he fixed last night were broken again. His and Diana's big bed was also overturned against the wall.

"These guys are so rude..."

Su Ming stepped over the debris on the ground, walked to the bathroom, opened the door of the washing machine, and took out a magic floating cloak like a tablecloth.

At this point it looks like just a piece of red cloth, with nothing special about it.

Then he searched everywhere in the house and finally found his small silk bag and space bag. Fortunately, these two small bags looked very ordinary and outsiders could not see the contents inside. The police did not notice the difference between them.

While Su Ming was looking for something, Barbara was looking at the painting left by Diana by the window. She recognized the outline of the Hall of Justice, which was abstract but still the same.

Su Ming put the tablecloth over her shoulders, tied the two small bags to her belt, and walked to her side.

It's ready now.

"Diana painted this?" Barbara asked.

"Well, with the appearance of the Hall of Justice, her demigod physique and the moment of the witch, she should have resisted for a while after the world changed. She wanted to leave clues for herself, but unfortunately she failed."

Su Ming lifted a corner of the curtain, and the street was already filled with police cars, with red and blue lights flashing crazily.

And Diana was downstairs, protected by two police officers. She looked at her home with pain on her face.

The two people's eyes met, but she found that her lover's eyes were only calm and dark. Her legs softened and she fell backwards.

The police officers were obviously aware of Su Ming's presence. Officer Kara still had a band-aid on his head and started shouting with a cane in one hand and a loudspeaker in the other.

Su Ming was too lazy to listen to what she said. He threw away the curtain and patted Barbara on the head: "Do it."

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The colors of the world passed quickly, and the colorful paint seemed to fly from the sky, passing through walls and obstacles, and fell back to the drawing board in Barbara's hand.

Everything around him is like a picture, everything that has lost its color has turned into a drawing drawn by a pen, and everyone has turned into a humanoid sketch without facial features.

Everything is composed of line segments, and only black and white remain between the sky and the earth. Barbara and Su Ming are floating in the air, as if they are a few simple lines standing on the paper.

However, that drawing board is still colorful. It is still a high-dimensional creation, and it is the only thing in the world that has color.

Then the pen line drawing collapsed, revealing the pencil lines underneath, and everything became simpler.

These lines began to disappear and reconstruct, as if invisible hands were using erasers and colored pens. A large number of colors flew into the whole world again, and everything gradually became vivid and real again.

The concepts of time and space are lost here. This process of dimensionality reduction and dimensionality is enough to drive ignorant people crazy.

But soon, the world seemed to tremble slightly. Su Ming and Barbara stood face to face in front of the Hall of Justice. At this time, there was still the full moon in the sky.

"hiss......"

There was a sound of fabric breaking from Su Ming's body, and the clothes on his body were stretched open by muscles.

Barbara put down the drawing board feebly and sighed: "I originally wanted to leave you the original clothes as a souvenir, but it seems that you are too talented and this suit is too small."

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to the Hall of Justice not far away, which still glowed faintly at night.

A strange black creature emerged from Su Ming's body, flowing all over his body like asphalt, swallowing up the broken cloth and replacing it with solid black and yellow armor.

The magic floating cloak is also resizing, changing color and style at the same time.

The thought of "嘤嘤嘤" came to the mind, as if he felt aggrieved, and the collar of his cloak bent down and rubbed Su Ming's face.

Su Ming moved his wrists, feeling the explosive power in his body, and silently adjusted his mentality.

"I will take care of the commemoration myself. Did you go back to the night when the flood receded?"

"Yes, after all, this is when I got the sketchpad, and it only recorded the world situation at this time."

Barbara looked at the small drawing board in her hand. Maybe it was a big drawing board for the five-dimensional devil, but in human hands, it was not much bigger than a mobile phone.

Su Ming shook his head. The calculation seemed to have returned to its original state, but just like the Flashpoint incident, some subtleties must have been changed, and the main world changed again without anyone knowing.

However, props with only 1% of Troublemaker's five-dimensional power have no other effect except to create an ordinary world. The power is not enough, and the upper limit of the power of the world created is extremely low.

Su Ming crossed his arms and walked to the bench under the tree nearby. In the past, many people liked to bring their families here to play.

"Do you want to become a first-line superhero?"

Barbara, who was hesitating about how to admit her mistake to Batman, turned around. Her uniform looked less ugly under the moonlight, and the sound of water from the alien-style fountain not far away seemed to cover up her tone. .

"How to do it?"

Su Ming leaned back relaxedly on the bench and moved his neck. The strangulation instantly transformed him into a casual outfit, making him look like a white-collar worker who went out to exercise at night.

It's just that on the night when the flood recedes, I'm afraid there will be no ordinary people in the city at all.

"I have some money that I plan to use for investment. You are very smart. I want you to help me take care of the money. I can help you when the time comes."

"Why me?" Barbara put on her mask and put the drawing board away carefully.

Su Ming rubbed his face. The chair was still a little wet. A drop of water fell on his face along the leaves: "Because you are smart enough, and you don't like money at all."

Barbara pursed her lips and thought for a moment, can she really catch up with Batman if she has money? It will be difficult, but catching up with Kate shouldn't be a problem.

"When?" she asked again.

"Let's discuss it in detail after the problem of the origin wall is solved. In this situation, a bad investment will be wasted." Su Ming gave an uncertain statement: "But I suggest you go see Ge first. Director Den, Batman and Superman probably don’t have time to pay attention to you right now.”

"I understand, but I have to send the drawing board back first."

"Whatever, but I have one last question, why do you want to bring me and Diana together?"

The evening breeze blew through, making the humid air feel cooler.

Barbara sighed and scratched her head in embarrassment: "Because Diana always tends to be close to the strong unconsciously. She likes strong people, including Batman, and I stand with Serena."

"Well, because you didn't want Diana to hook up with Batman, you heard from somewhere that I was very strong, so you put her together with me, a superfluous person?" Su Ming raised an eyebrow and looked at it with inquiring eyes. Looking at her: "Are you sure you haven't been affected by the magic of Olympus that has affected your mind?"

"This...isn't it? I'm still me." Barbara touched her arm and patted her leg. Everything seemed normal.

"Okay, see you then."

Su Ming stood up and waved to her, took off instantly and disappeared into the night.

First, he went to arrange some things with Cindy on the Waverider outside the earth. Then he went to the moon to search for any traces of the Legion of Destruction. Finally, he called the Upside Down to verify the accounts.

After arranging everything, Su Ming returned to New York.

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In the DC world, many people think that Gotham is New York, but in fact it is not. Quite the contrary, New York City was created much earlier than Gotham.

Before the birth of Batman, DC had some completely unknown old heroes, and their stage was New York.

Batman's earliest activity place was New York City. Later, because Batman was too dark, even readers couldn't stand other heroes living in conspiracy theories, so the Bat story was later changed to the fictional Gotham City.

The word "Gotham" means "Fool's Village" in English. It was also one of New York City's nicknames in the 19th century. This is also the reason why many people misunderstand that Gotham refers to New York.

Like many other cities in the DC Universe, Gotham's geography continued to change over the first few decades due to changes in writers, editors, and storylines, but the primary locations used were mostly in New Jersey.

In the 14th issue of "Amazing World of DC Comics" (March 1974), Gotham City was officially located in New Jersey.

Everyone knows the location of New York City. It is located in the state of New York in the north of New Jersey. The story of New York also seems older.

The comics, which were born around 1940, tell the story of the predecessor of the Justice League, the Justice Society of America (JSA). Their headquarters is located in a hotel in New York.

In addition to the Justice Society, there is also a branch of Titan and an office on Paradise Island who have settled in New York.

The Justice Society of America’s ‘Time Man’ and Green Arrow’s adopted son ‘Arsenal’ are both originally from New York.

Originally, there was no Justice Society in the main world of n52. Their story took place on Earth 2. After all the Zhenglian were killed, they returned to the world and continued to fight against Darkseid.

But Wally of the Justice Society in the main world had nothing to do and ran around in the Speed ​​Force plane. He accidentally met Johnny Thunder, the long-dead Justice Society speedster. century ago to the current era.

These people who had died of old age long ago were resurrected by jumping back in time.

Just make peace with what you've got, since you were already a superhero seventy or eighty years ago, and you would still be a hero in another era.

These people simply built a base under Battery Park in New York City. The Justice League helped build it. There was no way, JSA was too senior.

As the headquarters of the Justice Society, the security situation in New York is good. Just like Washington, DC, where the Hall of Justice is located, people who generally cause trouble would not choose this place.

But maybe it's because he's too old mentally, or maybe he's seen too many storms and waves, but JSA is not very interested in petty fights on the streets.

Therefore, New York is the place with the most street-level trash in DC, which is very suitable for newly debuted heroes to practice.