The plaza in front of the LexCorp building was filled with many entrepreneurs and reporters.
Everyone was waiting for the surprising news that this prodigy of the business world was about to announce.
Louise and Jimmy waited.
"Louise, can I ask you a favor?"
Jimmy asked Louise.
"What?"
"It's about Chloe!"
Upon hearing it was about Chloe, Louise immediately became wary and said to him, "I don't care what your intentions are, but if you're trying to make me a bridge between you and Chloe, I must say: there's absolutely no possibility!"
Jimmy asked somewhat dejectedly, "Why is it impossible?"
He liked Chloe, but she had always been indifferent to him, so he thought of a roundabout approach, asking Chloe's cousin, Louise, to help him.
He didn't expect her to refuse him outright, which caused a severe sense of frustration to rise within him.
"It's simple, because Chloe doesn't like you!"
Louise's simple and direct words dealt a critical blow to Jimmy's heart.
"Her heart is completely taken by a pair of not-so-reliable brothers. Believe me, Jimmy, compared to those brothers, you have no chance at all."
Louise hadn't finished speaking when she saw Lex walk onto the stage.
So she had to stop her verbal assault on Jimmy and look at Lex on the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago, we experienced changes that shocked the entire world. From that day on, our lives have changed tremendously. Some people are busy ensuring such things don't happen, while others are fighting for truth and peace."
Lex's words were very infectious and quickly drew the attention of everyone present.
"As a member of this nation, I am also taking action. I am a part of this world, I am one of you, and for that, I am working hard to develop something that can make this world a little different!"
"I cannot stand idly by, I refuse to be a mere bystander!"
"My good friend, Grayson, reminded me that I haven't told all of you my purpose yet. Yes, here, I want to share a message with you."
Lex paused at this point.
He wanted to announce his breakthrough in the pharmaceutical field to the media and the public!
Although he wouldn't reveal that he used alien organisms to create superhuman potions, other scientific research achievements were not within this scope, and these could be announced to the public, which would also cause his company's stock price to rise.
But before he could finish speaking, he heard a "boom" of an explosion.
A deafening rumble came from the sky not far away.
An astonishing spectacle occurred before everyone's eyes.
The sky, which had emitted a loud roar, first showed a black crack, and then the crack continuously spread outwards.
The black crack, with a roaring explosion, kept expanding, finally forming a rectangular passage.
The other end of the passage seemed to connect to a deep and terrifying space.
It was as if a terrifying presence could emerge from it at any moment.
Below, Louise, who reacted first, immediately raised her camera, aimed it at the passage appearing in the sky, and quickly began to take pictures.
As a qualified reporter, no matter what environment she was in, all she thought about was how to capture a big news story.
Louise was taking pictures of the mysterious space passage when, in the next second, countless creatures suddenly surged out of it.
Black winged monsters with eerie red eyes, densely packed like flies, emitted heart-pounding roars and quickly surged towards the crowd.
Seeing the monsters rushing towards them, the people attending the press conference immediately screamed and scattered.
But the extraterrestrial creatures that suddenly burst in flew faster than ordinary Earth creatures, and in an instant, they flew to the humans and snatched them into the air.
The people caught in the air screamed in terror, and in the next second, their necks were bitten off by the monsters!
Blood sprayed down from the sky, immediately staining the entire plaza red.
Some of the people caught in the sky by the monsters, unwilling to become their food, struggled desperately, only to be quickly disemboweled by the monsters.
Organs and blood rained down from the sky, and the once bright sky instantly became a living hell.
At this moment, Louise had already put down her camera and was running frantically with Jimmy, dodging the monsters filling the sky.
The two hid behind a statue, gasping for breath.
Jimmy was covered in a lot of blood, and his eyes showed a look of terror.
"What is that?"
Wiping the blood from his face, Jimmy asked Louise in horror.
"I don't know, but judging by their monstrous appearance, they're definitely not creatures from Earth!"
Louise pressed her hand to her chest, breathing slightly, and said to Jimmy.
She peeked out and glanced at the black monsters flying everywhere, then cast her gaze towards a motorcycle about ten meters away from the statue.
Jimmy followed Louise's gaze and asked her in horror, "You're not going to tell me you want to escape on that motorcycle, are you?!"
"I won't."
Louise shook her head and said, "Unless you come up with a better way to help us escape from here!"
Jimmy swallowed hard and said, "I think we'd best stay here and wait for the police to come to the rescue."
"Do you think the police are useful now?"
Louise rolled her eyes at him and said, "They might not even be able to protect themselves now. Based on my many years of life experience, when you encounter a bad situation, relying on others is the stupidest choice."
After speaking, without waiting for Jimmy's reaction, Louise immediately got up and ran towards the motorcycle.
But after only two steps, she encountered a monster swooping low towards her.
The sudden swarm of monsters filling the sky were a demonic army, Parademons from Apokolips!
These creatures are biological weapons created by modifying captives taken from various planets across the universe by the Apokolips army, hence their numbers are infinite.
They have no thoughts or free will, obeying only the Dark Lord Darkseid, and have conquered one planet and parallel universe after another for Darkseid.
Although Louise didn't know the origin of these monsters, she was already prepared.
The moment the opponent lunged, she immediately rolled forward.
At the same time, she grabbed a stone nearby and threw it hard at the opponent.
With a bang, the Parademon lunging at Louise was hit by the stone, and its attack direction was deflected.
Seeing that her strike had hit, Louise's face showed a joyful expression.
Sure enough, these creatures were not invincible!
In reality, the strength of each Parademon is not very strong; although they possess combat power that ordinary humans find difficult to resist, even non-superpowered heroes like Batman and Green Arrow can single-handedly take on a large group of Parademons.
But what is truly terrifying is their numbers; their almost infinite quantity completely compensates for the lack of individual strength. If you take down one, ten more will surge forward; if you take down ten, hundreds more will surge forward. Having no free will means they will not fear, only advance for their purpose.
After Louise hit one, two or three more Parademons lunged at her.
"Shit!"
Louise gripped the stone, looking at the two monsters lunging at her, and cursed in despair.
Dealing with one monster had almost cost her life, now how was she supposed to deal with so many appearing?!
She wasn't Superman like Eric and Clark!
Damn it, where did these monsters come from?!
Why was she so unlucky, always encountering such things!
Louise wailed in despair in her heart.
On the other side, Jimmy, watching the monsters lunge at Louise, was very scared, but an idea suddenly popped into his head.
He raised his camera, adjusted it to the maximum exposure angle, aimed at the monsters attacking Louise, and pressed the camera's shutter button.
With a "click," the camera made a noticeable sound, and a white flash went towards the opponents.
The Parademons were indeed attracted by this white light, immediately abandoned Louise, and rushed towards Jimmy.
Jimmy threw the camera aside, got up, and scurried away in the opposite direction from Louise.
Although Louise was temporarily out of danger, he was now in an even more dangerous situation.
Seeing the Parademons getting closer and closer to him, Jimmy was almost giving up when he suddenly heard a "bang" explosion.
It was as if a sound wave exploded in the air, and his eardrums stung from the sound.
He looked up in confusion and saw a figure blocking the sun, emitting a powerful and heart-pounding aura in the sky!
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