In the pitch-black place, battling endless monsters, Su Ming was reminded of the "Star River Team" he once watched.
Of course, in the movie, the insect nest was a model of illumination, even the number of moles on the brain bug's face could be clearly seen.
But reality is not like that. The Sea Trench Race, originally fearless of death, became even more mad after a second mutation. Now they are like an underwater Insect Race army.
They attacked from different angles, and Night Shadow obviously had great trust in Black Alice. She merely lay beside a large hole in the floor, drawing a Magic Array, fully entrusting her back to Laurie for protection.
Laurie was not quite accustomed to fighting with tentacles. As a human with only two hands, suddenly becoming a soft-bodied creature capable of extending endless tentacles, anyone would feel discomfort.
Even as she exerted all her strength, Laurie could only control six tentacles at once, so often the mage needed the help of the two warriors beside her.
Anyway, Su Ming's tactic was to use light, occasionally having Godslayer burst out a strong light, while the task of defending Night Shadow's back he entrusted to Strangulation and the Magic Floating Cloak.
The attacks from Strangulation were deadly, it even had the leisure to gnaw on the heads of the Sea Trench Race, sucking their brains.
And the Magic Floating Cloak's defense was flawless, always blocking the enemies Laurie missed.
The Blue Demon had no problem. Although less efficient, needing to thrust the Trident into the Sea Trench Race's bodies to activate its power to incinerate them, otherwise poking three holes wouldn't count as an injury to them.
But he was agile, more than enough to defend and protect himself.
The current situation was that the team was surrounded by countless Sea Trench Race, with enemies encircling them like a revolving lantern.
They extended sharp claws, emitting silent howls, attacking from all directions.
Either charging quickly or using the ceiling to launch a surprise attack, the black shadows continually falling like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
The murky seawater, filled with unknown floating objects, was continuously churned up.
Deathstroke's martial skills were exquisite; with him blocking the direction of the large hole, it was easier for the other three to defend the rest.
Deathstroke was like a black and yellow wall; no one could penetrate his defense line.
But the Fish-Men would just peel off the corpses ahead, charging forward relentlessly, with more constantly emerging from the large hole in the floor.
It seemed endless.
Slick, mucus-shining enemies flowed out of the hole like liquid, and Su Ming's actions became more like a high-frequency version of whack-a-mole.
Often, more than a dozen Sea Trench Race emerged simultaneously. He needed to perform a series of calculations and predictions in fractions of a second, swinging his weapon to create a cross-section, severing the enemies' heads from their bodies.
While simultaneously defending against attacks from other directions.
The Sea Trench Race likely bypassed the edge of the city plate, emerging from below as enemies began to pour in from outside the door.
This time they were truly completely surrounded.
But fortunately, time was on Su Ming's side. Night Shadow had prepared the Magic Array.
She stood up, made an OK gesture, and immediately activated it.
Then Su Ming saw the Sea Trench Race pouring from the hole, unable to react before silently vanishing into another black hole that corresponded to the floor hole.
Initially, it was expected they would be sucked away like water in a toilet, but now it seemed more like they were consumed by an invisible creature during a world-rending process.
This was just a test run, so the teleportation scale was small, but there was no longer a need to defend the direction of the hole.
Now according to the plan, Su Ming should summon the Inverted Man and negotiate a deal with him.
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The situation on Batman's side was worsening, and now everyone capable in the Hall of Justice had been dispatched.
But as time went on, more and more heroes couldn't hold on; they either experienced mental breakdowns or turned into fish for various reasons.
Batman saw all this, and the command to evacuate continuously echoed in the Hall of Justice, with emergency red lights illuminating.
All Earth's satellites had been destroyed by aliens, several warships started breaching the atmosphere, and the Justice League's communication was almost completely severed.
So wherever the heroes were, they had to rely on themselves.
Batman, the Justice League, they couldn't offer any better advice.
Actually, they should be running for their lives, but Batman wouldn't say such words, as it would mean a global rout.
He needed them to buy time, giving the Justice League scientists enough time to find the location where the alien seawater was entering Earth.
That 'faucet' shouldn't just be a sudden waterfall in the sky, but rather a deep or fountain below sea level.
Under these circumstances, investigating global waters wasn't easy.
Batman summoned Megan, contacted Superman and Barry, having them assist other heroes globally, while preparing.
Once the faucet was located, he needed them to act immediately, to stop it by any means necessary.
"End of call, Batman offline."
The situation was dire; many scenes on the monitors weren't worth watching anymore, so Batman turned them all off.
No matter where they were previously focused, now it's all a flooded land, completely fallen, with former heroes already growing gills.