Vol 7 Chapter 210: surrender

The strategic goal of the Dark Knights of Barbatos’ invasion of the cannon fodder parallel universe is not to completely destroy the universe. The destroyed universe is of no value. If the Dark Knights regard the destruction of the universe as a combat goal, it would be better not to invade and waste it. Time.
The birth, restart, and destruction of parallel universes are like boiling bubbles in Coke. The ups and downs are produced at any time and burst at any time, with endless cycles and endless cycles.
What can grasp and generate value is the time period during which the bubbles exist, and strive to squeeze more energy that is beneficial to the promotion of Barbatos' divine power during this time.
For Barbatos, the of fear, this energy is the emotion of "fear", and the specific way to extract this emotion is to build the temple of Barbatos, which is the tower of fear called the Laughing Bat.
The outer wall of this high tower is covered with sharp blades and chains, binding the creatures on it, letting them cry out in despair to die slowly, and the fear they produce will be sacrificed to Barbatos as the source of his strength.
There have been countless earths in parallel universes conquered by the Dark Knights who have chosen to succumb, and have built a tower of fear on the surface. The power-holders command their minions to hang the common people on the tower of fear as coal for the furnace of fear and consume them. The purest fear condensed from the despair of the sacrificers before their death was exchanged for their survival.
Since they have carried out countless invasions, the Dark Knights are extremely skilled in business. Their method of frightening the powers of the earth is to first kill all the superheroes in the current universe who can fight against them, and show their bodies to the mortal powers. , Clearly telling those in power that they no longer have any support, no one will come to rescue them, and the power of the Dark Knights can easily crush a planet.
Mortal people in power have no choice but to face a choice. Either all mankind will die together and the earth will be blown to dust, or a large number of people will be sacrificed and a small number of people will surrender and survive.
Although the Dark Knights are strong in combat, they can’t work hard to move bricks to build a tower of fear, and then capture the living one by one and hang them up. Therefore, they control the leadership class with intimidation and force to persecute the universe. The ruler consciously builds towers to catch people, and completes their sacrifices to the God of Fear. This is the correct way to conquer.
The spirit of preferring jade to fragmentation rather than tile is certainly valuable, but this is not in line with the instinct of biological reproduction and continuation of ethnic groups. In human history, no defeated country chooses to commit suicide to face failure, even if it becomes a slave, even if it loses hope for the future. As long as you can survive, surrender is not an unacceptable option.
It is precisely by taking advantage of the weakness of human nature that the Dark Knights conquered parallel universes one after another, incorporated them into the sphere of influence of the dark multiverse, and built countless towers of fear in those universes that had surrendered. Countless lives, despair and fear before death of these creatures all provided Barbatos with the power to strengthen him.
After the Laughing Bat came to this multiverse, he discovered that the Batman of this universe was elected president. He wanted to develop this very unique presidential version of Batman into a member of the Dark Knights, but fell short at the last minute. As a remedy, he wanted Let the cruel knight who looks most like the original Batman as a stand-in, but Damian instigated Arkham prisoners to attack Wayne Manor by the way that Damian instigated him, so he simply stopped engaging in conspiracies and directly used absolute strength to crush.
From the perspective of the Dark Knights, the current multiverse is just one of countless conquered cannon fodder parallel universes. There is no need to waste too much time here. Under absolute power, any strategy is meaningless.
The parallel universe that really threatens Barbatos and needs to be taken seriously is the parallel universe where "metal" exists. However, the cannon fodder universe that Damian descended on does not have "metal", and it has not attracted the attention of the Dark Knights.
Damian is not a first-line superhero either. The original template is like a daddy that can't be supported in an infinite number of parallel universes. There is almost no lead to save the universe by himself. When defeating a powerful enemy, he is either holding his father's thigh. , Either hugged the thigh of the raven, nor did it attract the attention of the Dark Knights. I don't think there is anything surprising about Damian in this cannon fodder universe.
Barbatos is afraid of plot killing props and key protagonists. If a certain map does not have this prop and no key protagonist, then he and his minions are equivalent to invincible existence, so why bother to waste your energy and effort Plan, just run over with absolute strength.
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The live broadcast showed the heads of the five core members of the Justice League. At first, the leaders and the public who watched the live broadcast did not believe it. They thought it was just using realistic props to intimidate them. However, the reaction of the famous reporter Louise turned the audience around. Thoughts.
The love affair between Louise and Superman is no secret. After the two broke up, Superman and Wonder Woman hooked up, and the media also reported it so much that the identity of Louise's Superman ex-girlfriend was well known.
If anyone can testify that the head is Superman, Louise is undoubtedly the most credible witness. Her sadness and horror does not look like a fake, it is obvious that only the head is really cut off from Superman. Yes, she would react like this.
For a time, audiences all over the world felt an ominous sense of imminent disaster, and bursts of fear and helplessness surged in their hearts. Although the people of the DC universe have experienced many crises of extinction, many times they felt as if they were really hopeless, but Every time the superheroes are not dead, as long as the superheroes are not dead, there is still a glimmer of hope in their hearts that they will be rescued.
But this time, the crisis has just begun. The five most famous, influential, trustworthy and reliable superheroes in the world have all died, and the remaining superheroes have never appeared. It can be said that life and death are uncertain. Mortals who have lost superheroes have no capital to fight against evil forces. There is really no hope at all.
Just as the audience was frightened, the program screen suddenly switched, and the news broadcast was inserted by the government of the hopeful country. The host announced to the audience with a little expectation that it was the country of hope that temporarily took over the power of President Wayne. The vice president will make a public speech.
Generally speaking, when such a crisis is approaching, the head of government comes forward to give a temporary speech to encourage the people, issue a solemn warning to the aggressor, and express the determination of the whole country to fight the crisis together.
The live broadcast screen switched, but people saw the vice president with a swollen nose sitting at the desk, the wall behind the desk was covered with blood, and the stumps and rotten meat were scattered around the desk.
This veteran politician who usually looks gentle and elegant trembles and trembles: "Citizens, I...we have failed. The core of the Justice League collectively died. Hope the military’s last hope, Captain Atomic, also blew himself up. Justice The hall was destroyed, the observation tower satellites were thrown into the sun, Washington was already occupied by the enemy...All the military bases of the Hope Nation were destroyed overnight, we have no choice, we will all be killed if we continue to resist... …So…I declare…I hope that the country will surrender…