"Invasion?"
Wonder Woman looked at Eric with surprise, a hint of confusion in her eyes. How could there still be forces invading Earth at this time?!
Don't they know the current situation?
"Who are the invaders?"
Diana asked Eric.
"Currently, it's not clear."
Eric glanced at Shazam and the others not far away, then said to Diana, "Have the Justice Society assemble."
"Understood!"
Diana nodded, then immediately turned her gaze to Eric, who was about to leave.
"Eric, let's go together!"
Seeing Eric preparing to leave, Diana called out to him.
"I'm going to Metropolis first."
Ignoring Diana's words, Eric shot into the sky with a boom.
The clouds in the sky were violently pushed back by the supersonic explosion.
And Eric's figure had already vanished by the time Diana looked up at the sky.
Jenna, the Green Lantern girl, had been watching the commotion. Seeing Eric leave with a frown, she immediately rushed over to Diana and asked her what had happened.
"Something bad!"
Wonder Woman said to Jenna, "It seems your weekend won't be a relaxing one."
Metropolis, Daily Planet.
Louise was in her office, rapidly typing on the keyboard in front of her computer screen.
She was writing a recent news report, the subject being Lex Luthor's recent frantic operations in a series of business acquisitions.
Lex Luthor had acquired three companies in just one month and was constantly recruiting various high-tech talents in the market, even engaging in vicious competition with his father's family business, the Luther Group.
Their dispute almost ended up in court.
Louise felt that such news was a hot topic and worth exploring.
Of course, it would be great if she could interview the parties involved.
She looked up and gazed out the window, watching the bright sunlight stream into her office, and let out a slight sigh.
"It's a pity Chloe isn't in Metropolis, otherwise I could have Chloe handle it now, after all, Chloe knows him very well."
Louise thought of her cousin, Chloe.
Chloe was currently on an interview assignment in another city, so Louise had to handle this news interview alone.
After tidying up, Louise picked up her bag, preparing to go to Lex Luthor's company for an interview.
Coincidentally, Lex had a press conference today, and Louise planned to take advantage of this opportunity to conduct a thorough interview.
She walked out of the office with her bag and happened to run into her boss, Hanks.
"Hey, Louise, are you free tonight?"
Hanks, dressed in a suit with his hair slicked back, gave Louise what he considered to be a charming smile.
"Are you..."
Looking at her boss, who she found a bit greasy, Louise's brows furrowed slightly, and she asked him directly, "Are you planning to ask me out on a date?"
"Uh... yes, if you don't have any plans this afternoon."
Hanks continued to smile.
"Sorry!"
Louise immediately refused without hesitation, "If you, Hanks, feel your hormones are a bit rampant and urgently need to be released, you can try the nearest Sailboat Bar."
"Or go to the 'Rooster' bar two streets from here, it's full of energetic men, I think you'll find common topics."
The Rooster bar was a gay bar, frequented by gay men.
Hanks seemed not to have heard Louise's sarcasm, and instead said gallantly, "Going to a bar is a good idea, if you, Louise, are interested!"
"The fact is..."
Louise said impatiently to him, "I've been sober for a long time, and I suspect your intentions for inviting me to a bar are impure."
Seeing Louise's displeased expression, Hanks was speechless.
You were the one who brought up the bar first, weren't you?!
Louise no longer considered his thoughts, said "Excuse me," and turned to leave.
And as she turned, the somewhat heavy bag on her shoulder hit his lower body with a "thud."
"Ugh!"
Hanks immediately clutched his vital area, his face flushed, and he squatted down.
It seemed Louise's attack had dealt him a considerable critical blow.
A pained expression appeared in his eyes, and fine beads of sweat broke out on Hanks' forehead.
And Louise, the culprit, seemed completely oblivious to the trouble she had caused, continuing to walk forward with her bag.
For such a playboy, especially one with a bad reputation who dared to provoke her, Louise always adhered to the principle of "If you dare to provoke me, I'll make you suffer!"
Jimmy, sitting nearby, saw Hanks clutching his lower body and squatting, and a faint pain also spread through the same area of his own body.
Jimmy, who empathized with him, gave him a look of silent sympathy.
"Jimmy!"
Just as he was expressing his silent sympathy as a fellow man to Hanks, Louise unexpectedly walked up to him.
"I have an interview today, can you help me?"
"Me?"
Jimmy pointed to himself with some doubt and asked Louise.
"Of course it's you, is there anyone else sitting around here?!"
Louise shot Jimmy a look that made his lower body feel cold, and Jimmy swallowed, quickly nodding repeatedly.
He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would suffer the same fate as Hanks.
So Louise, with her sidekick Jimmy, rushed to Lex's company.
Lex's company, two floors below ground in the underground laboratory.
Lex was in a room filled with countless equipment and computers, observing the results of his experiments.
Beside him was his close friend Grayson, and research scholars who were working.
"I once collected stones from all over the world, some very important stones."
Lex said to his friend, "Although those stones have now disappeared, I also discovered many mysteries."
As he spoke, he showed his friend a video clip.
The video was a handheld DV recording, somewhat blurry due to the quality.
The woman in the center of the frame introduced her location.
However, before she could finish speaking, she was attacked by an animal that rushed out from nowhere, moving like lightning.
With a complex expression in his eyes, Lex said to his friend after watching the video, "Before the birth of Superman and Homelander, extraterrestrial life appeared in this world. Some of these extraterrestrial beings possess many astonishing superpowers. I have been collecting these things and secretly conducting experiments. It's just that I was previously confined to a mental hospital by Lionel, so this project was temporarily suspended."
"To what extent have you applied this technology?"
Grayson asked him.
"Human experimental phase!"
Lex said, pressing the button on his left hand.
As he pressed the button, the monitor showed an iron door opening.
A figure immediately darted out from inside, rushing towards them.
The masked figure, possessing astonishing strength and speed, simply used his fists to take down the armed guards on the way.
"Bang!"
Attempting to block the rushing monster, Lex's guard immediately raised his gun and pulled the trigger.
But the monster's speed had already surpassed the bullet's speed, and in an instant, it charged to the guard's side and clamped onto his neck.
With a crisp "crack," the guard's neck was easily twisted by the monster, making a clear sound.
Grayson looked at the guy who was charging towards them, his eyes filled with terror.
"He's coming! Stop him!"
Grayson shouted excitedly.
Lex, however, appeared unconcerned.
The monster released by Lex was getting closer and closer.
Taking down the guards who rushed to intercept him, the monster snatched a handgun from one of them, then quickly took down the remaining guards.
The flashing lights in the room lit up, indicating that the monster would reach their location in "10 seconds."
"9 seconds!"
"8 seconds!"
"Lex, we must leave here! Now!"
Grayson was sweating from fear, and he urgently said to him, "If he gets in, this monster will kill us without hesitation!"
"Don't worry, Grayson!"
Lex's expression remained calm.
"3 seconds!"
"2 seconds!"
"1 second!"
As the electronic voice in the room counted down the last second, the released monster had already destroyed the metal door of the room and charged in front of Lex, raising the handgun in his hand at him.
Facing the threat of the handgun, Lex's expression didn't change much. He looked at the creature he had transformed and commanded him in a low voice, "Give me the handgun!"
Under Grayson's stunned expression, the masked man slowly lowered the handgun pointed at Lex.
"Don't worry, I'm just testing the capabilities of my experiment."
Lex said calmly.
Grayson asked with some disbelief, "So you almost risked my life, and your own, for this?"
"These are just some of the risks we take!"
Lex looked at the monster standing motionless in front of him and said, "I've named this project 'Project Zeus,' and I'm preparing to move the experimental base to the Smallville Dam."
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Grayson asked him.
"What I want?"
Lex was silent for a moment, then said, "All I want is to prove one thing."
"What?"
"Humans are born great!"
"You're trying to stop Homelander?"
Grayson asked him.
"You could say that."
Lex nodded, turned, and walked outside, saying to his partner as he went, "Let's go, the press conference has already started!"
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