Su Ming understood now, it must have been when he was pummeling Zhen Hai, Arthur somehow saw the broadcast from over here, and then forcibly claimed to be friends with Deathstroke to save face for himself and the Justice League.
But the aliens have peculiar brains, they intend to interrogate Arthur to obtain information about Deathstroke.
As if they could get anything, even Batman hasn't discovered Su Ming's weaknesses, let alone these brainless ones?
Su Ming found it amusing secretly, this guy was really unfortunate, wasn't he?
Getting captured right away and then subjected to endless interrogation; if they were any later, it wouldn't be surprising if he got killed by the aliens in his current state.
As Su Ming held back his laughter outside the door, the two fish inside clearly lost their patience.
Nu Tao is someone who kills without hesitation, she doesn't care about any other factors. She wants to get information about Deathstroke from Arthur's mouth, and if the interrogation personnel can't extract it, then they're ineffective in interrogation.
The octopus and shark are doomed.
"Bring in the torture device!" Octopus Head roared softly.
Shark nodded and entered the adjacent room of the interrogation chamber.
Su Ming, who originally planned to push the door inside, retracted his hand; anyway, he had found the person already, and maybe observing the aliens' methods could be useful in the future?
A while later, Shark came back pushing a giant cannon.
It was indeed a big cannon, with a barrel resembling a siege giant cannon, wheels below, placed on a cannon carriage. As it was pushed, the wheels squeaked as if it was extremely heavy.
Su Ming was taken aback, weren't they just interrogating for information? How did it suddenly turn to execution by cannon?
But the cannon's caliber was too large, comparable to a dyeing vat.
However, he guessed wrong. This was not a firearm for Earthlings but a torture device for aliens.
Although it bore some resemblance, it was fundamentally different.
He watched as Shark opened the hatch beneath the cannon, drew out a tube, and connected it to a tap on the wall.
Then he flipped the tap's switch, and moments later, the front of the cannon started to discharge dirty things continuously, revealing it was a 'washing machine drum' to torture by stuffing prisoners into the 'barrel' with excrement.
"No!"
Arthur, of course, saw it too, but he had no desire to swim in alien excrement, he screamed in anguish.
Octopus Head raised a hand, signaling Shark to pause.
"Are you willing to confess?"
"I told you, I don't know!"
Octopus Head's smile gradually faded; Arthur's refusal to confess meant death for them.
"Bring in the torture device!"
Seeing Arthur's cross being suspended upside down, about to plunge into the dung basin, Su Ming pushed the door and entered the interrogation room.
The previous interrogation looked quite lively but was only superficial injuries, little of consequence. But playing with these dirty things was a bit excessive.
He decided to intervene and rescue Arthur, lest it caused some psychological shadow.
Not Arthur's psychological shadow, Su Ming worried that after seeing that scene, he wouldn't be able to eat today.
As he entered through the door, the two fishmen only froze momentarily, then instantly knelt down, trembling uncontrollably.
Zhen Hai is the strongest among the three Sea Gods, not only because he is the oldest, has rich combat experience, but also due to his capricious temperament.
And earlier, hearing he was stripped by the enemy and seen by thousands on big screens... his current mood was imaginable.
"￥#@%#*..."
Not only did they kneel down, but the two fishmen started speaking a whole bunch of alien language that Su Ming couldn't understand.
Whatever, Su Ming directly extended both hands, grabbed the heads of the two aliens, smacked them together and gave a twist, casually plucking them off.
Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, even Arthur, feeling brain matter splashing onto his face, dry-heaved.
Deathstroke took a sneaky taste, found it a bit fishy, not tasty.
"Arthur?"
"Zhen Hai! You are killing your own populace again."
Su Ming nodded, it seemed Arthur's speech still carried some strength, freedom of movement shouldn't be an issue. First, get him down, then they could walk out together.
"I'm not their god, I'm Deathstroke." Su Ming manipulated the cross's elevator mechanism on the wall while explaining to Sea King.
"Is it you? How did you get in?" Arthur displayed a Black Man question mark expression, somewhat incredulous.
Su Ming turned, showing his face briefly, then Deathstroke wrapped him up again: "As you see, walked in."
This alien equipment was somewhat incomprehensible, which button was for retraction? Which was for descent?
If Arthur wasn't still suspended over the dung, Su Ming could directly break the chains to get him down, but now Su Ming didn't want to get close to that bucket of stuff.
Never mind, trying it should reveal the answer.
Su Ming pressed a button, causing Sea King to suddenly drop a segment downward, his hair nearly soaked into the black soup.
"Ah! You pressed the wrong one! The other one!"
Smelling the stench nearby, Arthur choked till he cried, it was too dangerous!
Su Ming shrugged, now wasn't it clear?
Without any embarrassment, Su Ming switched another button, continuously trying different button combinations.
After Arthur swayed over the dung basin for quite some time, he finally returned to his original position.
Su Ming walked over, Deathstroke joined him in exertion, directly tearing the chains binding Arthur, letting Sea King down.
"Can you still walk?"
Su Ming patted his back, discovering the strong man's cold sweat all over.
"Still manageable, thank you for coming to rescue me, but next time better bring someone who can understand alien tools."
Arthur grimaced, clutching his wound, flexed his back, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Ming pushed the door open and peeked outside: "Where are we going to find a mechanical genius? Just make do. Are you planning to get captured by aliens again next time?"
"Just in case, the Justice League does get captured by enemies quite often..."
Arthur made a strange face, picked up the whip that hit him from the ground, and tore it apart fiercely.
"Alright, let's retreat. Diana and the Titans, along with the Shadow Contract Team, have come with me. They're waiting to assist from the spaceship outside."
There was no one outside, but Su Ming didn't plan to exit through the door. He just wanted to ensure they caused a big enough commotion so no one would come too quickly.
Everyone's rescued, why bother with stealth? Just break through the wall, fly back to the spaceship, and call it a day.
"My trident is still in the enemy's hands."
Arthur spread his hands, indicating that he lost his weapon and wanted to retrieve it.
Su Ming gave him a helpless look: "What weapon? That trident of yours is just Divine Gold equipment, not worth much. Anyway, the Sea Gods aim to conquer Earth, better to wait for them to bring your trident to you rather than foolishly fight the enemy here."
It's the enemy's lair; retrieving a weapon would be an unnecessary risk, completely worthless.
"Oh, right, haha." Arthur scratched his head, revealing a simple grin, seemingly a bit embarrassed.
Why didn't he think of that?
"Alright, you hold the door while I prepare to blow up the wall."
Su Ming instructed him to move to the other side and clear the wall space.
It's been a while since Inverted Man and Su Ming last met; there should be a new stock of fireballs now.
Earth still looks like it's in an apocalypse state. Any Warlock who hasn't turned into a fish must be desperately unleashing magic, right?
Even without Warlocks from the Main World casting spells, other universes in the Multiverse could. Inverted Man is a shared concept across DC, so warlocks from other universes need to leverage his power.
Though people from other worlds might find it baffling. Wake up and even the rules of magic have changed...
Fireball Technique may not be very powerful, but when hundreds of fireballs line up, precisely hitting the exact spot, it's easy to blast out a big hole.
Of course, it's quite a spectacle, too.
Seeing the light from outside, Su Ming didn't hesitate, grabbing Arthur's arm and fleeing with him.
Returning to the spaceship, Steel Armor was always ready. Before Nu Tao could catch up, the spaceship just took off.
"Damn it!"
She was still holding Arthur's trident, screaming toward the sky.
Leaving even his weapon behind, what kind of Sea King is that?!
But no way, they just ran away. Besides being angry, she could do nothing.
Inside the spaceship, the atmosphere was quite the opposite; Arthur was rescued, and the goal of saving Earth was getting closer.
But Diana noticed Arthur seemed quite off now; he was barely stronger than an ordinary person.
Upon questioning, Arthur explained the past events using a very simple metaphor.
Basically, he originally had some kind of energy in him, the kind he used to command sea creatures before. It was very awesome, able to communicate across the Multiverse, even capable of creating life and such.
But now that energy has been stripped away by the Alien Sea Gods and given to Black Manta.
Arthur could still feel some of that energy, but it's too little, only providing him with some self-healing ability and defense.
He is very weak now, and also doesn't have much strength.
The self-healing speed is too slow, let alone compared to Deathstroke, even slower than Barry, who's an amateur Self-healing Ability User.
But it's okay, there's Little Fortune Ape here.
"Bo Bo, bandage Arthur up, if surgery anesthesia is needed, get some venom from Ivy."
Bo Bo can only be considered one-tenth of a doctor, far inferior to top surgeons like Holloway, not even close to Alfred.
Well, his first aid techniques are comparable to Amazon Warriors like Diana and Donna.
Bandage it up, then pray.
No way, the team is very versatile in combat, but they have no doctors, now it's quite awkward.
"No, don't worry about me for now, I won't die. Diana, do you still have what I gave you?"
Arthur waved off Bo Bo, well... he didn't really want the gorilla doing surgery on him, seemed unreliable.
Bo Bo didn't want to do it either; his few techniques weren't even considered medical skills.
But since Deathstroke had spoken, he was just executing orders.
"Yeah, still have it." Diana unhooked the scepter-like thing from her belt: "What is it exactly?"
Arthur took it, held it before his eyes, and sighed deeply: "While I was with the enemy, I overheard something. This is the key to the Tomb of the Gods, once used to imprison these Alien Sea Gods."
"Imprison? Imprison gods?" Diana raised an eyebrow.
"Or seal them or something, I'm not sure." Arthur grinned: "But it seems like a series of independent cells, connected small spaces forming a continuous large space. They need this key to find other trapped Alien Sea Gods."
"What does this have to do with us?" Diana asked, frowning, now that they should return to Earth, find Batman and Superman, assemble everyone and topple the enemy, wouldn't it be done?
Arthur became serious, sincerely pleading with Diana: "Poseidon isn't dead; the Sea Gods dumped him into the room that once imprisoned them where time is stagnant. They want Poseidon to feel their pain. And they're saying they seek revenge on the Earth Sea Race, revenge for Poseidon's deceit. I want to know what the truth actually is."
Seeing his teammates' sincere eyes, Arthur's seriousness was rare, Diana didn't know whether she should refuse his request.
Maybe Poseidon has a method to defeat the enemy? After all, thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago, he and Aryan defeated the Alien Sea Race and imprisoned them, right?
So Diana turned her eyes to Su Ming, hoping he would agree, to follow the key's guidance and search for the Tomb of the Gods.
Now here, it's still Deathstroke who calls the shots.
And Deathstroke was putting on his armor, smoking a cigarette as if he didn't care about the truth or any trump card.
"You want to know the truth? Find a way to deal with the Alien Sea Race? Why look for Poseidon? I can tell you."
Of course, it's all speculation, Su Ming added to himself silently...