Somewhere on Earth, a huge, empty, abandoned factory building, where the brilliant noon sun outside could barely reach inside.
It was dark, damp, and an unknown evil was festering.
Countless alien creatures, half again as tall as humans, with black dragonfly-like wings on their backs, rested and circled within the building as if it were a nest, filling the air with a complex buzzing sound—
Then, as an aged voice rang out, the massive building quickly fell silent: "DeSaad, I call to you!"
It was a strange, powerful being, two to three meters tall, holding a sharp giant axe weapon in one hand, with a pair of sharp and domineering ox horns on its head, its entire body almost covered by a suit of steel scale armor.
The steel scale armor, reflecting a metallic glint, seemed to breathe on its own, constantly rotating and shifting.
In response to its call,
in front of a machine that resembled intertwined millennia-old tree roots, a mysterious stele boiled and melted upwards like lava, quickly transforming into a mysterious being cloaked in a black-grey hooded robe.
"Steppenwolf, have you begun to conquer the World?" the mysterious being, called DeSaad, spoke calmly.
Steppenwolf, holding the giant axe, quickly nodded and replied in a hoarse voice: "Yes, this World is falling apart, its rulers are uncivilized species, and free will will surely be stripped away by us! Like other Worlds, only by upholding a glorious belief, the greatest being in the Universe, can one achieve ultimate salvation—
Which is to pledge allegiance to him!"
As he finished speaking,
Steppenwolf's steel scale armor only revealed half of his firm and terrifyingly rough face, unconsciously showing expressions of fanaticism and awe!
"What about the mother box?" DeSaad continued to ask.
Steppenwolf quickly responded: "I have already found one of the three, the mother box that called me. The other two mother boxes are still dormant, and the Parademons have sensed their locations and are lurking and searching for them across the World. I will soon gather all three mother boxes and make them a trinity!"
"Steppenwolf." DeSaad, appearing through special 3D virtual projection technology, spanning distant star fields, looked at him with some regret and pity: "You could have sat beside the Dark Lord, but you were exiled because of your arrogance…"
Steppenwolf seemed unable to suppress his emotions any longer, lowering the axe blade that could easily slay an Amazonian, and directly knelt to the ground:
"DeSaad. I kneel before you, allow me to plead with him. After I have stripped this World in his name—please let me come home!"
"There is no Green Lantern Corps, no Kryptonian, no Captain Marvel."
"Odin, high on his divine throne, is old, and the glory of Earth World's old gods is no more. This World will eventually fall, like all other Worlds!"
"For Darkseid!!"
...Night.
Xi Nian returned home from school and settled on the sofa to watch TV, while the girl, a few years younger than him, began to busy herself with chores around the house.
"Master, how about some fruit first?"
"Um… lift your foot, I need to mop here!"
"Dinner is being made. Miss Diana just called and said she won't be home for dinner."
It must be said.
As Xi Nian lay on the sofa watching TV, his peripheral vision fell upon that crimson figure, and a sense of guilt, like recruiting child labor, always welled up in his heart.
Xi Nian had tried to help Wanda before, but his maid had always refused him. Well, rather than refusing, it was more like he was thoroughly despised—
After all, little Wanda could clean, make dinner, cut fruit, and do laundry all at once, while he could only manage half a task before becoming useless.
Ever since Wanda moved into this home,
Xi Nian felt many of his skills were gradually regressing, and perhaps he truly wouldn't be able to live independently without Wanda.
Just as he was thinking this,
Xi Nian suddenly paused, as a small metal fragment abruptly flew in from his balcony, from the outside where night had fallen.
Before the metal fragment could even approach the sofa area, Little Emperor, who had been seemingly sound asleep on the sofa next to Xi Nian, suddenly woke up and pounced forward, firmly pressing the metal fragment to the floor!
"That thing came from the rooftop, and it even comes with mental isolation, what a wonderful and powerful ability." The starfish in the glass jar on the balcony opened its eyes and let out a thought with some surprise and uncertainty.
"Little Emperor, let me see it!"
Seeing that Little Emperor was about to swallow the metal fragment, Xi Nian quickly got up from the sofa, picked up Little Emperor, and took the metal fragment from its cat paw.
He looked down.
On the metal fragment, several English words were engraved: "roof."
A figure quickly flashed through Xi Nian's mind. He immediately held the metal fragment in his hand and said to little Wanda, who was in the kitchen area: "Wanda, I'm going out for a bit."
"Dinner will be ready soon, where are you going?" Wanda's slightly confused voice rang out.
"Just going downstairs to buy something, I'll be back soon!" Xi Nian threw out these words, changed into his shoes at the door, hastily grabbed his keys, and left home.
However, after entering the elevator,
Xi Nian directly pressed the up button, heading to the top floor… He pushed open the already unlocked rooftop iron door and arrived at the residential building's rooftop.
Xi Nian looked up, and what met his eyes was a girl leaning against the railing in the night wind, dressed in a black tight-fitting tracksuit, with a white baseball cap pressed over her green hair.
"Polaris, why are you here?" Xi Nian smiled and walked forward.
"I'm your boss, do I need to notify you when I come over?" the girl said proudly, turning her head.
Xi Nian's steps paused slightly; wasn't this Lorna?
But this time, the girl wasn't wearing heavy smokey makeup. Beneath the brim of her baseball cap was a clean, delicate face, as small and exquisite as a doll, with features and contours somewhat resembling Wanda's.
"What are you looking at? What's so good to look at?" Lorna glared at Xi Nian, displeased.
"Why aren't you wearing makeup today?" Xi Nian leaned against the nearby railing and asked directly.
"To see you, I don't need makeup!" Lorna replied assertively.
In that instant, Xi Nian suddenly understood. The Lorna who usually wore smokey makeup did so to appear more mature, making it easier to intimidate her gang subordinates.
Feeling Xi Nian's much gentler gaze, Lorna crossed her arms and warned in advance: "Don't touch my head. Otherwise, I'll get mad at you!"
"Yes, Polaris." Xi Nian said with a smile.
He looked at the green-haired girl before him, who appeared far stronger and more resilient than her physical appearance suggested, and his heart was suddenly profoundly moved.
At this moment, the boundless dark night sky enveloped the city, and on the rooftop, she was the most dazzling and brilliant star.