343. Infiltrating Apokolips.


    Apokolips.


    Under a chaotic and ominous sky, smooth, jet-ck tforms connected various bizarre structures, stretching out to the horizon.


    The air was thick with a suffocating stench of decay. This, shrouded in darkness and despair, seemed an unlikely origin point for any New Gods.


    Returning to Apokolips, rk was filled withplex emotions as he surveyed this familiar yet alienndscape. His eyes were a mix of sorrow and determination.


    Thest time he led the Justice League here, things didn''t end well. Two years ago, he lost his closest friends on this very world and paid the ultimate price. But this time, he wouldn''t fail. It was his responsibility to make amends, to keep his promise to Alex, and to bring the Justice League members back safely.


    "This is it, Apokolips," rk murmured in a low voice.


    Jason cracked his neck, producing a series of pops, his eyes zing with anticipation. "ording to our n, Apokolips should have no defenses at the moment, so let''s make some noise while we have the chance."


    "Jason, don''t be reckless," ck Canary cautioned him seriously. "While Darkseid and his Parademon army may not be here, this is still the enemy''s stronghold. There could be countless hidden traps that we''re unaware of."


    "Canary''s right. I''m already trying to hack into Apokolips'' internalwork, though it might not be so easy, especially with Batman as their current cybersecurity expert," Damian said, tapping on his Bat-watch.


    As part of a high-tech civilization, if the team wanted a stealthy infiltration, disabling the enemy''swork would be like blinding and deafening them, giving a huge advantage to their mission.


    But within moments, Damian shook his head in frustration.


    "Ugh, remotework infiltration is proving too difficult. If I could get my hands on aputer or something here to transmit data, I might stand a chance."


    "Looks like we''ll have to rely on our ''old tricks'' for this one," Dick shrugged, not surprised.


    Seeing this, ck Canary looked over at Superman, rk, and asked, "You''ve been here before; do you know where the centralmand and power stations are?"


    "To be honest, I''m not entirely sure." rk sighed. "We don''t know enough about Apokolips, which is part of why we failedst time. Thankfully, Luthor gave us a map of Apokolips; that should help."


    "A map of Apokolips, then we''re in luck."


    ck Canary nodded, then turned to the three Robins, hoping to get directions from the map. But as soon as she turned, she was surprised to find that Jason, Dick, and Damian had seemingly vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.


    After a moment''s pause, ck Canary rubbed her temples with a sigh. "What can I say? Guess that''s what you''d expect from Batman''s apprentices. Looks like they''ve really inherited Bruce''s skills."


    As one of the street heroes walking in the shadows, ck Canary now wielded the mighty power of Thor, though she had never abandoned her pastbat experience. But even she hadn''t noticed when the three of them disappeared.


    "Dick probably has the route figured out. Time''s short; let''s move. I can still hear their heartbeats," rk said.


    rk and ck Canary exchanged a look, then both stepped onto the vast ck tform and ran forward into the unknown.


    The tform was long, like a high-altitude walkway, connecting to a bizarre, towering structure with a t top that reached the sky. Looking out from the tform, the scenery was dominated by darkness, with asional glimmers of deep red light as ents.


    Below the structure, moltenva bubbled with heat, and each popping bubble in the flowing magma emitted a sound reminiscent of a wailing spirit.


    rk and ck Canary sprinted across the tform, and if one looked closely, they would see three shadowy figures ahead, moving separately in the darkness, shing intermittently.


    "Something feels off…" rk, who was running at full speed, suddenly felt a sense of danger.


    Hearing this, ck Canary immediately prepared forbat. Though rk could be unreliable at times, his Kryptonian senses were frighteningly sharp; if he sensed danger, it meant something was indeed approaching.


    rk scanned the surroundings and then looked up sharply at the sky.


    "They''reing!"


    Following rk''s gaze, ck Canary spotted a strange figure breaking through the clouds, flying straight toward them. It was a humanoid creature with wings on its back, carrying another person.


    "That… that''s Hawkman?!" ck Canary eximed in disbelief.


    "It''s not just him." rk''s brows knit tightly; unlike ck Canary, his enhanced vision allowed him to see their true forms from a distance.


    Hawkman released his grip, and the person he was holding plunged downward, drawing a de aimed directly at rk and ck Canary below.


    "Diana…"


    rk muttered through clenched teeth. But this wasn''t the time for questions. He quickly prepared for battle and turned to warn ck Canary.


    "Be careful. They''re clearly not the people we remember."


    Just as the two were focused on Hawkman above, a puddle of water on the side of the tform suddenly came to life, transforming into an icy spike that hurtled toward ck Canary''s head.


    <strong>Whoosh—</strong>


    <strong>ng!</strong>


    The ice spike was sliced in midair by a de, and Damian appeared from the shadows, intercepting the ambush.


    "I noticed it earlier. A random puddle of clear water on this grim tform? Way too suspicious," Damian sneered, casting a taunting look toward the source of the water.


    "Water maniption… reminds me of Aqud. This should be Antis magic, but could it be…"


    He pointed his de at the mist, and sure enough, from within the vapor, Mera gradually emerged. However, the sight of Mera''s current appearance stunned Damian. His grip on his de even rxed momentarily.


    Mera''s face was only half-intact, the rest reced by Apokolips machinery. Her once fair skin was now a metallic ne, with Apokolips'' insignia glowing red on her chest. Her lower body had been reced by a mechanical serpent.


    Each slithering movement Mera made produced a faint, chilling sound of grinding gears.


    Damian''s face twitched, his expression a mix of shock and disbelief.


    "What… what is this monstrosity?!"


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