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american comcis _ tales of caltiveter _chapter_0360_part_02
Chapter 871
chapter 0360 part 2
Gotham Airport, a short-haul passenger aircraft from Metropolis to Gotham City slowly landed.
The airport shuttle bus carried over a dozen passengers and dropped them off at the exit. A tall lady in a black dress and sunglasses, pulling a black suitcase, got off the shuttle bus. It was evident that the woman looked somewhat flustered.
"Ms. Selina Kyle!"
Just as the woman was about to hail a taxi to leave the airport, a voice suddenly sounded behind her.
The woman was startled, jumping up like a frightened cat, her hands forming claws, adopting an attack posture.
"Oh oh! I have no malice, Madam! I'm here to pick you up!" The middle-aged white man in a short-sleeved T-shirt with a small belly waved his hand and explained.
"Who are you!" Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, watched the man before her with alert.
"Like you, I am someone chosen by 'That One'! My name is Quill, of course, you can call me Star-Lord! You can hand the things directly to me now!"
Star-Lord's appearance here was naturally due to Tang Song's order. He recognized Catwoman, a somewhat famous jewel thief and superhero in the DC Universe! He just didn't know what "He" needed from Catwoman. Catwoman looked at Star-Lord but did not hand the things over to him! "Don't worry, the contribution points 'That One' promised you won't be shortchanged!" Star-Lord explained helplessly.
Hearing Star-Lord mention contribution points, Catwoman became somewhat half-believing, but she still maintained her distance from Star-Lord.
Out of her inner sense of justice, she was hesitant about whether to hand over the stolen data and the semi-finished Experiment Subject to the person in front of her.
Catwoman pondered for a long time, but ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of eternal youth and chose to hand the suitcase in her hand to Star-Lord! "So heavy! What's in here?"
Star-Lord took the briefcase, its heavy feel surprising him.
"Some data, and the things 'He' wants!" Catwoman didn't explain further.
"Uh, what is this?"
Star-Lord dragged the suitcase to an unmanned Corner without cameras. When he opened it, he found that besides some thick documents, there was also a sealed container less than a meter tall. Inside the green liquid, an embryo the size of a baby, resembling a monkey, was soaking! Star-Lord's expression immediately became strange. "How did you get this onto the aircraft?"
"This is data and a cell embryo about Doomsday that I stole from Lex Luthor's Laboratory!" Catwoman explained. "As for how I got it onto the aircraft! I naturally have my method!"
Doomsday embryo! "A Doomsday embryo! This is truly an unexpected surprise!"
Tang Song stood in front of Catwoman and Star-Lord, admiring the little thing in the canister. Catwoman and Star-Lord seemed completely unable to see him. Instead, the undeveloped embryo submerged in the green nutrient fluid in the canister seemed to sense Tang Song's gaze. A pair of small eyes opened in the solution, looking at Tang Song through the canister. That ugly little face was full of confusion.
"Little guy, you can see me! Interesting, worthy of being the existence that can kill Superman! Don't worry, just take a nap, and you'll be home soon!"
Tang Song's finger flickered with a ball of white fluorescent light, drawing a Calming Talisman on the canister. The ugly little baby inside the canister, like a monkey, opened its small mouth, let out a yawn, blowing bubbles, and fell into slumber.
"He's alive!"
Star-Lord was startled when he saw the Doomsday embryo yawning.
"Of course he's alive. Lex Luthor's Laboratory preserved many Doomsday gene samples. Although Superman killed Doomsday and himself using a Kryptonite Spear, Lex Luthor still kept an embryo sample!"
Catwoman looked at the ugly little monkey in the canister with some emotion. That unknown existence originally wanted her to steal Superman's corpse.
But her sense of justice did not allow her to desecrate the corpse of a hero who willingly sacrificed himself.
With this Doomsday embryo, it was probably enough to exchange for that medicinal pill for eternal youth at that place.
That existence gave her a very bad feeling. After getting that medicinal pill, she decided to completely cut off contact with that existence.
"Alive?"
Star-Lord looked at the canister filled with green solution and couldn't help but scratch his head. He had originally planned to use Pym Particles to shrink this suitcase and take it to the old district.
But the embryo in the canister was alive. If Pym Particles were used to shrink it, the embryo's head would immediately burst open like a ripe watermelon.
Just then, Star-Lord suddenly felt his hand lighten, and the suitcase disappeared before his eyes.
*Clatter*, Star-Lord was startled, and two energy pistols suddenly appeared in his hands. "Come out, I see you!"
With his face mask helmet on, Star-Lord tried to use thermal imaging to find the invisible guy, but there was no one around.
"I've taken the things, Quill. Captain Yondu asked me to say hello for him. Go back and visit sometime—"
Hearing the familiar voice in his ear, Star-Lord froze.
"Where are the things?"
The suitcase suddenly disappeared. Catwoman looked at Star-Lord with suspicion. Her hand touched the hairpin on her head, where a small sword was tucked.
"He took it!"
"Who?"
"Naturally, the person who asked you to steal these things!"
Hearing Star-Lord's words, Catwoman felt a chill down her spine. She couldn't help but look around, feeling inexplicably cold. "He's nearby!?"
"He's already gone!"
Star-Lord felt somewhat exhausted, cold sweat streaming down his forehead. He never expected that Tang Song would appear here. "Hum hum, hum hum."
Tang Song hummed a song, hailed a taxi, told the driver a place, and placed the suitcase in the trunk of the vehicle.
The vehicle drove in the direction of the Gotham City old district.
"Sir, the old district is blocked by the National Guard. We can't get through!"
The driver, while stepping on the accelerator, said to Tang Song.
"It's alright! You can just drop me off outside the quarantine line!"
The reason Tang Song wanted Star-Lord to bring the things to the old district was to use the Blood Sacrifice Channel to transmit Superman's corpse and the Doomsday data together to his Universe.
He didn't expect Catwoman didn't bring Superman's corpse, but instead got a living Doomsday embryo. Star-Lord's Pym Particles clearly couldn't be used on this thing.
Moreover, this thing couldn't be seen by Iron Man and the others, so he had to handle it himself.
As for why he had to use the Blood Sacrifice Channel, it was simple: an energy conservation issue. It seemed easy for Boss Tang's main body to pull people from this World and send some magic tools over, but even with magic tools and his own mental thought, it still consumed unimaginable energy.
However, for Boss Tang, who possessed several Worlds, this energy consumption was completely bearable.
But to take things from this World back, if he didn't use the Quantum Tunnel, the energy required would be something that at least his two or three followers in this World couldn't provide. That's why he had to use the Blood Sacrifice Channel.
It was a pity. Tang Song's original plan was to use a feint, using Star-Lord's Pym Particles and the Quantum Tunnel to get a Superman corpse back. Although it was a bit regrettable, without Superman, a living Doomsday embryo wasn't bad either!
However, with a living Doomsday embryo, just in case, the Quantum Tunnel couldn't be used!
(end of chapter)
Gotham Airport, a short-haul passenger aircraft from Metropolis to Gotham City slowly landed.
The airport shuttle bus carried over a dozen passengers and dropped them off at the exit. A tall lady in a black dress and sunglasses, pulling a black suitcase, got off the shuttle bus. It was evident that the woman looked somewhat flustered.
"Ms. Selina Kyle!"
Just as the woman was about to hail a taxi to leave the airport, a voice suddenly sounded behind her.
The woman was startled, jumping up like a frightened cat, her hands forming claws, adopting an attack posture.
"Oh oh! I have no malice, Madam! I'm here to pick you up!" The middle-aged white man in a short-sleeved T-shirt with a small belly waved his hand and explained.
"Who are you!" Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, watched the man before her with alert.
"Like you, I am someone chosen by 'That One'! My name is Quill, of course, you can call me Star-Lord! You can hand the things directly to me now!"
Star-Lord's appearance here was naturally due to Tang Song's order. He recognized Catwoman, a somewhat famous jewel thief and superhero in the DC Universe! He just didn't know what "He" needed from Catwoman. Catwoman looked at Star-Lord but did not hand the things over to him! "Don't worry, the contribution points 'That One' promised you won't be shortchanged!" Star-Lord explained helplessly.
Hearing Star-Lord mention contribution points, Catwoman became somewhat half-believing, but she still maintained her distance from Star-Lord.
Out of her inner sense of justice, she was hesitant about whether to hand over the stolen data and the semi-finished Experiment Subject to the person in front of her.
Catwoman pondered for a long time, but ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of eternal youth and chose to hand the suitcase in her hand to Star-Lord! "So heavy! What's in here?"
Star-Lord took the briefcase, its heavy feel surprising him.
"Some data, and the things 'He' wants!" Catwoman didn't explain further.
"Uh, what is this?"
Star-Lord dragged the suitcase to an unmanned Corner without cameras. When he opened it, he found that besides some thick documents, there was also a sealed container less than a meter tall. Inside the green liquid, an embryo the size of a baby, resembling a monkey, was soaking! Star-Lord's expression immediately became strange. "How did you get this onto the aircraft?"
"This is data and a cell embryo about Doomsday that I stole from Lex Luthor's Laboratory!" Catwoman explained. "As for how I got it onto the aircraft! I naturally have my method!"
Doomsday embryo! "A Doomsday embryo! This is truly an unexpected surprise!"
Tang Song stood in front of Catwoman and Star-Lord, admiring the little thing in the canister. Catwoman and Star-Lord seemed completely unable to see him. Instead, the undeveloped embryo submerged in the green nutrient fluid in the canister seemed to sense Tang Song's gaze. A pair of small eyes opened in the solution, looking at Tang Song through the canister. That ugly little face was full of confusion.
"Little guy, you can see me! Interesting, worthy of being the existence that can kill Superman! Don't worry, just take a nap, and you'll be home soon!"
Tang Song's finger flickered with a ball of white fluorescent light, drawing a Calming Talisman on the canister. The ugly little baby inside the canister, like a monkey, opened its small mouth, let out a yawn, blowing bubbles, and fell into slumber.
"He's alive!"
Star-Lord was startled when he saw the Doomsday embryo yawning.
"Of course he's alive. Lex Luthor's Laboratory preserved many Doomsday gene samples. Although Superman killed Doomsday and himself using a Kryptonite Spear, Lex Luthor still kept an embryo sample!"
Catwoman looked at the ugly little monkey in the canister with some emotion. That unknown existence originally wanted her to steal Superman's corpse.
But her sense of justice did not allow her to desecrate the corpse of a hero who willingly sacrificed himself.
With this Doomsday embryo, it was probably enough to exchange for that medicinal pill for eternal youth at that place.
That existence gave her a very bad feeling. After getting that medicinal pill, she decided to completely cut off contact with that existence.
"Alive?"
Star-Lord looked at the canister filled with green solution and couldn't help but scratch his head. He had originally planned to use Pym Particles to shrink this suitcase and take it to the old district.
But the embryo in the canister was alive. If Pym Particles were used to shrink it, the embryo's head would immediately burst open like a ripe watermelon.
Just then, Star-Lord suddenly felt his hand lighten, and the suitcase disappeared before his eyes.
*Clatter*, Star-Lord was startled, and two energy pistols suddenly appeared in his hands. "Come out, I see you!"
With his face mask helmet on, Star-Lord tried to use thermal imaging to find the invisible guy, but there was no one around.
"I've taken the things, Quill. Captain Yondu asked me to say hello for him. Go back and visit sometime—"
Hearing the familiar voice in his ear, Star-Lord froze.
"Where are the things?"
The suitcase suddenly disappeared. Catwoman looked at Star-Lord with suspicion. Her hand touched the hairpin on her head, where a small sword was tucked.
"He took it!"
"Who?"
"Naturally, the person who asked you to steal these things!"
Hearing Star-Lord's words, Catwoman felt a chill down her spine. She couldn't help but look around, feeling inexplicably cold. "He's nearby!?"
"He's already gone!"
Star-Lord felt somewhat exhausted, cold sweat streaming down his forehead. He never expected that Tang Song would appear here. "Hum hum, hum hum."
Tang Song hummed a song, hailed a taxi, told the driver a place, and placed the suitcase in the trunk of the vehicle.
The vehicle drove in the direction of the Gotham City old district.
"Sir, the old district is blocked by the National Guard. We can't get through!"
The driver, while stepping on the accelerator, said to Tang Song.
"It's alright! You can just drop me off outside the quarantine line!"
The reason Tang Song wanted Star-Lord to bring the things to the old district was to use the Blood Sacrifice Channel to transmit Superman's corpse and the Doomsday data together to his Universe.
He didn't expect Catwoman didn't bring Superman's corpse, but instead got a living Doomsday embryo. Star-Lord's Pym Particles clearly couldn't be used on this thing.
Moreover, this thing couldn't be seen by Iron Man and the others, so he had to handle it himself.
As for why he had to use the Blood Sacrifice Channel, it was simple: an energy conservation issue. It seemed easy for Boss Tang's main body to pull people from this World and send some magic tools over, but even with magic tools and his own mental thought, it still consumed unimaginable energy.
However, for Boss Tang, who possessed several Worlds, this energy consumption was completely bearable.
But to take things from this World back, if he didn't use the Quantum Tunnel, the energy required would be something that at least his two or three followers in this World couldn't provide. That's why he had to use the Blood Sacrifice Channel.
It was a pity. Tang Song's original plan was to use a feint, using Star-Lord's Pym Particles and the Quantum Tunnel to get a Superman corpse back. Although it was a bit regrettable, without Superman, a living Doomsday embryo wasn't bad either!
However, with a living Doomsday embryo, just in case, the Quantum Tunnel couldn't be used!
(end of chapter)
