Chapter 50: New Era

A week after the battle in New York.

One-third of the cities collapsed in the fierce battle between Jay and Mongo, and the smoke spread throughout the city. This time even if Mongo is still in power, it can no longer be covered up. The bulletin of the war is through the high-speed network optical fiber channel. Flew to every corner of the earth in just one day.

Everyone knows.

But this is only the appetizer before the real blockbuster falls. It is the truly terrifying news when people are busy trying to reappear for the six-year-old Superman and then demolish a small half of the international city without losing its power. It exploded like an atomic bomb in the press. According to the verifiable content provided by an anonymous person, the world government was secretly ruled by an alien tyrant for five years. During this period, all the decrees and decisions made by the government were all based on the wishes of the alien. ongoing.

And the anonymous person also provided a lot of evidence for verification, including data records, video information, and written records, almost everything. Incidentally, he also exposed the government's secret efforts on resources and even populations to the planet called World of War within a few years. Smuggling shady. The anger of the people all over the world directly turned into a weapon of public opinion to condemn the federal government, and now that the tyrant Mongo has been knocked down, the world federal government disintegrated without any suspense within a week.

In an instant, human society regressed back to its original point. The countries tied together with a unified government as the core disintegrated and restored their respective powers in the shortest possible time. Of course, more than half of these countries will once again face various conflicts of power struggles. The disappearance of the unified regime has made countless previously hostile countries regain their tense relations. The swords between the countries are drawn, and in just one week, many corners of the earth. There was a strong smell of gunpowder filled in again.

Humans have always been like this-fighting endlessly. As soon as the power of external checks and balances disappeared, they were unwilling to maintain the false peace for even half a second. My own people compete with their own people for power, and at the same time they fight for resources and land with their neighbors. From a certain point of view, perhaps Mongo really did a good job, at least this scarred blue planet has received five years of peace under the rule of his puppet government.

In addition, the biggest change is that Superman has returned to the headlines of the Planet Daily. Superman exposed the hidden truth behind the world government, and personally took down the ruler Mongo, which for a time became the theme of the world's media. "He's back-the savior never abandoned us", the eye-catching headline was printed in bold in the most prominent position on the front page of the Planet Daily, and it told everyone in a silent manner.

Planet VI, a week after the war, on the square in the center of the metropolitan area.

This is probably the largest gathering of people in the metropolis in recent years. Almost half of the citizens of the metropolis gathered here, and the crowds flooded several blocks. Even the hottest star concerts can hardly match this scale. The red and blue balloons almost obscure the sky, and almost each of them bears the "s" mark, telling the unique theme of gathering people today.

Superman, who was once the hope and pride of this city, is back.

Enclosures surrounded the stage set up in the center. The hostess gave a generous speech on the stage and ignited the passion of the citizens with her heart-warming speech. In the end, she pinpointed the moment when people's emotions rose to the highest point, took the lead and called out the name "Superman" loudly. This voice spreads ten, ten to a hundred, like a fire burning a company camp, and finally converged into a thunderous thunder in a few streets, calling the name loudly and unanimously.

And the savior they were calling was now nervously caught in the emotional crowd, like a grain of sand thrown into the beach, hard to find.

Mr. Reynolds smiled and patted Jay on the shoulder, and said in his ear against the fierce crowd shouting: "Come on, son, they are calling you."

Jay looked at the almost earth-shattering movement, and his heart felt a little guilty. It seems funny, but he has never spoken publicly in a scene of this scale. The closest scene he had faced before was just a high school graduation speech as a student representative, which was completely different from today's situation.

In fact, he prepared in advance. Mr. Reynolds even used his talent as a reporter to write a speech to his son, telling him to recite it when he was on stage. But now he has changed his mind somewhat.

"Um... I think maybe I don't need to go up." Jay retreated. "Look, not all superheroes need to deal with the lens and the spotlight, right? Look, Batman never Will speak to the camera."

"Silly boy," Mrs. Reynolds smiled, "you know it's different."

"Yeah, I know."

Jay sighed, finally completely dispelling the idea of ​​dying to escape. And he knew that this might be the beginning of a series of similar matters, and he had better get used to it as soon as possible.

After the cheers on the square lasted for more than three minutes, the heroes called by the crowd were finally late. The arrival of the figure with the red cloak flying behind him pushed the already extremely hot atmosphere to a higher level, and the sound was shaking.

The host is a girl with short blond hair, looks pretty and smart. When Jay fell gently in front of her, the girl couldn't help feeling a little at a loss. She Zhang Zhang tried to say hello simply, but for a moment she was so nervous that she couldn't even remember her name.

It's strange to say that the shouts of the excited people two seconds ago were still shaking, but when their "superman" stood in front of the stage and prepared to speak, they quieted down in a tacit understanding, neat and tidy. As if rehearsed in advance, Jay couldn't help but wonder if the actor was specially invited to join him.

He counted it silently in his mind with super speed, and there were about 5,000 pairs of eyes on the square focusing on him. This did not count the people who were too far away from the square to see the stage. He took a deep breath. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel very grateful that the memory ability of the super brain prevents him from forgetting words because of being too nervous. Next, he only needs to follow the speech written by Mr. Reynolds as emotionally as possible. Just recite it.

He brewed for a while and said in a louder voice than a microphone: "Metropolis citizens, first of all, I have to thank you all for your support and enthusiasm. This always makes me more motivated to do the right thing. Thank you."

He said he stopped here. If he continues to follow the speech, he should make some empty statements, strengthen his position, and say something that is not practical but very practical. But when he scanned the sharp and smart eyes of everyone present, and the expectations and trust that each of them had in their eyes, he hesitated.

Jay pondered for a few seconds, and then decided that he would get rid of his speech. He raised his head, looked straight into everyone's eyes through his pale golden goggles, and then said: "I haven't had the opportunity to clarify these before, but I think I need to explain... that's me. Not Superman, at least not the one you know."

A commotion began to appear in the quiet square, and the news quickly caused a slight reaction among the crowd. Jay went on to say: "But as you can see, I am a Kryptonian like him. I inherited his cloak, and I hope to inherit what he fought for. If you hear what I say next, you still If you are willing to agree with me, I am happy to fill his vacancy."

The voice in the square gradually calmed down, and everyone pricked their ears, waiting for him to continue speaking.

"As we all know, this world has just experienced a long period of darkness, quite a long time." Jay said, "But as the old saying goes, no matter how dark it is, dawn will eventually come. And the darkness itself is also It's not terrible. What's terrible is that we have lost the belief that the dawn will come.

This is exactly what happened in the past few years. All of us-ordinary people or former heroes-once forgot this important part. We blinded our eyes and allowed darkness to grow in our invisible corners, and finally left it to the invaders to take advantage of. The opportunity. I have the same responsibility for this part. Before, my narrow vision kept me hiding in the dark, just like everyone else. "

He raised his tone and said loudly: "Superman was once the brightest lighthouse in the world. He has been pointing us to the direction of hope for many years, and after his death we seem to have forgotten what he left us. But not in the future. Maybe I can't do everything in his way, but I will try to make a difference in my own way. We must stand up again, we must regain the hope that we have forgotten, and take control of us by hand My own destiny, every day with my head held high, I am here today, as a member of the earth, and as a Kryptonian who wants to inherit the spirit of Superman, I solemnly call on everyone to hear this message It's time to stand up again, it's time to step out of the darkness again. They say that the era of heroes is over, and it really is. But a new era is about to begin, and it needs you, it needs me, and it needs all of us everyone."

After saying this in one breath, Jay couldn't help feeling relieved, and his heart seemed to be relieved a lot. He could hardly believe that he had said so much on the spot, but every sentence really came from the heart. He saw Mr. Reynolds in the crowd taking the lead and shouting "OK", and then he clapped his first slap, which ignited another wave of cheers.

The beautiful short hair host seemed to have finally adjusted back to normal at this moment. She said to Jay: "Thank you, very wonderful speech, super... uh... sorry, what should I do? call you?"

"what?"

"Because... You said you are not Superman, right? Then how should I call you?"

Jay scratched his head: "Well, let me think about it..."

So the next day's Planet Daily had the following headlines-

——"The superman-neo appeared in Metropolitan Plaza in response to the voice of the masses!"