In the midst of the broken ruins, the swaying figures of the people gradually gathered around like soulless zombies, each with a twisted smile on their faces, like watching some kind of burlesque or a circus clown.But even as an audience, their quality seems too poor, because there is no silence at all when watching the performance, and everyone is repeating the same words in their mouths - only the nightmare is real.The whole world seemed to resonate with their voices, which began as a subtle cracking sound and then gradually turned into a deafening roar that spread from someone's eardrums all the way to the heart.For a moment, Superman only felt that the pain of kryptonite in his body was nothing, but that something precious in his brain or soul began to shatter.The green blood affected by the Kryptonite radiation also flowed through his body with the beating of his heart, and the tips of his limbs felt cold and numb, and he looked at everyone, and everyone was looking at him.However, he always helped others, but no one helped him at this time.Not only was there no one to help him, but to be more precise, these people behaved more like they were planning to fall into the trap.They approached with all sorts of weapons made of kryptonite, and in the Metropolis, it was not surprising to see so many kryptonite, and no one knew how many man-made green stones were in Luther's warehouse.The sound of everyone's footsteps approaching, their voices even louder: "Only the nightmare is real." ”Superman moved back, his hands and feet together, but still holding his head high: "No!
Everyone should have hope!
”The crowd was not surprised, they still moved steadily, but they did not attack immediately, but surrounded Superman in three layers inside and three layers outside.Their figures, or rather, their shadows grew larger, completely blocking out the sunlight above Clark's head, and the entire sky darkened, except for the faint green light of kryptonite illuminating the distorted faces."
Only nightmares are real."
Their tone was calm, as if they were stating a fact, as if it were right in front of them, and they needed Superman to open his eyes to see it."
No, I believe in the inherent goodness of human nature, you are not human, you will never understand!"
Superman still denied it, and he tried to stand up, but the man with the kryptonite club next to him stabbed him, and he fell to the ground.If it was an ordinary human, it would have been impossible to hurt Superman in the past, but now, with the presence of kryptonite, Clark felt extremely vulnerable, as if he had lost the initiative in life.He couldn't help but think of the last time he was kidnapped by the statue, but it was different, the enemy looked like a monster, and now, being besieged by human-like creatures was even more terrifying.He was a little shaken, even if he didn't need people to thank him, but he still wanted others to trust him.How long can this last?"
Only nightmares are real."
The crowd repeated the words again, looking down condescendingly at the fallen Kryptonian as if he were a bug.Maybe in terms of superpowers, he is undoubtedly superhuman, but on the dark side of the human heart, he doesn't understand anything.Even if the cruel reality is in front of him, he always turns a blind eye, isn't this a kind of cruelty?"
Admit it, reality is a nightmare, there is no wish at all, nothing goes well, some are only struggling, and some are just various disasters that cannot be avoided."
The old lady who gave Superman the kryptonite drink just now spoke up, she slowly squatted down, her eyes were rolling rapidly on her face that melted like a candle, staring at the man's eyes, and the voice full of smiles said: "Fearful things are everywhere, worry about unemployment, worry about bankruptcy, worry about the death of your family, worry about your own sick people are alive, you have been living in all kinds of anxiety, and you, worry about more things, you worry about everyone, but is it useful to worry?"
You know, there's a lot of things that are bound to happen. ”“.”
The red and blue man doesn't lie, and Clark opened his mouth a little, but nothing came out.Maybe it's because of the weakness caused by kryptonite, maybe it's because he can't refute it.He didn't know what kind of creatures were these things in front of him, but they did know a lot about human beings.Human beings, as creatures in the material world, are flesh and blood, and life is quite fragile, and the so-called impermanence of the world is to describe that people will always encounter things that they do not want to see.Everything that exists in nightmares and people subconsciously don't want to see, they will always happen inadvertently, who can have everything in life?"
Look, you've thought about it, you've recognized it, you've got it."
The old lady, whose white hair was falling out quickly, stood up with satisfaction, she reached out and hugged the little girl beside her, and the two laughed so much that their whole tongues popped out of their mouths and fell to the ground, but this did not affect them to continue to talk with the surrounding crowd: "Only nightmares are real." ”With that, the crowd looked at each other, and when they saw Superman, who couldn't refute everyone, they assumed that he had acknowledged everyone's point of view.So one of them said, "Superman can't seem to move anymore, so why don't we taste him?"
Being eaten by the people he usually helps should give him a deeper understanding of what reality is. ”The story of the farmer and the snake is an educational fable from the eyes of humans, but from the point of view of the snake, it is undoubtedly a cool text.You see, suppose the snake is a man, caught by a huge bipedal while sleeping, and has a little respite, and when he has recovered his strength, he launches his strongest attack on this strange biped.The attack killed the huge creature, whose flesh could be eaten for a long time, and the clothes it wore could be used to keep warm, the equivalent of a pie falling from the sky.That's pretty much the end of the so-called adventure adventure.Now the Nightmares are ready to play the role of snakes, they have already felt the slightest fear in Superman's heart, like a crack in their hearts, and now what they have to do is to use the more exciting nightmare to give him more energy.Of course, it would be great if Superman was completely blackened and transformed into a member of the Nightmare, as his powerful physique could do a lot in reality.For example, to kill someone?
Set?
In short, there are so many ways to spread fear, and you can choose from it."
Well, it seems like a good idea too."
The old lady nodded, she picked up the large kryptonite bowl on the side, as if she was going to use it as a weapon: "So Superman, we answered your doubts, now that the new game has begun, are you ready?"
”The crowd raised their hands, and the kryptonite in their hands became even brighter.
(End of chapter)