Where is the U.S. Army? This is a good question.
In fact, the U.S. upper echelons only learned that Earth had been invaded by an alien species after being alerted by Amanda, a mid-level manager.
Of course, they didn't take Amanda's suggestion seriously.
With the U.S. Army's usual arrogance, they didn't believe their Army couldn't defeat the enemy.
And Amanda's superior, the highest leader of Checkmate, also didn't believe Amanda's one-sided story.
He knew too well what kind of ambition this woman had, so he strongly suspected that Amanda was deliberately exaggerating the facts to gain power and profit.
It's no wonder the U.S. government reacted so slowly; they hadn't encountered such a major disaster in a long time, so a delayed reaction was normal.
While Military bigwigs were still bickering in meetings about which Army to send to aid Coast City, the Coast City incident had quickly topped Kuaishou's trending topics during this time.
The most-watched video even reached over 100 million views, meaning that perhaps all of All America knew about the alien invasion.
As soon as the news broke, the President in the White House immediately cursed out loud.
"I don't care what you're arguing about, the most important thing now is to send the Army to rescue the citizens of Coast City, now! Immediately! Right away!"
The Constitution stipulates that in the event of an attack on U.S. soil, the President has the right to directly command the Army.
And now with the alien invasion, it was the best time for the President to exercise this power.
If a Military officer disobeyed, the President could use this power to directly remove them from office, without even needing to go through congressional procedures.
So, the Military bigwigs didn't dare to talk back to the President; they all lowered their heads and quickly went to organize the Army to depart.
The first to be assigned this task was the aircraft carrier strike group patrolling in the 997 sea area near Coast City; they were the closest.
Carrier-based aircraft took off first, heading towards Coast City.
Soon, the pilots saw Parallax.
"Holy. Shit!"
Before even getting close, the pilots, based on their experience, judged Parallax's size. They highly doubted how much damage their airborne missiles could inflict on it.
"I'm launching missiles!"
A pilot flew a bit closer and decisively launched a missile.
The missile spewed a bright tail flame and a huge roar, immediately attracting Parallax's attention.
It seemed to watch the missile flying towards its face with some confusion. After watching for a while, it actually opened its big mouth and welcomed the missile inside.
It swallowed the missile whole, like a snack.
The pilot waited a long time but didn't wait for the missile to explode in its belly, so he could only curse under his breath and quickly turned to flee.
But Parallax had no intention of letting him go. It flapped its large wings, instantly stirring up a gust of wind.
Although it was large, its speed was not slow at all.
The pilot turned his head and saw Parallax's large eyes staring directly at him.
This sight scared him out of his wits!
"I'm locked on! Repeat, I'm locked on!"
"Shit! Mayday Mayday Mayday"
The pilot frantically called for help, but the communicator only transmitted the command center's suggestion that he eject. Hearing this, he stared blankly at Parallax's menacing eyes outside the glass, and roared with grief and despair:
"I can't do it!"
But the command center simply didn't understand, still chattering on, suggesting he try again, maybe it was jammed or something.
The pilot couldn't help but think that he would rather die with this monster than become its food!
Just as the pilot was despairingly preparing to die a heroic Death, an unknown object suddenly rushed over, pushing the monster outside away.
The pilot strained his eyes, almost doubting what he saw.
"Peregrine, do you hear me? Report your current status!"
"I'm saved…"
"What did you say?"
"I'm saved, someone saved me."
"What saved you? Did you see what it was?"
"I'm not sure, but it looks like… a person?"
Dane pushed Parallax's body towards the sea, but Parallax was reluctant to move away from the crowds, and they engaged in a struggle in the air.
Hercules's strength made Dane incredibly powerful; even in a strength contest with a massive monster like Parallax, he wasn't at a disadvantage.
But his size was ultimately not an advantage, and soon he was bitten by Parallax and pushed towards the ground.
Parallax, like a rolling dragon, slammed its entire body onto the ground, easily creating several meteor-sized craters.
During this, countless people were crushed to Death, blood and sewage mixing into a single mess.
And it lifted its head, taking a deep, intoxicated breath, and countless yellow skulls once again flew into its massive mouth.
Dane transformed into lightning, rushing upwards with Mercury's divine speed, punching Parallax in the jaw, forcing its mouth shut.
"Diana!"
Diana arrived at the sound, divine power surging within her, almost emanating from her body.
Dane's eyes also glowed white, and thick lightning snakes crawled over his body.
They both possessed Zeus's divine power; a joint attack would undoubtedly be infinitely powerful!
But that wasn't all; Superman also flew in at this moment, his eyes emitting a crimson glow.
Martian Manhunter was also present; he was enraged by the atrocities committed by Parallax, and his eyes also lit up with red light.
In the distance, the Bat-Family aimed their fire control system at Parallax's eyes.
All members simultaneously unleashed their strongest energy attacks: white, red, and blue lights converged into a massive energy beam that struck Parallax.
A dazzling light illuminated the city center, and Hawkman Carter instinctively shielded his eyes with his hand.
The next moment, Parallax let out a city-wide scream, and large swaths of yellow energy peeled off like a gelatinous substance.
"It worked!"
Hawkman and the other observing pilots thought excitedly, but they celebrated too soon.
Hearing Parallax's strong, resonant voice, Dane felt no relaxation in his heart.
Sure enough, as the energy aftershocks dissipated, Parallax, though damaged, was not critically injured.
It was an energy being, feeding on fear, and as long as the fear energy flowed continuously, it would not die.
And fear, that emotion, was everywhere in this Coast City.
Hawkman saw that even this couldn't kill Parallax and immediately felt it was very troublesome.
Just as he was preparing to go down and fight alongside the Justice League, Amanda suddenly called him.
Considering there might be important news, he could only answer.
"Hawkman, Hector escaped! His target is Parallax, reason unknown, but I have a hunch…"
"You absolutely cannot let him stay with Parallax!"
Amanda's warning came a little too late, because Hawkman had already seen a strangely dressed human approach Parallax.
He made a decisive move, jumping directly from his fighter jet.
In mid-air, wings made of N Metal rapidly unfolded.
His outer garment tore open, revealing the Hawkman armor underneath.
A hawk-shaped helmet automatically settled on his head, and with a wave of Hawkman's hand, a golden mace appeared in his palm.
He swooped down, targeting Hector.
Hector surprisingly still had time to look up at Hawkman, and softly uttered a sentence:
"You're. Late!"
Immediately, Hector placed his palm on Parallax.
Suddenly, a brilliant yellow light erupted, and Parallax's tattered body transformed into a fluid that poured into Hector's body, a terrifying sight akin to a snake swallowing an elephant.
Hawkman's hammer struck Hector's head with a "clang," like hitting steel.
At this moment, Hector's seven orifices were all glowing yellow; he was somewhat overwhelmed by Parallax's power.
Fortunately, Parallax, for self-preservation, very obediently helped him sort out the fear energy within his body.
He even felt that calling himself a God at this moment was not an exaggeration.
Hector flashed a terrifying smile at Hawkman, making alarm bells ring in Hawkman's heart.
Hector pointed a finger downwards, and an invisible telekinetic force, like a mountain, pressed Hawkman into the ground.
He then pointed upwards, and Hawkman's body flew uncontrollably into the sky.
As he spread his five fingers, Hawkman's limbs splayed out, completely at his mercy.
"This feeling is too wonderful!"
Hector tried to tear off Hawkman's limbs, but the strength of the Nth metal exceeded his imagination, and he did not succeed.
This made Hector frown in displeasure.
But just then, Diana's lasso instantly wrapped around his neck.
Hector tried to break free with telekinesis, but found it useless.
Diana stood firm, pulled with both arms, and Hector's entire body was yanked into mid-air.
Dane, who had been waiting for a long time, clasped his hands together and delivered a powerful New Year's Greeting Hammer directly to Hector's large head!
Boom—!
Hector's body slammed deep into the ground, kicking up several feet of sand and rocks.
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