But it was clear that this was still not enough to deal with the new Parallax; although Hector's abilities were far inferior to those of the Little Blue People.
He also had an advantage that the Little Blue People did not: he was in complete sync with Parallax.
Unlike the Little Blue People, who initially resisted Parallax's infection and did not achieve maximum synergy.
Hector, on the other hand, completely submitted to Parallax, serving its appetite.
And Parallax, in turn, completely entrusted its power to Hector.
At least for now, they were the best choice for each other.
Moreover, Hector was cunning and insidious; he didn't create a giant energy cloak to encase himself like the Little Blue People.
Instead, he continuously created countless small Parallax creatures based on Parallax's appearance.
So in the next instant, countless small Parallax creatures, only human-sized, crawled out of the pit.
They quickly dispersed, like large cockroaches, some flying, some crawling, spreading in all directions.
Diana cut down the approaching Parallax creatures one by one with her sword, quickly killing them.
But they emerged much faster than she could kill them.
Hawkman also joined the team hunting the Parallax creatures; he skillfully used his weapon and wings, and his killing speed was not slow.
The rest of the Justice League also joined the "extermination" effort.
"Clark! Ron! Pay attention to the bald guy's location; if we don't find a way to deal with him, these bugs will never be fully killed!"
Superman and Martian Manhunter nodded in agreement, simultaneously using X-ray vision to observe Hector's position.
"He's gone!"
Their voices sounded simultaneously.
Dane looked up; it seemed Hector, a master of cunning, had already slipped away?
At this moment, several fighter jets roared across the sky; unlike carrier-based aircraft, these fighters were clearly meant for hard combat.
At the same time, he activated Hawkeye, allowing him to see an aircraft carrier group already appearing by the coast.
"Everyone, evacuate as many citizens as possible from the city; the Military is clearing the area."
Everyone immediately sprang into action.
Amanda stood on the coastline at this time, and she was very happy when she saw the aircraft carrier group.
However, she regretted that they hadn't taken her advice; she hadn't seen the Justice League and others fighting, and she thought Parallax had been eliminated by the fighter squadron.
Amanda waited there for quite a while before the Checkmate's armed helicopter finally arrived.
"How are things in Coast City?"
Putting on her headset, Amanda asked her subordinates about the situation in the city.
But unfortunately, she received some bad news.
"It's terrible; the city is now full of monsters, and no matter how many we kill, there are always more."
"But I heard that there's a group of metahumans in the city helping to rescue people and kill those monsters."
Hmm? Amanda frowned, metahumans? Is it the Justice League?
She picked up her phone, intending to call Hawkman.
But on second thought, Hawkman couldn't possibly be watching idly at this time; he must also be rescuing people.
So she didn't disturb him.
She immediately ordered her subordinate: "Now, go to Coast City!"
"Are you sure? I mean, ma'am, it's full of monsters right now, and I hear they can fly!"
"Isn't this an armed helicopter? What are you afraid of? Stop talking nonsense, let's go!"
The pilot had no choice; a higher rank crushes people, and besides, if the superior isn't afraid of death, why should you be?
If you go back now, you'll probably wish you were dead!
Soon, the helicopter approached Coast City, and as it neared the city, a yellow monster bug, human-height, flew over, flapping its wings.
Amanda could even see its two rows of dense mouthparts, enough to make trypophobics feel like dying.
Amanda was startled but not flustered; she told the pilot to control the helicopter carefully while she operated the weapons.
She aimed and fired, hitting one of the monster bugs.
But she saw that the monster bug she hit only bounced twice on the ground, then got up as if nothing had happened, continuing to attack humans.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Amanda cursed aloud; there were countless such creatures throughout the city. Could this city even be saved?
Then she saw the Military's F35 fighter jets and Ferris's Saber III drone series streaking across the sky, dropping air-to-ground missiles directly, blowing up countless monster bugs.
But this was not enough; it was far from enough to eliminate them.
Hector's action directly hit humanity's weak spot; large-bodied entities like Parallax were actually relatively easy to target because their target was too big.
You could hit it with your eyes closed; the only concern was the difficulty of completely killing it.
But Hector did the opposite, choosing to break up into smaller units.
He sent clones to attack humans, primarily to collect energy.
And his main body hid, observing the situation.
He was very clever; although he wasn't the strongest, he was the most difficult to deal with.
And this situation was quickly relayed to the Military's high command.
"The situation in Coast City is so rotten; what is Checkmate doing? Isn't this within their jurisdiction?"
"Checkmate doesn't have its own armed forces; you clearly know that."
"Then they should at least have notified us in advance so we could be prepared. Now, we're rushing into battle! And we don't even know who the enemy is."
"Given the combat situation, we have become the laughingstock of the World!"
"What's the point of saying all this now? Solutions, solutions! Why don't you propose a solution!"
Seeing the noisy conference room, General Lane couldn't help but sit up straight.
"Actually, we still have one option, don't we?"
Everyone present immediately fell silent, turning their gaze towards him.
"Before this alien monster invasion, a Checkmate member had already warned us, but at the time, not many people paid attention."
A few generals' expressions were slightly unnatural, but they quickly calmed down.
"Now is not the time for assigning blame, but to think about how to solve the problem in Coast City."
"General Lane, stop beating around the bush; tell us your thoughts."
General Lane said seriously: "Alright, do you remember the Checkmate member I just mentioned? She is still in Coast City."
"And she just sent me the latest intelligence on the enemy."
Actually, that information was obtained by Amanda from Hawkman; Hawkman still hoped the government could do something.
And Hawkman's information on Parallax came from the Justice League.
Dane agreed to his request to share the data, and then Cortana uploaded the data to the database in Hawkman's fighter jet.
Hawkman was actually a bit surprised how easily the other party connected to his fighter jet, as he hadn't even presented the key… General Lane continued to explain:
"In the description from that Checkmate member, the target, codenamed Parallax, is a product of an energy life form combining with a human."
"Its greatest ability is to infect humans like a plague, causing the infected to involuntarily unleash their inner fear."
"And Parallax feeds on fear; it will materialize the target's fear and life force and devour them together…"
All the generals present had absurd expressions upon hearing this report.
Is this really not a script taken from some third-rate Hollywood screenwriter?
Fear? A monster that feeds on fear?
Why the hell don't you say it's the work of a Vampire?
But General Lane immediately played a video showing the process of Coast City citizens having their life force absorbed by the Parallax creatures.
Oh, right, this video circulated from some incredibly bold Kuaishou video creator… The generals fell silent.
How do we fight this?
The enemy is numerous, simply endless!
And it can induce fear in people's hearts, so it's impossible to send Soldiers to fight, otherwise it's just sending them to their deaths.
Only long-range strikes can be considered.
But long-range strikes would cause civilian casualties, and might not even completely kill these monster bugs.
Moreover, if you're using long-range strikes, you certainly can't talk about rescuing civilians.
Since there's no intention of rescuing civilians… why not go big and wipe out those monster bugs all at once?
At this moment, the generals vaguely had an idea in their minds, but no one dared to speak, all burying their heads like ostriches.
General Lane scoffed at the sight and simply proposed it himself.
"I believe that since the situation in Coast City is already beyond salvation."
"Then we might as well prepare for the worst, and absolutely not let other cities suffer such a tragedy!"
General Lane said decisively, "I propose that we use nuclear weapons to attack the target known as Parallax!"
"The problem is, who will convince the President to authorize this Plan Five?"
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