This charity gala ultimately could not continue, but its impact was far-reaching.
After that night, news of Superman's rampage at the charity gala topped the trending searches.
Many people present were young rich second-generation who used Kuaishou. After the initial fear of such an event, it turned into an expression of pleasant surprise at encountering big news.
Then, the videos they posted on Kuaishou quickly gained views in a very short time.
Everyone was curious, what on Earth happened to Superman?
However, given that the impact of the alien invasion war had not yet ended, no one dared to say anything irrational at this time, but some things were quietly budding.
Did Superman finally realize that he had the power to become a tyrant of this World?
Then what explanation would the Justice League give for this?
Everyone was waiting for the Justice League's response to the matter.
Compared to before, the various media outlets were now considered restrained.
It was obvious that they no longer reported this as entertainment news, but rather treated it as a serious political event that needed to be dealt with carefully.
Dane learned of this news the next morning.
By the time he returned to the Watchtower, news of Superman nearly killing Lex Luthor at the charity gala had spread throughout the World.
He couldn't help but rub his temples.
"So, who was behind this again? Lex?"
Cortana stood beside him. She shook her head and replied: "This incident was not caused by Lex Luthor, or rather, not entirely."
Not entirely? So that means he's at least partly responsible, right?
Maybe I should find an opportunity to throw him into hell. At most, I'll prepare a luxurious suite in hell for him, with seven or eight beautiful succubi, to ensure he never wants to leave.
Dane was seriously considering the possibilities until the surveillance footage released by Cortana interrupted his thoughts.
"This woman... Cortana, zoom in on the image, especially that thing in her hand."
Cortana complied, zooming in on the image for Dane.
The woman was wearing a cloak, and her head was hidden in the hood, so her true face was unclear.
But the thing in her hand had a great story.
"pandoras box!"
In the Rock of Eternity's library, there were also records about pandoras box, a strange box said to have suddenly appeared in this World tens of thousands of years ago.
The first to discover it were the Olympian Gods of that time. Zeus had just killed his father and ascended to the position of King of the Gods, a time when his confidence was unprecedentedly inflated.
Suddenly seeing this box, he only thought it was a gift from the heavens to him for becoming King of the Gods... Here, Dane really wanted to complain, in that cultural environment, Zeus himself was actually the Old Man in the sky.
Anyway, God never bothered with people, so his self-proclamation was fine.
So why did he think there was a higher God who would send him a gift?
In short, when Zeus confidently tried to open his gift, he found that he couldn't open the strange box no matter what.
Not only him, but after all the gods had tried, they found that no one could open it.
The gods were therefore afraid; they began to fear the box's power.
Even they, the most powerful in this World, couldn't open this box, so how powerful must the person who created this box be!
However, at this time, Hephaestus, the God of Fire, who was most skilled in crafting among the Olympian Gods, found an alternative way to open the Magic Box.
He tried to find the 'purest good' girl in the World and have her open the box.
The gods agreed to the God of Fire's plan and implemented it.
Pandora was the girl chosen by the gods. At that time, she was the kindest girl in the World. She was chosen for her pure and flawless heart, and this was the beginning of her unfortunate life.
That day, her mother asked her to go into the jungle to find a kind of berry that could cure a sick child.
Pandora obeyed her mother's words, but she didn't find the berries. Instead, guided by some unseen force, she found a strange box emitting a red light.
Pandora curiously opened the box, and the seven deadly sins flew out of it.
That day, new evil was born from her hands.
When Pandora stumbled back to her tribe, the seven deadly sins were devouring the flesh and blood of her tribesmen's corpses.
One of the seven deadly sins called her "Mother."
At that moment, Pandora's heart collapsed, and her World turned into darkness.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in the Wizard Council's judgment hall.
She, along with The Question and Judas, the Phantom Stranger's predecessor, were judged as the Trinity of Sin, the most sinful individuals in human history.
From that day on, Pandora walked the World, striving to eliminate the seven deadly sins.
But both the Olympian Gods and the Wizard Council were completely wrong about the Magic Box; it was not a magical creation... This statement isn't entirely accurate, as some of its abilities certainly looked very magical.
For example, the seven deadly sins that first appeared indeed ran from the Magic Box into the Real World.
But the Magic Box didn't seal them. More accurately, the Magic Box merely transported them from another World to this World.
The true function of this Magic Box is "teleportation." It can bring people from another World to this World. Its function is very similar to Apokolips's mother box.
Dane even suspected that the Magic Box itself was the corresponding item to the mother box of another World.
This could explain why the Old Gods couldn't understand the Magic Box's energy and function.
After all, they also couldn't understand the mother box and could only seal it away.
Generally, unless one is from Apokolips, one cannot correctly use the mother box's power.
Cyborg was an exception; his appearance was not brought about by Silas Stone. On the contrary, the mother box brought about Cyborg's birth.
It needed the energy generated at Cyborg's birth to activate itself, thereby sending a message to Steppenwolf and guiding him to this World.
The same principle applies to the Magic Box. Only life forms from the same World as the Magic Box can correctly use it to open a passage to another World.
A World labeled Earth-3, which is also the Antimatter Universe.
So the Magic Box is very likely to also have the ability to convert matter and antimatter, just as the Sinestro Corps needs to undergo conversion when invading the positive matter Universe.
Not only that, but the Magic Box also has self-awareness, just like the mother box.
However, unlike the mother box's self-awareness being suppressed by Apokolips, the Magic Box clearly possesses more autonomous capabilities. It can actively enchant anyone who touches it and corrupt that person's mind.
Clearly, Clark fell victim to this.
"Cortana, try to find that woman wearing the hood."
Cortana heard something unusual in his tone and asked: "Do you know who she is? Do you need to create a codename?"
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She knew Dane had some abilities that couldn't be explained by science and magic, like always knowing things that hadn't happened yet, and recognizing people he had never even met before.
Dane nodded and said: "Create a file for this person, codename Pandora, global search."
Cortana complied, but a moment later she shook her head: "No trace of Pandora has been found, and no national systems have any personal files on her, not even fake identification."
Dane was not surprised. Just as he hadn't found any traces of Vandal Savage before.
These immortals, who have lived for at least tens of thousands of years, seem to be very good at hiding their identities. Even Dream's immortal human friend, he had to put in some effort to find him.
Therefore, Dane was not disheartened by not finding Pandora. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, connecting it to some recent events.
The Question, Madame Xanadu, Pandora, Clark being enchanted by the Magic Box, and a series of other people and events connected, he probably knew what Madame Xanadu's prophecy about the future entailed.
What is happening now should be part of the 'Three-Body War' arc in the comics, which is a prelude to another major event.
At the end of the Three-Body War event, a Magic Box brought an evil version of the Justice League—the Crime Syndicate—from another Universe.
And this major event is called—'Forever Evil'!
In the comic 'Three-Body War', the key figure who caused the civil war among superhumans was an Earth-3 version of Alfred, code-named "Outsider", whose personality was completely opposite to Alfred.
According to the script, he arrived in this World with an Atomica, a Syndicate member, during an accident.
He worked hard to prepare for the arrival of his Master, Owlman, and the Crime Syndicate, attempting to incite a civil war among the heroes of this World.
However, the original start of the Three-Body War was caused by Billy Batson.
But now that the Shazam Force has been inherited by Dane, it is clear that using Billy to split the Justice League's forces is no longer feasible.
Dane was very curious, how would Outsider carry out his plan?
...Deep within a dark underground Base of Checkmate, a middle-aged man who looked very similar to Alfred, but with a more sinister temperament, stood in front of a large screen.
He was dressed in a well-tailored suit and wore a top hat. At this moment, the man looked at the news footage on the screen with a serious and solemn expression.
He is "Outsider", an Alfred doppelgänger born on Earth-3.
After he stared at the screen for a while, a tiny figure crawled onto his shoulder like a flea.
Outsider felt it, and he knew who it was.
"Your plan succeeded. Amanda Waller, that woman, she indeed sent someone to recruit me."
Standing on Outsider's shoulder was none other than Atomica, one of the members of the Crime Syndicate.
She said with a smile, "She told me that she wanted to establish an organization that could completely contend with the Justice League, and even wanted to name it exactly the same as them."
Outsider scoffed at this: "That foolish woman, wanting to contend with the Justice League, she clearly still lacks a crucial figure.
If there's no way to deal with that person, all plans against the Justice League are useless."
As he finished speaking, Superman's avatar on the large screen suddenly disappeared, replaced by another strong man.
"Shazam!"
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