Chapter 65
Messiah stretched out his hand towards the land below, and a cold yet strangely gentle golden light burst out instantly, destroying the prisons that had almost been emptied.
Gardens of Eden rose one after another on the site of the former prison, covering the blood and tears of the past. The guardians who had hurt the innocent gathered in the Gardens of Eden and became the force that protected the innocent.
As the Messiah said, the Garden of Eden is coming.
Everyone will usher in the happy future that the Messiah believes in.
Superman flew above the Earth's atmosphere with a solemn expression. His super hearing allowed him to hear clearly the cheers and tears of joy of ordinary people.
The red and blue figure suddenly braked, and Superman floated silently above the city, looking down at the ordinary people who poured into the streets to celebrate.
In the Hall of Justice, the Zeta Channel lit up again and again, and the superheroes who returned to Earth looked at Batman.
Green Lantern frowned and said, "It's too late to stop the Messiah now. Everyone who deserves to die is dead. What should we do, Bat?"
Green Arrow, who didn't have a firm principle of not killing, made a joke: "Anyway, judging by the result, it's not bad. Those who died were just scum and bastards, which is not bad at all."
Obviously, Green Arrow's joke did not make Batman laugh, but made Batman even more depressed.
"The Messiah's targets aren't just criminals. Eden is stationed in every city on Earth, every single one."
Batman manipulated the supercomputer to quickly acquire intelligence and said seriously, "Based on my understanding of the Messiah, he will gradually expand his jurisdiction, from trying criminals to controlling the economy, and even monopolizing the ruling power."
A surveillance video appeared on the supercomputer, showing Lex Luthor mechanically moving towards the Garden of Eden in Metropolis. One could clearly see the gentle and kind mechanical smile on his face, as well as his lifeless eyes.
Superman happened to return to the Hall of Justice at this time, and saw Lex Luthor's "gentle and kind" appearance at a glance, and shuddered uncontrollably.
"Is this Lex?!" Superboy stuttered, "He's been brainwashed too?"
"Quiet."
Receiving Batman's gaze, the restless Kryptonians were instantly silenced and forced to calm down.
Batman called up the verdict of Lex's trial in the Code, which was full of Lex's crimes, and the charity Lex had done could not offset his crimes. According to the Messiah's judgment standards, he should be sentenced to death.
But Lex's ending was just brainwashing.
Batman pointed to the last sentence of the verdict and read it out slowly: "The defendant, Lex Luthor, should have been sentenced to death, but considering his leadership ability and importance to LexCorp, the death penalty has been commuted to the erasure of consciousness."
"Erase consciousness, maintain the group's operations, and maintain rule."
This trial result occurred to many consortium leaders who should have been sentenced to death.
"The Messiah is consciously collecting consortiums and has essentially taken control of the global economy."
Batman pinched his brows tiredly: "Do you understand? Judging criminals is only the beginning of the Messiah."
"I'm not afraid of a villain with strength, I'm just afraid of a villain with brains..." Someone muttered, "This is the first time I've seen a villain who rules the world and also understands economics."
Messiah's economics teacher, Batman, expressionlessly closed the list of consortiums controlled by Messiah.
Green Arrow shook his head. "But the people outside are now supporting Messiah's actions. If we go to stop Messiah now, I'm afraid it will cause public dissatisfaction, and some people may even turn around and stop us."
"Anti-heroes have already taken the initiative to go to Gotham's Garden of Eden. They want to join the Messiah." Cyborg added. He was able to receive updates about the anti-heroes through the global internet. "The Messiah's supporters will only increase."
Standing opposite them are not only the Messiah and his Garden of Eden, but also the people who support the Messiah and the anti-heroes.
"But some people fear the Messiah's actions..." The Martian girl hesitated, "We can't let the Messiah continue just because of public support..."
The Justice League was established to protect the Earth and its people. The superheroes who can stand here basically have a heart to protect others, and now, the people they protect are rejoicing for the judgment of the Messiah.
On the one hand, they did not support the Messiah's rule over the earth. On the other hand, the Messiah's judgment of criminals was quite reasonable, and most people supported the Messiah.
For a moment, many superheroes were caught in a dilemma, and the Hall of Justice fell silent in an instant.
Messiah slowly withdrew his gaze from the Hall of Justice.
——Messiah did not want to be enemies with the Justice League. They were also the guardians of the Earth and humanity and should not become his enemies. That is why he decided to isolate the Justice League from the Earth until the end of the trial.
The superheroes of the Justice League will be influenced by ordinary people. If during and before his trial, the Justice League may still have a chance to stop him, but after the trial, it will no longer be possible.
And now, the result is just as the Messiah expected.
The strategic and tactical abilities Batman taught Messiah were fully utilized by Messiah, allowing him to solve everything without having to resort to force and brainwashing as he did in the previous world and Crime Alley.
Looking at the unusually silent atmosphere in the Hall of Justice, Batman also realized that this was the Messiah's strategy.
His children applied what he taught them well, but in the context of dominating the world and fighting against him.
The Messiah was spinning in the clouds above Gotham, thinking about his next plan. As Batman said, judging criminals was just the beginning for him.
He looked at the ordinary people cheering under the clouds. If he wanted them to be happy and if he wanted the earth to become a true Garden of Eden, he needed to do more.
"Almighty Father, if you can hear my prayer, can you please let your Son come to me?"
A pale-haired old woman knelt down with her eyes closed and her hands folded, praying: "Merciful Messiah, you came to the world to punish sinners. I pray that you will grant salvation to your devout believers."
Messiah caught his name and saw the old woman with white hair and ragged clothes.
He disappeared into the clouds and landed above the slums.
Under the old woman's excited and surprised gaze, the Messiah slowly descended, his white cloak draped on the dirty and muddy ground of the slums, but it was not stained at all.
Messiah looked down at the old woman and said slowly, "Are you praying to me?"
He didn't understand why anyone would pray to him.
The old woman crawled forward on her knees excitedly, but was lifted up by the sudden appearance of golden light. The golden light supported the old woman and allowed her to stand up straight and face the Messiah.
"Don't kneel. Stand straight and face me." Messiah retracted the golden light that had lifted the old woman up. His snow-white eyelashes obscured the expression in his brilliant golden eyes, leaving only a seemingly calm face. "You shouldn't pray to me either."
"But I will listen to you."
Messiah raised his eyes slightly and looked at the old woman's excited face: "Speak."
This white figure seemed out of place in the dirty slums. The Messiah's landing attracted a lot of people's attention. Before they knew it, the ragged slum dwellers filled the roads.
The poor people surrounded the Messiah in a circle, leaving a large open space in the middle. They looked at the Messiah in awe and did not dare to approach him.
They were a group of poor people, and everyone said that they were forgotten by God. The Messiah was the savior given to the world by God in the Bible, and they felt that the Messiah would never pay attention to them.
But the Messiah really came, came to this slum where even ordinary people were unwilling to set foot, and stepped on the land of the slum.
The old woman's hands were shaking constantly. She only prayed to the Messiah out of desperation and with a tentative attitude. She never had any hope that the Messiah would really listen to her prayers.
"I, we are very poor. We have no food to eat and no clean water to drink." The old woman said tremblingly, "I have been hungry for three days, and my child is dying, so I, I want to pray to you."
The old woman did not dare to look into the eyes of the Messiah. The Bible said that angels hate all unclean things. Many people said that they were lowly beings. Maybe she was the unclean thing that the angels hated.
Would the Messiah be willing to redeem her from such an unclean existence, or would she anger the Messiah?
Eyes filled with longing and pleading fell on the Messiah, and for the first time, the Messiah faced hunger and poverty.
Before he makes up his mind to protect the earth, the Messiah will only listen to the voices of those who cry "Help" and "Messiah" and save people, but those who are hurt by hunger and poverty will not cry for help.
Messiah gazed at the old woman's emaciated body and the dying child lying in bed in the shack behind him, and murmured, "...the injustice and suffering in this world are not only caused by sin."
To create the Garden of Eden, he needed to do more than just eliminate all crime from the world. He knew what to do next.
Messiah exhaled gently to calm his trembling heart. He stretched out his right hand, and golden light illuminated the dark and narrow road in the slums, as well as the skinny faces.
Golden energy surged out and slowly condensed into substance. Several clean boxes appeared on the ground, filled with bread, milk and mineral water.
It was the first time Messiah used his power to create something so ordinary and common. He didn't know what food to give to the hungry poor, so he imitated the food that Bruce had the Wayne Group distribute in Crime Alley and created the same bread and milk.
The bread and milk are also printed with the Wayne Group logo.
When they saw the mountains of bread and milk in the boxes, those skinny people became excited instantly. The sounds of swallowing and stomach rumbling were heard one after another, but since the Messiah was there, they did not dare to get close.
The old woman suddenly knelt on the ground, and the slum residents did the same thing, but before their knees touched the ground, they were once again supported by the golden light.
"I told you not to bow down to me," the Messiah said calmly. "I am not a god, nor a king. I am just a human like you."
But in the eyes of slum dwellers, the Messiah is no different from God. If not God, who would give them food and water?
Messiah slowly backed away. He realized that with his presence, the slum dwellers would not dare to approach the bread and milk, so he took the initiative to leave and make room for them.
The next second, everyone rushed towards the bread and milk.
Under the old woman's eager yet nervous gaze, Messiah walked into the old woman's hut and stopped in front of the child lying on the bed.
Messiah lowered his eyes and looked at the dying child. Food alone could not save the child, but he also did not have the power to heal the child.
A hand gently stroked the child's forehead. The child reluctantly opened one eye and saw a white figure. The figure said to him, "I can't save you, but I will send you to the hospital for treatment."
The child felt his body floating in the air, and the next second, his nose was surrounded by the smell of disinfectant.
The doctor with a mechanical expression and a gentle smile came up. He did not make any questioning or surprised sounds, but directly carried the child into the treatment room.
All the medical staff in the clinic had the same smile on their faces as they gently installed the monitoring equipment on the child. The child almost thought he had gone to heaven because he was treated so gently.
——This is a hospital that once sold human organs. These participants with blood on their hands should have died in the judgment, but Messiah, considering that the Garden of Eden needed doctors, erased their consciousness and left them alone.
Messiah tilted his head slightly and said to the panicked old woman in an unquestionable tone, "He needs treatment. After the treatment is completed, Eden will send him back."
The old woman nodded repeatedly, her reverence leaving her no doubt about the Messiah's choice.
Messiah walked out of the shack, glanced at the poor people who were wolfing down their food, turned on his super vision and searched the entire slum. Without asking for their opinions, he directly transferred all those who needed treatment to the hospital.
If he didn't, those people would die, so the Messiah didn't feel the need to ask their permission.
Then, Messiah looked at the dilapidated huts that could barely provide shelter from the wind and rain, and stretched out his hand towards them.
Amidst exclamations, the shacks were distorted and enlarged by the golden light covering them, and white houses appeared on the original site of the slums.
Messiah replicated Gotham's streetscapes one-to-one, creating all the basic infrastructure for the slums and even giving clothes to its ragged residents.
The residents of the slums excitedly clasped their hands and shook them to the Messiah, but the Messiah knew that he had not yet saved them. This was far from enough, and he should do something else.
Give them money? Keep them fed and watered? Send them to a soup kitchen?
But once he stopped providing them with shelter, they would return to hunger, and there was more than one slum, so he couldn't shelter everyone like this.
"Criminals cause crime, so after I erase the criminals, all crime will disappear." Messiah pondered, "...I need to find the source of hunger and poverty and erase them just like I erased the criminals. Then there will be no more hungry and poor people."
In the eternal paradise, there should be no hunger and poverty. The Messiah thought that he must save all the hungry and poor people.
【Author’s words】
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