The Boys: Viltrumite Evolution Panel

Inside the abandoned industrial area.

Zoom was maintaining a high-frequency vibration of his body, and the blue lightning on his surface was slithering wildly like countless dense little snakes.

The air friction caused by his vibrating body even emitted a harsh, piercing shriek.

No wonder...

When I watched this part in the TV show back then, Zoom’s sense of oppression was already very strong.

Now that I’m in close contact with him, it’s no wonder many superpowered individuals are afraid of Zoom. Who wouldn’t be afraid of this?

"No matter who you are, submit, or die!!" Zoom’s voice was muffled, like a low growl coming from the depths of hell.

"Uh! Bro, that seems to be my line!"

Lucas felt a little awkward.

Why are you stealing my lines?

Zoom tilted his head slightly; he really hated this cavalier attitude, as if Lucas didn’t take him seriously at all.

So, he decided to make a move.

In an instant, a streak of orange-red light stopped right between the two of them.

"Stop, Zoom!" Barry shouted, blocking the way in front.

He turned his head to Lucas and said urgently, "This... Mr. Superman, please leave here quickly! This guy is an extremely dangerous serial killer. He is empowered by the Speed Force, you..."

Before Barry could finish his sentence, Lucas folded his arms and slowly floated up from the ground.

"Little Flash, I have a question. Why is your lightning orange, and this guy’s lightning is blue?"

"And the Reverse-Flash’s lightning is red. Is the color of the lightning on your bodies the same principle as the Power Rings?"

Lucas didn’t know much about DC Comics lore.

Barry was taken aback; Lucas’s ideas were a bit too wild, but he suppressed his inner doubts.

"This... let’s talk about it when we get back! There is a battle between him and me that will determine the fate of the Earth, and innocent people shouldn’t be involved!"

"Hahahaha!" Zoom laughed, and his blue lightning instantly surged several times over. "The Flash, is this the helper you found? It seems you’ve broken our agreement by finding a flying defective product to come here and die."

Barry hurriedly defended himself: "No, Zoom, he has nothing to do with me!"

"Really? Being able to pass through a wormhole with just a physical body, this guy’s speed is probably not lower than yours!" Zoom’s eyes were filled with bloodlust. "I’ll take his life first!"

BOOM!!!

The ground under Zoom’s feet instantly shattered, and his whole body turned into a streak of blue thunder, moving so fast that even a shadow couldn’t be captured by the naked eye.

"No! Get out of the way!" Barry shouted hysterically, even subconsciously wanting to reach out to pull Lucas.

In his Speed Force-enhanced senses, the kinetic energy contained in this collision by Zoom was enough to smash a main battle tank into pieces!

However, the next second!

The blue shadow on the screen flashed by, and then...

And then... there was no then.

SLAP!

A crisp sound of a slap echoed.

In the eyes of an ordinary person, the moment Zoom’s blue lightning approached Lucas, he was slapped by the other party. The action couldn’t even be considered a fight.

It was rather... perfunctory!

Zoom was forced out of high-speed movement, crashing into a transformer box, causing the surrounding currents to explode with noise.

The air went completely silent.

Barry stood frozen on the spot. His super senses, enhanced by the Speed Force, had only barely seen Lucas’s arm pull out a white afterimage, causing the air to emit a sonic boom.

That wasn’t the Speed Force at all; that was pure physical speed erupted solely through body mass!

"Oh, my god..."

Inside S.T.A.R. Labs, the lollipop in Cisco Ramon’s mouth fell onto the table with a clatter.

He looked at everyone in horror: "Did you see that?"

"Uh!"

Wells couldn’t say anything.

His expression was grave as he stared fixedly at Lucas on the screen, who was leisurely brushing the dust off his body, looking as if he didn’t take Zoom seriously at all.

"Is this guy... the same hero who dissipated the wormhole over Central City last time?"

Cisco Ramon nodded mechanically: "That’s right... but he disappeared afterward."

"After Barry was defeated by Zoom, he even had us secretly search for his whereabouts, but now it seems he isn’t on our Earth at all."

Dr. Wells gritted his teeth and turned to ask Cisco Ramon: "Are you sure this guy is on our side?"

Cisco Ramon was stunned for a moment.

That might not be certain!

Caitlin Snow chimed in from the side: "Actually... we’ve never been sure of his stance."

"Although I’m not exactly a good person, I can barely be counted in your camp, so don’t worry."

Suddenly, a lazy voice came from the computer speakers.

It transmitted extremely clearly from the communication microphone on the main screen in the center of S.T.A.R. Labs.

"Damn!"

Cisco Ramon was so startled that he bounced out of his chair, raised his hands above his head, and looked at the keyboard with a pale face: "Barry! Barry! Who did you give the microphone to?! I didn’t touch anything just now! Really!"

Barry subconsciously touched his left ear, only to find that his exclusive high-frequency communicator had disappeared at some point.

In front of him, Lucas was examining the little gadget in his hand and even blew on it.

Such fast speed!

Barry’s back was instantly soaked in cold sweat!

This man had taken the communicator from his ear at the same time he slapped Zoom away. What level of speed was this?

If the other party’s target just now hadn’t been the communicator, but his head...

Barry didn’t even dare to think about it.

"This gentleman..."

Barry suppressed his inner fear: "Since you helped us once before, you must be a hero with a heart of justice. Please help us capture Zoom alive!"

"He is still holding my father hostage, and we need to interrogate him to find out the location of the hostage!"

Lucas hovered in the air. With the speed Barry Allen currently had, dealing with Zoom wasn’t actually a problem.

But dealing with the other party’s multi-dimensional cannon would be a bit difficult.

That’s right.

The giant Ferris wheel Lucas had seen earlier wasn’t an amusement facility, but a multi-dimensional cannon built by Zoom, capable of absorbing the energy of speedsters and destroying all parallel universes except Earth-1 at once.

"Help you catch him? It’s not impossible! But I never work for free, and I haven’t received the payment for helping you last time. How about this..."

Lucas shook his finger: "I’ll give you a discount. I’ll take care of this blue-skinned electric rat, and in exchange, you extract his Speed Force for me. That Speed Force must belong to me!"

"I know you have the technology. How about it, is it a deal?"

Lucas was quite interested in the Speed Force; this thing was good stuff!

In the DC world, there has been an unwritten rule since ancient times: in major events, ban the speedsters first, then Superman...

"Okay! I agree!" Barry didn’t hesitate at all.

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