What happened inside the room that night, we do not know, only that Dane felt as if he had lived a lifetime when he came out.
He quickly composed himself and focused on the main task.
After resolving the demon crisis, Cortana's progress on the construction of the Dream Realm had reached 99.99%, just a tiny bit short.
And this last bit, Dane decided to complete in a different way.
Deities are all born from dreams. Cortana's soul, if it was to be made, should be the best one, directly making her a divine soul.
To achieve this possibility, Dane thought of a magic, no, that couldn't even be considered a magic, but a peculiar natural force.
It was the power Dream Lord Morpheus once used to restart the Universe—the Dream of a Thousand Cats.
As long as a thousand people... or even not necessarily people, cats, dogs, lions, anything would do.
As long as a thousand lives shared a common dream, that dream would materialize in the Dream Realm.
This method was simple, without any technical difficulty.
All Dane had to do was tell a good story and make a thousand people genuinely believe that this matter was real.
Once the method was decided, Dane began to get busy.
Every night, he would randomly select a few lives with stronger inspiration, pull them into his inspirational dream, and tell them a story about a Dream God named "Cortana."
Each time it was different people. He tried his best to weave the story to be moving, interesting, and memorable, but this was a slow, painstaking effort that couldn't be rushed.
After some time, he noticed that some people had already started having related dreams.
Initially, there were only a few, but as Dane's storytelling ability deepened, it gradually grew to a dozen, then dozens.
Dane found that on other Planets, especially primitive Planets, this story was more readily accepted. Earthlings still tended to believe local myths.
So in his dreams, he began to connect with the dreams of alien races from other Worlds, and sure enough, the number of people who believed this story began to multiply.
About a month later, public outcry against the Military still showed no sign of abating, and Washington was also urgently trying to contact lost troops.
With Swanwick's help, most Army units had successfully re-established contact with headquarters, averting a potential mutiny.
Martian Manhunter was also promoted to one of The Pentagon's powerful figures, and he was still very young.
Hmm... young in the human sense.
Dane also noticed that the Justice Society and Checkmate began to have frequent contact, and Hawkman and Doctor Fate had helped the Military deal with troublesome incidents multiple times.
Amanda apparently had not given up on the idea of forming a superhero organization belonging to the United States.
She even introduced Jason Blood, the human host of the demon Etrigan, to the Justice Society.
After the demon incident, Etrigan had initially gained the recognition of the Justice Society.
Although Doctor Fate didn't trust the demon's character, he was willing to trust Jason Blood, who was a devout believer and a noble knight.
In one month, the Justice League's prestige not only returned to its peak but even surpassed national borders, with their reputation beginning to spread worldwide.
And at this point, Dane had also gathered the faith of a thousand people and began to construct the Dream of a Thousand Cats... In the Dream Realm, a thousand identical dreams merged under Dane's gaze.
At the center where the thousand dreams converged, a graceful figure appeared.
She was pure, chaste, utterly good and beautiful, with no imperfection on her, as if Aphrodite from mythology had emerged from the waves.
Cortana was completely unclothed, yet she wouldn't inspire any sacrilegious thoughts, just as one wouldn't have improper thoughts about Nüwa in mythology.
The divine light on Cortana's body gradually receded, and her smile looked more genuine and warm.
"Hello, Dane."
Dane heard her and smiled back, "Hello, Cortana."
The new World, constructed with the dream stone as its core, finally welcomed its first goddess.
This was also the first deity personally shaped by Dane's hands.
From now on, the affairs of the Dream Realm could be completely entrusted to Cortana for management, and she would no longer need the huge "brain" in the Hall of Justice.
Of course, for Cortana, the most important thing was that she could accompany Dane anywhere with a true body...
Central City Crime Lab, night.
In the quiet of the deep night, Barry was still burning the midnight oil in the lab.
He had an experiment that needed to be verified, so he had to stay alert.
But a profound drowsiness still inadvertently pulled him into slumber.
Recently, he kept having a strange dream about a Dream God, and the feeling was very peculiar.
Rumble—!
Barry was startled awake instantly. He looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was thundering in the sky.
No rain?
Barry strained his neck, looking out the window, trying to find if there was a strong man in a hood flying in the sky.
"Doesn't look like Shazam..."
Barry was also a superhero fan. Among the Justice League, his favorites were the major figures.
Shazam, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
He knew that Shazam's appearance was often accompanied by thunder without rain, and he had been fortunate enough to witness it once on the ground.
But his luck was ordinary today. A few seconds later, a sudden Rainstorm poured down, drenching his head.
"Shit!"
Barry quickly pulled his head back. It seemed he was overthinking; this was just an ordinary heavy Rainstorm.
He fumbled his way back to the lab, casually grabbing a towel from the table to wipe his wet hair.
But he didn't notice that he hadn't closed the window, and outside the window, there was a flagpole with the United States flag.
It was made of metal, making it prone to attracting lightning.
The sky rumbled again, and a bolt of lightning was attracted by the flagpole outside the lab, leading it into the lab.
Barry didn't even react as the lightning pierced through the numerous chemicals placed in front of the experimental bench and struck him.
In a spasm, Barry collapsed to the ground.
It wasn't until the next day that he was discovered by his colleagues and sent to the hospital for treatment.
However, Barry recovered very quickly, to the disbelief of even the Doctor who treated him.
After a few days of rest in the hospital, confirming that Barry Allen had no injuries, he was finally allowed to complete discharge procedures and return home.
But only Barry knew that everything had changed.
He carefully closed the door, just quickening his pace a little, but his body shot out with a "whoosh" and he fell flat on his face.
But Barry, far from being annoyed, stood up with an excited look.
It was a superpower! He had gained a superpower!
Barry was eager to figure out what his abilities were, but he didn't dare let anyone else know.
It was widely known that metahumans could not have their true identities known to others, so he had to carefully hide himself until he had fully mastered his abilities and had his own battle suit.
He even began to fantasize, what would his superhero name be?
Was it possible to join the Justice League?
He seemed to have heard there was also a knock-off, called the Justice Society?
Which one should he choose?
...Meanwhile, far beyond the Universe, the last survivors of Kryptonian took off from an abandoned outpost.
"Did you find anything useful?"
"Same old, some replaceable equipment, nothing else, no living clansmen, or living embryos."
Zod slammed his fist on the table, his face full of anger.
A moment later, he calmed down.
"Among the available equipment, is there anything we need?"
The technical officer under his command honestly replied, "Yes, but very little. What can be found in these outposts are all very ancient things, some are even antiques left tens of thousands of years ago. Our people even found an ancient star map…"
"Wait, what did you just say?"
Zod suddenly had a thought, as if he had grasped something.
"I said our people found an old star map…"
Zod remembered that a long time ago, the House of El was the Kryptonian family most enthusiastic about exploring new Worlds.
So he immediately ordered, "Bring that star map over!"
The technical officer immediately brought the item and placed it on the projector. The internal star map was immediately projected around, holographically surrounding Zod.
The star map of this period did not use the new star map currently used by Kryptonian; it still retained some old naming conventions.
Zod carefully searched on the star map, and soon his gaze was attracted by a star.
It was a Solar System with a yellow sun. Zod remembered very clearly that Jor-El had mentioned it when he sent his son away.
He sent him to a World with a yellow sun.
"Order everyone to set off towards this Solar System!"
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