Chapter Seventy-Eight: Inherited Thoughts
In the Hall of Justice, Kewen was the only one thinking about what the old 52 Superman said, and what he asked him to do. All this was too sudden, he didn't know what to do, destroying this miniature universe, completely erasing the last traces of the old 52 universe from this multiverse, this kind of thing couldn't be done for him.
Even if the universe he is in now is a miniature universe created by Brainiac, except that the solar system is real, the universe outside the solar system is just a canvas, but for the country living on this earth, the solar system alone has to take hundreds of years, or even thousands of years to set foot in, let alone see through the truth and falsehood, only supermen and people like them who can fly across space in the universe know all this, but they will not explain these situations to the world.
Through the display screen in the Hall of Justice, which shows some pictures of cities in various countries on the earth, the Justice League naturally does not probe the privacy of each country, these cities are just some daily scenes, once a major accident occurs, the Justice League can also receive an early warning and attack as quickly as possible to solve the problem.
But on this earth, which is the trace of the old 52 universe, there are no extraterrestrial visitors, plus some of the conscious actions of the flash of the old 52 universe when he sacrificed himself to the sky, the performance of this earth is the same as the earth before Ke Wen crossed, except for the existence of Superman, which is contrary to common sense, there are only a very few extraordinary crimes left in the world, of course, the friction between countries, and cooperation have not changed.
Through these pictures, Kewen can also perceive that on this earth with traces of the old 52 universe, the people living here do not seem to be aware of the fact that they are the remnants of time, they live every day like every day, they will also age, hurt, and bleed, but they do not realize that their wounds are just a void like the old 52 Superman.
This strange phenomenon relieved Ke Wen from the shock of the old 52 Superman's words just now.
"He said let me go outside and have a look, and then give him an answer, is it because of these people, they don't know they're dead? No, if Superman hadn't lied to me, even if he was divided into time remnants, the connection between time remnants and the original body was two-way, and if the original body had been reduced to ashes in the restart of the universe, everyone living here should know this, but now, what is going on. ”
In the picture, Ke Wen can see that the expressions on everyone's faces are not fake, they don't know the fact that they are dead, which is not even brainwashing, because this two-way connection is passive, no matter how brainwashing, the fact that you are dead will appear in your brain, and feel the pain when death comes, this feeling is enough to make any mentally tough guy crazy.
As strong as reverse lightning, he can't bear this feeling of death coming at any time, how much effort has been made for this, he can't bear it even if he is extremely fast, and ordinary people here can bear it?
With such doubts, Ke Wen walked out of the Hall of Justice, in this universe, there is no need for the Watchtower to be the first line of defense for the Justice League to prevent visitors from outside the sky, the Hall of Justice has become their base camp, no longer high, but integrated into it. It's just that when Kewen walked out of the Hall of Justice, Dick, who had been called away before, was already waiting for him outside the door, of course, only Dick.
"What are you doing here?" Seeing Dick leaning on the pillar alone and waiting for him, Kewen couldn't help but wonder.
"What do you say, did you listen to him?" He teased Curvin, and Dick asked rhetorically.
"You know that, too?"
"Don't forget who taught me, and I also have memories of the previous universe, although they are different individuals from each other, but when I saw myself in this old universe, I also guessed a little. So, what is he going to let you do? To resurrect them is to change the established future that has been destroyed. ”
"He asked me to destroy the world and make their traces completely disappear from this multiverse."
"You promised?"
"I'm thinking about it, but he's sure I'll say yes, give me time to think, to walk around this earth, and there's something I haven't figured out."
Dick didn't change his mood because of what Cowen said about destroying this miniature universe, and after listening to Cowen's understanding of the remnants of time, he pondered for a moment before speaking.
"I think someone will answer that, but until then, can you stop doing it, I also want to know what he thinks."
"You think I'll do it? Forget it, go ahead, I'll take a walk around this earth, what are Wally and Connor doing? ”
"You know, one Wally is the fastest man in the world, and the other one is a little bit away from this achievement, and he's teaching another self how to achieve this achievement, and Connor's words are pretty much the same, there's a Connor here."
"Then please, you go and find out how the people here avoid being affected by the memories brought about by the end of the world, I'll go for a walk and confirm what I want to do, if I don't do it, I will really destroy this world."
"Can you get to this point now?"
"It's not that I can do this, it's that I have to do it."
Waving his hand at Dick, Curvin also left the Hall of Justice and wandered around the city at will. And Dick also frowned, turned around and walked into the Hall of Justice, according to another memory shared by himself, found the blast channel to Gotham in the Hall of Justice, entered the coordinates, with a loud bang of the pop channel, his figure also disappeared into the Hall of Justice, this miniature universe that exists in the Brainiac spaceship is still running there, no change.
Outside, in the Brainiac spaceship, the attack of Brainiac and AI Batman in the data flow world of the main universe has also reached a white-hot stage, with the Kryptonian technology obtained from the Injustice Universe, as well as the dual wisdom of Lex and Batman belonging to the Injustice Universe, plus the various knowledge absorbed during this time in the main universe, AI Batman and Brainiac are also on a par.
But this is only temporary, the wisdom that Brainiac has in the main universe, there are too many civilizations he has been exposed to, the contact of the wisdom of various civilizations, coupled with Breniac's top intelligence, no matter how idealistic AI Batman is, at most he will ensure that he will not be assimilated, if he wants to counterattack, he has to use some off-the-plate moves.
"What are you holding onto, AI Batman from another universe, I need your intelligence, you can't stop it."
"Yes, I can't stop it, but I'm curious, as a Brainiac with absolute top intelligence, why would I need my intelligence? Unless there's a problem that even you can't solve, and I'm sure I'm not the first to be controlled, I've seen familiar things in your data stream, and now, my friend has found the owner of these things, now, let me see. ”
In the data world, the AI Batman, who was fighting with Brainac, was also talking about his guesses, and Brainiac, who was originally fighting with AI Batman for control of the spaceship, also changed his expression with the AI Batman's story. For a moment, the picture of the data flow world where the two of them were located began to change, and a building full of various nutrient solution pipes appeared in their world.
And the First Emperor Soul that ran out of the system space before also turned into a soul form and stood there, looking at these pipes that transported the nutrient solution, until he saw the existence of the nutrient solution being transported at the end of these pipes. When the First Emperor Soul saw it, AI Batman also saw it, with all the memories of Batman in the Injustice Universe, who had experienced a series of changes in the Injustice Universe, and had also been in contact with several major events in the main universe, his expression also changed greatly at this moment.
"How can you do that! How can you! ”
AI Batman roared at Brainiac in the data world, and you can imagine how much what he saw at this time shocked his cognition.
"How can it be?" For AI Batman's questioning, Brainiac was stunned for a moment, and after looking at the building and the things stored inside, his expression was like crying and laughing and indifferent, and he said, "Because I need to save my world, Batman." ”
The space inside the spaceship, the Earth of the miniature universe, Ke Wen, who learned all the truth from the Hall of Justice, was also wandering the streets at this time, observing how this ordinary person lived as a remnant of the old universe time. From the old 52 Superman, he understood that whether it was the old age, sickness, and injury that these ordinary people on Earth exhibited, they all came up with on their own.
They feel that when they are old, they will have the characteristics of aging, and they feel that if they are sick, they will get sick, but this self-perception should not exist, or the remnants of time cannot retain this kind of free idealistic cognition, and there are still some things he has not understood.
The remnants of time cannot reproduce, and there is not a single person in the 7 billion people who realizes that he has no ammunition when he is doing things? Kewen didn't understand, so he was observing, observing how ordinary people on this earth lived.
"My dear, when did you say Henry would come back, even if it was a business trip, how do I feel that he has been gone for several years."
"Have you slept too much lately and slept in a daze, he has only been on a business trip for half a month, why have it been several years?"
Kewen, who was sitting there drinking Vita lemon tea, also heard an elderly couple drinking coffee discussing their son on a business trip. And their words also made Ke Wen not know what to say, if there was no problem with their perception of time, it was true that several years had passed, but their memory had been stuck in the stage when their son was on a business trip for half a month, and someone was constantly resetting their memory of this day.
If this is true, then it would explain why, for so many years, the population of the earth has remained 7 billion, neither increasing nor decreasing, but no one has noticed the anomaly. can reset the memory of 7 billion people, and did not let them notice a single difference, how did he do it, looking at the ground under his feet, the vita lemon tea in his hand, Ke Wen also looked at the sky, and seemed to understand something.
After putting the water money on the bill and waving to the waiter, he left, disappearing into the crowd.
On the other side, in Gotham, Dick, who was thrown in by Brainiac in advance, also returned to the city that existed in his old 52 universe memories, and came to Wayne Manor with ease.
"Master Dick, welcome home."
"Good evening, Alfred, did you know I was coming?"
"Although you are the young master Dick of the nascent universe, and I am already dead, but you are raised by me and become a grandfather, can you still not know about your grandson? How does Gotham feel? Alfred, who was also a remnant of time, was not ostracized by the fact that Dick was from the new universe, and he had been waiting for Dick to arrive, and he was there to ask Dick what he thought of Gotham on this earth.
"Well, it's still better in his hometown, and it's different, it's still the people are simple, and there are still so many old rivals, but the citizens here have believed in the law and the existence of justice, and he no longer needs to be a cloaked fighter like before to break the law to maintain order in Gotham, so, he's waiting for me in the Bat Cave, right?"
"Yes, Master Bruce has been waiting for you there."
Turning sideways, the old butler, who was a remnant of time, also gave way to the underground bat cave and let Dick pass. Looking at the passage without any changes, Dick paused with his raised foot before stepping forward.
He walked very slowly, steadily, and down the stairs, he also saw the bat cave that existed in his memory. It's just that it's no longer the need for a brother's eye computer, no longer a camera feed in every corner of Gotham. What he saw was Batman sitting in a mechanical chair with a hat-like instrument on his head, and on the other side, sitting another self and a guest he expected, Martian Manhunter.
Upon seeing Dick coming down the staircase hill, Batman, Martian Manhunter, and another Dick from the remnants of the old 52 universe time who had done their work also got out of their chairs and took off their masks, revealing their old faces.
Curwen said that the sharing between the remnant of time and the original body is two-way and cannot be disconnected, and the remnant of time of ordinary people on this earth should have always been aware of the fact that they are dead. In fact they didn't, and that's when I understood why you didn't let me down the Batcave when I came here before.
Because it's you, and the Martian Manhunter and the other self are working together to block the passage for them to share memories with the original 24 hours a day. Martian Manhunter has this ability to modify global memories, but he is not so strong, like a god-like will, so since then, everything has been explained, isn't it tiring to do this? Father! ”
Looking at Batman's old, tired face in the memory face, Dick also said the words that had been held in his heart that had not been shouted. In this earth, where there are only traces of the past, and a Batman who has disappeared and only traces of time remain.
At the same time, in the Brainiac spaceship, the AI Batman, who fights with Brainiac and sees the scene that shocks him in the process, is also puzzled by Brainiac's sentence to save his world.
"To save the world that belongs to you, it was your arrangement for you to let Kewen go there? That's why you're researching him?! ”
In the data world, Brainiac's face has become more humane and emotional because of the words AI Batman, and he does not intend to continue to hide it when he looks at the building discovered by AI Batman.
"It seems that you didn't expect me to do this, yes, who would have thought that I, who had the twelfth level of perfect wisdom, would end up sinking in such a world and be paranoid. Because I found that I couldn't change everything on my own, I needed more wisdom, and throughout the history of the multiverse, there were only two people who defeated me in intelligence, one was you and the other was him, and you who became AI, the first time I saw you, I needed you more. ”
"You've changed, Brainac."
In the face of Brainiac, the expression of AI Batman also became complicated, Brainiac did not lie, and he will not lie. It's just that all this makes AI Batman unacceptable, and in this building full of various nutrient solution pipes, there are human beings, all of whom are exactly the same. And this human, AI Batman also knows, and it can even be said that he made himself.
Because the human being stored here is named Lex Luthor, Lex Luthor from the multiverse is placed in this building like a vegetative person, sustained by Brainiac's nutrient solution, and he absorbs all kinds of wisdom!