Chapter 2380: Psychic Assault (44)

"A long time ago, an accident involving a precision radiowave experiment detection device led me to crack the secret of the soul."

"At that time, I was testing a certain radiowave transmission and reception machine, but the test results were unreasonable no matter what. After repeated attempts, I still couldn't find the reason. Finally, checking the surveillance, I discovered that during the time I was conducting the experiment, Superman had been flying back and forth above the lab."

"This aroused my curiosity. Why would a passing Superman cause my equipment to malfunction? I started to study it, but there was more important work at that time, so the research wasn't very deep."

"Soon, one of my studies required the use of precision radiowave control technology. I made full preparations, leaving only the last test. Superman was also present that time."

"We were talking about some topics, but it wasn't very pleasant. To be precise, we had an argument. He felt very angry, but the moment he got angry, the test machine became abnormal, and the fluctuation of radiowaves went completely off the charts."

"This made it hard for me not to pay attention, so I spent some time focusing on studying this phenomenon and reached a quite astonishing conclusion: the soul of a wise life is actually a kind of radiowave, and because Superman's soul is exceptionally strong, even his emotions can produce interference with ordinary radiowaves."

"This made me realize that as long as I could compile radiowaves, perhaps I could copy and manipulate souls. And at this time, what I was most worried about was Alfred's physical condition."

"He was very old. In the last physical examination, many old injuries from many years ago recurred, and he felt very painful and mentioned death, and I couldn't accept all this."

"I told him that I hoped to be able to copy his soul by compiling radiowaves, so that once he died, I would be able to resurrect him in the computer."

"Alfred refused. He was very angry. He warned me, never try to play with souls, this is a forbidden zone for humans. I should have listened to his warning."

In the wreck of the robot, Superior Iron Man saw Batman floating in an extremely unstable spiritual space. It was the real Batman, not the out-of-control artificial intelligence. He

"The doctor gave me a warning once again, almost giving me an accurate date of death." Batman took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly. He said, "Alfred is about to die. I cannot accept all of this, so I still launched that project."

"Everything went very smoothly. While Alfred was asleep, I brought the machine used to detect soul wave frequencies to the hospital, successfully recorded this frequency, and replicated it. It's just that no matter what, I couldn't start it."

"Of course you couldn't." White Jar said, "Everyone's soul has a unique code. While alive, it is a one-of-a-kind existence in the universe. A replica is not recognized, so naturally, it cannot be activated."

"I considered that point." Batman said, "So, immediately after Alfred died, I went to activate the backup consciousness."

"But you didn't find it." Iron Man said, "Because you didn't know that a backup consciousness also has consciousness. It retains the memories and thoughts from the moment you copied it. If it doesn't want to, it can dissipate on its own."

"Yes, but the terrifying part is that the container wasn't empty."

Both Iron Men frowned. Batman's voice dropped low, "Alfred wasn't there, but there was something in the container."

"Who is it?"

"Because I was too heartbroken, I used brain waves to connect to the machine directly. The thing inside said it was Alfred, but I knew it wasn't. It wasn't my butler, but it was already too late."

"That monster possessed the ability to invade brain waves. It burrowed into my brain, wanting to manipulate my soul. After I realized something was wrong, I excised the contaminated soul, but after the two of them merged, they were very powerful. I tried to fight them for control of my body, but I failed and could only hide."

"Did you see it? What did it look like?"

"A black figure, but I couldn't see its specific face." Batman's tone became somewhat anxious. He said, "Also, because it merged with a part of my soul, I could hear some of its inner thoughts. It wasn't satisfied with just controlling me; it also wanted to contaminate Superman's mind and destroy the entire universe."

Both Iron Men immediately withdrew their consciousness. When they turned their heads, they found Clark lying on the ground, and they immediately went to lift him up.

"Bring Batman along." Iron Man said, "Let him enter your mental space; we need him to open the base's gates for us."

"Are you kidding? How could I possibly let..."

"You don't dare?"

Batman instantly arrived in White Jar's other world, and then he was stunned. This was an extremely advanced future city—vast, enormous, complex, and not even easy for Batman to comprehend.

"Stop looking and help quickly." Although White Jar looked slightly smug, he still said to Batman, "Where is the machine that connects to brain waves? This guy's mental defense is too strong; we need to borrow external force to conduct a mental connection."

"Go to the Batcave." Batman said, "All the equipment is there."

They arrived at the Batcave at top speed and, following Batman's instructions, placed Clark into the machine. After turning it on, all three of their mental bodies connected to Clark's mental space, and then they saw a scene that surprised them—Ultron teaming up with Superman to fight Batman.

That's right, the evil Batman who had invaded was caught red-handed by Ultron, and Superman hadn't lost consciousness because of being invaded, but because he had been called over by Ultron to make it a two-on-one fight.

At this moment, Clark also fully realized that what Ultron said was true, because no matter how you looked at it, the thing in front of him wasn't Batman. It was a pitch-black mass, with only eyes flashing with alternating red and blue light, and a glowing red bat emblem on its chest. Compared to Batman, it looked more like a bat-themed evil robot.

Ultron floated in mid-air, and countless virtual lines made of data filled the entire space. Whenever the evil Batman touched any of the lines, a portion of the dark energy on his body would be transmitted along the lines to Ultron.

Ultron was absorbing and decomposing the evil Batman.

Ultron had been staying perfectly fine within Clark's mental body; he hadn't expected that someone would actually dare to invade Superman's mental world directly. Where did this little smart-aleck come from?

He had only been able to enter Clark's mental world because he was invited and permitted, and even then, 99% of his computing power was used to resist the pressure of Clark's mental strength.

Sure enough, the evil Batman had been pressed to the ground the moment he entered, and he still couldn't move much even now.

And these three people who had just connected—Batman, Iron Man, and White Jar—instantly fell from mid-air with a *thud*, all three of them pressed flat against the ground.

"God! I feel like I've been thrown into Jupiter." Iron Man struggled to prop up his body, but failed. He said, "How can anyone's mental space be solid???"

That's right, the three of them now felt like they had fallen into a block of solidified lard, or perhaps something even harder—more like being at the Earth's core. Everything from all directions was constantly pressing inward, and just resisting the wear and tear caused by this pressure had already exhausted all their strength.

"Did he take away your most idiotic part?" White Jar looked at Batman and said, "Invading Superman's mental space? What was he thinking???"

"I didn't know it was like this here." Batman replied, "I've never been inside before, but who is that robot still standing?"

Both Iron Men looked up. Iron Man gritted his teeth and said, "Ultron, you damn lunatic, no matter what you're doing, stop immediately."

"Less talk, come over and hit me if you have the guts." Ultron stood behind Superman, unconcerned, and said, "Stupid humans who don't evolve specialized defenses, come over here!"

Iron Man took a deep breath. He watched helplessly as the virtual data lines Ultron created completely sliced through the evil Batman's body and absorbed it entirely.

"Stop talking to him and think of a way quickly." White Jar closed his eyes, began to mobilize more mental power, and said, "Find a way to create a special pressure-resistant capability for this kind of environment."

"We aren't electronic life forms; we don't have that fast of an evolution speed, unless we can recompile ourselves... Wait, it seems we actually can, because we are the same person."

The two looked at each other; until now, there was no better method. White Jar said, "The Infinity Gauntlet is yours; I'll compile you."

"Getting something for nothing." Iron Man commented, but he still agreed.

Although humans have various advantages over electronic life forms, the shortcomings are also very obvious. The biggest disadvantage is that humans cannot edit themselves directly like artificial intelligence; they either compile others as a third party, or have a third party come to compile them.

But the two Iron Men didn't have this problem. They were originally the same person, so compiling another version of himself was very easy. White Jar quickly created a self-iteration program for Iron Man, and then Iron Man used this program to evolve specialized defenses at the fastest speed.

He stood up and flew toward Ultron. He wanted to punch Ultron to interrupt his final absorption, but a bright figure blocked Ultron's path.

"What are you doing?" Clark asked.

"He's an evil robot!" Iron Man roared, "Stop him quickly, he's going to destroy the universe!"

"But he helped me." Clark said.

Iron Man was stunned, then said, "Wait, could this be Ultron's conspiracy? Creating another evil robot to force Superman, then running into Superman's brain himself to gain his trust so he can control him... Batman!"

"Clark, I didn't think you would say such things to me." Batman looked at Clark and said, "Overestimating your abilities, not worth mentioning—is this your opinion of me?"

Iron Man slapped his forehead. What time is it, and they're still here talking about love?? Think of a way quickly...

"I'm not... I mean, that's not what I said, and that's not what I think, and... I thought you betrayed me." Clark immediately became somewhat anxious and wanted to explain. He stepped forward, exposing a flaw at his side.

Iron Man threw a punch, but just a second before his fist was about to touch Ultron, Ultron's figure vanished with a *whoosh*.

"Damn it, he ran away again. Chase him!!!"