Chapter 2852: The Great Battle of the Lego Minifigures! (17)

"My god, what is all this?!" Standing on the roof of a skyscraper, Batman looked toward the horizon at the countless monsters and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "What on earth has Superman done?!"

On the distant skyline, a towering spire rose slowly into the clouds. At the very top, a scarlet eye blinked repeatedly. On the building next to it, a giant ape jumped up, pounding its chest and roaring. A wizard in a black cloak was carpet-bombing with a magic wand. On the ground, a massive Tyrannosaurus rex chased citizens as they fled in panic, while a Kraken lay across a bridge, waving its tentacles and lifting cars off the road to smash them into the sea...

Superman landed behind Batman and said, "That evil clone of yours broke into my Phantom Zone and released all these monsters."

"Are you trying to accuse... I mean, is your Fortress of Solitude alright?"

"He didn't destroy anything else." Superman walked forward to look at the monsters and said, "I suspect he might be trying to use the criminals imprisoned in the Phantom Zone to destroy Cat Getan, and since he happens to possess your intelligence and abilities, he succeeded."

"You say my intelligence and abilities are very... Now, what do you plan to do?"

Superman looked at him with some surprise. He flew into mid-air, circled around Batman, and said, "You seem a bit off."

"Where am I... Let's just talk about the current situation." Batman took a long, gasping breath with every sentence, the abrupt transitions nearly choking him, but remembering the techniques Shiler had taught him, he decided to try his best not to steer the conversation toward himself.

Wonder Woman also jumped onto the roof. With a heavy expression, she brought even worse news. She pointed downward and said, "See that smiley face on the big screen? The Joker seems to have prepared a plan, too. The lunatics from Arkham Asylum seem to have already invaded the streets."

"What?!"

Batman walked to the edge of the building and looked down. Killer Croc was roaring in the middle of the road, while Bane jumped down from a building, smashing a huge crater into the ground, grabbing a citizen by the foot, spinning him around a few times, and throwing him away.

"Damn it..."

Batman almost blurted out, "This is nothing." He wanted to say that Cat Getan had experienced many such crises before and he had handled them all perfectly, but thinking of Shiler's guidance, he felt that now was indeed not the time to boast about his past glories.

"Back to the Batcave. I need to get some equipment."

Watching Batman's departing back, Superman and Wonder Woman exchanged a look, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.

The two followed Batman toward the Batcave, but Superman lowered his voice and said, "Why is he so strange today?"

"Yeah, the moment he opened his mouth, I was already prepared to listen to him recount his past glorious achievements for half an hour."

"And he didn't even let us go back to have a party." Superman looked left and right and said, "In the past, even if the sky were falling, he wouldn't allow us to participate in the work of saving Cat Getan. What's wrong with him today?"

"Wait, you said there's a clone, right? Could it be..."

Superman and Wonder Woman were struck with horror.

In the study of Wei En Manor, Shiler found a notebook left behind by Batman's father, Thomas Wei En. To be precise, it was a business report, but the subject of the investigation was children's toys.

The Wei En Group's business was all-encompassing. Although in most universes the chemical industry was the pillar, there were also many Wei En Group subsidiaries that produced daily necessities. This Lego universe was clearly one of them; besides making children's toys, they also made clothing, books, and maternity and infant supplies.

This business report was actually quite ordinary, but Thomas had annotated that a certain production line should be discontinued—it seemed to be the production line for monster-type toys.

Judging from the report, this monster toy was originally a signature product in the toy industry, but later, the animated series filmed for this toy was warned and pulled from shelves because it contained scenes of toys devouring Lego bricks.

Parents were very resistant to such violent cartoons, and consequently, they were unwilling to let their children play with the toy anymore. Sales fell to one-tenth of their original level within just half a year. Subsequent series of cartoons and movies failed to save this classic image, and eventually, it had to be discontinued due to expenses exceeding income.

It was originally just a very ordinary business proposal report, but it gave Shiler a flash of inspiration. He seemed to have figured out what was going on.

Standing by the window, he saw two Robins who had just finished putting on their gear and were about to head out, running into Batman, who had returned to retrieve his own equipment. Because the pants of the Robin uniform were too tight, Dick had simply taken them off. Just then, Superman and Wonder Woman landed.

After some more banter and explanations, they entered Batman's equipment vault together. The warehouse door opened slowly, and a plane that was clearly much larger than the other Batwings appeared in their field of vision.

But Batman didn't board the plane immediately. Instead, he walked through the hangar to the workbench in the back and said, "We need to lock these damn monsters back up, so we must modify the Phantom Zone projector to turn them into portable equipment so they can be used to capture the monsters."

After saying this, he looked at Superman, because obviously, only Superman had the Phantom Zone projector.

Superman showed a hesitant expression.

"The Phantom Zone projector is actually a very powerful weapon," Superman said cautiously. "Because if you are sent into the Phantom Zone and cannot find a projection anchor point, even I wouldn't be able to leave for a while."

"I've been meaning to ask," Wonder Woman said. "What is the principle behind the Phantom Zone? Where did you carve out such a space?"

"I... now is not the time to talk about this."

Superman's evasiveness made Batman frown. His hand paused in its movement, and then he turned around and said, "You don't trust me?"

"Someone moved the Phantom Zone projector." Superman looked at him with some concern. "The surveillance equipment at the Fortress of Solitude filmed that it might be another you, your clone."

"Impossible, he appeared in Cat Getan not long ago..."

"But a Batwing is indeed missing," Superman pointed to the empty space next to the large plane.

Batman dashed over, looking at the missing Batwing with some shock. He immediately ran back to the computer, typed furiously, and said, "Damn it, someone guessed the password and unlocked the plane's safety lock. How is this possible?!"

"We absolutely do not distrust you," Wonder Woman reached out her hand and said. "We are just worried that if we hand the Phantom Zone projector to you, your clone might use it against us. If the Justice League were locked in the Phantom Zone, no one would be able to deal with these monsters."

Batman seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end, he let out a long sigh and said, "Fine, if you can't provide help, I'll do it myself. It's not like I haven't..."

Wonder Woman and Superman exchanged a look, their expressions both saying, "Sure enough, here we go again."

But when he got to this point, Batman suddenly stopped. He packed his equipment in silence, seemingly not wanting to say another word to anyone, which actually made Superman and Wonder Woman feel uncomfortable.

Batman finished packing his equipment and adjusted the fighter jet. He jumped onto the massive Batwing alone and waved to Tim and Dick below, who jumped onto the plane one after the other.

Superman and Wonder Woman wanted to say something, but it was all drowned out by the roar of the engines. Watching the fighter jet fly away, Wonder Woman shook her head and said, "I always feel like we did the wrong thing. Is it really okay to keep him in the dark like this?"

"When the Waynes approached you back then, didn't you refuse?" Superman looked at Wonder Woman and said, "If it weren't for that suddenly appearing clone, Batman wouldn't have suddenly called me, and the party wouldn't have been discovered by him. I think he might already suspect us."

Wonder Woman also sighed and shook her head, saying, "Holding this party was just to solve the hidden dangers for him as much as possible before we are recycled. Even if he is Batman, letting him deal with so many evil things alone is still too much of a stretch."

"No one knew things would develop like this." Superman patted her on the shoulder and said, "The top priority now is to prevent any mishaps in our subsequent plans. We still have to find that clone first."

"No need." A low voice came from behind them. Superman and Wonder Woman turned their heads abruptly and saw a slender figure walking out from the depths of the laboratory.

Superman instantly took off into the air, but then fell to the ground with a thud. The main universe Batman held kryptonite in his hand, and the moment Wonder Woman tried to rush over, he pressed a button in his hand.

With a *swish*, a net made of special material hung Wonder Woman up directly. The main universe Batman looked at the two he had captured and said, "I actually have a lot of questions to ask you."

Superman, lying on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "You evil clone, we will not..."

"What's this about the raw material recycling plan?"

"We won't tell you anything!" Wonder Woman said. "Don't even think about getting any information from us!"

"Then I think it's necessary to tell the real Batman..." The low voice was unhurried, as if he were always in control.

"No! Don't!" Superman shouted. He took a deep breath and said, "He can't know! He can't..."

"Can't let him know what you said today? What on earth are you hiding from him?" The main universe Batman paced slowly around the room and said, "It doesn't matter, the night is still long. I have plenty of time to dig out the truth."

"You are truly too dark!" Wonder Woman roared. "You damn, evil..."

"Let me guess." The main universe Batman said, "You want to join this raw material recycling plan, but you specifically want to kick Batman out."

Wonder Woman's voice stopped abruptly, as if someone had pinched her throat. She turned to look at Superman, who also had a confused look on his face. Obviously, no one had leaked information to this clone, but she had guessed almost correctly.

"Life factors are in short supply. You need someone to fill this hole so that this world can run smoothly and not collapse and be destroyed." Batman stopped his pace and stood in place, saying.

"You want to be the first to sacrifice yourselves like the previous generation, using the life factors in your own bodies to replenish the world's origin, but you don't want to bring Batman along because of the Waynes' entrustment?"

"This has nothing to do with you." Although Wonder Woman's attitude was still bad, her tone softened a bit. She said, "Since you've guessed it, we won't hide it from you. This wasn't anything shameful to begin with, it's just that Batman can't know."

"Does he know about this plan?"

"Of course, but he thinks he is one of the members." Wonder Woman pursed her lips and said, "He doesn't know we intend to leave him behind, but we have to do this."

"Why?"

"Since you have Batman's intelligence, you should know that this is not a long-term solution. It can only delay things for a while and cannot solve the fundamental problem." Superman, lying on the ground, said, "We must leave one person behind, someone who has the possibility of breaking this situation. We chose Batman."

Wonder Woman's face showed a look of self-reproach and regret. She said, "I was the one left behind from the previous generation. The Waynes hoped I could find a way to break it, but there wasn't one. I didn't find anything. Now we can only pin our hopes on Batman."

"So why can't life factors regenerate?"

"Don't know. No one knows."

At this moment, a voice came from overhead.

"What if I said I know?" ===== CHAPTER 2853 =====