Chapter 2853: The Great Battle of the Lego Minifigures! (18)

Shiler walked down the spiral staircase, looking at this scene with some helplessness. He shook his head and said, "I've probably guessed the truth about why life factors cannot regenerate."

All three stared at him, but Shiler said with some helplessness, "I have no way to tell you directly, because I don't know how to say it without causing problems that would implicate the entire universe, but there is one person who perhaps can."

Batman stared at him with burning eyes. Shiler said, "Where did you put Deadpool?"

"I locked him in the chemical plant workshop. He was simply too noisy."

"Noise has its benefits, too. Let them go; we have to go to the chemical plant together and get Deadpool back. Only he has a way to explain to you what on earth is going on."

Batman stared at him for a while, then pressed the remote control in his hand. Wonder Woman was the first to be let down. Just as she gripped the Lasso of Truth at her waist, Shiler suddenly raised his voice and said, "As you can see, I am Batman's newly hired psychologist."

Wonder Woman's movement paused. She looked at Shiler and said, "Batman needs to hire a psychologist? Clark, this is all your doing! He must feel heartbroken because we didn't bring him along to the party!"

After the kryptonite was put away, Superman flew up again. He didn't make a move, just stared coldly at the main universe Batman.

"You might feel that his words and actions were abnormal before, that's because I taught him some social tips, and he just wanted to use these tips to win back your hearts."

"We didn't change our hearts." Wonder Woman said. "It was just a last resort for the plan."

"But you know how heartbroken he would be."

Superman and Wonder Woman exchanged a look. Wonder Woman said, "Fine, you've convinced me, but you must guarantee to me that what you said about someone being able to tell the truth isn't a joke. Our time is really running out."

"According to the original plan, this party was a meeting to discuss how to thoroughly resolve the criminals in the Phantom Zone and Arkham Asylum. We hoped to eliminate the criminals as much as possible before we were thrown into the recycling pool, so that Batman could free up his hands to investigate the truth related to the world's origin. Unexpectedly..."

"Don't be too discouraged." Shiler said, "I actually think this scene is just right. You'll understand once you know the truth."

The four fell silent. No one wanted to argue anymore. Batman started a small fighter jet, taking him and Shiler toward the chemical plant, while Superman and Wonder Woman followed behind, flying on their own.

They eventually found Deadpool in a remote workshop of the chemical plant, still cursing while gagged. But seeing the three giants of the Justice League gathered together, Deadpool completely forgot the anger of being kidnapped by Batman. He jumped up excitedly and said, "Is this the test to join the Justice League? Can I become an intern now?!"

Then he pulled a camera out of nowhere and started frantically taking pictures of the three. Batman wished he could tie him up right there.

"Alright, Wade." Shiler called his name and then said, "Now I need you to tell them one thing."

"What thing?" Deadpool was stunned.

"First, why do you want to join the Justice League? Because you are very righteous?"

"Of course it's for popularity! You have to know, here we have the founding father of superheroes, Superman, the most popular superhero, Batman, and the most popular female superhero, Wonder Woman! Of course I have to join them, so I can leap to become a first-class hero, the hottest red-hot celebrity!"

"So in your view, being popular is very important, right?" Shiler guided him step by step.

"Of course!" Deadpool just finished saying with wide eyes, but then he looked around sneakily, lowered his voice, and said to the air, "Popularity is very important. Secretly tell you, if you lose popularity, you'll die a miserable death!"

"What crazy talk is he spouting?" Wonder Woman frowned, and the other two also seemed not to understand.

"Then you tell me, what would happen if you lost popularity?" Shiler was still guiding Deadpool.

"What else could happen? If you are completely forgotten, then it's soul-scattering. If you just don't have popularity, you'll probably be forgotten in some corner and rot away. If you once had popularity but declined, you'll probably stay at that moment forever, never moving forward again."

Shiler thought to himself, sure enough, Deadpool couldn't say it too clearly either. He couldn't directly say that if a comic loses popularity, it will be canceled; if a movie loses popularity, there won't be a sequel; if a toy loses popularity, no one will buy it or play with it. Naturally, the only path left is to be forgotten in a corner and slowly rot away.

"Then what if you have popularity?"

"Of course, it's like this red-hot celebrity!" Deadpool jumped up with a start and started talking to the air above his head again, "Although my personal series hasn't made any progress, a movie was released recently. Did everyone go see it? I'm the standard male lead. As for that guy with the long claws, humph, he's just reheating leftovers!"

Although most of Deadpool's words were crazy, combined with what Shiler said earlier about someone being able to tell the truth, could this be the truth? What is so-called popularity?

Shiler also figured out what could be said and what couldn't, so he said, "You can understand it as us being in a game right now..."

Shiler stopped Batman and said, "I'm not talking about the Battleworld game, but their universe."

"If in a higher dimension, a group of people used voting to decide the life and death of a universe, what do you think would happen to a universe that didn't receive enough votes?"

Superman seemed to gradually understand and said, "You mean we are the one that was abandoned by the vote?"

"You might just not have been chosen, or you were chosen before, but later more and more universes were voted up, and you were ignored." Shiler weighed his words, firmly refusing to say anything about the truth of this world, but only using analogies.

"So our world's origin power won't regenerate." Wonder Woman said in disbelief, "How could they be so cruel?!"

"Sorry, ma'am, but it is just that cruel."

Shiler couldn't explain to them that this was market selection, and commercial behavior was always cruel. If the response was good, they would keep filming; if the response was bad, they would be forgotten on the side. If there were no sequels and no products to sell, how could there be anything new?

Shiler spread his hands and said, "If nothing goes wrong, the world's origin is just unable to regenerate now, and later it will gradually disappear, slowly dying out, until everyone's parts are completely rotted, and this universe will no longer exist."

"Then what should we do?" Wonder Woman said anxiously, "How can we get them to vote for us?!"

Shiler touched his chin. He thought, actually, Battleworld is a great place for a universe to become popular again. Since this Lego world has already been included in the scope of the dungeon, it can actually become popular again.

But this is the first dungeon they have experienced after all. How to make these universes that are about to be forgotten regain their vitality, they actually have no practical experience.

Shiler thought for a while and still proposed a solution from his perspective. He said, "You can think of these people with voting rights as beings who only care about enjoyment. They actually only want to get pleasure from observing the situation of various universes."

"So the situation in our universe makes them unhappy? But we clearly didn't do anything." Wonder Woman argued.

"No, you did." The main universe Batman suddenly spoke. He had been silent and thinking for a long time. In fact, even as a person in the game, he could use his amazing intelligence to keenly grasp the key to the matter.

"Your previous generation chose self-sacrifice to replenish life factors. If I'm not mistaken, they jumped directly into the chemical pool."

"Yes, but that was all for..."

"No, no matter what they were for, this behavior is already unacceptable." Shiler was inspired by Batman and said, "You can understand it as people with voting rights also having various age groups. You are only liked by one age group, and this age group does not accept such stories, so..."

"So they didn't vote for us." Superman said, "Because we just want the world to continue, fighting for our existence."

"I'm afraid they can't understand." Shiler said, "They just feel that what you are doing is dark and terrifying, so they don't want to choose you."

"Then should we surrender?" Superman said, "Pretend we don't know anything and continue living this happy life?"

"That's where you're wrong." Shiler walked over and hugged Superman's shoulder, saying, "Who doesn't get bullied at work? Isn't it all for money? Once you make big money, can't you live however you want?"

"Besides, could it be worse than you all jumping into that chemical pool together? Isn't it just performing a play for those people? This is much easier than the work people in many other universes have to do."

Superman was skeptical. Shiler persuaded again, "At least you have to think, if Batman followed your original plan and was left alone, how lonely he would be. You know he is very afraid of loneliness."

"And, don't you want to see Batman's progress?" Shiler looked at Superman and said, "Getting along with him now is much more comfortable than before, right? If you continue to get along, I believe you will find surprises."

Superman appeared hesitant. Wonder Woman was quite open-minded. She said, "No matter what method is used, as long as the world can be saved, I will accept it. But I still have no clue. How can we get them to vote for us?"

"Of course, maintain your previous style." Shiler said, "Forget that cruel raw material recycling plan. Let's rewrite everything to be a bit more relaxed."

"But the previous generation of superheroes will never come back." Superman pursed his lips and said, "The Waynes too."

"That's not necessarily true." Shiler smiled and said, "Everything can have a more relaxed explanation."

"Are you trying to lie? But a lie is a lie after all. The dead cannot be resurrected. It will be exposed sooner or later."

"That's not necessarily true." Shiler smiled. He and the main universe Batman exchanged a look, thinking of the same solution. ===== CHAPTER 2854 =====