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Chapter 2858: The Great Battle of the Lego Minifigures! (23)

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The third floor is the library.

Because the library plays the role of providing important story background in every ancient city, the third floor is where they spent a lot of energy to build. There are also many mechanisms and secret rooms inside. If any secret room is missing, the plot will not be smooth.

Tim's premonition was correct. The floor foundation and various decorations pieced together by the criminals of Arkham Asylum had no problems at all, but the various mechanisms pieced together by these laymen belonged to a state of being full of situations.

In order to create some sense of crisis, in the corridor after they opened the mechanism door, the chandelier should fall down with a *bang*.

The mechanism controlling this is a timing device. Batman steps on the pedal, and three seconds later the chandelier will fall down. In this way, the chandelier will just fall in front of him.

But the pedal of that timing device was installed a bit too tightly. Batman's weight wasn't that heavy. After he stepped over, the timing device wasn't triggered, and Superman, who was walking behind him, was heavier than him. After stepping on it, it was triggered directly.

This led to the chandelier falling later, smashing straight toward Batman's head. Superman and Wonder Woman didn't know the specific details of the mechanism. When they reacted, they only heard a *bang*, and Batman was smashed to the ground directly.

He climbed up from a pile of chandelier fragment parts, covered his head, and gasped. Superman and Wonder Woman hurried over to help him. Batman also said, "Damn cunning cultists!"

Tim looked down from the hole where the chandelier fell. Fortunately, he was fast enough. When the chandelier fell, he pulled it, not letting the chandelier smash down straight like that, otherwise Batman might have become parts by now.

They hadn't walked long before they encountered a drawbridge. In theory, it didn't matter if the mechanism here was tight. Anyway, there were so many people, they could always pull the switch of the drawbridge down.

But the problem was that this drawbridge was installed by Tim. The rope pulling the drawbridge wasn't tied tightly. A group of people walked halfway, and the rope slipped off with a *swish*. If it weren't for Green Lantern pulling them to fly over, they would definitely have fallen into the river by now.

Continuing to walk forward, they finally entered the vast library. The patterns on the floor were actually hints for puzzles. As long as the secret of the patterns was cracked, one could find the one with the mechanism among countless bookshelves, and then enter the secret room written with the background story of the Court of Owls.

As soon as he walked into the library, Batman clearly also found that the complex patterns on the floor should hide clues to the puzzles, so while others were searching the bookshelves, he wandered between the carpets.

Tim watched him through the camera at the very top of the library. He felt that although the patterns were complex, if the person cracking them was Batman, it shouldn't be difficult for him.

As a result, while watching, Tim found something wrong. How could these dozens of floor tiles not connect no matter how they were turned?

Normally, the floor tiles after turning would draw something similar to an arrow, and there would be numbers on it, indicating which layer of the bookshelf in which direction. But it might be that the floor installation had problems, and no matter how they were turned, they couldn't be twisted into the shape of an arrow.

It's broken, Tim thought in his heart, maybe someone installed a few of the bricks backward, and this puzzle couldn't piece out the answer at all.

Just when he was scratching his head and thinking about whether to sneak down and turn the bricks back, Batman suddenly let out an "Oh——" as if he had suddenly realized.

Tim had to stare at the screen to see what he had realized. He saw Batman perform a dazzling operation, forcibly piecing some rules out of these originally irregular floor tiles.

Rules that had nothing to do with the answer.

That could barely be considered an arrow shape, just a bit too abstract. Tim looked left and right and didn't feel that this thing could be called the answer to a puzzle, but Batman believed it just like that.

He immediately greeted his partners and said, "Quick, come here, this arrow is pointing to the bookshelf over there, and this wavy pattern should be the layer of the bookshelf."

The other few flew over. Tim roared in his heart, Superman! Use your super brain! Tell him this thing is completely a pile of junk, not a clue at all!

As a result, these people didn't have any intention of questioning Batman at all. Wonder Woman shrugged and actually said, "I get dizzy when I see the patterns on the floor. It's best to have clues. I'll go try."

Tim slapped his forehead.

Wonder Woman flew up and searched carefully on the bookshelf on the layer Batman pointed to. Suddenly he shouted, "Here! It's a bit loose here!"

"Quick! Find a way to press it down!!"

"No!!!" Tim roared in the Batcave.

But it was already too late. Wonder Woman slapped the loose board on the bookshelf hard.

*Bang! *

*Clatter!!!*

A whole side of the bookshelf collapsed.

"... That wasn't a mechanism at all." Tim said indignantly, "It just wasn't installed well!"

But, the turning point was that because Shiler pressed the bookshelf with the mechanism particularly tightly, now half of the wall of bookshelves collapsed, leaving only that one bookshelf embedded in the wall, very abruptly.

Batman immediately noticed this and pointed to the bookshelf and shouted, "Sure enough, it's here!"

He was completely unaware that this bookshelf was actually more than 45 degrees to the right of the direction pointed by the nonsensical arrow he had cracked.

Tim sighed. Fine, hitting the mark by mistake is still hitting the mark. As long as they can enter the secret room, don't ask for anything more.

Superman fished Batman, who was buried by the bookshelf, out. Wonder Woman carried him and flew to the side of the bookshelf. Several people studied it and didn't find any flaws.

Actually, it was because Shiler did press the book used to start the mechanism too tightly, making it look like it was mixed with all the books. Fortunately, they still knew the method of exhaustion, dismantling them one by one to try.

After some elimination, only that one was left. This time, the four of them used the formation of pulling radishes, one holding another, pulling that book hard—*bang! *

The book was pulled out. Because the four of them used too much force, they hit the opposite wall with a *bang*. As a result, the surviving bookshelves on the opposite side also collapsed with a *clatter*.

The main universe Batman, who was repairing the maze mechanism downstairs, listened very confusedly to the movement above. There was no mechanism for violent cracking in this library level. What was the *pitter-patter* sound overhead?

Forget it, it's probably another problem with Lego piecing. The main universe Batman didn't think much and continued to dismantle the tracks that were not needed. Suddenly, a tooth-aching *squeak* sound came from overhead.

*Creak*... *creak*...

"Batman!! Hurry and dodge!!!" Tim's voice came from the main universe Batman's communicator.

*Clatter! Bang! *

Four people, together with a pile of Lego fragments, smashed down.

Superman was stunned the moment he saw the main universe Batman. And at this time, Batman, who had just fallen, wanted to raise his head. Wonder Woman was quick-eyed and fast-handed, slapped a brick over, and Batman fainted.

"What's going on?!" Wonder Woman asked.

"... I was just about to ask you." Holding a wrench in one hand and a bearing in the other, the main universe Batman opened his mouth slowly, "The staircase entrance shouldn't be here, right?"

"We didn't take the stairs." Superman said, "It was Batman who said there was a loose brick in the corner of the secret room, maybe it was a secret door..."

The main universe Batman was speechless. Shoddy construction kills people.

He looked at the big hole that collapsed from above and happened to see the secret scroll placed on the table. Fortunately, they didn't build a secret room and forget to put the secret scroll. Then it was the same wherever they came down from.

"Wait." The main universe Batman looked at the four of them and then said, "Didn't you get a shield?"

The three who were still awake looked at each other. They clearly didn't know what shield the main universe Batman was talking about. Batman thought for a while. After passing through this secret room, there should be a main hall behind it. The statue in the main hall held a shield in its hand. That was the fireproof shield to be used on the fourth floor.

As a result, they thought there was a secret passage in the corner of the secret room. After pulling that brick out, they plunged directly into the fourth floor, so the level behind the third floor was naturally skipped.

"I don't understand, what do we need a shield for?" Wonder Woman frowned and asked. She looked and saw that this was just an ordinary dark maze. Could there be monsters?

The main universe Batman saw through her thoughts completely. He thought in his heart, this level is not yet time for monsters. You don't need a shield, just because I didn't turn on the fire mechanism.

As things stand, it's impossible to turn it on. Batman has already discovered that he has fallen to the fourth floor. Finding another reason for him to go back would be too deliberate. Anyway, the key clue has been obtained. At worst, just treat this place as an ordinary maze.

The main universe Batman sighed in his heart. I don't know how many times he had to settle for the second best. He thought, Tim is right, this universe is really too sloppy.

Soon Batman woke up. He touched the back of his head that was aching faintly and said somewhat blankly, "What's going on? How did I faint?"

"The secret passage was in disrepair for a long time. It collapsed directly when we were walking." Superman said, "Fortunately, your helmet has good defensive properties, otherwise I don't know when you would have woken up."

Batman shook his head, which was still a bit dizzy, and then said, "I said it was a secret passage, right? How is this level?"

"I just checked and found that this level is a maze where walls move." Green Lantern said, "It seems there were some fire-spraying devices, but for some reason, they stopped working."

At this time, Tim, who returned to the Batcave, bumped into the main universe Batman who returned to the Batcave. The two looked at each other in silence.

"I have to go deal with that group of monsters outside." The main universe Batman said, "Can't let them run wild for too long."

"Do you need me to go with you?" Tim asked.

"No, you have to keep an eye on things here. In case something goes wrong, you go help." The main universe Batman flicked his cape and said, "By the way, let Shiler keep an eye on the Joker. I don't have time to play any 'who hates who the most' game with him."

After saying this, the main universe Batman left, and soon a Batwing disappeared on the horizon.

Taking advantage of the four-person group studying the maze, Tim cut the camera to Gotham City, and then he couldn't help but start worrying about the safety of his own Bruce.

This Batman's moves were simply too neat.

He first provoked the Jin Gang standing on the top of the building, and then kept speeding among countless monsters, leading this giant ape to climb to the top of the Eye of Sauron.

Then he drove the plane to provoke the bald wizard who looked like Voldemort, letting him hit the eye of Jin Gang with a magic spell. Jin Gang felt pain and hammered the Eye of Sauron with a punch.

The Eye of Sauron was clearly not feeling light either. With a roar, a laser shot out, directly knocking down the Tyrannosaurus rex that was committing crimes below. Batman took the opportunity to jump onto the back of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

By the time the Tyrannosaurus rex stood up again, it found that there was a person on top of its head at some point. It tried its best to shake off this little bug, but was instead put on a halter by Batman.

Batman pulled the reins hard, controlling the Tyrannosaurus rex to run wild in the city, crushing an alien with one foot and sweeping away an evil robot with one tail.

In less than ten minutes, the monsters all over the city were dead or injured, basically all scattered into a pile of fragments.

Tim was dumbfounded, but this Batman seemed very dissatisfied. He shook his head and said, "If it were him, maybe it would be faster."

The "him" in the main universe Batman's mouth was actually the Arkham Batman. And after these words fell, he suddenly realized, when did he become so childish? ===== CHAPTER 2859 =====

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