Chapter 2900

Now Earth has about 7 billion people. Assuming all are converted into vampires, the food needed every day is 7 billion humans. Then, may I ask, where to get 7 billion humans?

If vampires are smarter, they can convert 3 billion vampires and then raise the remaining 3 billion people.

But it's still the problem Batman said. In the case of 7 billion people, only 300,000 to 400,000 are added every day. Only 3 billion people are left, then only a hundred thousand or so are added every day. Births can't keep up with consumption at all, and in the end, they will still starve to death.

"According to my estimation, there is a threshold for the number of vampires." Batman said, "The number of vampires that Earth can perfectly raise is limited. And once this value is exceeded, it is inevitable that humans and vampires will go to extinction together."

Martian Manhunter felt a bit terrified and asked, "Then do you think it has been exceeded now?"

"I'm afraid it's not just exceeded, but far higher than this number." Batman sighed and said, "This stupid guy has never thought about this matter. He doesn't understand the basic laws of the operation of carbon-based biological society, doesn't understand the principles of social resource allocation, and has no experience in leading large-scale organizations. He acts only on imagination, thinking that this will be like in some video games where the more armies produced, the better."

"I think he might be very young." Martian Manhunter speculated, "He inexplicably obtained an organization and relied entirely on his own shallow cognition to lead it, without thinking about any deep problems. It's really a big trouble."

Martian Manhunter thought for a while and asked, "Then do you think there is any way to save it now?"

Batman shook his head and said, "In fact, I'm already close to giving up, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to lock everyone here to catch the traitor. I let vampires expand outside, nothing more than because they are self-destructing."

"But after all, there are still so many humans on Earth." Martian Manhunter said, "Batman, you can't give up. Even if they are all converted into vampires, we can't just watch them starve to death!"

"In fact, I don't have a good way to contain the large-scale expansion of vampires. Who can stop exponential growth?"

Martian Manhunter also sighed. Of course, he understood the severity. One person converts 4, 4 people convert 16, 16 can directly convert more than 60,000. How could this be stopped?

"But I didn't feel they were expanding so fast from Superman's description." Martian Manhunter raised other doubts and said, "If that's the case, all people on Earth would become vampires in a few days, but now the vast majority are still ordinary humans."

"On one hand, vampires cannot be active during the day, which happens to miss the active time of ordinary humans, so it may cause their conversion speed to drop. On the other hand, I suspect that the 'embrace' also has conditional limitations. At least the vampire's own blood is not endless."

"And the newborn vampires are a bit weak." Martian Manhunter said, "Afraid of crosses, afraid of holy water, afraid of garlic, afraid of sunlight, and basically don't know any magic. Personnel consumption should also be quite a lot."

Soon, Wonder Woman patted Batman on the shoulder and said, "What are you talking about? It's time for the shift change."

Batman looked back and said, "Who is your partner?"

"Of course it's Superman. Actually, we can come for the whole second half of the night. Anyway, we don't need to sleep."

"Better not. Let that pair of siblings come to change shifts in two hours."

"No problem. You go rest quickly."

Lying on the ground, Batman turned over, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Now that mole is probably completely unable to sleep.

Although it was intentionally said for the mole to hear, what Batman said was also a fact. This so-called Vampire King is just a greenhorn.

You know, many people can get into a mess just doing a group project of five or six people. The leadership ability of ordinary people is probably just about this. Without any training, those who can lead 50 people without chaos belong to the "heaven-sent purple star."

Even after professional management training, those who can manage 500 people are few and far between, let alone knowing people and assigning them to the right jobs.

The biggest reason why the world is a huge "grassroots troupe" is that the human need for leadership ability far exceeds the leadership that humans can provide to their companions. It's good enough that 99.9% of humans in this world can manage themselves. If you force them to manage others, can they not cause chaos?

So the situation the Vampire King faces is very likely that suddenly one day, an organization of thousands or tens of thousands of people fell into his hands. He has no understanding of the situation of this organization, no short-term goals, and no development direction.

So he can only put forward a whimsical goal of blocking the sun to fool the brainless young people like him. Anyone who has worked for two days knows that such an organization won't go far.

But all members of the Justice League are not like this. They have seen the world's most powerful leader, Batman. They know what a core of an excellent team should look like. In comparison, the Vampire King is as naive as an infant.

In fact, Batman's specialty isn't management either. Overall management is just a skill he picked up casually, but his base attributes are too high, and he has many skill points. Picking them casually surpasses the vast majority of humans.

Every time Batman formulates a plan for the Justice League, it has both short-term goals and long-term strategic planning. It can be specific to people and things, and leaves enough room for flexibility. It can maximize everyone's strengths and has his powerful personal ability as a guarantee.

With such a leader, who wouldn't feel at ease?

So, after comparing the abilities of this greenhorn Vampire King and Batman, can this mole not be anxious?

On one side is a mess that relies entirely on emotions, and on the other side is a powerful organization that has enough room for a comeback even in a desperate situation. Fight the Justice League led by Batman? Me?

This is the effect Batman wants. From the beginning of the closed conference room, everything he did and every word he said was to put pressure on the mole, forcing him to have an emotional breakdown and make an irreparable, fatal mistake.

Batman never thought about relying on certain details in speech as evidence to ferret out the mole. That could indeed show his power, but his power no longer needed to be proven.

What he wanted was for this mole to self-destruct, to make some stupid mistakes under the dual pressure of physiology and emotion. This would prove that the so-called vampire life level being higher than humans was completely a joke.

In fact, when vampires started to expand, this kind of argument already had a certain market, because there really was no lack of such "guide parties" among humans. If aliens who wanted to destroy humanity invaded, they could still say, "Please come this way, Your Excellency."

Precisely because of the existence of such people, the stance of superheroes against vampires would be shaken, especially superheroes like Superman. No amount of vampires could defeat him, but if some humans stood up and said you were meddling, he might feel hesitant.

Batman knew very well that the heaviest injuries Superman had ever suffered always came from within. He didn't require the people he saved to be grateful to him, and didn't even require them to understand him, but if they stood on the opposite side of him one day and wanted to kill him, he would really feel heartbroken and disheartened.

Batman just wanted to show superheroes like Superman: you let this group of insects rule the Earth, how is this different from letting the Earth be destroyed?

He believed Superman must have heard his words just now. Although Superman's super-brain was a passive skill, as long as he remembered these words, when he faced such a choice one day, he could have sufficient reasons to convince himself that letting vampires rule the Earth was no different from letting the Earth be destroyed. So this group of "guide parties" were accomplices in the destruction of the Earth, and he could strike them hard with a clear conscience.

Having completed another small goal, Batman closed his eyes. He could clearly hear the whispers of Superman and Wonder Woman next to him, which made him quickly sink into a dream.

Not long after, the time for the shift change arrived. The sound of the Wonder Twins' footsteps woke Batman up.

The siblings came to one side of the room, obviously whispering to each other. Jana originally wanted to speak her mother tongue to her brother, but Zan said, "You really should practice your English well. When you were telling stories today, I had a headache listening to it."

Jana stuck out her tongue and said, "That's how I am when I'm sleepy. Who told you that when I was telling stories today, it happened to be my bedtime?"

"How did you know I was secretly staying up late?!"

"How did you know I was secretly staying up late?!... Alright, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. Who do you think is that traitor?"

"I don't know, but I think Batman definitely knows." Zan said, "I'm a bit hungry. You say if we secretly go get a sandwich now, will they find out?"

"Don't mess around. The sound of you tearing the packaging will definitely be heard." Jana lowered her voice even more. She said, "Doing anything now might be suspected by Batman. Let's just stay honestly."

"It's just getting a sandwich. Do vampires like eating sandwiches?"

"It's hard to say. If Batman thinks you're secretly going to suck blood, that would be terrible."

"Suck whose blood? The sandwich's? Then can I go get a can of soda?"

"Get me one too. I want sugar-free."

Batman heard Zan's footsteps walk to the other side of the room, which was where the food was placed. He took a bunch of things with a clatter and walked over to sit down.

Sure enough, not long after, Jana's exclamation came.

"Why did you get so many snacks?!"

"Anyway, they don't eat them. Look, this bag of potato chips is a new flavor."

"Have you not eaten potato chips for too long? This flavor has been around for a year. Give me that spicy bag. I want that bag."

Crunch, crunch, crunch... crunch, crunch, crunch... hiss—gulp, gulp, gulp, hiss—gulp, gulp, gulp.

Batman sighed helplessly, walked over lightly, and touched Jana's head. Jana was startled, then hugged the potato chips in her arms with some embarrassment and said, "Keeping watch is too boring. I was afraid we would fall asleep, so I wanted to eat some snacks..."

"Go to sleep." Batman said in a low voice, "There's still a while before dawn. Go sleep for a while."

"Thanks, but won't you be too tired?"

Hearing Zan's words, Batman's movements paused, and then he shook his head and said, "Go."

After the Wonder Twins left, not long after, the next round of people to change shifts came. This time it was Green Lantern and Aquaman.

"Didn't you sleep? Batman?" Aquaman sat down next to him and picked up a bag of potato chips casually, saying, "Those two kids eat so deliciously, I'm hungry too. Help me get that sandwich over here."

With a flash of green light, the sandwich was thrown into Aquaman's arms. Green Lantern sat down on the other side of Batman, hugging his arms and saying, "I slept quite well, but I was also woken up."

"How is Barry?" Batman asked.

"He's sleeping very soundly." Green Lantern said, "He didn't have a fever tonight, which means the wound hasn't worsened. This is the best news."

"Do you think there's a problem with their narrative during the day?" Aquaman looked at Batman and asked, and then he continued, "I'm very awake now. Let me come first in the morning."

"You lost contact. Won't your wife worry about you?" Batman said.

Aquaman waved his hand and said, "The Sea People are basically unaffected by this disaster. Although she has never liked you land people, for my sake, she won't add trouble to the Justice League."

"That's good. I feel that several people during the day don't have much suspicion. What do you think?"