Chapter 3169

If the main universe Batman's superpower was controlling corpses, then he could actually use Jeff's corpse as bait to attract the reeds' attention, creating a gap for himself to escape. Besides being a famous detective and martial arts master, Batman was also an escape artist. With the assistance of such a powerful skill, it wasn't difficult to escape from the reeds.

But Schiller and the others obviously couldn't do this, because in the current situation, no one would be happy to be the bait. It was clear that everyone was not on the same side, and it was difficult to persuade the other party to contribute to the team.

Schiller turned his head and set his sights on the two barrels of gasoline by the wall.

He spoke up, "We actually don't need to completely defeat the reeds; we just need to create a space that allows us to drop people and materials down."

Bruce obviously also thought of the wonderful use of gasoline. He said, "No matter what, reeds are also herbaceous plants. We can completely use gasoline to burn out an isolation belt."

"But the action must be fast," the Pale Knight said. "Even if gasoline isn't afraid of the water on the reed leaves, the oxygen in the underground cave might not be enough to light a big fire."

At this time, Schiller had already moved the two barrels of gasoline over. Although they were two barrels, they were actually two small plastic buckets—the kind with a cap on the top that can be unscrewed. The capacity wasn't much; the two barrels together were less than 10 liters.

"I need a flashlight," Schiller said, "and a pistol."

"You intend to go down," Greed frowned and said. "I don't agree... Don't look at me like that. Why don't you think about it? If something happens to him, who can beat the hunter?"

The Pale Knight looked at Owlman, but he actually didn't have full confidence either, because the main universe Batman playing the hunter looked like that kind of classic Batman, with boundless combat power. Among this group of people, those who had confidence in winning if they faced Batman head-on were probably Owlman and Schiller.

Owlman's own combat ability was very strong, and his points should be very high. Schiller's points weren't high, but for some reason, he was very good at fighting. Only when the two of them joined forces did they have the confidence to win against the main universe Batman. Lacking any one of them, this group of people would be giving it away for free.

"I'll go," Greed sighed and said. "In necessary situations, I will take some extreme measures. Give me the oil bucket."

Schiller knew he was referring to his ability to release wind blades, but was this guy's skill cooldown a bit too fast?

Greed picked up an oil bucket and took the flashlight from Owlman's hand. When Owlman was about to hand him the gun, he shook his head and said, "Wait until I call you, then you throw the gun down."

After speaking, Greed went down along the cave. Through the not-very-large hole, they could see the reeds rushing towards him at the fastest speed. However, Greed quickly ran out of their line of sight. After a while, the reeds suddenly began to fall in patches.

The gasoline was quickly splashed on the ground. After Greed shouted, Owlman threw the gun down. Greed shot at the ground covered with gasoline, and the sparks ignited the gasoline, burning out a high wall.

Several people jumped down at the fastest speed. The Joker and Bruce threw down the shelves they had just gotten, and then the two of them also jumped down.

The reeds were indeed afraid of fire. It used its leaves to slap the water in the lake, wanting to extinguish the fire, but burning gasoline was not easy to deal with; it wasn't something that could be extinguished by just getting some water. It was extinguished here, but the fire spread over there immediately.

Even so, Schiller still noticed that the fire in the cave was burning exceptionally vigorously. He remembered again that when they came over, they first walked a long way, then ran back halfway, and then came back immediately. After tossing around for so long, there was actually no feeling of fatigue.

He suspected that the oxygen content in the underground cave might be higher than the normal value, but theoretically, this was impossible unless someone had tampered with it.

They carried the shelves and walked towards the upper reaches of the river. Only after arriving opposite the passage on the other side of the river did they put the things down and start assembling.

Schiller boldly leaned towards the lake. At this time, the light of the flashlight shone over, shaking Schiller's eyes. He saw Greed also walking towards this side.

Greed also proudly shook the gun in his hand and said, "Now it's my turn to have a gun. Do you want to consider apologizing or something?"

"Your marksmanship is not good," Schiller said in a calm tone. "If you can't kill me with one shot, the one who dies will be you."

"Tch," Greed made a gasping sound, but he actually knew that Owlman would so easily give him the gun because this kind of small, broken police pistol was indeed quite average. The shooting distance was short and unstable, and the requirements for the user were relatively high; not everyone could use it.

Greed used the flashlight to shine on the bottom of the river. The fish were still rushing. Schiller walked over and grabbed his wrist, letting the light of the flashlight move down and shine on the riverbank.

Schiller saw very obvious traces of artificial excavation there.

It could only be said that the traces beside the naturally formed river channel should be very difficult to look like they had been shoveled by an excavator bucket. This made Schiller more convinced that although the underground cave was natural, this dark river was definitely created by Silteke.

Schiller inexplicably thought of some knowledge about the aquaculture industry. Although he hadn't raised fish, he had seen others engage in aquariums. For fish, water quality, water temperature, and water oxygen content were all very important standards.

To raise so many fish at once, and they all had to be kept jumping, the data in the cave must have been strictly controlled. Schiller felt that if there was no harvest in the laboratory, they should be able to trace the river upstream, find the source of the water, and see what was there.

After about half an hour, the bridge was built. Calling it a bridge, it was actually just a pile of shelves. Although the ladder made by stacking them looked a bit ugly, Schiller still trusted Bruce's level of mechanical engineering.

"I'll go first," Bruce said. "Who wants to be second?"

Owlman just wanted to speak, but the Pale Knight glared at him and said, "I'll go second, in case you tear down the bridge after crossing it."

Bruce rolled his eyes but didn't say anything. He stepped on the ladder and walked over steadily. The Pale Knight was relatively conservative; he bent his body slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and walked over very quickly to be steady.

Schiller followed closely, and then it was Owlman. But just after everyone else had crossed, the Joker suddenly said, "Uh-oh, I suddenly changed my mind. You guys go ahead. I'm going to go back and see the situation in the cabin. The snow has stopped for so long, the accumulated snow should have started to melt, right?"

Schiller captured very well the fleeting dark light in Greed's eyes after the Joker finished saying this. Greed just wanted to say something, but the Joker kicked the simple temporary bridge into the river.

Then he left without looking back.

Now no one could catch up with him and could only stand on the shore and stare. Several people had to think while walking towards that road.

Schiller felt the Joker must have discovered something.

If it wasn't for this, he actually didn't need to say those two sentences; he could just destroy the bridge and leave. But he insisted on emphasizing that the snow had stopped and the accumulated snow had started to melt.

What would be revealed after the accumulated snow melted?

Schiller couldn't help but recall the process of Greed's confession of his crime. He killed the detective somewhere and dragged his corpse into the cabin. The detective's upper body was split in two by the wind blade, and there must have been a lot of blood. Dragging it all the way, there must be traces left on the ground.

It was just that it had been snowing before, and the accumulated snow covered all the traces, but once the snow started to melt, the traces would be exposed.

But that wasn't quite right either. On one hand, when they were in the cabin, they felt the outside temperature was minus 20 degrees. In this kind of weather, even if the snow stopped, the snow couldn't possibly melt.

On the other hand, they had found traces of wear like stones on the top of the detective's head before. What was going on with this? Could Greed still put the corpse upside down on the ground and rub it?

Schiller had no answer. They walked into the cave all the way. The cave became narrower and lower as they walked. Later, they had to bow their bodies to move forward. After walking for a few more minutes, Owlman, who had the largest body, couldn't pass.

Being thin also had the benefits of being thin. The Pale Knight, who was the thinnest among everyone, could see that he could still walk quite a distance forward. Although Bruce, Schiller, and Greed weren't as thin as him, their body types were also on the thin side and could still pass. But Owlman had pointed his body type too high, causing him to be completely unable to pass.

But if Owlman couldn't pass, then how did the main universe Batman pass? Their body types were similar, and even the hunter played by the main universe Batman was more burly.

Schiller suspected that the main universe Batman might have another way to get in. After all, this series of stories might have been invented by him, and it was normal to leave himself a way out.

But walking to now, he could already see the exit more than 200 meters ahead. They didn't intend to change the road again. Only Owlman, who couldn't get in, turned and left. Before leaving, he also took away the pistol he gave Greed, but left the flashlight to them.

The next road was already not easy to squat on; it needed to crawl forward. Because the Pale Knight was thin and agile, he arrived at the exit at the fastest speed.

Following that were Bruce and Greed, with Schiller at the very end. When Schiller crawled to the very end of the passage, he found that the size here was already similar to a ventilation duct. The activity space left for people was not large, and the head could only move slightly. A slight lift of the head would hit the wall above the cave.

Just as Schiller raised his head, he suddenly discovered that the wall above the cave was not smooth. He tried hard to lower his body, stretched one arm upward, and scraped with his hand. Some broken stones fell into his palm.

It was almost exactly the same as the gravel seen on the top of the detective's head.

Schiller immediately realized that the traces of friction on the top of the detective's corpse's head might not have been left after death. He should have also come to this cave before he died.

But if they crawled slowly like this, it was unlikely that the head would hit the top. There was only one possibility that could rub the scalp like that: crawling forward quickly while suddenly raising the head to look at the exit. This was very consistent with the situation of a chase.

Combined with what the Joker said and Greed's complexion at that time, Schiller had a brand-new guess: the person was indeed killed by Greed, but the corpse might not have been transported to the cabin through the ground, but through the cave under the carpet.

Schiller clearly remembered that when he checked for clues at the beginning, the Joker was squatting there studying the carpet. At that time, Schiller was busy thinking about the game rules and had been imagining the Prowler's abilities, so he didn't pay attention to the details of the carpet.

Perhaps it was the Joker who discovered something and realized that what Greed said had loopholes, so he said something like the snow was about to melt to hint to them.