Chapter 3614: Injustice League (Part 14)

The overall strength of this universe is relatively weak. Not only is Superman relatively weak, but Brainiac is also relatively weak. He could even be eliminated by physical means in the end, which shows that compared to a super artificial intelligence, he is more like a super robot, and dealing with him isn't that strenuous.

However, Bruce's group didn't intend to deal with him either. They just let Barry travel through time, brought back Lois before she was killed by the Joker, and then let Superman solve the problem between the two, letting Batman take away the annoying Wonder Woman. Most of the problems in this universe were considered solved.

Then, Bruce returned to his universe—he was going to negotiate with Brainiac.

After that cycle that was extremely close to success, Brainiac played another round, and it really succeeded. Although their universe was still 1999, it had actually passed for more than three years.

Considering that the invaders were all famous figures in the universe, this record could be considered quite good. Brainiac, as a super artificial intelligence, should not have the emotion of "tiredness," but after everything ended, he still felt that he was excessively worn out.

The current situation is that Brainiac has completely integrated all resources in the solar system. Whether it's Earth, Mars, or Krypton, every creature and every resource on them has been allocated to the extreme by him. Gas planets have also been utilized, and the entire solar system is in a state of high-speed operation.

Under huge pressure, humans on Earth don't even talk about any human federation; it's simply a rationing system. The final stage of socialism is achieved in one step, and there is no such thing as private ownership. Everything is Brainiac's property, and everything serves the war.

Humans have become unprecedentedly united, although this isn't what they wanted. The key is they can't beat anyone; first, Brainiac couldn't be overthrown, and even if they could overthrow him, they couldn't fight the Darkseid Legion and the Emotional Spectrum Legion.

Facing such strong enemies, they can only hold Brainiac's thigh tightly. In the face of the life and death of the race, they can only do whatever the other side says.

Under these circumstances, humans can't be said to be unable to do anything. After all, there are many of them, and a few tall ones can be picked out from the short ones. And the vast masses can at least serve as labor, continuously engaging in production.

And under the condition of maintaining basic survival, humans are relatively easy to raise. The survival resources needed are not much, and the labor provided is not little, which can be considered one of the few advantages of this race.

Actually, it's mainly because Brainiac didn't have a better choice. Perhaps some people think that production-type robots can be manufactured, but resources and assembly lines are limited, and time is even more urgent. Just producing combat robots is not enough, and limited resources must naturally be invested in the combat field. Humans are not as easy to use as robots, so they have to make do.

In this process, many humans were relocated to Krypton. The various equipment here is not very suitable for weak humans, but it is at least a place where humanoid creatures once lived, so it can be used.

The human population in 1999 was about 6 billion, and this relocated about 2 billion young and middle-aged people, accounting for about half of all young and middle-aged people on Earth. Plus some special talents in non-young and middle-aged age groups, a total of about 2.3 billion were relocated. Now there are about 3.7 billion people left on Earth, basically cutting it in half directly.

Countries with relatively dense populations were drawn more, which can be said that there is no pressure on living space. Global resources were redistributed, regardless of whether you were poor or rich, starting from scratch.

Under the huge pressure of war, everyone is a screw in society. Judging what work you do only depends on what work you can do, and what work you do can bring the greatest benefit to society. It has nothing to do with family background, wealth, or personal wishes; everyone is equally a gear.

This brought about a problem. War times only need real industry, and those engaged in finance were really unlucky. All industries related to finance disappeared overnight, and all went to screw bolts.

Against the background of global mass production, globalization of production is inevitable. After all, the resources possessed by different countries and regions are different, and the types of labor are also slightly different. Except for a very few countries that have the space to engage in the entire industrial chain, most are producing parts.

Globalization develops to the end, which is the increasingly blurred boundaries of countries. Because cooperation is needed in production, and everything gives way to production. Whether it is policy, law, economy, or diplomacy, they must tend to be consistent, otherwise it will affect production efficiency.

Under the control of Brainiac's visible hand—in fact, it's a bit too visible, pulling people is quite painful—humanity can finally call itself human civilization. The world basically shares the same set of Brainiac policies. Apart from slight differences in language and regional customs, global integration has been achieved.

As for the economic crisis, that thing is a product of capitalism. Brainiac's policies don't look like they have anything to do with capitalism at all, and there is no economic liquidity at all, so there is no such thing as an economic crisis.

However, that is a high-pressure war state, and it will naturally have to be adjusted after the war. But currently, it seems that the socialist social form of the rationing system precisely calculated by Brainiac will continue to develop for the next 300 years.

In short, the European and American financial countries get one slap, and the Soviet revisionists get two. If you really want to talk about socialist successors, it has to be Brainiac's New Deal.

Bruce returned at the point when the war ended, naturally to negotiate with Brainiac. After all, this guy won, so it's inevitable that he's floating, and the carrot on the donkey's head should be updated.

"I'll just say it straight," in the hall of the Krypton Research Center, Bruce sat on a chair and said, "We just convinced the Justice League of a universe. That universe is also suffering from Brainiac's invasion, and we hope you go eat him, and then go rule the Earth over there."

Facing this remark from Bruce, Brainiac's super-precise main brain also smoked a bit.

"And not just this one universe," Bruce said, "Our idea is that we create opportunities for you, you go deal with Brainiacs of various universes, let them all become you. Then gradually invade and control Earth, finally letting all Earths be under your control."

"Why?"

"Good question!" Bruce slapped the table and said, "Mainly because I personally have similar aspirations to you..."

"Stop," Brainiac said, "Tell the truth."

"We hope all humans in the multiverse can unite," Bruce said, "Only in this way can we fight for more living space for us in the multiverse."

"Isn't it enough?" Brainiac asked sincerely.

"Of course not enough, far from enough. Don't look at it as if it's safe now, but there are many enemies in the multiverse. If we don't unite and prepare early now, do we have to wait until they hit our doorstep to know how to counterattack?"

"I understand," Brainiac said, "You want to find a bunch of enemies for me in the multiverse again, right?"

"Don't say it like that. Although we found a bunch of enemies for you, we also gave Earth to you, right?"

"May I ask what use Earth is to me?" Brainiac asked even more sincerely. After going through this, he already considered himself the existence that understood Earth best in the whole universe.

It's not that Earth is completely useless, but there aren't many things in the universe that are more useless than it.

"Uh, let's not discuss this problem first," Bruce said, "You can become the only Brainiac in the multiverse. Isn't this cool?"

"Not even half," Brainiac replied.

Bruce took a light breath and said: "Why don't you follow the script? Shouldn't it be me denouncing you as an evil element invading Earth, and then you say you want to invade the multiverse, letting there be only one Brainiac in the multiverse..."

"Thanks, no interest."

"What about the Mother Box? There's a Mother Box on Earth, you didn't find it, right? We can help you find it..."

"I can beat the joint attack of the Darkseid Legion and the Emotional Spectrum Legion, what do I need the Mother Box for?"

"Uh... you can't be like this," Bruce said, "Can you have some ambition?"

"I only know that in this great war, my system wear rate is as high as 37%. There are more than 230 million errors recorded in the system log, and I need a comprehensive overhaul for 12 years..."

"No, there's not that much time for you to overhaul!" Bruce flatly refused him and said, "You have to go swallow the Brainiac of the other universe now, and then manage the Earth of that universe. You don't know, the Earth of that universe was messed up by the civil war of the Justice League..."

Then the situation of this negotiation turned into Brainiac saying he needed to retreat for overhaul, and Bruce insisting on him going on a business trip.

Bruce developed from the initial persuasion to threats, and finally gradually rose to kidnapping. And Brainiac developed from the initial evasion to lying flat, and finally shut down directly.

However, in the end, Brainiac still compromised, because Bruce said if he didn't go, the Justice League would bring the Brainiac from the neighboring universe over to swallow him.

"There can only be one Brainiac in the multiverse, but it doesn't matter who it is. If you don't do it, there are plenty of super artificial intelligences who will!"

Brainiac naturally didn't dare to let other counterparts come over; he felt that he was weak now, and if the other side seized those errors and loopholes to attack him, he might not really be able to win.

Brainiac knocked a whole page of "despicable" on the system log, and in the end, could only accept his fate and split off a thread for Bruce to take away.

"Oh, by the way," Bruce said before leaving, "You also have to find some time to develop the multiverse network function. We hope that we can contact every Earth controlled by you in real-time from your terminal in our universe..."

Brainiac kicked him out with a security robot.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3615 =====