Chapter 3876

"Have you heard about Electronic Batman?" The main universe Batman sent a message to Arkham Batman via Battleworld communication. "He should have appeared in your universe too, right? Did he cause any trouble?"

"Not clear for now, I don't have time to manage it," Arkham Batman replied. "I'm busy building the Earth magic defense network. You know, it's very difficult to hide from those Asians, so I'm negotiating cooperation with them. And I can't even find a quiet place in India to build a sanctuary..."

"Your progress is that fast?" The main universe Batman appeared a bit surprised, and he continued to reply, "It seems there are benefits to being president, at least you don't have to worry within the Federation."

"That guy did cause some trouble," Arkham Batman replied. "But don't forget, we studied before that the Earth magic defense network has the ability to monitor energy fluctuations and radio waves. As long as this thing is built, no electronic life can hide."

"I'm afraid he will interfere with the construction," the main universe Batman replied. "Before the magic defense network is truly built, he still has many opportunities to take action. You don't make any preparations at all?"

"Of course that's impossible. I built a building in Gotham that completely shields any radio waves and only has magic energy fluctuations. It seems he shouldn't be able to invade magic energy, and can go online one-way through magic. Barbara Gordon is trying to use the magic network to track its trail, mainly to find its main body. I think it's not in my universe, but might be in yours."

The main universe Batman didn't rush to deny it. Because after dealing with so many Batmen, he also realized that the universe he was in might be a bit special. Whether it was geographical location or cosmic attributes, it was very special, as if all universes revolved around him. If this was the case, that guy was very likely to use his place as the central stronghold for invading the multiverse—even if there was no main body, there should be a root server or something.

Unfortunately, the finishing work on Oa was very important, especially to safely transfer those energies back. The main universe Batman couldn't be distracted to deal with any murder cases now.

Fortunately, the Barbara in his own universe also caught the guy's tail. In order to reduce the risk of being discovered, the other party shouldn't be too arrogant recently. Gordon and the Penguin could still stabilize the situation for the time being, and if it really didn't work, there was still Dr. Schiller.

The main universe Batman thought this way and put his energy back on Oa. Soon, Green Lantern brought back good news—Ganthet was telling the truth. There was an engine at the center of this planet that compressed huge energy, and these energies were not guarded against the Lanterns, and used the same technology as the Lantern furnace and Lantern rings. As long as there were enough Lantern furnaces, or even enough Lantern rings, this energy could be drawn out and brought back.

"Well done, Hal," the main universe Batman said. "The Green Lantern headquarters should have quite a few Lantern furnaces, right? Or are there any activated Lantern rings? Bring them all here, we will draw the energy out and pack it back. I'll have to trouble you to run a few more trips these days."

"No, it's not a trouble," Green Lantern appeared very excited, and he said, "You don't know how much energy that is, my God! That's enough for all the Lanterns of the Green Lantern Corps to go all out for several months!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly froze, and then pursed his lips tightly, appearing a bit sad. "If... if the Fourth Squad could have had more energy at that time..."

The main universe Batman stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "This is not your fault, Hal. The Guardians of the Universe would rather put so much energy at the center of the planet to build weapons than give you a little more. They must be responsible for all these sacrifices."

Green Lantern took a deep breath, nodded, and then said, "I'm not sure if the Flash can get in. I'll let him try with me once, if he's there, the speed will be faster."

The main universe Batman watched his back, then turned and returned to the office. He needed to contact Darkseid and let Darkseid try to delay time as much as possible, and wait until he emptied the energy before the final decisive battle.

Green Lantern came to the door of the Flash's room and knocked. The door was opened quickly. The Flash had his mouth full of potato chips, and breathed a sigh of relief after discovering it was Green Lantern.

"Scared me to death, I thought Batman was here." He hurriedly opened the door and said, "Are you okay with your injury? Sorry, Hal. They were afraid I would tell you, so they hid it from me too, otherwise I would definitely have told you their plan in advance."

"It's okay," Green Lantern smiled at him and said, "Batman has a new mission, we have to go to the center of Oa and bring back the energy intercepted by those damn Guardians of the Universe. Can you take me there?"

"Uh, sorry, it seems I can't," the Flash shook his head and said, "I can't fly, I have to keep my feet on the ground. I can travel through the universe by running the nearest Green Lantern portal with the Speed Force, running through the portal, and then running through the portal, and finally reaching the destination all the way. It was like this when I came to see you last time. If you want me to run into the center of the planet out of thin air, I'm afraid it won't work."

"This is a bit troublesome, the energy fluctuations inside are too strong, and the Green Lantern portal can't be built. If you rely purely on flying, not only is the speed slow, but it's also easy to be discovered," Green Lantern scratched his head and said.

The Flash's eyes rolled and he said, "I have another way—let's go find the Flash of another universe."

"But isn't the Speed Force the same? If you can't do it, can he do it?"

"He might really be able to," the Flash said a bit sneakily, "All Flashes know that there is a freak among us, sorry, this word is a bit impolite, it should be called a 'weirdo.' His Speed Force is very... I don't know how to describe it, probably powerful and dangerous?"

"Wait, it wouldn't be 'that' universe, would it?"

"Which one are you talking about?"

"That one, the 'Busy Universe.' Uh, wait, this word is also a bit impolite... anyway, it's the universe where the Justice League gets off work at 6:30. It's spread all over the Battleworld."

"You've heard of it too?" The Flash said quite happily, "I am friends with the Flash of that universe, and the two of us have helped each other before. Maybe he is willing to come and help this time too."

"But you have to hide it from Batman, he doesn't like people from that universe," Green Lantern hesitated and said, "Of course, after the Superman of our universe learned from the Superman of that universe to roast cookies with laser beams and blew up the base's kitchen, Wonder Woman might not like them very much either."

"Don't worry, he is in the Speed Force. If you don't say it and I don't say it, who would know?" The Flash raised his eyebrows and said, "Wait a minute, I'll send a message to call him over now."

Not long after, Green Lantern saw a golden light flash, and a younger-looking Barry Allen appeared in the room. He was even wearing a uniform, it seemed he had just finished his work.

Green Lantern was stunned after seeing him, then looked him up and down, and finally said, "This outfit of yours..."

"I'm an intern," Barry said, "If you hadn't said it was urgent, I would have gone home to change my clothes."

"Wait, this is the FBI academy uniform, right?!" The Flash shouted in surprise, "You went to be an agent???"

"Intern agent. And I'm not a field agent, but an intern in the Behavioral Science Unit."

"Oh, God, the BAU of 'Criminal Minds'?! Who are you? Spencer Reid?!" The Flash immediately started shouting.

Barry waved his hand helplessly and said, "Stop watching so many TV shows. My life is not that exciting, before you called me, I was organizing an investigation report on the size of ventilation ducts in Washington state two months ago..."

"What does ventilation ducts have to do with behavioral science?" Green Lantern couldn't help but ask.

"Because in a recent case, the murderer escaped through the ventilation duct. We need to study the impact of the size of the ventilation duct on the murderer's choice of escape route. At present, the ventilation ducts on the West Coast are more easily chosen because of their larger size, while some ventilation ducts on the East Coast are too narrow and in disrepair, and locals will never choose this escape route..."

"Sounds really magical," the Flash sighed, "It's the same goal as forensic science."

"This is actually a joint investigation project with the Forensic Science Department. There are some more important investigation directions, but I am only an intern after all—besides interns, who else is willing to run to fifteen locations a day just to measure the size of ventilation ducts on the spot?"

"Okay, you will definitely be the most promising Flash," the Flash gave him a thumbs up and said, "When you become the head of the FBI, you must treat us to dinner."

Barry smiled while shaking his head, and then said, "You said there is a place you can't get into, now let me try."

"Don't you need to keep your feet on the ground?" Green Lantern asked.

"My Speed Force is a bit special. It's very dangerous in most cases, and getting lost in it might be shredded directly. But precisely because the aggressiveness is strong enough, it can perform space cutting directly—we can cut a crack here that leads directly to the destination."

"Sounds very magical, but how is safety guaranteed?" Green Lantern added, "I'm not questioning your ability, but there is a big bomb full of energy at the destination, if it explodes..."

"Then return to the past, and cut off that timeline, and start over, until it succeeds."

"Wait," the Flash reached out to stop him and said, "Why does it sound familiar?"

"It's not 'Flashpoint.' Or rather, I got inspiration from the trouble you created," Barry said lightly, as if he didn't realize what terrifying things he was saying. "Your main problem is that you didn't cut off those abandoned timelines in time, causing more and more errors to occur on the timeline, and piling up together, eventually triggering a paradox and changing the future."

"But as long as we operate on a single timeline, and cut off and destroy the abandoned possibilities after each end, and only cycle within a very short time, it will not trigger the Flashpoint paradox, and it is completely safe. I have tried it many times."

"Then how do you destroy the timeline?"

"Why do you want to try many times?"

Green Lantern and the Flash's inquiries sounded at the same time. The two of them were obviously not concerned about the same question, but Barry still patiently answered them both.

"The kind of dark energy in my Speed Force can devour timelines. This dark energy comes from the darkness of the cosmic origin, probably from Barbatos, which means that the abandoned timeline was eaten by Barbatos."

"The reason for my experiment is not that I want to resurrect my parents—my parents are living well. But precisely because of this, I don't remember how many times I forgot to take the meat out of the refrigerator to thaw before they came home. In order not to be scolded, I can only jump back an hour ago, take the meat out to thaw, and then destroy the timeline that wasn't thawed. Of course, after Bruce found out, he always let me help him regret his moves when playing cards; and Clark, whenever he didn't beat his brother when they were sparring, he came to find me..."

Green Lantern and the Flash looked at each other. The Flash whispered to Green Lantern, "There is a reason why Batman doesn't like them."

"Yes, and this time I agree with Batman."

(Whispering)