Chapter 4043

"Darkseid. Didn't you say that the Apokolips domain is not affected by Professor X's brain waves?" The main universe Batman turned to look at Darkseid, who had just walked in.

"He cannot influence this place in real-time. But in this situation, it should be that he left a segment of his own brain waves in their brains. I can expel this segment of brain waves, but they might also die as a result."

"... What do you mean?" The main universe Batman didn't not understand; he just didn't want to believe it.

"They are already dead," Darkseid said very calmly. "What is maintaining their brain wave activity now is actually the brain waves left by Professor X. You can understand it as Professor X controlling their corpses. Once the brain waves are expelled, they will die immediately."

"Is there any room for salvation?"

"I'm not sure if Professor X obliterated their brain waves or locked them somewhere. If it's the latter, perhaps there is room for negotiation."

The main universe Batman paused, slowly shook his head, and said: "Cannot negotiate."

Afterwards, he turned around suddenly and shouted: "Constantine!!"

The main universe Constantine came over quickly; he appeared somewhat dejected. But the main universe Batman still looked at him and said: "I want you to find the last Infinity Stone."

"How would I know..." Before the main universe Constantine could finish, looking at the main universe Batman's cold eyes, he muttered and didn't speak, then nodded and said, "I'll do my best."

When the main universe Batman returned to the conference hall, the Batmen were already waiting there. The Evil God Batman took the lead and walked up, saying: "I have a way to temporarily immunize against Professor X's mental attacks."

"What?"

"Borrowing the power of the Outer Gods," the Evil God Batman said. "The Outer Gods can convert human brain waves into another form; Professor X's brain waves cannot invade this form of brain waves. Transcoding is a more effective measure than defense."

"Then what is the price?"

"Obviously, they will become chaotic and crazy due to the influence of the Outer Gods," the Evil God Batman sighed and said. "But this is only temporary, at least it can reduce our losses. After the attack ends, we can wake them up again."

The main universe Batman shook his head and said: "The attack will not end."

"Why? Don't you plan to release Magneto?"

"Why don't you understand yet?" The main universe Batman walked to the center of them and said, "This group of people from the Central Universe are lunatics. Once they are stimulated, they will go crazy; and once they start going crazy, they won't stop easily. The cause is the least important; think about the Joker."

A group of Batmen were somewhat silent. They could actually understand what the main universe Batman meant—many times, it doesn't matter why those lunatics in Arkham Asylum commit evil, because they are crazy themselves. Those so-called things that stimulated them to go crazy might just be excuses; even if the things that stimulated them to go crazy were solved, their crimes wouldn't stop.

Even if Batman released Magneto now, Professor X wouldn't stop; instead, he might become even more unscrupulous because the hostage had already been saved.

Therefore, from the beginning, the main universe Batman never thought about releasing hostages or negotiating—because this guy was already crazy, and negotiating with a lunatic was meaningless.

As for why the main universe Batman could conclude that he was crazy, that was of course because of his rich experience in dealing with lunatics.

Let's put it this way: a normal person who is angry because Magneto was caught might kill many people, but they would absolutely not do something like replacing brain waves to control corpses. Being able to do this shows that this guy is not a normal person. Making concessions to such a person won't bring peace, it will only make him worse.

However, the main universe Batman didn't intend to pin his hopes on the Infinity Stones either; after all, even if the missing one was brought over, there were still two not in their hands, and they were far from becoming a decisive force. They had to use other methods to resolve this crisis.

The main universe Batman took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said: "Contract our forces, suspend all patrol operations, no one is to leave Apokolips."

Then he pointed out several Batmen, handed them the helmet he had taken from Erik before, and said: "There should be technology to shield brain waves on this; find a way to reproduce it. I will have the Martian Manhunter help you."

"Leave it to me," Arkham Batman said. "Besides individual shielding equipment, we also need some large shielding instruments for subsequent operations."

The main universe Batman nodded, but gave him a look. When all the Batmen went to busy themselves, only Arkham Batman remained.

"You have more important things to do," the main universe Batman said. "You are the one among us who uses magic better; you can use magic shields to shield against brain wave interference and move freely in the universe. So you are the key to breaking the situation."

"What do you want me to do?"

"As far as I know, most of Professor X's abilities are not that powerful, at least the coverage range is not that far. And the Professor X of the Central Universe can do it, perhaps by borrowing some instruments. I hope you can lead a team to destroy this machine."

Arkham Batman's expression was somewhat solemn—this was the most severe mission he had ever received.

It goes without saying that Professor X must be in the rear of the mutants, and he and that machine must be protected by layers, so sneaking in wouldn't be easy, and destroying it would be wishful thinking.

However, the situation was critical now, and there was no room for pushing back; and precisely because the mission was very difficult, Arkham Batman didn't trust others to lead the team—of course, it was better for Batman to do this kind of thing.

Arkham Batman thought for a while and said: "Okay, but I need the Martian Manhunter from your universe, that Batman with long tentacles, Cyborg, and... Bruce."

"Bruce?" The main universe Batman looked at him and said, "Are you sure?"

"Of course, this operation is a life-and-death mission anyway; having him there can add a few more variables."

"... Are you sure you aren't settling a personal vendetta?"

The main universe Batman really couldn't help but ask this—because he might not survive, so dragging Bruce directly into the mutants' base camp to commit suicide, is that still a bit detrimental to unity?

"Just help me find him," Arkham Batman said.

The main universe Batman had no choice; he could only say: "Then you can only wait until tomorrow to set off; it's already 7:40, they already got off work."

"I also need a night to prepare and debug; tell him to gather in the conference room at 7:00 tomorrow morning."

"I'm afraid that's difficult, they don't start work until 8:30."

Arkham Batman couldn't help but slam the table and said: "It's a fucking war now! You tell him, if he dares to be late, I will drive the Batmobile and smash the champagne tower at his wedding!"

Arkham Batman turned and left. The main universe Batman sighed, but could only go find Bruce.

And Bruce was currently drinking in the bar below the base.

Don't ask why there's a bar—everyone is under a lot of pressure when fighting a war, so naturally, they need a place to relax. Some people who finished patrol missions and came back to rest would have a drink here, and then go to sleep, which could also help them recover their mental state faster.

Of course, this was for people doing real work. Bruce hadn't shown his face many times since he came; he neither went out on patrol nor came to meetings, and it was unknown what he was doing, but he would definitely appear in the bar at the end of work hours without fail.

Fortunately, this time, he remembered to do some real work. After seeing the main universe Batman, he asked: "Where's Hal? Hasn't he come back yet? Did you figure out why he couldn't come back?"

"Maybe some information calculation went wrong," the main universe Batman said. "We don't know the specific situation either; if you can contact Lucifer, you can ask him."

"I haven't been able to contact him for a long time," Bruce shook his head and said. "I hope he didn't die suddenly."

"There's a mission for you," the main universe Batman said straightforwardly. "Because we caught Magneto from the Central Universe, Professor X is conducting indiscriminate attacks on our people, which has caused us heavy losses; we must stop him. We have established a small team to destroy the machine Professor X uses to enhance his abilities; the person leading the team named you, gather at 7 tomorrow morning."

"7 o'clock?! Isn't that too early?!"

Sure enough, the main universe Batman said in his heart, in the eyes of this son of a bitch, gathering at 7 in the morning is more unacceptable than diving headfirst into the mutants' base camp.

"You don't have to sleep," the main universe Batman had completely grasped Bruce's pulse. He said, "I'll give the people from your universe a day off; you can play here for a night, and then you go gather tomorrow morning."

"You'd be that kind?"

"Anyway, the Batman leading the team said, if you dare to be late, he will drive the Batmobile and smash the champagne tower at your wedding."

"Oh, damn it, it wouldn't be *that* Batman, would it?"

"That's right, it's the one who once smashed you away."

Bruce curled his lips, appearing somewhat unhappy, but he still said: "It's not that I can't help, but if I go, he has to agree to lend me his Batmobile to pick up the bride."

"... What about your own Batmobile?"

"Chewed into a mess by Aisha," Bruce shrugged and said. "Although I don't think Selina would mind, the problem is if I drive it out that day, Aisha will definitely throw away the bouquet and go chew on the car, which isn't very good."

"Then you'll let Aisha chew on his Batmobile?"

"Doesn't his Batmobile have a magic shield?"

"Are you sure it won't be chewed through?"

"That's his problem; anyway, if it gets chewed up, it's not me who loses face—everyone knows I don't have a Batmobile."

The main universe Batman sighed and said: "Fine, I don't think he will refuse, provided you don't be late."

After the main universe Batman left, Clark soon came to find Bruce and said: "The Supermen sent out to support before were almost wiped out; we need to replenish new personnel. I wanted to bring over the Batman from the Injustice League, but maybe Batman and other Supermen will have opinions; what do you think I should do?"

"I also think bringing him over is a good idea, but I guess the main universe Batman won't agree. Originally, unity is our advantage; if we bring over people from the Injustice League, we might end up in a civil war, and Batman might not be willing to take this risk."

Clark thought for a while and said: "Do you think if Owlman knew this news, would he want to come and join in the fun? If the main universe Batman couldn't refuse him, then he shouldn't be able to refuse the people from the Injustice League either, right?"

"Not to mention whether his injuries are healed, the main universe Batman absolutely wouldn't let Owlman come over; that guy would fight him for leadership. Although he can't win in normal times, we just suffered such heavy losses, it's really hard to say; even if there is some wavering, it's not what the main universe Batman wants to see."

"But whether he can come over isn't up to him," Clark pondered for a moment and said, "Can we find a way to contact Doctor Manhattan?"

"We can't go back now, so we can only find a middleman. The Professor might have intelligence on Doctor Manhattan; I'll go ask him."