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Chapter 4075

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This scene didn't need anyone else to explain; everyone knew that this was the famous "Doctor Strange hand-breaking incident." Unexpectedly, even for an existence as powerful as the Dream-Powered Doctor Strange, the nightmare was still no different from other Doctor Stranges.

But this is also quite good, Shiler thought. If the Dream-Powered Doctor Strange's nightmare was something like the Ancient One dying, then they might have to go fight Dormammu. Although Arkham Batman was quite strong, those two old guys on the opposite side were even more tacit in their cooperation. It was better to save Doctor Strange during the car accident, which was simpler.

As soon as the car stopped, they rushed toward the car. However, the two people on the opposite side were not to be outdone; Erik and Charles also ran toward the car at the first moment.

The two sides rushed over from two different directions. Arkham Batman's side happened to be the main driver's seat. But before he even ran there, one could tell from the damage to the car that, let alone whether the hand was broken or not, being able to rescue the person alive would belong to a medical miracle.

This car should have hit a large vehicle head-on at the beginning. After spinning several times, the other side hit the guardrail again. Now both A-pillars of the vehicle were broken, the B-pillar on Strange's side was also broken, and the entire driver's cab was compressed into a space that could probably only accommodate half a person.

Arkham Batman stood in front of the driver's cab, speechless for a moment. He began to think, does the Marvel side of the world have any medical knowledge they don't know about? Otherwise, in this situation, how did Doctor Strange survive?

And I heard that after he recovered, he could actually go to the area around Mount Ximalaya to seek medical advice. What, are his lungs made of titanium alloy? Or did he also stuff a reactor into his chest?

"Don't just stand there," Shiler said. "Save the person first."

How could Arkham Batman not know to save the person first, but the problem was that the accident situation now looked like there was no one to save. Rescuing him would probably be a pile of parts. The driver's cab visibly had no space to store a living person. He was afraid that if he opened the car door, Doctor Strange would appear before his eyes in a disassembled form. At that time, he wouldn't be able to take him away, so he could only serve him on a plate.

But there was no way; they were in a competition now, and Charles and Erik had already circled over. Arkham Batman could only harden his heart, reach his hand into the gap of the car window that was almost crushed, and pull it outward violently. The car door was pulled open with a creak.

Only then did he discover that Doctor Strange's luck was not ordinary. This guy seemed to have fallen onto the passenger seat during the first collision, and the most important upper body fell into the space under the passenger seat.

But if you follow this posture, his legs couldn't be saved. As a result, for some reason, this airbag, which should have popped out at the first moment of the collision, seemed to have popped out after he fell, successfully protecting his legs.

His chest cavity and head were protected by the lower part of the vehicle, and his legs were protected by the airbag. Only his two hands had no protection, leading to severe injuries, currently visible comminuted fractures.

Shiler glanced at it and could probably determine that Doctor Strange should have been driving without a seatbelt, and the car's airbag had a problem, failing to pop out at the first moment of the collision, but instead popped out after a pause. This led to him falling to the side at the first moment of the collision, plunging his head under the passenger seat, and then the airbag popped out, pressing his legs, and his whole person was clamped by the front driver's seat like a hot dog.

This strange posture added great difficulty to the rescue. This was obviously not just dragging the person out. Arkham Batman wanted to use the cutting tool on his armor to cut the car roof first, but when it came to playing with metal, who could compare to Magneto?

The use of powers was not restricted in the nightmare, only intense power collisions were not allowed, so Erik lifted his hand gently, and the whole car stretched out as if it were inflated, almost instantly returning to its original state, and the upper part also opened like a door, and Doctor Strange floated out from inside.

Then an ambulance should be called at this time, but the problem was that they already knew that Doctor Strange, who was sent to the hospital, couldn't save his hands, which was the root of his nightmare. Then sending him to the hospital like this now, he still couldn't heal his hands, so he probably wouldn't pay attention to either side.

In the previous three dreams, the protagonists were children, but Strange was different. He was an adult and had once been the "Hand of God" sought after by countless people. It was completely imaginable how crazy he would go when he knew his hands were broken. This degree of madness wasn't even something Charles could solve. So the key was the hands.

After Doctor Strange was placed on the ground, Arkham Batman hurried forward to check the condition of his arms. Once he saw it, he understood that this belonged to continuous comminuted fractures, which meant repeated fractures in an area multiple times, which could be understood as the bones in an area being smashed into powder.

He began to be a bit puzzled again, does the Marvel side have another divine doctor who is "God's Elbow" or something? Otherwise, who performed the surgery to make such an arm only have minor obstacles and not affect normal life at all? According to his medical common sense, even if Hippocrates came today, this arm would have to be amputated.

"How is it?" Shiler asked. He really didn't know much about orthopedic medicine; he could see the situation was serious, but didn't know to what extent.

Arkham Batman shook his head; he was completely unable to start. He walked over, pressed his hand on Doctor Strange's arm, and a flash of magical light flashed in his eyes. He wanted to use his magical power to restore Doctor Strange's arm, but found it completely impossible.

His magical power couldn't feel anything there, let alone repairing bones and flesh; he couldn't even feel Doctor Strange's soul. This situation was very strange, and Arkham Batman had no clue for a moment.

But Charles, who was staring tightly at Arkham Batman on the side, seemed to have thought of something; he looked at Erik. Erik said: "If you have no way, I'll send him to the hospital."

Constantine also stepped forward to check Doctor Strange's condition; he had many little magical props, maybe there would be useful ones. But after checking, he found there was no way either. Since they were helpless here, they could only leave it to the other side. After all, this game wouldn't end without a winner, and they couldn't just delay here together.

Erik took Doctor Strange directly to the hospital. Thanks to Charles's power, Doctor Strange floated in the air and flew in, and no one had any objections.

Shiler had been thinking along the way. After seeing Doctor Strange enter the hospital, he understood a bit and then said: "I'm afraid we are bound to lose this round."

Arkham Batman looked at him, and Shiler said: "Think about it, there are three on their side, four on our side. In a best-of-seven competition, this can be said to be very unfair. Because saving the protagonist in a nightmare originally depends on the understanding of the protagonist and the nightmare environment, naturally, the more teammates with a higher degree of understanding, the better. We have one more person than them, which was originally very unfair."

"But this was proposed by them," Arkham Batman said, "so you think there are some invisible rules that are favorable to them."

"Yes, for example, they have a round that is bound to win, which is to say they are guaranteed to get one point, so it's relatively fair."

"So this round is their guarantee?"

Shiler nodded and said: "Doctor Strange's hand-breaking incident is full of coincidences everywhere. First of all, judging from the appearance of the car, it was obviously a violent collision in the driver's cab, most likely hitting a large truck. Can a small car, no matter how hard it is, beat a large truck?"

Everyone looked at Jack. Jack shook his head and said: "How is that possible? The only thing that can beat a large truck is probably the Batmobile. Our universe doesn't have a Batmobile. I've never encountered an opponent when driving on the road."

"That's it," Shiler said, "hitting so severely, the head was unscathed, and it happened to be hit under the passenger seat. Isn't this very strange?"

"And the airbag, it happened to pop out a second or two late, not only giving him time to drill under the seat but also happening to protect his legs. If it were his legs that were broken, the trouble would be big."

Arkham Batman of course knew clearly that if there were no airbag protection, the blood loss from the femoral artery alone could kill Doctor Strange in a very short time, and even during the time the car was spinning, he might have already lost too much blood.

"Do you think this could be someone interfering with the accident?" Constantine asked.

Shiler nodded, and then gave more examples, saying: "His actions after recovery are also abnormal. How many normal people would run to the snow area after experiencing such a big accident, knowing that their body might not have fully recovered? There are many places there that don't have public transportation at all, and you must drive. Wouldn't he have psychological shadows?"

Thinking about it this way, Doctor Strange's matter is indeed full of weirdness. One is that the accident happened too coincidentally, and the other is that his actions after the accident were also abnormal.

Stephen Strange is an American. If he wants to enter Tibet, besides applying for a visa, he also has to go through many procedures, which is very troublesome in itself. Secondly, after entering Tibet, he couldn't possibly walk over; he must have taken transportation, all of which required documents. And whether it's a plane or a railway, they can't reach the foot of Mount Ximalaya. To go over, he either has to drive himself or walk. With his physique, he couldn't possibly walk in the snow area, and riding a bike is also difficult, so it could only be driving.

Although there are roads there, the road conditions are not good. And to truly reach the foot of the mountain, there will be a section of road that is very difficult to walk. If the timing is bad, you drive for three days and spend two and a half days pushing the car. Is this something an American who has just had major surgery and is alone in a foreign land can do alone? If it were really that easy, that place wouldn't be a no-man's land.

And Shiler knows more—judging from Doctor Strange's age, when he entered Tibet, China was not that open, and the snow area was even more closed. If he had come a few years earlier, he would have needed an introduction letter. In that era, a foreigner wanting to break into the hinterland of China alone, it would be good if they didn't catch you, and you still want to come and go freely?

"Then who directed this accident?" Constantine asked with some confusion: "Although he is a doctor, he is quite powerful, but he wouldn't offend people to this extent, right?"

"I'm afraid the person who directed this accident is not someone he offended. On the contrary, it's the person who saved him."

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