Chapter 4090

Bruce slowly closed his wings. The faint white light belonging to the angel status that was originally radiating from his body was slowly closing into his body. Replacing it was a kind of extremely rich dark power. At that moment, the dark power of the DC universe origin condensed to the extreme opened the door in his body, and in the deepest darkness, countless living beings chanted His name—"Barbatos..."

A huge phantom emerged behind Bruce. It was also the power of the world's origin, and Barbatos's dark power was not afraid of the Phoenix power at all. The rich darkness began to invade, and wherever it passed, it turned the cosmic space into a deeper dead silence.

The phantom became more and more solid. Huge wings spread out, and the dark power spread faster and faster, even invading the dimensional entrance. All creatures shrouded in it felt endless despair and emptiness. Things washed over by the black tide solidified into eternity in the darkness.

"Go." Manhattan Batman's figure suddenly appeared behind Prime Universe Batman. When Manhattan Batman put his hand on his shoulder, the two disappeared at the front line together.

"I knew this kid still had an ace up his sleeve." Prime Universe Batman, who returned to the Dark Quadrant, sighed. "Barbatos... I hope he doesn't play with fire and burn himself."

At this time, Injustice Batman walked in and said: "There are some results here; do you want to come and see?"

Prime Universe Batman turned to look at him and followed him over. He heard Injustice Batman introduce: "Originally, we wanted to borrow Brainiac's brainwave control device to develop a brainwave shielding instrument. Although it might not be useful now, it has created some connection with another research project you threw over before."

"You mean the thing on Hal's body?"

"That's right. The brainwave control device was completely ineffective against Hal, which proves that there is indeed something on him. Through exploring the shielded area, we found that thing. But now we are struggling to crack it."

The two came to the laboratory together, and Prime Universe Batman immediately saw the flashing object installed in a glass bottle. He saw at a glance that this thing was not flashing originally, and it should be that they used some means to make it refract light, so they could see that there was such a thing.

"What exactly is this?" Prime Universe Batman said.

"According to research, this is not its original form." Adventure Batman said. "It should have been shrunk through some means. We suspect it is Pym particles."

"Pym particles? You mean Ant-Man?" Prime Universe Batman frowned. After some investigation before, he already knew that the creator of Ultron, who made such a big stir in their universe, was Ant-Man.

"That's right." Adventure Batman nodded and said. "This thing should have been deliberately placed on Hal. But what its function is, and what purpose the other party has, is not clear for the time being. Unless it can be restored to its original appearance, otherwise we cannot explore it with our technical means."

"Not at all?"

Adventure Batman shook his head and said: "Pym particles are too special. If we are given sufficient time and professional equipment, perhaps there is hope to crack it. But definitely not now."

"What if we capture an Ant-Man?" Prime Universe Batman asked again.

"He won't be willing to tell us." Adventure Batman said. "Not to mention that he has the right to patent confidentiality; since he helped the other side manufacture this thing, it is impossible for him to turn against them temporarily."

"That's not necessarily true; the one who helped them manufacture this thing should be the Ant-Man of this universe, and there are others from other universes." Prime Universe Batman said. "If I didn't guess wrong, the Ultron incident was completely an accident. Dr. Pym also doesn't want to see this happen. As the culprit, perhaps he wants to give the victims some compensation."

"How is this possible? If this were the case, the Prime Universe Avengers on their side wouldn't support launching this war."

"Haven't you discovered it yet? The talkers of the Prime Universe on their side are all megalomaniacs." Prime Universe Batman sighed and said. "Whether it's Iron Man or Doctor Strange of the Prime Universe, they want to fight this war, nothing more than feeling that they can win, and can strive for a higher status in the multiverse by virtue of this victory. As for morality, they don't care."

"You mean, Pym might be more inclined to admit his mistakes rather than fight us?"

"That's right. He just can't disobey the Prime Universe Avengers. But if we find him, perhaps he will help us crack the secret of this thing for the sake of the trouble he caused us. After all, this thing shouldn't directly affect the outcome, otherwise the other party wouldn't have thrown it to us."

Adventure Batman nodded and said: "Then I'll go find him. I hope I can persuade him. Where do you think he will be?"

"The Prime Universe Avengers won't feel at ease letting him go to the front line, because the intense guilt may make him turn against them. It's not safe in the Asgard base either; after all, no one can watch him all the time. Then the best way is to ask the people of the Central Universe to keep him on Earth. There is a magic defense network there, which can monitor whether anyone enters or exits at any time."

"But how do we get in?" Adventure Batman asked. "Breaking through by force is impossible, sneaking in will definitely be discovered... no, we already successfully sneaked in before, how did you do it?"

"Superman can exert some influence on the magic defense network."

"Can she break through the magic defense network?"

"No. But she can give the magic defense network life."

"What?!!"

"She masters a special life force, which can give life to things that originally had no life, that is, ignite their souls. Before the magic defense network develops its own consciousness, there will be a developmental period like an infant. The data may be a bit chaotic, so naturally, one can sneak in while it's chaotic."

"My God, you broke their magic defense network. After the war, they won't come to you for trouble?" Adventure Batman said somewhat worriedly. "That thing is very important to them."

"On the contrary, not only did I not break it, but I also helped them. The magic defense network will gradually grow into a magic life like Superman, which is actually better than an unconscious tool."

"What's good about it?" Adventure Batman clearly disagreed and said. "Having consciousness will only be more troublesome."

"What if it possesses not the consciousness of the defense network, but the consciousness of Earth?"

"Ah?"

"The Earth in this universe is very special. The environment where the Nine Realms are located is very rich in magic, which seems to be related to the fact that they pitted the two major empires before. In this environment rich in magic, not only has the strength of human souls been significantly improved, but new magic races may be born in the thousands of years to come. By chance, some dead objects may also gain wisdom. This is the significant benefit brought by the improvement of the power level."

"You mean, Earth may awaken its own consciousness?"

"Yes. But it's not just the ball under human feet, but the entire system including the magic defense network. It's like the human body; the magic defense network is Earth's brain, Earth is its torso, humans are its blood and cells, the moon is its limbs, the space station is its eyes..."

"Sounds too fantastic." Adventure Batman sighed and said. "Although it seems interesting, it's also a bit creepy."

"Nothing creepy about it. If humans are included in this system, then Earth's consciousness cannot do anything harmful to humans. After all, you don't want to have high blood sugar and high blood lipids, right? On the contrary, Earth's consciousness will also timely prevent humans from doing things that seek death, because if there are no humans, Earth may also decline."

"I understand." Adventure Batman said. "Although Earth is a naturally formed planet, the magic defense network is a masterpiece of humans and needs humans to maintain it. If humans are gone, who will supply blood to its brain? In this way, the metaphor of humans being blood is quite appropriate. Then you let Superman give life to the magic defense network, is it actually letting Earth's brain wake up from ignorance first?"

"That's right. This system is gradually formed and developed, just like a human infant. But it matters a lot which part grows first. Growing the brain first can ensure that nutrition is not snatched away by other places. In this way, what is born will not be a vague consciousness, but a very smart wise life. And, because the magic defense network is built by humans, in the process of development, it will also absorb human brainwaves and finally become indistinguishable from human thoughts, becoming an existence like human collective consciousness."

"This is not bad." Adventure Batman nodded and said. "Then can our magic defense network also do this?"

"Perhaps it can after developing for a period of time, but definitely don't think about it now. If the development degree of the magic defense network in this universe is the human brain, then our magic defense network is roughly equivalent to a paramecium. To reach this level, I'm afraid it will take hundreds or thousands of years."

"Okay. You let Superman open a back door for me; I'll see if I can find the Prime Universe Ant-Man and let them help us crack the secret of that thing."

Prime Universe Batman nodded. Soon, Adventure Batman left in a spaceship. This might take a while; it's not to say that finding someone on Earth is difficult, the key is that finding Earth is difficult. This planet is still not back in the solar system, and I don't know where it ran.

Prime Universe Batman continued to look toward the dimensional entrance. However, Barbatos's dark power would also affect the operation of surveillance equipment, and the signal was not very good at this time, so he couldn't see the specific situation inside.

However, he learned from the Battleworld message that some people were not blown to death, but were temporarily unable to contact. Prime Universe Batman suspected that they might have been pulled into some strange space and then trapped. Perhaps it was the space that once trapped Superman.

Prime Universe Batman was thinking this when his communicator suddenly received a message, which was actually a request for help from the other side's command center:

"Respected Batman, hello. This is the Earth Command Department. We very regretfully inform you that the evil consequences caused by this explosion are not just the loss of manpower on both sides. Some forces that should not exist in the real dimension have invaded here, and at the same time brought extremely aggressive and extremely powerful nightmare phantoms. Once these phantoms enter the real dimension and slaughter, countless ordinary living beings who have no chance of resurrection will suffer. This is what neither of us wants to see."

"And to make these forces return to the dimension where they originally belonged and eliminate the terrible dimensional phantoms, we must eliminate the master of the power and phantoms—Nightmare. We have sent people to annihilate, but the Dream Dimension where Nightmare is located is too complex. We need your power. Please provide us with help. Thank you."