Chapter 4101
With the help of gourmet food, the combat meeting went very smoothly. The things they wanted to discuss seemed like a lot, but the key points were very few. The most important ones were how to stop the expansion of the nightmare realm, and how to defeat Nightmare Darkseid.
For the former, it's easy to handle. During the time the main universe Batman was on Apokolips, he got Apokolips's shield technology. This technology can build large-scale shields; even if the energy is sufficient, it's not impossible to put a shield on the entire galaxy.
However, because it's not complete technology, and the galaxy itself doesn't have independence like the Apokolips domain, it can't be done currently; it's not bad to be able to put a shield on the solar system.
But even so, it counts as a big progress. After all, with the development of technology, near-Earth space is no longer enough, and even the solar system has been filled up. Humans have a large amount of assets deployed in the solar system. If Earth can run, but the solar system can't run, there will still be losses. If there is a shield, it will be much better.
With the technology, the energy is very sufficient. The local mages didn't have any loss of manpower either. After eating, Strange led a group of mages and students from the magic school to the construction site. Conservatively estimated, it could be built in a few days.
Actually, with the solar system shield, it doesn't matter if the nightmare realm spreads. Anyway, humans only have this much industry; as long as these things are protected, it doesn't matter what other civilizations are like; if they die more, it's just right to make room for humans.
Actually, the nightmare realm spreading infinitely is the most harmful to the three major empires, which can be considered as revenge for the two major empires besieging Asgard.
Immediately after is researching how to defeat Nightmare Darkseid. In just these ten-plus hours, bad news came from the multiverse one after another; quite a few universes have discovered the existence of nightmare power.
Nightmare Darkseid's main attention is still focused on the main universe Batman, but nightmare power still harasses some other universes. Many superheroes discovered that they began to have nightmares frequently, and some have even been trapped in nightmares and can't come out.
The groups of various superheroes are all discussing this matter. And they also all know that it is the aftermath of the multiverse war; everyone is cursing, but there is no way. War is unreasonable.
When a multiverse disaster will appear, in what way it will appear, and who it will harm is not something they can control. If they don't take the initiative to attack, they can only accept it passively. Many multiverse superheroes who haven't participated in the war gradually realized this point.
If you don't actively participate in multiverse activities, then when disaster comes, you won't even be able to hear a bit of news, and can only be beaten passively. No one wants to be beaten, so shrinking at home is definitely not okay. The fluke mentality they held before was destroyed very thoroughly under the harassment of nightmare power.
Whether they are willing or not, they can only actively contact their counterparts, want to ask what happened, and want to get help from universes that have suffered the same disaster. There are also some people preparing to rush over to fight against Nightmare Darkseid together.
The main universe Batman also realized that this was Greed's purpose. No wonder this world didn't see Greed come out to express any opinions when recruiting soldiers; it looked like it didn't matter whether they came or not, but actually they had no choice.
The people on the main universe side spent half a day moving reinforcements, but the people they actually found were few. And as soon as Greed took action, it was truly gongs and drums, firecrackers and red flags, people mountain people sea...
Don't care why they came, and don't care if they curse on the way; anyway, they all arrived.
And precisely because of the harassment of nightmare power, they had more research on this brand-new power. Where there is nightmare power, people will be dragged into the nightmare they fear most. This is a power close to a rule; no one can be an exception, not even Batman.
However, people with strong enough willpower can break free from the nightmare by themselves. Outsiders can also wake them up, but whether they can wake up mainly depends on the willpower of the person entering the dream.
And after waking up, there will be a short period of clarity, during which they won't be harassed by nightmares again. However, this time is very short, about an hour or two, and then they will be harassed by nightmares frequently again.
In addition, a very special rule was discovered, which is that nightmares cannot be repeated. Once all the things feared are compiled into nightmares, and all are broken free, then entering nightmare power this time won't be harassed again. That is to say, the more things a person fears, the more nightmares he needs to experience; and the fewer mental weaknesses a person has, the fewer nightmares he experiences.
However, the immunity of nightmare exhaustion is not permanent, limited to this one time of entry; if you come out and go in again, you have to do it all over again.
This discovery let everyone see the possibility of eliminating Nightmare Darkseid. After all, adding the two worlds together, you can always find some people whose hearts have no loopholes; then these people form a small team, enough to pass through the nightmare realm and point their swords at Darkseid.
But actually, this isn't stable either. After all, when experiencing nightmares, the body doesn't move; if Darkseid sneaks up at this time, there is simply no power to fight back. So they need to control time, let the time for everyone to be clear and enter the dream be staggered, so that they can leave sentries and not let Darkseid's sneak attack succeed.
It's simple to say, but hard to do; first of all, it's very hard to screen out people whose hearts have no loopholes. Don't look at people like Batman whose willpower is very strong, but his mental weaknesses are well known. And some seemingly unknown heroes, on the contrary, have very happy lives and no very obvious mental weaknesses. So a wave of screening must be carried out.
Logically speaking, this kind of thing is best done by Professor X; a casual scan would see it clearly. But very unfortunately, Professor X has been wiped out, and the only living Charles is very weak, obviously unable to do this work.
Thus, everyone cast their gaze on another very professional psychologist. When notified, Schiller was still eating, just having scooped fried rice onto the plate, and received this desperate task.
"You mean, I have to do psychological assessments for these hundreds of superheroes in three days, and find the people with the healthiest hearts among them?" Schiller turned to look at the main universe Batman and said, "I am a doctor, not God. So far, my highest patient record is six patients a day, and I'm already busy spinning around, and you want me to see 60 patients a day?!"
"You can do it," the main universe Batman said, "After all, you are unscrupulous, but definitely not a quack."
"This is not a question of whether I'm a quack or not; you can't use me like Batman!" Schiller raised his voice and said, "This is simply impossible!"
"I'm not letting you do it alone either," the main universe Batman said lightly, "Aren't there other yous?"
"Uh..." Schiller was choked; he hadn't thought of this point, but he still said, "But the other me is not a doctor, and doesn't have prescription rights; is this illegal practice of medicine?"
"Please use your medical ethics in more needed aspects," the main universe Batman turned around, walked out while saying, "This is a task."
Looking at his back, Schiller sighed deeply. He definitely didn't see it wrong; the main universe Batman revealed a thick quality of gloating. So the big job he created ended up falling on his shoulders.
Ten minutes later, the figure in the black suit sat in the office chair. Pride looked down at the list in his hand and said: "I don't remember if I told you whether I have any experience with you; currently my highest patient record is two a day."
"That's because you are very slow," Greed said on the island platform on the side while eating fried rice, "Half an hour of pleasantries, half an hour of introducing the topic, half an hour of rambling, half an hour of appreciating art, and finally half an hour of chatting when saying goodbye. Even so, you can see two patients, which counts as you knowing how to chat."
"My situation is different from yours," Pride still said unhurriedly, "You can't expect the patients in Gotham to open their hearts to you as soon as they enter the door. They are very picky; if you can't let them acknowledge your taste and knowledge, they might not make an appointment again."
"Then the main universe Batman shouldn't have such a misunderstanding of me. Three days is truly too short; how is this possible?"
"Who else did you call?" Pride asked again.
"Everyone who could be called was called, including Morbid," Greed sighed, "Even including the Black Pharaoh; he at least knows a bit of mind-reading."
"I can help you call Brand over," Pride said, "Although those who study pathology aren't worth trusting, he is after all Nyarlathotep; Jason and Harley can also help."
"We don't have many people on our side," Schiller shook his head and said, "There are quite a few with mind-reading abilities, but most of them read thoughts, at most read a memory. But if there is no professional psychological knowledge, it is very hard to analyze and judge; this is truly a troublesome matter."
"Don't waste time," Pride stood up and said, "Finish early, get off work early; my final exam paper hasn't been written yet."
Greed wiped his mouth and said: "Alright, I'll go say hello to Nick, give us a few offices, and then call numbers according to the list."
Nick's efficiency was quite high; after deciding on the general action plan, he had already found the offices; each Schiller had one room, but actually the number of people was still too few.
When the Agent was pulled over, he was still very dazed. He looked at the main universe Batman and said: "You wouldn't want me to be a psychologist, would you?"
"Don't you think this is a good job?"
"You guess why I don't get along with other personality traits."
"Then it's time to prove that behavioral analysis is not inferior to psychoanalysis," the main universe Batman said, "Or you can use interrogation techniques; as long as you can ask, it's fine; even if you cause psychological trauma to the other party, there are other yous to treat it, isn't there?"
"Of course not. I am a field agent and am not proficient in interrogation either. However, your psychology level should also be quite good; why don't you go?"
"Because I have more important things to do. If you really don't want to go, go help the other yous; I only want the result."
"I feel they might not really want to see me."
"Why?"
A few minutes later, Greed, who was already busy, saw the Agent holding coffee and carrying a bag of donuts, leaning against the door frame, drinking coffee and eating donuts while smiling at him.
"Batman!" Greed roared, "Take him away!!!"
End of Chapter
