Chapter 4136: When the Pumpkins Ripen (Part 29)

In the laboratory of Wayne Manor. Pamela glanced at the instrument again, then turned to look at Sivana and said: "So, Principal, you didn't see anything either?"

"Yes. This power is really too special." Sivana's expression looked very confused, he said, "I can't feel its source at all, and there is no way to extract it. Seriously, if it's really origin energy, how could it be like this?"

"How do you say?"

"No matter what kind of power it is, as long as it is closer to the source, its fusion will be better. It will react with many secondary powers, it shouldn't be so indifferent."

At this time, the main universe Batman walked in and said: "Any new progress?"

Both shook their heads. Pamela sighed and said: "Maybe only the creator of the Mother Box can understand its principle. And the Cyborg of other universes just happened to be a coincidence."

"It's possible. But I think the greater possibility is that only a selected person can use this power."

"But where can we find Cyborg now? I remember he was a football team player in other universes. When is the next game of Gotham University? Three days later? But it's not necessarily that it will be his team coming, right?"

"Perhaps we should find Master of the Dark," Sivana said, "He has more experience in this regard, maybe he can find us an expert to crack it."

The two discussed one sentence after another, discussing what on earth was going on with this thing. And just at this moment, Brainiac suddenly issued an alarm.

"Please go to the East District for support," Brainiac's voice sounded on their mobile phones at the same time, "Repeat, the East District operation is unfavorable, please go for support..."

"Something happened to Barry," Pamela said, "I said he should have brought more people. Let's go."

She walked out, and the main universe Batman followed her out, while Sivana shouted: "Wait! We left, what about the Mother Box? It's not safe to leave it like this, right?!"

"Believe in Brainiac's security measures," the main universe Batman said this, and turned and left very simply. Pamela frowned slightly. Sivana also felt that something was wrong. But Brainiac's warning continued to echo, and they had to rush to support.

Not long after they left, a black shadow appeared on the balcony. And the originally tight security measures seemed to lose their effect in an instant, and not even an alarm sounded.

As that figure slowly approached the Mother Box, the lights in the laboratory suddenly all turned on. Another person walked in from the door.

"Sure enough, you came." He said, "Where is your shielding device?"

That figure who climbed in from the balcony was obviously startled. And as the lights turned on, his appearance was also revealed—a man who looked plain and ordinary.

He was wearing a blue work suit, and there was a blue cloth strip tied on his head, looking like the kind of very common worker. His appearance had no memory points. If he had to say it, his temperament was slightly sneaky. But after all, he was an uninvited guest who ran into the laboratory in the middle of the night, and it would be abnormal to be swaggering.

"I... I..." He stammered, then immediately turned to want to escape, and was immediately submerged in gray mist.

"Found it." When Greed appeared, he held a small blue ball in his hand. He shook his head and said, "No wonder this thing couldn't be fished out after falling into the lake, even without monsters, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to find, right?"

"Your plan succeeded." Brainiac said.

"It's still far from it," Greed smiled and said, "Now I just got their shielding device. But the Mother Box as bait is not to fish for such small miscellaneous fish."

Before Halloween, Greed accepted Pride's instigation and prepared to go out to pick chestnuts. Before walking a few steps, he heard Brainiac shouting in the electronic equipment in that house.

"Warning, no stealing public property, warning! If you get closer, I will take force measures!!!"

"Isn't it just some chestnuts? Why are you so stingy?" Greed leaned on the fence of that courtyard and said, "If I hadn't given Barry a hint, you wouldn't have caught the murderer so easily, what's wrong with eating some of your chestnuts?"

"No. This tree is evidence, protect the crime scene. If you really want to eat, I'll get some from the dock, is that okay?"

"Fine, then you get some from the dock. But I also want to pick the ones on this tree, otherwise why am I called Greed?"

Greed pushed the door and was about to enter. Brainiac controlled the electrical appliances in the house to make a huge noise, forcing Greed back two steps. In fact, it was mainly because the gray mist didn't like noise, although he wasn't really a symbiote, but the years he thought he was a symbiote had left such a habit.

"Fine. Everyone has their price, and you are no exception. Brainiac, you don't let me move this chestnut tree to protect the crime scene, and protecting the crime scene is to investigate the mastermind. Why don't we change a method to let you find the shielding device in one step, catch the mastermind, and maybe pit him. How about that?"

"... You have a way?"

"Of course." Greed stood under the chestnut tree, looked up at the fruit above, and then said, "Who do you suspect the most?"

"Darkseid." Brainiac said without hesitation, "It's just that it's too difficult to find him from this case. At critical moments, he can also give up all his arrangements on Earth and clear his relationship. Now Earth doesn't have the ability to go thousands of miles to find his trouble."

"Then create a reason for him to come over." Greed took out a box from nowhere, he said, "What does Darkseid want?"

"... Anti-Life Equation?"

"Perhaps. But there is another one he wants, or rather, the one he wants most at the moment."

"What is it?"

"Mother Box."

"Why? Anti-Life Equation should be stronger than Mother Box, right?"

"If it were Darkseid in his prime, he would indeed choose the Anti-Life Equation, because that thing is a very powerful weapon. But if it were Darkseid now, he would choose the Mother Box."

"Is it because of the multiverse war?" Brainiac asked tentatively.

"Correct. Darkseid has ascended to the multiverse unique, that is to say, Darkseid in our universe, and others, and the one in the main universe are the same person. Having suffered such a big disadvantage, what does he want to do most?"

"Attack Batman with the Anti-Life Equation?"

"This is the last step. He must first be one, possess multiverse-level power, to return to the main universe for revenge. Although the Anti-Life Equation is strong, it is a weapon, while the Mother Box has the ability to open the universe channel, which is what he needs most urgently."

"Makes sense," Brainiac said, "But the problem is, we don't have a Mother Box either, I came to Earth just to find this thing, but I haven't found it yet. I've almost turned the whole planet upside down."

"Then make a fake one."

"Darkseid is not that stupid, he should be able to distinguish true from false."

Greed shook his head and said: "Whether an item is true or false depends on two aspects, one is whether it is fully functional, and the other is whether it has official endorsement. As long as there are these two, who can say it is fake?"

"But how do we achieve these two points?"

"Isn't it just opening the universe channel? I happen to have something here that is professionally matched, called M'Kraan Crystal, which has the ability to open new world channels, and can also transmit between multiverses, and this is an otherworldly item, no one in this universe can study anything."

"Fine, then the official endorsement you mentioned..."

"Who is Darkseid's biggest enemy?"

"Batman."

"To be precise, it is the main universe Batman. And me, after all, when he was finally killed, I also had a share. If we both say this thing is a Mother Box, even if he doesn't believe it, shouldn't he think of a way to see it? Because if it were true, if this thing fell into our hands, wouldn't he be finished?"

"I understand," Brainiac said, "You intend to use otherworldly items to impersonate the Mother Box, attract Darkseid's attention, and fish out his manpower on Earth?"

"Correct." Greed didn't know where he took out a box, he said, "The crystal shrunk by Pym particles has been put in the box, I plan to bury this thing under the chestnut tree. What do you think?"

"... Why do you have to go against this tree?"

Greed said helplessly: "You are an electronic life, can you not think about problems in such an emotional way? Talk about work during work hours, okay?"

Brainiac was speechless for a while. He, an electronic life, was actually said to be emotional by others, and he didn't know whether to be angry or happy.

"I submitted an application report for transplanting trees to you. If you pass it, then someone will be sent to dig the tree away, and if that's the case, it will just happen to dig the box out. Otherwise, in such a bird-shitting nature reserve, what method do you plan to use to make the box appear?"

"Fine. Although I always feel that you are going around such a big circle just to steal chestnuts and be able to eat chestnuts continuously later, I think your plan is good, we can do this."

"Measure the gentleman's belly with the villain's heart," Greed finished, buried the box under the tree roots, and reminded him, "Don't find ordinary workers, because this thing is hard to avoid causing impact on the tree. Your feng shui here is not good, what if the tree goes crazy and hits people. Better find a super-powered person."

"Uh, what reason to use? Without a proper reason, suddenly transferring an important researcher over, will it be a bit abrupt?"

"What other reason is needed? This is the nature reserve you drew, with large wild beasts inside. If you don't find a super-powered person, isn't it delivering takeout?"

"Oh, makes sense. I'll arrange it right away."

And when Greed was carrying a large pile of chestnuts back, Brainiac asked again: "Do you need to tell the main universe Batman in advance?"

"No need. He is one of the few who have come into close contact with the crystal, and even conducted research and cracking on it. No one knows the data of the crystal better than him, he will know what we want to do when he sees the crystal."

"... Really? But this lacks too much information, even the logic chain is incomplete, how is he going to infer?"

"If you could figure out Batman, you wouldn't be having a headache here dealing with Darkseid's little miscellaneous fish."

Brainiac's silence showed a bit of grievance. Greed didn't bother with him either, brought the chestnuts back to the house, and shouted at Pride: "I'm back!"

"There are actually so many chestnuts?" Pride looked at the box of chestnuts with some surprise, and then said, "How should we handle them?"

"You mean peeling chestnuts? It's okay, someone will come to help soon." ===== CHAPTER 4137 =====