Chapter 589

All the Shilers on the ship were stunned.

What is it like to go on a trip to the suburbs, only to come back and find your home gone? It might be hard for others to say, but the Shilers on the ship suddenly erupted into a heated discussion.

Since all of Shiler's memories are stored within the Tower of Thought, they have to go to the shelves to retrieve them when they need them, so in many cases, the memories of some personalities are not shared.

Even between the Marvel Shiler and the DC Shiler who are currently taking turns working, many memories are not shared; it's not because they are deliberately hiding them from each other, but simply because they are too lazy to check.

The disappearance of the entire Tower of Thought meant that they couldn't even see what had just happened, and the disappearance of the Tower also meant that the three personalities stationed within—the Ego, the Id, and the Superego—were also gone, so they had nowhere to ask even if they wanted to.

There was an even more serious problem: the Tower of Thought was equivalent to a passageway. For a personality to surface and control the body, it had to pass through the elevator of the Tower of Thought. Now that the tower was gone, the elevator was naturally gone too, which meant that the Shilers were now unable to surface and control the body.

The one who discovered this earlier than them was Victor, who was sitting next to Shiler in the real world.

The Ship of the Underworld had first sent all the passengers back to their own consciousness spaces, so Victor had anticipated that he would wake up before Shiler, because he saw that Shiler seemed to be discussing matters with that person named Morpheus and might return later than him.

So, Victor stood up, adjusted his trench coat, and said to Evans and Cobblepot in the front row: "It's very late now, and you still have classes tomorrow. Go back to sleep first; I'll wait here for Shiler. I have something to discuss with him."

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Evans looked down at his watch and said: "It's almost dawn. Instead of going back to the manor to sleep now, I might as well just go to class later. I'll wait here for a while, lest I really oversleep and get scolded for being late."

Cobblepot didn't speak, but he clearly didn't intend to leave either. He wanted to help Victor tidy up things in the Cat Getan University laboratory later; after all, the laboratory had been blown into a mess, and someone had to clean it up.

Seeing that neither of them was willing to leave, Victor didn't force them. As for Jack the Joker, he woke up, stretched, tightened the jacket on his body, smacked his lips, changed his posture, and went back to sleep.

Victor dozed off in his chair for a while. When the morning light shone into the Cat Getan Grand Theater, he woke up. After clearing his head, he muttered to himself: "Did I have a dream? Why does it seem like I dreamed of Shiler calling me?"

Victor shook his head. After the laboratory was blown up, he had stayed up all night cleaning up and hadn't slept well, so he had been sleeping very soundly just now and couldn't remember what he had dreamed about.

He turned his head and found that Shiler beside him was still asleep. Victor frowned and looked down at his watch. If he remembered correctly, Shiler had an early class this morning, and Shiler was not the type of person to delay class because of his own personal plans.

Just then, Jack happened to wake up too. He swayed over from the front row of seats. Victor glanced at him with some vigilance but didn't say anything.

Walking up to Shiler, Jack rotated his neck, let out a "hee-hee" laugh, then put his hand behind his ear, leaned close to Shiler, and asked: "Oh, let me see, there's a fool trapped in the consciousness space... Who could it be?... Is it me? No! Don't joke, I'm not that stupid!"

"... What? What did you say?... Oh, so that's how it is. That's right, I think it's very interesting too!"

"Hahahahaha! I'm going to tell my little bat right now that his teacher's soul is gone, maybe he's dead! Boo-hoo! Will Batman cry? I'm going to go see right now!"

After speaking, Jack ran off in a flash. Listening to his incoherent words, Victor was a bit confused. He didn't know who Jack was talking to, nor did he know what he was saying, but he could tell that Shiler's state didn't seem right.

At this moment, Evans had already stood up, ready to leave. He turned his head and said: "Professor Shiler, let's go together. It just so happens that my first class is also on the third floor... Professor? Professor?"

Victor reached out and stopped Evans from leaning over. He first felt Shiler's pulse, then listened to his heartbeat, and found that both data points were abnormally slow. Only then did Victor realize the severity of the situation.

He immediately took out his phone and called Gordon, saying: "Come quickly! Cat Getan Grand Theater... Shiler has collapsed! Prepare an ambulance!"

Gordon on the other end was stunned for a moment. He raised his voice and asked: "What did you say? Who collapsed???"

"Shiler! Shiler Rodriguez! The psychology professor at Cat Getan University, he is now unconscious..."

"Did another murder case happen somewhere?" Gordon immediately said alertly: "Is he trying to create an alibi? Or does he not want to tell us who the murderer is, so he's just faking a faint? Or is there some other trouble in Cat Getan that he doesn't want to get involved in... My God! I'm coming right over!"

When Gordon arrived at the Cat Getan Grand Theater, Victor was already waiting outside. Gordon was faster than him and rushed straight into the auditorium.

Seeing Shiler really lying there, Gordon put his hands on his hips and said to Shiler: "Stop pretending. What could be worth you doing this? Don't you still have annual leave you haven't taken? If you really want to hide away and be idle, why not go stay in Blüdhaven for a month?"

Shiler didn't react. Gordon scratched his head. He felt that if Shiler refused to cooperate, he couldn't use violent means to wake him up, after all, Victor was watching from the side.

So, Gordon could only say helplessly: "Fine, I'll go call an ambulance and issue you a certificate. If you want to spend your vacation in the hospital, then suit yourself."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and called for an ambulance. The doctor who led the way in was clearly an old acquaintance of Gordon's. Gordon pointed directly at Shiler and said: "Lift him onto the car first, then check his vital signs. If there's no problem, issue a medical certificate for long-term hospitalization, and then prepare a hospital room..."

The doctor shrugged and waved his hand. The nurses behind him stepped forward, preparing to lift Shiler away. However, the old head nurse frowned the moment she touched Shiler's skin. She turned her head and said: "Doctor! The patient's body temperature is abnormally low!"

The doctor frowned, hurried over, felt Shiler's pulse, and checked his eyeballs. His expression became somewhat grave. He said in a rapid tone: "Quick! Prepare emergency equipment! The patient's vital signs are unstable!"

Seeing that the doctor's reaction didn't look fake, Gordon finally became nervous. He let the police officers cooperate with the nurses to lift Shiler onto the ambulance, and then he saw the doctor and nurses in the ambulance scrambling to take out emergency equipment and start preparing.

"What on earth is going on? How could Shiler suddenly... That's not right. He's not an ordinary person, it's impossible for him to suddenly lose his vital signs, right?"

Victor narrowed his eyes, clearly thinking of the events in the dream world. He took a deep breath and said to Gordon: "You go contact Batman, I'll go call that guy named Constantine. They should know what's going on."

When Batman received Gordon's call, his first reaction was: "Did another murder case appear somewhere in Cat Getan? Shiler knows who the murderer is, but he doesn't want to tell us, so he's faking a faint?"

Gordon described the doctor's reaction very seriously, and Batman also realized the severity of the situation. When he arrived at the hospital, the doctor had already come out of the intensive care unit. The doctor said: "It's a bit strange. The patient's vital signs had dropped to the lowest point, but then they maintained without moving, as if he had become a vegetable."

"We performed a brain wave test on him. The strange thing is, his brain waves have disappeared. Logically speaking, he should be brain-dead, but we haven't found any characteristics related to this... It's truly a strange matter."

Batman walked into the hospital room. He had to admit that he felt nervous when he saw Shiler wearing a respirator and having almost no vital signs.

However, before he could make his next move, Constantine rushed in. When he arrived at the door and saw Shiler's state, he turned to look at Batman and asked: "Is there any trouble in Cat Getan recently? Worth Shiler getting himself into this state just to avoid it?... Wait a minute, shouldn't I also leave for a while? This is likely to be a big trouble..."

After speaking, Constantine turned to leave. Batman grabbed him. Clearly, after the initial moment of tension, he had thought of the situation in the dream world earlier. He held onto Constantine and asked: "Shiler left with the Dream King, and then he fell into this state. Do you know what's going on?"

Constantine was indeed stumped by his question. He hesitated for a moment and said: "Do you think the Dream King would give Shiler trouble? But forgive me for being blunt, if he were truly angry, none of us would be able to leave."

"Maybe you don't know how powerful the Dream King is. Whether it's a dream or reality, it's just a matter of a single thought for him. He can weave a dream where we all die at any time, and then replace reality. Then we would really be dead."

"Besides, if he really wanted to deal with Shiler, why would he let him lie here? You don't think the Dream King is like you and doesn't kill people, do you?"

Batman kept staring at him. Constantine hesitated for a moment and said: "Fine, let's go to the Dream Realm and ask, but it's best if we go together. It's actually quite dangerous there."

"Oh, right, be sure to bring that bomb along. He will be our most powerful weapon. With him, our safety in the Dream Realm will definitely be well-guaranteed."

Batman hadn't reacted to what bomb Constantine was talking about at first, and then he thought that Constantine must be referring to Clark. Batman didn't really want to bring Clark, but once he thought that Clark's role was just a bomb, Batman felt that bringing him along was nothing.

So, Batman called Clark and explained Shiler's current situation. Clark rushed over at high speed. When he arrived at the hospital, Shiler had already been transferred out of the intensive care unit. Although he was still wearing a respirator, at least he didn't look so scary anymore.

Clark looked sad. He asked: "What do you want me to do? I will definitely save Professor Shiler!"

Constantine just wanted to say that you just need to be a good bomb, but Batman patted Clark on the shoulder and said: "Next, we are going to a place that might be very dangerous. You are our guarantee of force."

Clark nodded with a grave expression, his demeanor full of a sense of mission. Once Clark, Constantine, Batman, and Victor were all gathered, they began the plan to head to the Dream Realm to find traces of Shiler.

Meanwhile, after the tower submerged in cats disappeared from the consciousness world, it landed in a strange yet familiar place, which was the center of the central roundabout in Cat Getan City.

Shiler pushed open the window and looked out. This was indeed the familiar Cat Getan City: rainy days, terrible traffic conditions, and the endless sound of gunfire and cursing...

But the only difference was that all the residents living here were cats.