Chapter 591: Adventures in Cat City Gotham (Part 2)

On the other side, the rescue team composed of Batman, Constantine, Superman, and Victor arrived at Schiller's manor. They didn't come here to investigate any clues, but to borrow something.

The butler, Merkel, received them. Upon learning of Schiller's condition, Merkel allowed them to enter the manor. Constantine's target was precisely the bottle of wine Schiller had placed on the bookshelf in the parlor.

This bottle of wine had knocked down quite a few people; both Constantine and Merkel had fallen for it and been pulled into a dream, but at this moment, it had become a shortcut for several people to enter the Dream Realm.

If they just fell asleep and dreamed, they wouldn't be able to meet in the consciousness space. After all, Gotham didn't have a figure like Professor X who could directly connect their brainwaves and let them meet in a dream.

If they just slept on their own, Batman could enter the Dream Realm through the hole at the bottom of his consciousness, but the others didn't have such a conduit. Moreover, meeting in the Dream Realm wasn't a good idea because they might encounter danger and be picked off one by one.

Therefore, they planned to use the "Crazy Wine" to enter the dream together. After entering the same dream space, they would then go downward to enter the Dream Realm, which would be safer.

The effects of the Crazy Wine need not be mentioned. The moment Constantine opened the bottle stopper, everyone entered a dream, and Merkel in the real world carried them to the sofa in the parlor.

In the dream, they should have appeared in a parlor just like the real world—that was a room in Schiller's Hall of Thought—but the moment they entered the dream, they began to fall, and then tumbled onto the ground like dumplings.

The few of them climbed up, still a bit dizzy, and then when they looked up, they saw a huge ship parked beside them. On the edge of the deck, a row of Schillers poked their heads out to look at them.

"Oh! My god, we found Professor Schiller!" Clark stood up first, waved at the ship, and said, "Hi, Professor, what are you doing here? Why don't you go back to the real world? We are very worried about you!"

Batman stood up from the ground, rubbed his head, and also looked up at that row of Schillers, until he saw a green-haired figure there. Jack the Joker jumped off the ship with a "plop" and then fell in front of Batman.

He ran to Batman with a "thump-thump-thump" and started laughing, saying while laughing, "Batman! Have you heard such a funny joke? Someone lost their own house, so they can't go back to the real world! And they have to count on Batman to save them, hahahahaha!"

Batman bypassed the Joker, climbed up the ladder along the side of the ship, and then found one wearing a doctor's uniform among the many Schillers. At this moment, Marvel Schiller was sitting on the edge of the deck, looking at the boundless white space, thinking about where his home had gone.

Before executing this plan, DC Schiller hadn't told all the Schillers what he was going to do, and all the Schillers on the ship just wanted to get out for some air, so they didn't know why their home was gone, nor did they know where their home had gone.

"Don't look at me, I don't know anything," Marvel Schiller shook his head. At this moment, he was still in a dazed state and said, "I just sailed back and saw the entire tower was gone."

"Gone? How was it gone?" Constantine walked up and asked.

"It was... flooded by a group of cats." When Marvel Schiller said this himself, he felt it was a bit unbelievable. He couldn't even describe the details and could only repeat, "It was just suddenly flooded by a group of cats."

Batman narrowed his eyes, clearly not believing it. Moreover, his expression clearly said, "If you're going to make up a lie, make it more rounded." But Constantine suddenly said, "The Dream of a Thousand Cats, it should be the Dream of a Thousand Cats."

Then, Constantine told the others an ancient legend: "It is said that in ancient times, the Earth was ruled by cats. At that time, the human race was not prosperous, but cats had already developed tribes and built cities. Moreover, they became the masters of humans, making humans build various landscapes for them."

"However, in order to get rid of the situation of being enslaved, humans united and had a dream of a thousand people, and used the dream to cover reality. In the dream, humans became the masters of the Earth, and cats became servants."

"However, this dream did not completely cover all of reality, so it left certain traces. For example, the culture in Egypt that worships cats is one of the proofs of this legend."

"But the cat race has never given up on reversing this situation. When a thousand cats dream together, they can return to that glorious era, and what represents the cat's dream is the Dream of a Thousand Cats."

"The Dream King is the representative of dreams, so he can naturally control the Dream of a Thousand Cats. I guess it must have been an accident when Morpheus went to visit Schiller's Hall of Thought, causing the Dream of a Thousand Cats he released to go out of control."

"The Dream of a Thousand Cats represents the cat's dream. Schiller's Hall of Thought was very likely dragged into the cat's dream."

"So, now we have to go into the cat's dream to find Schiller..." Batman said.

Constantine nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "We have to go to the Dream Realm first, find the place where the Dream King stores dreams, then find a cat's dream from there, and then enter the Dream of a Thousand Cats through the cat's dream."

It sounded like this plan was quite reliable, so the few of them set off immediately. Although Schiller's Tower of Thought was gone, the hole on the ground was still there, so they went down along that hole and arrived at the Dream Realm without the Dream King.

Looking at the environment, it was full of birds and flowers, not at all dangerous as Constantine had said. But soon, they realized why Constantine was so cautious.

The dream world was a place where nothing was strange, because the dreams of any creature were bizarre and strange. Therefore, it meant that there were many creatures here that exceeded ordinary people's cognition, and they were all dangerous.

As soon as they landed, they encountered a colorful tentacle monster that looked like spilled paint. The tentacle monster attacked Batman first. Batman dodged the tentacles that were constantly changing shape and color with a roll. Constantine's magic light lit up, and with a hard swing, the tentacles were cut off directly by the light blade.

Clark flew up, and his heat vision plowed through. The monsters on the path ran away in a panic.

Constantine put away his stance, patted Batman on the shoulder, and said, "I said, with him here, we would be much safer."

Batman didn't say anything, just walked forward along the path Clark had opened. During this period, they also encountered strange ostriches with sharp beaks in groups, flying saucers with more than a dozen legs, walking coconut trees, and various similar strange creatures.

Most of them liked to chase people, and after being attacked, they would scatter and flee. Of course, it might also be because Superman's attack was so loud, and no matter where the creatures were, they all had the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Having solved these troubles, they finally arrived at the place where dreams were stored. This was a starry sky, with countless bubbles floating in the space, like one star after another.

Constantine used a mysterious occult method that the others couldn't understand to identify the contents of these dreams. Suddenly, his eyes stopped on one of the bubbles.

The others didn't see what was different about this bubble, but Constantine reached out and touched it lightly. In an instant, the few of them were sucked into it.

They arrived on a beautiful grassland. If one ignored the giant mice in the distance and the fish flying in the sky, it was quite peaceful here. Clark looked at this space and said, "It seems this should be a cat's sweet dream, with mice, fish, and a vast grassland."

"Theoretically speaking, every cat's dream should be connected to the Dream of a Thousand Cats. That is to say, we should be in the same dream space as Schiller now. However, finding his specific location might be a bit troublesome. Where would he be now?"

Constantine turned to look around, seemingly thinking about how to find Schiller in this space.

But at this moment, Batman instinctively walked in one direction. The others walked over with some confusion, wanting to stop him, but Batman said, "I can feel it, this way is the direction of Gotham."

"What is the basis for this?" Clark asked confusedly, "How could there happen to be a Gotham in the dream world? Moreover, this is still a cat's dream."

Victor grabbed Clark, who was about to stop Batman, and then said to him, "I often hear Schiller say a sentence: what doesn't belong to Gotham will always leave, but some people belong to Gotham. They will definitely go to Gotham, no matter where they are."

Looking at Batman's back as he walked in front, Victor sighed, shook his head, and then followed his pace. Clark felt a bit inexplicable, but Constantine, who walked up, patted him on the shoulder and followed as well. Clark had no choice but to follow them forward.

I don't know how long they walked, but they finally crossed this grassland, then passed through several small towns, arrived opposite a river, and then crossed the sea.

In a dream, distance was not an obstacle, nor would one feel tired because of it, and one couldn't even feel the passage of time. The few of them just walked and walked, and finally, arrived at a coastline.

Opposite the coastline was a huge city, which looked dark and terrifying under the moonlight. No one needed to call out its name; everyone thought of that word in their hearts, as if all such cities should be called Gotham.

Batman stood on a reef by the sea, his cape fluttering in the wind. Before he could speak the deep lines he had prepared, Clark, who was in the air, landed and said, "What's going on? Why are there cats all over the city?"

The deep atmosphere around Batman instantly disappeared. He looked at Clark. Clark rolled his eyes and said, "I couldn't have seen it wrong. My vision is very good. Inside that city ahead, it's all cats."

"Indeed, in a dream world ruled by cats, it should indeed be all cats. The problem is, in the dream of the Dream of a Thousand Cats, humans might still be slaves. If we just go in like this, I'm afraid..."

"Could it be that we can't even beat a few cats?" Victor asked, "Even if all the residents of Gotham are cats now, they are just cats. Could it be that he can't deal with them?"

Victor pointed at Clark, but Clark said with a grave expression, "No, how can I hurt kittens? I have a cat at home, and I like it very much. My parents taught me since I was a child that I absolutely cannot pull a cat's tail. If there are stray cats in the street that are in trouble, I should help as much as possible. We must have love..."

Victor opened his mouth, really having nothing to say. Constantine also agreed, "I'm afraid the cats here are not the same as what you imagine. If the legend of the Dream of a Thousand Cats is true, then in the cat's dream world, cats occupy the Earth like humans and have developed for so many years. I'm afraid they have already possessed technology or magic no weaker than humans."

"If we just rush in like this, what we might face is not just the siege of thousands of cats, but also some weapons we can't imagine. After all, these sharp-toothed and sharp-clawed little guys can do anything. Once they have weapons, it's not just as simple as pushing a bottle off a table..."

Batman looked at the city he was familiar with and narrowed his eyes. He was the first to propose: "We turn into cats and sneak in."

"But we are humans, how do we turn into cats?" Clark asked.

"Don't forget, this is in the dream world. An unchanging law of the dream world is 'believing is seeing'. As long as you think you are a cat, you can turn into a cat, just like this..."

As soon as Constantine finished speaking, with a "poof," he turned into a golden shaded cat. The fur color was a bit like his hair color, and one could tell from the look in his eyes that he was Constantine.

The second one to turn into a cat was Batman. His willpower was not to be underestimated. The blue-eyed black cat had a sturdy figure, and even that slender tail seemed to be born for battle.

Victor thought for a moment. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but he was hesitating about what kind of cat to turn into. After thinking about it, he turned into a Russian Blue cat, bluer than an ordinary blue cat. He said, "I like blue, not bad, right?"

Finally, only Clark was left standing in place. He asked, "What do you mean, thinking you are a cat, you can turn into a cat? But I'm not a cat?"

A helpless expression appeared on Batman's cat face. Constantine walked up and patted Clark's pant leg with his paw. Clark squatted down and picked him up, shook his front paws, and smiled, saying, "It's really quite like it. My cat at home is orange."

Constantine also sighed. In Clark's hand, he waved his paw, and magic light flashed. Clark was turned into an orange cat with stripes. When the two cats landed at the same time, Constantine licked his paw and said, "If your imagination isn't enough, then use magic to make up for it."

Clark looked at his paws in surprise. Suddenly, he flew up from the ground. The other three cats all looked at him.

Batman turned to look at Constantine. Constantine hesitated and said, "His superpowers seem to transcend the boundary between reality and dreams. No matter which world he is in, they won't be weakened, even if he turns into a cat..."

"Then our safety is even more guaranteed." Victor said. Discovering that his superpowers were still there, Clark breathed a sigh of relief. He landed on the ground, walked in front of the few cats, extended a paw, pointed at the city, and said:

(Author's note: Extreme Spirit Chaos Decision)

"Let's go, the Cat Squad is going to save the world." ===== CHAPTER 592 =====