Chapter 829: Jesus Lives Forever (Part 1)

"That's right. The situation in Cat Getan is indeed not optimistic right now. On one hand, the old rules have decayed, and the new rules have yet to take root. The era is constantly developing; if we don't change quickly, we will certainly be left behind." Shiler began to summarize: "We have very little time, but many troubles."

"The deeply rooted evil in Cat Getan isn't entirely because the people here are born worse than others. There might be some special reasons. Trying to save this city is like blind men touching an elephant; you never know how much darkness is waiting for you."

"Generally speaking, I wouldn't spend more energy on something that is basically impossible to complete. But the reason I feel Cat Getan still has room for change is because we still have one world-class trump card that hasn't been played."

Hearing Shiler's words, Bruce asked with some confusion: "A world-class trump card? What other card does Cat Getan have... and one that can be called a world-class trump card at that?"

It was no wonder he was confused; Cat Getan had almost played all its cards. The geographical location here was not irreplaceable, and the people here were even more lawless.

The economy being decent was its only advantage, but that had already been exchanged after playing all its cards. Or rather, it had taken playing almost all its cards to exchange for this one advantage, which showed that this city was already nearing the point of being beyond saving.

And now Shiler was saying Cat Getan still had a card, and a world-class one at that. What could it be?

At this moment, Shiler spoke: "The world-class trump card I'm talking about is you, Batman."

Bruce froze in place, but Shiler said as if it were a matter of course: "Do you remember the cat-city Cat Getan we saw in the dream? You thought it looked like a prison, right?"

"Isn't it?" Bruce asked: "That owl dressed up as a cat, monitoring all the cats. The entire city was under his control."

"But what if I said that if you just changed the form slightly, this is actually the city of eternal peace in your dreams? What would you think?"

Bruce was stunned for a moment, then looked down at himself, not understanding what Shiler meant. Shiler said: "Assume, and I mean assume, you have very abundant funds to transform Cat Getan into a future city unlike any other. Could you do it?"

"What does a future city refer to?" Bruce asked.

"It's the city in your imagination where everyone lives and works in peace, eternal peace, no fighting, extremely advanced technology, extremely convenient life..."

Bruce shook his head and said: "You have precisely put one of the most difficult conditions into the assumption. There is no one in this world with such abundant funds."

Bruce was not a true playboy. He had always been responsible for the operation of the Wei En Group, and he knew the operational status of his family's industries like the back of his hand. But precisely because of this, he knew that to achieve the goal Shiler mentioned, the biggest problem was money.

The Wei En Group was indeed very wealthy, but this goal was too outrageous. Cat Getan was not some small suburban county; Cat Getan's actual land area was even larger than Metropolis. Although the city center was not as prosperous as Metropolis, the difference was not much.

The only significant gap was the resident population; Cat Getan had one-third fewer people than Metropolis, but it was still one of the cities with the largest populations on the East Coast.

To transform a city like this, the term "astronomical figure" is no longer accurate enough.

"What I mean is, assuming there is enough money, are there any technical problems?" Schiller asked.

Bruce frowned. Since Schiller kept asking, he had no choice but to set aside the facts for a moment and think about something more imaginative. He said, "Professor, you previously brought over a conceptual plan for a three-dimensional city. Setting aside who proposed this plan, the technical content in it is not low. The most interesting part is the equipment compression and deployment technology he mentioned."

"After obtaining this plan, I focused on researching this technology and achieved some results." After saying this, Bruce stood up from his chair and took a small piece of paper out of his pocket.

He let go, and the paper drifted down slowly. The moment before it hit the ground, it "whooshed" and expanded into a set of Bat-armor.

Alberto's jaw dropped, and Schiller also stood up, walking around the Bat-armor once. Bruce explained:

"This is just an experimental prototype. I don't intend to use this technology on this suit, because it actually doesn't have much practical use."

"I hope this folding and deployment technology can be applied to the field of construction or building materials, eliminating the excessive processes of transportation, handling, and installation. After being manufactured in the Bat-factory, it can be deployed and fixed in place to obtain a finished building, just like those fast-food products."

"It's just that, at present, there are still some technical difficulties that haven't been solved, for example, the deployment of super-large objects, the stability of compression hasn't been tested yet, and the deployment also needs to undergo safety testing..."

"The building treatment and architectural details also need further improvement. Of course, as long as I take about a month, I can improve it to be more perfect..."

Schiller then asked, "How is your research coming along on the Ark Reactor model I gave you earlier?"

"I have also conducted some research," Bruce nodded and said.

"In addition to making improvements in miniaturization, I have also conducted some super-large-scale experiments. For example, I once envisioned transforming the Earth's core into a larger energy reactor."

When mentioning technical issues, Bruce's language was much more fluent than when discussing psychological problems. He said:

"As long as this can be achieved, humanity will have nearly infinite energy at its disposal, and these two technologies complement each other..."

"If the Earth is transformed internally, then what humanity relies on will no longer be limited resources, but will shift to another, more reliable form of infinity that won't disappear at any moment..."

Schiller smiled; Bruce's answer did not exceed his expectations.

Batman, this enduring comic book character, has a unique charm in that his body is always that of an ordinary person, lacking the physique far beyond that of normal people like some superheroes. Writers do not use force or fighting as the key point in shaping this character.

Batman first appeared as a detective, which established the tone for his subsequent portrayal: a hero with enhanced intelligence but not overly extraordinary physical strength.

In fact, in comic book creation, force-based characters are often easier to draw. Many people might think fighting moves are very difficult, but for professional comic artists, the human body and action choreography are not hard; as long as the plot is reasonable, the storyboarding and action can be played out in creative ways.

Conversely, intelligence-based characters test a writer's level more, because to fully express the characteristics of a high-IQ person in a comic book interspersed with multiple real and virtual plotlines, one must achieve foreshadowing and callbacks, logical self-consistency, novel settings, and prominent style.

However, comic book writers often don't have such high IQs. If a comic book writer's IQ were really the same as Batman's, he wouldn't need to be a writer.

Therefore, American comic book editors generally like to use two methods to shape an intelligence-based character. The first is to start with the answer and work backward to the process, creating a nesting-doll-style intelligence-based character; simply put, it's "I predicted your prediction."

Of course, many people might think of the Batman Who Laughs, but in fact, the reason the portrayal of the Batman Who Laughs is disliked by many comic readers is that later writers were too lazy to even think of logical chains, not even providing the deduction process, just giving a line like "I predicted your prediction," which is why this character lacks such great personality charm.

Conversely, the portrayal of Batman is relatively successful because after editors finish writing a story, they use various techniques to make Batman appear to have god-like foresight.

But they often provide the process; for example, Batman discovers the culprit's trail through certain details, but in reality, the editorial department knows who the culprit is. They arrange such a plot just to reflect Batman's superior intelligence.

Of course, in today's increasingly commercialized and fast-food-like era, many comic editors are unwilling to use detective stories to shape intelligence-based characters because it is time-consuming, laborious, and thankless. They have a simpler method, which is to turn the character into Doraemon.

First, add a bunch of academic titles to the character, making them quite accomplished in the academic world; second, turn the character into an inventor who can pull out all sorts of outrageous inventions at any time.

As long as the technological level is there, it naturally reflects that the character has a super-high IQ. As long as he can invent all sorts of outrageous machines that ordinary people cannot, it naturally proves that his IQ is a cut above the rest.

It can be said that in the early days of comics, such characters were often comedic characters, pulling out all sorts of novel gadgets from their pockets to increase the reader's sense of novelty in reading comic stories. But later, this setting actually became a lazy method, becoming a technological nesting doll in another sense.

You invent something very powerful, I invent something more powerful than yours to restrain you, and then you invent something even more powerful...

Essentially, this is no different from the "prediction nesting doll" of the Batman Who Laughs, except that because it is cloaked in a layer of technology and adds some seemingly plausible principles, it becomes easier for readers to accept.

Batman obviously also has similar attributes. In terms of technology, he can completely ignore the laws of physics, and even the laws of time. As long as he wants to, he can invent all sorts of outrageous Bat-machines, basically beating whoever he wants.

If we go by common sense, Batman, who is only 20 years old, could never master so much knowledge unless his day had 48 hours, but he just mastered it. What are you going to do about it?

Readers won't feel it's outrageous just because the protagonist can pull out all sorts of magical machines at any time, because this is a comic book after all. And as long as these machines are used, editors also save a lot of effort without having to explain certain plots that go beyond common sense; it can be said that both sides benefit.

And facts have proven that Batman is indeed worthy of the title of super genius. He only got that data and that model for two or three years, and he has already penetrated the mysteries within.

This also makes Schiller certain that in this current world, Batman indeed also has the talent of a super inventor.

And this will be an peerless trump card, a peerless trump card far stronger than any card played before.

Now, only one question remains: is this card actually willing to play itself?