PFC Chapter 4112 MU Superbody Major Event (189)
Chapter 4112 MU Superbody Major Event (189)
Chapter 4112 MU: The Superbody Incident (189)
With the help of delicious food, the strategic meeting proceeded smoothly. They seemed to have a lot to discuss, but few of the key points were crucial. The most important issues were how to stop the expansion of the Nightmare Realm and how to defeat Nightmare Darkseid.
The former is easier to handle. During his time on Apokolips, Batman from the main universe acquired Apokolips' shield technology. This technology can create large-scale shields, and if there's enough energy, it's even possible to shield the entire galaxy.
However, because it's not a complete technology, and the Milky Way itself doesn't have the independence of the Apocalypse Realm, it's not possible to do it yet. It would be good enough if it could just provide a shield for the solar system.
Even so, it's still a significant step forward. After all, with technological advancements, near-Earth space is no longer sufficient, and even the solar system is already quite full. Humanity has a vast amount of assets deployed within the solar system. If we can move from Earth but not from the solar system, we're still vulnerable to losses. Having a protective shield would be much better.
With the technology in place, energy was plentiful. The local mages hadn't suffered any manpower losses either. After dinner, Strange led a group of mages and students from the magic school to the construction site. Conservatively, it should be completed within a few days.
Actually, with the solar system shield in place, the spread of the Nightmare Realm doesn't really matter. Humanity only has so much industry anyway; as long as we protect it, what happens to other civilizations doesn't matter. The deaths of too many will just make room for humanity.
In fact, the Nightmare Realm spread infinitely, and the three great empires were the most affected. It can be considered as revenge for the two great empires' siege of Asgard.
Immediately following was the research into how to defeat Darkseid the Nightmare. In just over ten hours, bad news poured in from the multiverse; some universes had already discovered the existence of Nightmare Force.
Darkseid's primary focus remains on Batman in the main universe, but the power of nightmares continues to affect other universes. Many superheroes are finding themselves experiencing frequent nightmares, and some are even trapped within them.
The various superhero groups are all discussing this. And they all know it's the aftermath of the multiverse war; they're all cursing and swearing, but there's nothing they can do. War is ruthless.
The timing, manner, and impact of multiverse catastrophes are beyond their control. Without proactive action, they can only passively accept their fate. Many multiverse superheroes who haven't yet participated in the conflict are gradually realizing this.
If you don't actively participate in multiverse activities, when disaster strikes, you won't even hear a whisper of it and will only be able to passively take the hit. Nobody wants to be attacked, so hiding at home is definitely not an option. Their previous wishful thinking was completely destroyed by the influence of the nightmare power.
Whether voluntary or not, they could only actively contact their counterparts, trying to find out what had happened and seeking help from other universes suffering the same calamity. Some were even preparing to rush over to join the fight against Nightmare Darkseid.
The main universe's Batman also realized that this was precisely Greed's objective. No wonder Greed didn't voice any opinions when this world was recruiting; it seemed like they didn't care whether they came or not, but in reality, they had no choice.
The people in the main universe went to great lengths to find reinforcements, but in the end, they only managed to get a small number of people. But when Greed made its move, it was a grand spectacle, with drums beating, firecrackers exploding, red flags waving, and crowds surging everywhere…
Don't worry about why he came, or whether he cursed or swore on the way. The point is, he's here.
And it was precisely because of the interference of the Nightmare Power that they were able to conduct more research on this new power. Wherever the Nightmare Power exists, people are dragged into their most terrifying nightmares. This is a power akin to a rule; no one is immune, not even Batman.
However, people with strong willpower can break free from nightmares on their own. External people can also try to wake them up, but whether they can wake up depends mainly on the willpower of the person entering the dream.
After waking up, there will be a brief period of lucidity during which you will not be pulled back into the dream. However, this period is very short, lasting only about one or two hours, after which you will be frequently disturbed by nightmares again.
Another peculiar pattern was discovered: nightmares cannot be repeated. Once all the things that are feared have been woven into a nightmare and then broken free from, the power to enter the nightmare again will not be disturbed. In other words, the more things a person fears, the more nightmares they need to experience; and the fewer psychological weaknesses a person has, the fewer nightmares they experience.
However, the immunity granted by the Nightmare Exhaustion is not permanent; it only applies to this one entry. If you leave and then go back in, you'll have to go through it all over again.
This discovery gave everyone hope that it was possible to destroy Nightmare Darkseid. After all, by combining the two worlds, there would always be some people with relatively intact minds. If these people formed a small team, it would be enough to cross the Nightmare Realm and take their swords at Darkseid.
However, this isn't entirely foolproof. After all, the body is still during a nightmare, so if Darkseid were to launch a sneak attack at this time, they would be completely defenseless. Therefore, they need to control the timing, staggering everyone's awakening and dreaming times to leave sentries in place and prevent Darkseid from succeeding in his attack.
It sounds simple, but it's difficult in practice. First, screening out people with few psychological weaknesses is challenging. Even someone like Batman, with his strong willpower, has well-known psychological flaws. On the other hand, some seemingly less famous heroes lead fulfilling lives and seem to have no obvious psychological weaknesses. Therefore, a thorough screening is necessary.
Logically, this kind of task should be best left to Professor X, who could easily see most of it with a quick scan. But unfortunately, all of Professor X's men have been killed, and Charles, the only survivor, is too weak to do the job.
So everyone turned their attention to another highly professional psychologist. Schiller was eating when he received the notification; he had just finished serving his fried rice when he received this despairing task.
"You mean, I have to conduct psychological evaluations on hundreds of superheroes within three days and identify the most mentally sound among them?" Schiller turned to the main universe's Batman and said, "I'm a doctor, not God. My highest record so far is six patients a day, and I'm already running around like crazy. And you want me to see 60 a day?!"
“You can do it,” the main universe Batman said. “After all, you’re ruthless, but you’re definitely not a quack.”
“This isn’t a matter of whether I’m a quack or not; you can’t treat me like Batman!” Schiller raised his voice. “That’s simply impossible!”
“I’m not asking you to do this alone,” the main universe Batman said casually. “Aren’t there other versions of you?”
“Uh…” Schiller choked for a moment. He hadn’t thought of that, but he still said, “But I’m not a doctor and I don’t have prescription rights. Isn’t that practicing medicine illegally?”
“Please use your medical ethics where they are needed more,” the main universe Batman said as he turned and walked out. “This is a mission.”
Watching his retreating figure, Schiller sighed deeply. He was absolutely certain; the main universe's Batman exuded a strong sense of schadenfreude. So, the huge task he'd orchestrated ultimately fell to Schiller's shoulders.
Ten minutes later, the figure in the black suit sat down in the office chair. He arrogantly looked down at the list in his hand and said, "I don't remember if I told you, my highest record for seeing patients is two a day."
“That’s because you’re so slow,” Greed said while eating fried rice on the island platform. “Half an hour for polite greetings, half an hour for introducing the topic, half an hour for rambling, half an hour for appreciating the artwork, and then another half hour for saying goodbye. And you still manage to see two patients like that, so you guys are pretty good at chatting.”
“My situation is different from yours,” Arrogance said unhurriedly. “You can’t expect Gotham’s patients to open up to you the moment they walk in. They’re very picky, and if they can’t get them to acknowledge your taste and knowledge, they probably won’t make another appointment.”
"Then the main universe's Batman shouldn't have such a misunderstanding about me. Three days is far too short; how could that be?"
"Who else did you call?" the arrogance asked again.
“We’ve called out to everyone we can, including the morbid ones,” Greed sighed. “Even the Black Pharaoh, at least he can read minds.”
“I can get Brand over for you,” Arrogant said. “Although those pathologists aren’t trustworthy, he’s still Nyarlathotep, and Jason and Harley can help too.”
“We don’t have many people here,” Schiller said, shaking his head. “There are quite a few people who can read minds, but most of them can only read thoughts, or at most memories. But without professional psychological knowledge, it’s very difficult to analyze and judge them, which is a real problem.”
“Stop wasting time,” Arrogant said, standing up. “Finish this quickly so you can leave early. My final exam papers aren’t ready yet.”
Greed wiped his mouth and said, "Okay, I'll go tell Nick to give us a few offices and then call out numbers from the list."
Nick was quite efficient. After deciding on a general action plan, he had already found offices, one for each Schiller, but the number of people was still too small.
The agent was still quite bewildered when he was pulled over. He looked at the main universe Batman and said, "You don't mean to make me a psychiatrist, do you?"
Don't you think this is a good job?
"Guess why I don't get along with other personality traits."
“It’s time to prove that behavior analysis is just as good as psychoanalysis,” the main universe Batman said. “Or you can use interrogation techniques, anything that gets you the information, even if it leaves the other person with psychological trauma, there are other ways to heal, aren’t there?”
"Of course not. I'm a field agent, and I'm not an expert in interrogation. But you seem to have a good grasp of psychology, so why don't you go?"
"Because I have more important things to do. If you really don't want to go, then go and assist others. I only care about the results."
"I think they probably don't really want to see me."
"why?"
A few minutes later, Greed, who was already extremely busy, saw the agent holding a coffee and carrying a bag of donuts, leaning against the door frame, drinking coffee and eating donuts, and even smiling at him.
"Batman!" Greed roared, "Take him away!!!"