PFC Chapter 2867: The Battle of the Brick People! (21)
Chapter 2867: The Battle of the Brick People! (21)
Chapter 2867: The Battle of the Brick People! (Twenty-one)
"Owl?" Batman muttered the word in confusion. This huge sculpture was obviously an owl, but as Superman said, how could there be such a large dungeon under the chemical plant?
"It looks quite old." Wonder Woman stared at the moss on the corner and said, "I seem to have seen a similar architectural form in the ruins of Mount Olympus. It must have been tens of thousands of years ago."
Superman elbowed Wonder Woman, who coughed and said, "But the building doesn't look that old, I think it must be several hundred years old."
Superman stood under the giant owl statue. He looked at the glowing eyes and said, "Why do these eyes look weird? Is there something behind them?"
At this time, Batman had already flown up and stood on the top of the statue. He saw that there seemed to be something in the shining eyes that looked like glass beads. He did not hesitate any longer and directly pried open the building blocks that formed the eyes. With a clang, a key fell out.
Superman below picked up the key. The key was ordinary, except that the oval on the cartoon key was replaced by an owl pattern. After Batman came down, he also looked the key up and down, but couldn't see anything different.
Since there is a key, there must be a door. Batman turned left and right and felt that the key should still be with the owl.
Suddenly he discovered that the owl's two folded wings seemed to be able to move, and there were traces of bearing parts on its shoulders. He turned in front of the owl again and found that one of its claws was slightly raised.
Batman walked over and stepped hard. With a click, some mechanism was triggered. Batman raised his head confidently.
Nothing happened.
"It's over!" Tim in the Batcave grabbed Schiller's arm and shouted, "Did we press too hard? The wings didn't turn!"
The main universe Batman looked at Schiller, and Schiller looked at Tim confidently and said, "Didn't you say that if you can't press it, just use more force?!"
"You're trying too hard. The mechanism is stuck!" Tim sighed helplessly and said, "Jason will be happy to play with you. You're stronger than him!"
Fortunately, Batman had a backup plan. He gave up on researching the mechanism and turned to the gap between the wings and started prying.
Tim really didn't wrongly accuse Schiller. Batman pried for a long time but only managed to insert the tip of the grappling hook into the gap, and he couldn't pry the wing open no matter what.
Finally, Batman grabbed the grappling hook, Superman held Batman, and Wonder Woman held Superman, and the three of them pulled together, squeak—bang!
The three of them flew out with the grappling hook and wings, and finally pried open the broken wing. Batman looked down and saw a deep well underneath, so deep that he couldn't see the bottom.
"Throw the grappling hook first," said Superman.
"I used to..." Batman stopped talking here and said, "Okay, let's try it first."
Superman and Wonder Woman looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes. Batman threw the grappling hook down, and when he pulled it up, he found that there were water stains on the grappling hook, and it sounded quite wide underneath, like a pond.
The good news is that he will definitely not die from the fall, but the situation is still unclear. Wonder Woman, who is in the best condition, is ready to jump. Batman wants to stop her, but seems to have thought of something and finally says nothing.
After Wonder Woman jumped in, there was a thud. She entered the water in a standard posture, then swam up and lay on the edge of the pond, trying to shout upwards, but the brick she was holding on to fell down.
Wonder Woman took a deep breath, quickly pushed the brick back, punched it twice, and cursed in a low voice, "What a shoddy project."
"It's okay, come down!" She still shouted upwards.
After a while, two figures jumped down together. Superman was afraid that Batman would get hurt if he landed, so he just jumped down holding him in his arms.
Wonder Woman rolled her eyes and climbed over the edge of the pond, seemingly taking in the new surroundings, but actually looking for signs of other shoddy construction.
Finding a loose brick on the ground, she stepped on it hard. Fortunately, Batman and Superman did not encounter any loose bricks when they climbed up, and they landed on the ground smoothly.
This is a spacious hall, but compared to the dungeon above, it has higher walls and colder floor tiles. Most importantly, there are some traces of human activities here. Although it has been covered with dust for a long time, it can be seen that this should be the headquarters of a mysterious organization.
"There's actually such a place in the underground of Gotham." Batman sighed, "It seems that the density of cameras is not enough."
"There seems to be a passage over there." Wonder Woman pointed ahead and said, "Maybe we can find some clues and figure out what this mysterious ancient city is all about."
Batman didn't hesitate and walked over there. Just as Wonder Woman said, this seemed to be some people's living area, and some things like books and notes could be found here.
But unfortunately, there are no clues here at all. These notes are just nonsense or drunken talk, and they don’t even mention what the place is called or who they are.
Superman and Wonder Woman both had doubtful looks in their eyes, but Batman was not discouraged. He said, "It looks like those living here are just minions. If I'm not mistaken, this place should be layered down, and the lower you go, the closer to the core."
"Really?" Tim in the Batcave looked at Schiller.
"Really?" Schiller looked at the main universe Batman.
The main universe Batman said nothing, but looked down at the instruction manual in Schiller's hand, so the two of them picked up the manual and began to study it.
As expected, Tim pointed to the fourth step of the instruction manual and said, "Look, there's a staircase here. You can go down to the third floor by following this staircase. There's a trap door here..."
"Wait a minute...stairs?" Schiller was a little confused and said, "Are there stairs?!"
Tim looked at him with wide eyes and said, "You didn't fight, did you?! Then why did you push that cart of step materials?!"
"I was pushing the pond material!" Schiller said defensively, "It was the circle of steps installed on the edge of the pond!"
"No, the steps there are curved and use special parts, while the stairs here use universal step parts. Did you get them mixed up?!"
"Didn't anyone notice with so many people that the steps weren't installed?"
"We are working from top to bottom, how can anyone know if you didn't press it?!"
"It's over now." Schiller pushed out his office chair, covered his face with the instruction manual and said, "How are they going to get down without stairs?!"
"Just jump, it's not like you haven't jumped before." Tim sighed and said, "I will never play with you when we get back, otherwise I don't know how many times I will have to redo it."
“It was really just a mistake,” Schiller explained.
At this time, Batman and his two companions had explored to the end of the corridor. Logically, there should be stairs if they turn right, and the mechanism door to the next floor is below the stairs, so the stairs are gone, and there is a hole where the door from the previous floor to the next floor is.
Counting from the top to the bottom, they are now on the 2nd floor, and they want to go to the 3rd floor. Logically, even if there is no staircase, they should be able to reach the 3rd floor by jumping down, but the problem is that the floor under the stairs is not installed, so the hole leads directly to the 4th floor.
When he realized this, the main universe Batman was speechless. He felt that Tim was right and he must not play building blocks with Schiller in the future.
"You really can't blame me for this." Schiller sighed and said, "I'm so busy every day, how can I have time to play with building blocks? Only Pride, that old antique living in the Middle Ages, has time... Forget it, there shouldn't be anything important on the third floor, right?"
"Why not?" Tim said dimly, "The 4th floor is a fire maze, and the fire shield is on the 3rd floor. If they jump in now, they will probably turn into skewers."
Schiller immediately put his hands together and prayed, "Don't jump, don't jump, Batman, you are a cautious superhero, don't just jump."
Batman was adjusting the grappling hook and didn't seem to be planning to jump down directly, but Superman and Wonder Woman were puzzled. They thought this might be another passage like a well. Wonder Woman said, "How about I fly down and take a look?"
"No, based on my previous experience, there must be..." Batman paused again.
"Don't stop, keep talking!" Schiller shouted, "This isn't the time to use your social skills!"
Since Batman did not strongly rebuke them, Wonder Woman and Superman became a little hesitant. Finally, Wonder Woman decided to fly down to take a look. Schiller slapped her on the forehead. Was this just shooting herself in the foot?
In the past, Batman seldom used social skills on the members of the Justice League. He usually gave orders and warnings, but in fact, this played a very important role in the work of the Justice League, because these people really didn't use their brains much, and without Batman by their side to remind them, they would have been tricked countless times.
But Batman's learning ability is a little too strong, and he applies what he learns immediately, successfully using social skills in communicating with his Justice League teammates, but to be honest, it would be better not to use them.
This made Schiller think that if Bruce had the learning ability, his arrogance would make him laugh even in his dreams. But unfortunately, resources placed in the wrong place are garbage. Now it doesn't seem like knowledge has entered Batman's brain, but more like water has entered.
"what!!!"
As expected, Diana let out a scream as she flew down, and Superman was about to jump down recklessly. Batman seemed to reach out to stop him, but he was a step too slow, and Superman also let out a scream when he jumped down.
Batman had no choice but to go down. Superman blurted out, "No! Batman! Don't..."
Batman came down.
Batman soon understood what they were yelling about. The three walls of the room they were in were spewing fire, and were getting closer and closer to them. This was obviously not the place that would be reached by taking the normal path to the next level. They had nowhere to run now.
The main universe Batman in front of the screen covered his eyes. Fortunately, he was prepared. He pressed his communicator and said, "Green Lantern, go support them. Just say you came here after you escaped."
Green Lantern quickly flew above the chemical pool, dived in, followed their previous route to the hollow of the stairs, and prepared to jump down.
A green light flashed, and several people were immediately protected in the bubble. The raging flames failed to hurt them, especially the mortal Batman. Superman and Wonder Woman breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are you here?" Batman asked Green Lantern.
"I saw you guys fall down, and I thought maybe I could salvage your bodies or something." Green Lantern said with a smile.
Batman was obviously a little touched, but he remembered Schiller's teachings, so he said: "Are you okay? Did you encounter any trouble on the way?"
"Uh, no, do you know where the door is?"
Schiller and Tim were looking at the instructions again, and after reading for a while they came to a conclusion - this room was normal, but someone didn't install the door!
Both of their eyes fell on the main universe Batman at the same time.
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