this infinite world

The story of Watchmen takes place in 1985. At that time, the Internet had not yet been put into use in the United States, and most people still obtained information through news on TV and paper media. In such an era, hacking or computer intrusion became a luxury...

"…but why do we resort to such primitive methods of intelligence gathering?"

Zheng Zha glanced speechlessly at the crooked slogans and slogans on the wall outside the window, as well as the thick stack of newspapers in front of him. Just now, Chu Xuan led all the members of the Zhongzhou team down from the rooftop to the ground in a normal way and came to a newspaper office in this building. After he casually opened the locked door, he took out countless newspapers from the warehouse for everyone to read.

"Looking for intelligence - all that might be useful is needed." This is what Chu Xuan said.

"Can't you continue to obtain intelligence using the Investiture of the Gods..."

"Need to save karma points."

Chu Xuan answered without even looking up. Even without turning on the lights, everyone's eyesight was enough to accurately see the words on the newspaper in the dark: "And the name of this newspaper and our location are of great concern to me."

"…The Daily Planet?"

Zheng Zha remembered the name of the newspaper he saw on the wall before entering the room: "I know this is the newspaper where Superman works, but the world of Watchmen is a completely independent world, and there are no superheroes like Superman or Batman, so the two may just be the same name... or a cameo? Easter egg?"

Easter eggs are often foreshadowings in movies. Zheng Zha has watched so many movies that he is naturally aware of Marvel's Godfather Stan Lee's reputation as the king of cameos... In his opinion, it is quite normal for a work from the same DC Comics company to make the audience smile even if Watchmen pays homage to the original work.

"perhaps."

Facing Zheng Zha's opinion, Chu Xuan only replied with two words, and then put his energy into the work at hand without saying anything. But even when he was chatting with Zheng Zha, he kept moving his hands, which proved that Chu Xuan firmly believed that the four words "Planet Daily" had the most direct connection with the next main task of the Zhongzhou team, "Find Dr. Manhattan".

——The Lord God will not do meaningless things. Whether it is the time or place of His coming, there must be some reasons.

This was the reason Chu Xuan never said, just like the House of the Grudge in the Grudge world, the newspaper in the Harry Potter world, and the landing place of the Middle-earth team in the Red Alert 2 world... and this was why Chu Xuan decided to focus his energy on investigating a large number of newspapers.

"That being said, is it really okay for us to waste our time like this..."

Zheng Zha, who had become accustomed to the wise men in the team telling him clearly what to do next and who knew how long it had been since he had collected intelligence like an ordinary person, sighed and glanced at the homeless people huddled in the alleys on the street. Even though the outside world was brightly lit, they were still in darkness, as if isolated from the world.

Then, Zheng Zha returned his gaze to the newspaper in his hand. Perhaps it was because of the name "Yang Yun" that he always found it difficult to calm down. Moreover, the endless eye-catching headlines such as "Cold War", "Nuclear Crisis", "World War III" and "The World is About to Be Destroyed" in the newspaper, as well as the same old, endless nonsense, made him even more irritated.

After all, no matter which article discusses the world situation, Dr. Manhattan's name will inevitably be mentioned in the end. Dr. Manhattan, Dr. Manhattan, and Dr. Manhattan.

Compared to those conventional superheroes who wear capes and masks, have their own secret identities on the surface, and most of them are "masked vigilantes" rather than "court lackeys", Dr. Manhattan still stands on the side of the country after gaining powerful powers. It can almost be said that his position is extremely clear.

This superhero with great power had more than one cordial meeting with President Kennedy. He helped the United States win the Vietnam War in three days. Since then, he has continued to work for the United States government. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a flag of the United States.

Since ancient times, when humans faced crises beyond imagination or difficulties that they could not solve at all, they would subconsciously pray to the sky and seek help from the gods in their subconscious mind... And for the people of the United States, fortunately, when the two superpowers on the earth are on the verge of a nuclear war and the situation is almost unsolvable, the "God" once had the same nationality as them before becoming a God.

——Having said that... but with the abilities demonstrated by Dr. Manhattan, is he really unable to prevent the outbreak of a nuclear war and the destruction of the earth?
Zheng Zha looked at the photo of a man in the newspaper, whose head seemed to be reflecting light and had a blue quantum symbol engraved between his eyebrows. He couldn't help but become distracted.

Although the movie says that Overlord's country of birth has more than 99 nuclear bombs, even if Dr. Manhattan can stop 1% of them, the remaining % is enough to destroy humanity, and Dr. Manhattan himself did not deny it. But Zheng Zha always feels that the man's strength is more than just that. If he really wants to be his enemy in this world...

"I have discovered something, Chu Xuan."

Just as he was lost in thought, Qi Tengyi on the other side looked up from the pile of newspapers and held up a newspaper: "I found the news about the death of 'The Comedian'."

"Yeah." Chu Xuan took the newspaper from Qi Tengyi, glanced at it, and nodded, "We have the target for the next stop."

“…And this.”

At this time, Zhao Yingkong, who was usually extremely cold and aloof, but had become much more taciturn after entering this world, suddenly spoke. She walked forward, carefully placed an old, yellowed newspaper with blurry words on it on the table, and pointed to a photo in the center.

It seemed to be a promotional photo of the newly established "Watchers" organization. Eight young men and women were wearing their own uniforms and facing the camera. Everyone was smiling happily.

——Wait, eight people?
Zheng Zha rubbed his eyes and checked the description of the members of "Watchmen" next to him. Dr. Manhattan, Pharaoh, Comedian, Night Owl, Silk Soul, Mothman, Hooded Judge, Hundred Dollar Bill, a total of eight people...

"hiss--"

Seeing this scene which was completely different from the one in the movie, Zheng Zha took a deep breath, looked at the people around him with a serious expression who also realized the seriousness of the problem, and asked the question that everyone wanted to know.

"'Rorschach', where did he go?" (End of this chapter)