In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 356: The Tacit Understanding of Smart People
Luther struggled as he was escorted out. He looked angry, but his eyes gleamed with brilliance. The center of the expensive watch on his wrist flashed a red light.

The first step of Luther's plan has been implemented.

Next, it depends on whether Batman can understand it.

Outside the control room.

Wonder Woman and Firestorm led the way, while Shimizu and Batman, wearing armor, cooperated with Lightwo to rush into the spaceship.

Compared to the hard exterior, the interior of the spacecraft is not as strong.

According to Qingshui's observation, the interior of this spacecraft may itself be a huge computer.

Because some of them are too similar.

There are controllers, computing units, storage, and at most some space for Blacknia to conduct experiments, store figures, and install weapons.

The structure may not be the von Neumann structure of Earthlings, but some of the things contained in it will definitely not change.

Suddenly, Shimizu and Batman's armor received an unknown signal.

Although the operating systems of both armors were interfered with by the electronic pulses and high-frequency signals of these robots, they were basically temporarily blocked by the artificial intelligence inside the armors of both.

However, this new signal seemed to understand them very well, breaking through several walls at once and standing out.

"This is……"

Qingshui frowned as he looked at the series of messy codes on the secondary screen inside the armor.

A bunch of garbled code, you may need to use the correct decryption method to get valid information from it.

So the decryption method should be...

"Call the latest set of decryption bases within Lex Group."

The garbled code was quickly adjusted out.

It's an audio clip, a map with a few simple routes, and some simple instructions.

The audio is of Luther and Brainiac talking.

The map shows the route that the bottles containing the Met were taken to the exhibition room, as well as a route to other locations.

It was there that Luthor was irradiated by a ray gun, returning to his normal size and allowing him to communicate with Brainiac.

The former never thought that he could convince the latter with words.

What he did was just to test and obtain useful information, so that those who were the main force could have a deeper understanding of the enemy and a more accurate direction of the target of the action. By the way, it could also divert the enemy's attention and try to leave more tricks to turn defeat into victory.

Qingshui couldn't help but admire Luther's intelligence and courage for being able to design such a simple, bold, interconnected and highly feasible plan in such a short time after being captured on the spaceship.

If it were him, would he be able to come up with such a brilliant plan?
There was no time to think about it, because they had already fought all the way to the door of the main control room.

"The gray old man said something was wrong. Logically speaking, the strength of this alien robot that has surpassed interstellar civilization should not be so limited. Although the artificial intelligence in your armor is very powerful, it should not be so relaxed."

Jefferson threw a fireball at the door and suddenly spoke.

"Nothing's wrong. According to the intelligence we've obtained so far, Brainiac requires an enormous amount of computing resources. Even Luther's daughter has been used as a human CPU. The remaining computing power on this spacecraft is probably not much."

Shimizu explained while turning sideways to give the output position to Diana, who had the highest upper limit of single-target destructive power.

The battle cry of the Amazon Goddess rang out, and the Vulcan Sword, which had subatomic cutting power, instantly broke open the door to the main control room.

"Knowledge is power, and power is knowledge. The individual beings on your planet possess considerable power. Perhaps I should collect your entire planet and gather data."

Brainiac sat in a steel chair, looking a little haggard.

His brain, like Alex Luther's, was connected to many tubes that led to the culture tube in the center of the culture control room.

The number of these data transmission lines is several times more than that of Luther's daughter.

"You look very weak. Perhaps we should have a conversation. The way advanced civilizations handle things shouldn't be as rude as you are. Instead, they should minimize the cost and maximize the benefits."

Batman stretched out his hand to stop Firestorm and Wonder Woman who were about to rush forward, and looked at Brainiac who was sitting on a high-tech chair, while keeping an eye on the situation in the main control room.

The unknown existence in the incubator, the superman strapped to an instrument to drain his power, and Alex, sitting in another high-tech chair, being used as a CPU with a nosebleed...

All of this came into Batman's sight.

Brainiac's goal is to use superhuman energy and huge computing power to cultivate the unknown existence in the culture tank.

The other party must have paid a huge price for this, and even most of their brain's computing power has been occupied. They must also be worried that the battle triggered here will cause damage to them.

"Perhaps you are right. When the other party is likely to cause losses to you, negotiation is indeed a better approach than violent conflict."

Brainiac sat quietly in a high-tech chair, the pink lights on his head that looked like bumps flickered, and he looked at Batman.

"After scanning, your overall intelligence level should be comparable to that of the hairless human I just talked to. Please tell me what you want to negotiate."

It is obvious that Brainiac recognized the wisdom of Batman and Luthor, believing that they were not primitive people, but creatures with higher intelligence who were qualified to talk to him, so he agreed to talk to them.

Batman said, "I need to know your purpose before we can negotiate."

"I know why you said that, but I can tell you."

Brainiac said with a somewhat stiff movement.

Most of the computing power in his brain has been occupied. To talk to Batman at this time, he needs to squeeze out the remaining computing power in his brain.

"If we take your planet's sidereal year as the cycle, tens of thousands of years ago, I was born on a planet called Krypton. During this long period of time, my wisdom has continued to evolve, and I have mastered all the mysteries of the universe that I can observe, such as time, space, matter, and laws.
But now, I feel empty, because no matter where I go, all the phenomena I discover and the knowledge they represent are things I have already mastered and researched.

I already know everything there is to know in the universe, so I need to create something new.”

"New knowledge?" Qingshui asked.

"No, I do not know."

Brainiac sat stiffly, glancing at Shimizu, then looking back at Batman after deciding that his intelligence rating was lower than Batman's.

But the explanation continues.

"I don't know if I can create new knowledge with this, as that would mean breaking through the limits of the universe, so my plan is to create another me, a more perfect, more eternal Brainiac with the potential to surpass level twelve intelligence. That is her, my Queen Brainiac.

I need more powerful computing power, not just computing power, not just data calculation. My spaceship itself is the most perfect computer, enough to carry out most of the work, but that is just mechanical calculation. What I need is wisdom, not computing power. My level 12 wisdom is enough to carry most of it, but it is still not enough. I also invested every city on the planet that has reached the level of interstellar civilization that I have collected before, and absorbed their wisdom and the advantages in their genes as nourishment.

But this is far from enough, and even now it has almost no effect.

So I need a creature with intelligence reaching level 10 to help me share the burden, or a civilization with a high enough level of civilization and evolution. "

"Is this why you chose Superman? To have him devoured by your creation?"

Batman said solemnly.

Brainiac replied.

"Yes, the Kryptonian civilization is an extremely brilliant one. Their life code is integrated into his body. He alone represents the entire Kryptonian civilization. Moreover, in the idealistic realm that belongs only to intelligent life, he has the potential to surpass every life form I have seen before. This can make Queen Brainiac more perfect, perfect enough to become the answer to everything in the universe."

"What about this girl?"

"Not quite, but she's going to be part of the universe's ultimate answer."

"Is that so... Then your queen is a being you created, so she should be your daughter, but you think that is another you, so who are you? Your daughter is you, are you your own daughter?"

The sudden ethical and philosophical questions caused Brainiac to be stuck for a moment, and Alex on the other side screamed.

This kind of meaningless, empty ethical and philosophical question itself has no answer. Brainiac has seen countless civilized societies and naturally knows this truth, so he will not fall into a vicious circle because of it.

However, his limited remaining brain power was still squeezed out by this BUG-like problem in an instant. Even though he reacted quickly and interrupted it, he was still caught by the opportunity.

Batman threw a bat dart from his side, accurately hitting the data pipes above Alex's head.

The bat dart, coated with a thin layer of promethium metal blade, is powerful enough to cut through almost all matter in the universe.

Shimizu pushed Wonder Woman directly to Superman's position, then activated the Speed Force dagger at full power and rushed towards Brainiac's position.

Wonder Woman's Vulcan sword has subatomic cutting capabilities, which is no worse than promethium metal. She is naturally the most suitable person to rescue Superman.

And Shimizu has the help of super speed and promethium metal, and his defense and evasion are almost at their maximum. He may not be able to win against those extremely powerful beings, but within a limited time, his ability to survive and withstand pressure is the strongest except for Superman.

"I regret your choice."

Brainiac still sat there without moving, but the high-tech chair under him instantly ejected countless swimming metal tentacles, the tips of which condensed into spikes and attacked Qingshui.

Editable liquid metal that is even deeper than nanometal.

Shimizu controlled the White Knight to dodge, and Lightvo's eyes behind him lit up red, emitting heat rays, shooting towards the location of Queen Brainiac.

Attack the enemy and save him!

Brainiac gave a brief wave of his hand.

The incubation tank in the center of the main control room used to cultivate Queen Brainiac suddenly lit up with a green light, deflecting any incoming attacks.

Deflection field!

"boom!"

A powerful explosion sounded.

A ball of fire that Firestorm threw with all his strength produced a tiny nuclear explosion, which exploded at the edge of the deflection field, making the structure of the entire main control room somewhat unstable.

Due to its special abilities, Firestorm can limit the range and radiation of nuclear explosions through what Professor Stein calls the Firestorm Matrix, and routinely launch small-scale, high-powered micro-nuclear explosions.

Batman used the anti-Superman armor to block Alex who had just been rescued, and gave his cape to the latter to block the aftermath.

The weak Superman was now protected by Wonder Woman who was standing in front of him - even if he was weak, his current condition was not caused by kryptonite, so his physical strength was much better than that of ordinary people like Alex.

He even had enough energy to get up, float in the air again, and condense heat rays in an attempt to fight back.

Brainiac remained calm as he looked at the Queen's incubator that was shaking in the miniature nuclear explosion. He stretched out a finger, circled it slightly, and countless liquid metals flew out from behind him, surging like a flood.

Some of them surrounded Queen Brainiac to protect her, some turned into spikes and tentacles to attack the enemy, and some of them autonomously condensed into energy cannons, firing lasers.

The battle has entered a fever pitch.

Although Brainiac is very powerful, they are inside his own spaceship, and the spaceship's weapons for external attacks are almost unusable. Moreover, most of his computing power is used to continue to maintain Queen Brainiac's creation, and he cannot exert his full strength. Therefore, Shimizu and others can still fight him back and forth.

Even though there are some incomprehensible strange technologies, as long as they are not hit by special attacks such as shrinking rays, they can still withstand it with their fighting power.

At the same time, the bottle containing the Metropolitan was opened by Ray Palmer.

Luther, who was well prepared, boarded a manned space rocket in the city at the bottom of the bottle and flew out of the bottle.

Palmer turns the magnifying gun on Luther, recovering it.

"We have to go support Superman and the others next."

Palmer helped Luther up from the ground and spoke.

Luther shook his head and said:
"No, our strength is not important. Batman chose to remove you and Flash from the main battlefield because he saw the role your respective abilities can play. If I'm not mistaken, Flash should have already run through every corner of this spaceship."

(End of this chapter)