The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Chapter 197 Patient Zero

After Tim finished writing a dramatic script about the love-hate relationship between Catwoman and Batman, the analyzer, which had been running steadily, finally stopped buzzing after a series of internal noises.

Tim jumped off the chair and ran quickly to the analyzer. He first checked the screen, which was now faintly covered with green lines, and then ran to the computer connected to the analyzer and tapped it a few times.

Tim glanced at the data displayed on the computer and quickly imported it into a bat-shaped USB drive.

Tim, clutching the USB drive, glanced around at the others in the Batcave, looking like he wanted to entrust it to someone but was repeatedly rejecting his own idea while thinking it over.

It wasn't until Li Zhen walked up to Tim that she reached out and took the USB drive.

Tim didn't immediately let go, but stared blankly at Li Zhen with a rather surprised expression on his face.

"Lilith said, Instructor, your mortality rate is higher than all of ours combined."

"But only I have the highest probability and confidence to preserve it intact, and only by doing our best to solve it can we most likely help me get rid of the prophecy's deathly aura—judging from your expression, you have no confidence in cracking this virus on your own?"

"To be precise, even if we include the rest of the Bat-family I know, except for Batman, it probably wouldn't work."

Tim sighed and pointed with his free arm at the zombie catwoman on the ground, who clearly showed signs of cat-like characteristics.

"The horror of this virus is simply unheard of; it can even alter the genetic structure of the human body through imagery, and due to the special ribozyme that forcibly binds nanomechanical and protein structures together, its infectivity far exceeds our initial expectations."

"Air, water, saliva—it contains almost all the transmission capabilities that humans currently know, and it can survive in the air for a very long time."

"Ignoring the side effects of those so-called superpowers, considering only the virus itself, its lethality and transmissibility combined surpass any virus that has ever appeared in Earth's history."

"I'm not exaggerating, Instructor. Once it spreads, in just three days, the entire Earth will no longer be a civilization. The chances of one in a hundred million people being able to withstand the virus's transformation and survive will be slim."

After Tim finished speaking, he and Li Zhen stared at each other quietly until Li Zhen spoke again without wavering in her expression.

"Tim, you are Robin of Batman. You must have read my file in detail. You know how tenacious I am as a Witrumite. As long as I have a breath left and a trace of consciousness, I will insist on handing over the intact USB drive to the person who can solve this problem."

"This is the only way I can think of to get rid of the imagery of death, because only this virus, or even the guy who controls the source of this virus, is the one who actually has a chance of killing me."

"I'm not fighting for the Earth, I'm fighting for myself. It's just that some bastard temporarily tied me to the Earth."

He finally let go, watching as Li Zhen carefully tucked the bat-shaped USB drive close to her heart, took a deep breath, and tried to hide the trembling in her voice as much as possible.

"But I still can't understand why these viruses are so stubbornly entrenched in Gotham City?"

"That's what we need to do next."

Li Zhen gently patted her chest, then reached out to help Tim straighten his battle suit.

"Now we need to find the reasons behind this, and who might be able to solve this problem."

Li Zhen looked towards the dark tunnel he had come from behind the bat cave entrance, while Rachel, having ended her meditation, silently floated to his side.

This time, Rachel did not make eye contact with Li Zhen, but kept looking in the same direction as Li Zhen.

"Let's go, Teen Titans, this time I need you guys to make some noise."

Li Zhen and Tim seamlessly transitioned into team leader roles once again, with Tim taking the lead and leading the group of young Titans out of the Batcave the moment Li Zhen gave the order to stop.

Batman has almost lost count of how long he has persevered.

This is a very rare thing for him.

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After all, no matter how serious his injuries were in the past, his brain could remember every second of any event, just like the most precise clock.

But this time it's really different.

First, there was someone who surprised him the most, wearing a blood-red helmet, who, while he was away from Gotham and busy at the watchtower, recruited a group of men and stirred up the stagnant waters of Gotham that had been dormant for weeks.

Batman received an alert from Alfred and rushed back to Gotham, initially thinking it was just another trick by his old adversary.

But it wasn't until Batman dealt with most of the man's men, forcing the man to personally engage Batman in a one-on-one fight, that Batman keenly sensed something was wrong.

This was definitely not any of his old acquaintances he had fought before, but every punch and kick from the other party, and his fighting style, revealed a familiar shadow of Batman.

The guy in the red hood was even more ruthless and vicious than he remembered.

No, not possible!

Batman was roaring in his heart at that moment.

He watched the young body die with his own eyes, and even buried it with his own hands.

Reason tells Batman that the person cannot come back to life.

But it seems that he almost made an exception during the last Flashpoint World.

Once again, the surging emotions easily broke through the defenses of reason. The intentional or unintentional relaxation of his moves and strength allowed Red Hood to seize the opportunity. He pressed the short gun, which was as powerful as a hand cannon, against his abdomen and pulled the trigger five times in succession.

The specially designed warhead tore through the custom-made bat armor. The custom-made nano-carbon fiber shell, the Kevlar fabric lining, and the added ceramic alloy plates shattered one after another under the terrifying firepower.

The intestines were ruptured and the stomach was torn apart; the skin, flesh, and meridians had turned into a paste-like mess.

But Batman took the opportunity to remove the other man's blood-red helmet.

The once ruthless Red Hood was now standing there dumbfounded, like Jason Todd.

Jason intended for Batman to die without knowing anything, but the unexpected exposure that ruined his plan caused Jason to pause briefly. When he once again turned fierce and pointed his gun at Batman on the ground...

The latter, amidst the gushing blood, personally removed the bat helmet.

Youth and old age, robustness and serious injury.

A desperate, all-or-nothing hatred, eyes filled with longing and a plea to stay.

"I don't care which world's Jason you are—please stay, stay in this world."

"you----"

Jason had been holding back a lot of rage, carefully considering his questions for more than half a year, and suffering from resentment and pain that had been nagging at his soul since his resurrection.

At that moment, I was completely overwhelmed by fear and panic.

"Wait! What do you mean, 'regardless of which world I'm from'?"

Jason dropped his gun and collapsed in front of Batman, desperately trying to stop the bleeding wound he had just torn open with his own hands.

He shouted into the night sky.

"Deal canceled! This isn't the Batman I'm supposed to kill! Damn it! You tricked me!"

"What a pity, you only needed to fire one more shot."

As a cold, irrelevant voice rang out, a faint green mist billowed out from behind Jason.

"Now, you're no longer useful as a weapon against Batman."

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"But you can also become another weapon against the Justice League, Patient Zero."