The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Batman tapped his fingertips lightly on the control panel, breaking the silence in the Batcave.

His brows furrowed slightly, his eyes filled with scrutiny and doubt.

"Never appeared in any known database of extraterrestrial civilizations."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pressed a button on the console, and the screen switched to a massive database interface.

The list above contains thousands of known extraterrestrial civilizations in the universe, arranged from highest to lowest threat level. Each civilization has detailed information, including racial characteristics, technological level, civilization structure, and whether it is aggressive.

A search for the keyword "Virtrum" even includes all possible similar or related homophones.

However, the screen consistently displayed no matching results.

Batman did not give up.

The absence of records does not mean the non-existence of civilization; on the contrary, it may mean that this civilization is extremely mysterious or comes from some unknown region of the universe.

He then retrieved information on known dangerous civilizations in the universe and compared them one by one.

From an alien planet that revered killing to interstellar pirate groups that made a living by plundering resources, he carefully reviewed the information on every dangerous civilization.

"There aren't even any similar ones."

Batman's brows were furrowed like steel bars.

Li Zhen described him as "bloodthirsty and warlike" and "proud of conquest," as well as the description of the flying creature that brought Li Zhen here three days ago.

"This kid is really strong. To be honest, when I was about his age, I don't think I had such a strong body."

Batman immediately listed them as potential high-threat targets.

A race capable of etching slaughter and conquest into the genes of civilization, any individual appearing near Earth would bring potentially enormous disaster to the planet.

Moreover, if a mere "teenage rebel" possesses such a formidable physique, then the regular warriors of Vitrum must be even more terrifying in strength.

Batman's gaze grew increasingly serious as he began to construct a combat model of the Witrum aliens in his mind, analyzing the potential threat they posed to Earth.

Unfortunately, the guy who sent Li Zhen had been keeping a close eye on him for the past three days.

Unlike the naive, blue-haired giant in Metropolis, the guy in the black suit didn't give Batman a single chance to obtain more physiological samples from the boy.

I only managed to get a single drop of blood.

At this moment, that drop of blood is deep underground in the bat cave, inside an analyzer that is emitting a roaring sound.

However, due to the extremely small sample size, many tests cannot be carried out at will, and it will probably take a long time to understand the true nature of that boy.

"A rebel who fled his home planet?"

Batman's eyes were full of scrutiny.

"The fluctuations in tone are consistent with the characteristics of tension and fear. The heart rate data is basically normal, and the breathing rate is not obviously abnormal, but we cannot rule out the possibility that it is a disguise that has been specially trained."

His gaze fell on the window displaying Li Zhen's physiological data on the screen, carefully analyzing the changes in each data point.

When Li Zhen described the cruelty of Vitrum, her heart rate did rise slightly and her breathing became somewhat rapid. These physiological reactions are consistent with the behavior of a normal person recalling a terrifying experience.

But Batman dared not let his guard down. He had seen too many enemies who were good at disguising themselves. Some agents were specially trained and could perfectly control their physiological reactions, making it impossible to see any flaws on the surface.

This boy named Li Zhen grew up in a cruel environment and must have undergone rigorous training.

Are these reactions genuine emotional expressions or carefully designed pretense?

Batman couldn't be sure, nor did he dare to draw any conclusions easily.

In his view, any individual from an unknown alien civilization deserves the highest level of vigilance, even if the other party appears to be just a seriously injured teenager.

He did not believe Li Zhen's words.

We have also prepared for the worst.

What if this boy is an undercover agent sent by Vitrum to prepare for a subsequent invasion?

What if all his claims are false, and his so-called "escape" is just a pretext, with his real purpose being to infiltrate Earth?

These possibilities all exist and need to be verified one by one.

Batman never believes anyone's word; he only believes evidence.

"Initiate the level 2 monitoring procedure and closely monitor the target's movements."

Batman issued commands to the console.

"Also, contact Green Lantern and ask him to check the OAA database to see if a civilization called 'Witrum' exists in the universe."

The console emits a soft beep, indicating that the command has been executed successfully.

The monitoring program was activated, and countless miniature devices hidden around the attic began to operate in all directions.

Communication signals with the Green Lantern Corps have been sent, and they are awaiting a response.

A moment later, a slightly frivolous voice made a call request to Batman.

"Knock knock knock? Are the bats home?"

Batman leaned back slightly, listening quietly to the faint roaring sound coming from his headset.

Then he asked the question without any emotion.

"It sounds like things are going well where you are?"

"Yes, buddy, yes."

Hal Jordan's voice was accompanied by slightly rapid breathing.

"You know, cosmic police arresting cosmic criminals is just routine, but this guy's a bit too slippery, he's really fast!"

Batman, with a dark expression, waited until Hal stopped rambling before speaking to question him.

"Where's the information I asked you to look up?"

"Ah, you're always so impatient. When you're on a date with a girl, are you like that too...?"

Batman gave a heavy, cold snort, and Hal Jordan quickly stopped talking and became more restrained.

"No, bats, no."

"What?"

Batman's expression grew increasingly serious.

"I said no, what Vitrum Star? There is no such planet. It is not recorded in the Oa database. It is not there a thousand years ago, and we don't know about the next thousand years."

Batman couldn't help but sit up straight, tapped his finger, and switched the screen back to the surveillance footage of Li Zhen drinking soup with her head down.

He stared intently at the boy, and at the same time couldn't help but ask Hal Jordan for confirmation once again.

Are you sure you really investigated thoroughly?

There was another burst of explosions over Hal's side, followed by Hal's screams and the sound of him being slammed heavily into the ground.

After quite some time, Hal's somewhat tired voice came again.

"Dude, do you think OA's supercomputer is something made on Earth?"

boom!

Hal seemed to have punched something, and yelled at it to behave.

"The moment I received your communication signal, I sent Witrum's query request back to Oa's data center. Oa's integrated intelligence can search through all the historical data in just three seconds. The conclusion is that there is no such thing as a Witrum planet."

The bat fell silent.

Hal fed the dog a few times, but received no response. He said with some helplessness.

"Please, think about it carefully. Even if Oa may not contain all the knowledge of our universe, a planet with a warlike and bloodthirsty civilization is bound to interact with other civilizations—through war!"

"But we still can't find a trace of Witrum's past existence. Either your source is fake, or I need to request the League to conduct a mental evaluation of you. Have you been fooled by the Joker?"