American comics: Praising the sun, starting from Gotham!

Chapter 369 What? We've become divine beasts?

"Give up, everyone."

After another twelve-hour brainstorming session that yielded no results, Tony was the first to give up and slump into his chair.

"I admit, we lost."

He raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"We've lost to something we can't even define. What cosmic recognition? That's more absurd than nihilistic nonsense! My assistant just told me he'd rather calculate the last digit of pi than analyze this merit anymore!"

Inside the research command center, a chorus of sighs and lamentations filled the air.

For the first time, these geniuses, standing at the pinnacle of their respective universes' wisdom, experienced the feeling of helplessness of a scholar encountering a soldier, unable to reason with him.

Just as everyone was immersed in the dejected atmosphere of the project's impending failure, a faint voice came from the corner.

"Everyone."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a sunflower slowly swaying its flower head.

That was Ivy's clone, the signal base station she left here to maintain communication. Because her main body had burned too much energy, this clone appeared extremely weak at the moment, and even its light had dimmed considerably.

"I'd like to relay something to everyone on behalf of Xiu En."

"We're going on vacation."

"So you guys take your time studying it. I'm not in a hurry."

Having said that, the little sunflower seemed to have exhausted its last bit of strength. With a flash of light, it disappeared from the spot and returned to the World Tree to hibernate.

"Huh?"

Rocket Raccoon rubbed his ears, unable to believe what he was hearing.

"They've gone on vacation? At this time?!"

"We've been working ourselves to the bone trying to get him back, and he's off on his honeymoon?!"

Tony felt his blood pressure soaring at an unhealthy rate.

What is this?

However, while everyone else found this act of abandoning his responsibilities incomprehensible and even somewhat infuriating, only Bruce Wayne, upon hearing the words "going on vacation to other worlds," had a terrifying glint in his bloodshot eyes, which had been filled with the result of a week of intense work!

Other Worlds —

Vacation ————

No rush —

These seemingly disparaging words have exposed a blind spot in thinking that everyone has overlooked!

"I see----"

"We were all wrong!"

Bruce slammed his hand on the table and stood up from his seat. His powerful Batman aura silenced all the complaints from those present!

"All our research and all our ideas are built within a fixed framework!"

He pointed to the holographic whiteboard covered with various complex models.

"What we're thinking about is how to shield or transfer that merit within the framework of our own universe!"

"But that's like trying to use a Windows firewall to block a virus from an iOS system! It's completely irrelevant!"

"Wait, Bruce?"

Reed frowned.

"you mean?"

"That's right!"

"Since merit is a gift bestowed upon Xiu En within our system, it's essentially the internal settlement mechanism of the intertwined universes of DC and Marvel!"

"Then, as long as he himself stays in a completely new universe with rules entirely different from ours!"

"So, the so-called merit alarm might never be triggered at all?! That's why Xiu En and Ivy were able to go on vacation!"

Bruce's words pulled all the geniuses present out of their dead ends!

"My God? Yeah!"

"As long as the caller is out of service area, those urgent calls will never get through!"

Reed excitedly frantically wrote new formulas on the whiteboard.

"Furthermore, if we can obtain the fundamental rules of that lawless realm, we can write a law-masking program for Mr. Shuen!"

"It allows him to impersonate a native from another world! A completely new species, a completely new identity!"

"By then, his return will no longer trigger the merit bestowed upon Xiu En!"

"That's right!"

"Ivy!"

He sent a new mission briefing to the sunflower clone resting in the World Tree through the highest-level internal communication channel!

"Contact Xiu En immediately! Tell him the plans have changed!"

"Your vacation, from this moment forward, is transformed into a top-level government-sponsored inspection tour!"

"Mission objective!"

"Make us a complete copy of the source code for the world you're going to!"

The world's ocean.

The sunflower, who was showing off to Xiu En about successfully securing a honeymoon trip, suddenly froze.

The next second, she looked miserable and wilted.

"It's over."

"What's wrong?" Xiu En asked curiously.

"Bruce has given us work again."

Ivy listlessly repeated Bruce's mission briefing.

"puff----"

Xiu En couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.

"I knew it, his mind works faster than anyone else's."

He shook his head, his face full of admiration that was both funny and exasperating.

"In just a few minutes, he upgraded our honeymoon to a paid business trip."

"Paid business trips?! I want a vacation!"

Ivy patted his shoulder with a leaf, clearly annoyed.

"What happened to our vacation?!"

"Okay, okay. This time it's different."

"Think about it, since we're going to that world anyway, we might as well copy some code back while we're at it, like collecting local specialties."

"snort!"

Ivy thought about it and realized that it made sense.

"Oh well!"

She reluctantly agreed.

"But it's a deal, this business trip, you have to listen to me! If I say go east, you can't go west! If I say we need to catch that yellow electric mouse, you can't go and nibble on that pink balloon over there!"

"make a deal!"

"make a deal!"

Under Ivy's three prohibitions, Xiu En once again chose to surrender.

There was nothing I could do; she was my little flower.

He smiled and shook his head. Then, Xiu En looked at the Bridge of Cause and Effect, which was beginning to become illusory, and glanced one last time at the Xi Mu Realm, then at the World Tree and the heroes inside.

"Wait for me to come back."

In his heart, he silently spoke to his friends who were racking their brains over him.

Then Shun plunged headlong into the Pokémon world, which was filled with tranquility and peace!

The feeling of passing through the crystal walls of the Pokémon world is also quite wonderful.

It was like plunging headfirst into a spring full of kindness.

A gentle yet immense power of the world's laws enveloped Xiu En and Ivy's presence.

Xiu En could feel his consciousness materializing under the influence of this law, without even needing to actively bask in the sun to gather his body.

The light dissipated.

He looked down and saw a pair of flesh-and-blood hands that belonged to him.

He regained his body.

"I really miss it."

Xiu En clenched his fist, feeling the power within him, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

He moved his neck, and then subconsciously touched his shoulder.

Empty.

His heart sank!

"Ivy?!"

"It's so noisy, I'm right here."

A voice came from above his head.

Xiu En looked up and saw the sunflower floating above his head, patting his forehead with its leaves in dissatisfaction.

"That scared me to death."

"I thought you had disconnected."

"snort."

The sunflower let out a soft hum, then floated back onto that warm shoulder.

"Even if you disconnect, I won't disconnect."

Just as Xiu En was about to exchange a few words with her, a system notification sounded in his mind! Ivy, who had been mentally connected to him, also saw the new interface.

【Ding! 】

[Host has been detected to have entered a new world. Reading the fundamental laws of this world.]

[Law reading complete, system compatibility update in progress]

[Update rate 0% — 5.0% — 9% —]

[Ding! System V3.0 Pokémon Special Edition has been successfully launched!]

[In accordance with the laws of this world, the identity of the host and related entities is being verified.]

[Verification complete!]

The next second, a blue interface resembling some kind of encyclopedia popped up in front of Xiu En's eyes!

[Pokémon Name]: Solgaleo Shu (Mythical Pokémon/Pseudo)

[Illustrated Guide Number]: ? ? ? (Not recorded)

[Type]: Light/Steel [Ability]: Sunbeam (When this Pokémon enters the field, regardless of the current weather, it will be forcibly changed to Sunny Day. Under Sunny Day weather, the Attack, Defense, and Speed ​​of all allied Grass-type units are greatly increased.)

[Race Value]: ? ? ? (Data overflow, unable to calculate)

[Known Skills]: Solar Beam, Cannon Beam, Cosmic Power, Meteor Flash, and ??? (Many unregistered skills detected; please explore them yourself.)

[Description]: A legendary Pokémon from another dimension, considered a messenger of the sun, possessing the power to devour it. Its very existence is the conceptual embodiment of the sun. Currently, it is embarking on an unknown journey in human form.

[Pokémon Name]: Shaymin Ivy (Mythical Pokémon/Pseudo)

[Illustrated Guide Number]: ? ? ? (Not recorded)

[Type]: Grass/Ground [Ability]: Natural Recovery (When this Pokémon returns to Shu's shoulder, it automatically removes all status conditions.)

Gratitude (When this Pokémon feels love, the effect of its Seed Shiny move will be dramatically enhanced.)

[Race Value]: ? ? ? (Data overflow, unable to calculate)

[Known Skills]: Seed Flash, Aromatherapy, Grassy Terrain, Earth Power, and ??? (Many unregistered skills detected; please explore them yourself.)

[Description]: A legendary Pokémon from another dimension, considered the embodiment of the earth, possessing the power to instantly bloom with flowers across barren land. Its very existence is the embodiment of life. For some reason, it has an extreme fondness for maintaining a sunflower posture, often perched on the shoulder of a certain Solgaleo, seemingly believing it to be the safest place in the world.

Xiu En exclaimed, his mouth agape.

"Good heavens—"

"I crossed over to another world and was demoted from a god to a divine beast?!"

"besides!"

He pointed at the name Solgaleo and made a rant about Ivy on his shoulder.

"If you're going to assign an identity, at least give it to a bird! A three-legged bird, one of those! How did it become a lion?! You've even changed the species!"

"What's wrong with it?"

Ivy was quite satisfied with the result, and she tapped her encyclopedia page with the leaf.

She looked at her natural recovery ability (clearing abnormal statuses when returning to the shoulder) and let out a satisfied hum.

"Hmph, at least this broken system has some sense."

After adapting to his new settings as a humanoid mythical beast and a plant mythical beast, Xiu En closed the encyclopedia interface.

He looked around.

They are now in a forest.

He looked at his trench coat, which had miraculously returned, and then at the sunflower on his shoulder, which was curiously observing its surroundings.

Well, a trainer on a trip, and a Pokémon that looks a bit strange.

This combination probably won't attract too much attention, right?

"Let's go, Little Flower."

Xiu En felt relieved.

Our trip has officially begun!