When the tremor of the ground came, Batman glanced at Merkel, who covered his mouth, but the next second, he turned to beckon the demons and said, "Retreat!" Listen to me, retreat!"

As soon as this syllable came out, all the demons seemed to have been turned on the switch, immediately put down their work, began to gather together, and then rushed towards the mine step by step, the action was so fast, the reaction was fast, so that Batman also felt a little surprised.

Merkel also ran towards the depths of the mine, Batman following him, and because he reacted so quickly, the magma didn't even have time to erupt, and all the demons retreated into the underground escape tunnel.

The escape passage was also on top of the magma, but because they were so fast, after all the demons had passed through the escape passage, the magma gradually erupted, destroying the space inside the third mountain.

Before they could take a breath in the cave at the bottom of the second mountain, a snake demon poked its head out of the tunnel and said to Merkel, "Is it Comrade Merkel? Comrade Alfred has sent me to meet you, and your amazing victory in the third mountain has inspired the comrades of the second mountain......

Hearing this snake demon's sip of Soviet slang, Batman covered his eyes, and he glanced back at the frightened and somewhat distracted demon behind him, and suddenly felt a little difficult to move.

Batman really didn't want to bring this group of demons he brought with him to Alfred, just like he didn't want to bring his credit transcript back to him.

But there is no way, Merkel has already moved forward, and Batman can only go forward, and when he meets Alfred, he is directing a group of lava demons to move huge logs to the top floor of the mine as support and strengthen the structure of the mine.

Alfred was also happy when he saw Batman, he smiled a little, and then said, "I saw that the central mine collapsed, it's okay for you to be okay, it's really a miracle to be able to hold out there for so long."

Batman was stunned, he didn't expect Alfred to praise him so bluntly, he paused, but still said, "Actually, I borrowed from ......"

"No matter what you borrow, being able to hold off the elite demon soldiers for so long is enough to show that you are excellent in terms of tactical and strategic arrangement."

The praised Batman didn't seem too happy, because he was actually full of questions now, and Alfred saw his state, and he glanced at the snake demon next to him, and the snake demon took Merkel and his army, as well as Batman's army, to the deeper mines.

In the center of the mine, only Batman and Alfred remained, and Alfred led Batman to the side of the log pile, where a bonfire had been lit, except that there was a rock slab for frying and a well-cooked steak on top.

"Eat some, I got it from the overseer who runs the cafeteria, and it tastes good." Alfred cut off a piece of meat with a sharp ore and shoved it to Batman's side.

Batman paused, but didn't eat, Alfred shook his head and said, "You've been like this since you were a kid, if you're in a bad mood, you don't eat, it's going to put your stomach in a bad situation." ….

In front of Alfred, Batman looked more fragile and naïve, he was a little farther away from the rock slab, Alfred smiled and said, "I guess you are puzzled by Merkel's achievements, thinking that you are obviously smarter than him, but you can't lead this group of demons well."

Batman opened his mouth for a moment, closed it again, but then said, "Okay, that's one of the doubts, but it's not really the case."

"What's that?" Alfred cut the steak with a dagger, then forked it with a fork made of logs and put it in his mouth.

"Actually, you've always been ...... I mean, you've never given up on your ideals, and you've wanted to do that for a long time, right?" Batman asked, looking at Alfred.

Alfred bowed his head, but then, nodded, and said, "A man can never really give up his ideals if he says he puts them

If you abandon it, you may just bury your ideals in the deepest part of your heart, and you don't want to mention them to others."

"But it's not because you don't believe anymore, it's not because you're ashamed to say it, it's because a mature person should realize that when the time is not ripe enough, it's useless to shout many times and shout louder."

"Why don't you ......" Batman seemed to feel that his tone had become a little more radical and became like a question, so he relented and said, "Why have I never heard you say these things?"

Alfred looked into Batman's eyes and was silent for a long time, until his silence made Batman feel a little creepy, and Alfred sighed and said, "While Thomas and Martha are still around, I will not hide from them and instill certain ideas in a child who doesn't understand anything, that is unjust."

"And after they died......" Alfred was silent for a while, Batman kept his eyes on him, and then he heard Alfred say, "Your mental state is really not suitable for any more philosophical reflection."

Alfred said it very tactfully, but Batman had already understood what he meant, and as soon as he wanted to speak, Alfred said, "I know that at that time, you had a lot of questions, and you desperately needed someone to answer them, but I couldn't let you go down this path at that time."

"If you learn this kind of thinking because you need a one-size-fits-all answer, and you think it's the only straw, and you really feel that you have gained salvation from it, then it's no different from when you trust God."

Alfred looked at Batman with those old eyes, and there was a deep tangle and pain in his tone.

"At that time, I can give you a key as a spiritual sustenance, but the price is that you will never be able to look at this kind of thinking from an objective point of view."

Alfred's tone suddenly became a little excited, and he squeezed his hand on the edge of the slab, completely ignoring the heat on it, he looked at Batman and asked, "...... Do you know what 'liberation' is?"

Batman shook his head slowly, and Alfred said very seriously, "The liberation of all mankind that we seek is, in a sense, to give everyone the right to make all their choices and choose the answers they want." ….

"As I said before, it's not the Bible, it's not like you memorize all the theories, and then there's going to be a god in your ear who answers all your questions, but if I give it to you at that time, you'll think so."

"I can't make it your faith when you're in a hurry to ask the world questions, because that means you'll never be able to understand the essence of that thought......

"It can answer all the questions of everybody because it will tell you that it is you, and it can answer all your own questions."

Alfred's words reminded Batman of his mental state at that time, he didn't remember the events at that time very clearly, everything seemed to be broken into pieces, but the only thing he remembered was that he was trying his best to find an answer that could alleviate his pain.

At that time, the person he trusted the most was Alfred, and if Alfred had told him at that time that all this was God's will, then he would have believed it, and if it had been changed to Marxism, it might have been the same.

However, Alfred didn't say anything, so Batman doesn't believe anything now.

Alfred sighed again, and said in a somewhat guilty tone, "I know that if I give you an answer, it will make you better, but it will take away your right to choose."

"At the time, I thought so, but now I still regret it a little bit, because the consequences are much more serious than I thought."

Aside from being the master and butler, Alfred seemed to be able to say more, and Batman had never heard Alfred speak to him in such a tone, and Alfred continued:

"I only thought about the future, but I didn't think about how traumatized you would be at that time, so much that it would affect your personality in the future

, and may even affect education and future generations......" Alfred shook his head, as if he felt that there was no better way to deal with it.

When such an accident befalls a genius, it is destined that his fragile emotions, which have been suppressed by wisdom, will be completely defeated, and no matter what others do, they will only make up for the loss.

But Batman heard something else, he looked at Alfred, and asked very seriously, "So, am I really sick?"

Alfred was stunned by his question for a moment, then suddenly stammered a little, and he said intermittently, "Hmm...... It is...... Perhaps, one of your mentors, I mean, the one who has always been very strict, has expressed certain opinions about your mental state in your presence?"

"I thought he was scolding me." Batman said very simply, "...... I'm sure he's just scolding me."

"Why is he scolding you?"

"There's no why, he scolds whoever he wants." At this point, Batman paused, then continued, "He likes to scold me a lot."

Alfred flipped his palm, meaning that everything was in plain sight, and Batman took a deep breath and sighed again. ….

If Batman is not aware of whether he may have some physical mental illness, he is actually aware of it, but he mistook all this for his own rational thinking, which overpowered his emotional thinking, which caused emotional dullness.

But now it seems that his situation is not only sluggish, but some of his emotional reactions are beginning to become weaker and weaker, and even affect his empathy.

His reason and logic were telling him whether the other person was happy or sad, but once he put himself in the other person's place, he found that, in theory, it should indeed make the other person happy or sad, but he didn't feel anything about it.

This also leads to his substitution will become more and more offset, and there may also be deviations in the judgment of behavior, Batman thinks, this may also be why, his psychology is always not good at learning, he understands the theory, but once the substitution is analyzed, it is always a mess.

But then again, he was mentally ill, didn't Schiller? Everyone is mentally ill, why can he be a psychologist?

Batman was puzzled, so he was going to ask Schiller, he looked at Alfred and asked, "Where is Professor Schiller now?"

"Hey, after he left the Central Mine, he went to the Seventh Mountain, which is the closest mountain to the big eyeball." Alfred replied, and then he continued, "I have just organized the demons to dig a retreat passage to there, and when the time comes, we can go there and join him."

Hearing that the mountain where Schiller was located was closest to the big eyeball, Batman had a bad premonition, so he immediately called Merkel, and the two of them went from the retreat passage to the mine on the seventh mountain together.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the seventh mountain, they saw that General Rotten Heart was standing at the edge of the mine, looking condescendingly at Schiller lying on the ground.

He raised his harpoon high and then pierced Schiller's collarbone, Schiller snorted, and the demon behind General Rotten Heart walked up with a sinister smile.

They took out a huge rusty ring lock, threaded it through the hole made by the harpoon, locked Schiller's shoulders and collarbones, and dragged Schiller, covered in blood, out of the mine.

Merkel was shocked and shouted:

"We need to go and save General Rotten Heart immediately!!

Batman turned his head to stare at him, Merkel was stunned for a moment, and then immediately covered her mouth, and the voice spilled from between his fingers:

"Well, I mean, we need to save it right away...... Mr. Schiller!"

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Catch the herd and burn the rope