Schiller rummaged through the archives in the Batcave, and Barry was like a nail under his feet, unable to stand quietly in place, sometimes going around behind the shelf, and sometimes walking to the door, and Schiller was dizzy.

"If you really can't stay still, go and wait at the door." Schiller said as he pulled open the drawer and turned to Barry.

Barry looked frightened, but excited, he looked up at the row of switches on the wall, rubbed his hands and said, "I have known for a long time that Batman has a database of all kinds of materials, which contains plans and plans to deal with villains all over the world and even the whole universe, including himself. ”

"Batman doesn't let anyone get close to that database, or even let anyone else look at it, well, I'm just curious, oh my god! It's the first time I've been so free to move around in a bat cave......"

Barry was like a young man in a small town who had just entered the city and had never seen the world, his head kept turning to look at the environment in this archive room, and Schiller said as he looked down at the materials:

"I'm guessing that when you go back, you'll definitely brag about the Batman of your world, and you'll tell him that even though he did such a tight guard, you still found a flaw in Batman from other universes."

"But I advise you not to do it, as his friend, you don't need to aggravate his condition." Schiller shook his head lightly and said.

"But that's just the way it is." Barry spread his hands and said, "I'm in another Batman's bat cave right now, and this information is unsuspecting to me, even if the Batman of my world is on guard, I still get his secrets from other sources." ”

"I'm not showing off how strong I am, I just want to tell him that a lot of his worries are unnecessary and I want him to relax a little bit." Barry explained.

"He won't feel any more relaxed, just more anxious and miserable, and he will know that there are many of his congeners in the universe, and some of them are completely different from his style, which may cause his secrets to be revealed as well." Schiller flipped through a page of information and said.

"This is something that cannot be changed for the time being with his ability, but it will affect his life from moment to moment, and may bring danger to him, which is a fatal blow to the patient with anxiety disorders, don't stimulate him anymore."

As soon as Barry was about to say something, Schiller turned to look Barry in the eye and said, "I know, you admire Batman very much, and you have always regarded yourself as his good companion, and your friends in Batman in that world are like this." ”

"You think that as long as you let him recognize the fact that there is a reality in this world that he can't change, you can let him let go of those unnecessary worries and put away his excessive suspicion, and you think that this will make him normal."

"Isn't that right?" Barry crossed his hands on his hips and looked into Schiller's eyes and said: "This is a fact, no matter how strong Batman is, he can't control everything in all the universes, but he has to do it, it will make him very painful, and the people around him will also be painful." ”

Schiller seemed to be extraordinarily patient in the face of Barry, he reached out and put the finished document back on the shelf, and said in a calm and powerful tone: "Yes, this pain comes from his excessive desire for control, which in turn comes from insecurity. ”

"You repeatedly highlight to him insecurity that is beyond his control, but that doesn't diminish that insecurity, or give him a sense of security."

"It's like facing a person who has fallen overboard, you should throw him a lifebuoy instead of standing on the shore and shouting to him, 'It's going to be high tide, if you don't swim up quickly, you'll drown.'"

Barry stood in deep thought, and Schiller picked up a new document, and as he looked at it, he said, "Mental illness is like a heavy stone tied to a person's ankle, and when people are still on the shore, it only makes them feel tired and walk slower than others." ”

"But once they fall into the water, it will become a fatal drag, but in the eyes of you normal people, the water is not deep, and he can swim, but he can only struggle powerlessly on the edge of drowning."

"You think that in common sense, he has the ability to break free from the current situation, so he chooses to struggle in the water, is it his own volition, or is it just a performance, you are worried, but you also feel that maybe he has his own arrangements, so it's good to drag it like this, there is no need to rescue immediately."

"But in reality, the stone tied to his feet does not disappear out of thin air, the pain and struggle you feel on him all the time is not an illusion, let alone a performance, your intuition is right, he just needs to be saved, and immediately, he needs a lifebuoy."

Barry opened his mouth, and in the darkness he saw a glimmer of light in Schiller's eyes, and like a moth attracted by the light source, he took two steps forward, closer to Schiller.

"And how am I going to give him a lifebuoy?"

"It depends on what kind of lifebuoy you want to get when you're drowning."

As soon as he finished speaking, Schiller threw a stack of papers into Barry's hand and said, "Okay, that's all Lex needs, let's send him the materials first." ”

Soon, the light of the speed force covered Schiller's body again, and the two returned to the room under the Rodriguez Manor where the Ark Reactor was stored.

Lex had already removed the parts that needed to be adjusted, and he spread the reactor data that Schiller had brought with him on the floor and began to adjust the specifications of the interfaces against the design drawings.

While waiting for Lex to adjust, Schiller walked to the bookcase in the room, sat down in a chair and began to read academic journals, when suddenly, he felt a shadow cover the ground beside him.

Schiller didn't look up, just read the words in the book intently, and a voice came from his ear: "You know how to help Batman, do you?" ”

"You must be very close to him, maybe someone he trusts very much, but unfortunately, in my world, Batman does not have such an elder, I can feel that he is sinking deeper and deeper." Barry's voice revealed a kind of helplessness and sadness.

"So can you tell me, how did you do that? How did you create a lifebuoy and throw it to him? ”

Schiller pushed his glasses, turned his head to glance at Barry, he leaned back on the arm of the chair in the direction where Barry was, looked at Barry from bottom to top and said, "Of course I'd love to tell you, but now I'm facing a problem, are you willing to do everything you can to help me solve it?" ”

“…… Of course, The Flash is here to help. ”

Soon, the three of them were standing again in front of the giant ark reactor, and Lex made a gesture before saying:

"This huge reactor was supposed to be used to power all the buildings in Gotham's renovation project, just like now."

"But at the same time, it's also an energy reactor that can store huge amounts of energy, compress them, change their properties, and concentrate them on one burst out, and that's what I want to do."

"After a long period of investigation, I found that the dark clouds over Gotham have nothing to do with natural celestial phenomena, it is more like a product of a special rule concretization, the essence should still be energy, but the nature of energy is not understandable to humans at this stage."

"But it doesn't matter if you can understand it or not, human beings have never really understood the world they live in, but we know how to destroy it by violent means, and the only solution to destruction is that the equivalent is large enough."

"I think that this mysterious energy that hangs over Gotham cannot be deciphered by human science at this stage, and even if it can be cracked, it will take a long time, so instead of cracking it, it is better to blow it up."

"The Ark Reactor is still essentially a big bomb, but its energy output is too stable for power supply, but not for blasting."

"So, I've been looking for a fuse for a bomb, and in short, I need an energy that is offensive and breakthrough enough to act as a spark to ignite the energy of the Ark Reactor."

"Originally, I was thinking about green light energy...... "Lex turned his head to look at Schiller, then shook his head lightly and said, "But green light energy is more inclined to shape, and it does not belong to instantaneous burst energy." ”

"But luckily, we have a new friend." Lex set his gaze on Barry again, and Barry frowned and said, "So, you think the speed force is the kind of energy you want?" ”

Lex nodded and said, "Although the two energies were not well connected before due to interface problems, it can still be seen that the divine speed force you output can cause a change in the energy of the Ark Reactor." ”

Barry nodded, and Schiller asked, "Are you trying to use the Ark Reactor to blow up the dark clouds over Gotham?" I don't understand the principle, but there are two questions, first, how to ensure the safety of the city? Second, how to maintain the long-term effect of a short-term explosion? ”

"These two are actually one problem." Lex replied, "That's exactly what I need to turn to you, I need a medium." ”

"Media?"

"The halo on your head."

Schiller's eyes widened slightly and he looked at Lex, who took out a document from behind him and said, "I saw it in the information provided to me by Bruce before, he has done a detailed study of the aperture on your head, and the research shows that this is a very suitable material for energy maintenance and conduction. ”

"At the same time, because it can be scaled up and down at will, it is large enough to cover the sky over the entire Gotham City, and it can be maintained at a certain height without spending any force, and the material is strong enough to not be afraid of being attacked, and it also has its own brightness to provide lighting."

"To put it simply, after the initial explosion, I will conduct a large amount of energy to the aperture, form a new energy layer in the center of the aperture, replace the original dark cloud energy layer, and then maintain it at a suitable height to envelop the top of Gotham, so that the dark clouds cannot invade here."

Schiller thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It sounds effective, so let's try it." ”

Barry listened to the bewilderment, and just as he was thinking about whether the "aura" in Lex's mouth was some black words, he saw a circle of light on Schiller's head.

In Barry's shocked gaze, Schiller took the aperture off and threw it to Lex.

(End of chapter)