"Wait, what's going on?!" The woman with the steel whip took a step back with one foot, her eyes wide and she looked up at the sky, a roar echoing beyond the starport.

"This is a starport floating in outer space! Why is it raining??!!!! ”

The men who followed behind the woman were also a little flustered, they all took a few steps back, and looked at the vision of the sky at a loss, but the lowly people next to them who were not wearing armor, but wearing cloth clothes, looked down at their hands in some confusion, and the rain fell on their skin, but did not slip off the surface of the skin, but disappeared.

The woman was stunned for a moment, a look of panic flashed in her eyes, the muscles of her hand holding the steel whip suddenly rose, and she said in a very low voice that no one else could hear: "How is this possible? Apocalypse's force field is broken?! This—this is absolutely impossible, no one has ever done it, no, we have to find a way to solve it. ”

She gritted her teeth, the look on her face gradually changed to fierceness, the muscles of her arms stretched out the tights in an instant, and she roared, swinging the steel whip violently, and electricity flew through the hall.

"Come on, kill them!" The woman screamed, "They must not be allowed to invade the Apocalypse!" ”

She had completely forgotten her contemptuous attitude, because she knew more than the other low-ranking soldiers here, so she understood what this transformation just meant.

The Apocalypse itself is a huge force field.

This is the truth that only the upper echelons of the Apocalypse Star know, this planet can maintain such a strange state under the physical rules of the universe, all because the Apocalypse Star is both a planet and a galaxy, both a physically existing celestial body and an aggregate of energy.

In addition to maintaining the existence of the Apocalypse, this force field also has one of the most important functions, any creature that lives in this force field will be affected by the force field to be loyal to Darkseid, and will eventually become a fanatical fan of Darkseid, willing to sacrifice everything for him, including his own life.

This is why Darkseid's fleet will take captives all over the universe and scatter them across the vast surface, because after a while, they will become naturally loyal soldiers and laborers, willing to die for Darkseid's sake, without expecting anything in return.

There is no need for Apocalypse to develop robot and clone tactics that may get out of control or rebel, but the natural intelligent life affected by the force field of Apocalypse is the most loyal, and only needs to throw them on the surface of the planet for a period of time, there is no cheaper means of cannon fodder manufacturing.

But now, it seems that there is another darker force field that is gradually eroding the Apocalypse Star Force Field that shrouds the starport, perhaps it is not accurate to say erosion, it is more like substitution or covering, the familiar force field in the starport has completely disappeared, replaced by the bleak wind, cold rain and dark night, and the silent seriousness and terrifying mad laughter.

"Lady Lashina, something is wrong...... a trembling voice came from behind the woman, and she turned her head to look to find a guard slumped on the ground, looking above the starport with a frightened expression.

It was a covered area with a transparent roof, and the woman known as Rashina looked back, and the forced composure on her face completely collapsed, because above her head was a dense dark cloud and a full moon that appeared from time to time behind the dark clouds.

"What the hell is going on?!! Rashina broke down and shouted, "This is the space station, where does the atmosphere come from?" What is that glowing yellow body?!! ”

Konstantin, who rubbed his fingers against the wine glass, also showed a puzzled expression, he looked at the inexplicable change of weather on the screen, and asked in a confused tone: "So what the hell is going on?" Did anyone you send use any illusions? But if it's just a scene, what are these people panicking about? ”

"It shows that they see more than just sights." Schiller delicately grasped the top half of the glass, and laid it flat on the wooden armrest, one leg on the other, his fingers crossed in front of him, and smiled without explaining much.

This brings us to the law of derivation beyond the law of aggregation between Batman and Joker, which is Gotham's identity formula.

Did Batman and the Joker come first or Gotham?

This is actually a question worth thinking about, some people believe that the Joker was born in the darkness of Gotham, and it was the dark social status quo of Gotham that gave him a bad day, and the Joker appeared.

If you look at it according to this line of thought, then the order of appearance should be Batman first, Gotham second, and Joker third, it is precisely to highlight the dark nature of Batman, Gotham will always be affected by a root darkness, so the Joker will be born.

But the problem with this idea is that it deconstructs the fatalism of Batman and the Joker, believing that the Joker is an indirect product, but a supporting character in Batman's dark story, and is the same existence as Gotham, or even born in Gotham, which is slightly lower than Gotham.

But this violates the law of aggregation of Batman and Joker, the equality of Batman and Joker is an unchanging identity of the DC universe, they are always directly related, not who caused whom to come into being, but always mutually fulfilling and interdependent.

In this way, the existence of Gotham is unnecessary between Batman and the Joker, but in fact, Gotham represents more than just a city on the East Coast of the United States, it symbolizes the stage of Batman in the never-ending dark story, and the elements that build this stage are as complex as the factors that build the characters of Batman and Joker.

As we all know, the elements that make up the Joker can be Batman's gaze, chemical pool, bad day, smiley face, circus, etc., so the first element that makes up Gotham is naturally Batman, and the second element is Batman's old enemies.

Gotham is a stage for the never-ending struggle between Batman and his arch-enemies, so where the struggle is staged, there is the stage, and where it is naturally Gotham, this is the identity formula of Gotham.

Of course, since Gotham is so defined, it can be reversed that the biggest factor affecting Gotham's existence is Batman and his archenemy, although the archenemy includes the Joker, but in Gotham's constant formula, the biggest influence on Gotham's existence is still Batman.

In other words, there is a certain similarity with Batman's clown aggregation law, and how Batman exists, Gotham will change depending on his state.

For example, Batmen like Batman in the main universe seem to be completely unable to save Gotham, because the darkness in their hearts has never changed, and the darkness of Gotham, which comes from the roots, will not disappear, and the dark nature of the city will persist for a long time.

But in some comics, Batman is no longer Batman, he becomes Bruce Wayne, uses commercial means to save the city, successfully saves the dark city, and restores Gotham to real order.

Some people say that these dark Batmen are stupid and didn't think of using capital to save the city, but in fact, this is just the influence of the underlying roots of the universe, when Batman is deep in the quagmire and can't save himself, Gotham can't be saved, and when he leaves behind all the darkness of the past, Gotham can naturally see the light again.

Schiller, who witnessed Bruce's transformation, naturally determined this, Batman is saved, Gotham is saved, Batman sees the light, Gotham can see the light again.

The man who is known as the protagonist in the story is so deeply tied to his setting that anyone who wants to bypass Batman to save Gotham is just a pipe dream.

But for this phenomenon alone, Schiller believes that it is possible to dig deeper.

First of all, if the darker Batman is, the darker Gotham, then is it possible that Batman has some other trait that Gotham will change because of this, just like the strength of Batman's binding to the Joker?

However, after Schiller's student Bruce became an angel, Schiller didn't notice much change in Gotham, he thought that it was possible that Bruce replaced Gabriel's person, rather than really becoming an archangel, Gabriel's position originally existed, and Bruce just replaced him, so it didn't have much impact.

Schiller's series of plans to capture the evil Batman included a small experimental goal, which was to see if the untainted natural Batman would change his Gotham after gaining some strange powers.

As we all know, Batman can't do magic, otherwise the universe will be destroyed, so this Batman who accepts other powers can't stay in his original universe, otherwise the universe will be destroyed, and the results of the experiment will not be visible.

After Schiller's Bruce brought Bruce Jr., Schiller was not sure if this individual who had not yet become Batman could be considered Batman and whether the experiment would have an effect, but anyway, it was coming, so let's try it.

After successfully seducing Nyaratotip into becoming interested in Bruce Jr. and lending him his powers, Schiller sent Bruce Jr. into a dark space, and to his surprise, Bruce Jr.'s ambitions were even greater than he thought, either he didn't want it or he wanted it all.

After learning that Bruce Jr. was likely to fuse the powers of Nyarrathotep and Barbatos, Schiller decided it was time to test whether his idea was correct, so he gave a very detailed plan with a theory and a method of execution when Helen and Harley turned to the Necronomicon for help.

In The Book of Necronomicon, Schiller gave Halle and Helen a detailed introduction to Batman's Joker Aggregation Law and several formulas in this law, including the conditions for the Joker to spawn, as well as the phenomenon of Batman and the Joker's strength binding.

That's why these two girls were so shocked when they saw this plan, for no other reason, that is, no one in this world knew Batman better than Schiller.

Of course, Schiller expected that Helen would eventually take over the role of the Joker, after all, she had already guessed the true identity of the Book of Necronomicon, Helen knew that everyone involved in Schiller's plan may be pushed away and have to suffer, but the more you pay, the greater the gain, Helen keenly felt that there were benefits to be gained, and finally agreed.

And according to Batman's law of clown aggregation, the Doom Day of the Joker must be stronger than Batman's, so Bruce almost immediately found that the two forces in his body that were originally pouring over each other combined at a speed that he didn't even react to, and some wonderful chemical reactions occurred.

The dark multiverse energy of Barbatos and the ciphertext power of the outer god Nyaratotip merge and merge to become one with power and knowledge, and Batman's power rises rapidly until he reaches a level like that of the young Doom Day Joker.

In the same way, Gotham, which is deeply influenced by Batman, has also changed, that is, Gotham's strength is now about equal to Bruce Jr. and about equal to Helen of Doom Day, and Doom Day itself is a complete supermodel existence.

And because the changes produced by Bruce Jr. are inseparable from the occult and magic, his own stage Gotham also has similar attributes, implying darkness, madness, and dizzying mystery.

Bruce looked up, and he saw not only Gotham in the rain, the clouds, and the moon that flickered behind the clouds, but also the eternally cloudy, damp and cold bay town in Massachusetts.

(End of chapter)