"For example?" Bruce asked silently.

"For example? Do you have a stronger sense of morality and justice? Having the upper hand without constraints? I'm not very much in favor of this way of doing things where one emotion takes over permanently, it's too much of a hole for you. It's like a human sense of pain, it will certainly bring you a bad experience, but it can save your life at a critical moment. The same goes for the dark side. Stephen thought for a moment and replied. The answer and analogy weren't quite accurate, of course, but it was enough for Bruce to realize the meaning and draw inferences and understand them.

"I'm more of a fan of it to cut out psionic [growths] and make people less extreme."

"So, is it now separate from me?" Bruce looked at the young Wayne who was lying on the ground, suffering great pain, and his face was distorted, and at the same time, he felt light, and at the same time, his heart was a little inexplicably dazed for a while.

"He is infected with the abyss, and he is the one who actively provokes it. If you want to live, live healthy, that's all you can do. Cut it off before it infects you in turn. Stephen looked at the spiritual world that gradually split down the crack, and explained to Bruce.

With the roaring roar, the ground between Bruce and Young Wayne cracked, first it was just a fine crack, and then it snaked to these two sides and expanded rapidly, the ground crack that was just a crack at the beginning, it was also like opening a mountain and dividing the sea, expanding to both sides, forming a bottomless abyss.

The manor, which carried many of the memories and emotions of Bruce's youth, gradually moved away with the young Wayne as the ground cracked. Young Wayne also seemed to realize that he was about to die, and the fountain behind him splattered black slurry like a black line, turning into black lines like spider silk in mid-air, and shooting like a shower in the direction of Bruce.

Stephen and Bruce watched this scene quietly, the speed of expansion of the crack caused by the ground crack was too fast, even if the black spider silk of young Wayne was long and urgent, it was still like facing the moat, and it could never connect to the ground on Bruce's side. In the end, it can only be gradually engulfed in a dense fog in a frenzied, beast-like roar.

With young Wayne gone, Bruce felt like he had been relieved of some danger that was making his scalp tingle.

The spiritual world has stabilized again. As young Wayne was engulfed in the abyss, the members of the Dark Knights he embodied were like weathered statues, crumbling and collapsing.

Just when Bruce thought it was all over, another jolt came into play, and he felt like something was being cut off from him. A strong light dispelled part of the fog, revealing a man whose face was so golden that it was so hot that it was impossible to see his face clearly, and soon retreated in the fog along with the light, along with the ground that had once again split.

"So what?" Bruce vaguely felt that he had lost something important this time, and he took a deep breath and looked at Stephen, who was smiling awkwardly.

"You know, sometimes I have to think about the recovery of my patients. Since your dark side has been cut off, the opposite, your light side, naturally needs to be cut off. Otherwise, it's just a shift from one extreme to another. It's hard to strike a balance during this period. Stephen said helplessly.

"Are you sure you think that?" Bruce felt that he was unusually calm now, calm and even a bit like an emotionless cold robot. But it is very peculiar that he can clearly feel that he still has the power of emotions, and he is still a human being with joys, sorrows, and sorrows, but now those emotions are much weaker in his heart.

For example, he still feels angry and angry, but this anger does not climb to the point where it gets out of control. The same is true for other emotions. You can feel them, but you can't be deeply affected by them.

"You have to believe in the professional!" Stephen said firmly.

"I hope so. Now, has everything settled down? I'm referring to where I am now. Bruce had no intention of arguing with Stephen over the issue, and in any case, Stephen did him a great favor this time. Without Stephen, it's hard to say if he would have been replaced by his own dark side, and then become the Abyss Knight who combined the power of the abyss to destroy this universe.

Of course, it is also possible that he was discovered by Luke and the others before he could completely destroy this world, and then controlled and sealed it. It's also possible.

"Where are you now?" Stephen looked at Bruce's calm face, "What do you mean?" ”

"My emotions seem to have faded a lot. Many people and feelings that I value, including those I hold onto, now have a sense of indifference in my heart. Does that feel right? Am I going to stay in this state of apathy? Bruce asked. He had to ask it clearly, and now he could see that something was wrong, because the cutting time was still short, and he could still realize the feeling of separation, and when time passed, it would be terrible if he didn't recover.

It's hard for Bruce to predict what kind of person he can become when he is emotionally apathetic and doesn't care about anything else! And most of the results of speculation based on this situation are not what Bruce is willing to accept. After all, those speculative futures are nothing more than postponing the current troubles to the future.

"You're asking if this state is normal? Is it always maintained or is it time-bound? Stephen immediately understood Bruce's worries, and he comforted him, "Don't worry, I didn't completely cut off your emotions. Your condition hasn't gotten worse yet. The abyss may infect your dark side, but we dealt with it in a timely manner. It's like an incurable cancer in the past, it happened, and we can't completely eradicate it. But as long as it is not in the late stage, there is a way to cure it and even control it. You're nowhere near the middle to late stages.

Over time, you will have more contact with familiar people, and your emotional system will slowly recover. Of course, there will definitely be a difference compared to who you used to be. It can't be helped! But you can think of this process as a reinvention of character, a rebirth of emotions! ”

Bruce nodded, signaling that he understood.

"Well, it's time for us to get out of here. There are some final processes to go. Stephen also breathed a sigh of relief. Although there were many surprises this time, the result was always good. (End of chapter)