Dinosaur Island, volcano.

Black smoke billowed and lava churned, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur. In the darkness, only the red glow of magma illuminated the surroundings, and the boiling lava was like a boiling river. The mountain walls became twisted and deformed in the heat, as if they were constantly trembling and moaning.

Batman clutches the hook gun and keeps descending with the help of a rope. The pungent gases seemed to pound his senses, and the black smoke clouded his vision. This is a harsh environment that ordinary humans have long been unable to bear, and all instruments and technological equipment have been disturbed, and only by willpower can continue to descend.

Ultra-hot lava, and ancient traps. The magma below was like a living thing, and it jumped restlessly when it sensed an outsider's invasion. A powerful force erupted, turning into a twisted fire dragon, and from time to time it swooped down on him.

Several times his situation was dangerous, but he avoided it.

He managed to get to the designated spot on the mountainside and found what he was looking for on this trip. The amulet, a fragment of silver kryptonite.

The moment he reached out and touched the thing, Batman felt the world spin for a moment. His senses were thrown into confusion, and his body sank in the darkness. I don't know how long it took for there to be light in the darkness.

Silver, beautiful and brilliant light, woven into countless scenes, like endless memories flooded into his mind.

"Bruce? What's wrong with you, kid? ”

In the scene with a silver crystal filter, Martha Wayne turns her head halfway from the window of Wayne's mansion. She looked much older than Bruce remembered, but she was still beautiful, and she was smiling gently at him.

"Why do you have that expression?"

"Come over to Mommy, my little liver."

Thomas Wayne stepped out of the depths of the manor, and Alfred stood straight and respectfully behind him.

"Ha, you're here." Thomas laughed, "Hurry up, you don't want to miss the opening of the show, do you?" ”

“.”

The scene changes. It's still the beautiful crystal filter, but it's changed to the night. A dark night in Gotham, a rooftop he was familiar with. In front of him was Selena Kyle, Catwoman, dressed in the tight black leather he was all too familiar with, almost perfectly outlining the proud curves that were rare in the world.

It was also the first time he saw it in his memory.

"What's wrong, bat? Suddenly shy? ”

Catwoman giggled.

"Come over here and let me love you well."

“.”

No, these are hallucinations.

He shook his head and let himself out.

Normal humans should not even be able to tell that this is an illusion, the temptation of silver kryptonite. But Batman has been trained mentally and spiritually when he travels the world, and his willpower is very human.

But these in front of you, all of this. It's so realistic.

Exactly like the real thing. All his desires, even the reason why he became Batman's fight, the dreamlike reality is within reach.

Even if you know it's a hallucination, so what?

Anyone who has this option will sink into it without hesitation. Even if he knew it was an illusion, even if he knew that what he saw was not real, it didn't matter.

"Stay, Bruce." He heard someone whispering in his ear.

Stay on this island and never go out again. He can escape the battle, escape from reality, all the pain and torture, the curse of the Dark Knight, everything can be a thing of the past.

But then an S popped into his mind.

He never admitted it himself, but Superman was a rare friend in his life and the person he felt was the most admirable. And now Superman is under the curse of silver kryptonite.

If he chooses to escape here, Clark may never wake up.

So he said "no" to the illusion of perfection.

Half an hour later, he gasped heavily and climbed out of the crater again, the silver kryptonite already in his belt. He leaned against the edge of the mountain pass and gasped violently, feeling that the air currents from the outside world had awakened him a little.

It's dangerous.

Even he almost didn't have enough will to get rid of the stone. And the people of that tribe also said that it was a relatively easy one.

I only hope that Shen You's side can go more smoothly.

Following the native's guidance, Shen You quickly found a forbidden place between the islands. Sure enough, as the other party said, there was not even a single ant in the large area nearby, as if there was some kind of powerful existence entrenched here, and no other creature dared to step into it at will.

After a few moments of further study, a dark cavern soon appeared in front of him. I saw that the outside was overgrown with weeds, and the mess had not been repaired for a long time, covertly covering the small entrance.

Of course, it is not a problem for Shen You, and there is no way to hide in the hidden cave under his insight into everything. He quickly cleared the weeds and found the entrance, and followed.

Get into it.

The damp stone walls and a little running water. Going all the way down the water stain, it turns out that there is a hole on the other side of the passage.

He was starting to sense kryptonite's signals.

Shen You quickly understood. Dinosaur Island is a strange space, and it is not a separate space. This is equivalent to the entrance to another subspace, and the dragon king's true body is hidden behind, as is the kryptonite.

Therefore, the presence of the kryptonite signal can only be sensed through this passage, because it was previously blocked by space.

But before he could get to the kryptonite, he felt it. Enmity.

There was a loud crash, and the stones on the roof of the cave fell with a bang. With the roar of the stones falling to the ground, the cave began to gather dust.

The roof of the cave collapsed, and the giant creature burst out of the ground. Rough skin, eyes flashing a fierce red, body sinuous and twisted, let out a shocking roar.

An earth dragon.

With the help of telepathy, Shen You learned that it played a role similar to that of a gatekeeper. This is the realm of the Dragon King, and anyone who trespasses will only die. Therefore, all the creatures that will appear here are also the little brothers of the Dragon King.

"Don't get excited."

Shen You tried to communicate.

"I didn't mean anything, I just came to get something for a friend."

"So why don't we lay down our arms and have a good chat, you tell me where the things are, and we can negotiate peacefully"

"Roar!!

The earth dragon roared angrily, and the whole body flew forward, opening its bloody mouth as if to turn him into today's meal.

"Okay, the negotiations broke down" Shen You was helpless.

In other words, it seems that he has never succeeded in trying to convince people with reason so far, but fortunately, according to experience, things generally get better when he moves out of "physics".

Of course, this place also belongs to the pristine ecology of its own, and he has no intention of disturbing the balance of this place. Although this little thing in front of him looks very fierce, there is no need to kill it directly.

So.

Let's take a look at the questions after half a death.

He didn't even transform, he maintained his human body, and calmly stretched out his right hand to the earth dragon that was rushing straight away.

Flick your middle finger lightly.

Boom –

(End of chapter)