DreamersGN Chapter 450 Mother Box
Chapter 450 Mother Box
Chapter 450 Mother Box
"What solutions do you have?"
With Joey, a Superman recognized by both sides, standing in the middle as a ballast, the two sides have been relatively peaceful so far. At least in the face of life and death, they can still sit down together to discuss countermeasures.
"The known solution requires six Infinity Stones, but we only have four, or five, right now."
When making the calculations, Tony assumed that the Soul Stone, which requires the sacrifice of a loved one, would be included first: "If it really comes to that point, I believe we can retrieve the Soul Stone using a special method."
In this life-or-death moment, Tony thought that apart from stubborn old men like Captain America, no one would refuse to use some extreme measures.
The Soul Stone issue was resolved, but one gem remained completely unaccounted for: "Has anyone been able to contact Thor? No? Then we're doomed!"
According to Superman, the Reality Stone is closely related to Asgard. The problem is that Thor, this big guy with the same red cape, is even more elusive than Superman, and no one knows how far he is progressing.
Given Thor's usual punctuality, by the time he returns, the two people on Earth will probably be buried with grass growing three feet high.
The brainstorming continued: "What if it were just two Earths colliding?"
Cyborg learned a lot of information about the Batman universe from the Justice League's Watchtower, including some specific values of Clark Kent in that universe: "Could Superman push the Earth away?"
By analogy, for a super stat monster like Joey, whose left and right fists deal high damage, lifting the weight of the Earth shouldn't be too difficult, right?
"It's no use."
Joey had already tried it back when he first encountered a collision crisis during that long trip with Professor X.
When he tried to push one of the Earths away, he felt that the weight on his shoulders was more than just a planet. If he exerted more force, even with a bio-force field, the Earth would probably collapse under the pressure of the two forces.
This collision phenomenon appears to occur between two Earths, but in reality, it is a collision between two universes. Earth is merely an external material manifestation of the collision and destruction of two worlds in a higher dimension.
For example, the distance between the two Earths is currently enough to trigger the Roche limit, causing the moons in both Earth-Moon systems to be torn apart into asteroid fragments. However, even now, this scientifically plausible scenario has not occurred.
"Think of something positive!"
Cyborg and Tony rolled their eyes at Joey. The situation had become so surreal that even they, who were serious researchers, couldn't think about such scientific issues. Instead, Superman started thinking first: "If the moon shatters, we'll only be in bigger trouble!"
Joey's mind raced, his memories rewinding to the point where he recalled his encounter with Namor.
At that time, Professor X read the memories of several people present. In Namor's memory and account, he had followed the Illuminati of their universe in a life-or-death battle with another company, the Justice League Great Society, which was similar to a DC universe.
In that story, the two sides initially had a genuinely friendly exchange and discussed how to peacefully resolve the collision crisis.
Like Namo's Illuminati, this is not the first time the Great Society has encountered a collision crisis, and they also have their own one-off emergency measures.
Similar to how the Illuminati used the Infinity Gauntlet with six gems to avert the first collision crisis, the Great Companies used something called the "Six-Colored Wishing Box" to push away the Earth, which was about to collide with the first planet.
According to Namor's memories of what the other person said, this box contained boundless power, and its true form was a regular hexahedron.
"A regular hexahedron? A box?" Cyborg sat up straight.
After discussing other universes for a while, we unexpectedly drifted into a familiar area: "Superman, what you're talking about, it wouldn't happen to be—the Mother Box?"
After taking over all the assets within the Justice League Watchtower, the Mother Box, as the core technology of the entire teleportation matrix, is what Steelbone has researched most deeply.
"That little box on Apokolips is indeed very advanced, but I can't figure out how it could unleash the power to push two universes apart."
Although it is the technological achievement of the new Protoss race of Apokolips, according to Cyborg, the Mother Box is a kind of perception-type supercomputer.
It's just a rather special alien computer. Compared to the incredibly impressive laws of association and the six gems of creation, Cyborg doesn't think that thing can play any role.
"No, the Mother Box in your hand is not just a supercomputer. The creations of New Genesis and Apokolips are not that simple."
Batman, as a "second-time player," thought about it carefully and realized that Superman's hypothesis might actually have some merit, since he knew the true nature of the New Gods after encountering Darkseid several times.
The New Gods have two Supreme Gods, Skyfather and Darkseid, who are in opposition, thus creating the New Gods' version of "Heaven" and "Hell"—the new Founding Star and Apokolips.
Just as many people here mistakenly believe that Thor is an alien from a planet called Asgard in the universe, the New Creator and Apokolips are often regarded as a powerful and advanced alien civilization.
But Batman, who had dealt with Darkseid in the previous universe, knew that wasn't the case.
The difference between gods and mortals lies in the conceptual level. Whether it is the old gods like Thor and Loki or the new gods like Darkseid, a god is a god.
Joey's father, Jor-El, came to Earth in search of the Anti-Life Equation so that he and the Kryptonians could become gods. In contrast, Darkseid, who possessed the Omega Effect, was already a god.
So the Mother Box is a computer, but it's also a computer created by God, and a black box computer that even God himself can't understand. The New Gods' God of Knowledge, Metron, once said that almost every Mother Box is directly connected to the Origin, which is also the source of the Mother Box's power.
The "origin" is the source of everything in the universe, the original creative force.
After rounding down, Superman's idea might indeed be feasible to some extent, and the Mother Box might actually have a similar effect to the six Infinity Stones.
Joey's understanding of the Mother Box was no more profound than that of the "second-generation master" Batman in front of him.
As expected, once this bat was involved in the DC Universe, it was like it was entering its comfort zone and its effects were maximized. It said everything it could, saving Joey from having to say anything more.
So the only problem right now is—
"Please let me know we happen to have a Mother Box. I really don't want to go to Apokolips and fight Darkseid again."
Joey genuinely hoped that some dusty Mother Box was hidden somewhere in the Watchtower warehouse right now, because he really didn't want to venture onto a new primordial planet or Apokolips that he knew nothing about in such a critical situation.
Finding Apokolips in just eight hours, defeating Darkseid, and retrieving a Mother Box is harder than going to hell.
"Part of the watchtower was built by Apokolips Technology, and we do have the Mother Box."
Batman's statement was a very promising lead-in, but he immediately followed up with bad news: "Unfortunately, that was in the past. We didn't store the Mother Box in the Watchtower back then."
The entire Batman universe is now just the Watchtower; if it were placed elsewhere, it would be as if it were gone.
"Huh?" Everyone frowned. Wasn't this another dead end?
"but----"
Batman's hesitant, halting speech made Joey's blood pressure spike: "Stop with the 'buts,' just say it!"
"If there's any similarity between my world and yours," Batman said to Joey, "we might find one or more Mother Boxes on your Earth."