bookbashuk Chapter 2869: The Battle of the Brick People! (23)
Chapter 2869: The Battle of the Brick People! (23)
Chapter 2869: The Battle of the Brick People! (Twenty-three)
The third floor is the library.
Because the library plays an important role in providing the background of the story in every ancient city, they spent a lot of effort to build the third floor, which contains many mechanisms and secret rooms. If any secret room is missing and not opened, the plot will not be smooth.
Tim's hunch was correct. There was absolutely no problem with the floor foundations and various decorations assembled by the criminals of Arkham Asylum, but the various mechanisms assembled by these amateurs were full of problems.
To create some sense of crisis, the chandelier should come crashing down in the corridor after they open the door to the mechanism.
This mechanism is controlled by a timing device. When Batman steps on the pedal, the chandelier will fall down three seconds later, and it will fall right in front of him.
However, the pedal of the timing device was installed a little too tightly. Batman was not that heavy, so the timing device was not triggered when he stepped on it. However, Superman, who was walking behind him, was heavier than him, so it was triggered directly when he stepped on it.
This caused the chandelier to fall even later, and it hit Batman's head directly. Superman and Wonder Woman didn't know the specific details of the mechanism, and when they reacted, they heard a bang, and Batman was knocked down directly.
He climbed up from the pile of broken parts of the chandelier, holding his head and gasping for air. Superman and Wonder Woman rushed over to help him, and Batman said, "Damn those cunning cultists!"
Tim looked down from the hole where the chandelier fell. Fortunately, he was quick enough and pulled the chandelier when it fell, so that it did not fall straight down. Otherwise, Batman might have been turned into pieces by now.
Not long after they walked, they came across a suspension bridge. Theoretically, it didn't matter that the mechanism here was a little tight, because there were so many people anyway, they could always pull down the switch of the suspension bridge.
But the problem was that the suspension bridge was built by Tim, and the rope holding it was not tied tightly. When the group was halfway across the bridge, the rope suddenly came loose. If it weren't for the Green Lantern pulling them over, they would have definitely fallen into the river.
Continuing forward, we finally entered the huge library. The pattern on the floor was actually a hint of a puzzle. As long as we cracked the secret of the pattern, we would be able to find the one with a mechanism among the countless bookshelves, and then enter the secret room where the background story of the Court of Owls was written.
As soon as they entered the library, Batman obviously discovered that the complex pattern on the floor should contain clues to the puzzle, so he wandered among the carpets while others were rummaging through the bookshelves.
Tim watched him through the camera at the top of the library. He felt that although the pattern was complicated, it should not be difficult for Batman if the person who cracked it was Batman.
As time went by, Tim realized something was wrong. Why couldn't the pattern of these dozens of floor tiles be connected?
Normally, after turning the floor tiles, something like an arrow will be drawn with numbers on it, indicating which direction and which layer of the bookshelf it is. However, there may be a problem with the installation of the floor, and no matter how you turn it, it cannot be twisted into the shape of an arrow.
Oh no, Tim thought, someone might have put some of the bricks in the wrong place, and the puzzle has no solution at all.
Just as he was scratching his head and wondering whether he should sneak down and turn the brick back, Batman suddenly let out an "Oh" as if he had suddenly realized something.
Tim had to stare at the screen to see what he had realized. He watched Batman's dazzling operations make the originally disorderly floor tiles appear to have some pattern.
There is no pattern that has anything to do with the answer.
It could barely be considered an arrow shape, but it was a little too abstract. Tim looked at it from left to right and didn't think it could be considered an answer to a puzzle, but Batman believed it.
He immediately called his companions and said, "Come on, this arrow is pointing to the bookshelf over there, and this wavy pattern should be the number of layers of the bookshelf."
The others flew over, and Tim yelled in his heart, Superman! Use your super brain! Tell him this thing is a pile of junk, not a clue at all!
As a result, these people did not question Batman's intention at all. Wonder Woman shrugged and said, "I feel dizzy when I see the pattern on the floor. It would be great if there is a clue. I will try it."
Tim slapped him on the forehead.
Wonder Woman flew up and carefully searched the bookshelf on the level Batman pointed to. Suddenly he shouted, "Here! It's a little loose here!"
"Quick! Find a way to press it!!"
"NO!!!" Tim yelled in the Batcave.
But it was too late. Wonder Woman slammed the loose board of the bookshelf.
boom!
Wow! ! !
An entire side wall of bookshelves collapsed.
"…That's not a mechanism at all." Tim said angrily, "It's just not installed properly!"
However, the twist is that because Schiller pressed the mechanical bookshelf very tightly, now half of the wall of bookshelves has collapsed, leaving only that one bookshelf embedded in the wall, which looks very abrupt.
Batman noticed this immediately, and he pointed at the bookshelf and shouted, "Sure enough, it's right here!"
He had no idea that the bookshelf was actually more than 45 degrees to the right of the nonsensical arrow he had deciphered.
Tim sighed and thought, okay, at least I succeeded by accident. As long as I can enter the secret room, there's no need to ask for too much.
Superman fished out Batman who was buried by the bookshelf, and Wonder Woman carried him to the side of the bookshelf. After studying it for a while, they found no flaws.
In fact, it was because Schiller had pressed the book used to activate the mechanism too tightly, and it seemed to be mixed with all the books. Fortunately, they still knew how to use the exhaustive method, so they took them down one by one to try.
After some elimination, there was finally only that one book left. Now the four of them used the carrot-pulling formation, one holding one and pulling the book hard - bang!
The book was pulled out, and because the four of them used too much force, it crashed into the opposite wall with a bang, causing the surviving bookshelf on the opposite side to fall down with a crash.
The main universe Batman, who was repairing the maze mechanism downstairs, listened to the noise above in great confusion. There was no mechanism that could be cracked by brute force in the library level, so what was going on with the crackling sound above his head?
Forget it, it was probably some problem with the building blocks again. The main universe Batman didn't think much about it and continued to dismantle the unnecessary tracks. Suddenly, a teeth-grinding creaking sound came from above his head.
creak... creak...
"Batman!! Get out of the way!!!" Tim's voice came from the communicator of Batman in the main universe.
Crash! Bang!
The four men fell down along with a pile of building debris.
Superman was stunned the moment he saw the Batman from the main universe. At this time, Batman, who had just fallen, wanted to look up. Wonder Woman was quick-witted and hit him with a brick, and Batman fainted.
"What's going on?!" Wonder Woman asked.
"...I was just about to ask you." The Prime Universe Batman, holding a wrench in one hand and a bearing in the other, slowly said, "The staircase shouldn't be here, right?"
"We didn't take the stairs." Superman said, "Batman said there was a loose brick in the corner of the secret room, which might be a secret door..."
Batman in the main universe is speechless. The shoddy construction kills people.
He looked at the big hole that had collapsed above and happened to see the secret scroll placed on the table. Fortunately, he didn't build a secret room and forgot to put the secret scroll. It would be the same no matter where it came down from.
"Wait." Prime Universe Batman looked at the four of them, then said, "Didn't you get a shield?"
The three people who were still awake looked at each other, obviously not knowing what the shield that Batman in the main universe was talking about. Batman thought about it and realized that after passing through this secret room, there should be a hall behind it. The sculpture in the hall was holding a shield in his hand, which was the fire shield to be used on the fourth floor.
As a result, they thought there was a secret passage in the corner of the secret room. After pulling out the brick, they went straight into the fourth floor, and naturally jumped over the level behind the third floor.
"I don't understand, what do we need shields for?" Wonder Woman asked with a frown. She looked around and saw that this was just an ordinary dark maze. Could there be monsters?
The main universe Batman completely saw through what she was thinking. He said in his heart, there are no monsters on this floor yet. You don't need shields. It's just because I didn't turn on the flame mechanism.
At this point, it is impossible to open it. Batman has already discovered that he has fallen to the fourth floor. It would be too deliberate to find a reason for him to go back. Anyway, the key clue has been obtained. At worst, he can just treat this place as an ordinary maze.
Batman from the main universe sighed in his heart. He didn't know how many times he had to settle for second best. He thought, Tim was right. This universe was really careless.
Batman woke up soon. He touched the back of his head which was aching slightly and said in confusion, "What happened? Why did I faint?"
"The secret passage had been in disrepair for a long time. It collapsed when we were leaving. You were knocked unconscious by a falling brick." Superman said, "Fortunately, your helmet has good defensive properties, otherwise I don't know when you would wake up."
Batman shook his still dizzy head and said, "I thought it was a secret passage. How about this floor?"
"I just checked and found that this floor is a maze with moving walls." Green Lantern said, "It seems that there were some flamethrowers, but they stopped working for some reason."
At this time, Tim, who returned to the Batcave, ran into Batman from the main universe who also returned to the Batcave. The two looked at each other in silence.
"I have to deal with those monsters outside." The Prime Universe Batman said, "We can't let them run rampant for too long."
"Do you want me to come with you?" Tim asked.
"No, you have to keep an eye on this place. If anything goes wrong, you can go and help." The main universe Batman flicked his cape and said, "By the way, ask Schiller to keep an eye on the Joker. I don't have time to play games with him about who hates who the most."
After saying that, the main universe Batman left, and soon a bat fighter disappeared on the skyline.
While the foursome were studying the maze, Tim switched the camera to Gotham City, and he couldn't help but start to worry about the safety of his Bruce.
This Batman is so efficient.
He first provoked King Kong who was standing on the top of the building, then he kept flying among countless monsters, leading the giant gorilla, and climbed to the top of the Eye of Sauron.
Then he flew the plane to provoke the bald wizard who looked like Voldemort, and let him cast a spell to hit King Kong's eyes. King Kong felt the pain and punched the Eye of Sauron.
The Eye of Sauron was obviously in great pain. It let out a roar and shot out a laser, which directly knocked down the Tyrannosaurus Rex below. Batman took the opportunity to jump onto the back of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
When the Tyrannosaurus Rex stood up again, he found that there was a person on top of his head. He tried desperately to shake the little bug off, but was put in a bridle by Batman instead.
Batman pulled the reins hard, controlling the Tyrannosaurus Rex to wreak havoc in the city, crushing an alien with one foot and sweeping away an evil robot with one tail.
In less than ten minutes, all the monsters in the city were dead or injured, and basically all fell into pieces.
Tim was stunned, but this Batman seemed very dissatisfied. He shook his head and said, "If it were him, it might be faster."
The "he" mentioned by the Batman in the main universe is actually the Arkham Batman. After these words fell, he suddenly realized, when did he become so childish?
(End of this chapter)