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Chapter 173 Batman trades one for three! Imprisoned in a dimensional space!
Judging from historical precedent, Dr. Groot's interest in Bulma must have surpassed that of the Kents. Therefore, using Bulma's projection to lure Groot alone was a well-planned move by Batman.

In fact, if Batman hadn't discovered the difference between Number 17 and Number 18 at the last moment of the plan's execution, he wouldn't have needed to take this step of separating them at all; it would have been much easier to just throw them all into one door.

At that moment, watching Dr. Gro's retreating figure, Number 18's palms were sweating with tension.

She wasn't an idiot like Dr. Groo; she stood still, neither following him nor entering the room Batman had specially prepared for her.

This reflects both a lack of trust in Bruce and a readiness to deliver the final blow to Dr. Groth in the event of Batman's failure!

If we can't trust our own people, then can we trust our enemies?
"boom!"

However, just as the door closed, Number 18 waited for a full five minutes without hearing any sound.

"PhD?"

"Dr. Gro??"

A feeling of tension lingered in Number 18's mind. He kept trying to call out, but he couldn't hear a response. A bead of cold sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

"what happened?"

Why is there no sound? What happened inside??

The silence was broken by the sound of the wind, the flames of war scorched the ruins, and an atmosphere of unease permeated the bewildered environment. Batman, who skillfully used the environment, had put Number 18 in a dilemma!
Her intuition told her that she absolutely must not go into that room!
"Squeak!"

The sound of the door opening broke the deathly silence, startling Number 18.

Number 18 stared wide-eyed in astonishment, because the small blue wooden door prepared for her had actually opened from the inside!
A cold gaze swept across the crumbling building like lightning. Batman stood in the shadows, watching her. Those eyes had witnessed countless sins and filth in the darkness.

It contained provocation, contempt, arrogance, indifference, anger, and hatred, and the aura emanating from the deepest part of his eyes was not mixed with any trace of mortal fear of gods.

Because he has transformed himself into a dark symbol. People feel fear, but symbols do not. People have emotions, but symbols are only used for direction.

At least at this moment, even Number 18 herself had to admit that she even felt a kind of inexplicable sense of oppression.

When Batman ceases to appear as a specific person and instead becomes a symbolic icon, no one can be certain whether beneath that mask lies an ordinary person or a demon feared even by hell.

Batman opened the door, grabbed Number 17 by the neck, showed him to Number 18, and slowly dragged him inside!
"Number 17!!!"

Upon seeing this, Number 18's expression tightened. She could ignore Dr. Gro, but she absolutely could not abandon Number 17. Even though she knew it was a trap, Number 18 gritted her teeth and went in anyway!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The moment Number 18 stepped into the house, the two entrances in the building were simultaneously destroyed by the intelligent program controlled by Joel, completely sealing off the exit and the entrance!
The vast Justice League headquarters fell silent.
The only thing left was the door to the room Dr. Gro had entered, which still stood there steadily, never shaking.
The Boomerang Nebula, 5000 light-years from Earth, is surrounded by a gas cloud only 2.1 light-years away.

Suddenly a blue light flashed, followed by a corpse with its brain exposed, which instantly froze into ice and shattered in space.

The corpse was still clutching a white controller tightly in its hand. With a bang, it turned to ashes.

The Boomerang Nebula is an absolute no-go zone for all light and heat in the universe, and also the coldest place in the entire universe.

This cloud of gas has an extremely low temperature of -272°C, which is infinitely close to absolute zero.

At such temperatures, even the concepts of space and time become luxuries. Records of this technology on Kryptonian spaceships indicate that it enables brief spatial teleportation jumps. This technology was originally developed during Krypton's exploration of the universe 100,000 years ago, specifically for transportation under extreme conditions.

Later, it was stored in the Kryptonian Council's program for exiles to the Phantom District, and could only be used with the permission of the Head.

Ever since the battle at Kent Farm, when Carrot Al took the Saiyan Vegeta into space and suffocated him to death, Batman has kept this in his heart!
Furthermore, research on Qi has fully demonstrated that Earth's races do not possess the ability to survive in outer space after acquiring Qi. Therefore, Batman specially designed a room specifically for teleportation!

He even specifically chose the boomerang nebula as the location for the teleportation!

A space that is almost at absolute zero!

This is why Joel asked Batman if he had decided to do it, because it would be tantamount to killing Dr. Gro.

But what he didn't know was that when Batman saw the wires sticking out of his severed arm, Bruce had already stopped treating Dr. Gross as a human being.

You can fight Batman, but you should never challenge him to a duel, because he will thoroughly study your characteristics and habits, and even update and iterate them hundreds of times!

At this moment, Number 18 deeply understands this statement, because she and Number 17 are in a strange, all-white space that seems to stretch endlessly.

The place where the two were located was like a huge, complex maze, with layers upon layers of intricate structures!

The Batman opposite them stared at them with a serious expression, speaking coldly in an extremely threatening tone:
"This is another dimension, a pure white space three times the size of Earth, where all the entrances have been destroyed."

"You are completely trapped here."

"The place you are in now is a maze I designed. Only I know the locations of the food, supplies, exit, and water."

"You can choose to try to kill me, but that will cost you your only chance to get out."

"Alternatively, you could try to blow this place up with your power, but I've calculated the specific data. To create distortion in this space, you'd need at least 400 times your current power. For the sake of interrogation, I've also come up with some other plans."

"For example, when you have enough power to create a spacetime rift here, it will not connect to the real world, but will be directly transferred to other dimensions in the universe by a magical teleportation array constructed by Natasha."

"Darkness, crimson, hell, I don't know which one it is. Influenced by the power of those dimensions, you may be swallowed by darkness in the next second, or you may grow eight arms."

"Now, I'll ask, and you'll answer. Do you understand?"

"What if we don't?"

Upon hearing this, Number 18 sneered: "We can also interrogate you and force you to take us out!"

"Then I'll commit suicide!"

Batman, as if he had anticipated Number 18's response, calmly replied:

"I've already taken the poison; I'll die if I don't take the antidote within a day!"

Hearing Bruce's words, Number 17 slowly woke up, and after a couple of seconds of stunned silence, she and Number 18 stared wide-eyed in bewilderment. At the same time, a thought popped into their minds:
"Does this guy have some kind of serious mental illness???"

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(End of this chapter)