MC Creative Mode: Wholesale Perpetual Motion Machine

Chapter 271 Discussion
"Break down the boundaries of the storyboard and create a world that you think is pretty good?" Batman lowered his head, his pupils hidden behind his helmet reflecting the chaotic scenes unfolding on the street above.

Even before arriving, numerous bat-shaped surveillance robots had been deployed around the area, allowing Batman to monitor the surrounding region in a panoramic manner. It can be said that if he wanted to, even the slightest abnormal change in a grain of sand or a drop of rain would be impossible to escape the tracking of the supercomputer in the Batcave.

At this moment, he could see clearly from different images that the figure of the thin, deformed child that was common in Gotham City just a few minutes ago had now swelled into a three-meter-tall, god-like little giant.

His youthful face, filled with excitement and anger, charged recklessly into buildings and apartments.

Guided by some precise target, they roughly grabbed gang members who were raising their guns in a daze and fighting back. Completely ignoring their attacks, they slapped them and their weapons into pieces on the ground as if they were flies.

As if seeking revenge for his tragic past, the child's anger burned ever brighter, and his body was stained with more and more blood, as if he wanted to burn himself and the world to ashes at any moment.

"Revenge and killing... Is this really an ideal, even decent, world?" Batman was somewhat bewildered.

If what this young man said is true, then based solely on the unimaginable abilities he has currently displayed, he might indeed be able to accomplish what sounds almost absurd—to change or create the world.

Such actions are akin to those of a creator god who acts as both a watcher and an anti-watcher, and may even be more powerful than those gods who seem to have created the multiverse merely as a "background."

Batman, whose mind was in chaos, temporarily put aside the chaos of the street above and focused his sharp gaze on the square in front of him. He pondered, "When the frame of the panel I was in was broken, three Batmen from different frames merged into the current me."

"They are not the counterparts in the parallel universes I have ever seen, nor are they the same entity from the past and future after time travel. They are more like the same object called Batman, casting shadows in different places."

"This fusion did not bring about much change; it simply superimposed three extremely brief memories from different perspectives."

"Similarly, according to my simulation calculations, a considerable portion of the architectural layouts in these three storyboard worlds are repeated."

"And after you broke and merged the 'border,' these overlapping parts, like three Batmen, overlapped and merged together..."

“But if, as you say, you really killed hundreds of heinous criminals in that room, criminals who, in your eyes, would definitely be sentenced to death, then I only saw five bodies at the scene.”

"So, since breaking different borders leads to the fusion of the same entity, and you also regard me in different borders as the same entity, this obviously means that the hundreds of criminals you killed were not the same criminal individuals in different borders."

"So, within these different 'borders,' there are definitely different individuals, those humans who won't merge like the three of me? Child, you wouldn't let them just disappear into thin air, would you?"

"of course not."

"I think I understand..." Batman closed his eyes.

That face, which always seemed to have countless contingency plans for any crisis or terrible event, whether it was the destruction of the earth or a terrible disaster in the universe, and which could remain calm under any circumstances, was now unusually worried.

"In other words, in a city of the same size, even a conservative estimate would show that the population density would increase to more than a hundred times its original level..."

In fact, Gotham City, as a metropolis, already has a high population density.

Although the central affluent area is magnificent, with all the dignitaries owning luxurious private villas and having a great deal of personal space, the adjacent street is a slum with an astonishing population density.

The extreme wealth gap has resulted in an extremely poor quality of life for residents.

Even at the docks, one of Gotham's major sources of income, dockworkers have to work hard every day and work overtime just to barely support themselves, and their wives and children also have to go out to do odd jobs.

Only in this way can a family barely afford the rent for a cheap apartment and make a living in a cramped house.

In this scenario, a sudden population surge of a hundredfold would create a situation far more exaggerated and terrifying than Mumbai's Dharavi slum, inevitably leading to catastrophic consequences.

Batman understands very well that for human civilization to modernize, a powerful industrial and transportation system is essential to support a metropolis like Gotham.

Gotham's docks are like its heart. Food and various industrial raw materials need to be purchased from all over the United States and other countries. Similarly, Gotham's light and heavy industrial products are transported to the world through the docks in exchange for economic value. Just like the heart, the constant flow of the economy is what keeps Gotham City alive, allows ordinary residents to continue to live, and allows the rich to continue to enjoy luxury.

If Gotham City's population were to increase a hundredfold or more while its size remained unchanged, could its existing urban infrastructure handle the strain?

If the number of wealthy people and high-ranking officials increases a hundredfold, and the number of ordinary people and gang members increases a hundredfold, how will the new urban areas be divided? How will social relationships be maintained?
There's also the issue of food security.

If the city remains unchanged, a population density that is 100 times higher means that 100 people will be fighting for a single piece of food, which will cause terrible famine and riots.
Even if what the boy said is true, will the merging of the storyboards only cause a population explosion in Gotham City?
Metropolis, Star City, Coastal City... what about these cities?

Despite learning some dubious information from the boy, Batman began to doubt whether other megacities in the world actually existed or were merely 'background figures'.

But what if they do exist?

Or at least, does it exist in other storyboard collections?

What will happen to those "processes" that the teenagers call "non-existent," and those cities that don't exist in the storyboard?

Will he create a distorted Earth where the vast majority of cities are deserted, while the population of a very few cities has increased a hundredfold?

Or perhaps, a smaller continent, even more insane and terrifying, formed by a few cities whose populations have increased a hundredfold in a “vacuum”?
Furthermore, the boy has clearly stated that he respects life and therefore will not create life arbitrarily. This means that large cities, which rely on the constant supply of "nutrients" from surrounding small towns to survive, will have their nutrient supply cut off due to the disappearance of towns and cities involved in those non-existent "processes"...

This is just the smallest problem.

The key point is...

Lost in thought, Batman unconsciously clenched his fist, closed his eyes in pain, and pressed the communicator in his hand.

A signal originating from the Mother Box began sending a distress call to other Justice League members.

In just a few seconds, a strong figure with a red cloak and another figure leaving yellow lightning trails on the ground arrived quickly.

The other members also arrived here via the sound tunnel.

Before arriving here, Batman had already informed his Justice League colleagues about the boy's strange abilities and prepared several contingency plans, the success of which was uncertain. His teammates, of course, were also ready to go.

Even a set of armor that had been damaged in a previous battle, repaired, and stored away for a long time has been put into use.

The creature, primarily black with blood-red bat markings on its chest, blood-red eyes, and covered in spikes, resembling a monstrous and terrifying hellbat armor, was transported over via the sonic boom.

This suit of armor is worthy of being called a god-slaying weapon, enabling mortals to kill gods. It once allowed Batman to briefly suppress and beat Darkseid, the god of Apokolips, single-handedly. It is the strongest power he can muster in a short period of time.

Wearing the Hellbat armor, Batman, who looked like a demon, clenched his fists, slowly opened his eyes, and his face, which had been filled with pain, became expressionless again.

He said in a low voice, "Please stop what you're doing!"

As he spoke, a faint crackle of electricity flickered on Batman's Hellbat armor—that was the Speed ​​Force!

That was the power that Flash infused during its forging. This terrifying power, capable of manipulating time, will grant the wearer of the Hellbat Armor an astonishingly high speed.

Therefore, the wearer will not be a mere mortal who can press the weapon firing button, but will be able to use a mortal body to forcibly accelerate time to the point of being able to match the reaction speed of a god-like being like Superman or Darkseid.

This also means that, if Batman were willing at that moment, the vast majority of superheroes and supervillains on Earth would be hit before they even realized Batman was attacking.

Although the chances are slim, the plan to launch a sneak attack, with its terrifying speed and power capable of slaying gods, is the one with the highest success rate.

As Batman and a member of the Justice League, he has seen too many beings with powerful and bizarre abilities, but extremely slow reaction speeds, or those who are simply unable to adapt to high-speed combat and subconsciously lower their reaction speed.

No matter how powerful this boy is, if his reaction speed is still at a mortal level, he will inevitably be unable to resist Batman's attack, which he has now made up his mind to use!

……

"Oh, why not? Isn't this a good thing?" Fang Zheng looked at him with curiosity, staring at the intense hostility hidden beneath the armor mask. "You don't even know the outcome, yet you think it's impossible?"

"I'm sorry..." Batman remained completely calm, denying it in a low voice and reaffirming his resolve.

As a flash of black and red light appeared, Batman could see that the raindrops that were dripping around him were slowing down until they came to a complete stop.

In this frozen world, only Superman and the Flash on the sidelines still exhibit subtle movements; their pupils flicker.

Thus, the energy erupted in full force, and Batman attempted to subdue the boy as quickly and powerfully as possible, before his abilities could be activated!

If things become unavoidable and the only option left is to kill him, Batman is fully prepared for that!
However, just as the attack was about to strike the squarely, red and yellow flashes erupted simultaneously, forcefully stopping Batman.

"You!" Batman looked at his companions who were holding him tightly, a rare anger in his voice. He growled in a low voice, "Superman, Flash, do you know what you're doing right now?!"

"This might be our only chance to defeat him!"

“I don’t think what this kid wants to do is anything bad, and you seem a bit off. Did you really show murderous intent towards him?” Superman sensed Batman’s anger and struggle, scratched his head awkwardly, and hesitated before saying, “How about we listen to his explanation first?”

Barry the Flash chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, this kid shouldn't be a bad person. According to you, he's probably a superhero who wants to make the world a better place. He's not a bad guy, so we really don't need to take action, right?"

"Maybe after we talk, he can join us, and our Justice League or the Teen Titans can have another young new partner."

"..." Looking at the clear yet foolish eyes of his two companions, Batman's resolve seemed to waver a little.

The anger in his eyes subsided, he shook his head, and said nothing more, letting his two companions pull him to the back.

(End of this chapter)