American comic book: After mastering resurrection, I became incredibly popular.

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There was no surprise or joy in those familiar eyes of Tim Drake.

Behind Dick stood four more claws. They stood silently in a fan shape, like soldiers awaiting inspection.

“Robin? You’ve delivered yourself right to my doorstep!” A frivolous smile appeared on Dick’s lips. “I was just about to go out and tear the Wayne’s house down brick by brick.”

“Dick,” Tim stared intently at his face, “what did they do to you? I’m here to see you.”

"That's great, you've found me!"

……

An abandoned industrial area in the northern suburbs of Gotham City.

Wang Baixi parked his car in front of a concrete factory that looked like it had been abandoned for more than 20 years.

"Why did you bring me here?" Wang Baixi pushed open the car door and looked at the iron netting creaking in the night wind.

"Didn't you say that the more dead people there are, the more suitable it is for you to cultivate?"

"Yes, in my hometown, we would call such places 'too yin'."

The man with the cryogenic gun walked ahead of him. He pushed open the large iron gate of the factory, squatted down and groped around on the ground for a while, then lifted up a precast slab that was attached to the cement floor, revealing a concrete staircase leading underground.

"What is this?" Wang Baixi asked in surprise.

"Come with me."

Wang Baixi obediently followed him down the path. After they had gone down about thirty steps, light blue motion-sensor lights automatically lit up on both sides of the passageway.

“You seem to have a preference for blue.” Wang Baixi chatted casually with Mr. Freeze.

"Blue is the color of melancholy."

Byd, it's quite sad...

When the steps completely disappeared, Wang Baixi expected to see a bunch of experimental equipment and test tube racks emitting cold air, but what appeared before him was far more magnificent than he had imagined.

This is a three-story underground hall!

The dome was supported by a dozen reinforced steel beams, and the surrounding walls were lined with densely packed metal cryogenic chambers.

Each cryogenic chamber was illuminated by a small green light. Looking through the frosty glass windows, one could see a person lying in each chamber with their eyes closed and skin covered in ice crystals.

The moment Wang Baixi stepped into the hall, a series of rapid system notifications exploded in his mind.

[Detected a low-level aura of the dead. Experience points +10]

[Detected a low-level aura of the dead. Experience points +12]

[Detected a low-level aura of the dead. Experience points +8]

[Detected Elementary Undead Aura, Experience Points +15]...

These are just the first wave. He gained so many experience points simply by standing at the entrance.

Wang Baixi roughly counted the number of cryogenic chambers on the wall; there were at least fifty or more.

The system kept popping up notifications, and it was estimated that by the time he finished walking through the entire lobby, he would have gained more than 800 experience points.

However, along with the joy came doubt, and even shock.

"So, how's the 'yin energy' here?" Mr. Freeze seemed to read his mind. "Of course, I know you're probably thinking: What is this madman doing? Why are there so many 'living dead' here?"

"Yes, I am indeed a little scared." Wang Baixi scratched his head.

He felt that this pervert might freeze him at any moment.

"Don't worry, these people are doing this voluntarily."

"Voluntary?"

"Yes, most of them are seriously ill or have lost hope and confidence in the current society. Therefore, they chose to be frozen, hoping to thaw one day."

"Isn't that just like your wife?"

“Yes, they are all people living in the future.” Mr. Freeze said this with a touch of sadness. “I take on their cases to make money, after all, I need the basic money to continue my business.”

“What career? A criminal career…” Wang Baixi muttered.

"Follow me." Mr. Freeze continued to lead Wang Baixi through the passage between the two rows of cryogenic chambers, and they walked all the way to a separate compartment at the deepest part of the hall.

At this moment, Wang Baixi's experience bar had reached [640/2400].

"Come, take a look at 'her'."

When Wang Baixi came to his senses, he found that the furnishings in the compartment were completely different from those industrial-looking freezers outside. Both the ventilation ducts above and the floor were much cleaner than outside.

There was only one cryogenic chamber here, next to which sat a bunch of nearly withered white lilies. Inside the glass enclosure was a young woman, who looked as quiet as if she were asleep.

“This is Nora.” Mr. Freeze leaned the freeze gun against the side of the capsule. “Wang, do you know why I brought you here? I don’t care about Batman. I’m telling you, I don’t care at all.”

He turned his head and looked into Wang Baixi's eyes.

"Yes, I chose to cooperate with you, but not with Robin."

“I’m worried you’ll go with those lunatics and clash head-on with Bane and his men, ending up dead somewhere I won’t be able to collect your body. If you die, then I’ll have missed this opportunity.”

"I've been thinking about it, why do you have to use Batman to test your magic? Aren't there so many suitable people here!"

“Everyone of them is eagerly anticipating a new life, so there’s no need for you to take the risk!”

"Do you see that fat guy with the stubble? He has a rare disease. All you have to do is kill him and then bring him back to life, and I can finally relax!"

"And you, you just need to stay here. I will protect you."

"We can wait patiently for 'rebirth'."

Wang Baixi glanced at Nora in the cryogenic chamber, his feelings a mix of emotions.

This bastard is actually a "warm guy," he's really good to me.

“Alright, Mr. Mr. Freeze, thank you for your kind offer. But how can you be sure that Bane or the Court of Owls won’t come knocking on our door tomorrow or the day after? Your cryogenics aren’t just attractive to me.”

A hint of disdain crept onto Mr. Freeze's face.

"This place is not in any official records, nor on any property register in Gotham."

"Its outer wall is made of military-grade explosion-proof concrete, and the inner layer is three layers of lead plate plus an antifreeze interlayer."

"Even if Bane knew the coordinates, he would have to move at least twenty tons of explosives to blow the door open."

"It sounds even more solid than a bat cave."

Mr. Freeze laughed, looking at Wang Baixi's confused eyes, and said, "Yes, of course. Because this workshop was built by Bruce Wayne himself. He paid for it himself, drew the blueprints himself, hired the workers himself, and after it was built, he personally wiped it clean from all the files!! I believe there must be some weakness here that only he knows, but I'm sorry, no one will ever know it again."

Wang Baixi subconsciously glanced around the hall, a space that far surpassed the size of most underground shelters, and was speechless for a moment.

He suddenly wanted to ask a question: Why did Bruce Wayne build this place? Was it because he had too much money to burn? But he already had a vague answer in his mind: Was he afraid of cryogenics technology? Did he want to find a place to investigate cryogenics? Or did he just want to…

But then he saw Mr. Freeze with his back to him, whispering:

"...Sometimes I feel he wants to help her more than I do. Or rather, help me."

"But that's precisely why I can't let you resurrect Batman, I can't."

"Even if my wife were to be resurrected, he would still be determined to bring me to justice, after all, I have no shortage of blood on my hands."

"But all I want is to be with Nora, to live a peaceful life somewhere where no one will bother us..."

“I can give my time, my life, and even more than both, just to give my soul a moment of peace.”

After Mr. Freeze said this, Wang Baixi was completely taken aback.

Seriously, what kind of values are these? This is just ingratitude!

Victor Frith, you're so self-centered!

But before Wang Baixi could utter those curses, several chilling messages flooded his mind:

[High-level undead aura detected!]

[Experience points +80!]