Chapter 2159: Battle of Two Cities! (I)

Peter found himself back in the foggy space.

"What's going on?" He asked, with a tone of confusion. He said, "Didn't the universe restart? Shouldn't I go back to the universe? Or I will disappear, and a new me will replace me."

"It should be so, but you died for everyone's life."

Peter tilted his head and tried his best to understand the words full of hints, but failed.

He sighed deeply and said, "You can actually say that you saved me. I fully accept your kindness and thank you."

The black sun was silent.

"Listen, I'm definitely not saying that you are the kind of person who must be rewarded for helping others, but I think..." Peter put his hand on his chest, turned it outward and said, "It's just my personal opinion that good deeds should be rewarded, and you have done a good thing, right?"

"I'm still alive, and all the lives in the universe are still alive. No matter what you are doing, you have made their situation better... So, what I mean is, is there anything I can do to help?"

Peter looked at the black sun with very sincere eyes.

And if his eyes could be sharper, through the strange pattern to see through the scene inside, he would see a man in a white coat slapping the table and saying to several others: "See! What is a perfect score! What is an excellent graduate!"

Looking at the silent black sun, Peter sighed a little frustrated and said, "Well, even if I can't help, where should I go? Even if it's good here, I can't stay here forever. I should do something, right?"

Suddenly, Peter felt that a lot of knowledge appeared in his mind, which was probably an explanation for the current situation.

This knowledge first explains the general principle of the universe restart. In short, this is not an ordinary hot update, but more like an iteration from the internal beta version to the public beta version.

In other words, the way the new configuration file replaces the old configuration file is not to change a few codes, but to completely rewrite it, or even completely change the way of coding.

This results in that although all people in all universes still exist in the universe in that way, their way of existence is actually completely different from the original.

The reason why Peter is still alive is that these characters who contributed to the birth of the new era in the old era have retained their original configuration files and are now stored in a temporary folder, which is this mysterious gray fog space.

However, due to limited storage space, and in fact, this iteration only affects the earth in the main universe, so the temporary files stored in the fog world are only the earth in the 616 universe.

So far, Peter can still understand what is going on, but the things that follow make him a little confused, because this involves the scope that most characters in the comics cannot understand.

Bruce became Spider-Man because the situation was critical at the time, and Peter took the initiative to give Bruce the ability of Spider-Man. It was Peter who influenced the white tank and asked him to blow up the cosmic engine, which led to this big reboot.

Although the cosmic engine is not that powerful and is just a pretext for arranging the plot, the entire event before the big reboot has been anchored, and Spider-Man is already Bruce Wayne.

But Earth-1 still needs a Batman. Bruce Wayne becomes Spider-Man, so who will be Batman?

Some people may say, why not let Peter Parker be Batman?

First of all, judging from Peter Parker's mental state, the probability of him dressing himself as a bat cannot be said to be zero, but it is too low.

Of course, some people will say that if he can dress up as a spider, why can't he dress up as a bat?

Spider-Man became Spider-Man because he was bitten by a spider, and Batman also became Batman because he was bitten by a bat? Obviously not, Batman dressed up as a bat purely because he is a mental patient.

Peter is a sunny and cheerful boy. He has a higher chance of becoming a good student in Gotham than becoming Batman.

Even if he is thrown into Gotham, he can't wear a bat suit in secret, print bat patterns on all his devices, and play games with the crazy people in Arkham Asylum.

It is more likely that he will go to Gotham University to study for a second degree, and find a class for himself after graduating from graduate school.

Then it is better to let Bruce Wayne go back to being Batman and let Peter Parker go back to being Spider-Man.

But Bruce is Spider-Man now, and he has all the abilities of Spider-Man. Regardless of whether he is willing to change back, Marvel has now replaced it with a new version, and the configuration files of the old version can no longer be loaded.

In simple terms, the old Earth 616 stored in the Mist World can no longer be put back into any Marvel universe, just like you can't use a 64-bit system to run a 16-bit program.

If you don't put it back, the program is just a program, and no one can modify the background, not even the administrators on Marvel's side or the administrators on DC's side.

So who can modify the background?

Of course, it was Schiller who had reserved the configuration files in advance.

Now that Marvel has made such a big move, there must be a series of big events before and after, and some drastic work must be done to maximize the popularity of this version update.

Just like the first big event after the game is launched, it must be done well, otherwise it will waste the players' freshness for the new game or new version.

Adam, the product manager of Marvel, Life Court, proposed this requirement to Schiller, and Schiller, who had just weighed his salary, thought about it and said, let's do a linkage.

He went to Lucifer and told him about the situation here. Lucifer also felt that it was a bit difficult to deal with, mainly because the problem of the 616 universe being stuck on Earth was difficult to solve.

Even if you pull Bruce Wayne back, you can't modify the files related to his spider ability in his body, so if you let him go back with the ability, you have to pay a copyright fee, but if you don't let him come back, then Earth 1 without Batman will have to be restarted, wouldn't it be a big loss for you?

With this in mind, Lucifer took Schiller's plan to God. After God calculated the accounts, this linkage can be regarded as a sure win.

Think about it, he doesn't have to be responsible for the planning. The general planner of this linkage is either Schiller, the group of people who are engaged in the fighting world, or Adam, the life court.

And these people all belong to the Marvel faction, and Marvel pays them wages. Lucifer, the employee he sent over, is his son. They are all family members, so there is no salary or no salary.

It is equivalent to not spending a penny on his side to get a big restart of the other side for free. God adjusted the abacus and felt that this thing could be done.

God and Lucifer studied it as father and son, and felt that since things have come to this point, it is troublesome and uneconomical to create a new universe. It is more complete in the story line to directly link Earth No. 1.

Lucifer thinks this is a very bold decision-Earth 1 is not a nameless background board of a major event. From the number, it can be seen that this Earth has important significance for the entire universe.

Earth 1 can be regarded as the DC editorial department's exploration of the DC new era comic style, and the exploration is quite successful. This worst Batman in history has made many fans understand Batman better.

Despite this, the status of this earth is still somewhat embarrassing. Batman no longer has those abilities that make his wishes come true, and the requirements for the screenwriter's arrangement level are a bit too high.

How can a Batman who can't even pry open a chain deal with the monsters in Gotham?

Although this question is interesting to think about, in order to create a reasonable story without destroying the image of Batman, either a deus ex machina is used or the opponent is reduced in intelligence.

The editor chose to simultaneously reduce the strength of Gotham's villains, but at most it changed from one person destroying Gotham to blowing up a building or doing a pistol assassination, which is not much better.

At the same time, Earth 1 is not only about Batman, but also the stories of Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern are also written quite well.

But unfortunately, there are not many characters that can be used to explore the relationship between gods and ordinary people, which is troublesome to conceive and is not liked by readers who like to watch superheroes kill all the way.

Therefore, the story of Earth-1 has been silent for a long time. If there is no hope of restarting an independent publication, it is probably heading towards a slow death.

Now there is an opportunity to inject new vitality into this Earth. God and Lucifer are willing to make an attempt, but they still think this step is very bold.

But Schiller is bolder than them.

In fact, the way adopted by most Marvel DC joint publications is that a crisis occurs in one universe, and the superheroes of the other party appear to participate in the event. This is a classic but easy-to-use routine that has been tried and tested.

And the joint solution given by Schiller is to directly merge the two Earths.

In other words, let the old Earth of Marvel's main universe 616 go to DC Earth-1 for fusion, and create a brand new fusion Earth with the DC universe as the background.

When Adam and Lucifer of the Living Tribunal received this plan, they were shocked. They really couldn't be sure who Schiller wanted to make unlucky.

But if you think about it carefully, these two Earths are really a perfect match.

Let's talk about the old Earth in Marvel's main universe 616 first. This Earth can be said to have been through many hardships. After all, before the reboot, whenever there was a major event, the spearhead would be directed at the main universe. Either the villains would dig a hole or the superheroes would come to ask for help.

The Earth in the 616 universe, especially the New Yorkers on the 616 universe, have seen the world. It is even possible that the Zerg invaded the universe when they went to work in the morning, the superheroes and the zombie army fought in a group at lunch, and they watched the universe collided when they went home at night. Before going to bed, they could also watch Ragnarok.

Some people always say that DC's style is much darker than Marvel's, but artistic achievements and intensity cannot be generalized. From a rational and objective point of view, although Gotham is far ahead in terms of mental state, only Metropolis can compete with New York in terms of the frequency and intensity of disasters.

As for DC's Earth 1, the good thing about this Earth is that most of the villains have been weakened. Although the setting is still classic, it has become more normal with the normality of Batman.

Simply put, the feet are off the ground, the virus is closed, and the artistic quality can't be improved, which makes the styles of the two comics slightly more unified.

The acceptance of New York people is relatively high, and the mental state of Gotham people is relatively stable, which will not lead to a miscommunication, but the possibility of integration.

The more both sides study, the more they feel that this is an excellent opportunity to expand the influence of both sides simultaneously, and they hit it off.

In this way, the old Earth of Marvel's main universe 616, wrapped in a thick fog, flew like a meteor to a universe in the vast star disk of DC.

The two blue planets gradually overlapped, and New York, which was originally located at the junction of New Jersey and New York, just landed on Gotham and Metropolis, located on the easternmost side of New Jersey.

Coincidentally, New York is located between two megacities. The Queens and Bronx, a pair of high crime rates, are located in Gotham, as is Brooklyn, the most densely populated area.

The most prosperous Manhattan area is located in the metropolis, and the Staten Island area has become an additional island, floating not far from the mouth of the Gotham River.

Two equally disaster-ridden but distinctive Earths have successfully merged together.

What followed was the "Battle of the Two Cities" where one side takes the stage after the other.