OBS Chapter 3546 Soul Catcher (4)
Chapter 3546 Soul Catcher (4)
Chapter 3546 Soul Catcher (IV)
In the pitch-black truck compartment, the three of them were silent for a moment.
Schiller looked down at the alarm clock in his hand. It was a mini alarm clock that was only the size of a palm, with a shiny silver shell. Although it looked like an old-fashioned alarm clock, with two small ears and a hammer in the middle, it was just decoration, and the ring tone was electronic.
Schiller gently pressed the button on the alarm clock.
"Jingle Bell!"
Unjust Superman instinctively shuddered and couldn't help but glare at Schiller. But he didn't really feel angry. Ever since he promised Charles to seal his feelings, he rarely felt intense emotions.
Instead, there is a sense of emptiness and restlessness.
"What is this?" Injustice Batman seemed to be asking the question knowing the answer.
"You probably don't want me to answer 'It's an alarm clock.' But in fact it is an alarm clock." Schiller seemed to be beating around the bush, but Batman understood what he was saying.
"What's my alarm?" asked Injustice Batman.
"If you are willing to let me visit your dreams, perhaps I can answer this question for you, but not now," Schiller answered truthfully.
Injustice Superman couldn't understand what they were talking about.
Schiller put the alarm clock in front of his eyes, but what he saw was not the alarm clock itself, but countless tangled emotional threads. This is an extremely complex mental structure.
Everyone has their own mental weaknesses.
Mental weaknesses can be divided into innate and acquired. Some people are born with unstable mental states, and if they do not receive good guidance and treatment, the weak parts will accompany them for life.
This doesn't mean they will go crazy or anything, but they will have more weaknesses. For example, some people are born afraid of heights, and they will tremble when they stand in a high place. This is one more mental weakness than others.
Some mental weaknesses are acquired. For example, if you are hurt in a failed relationship, you will feel uncomfortable or even collapse when you meet someone similar.
It can be said that any intelligent life that possesses both logic and emotion must have its own mental weaknesses.
It’s just that some people hide their weaknesses too deeply, and some people are good at covering them up, so they appear perfect on the surface.
The Creator is unfair. The powerful creatures in this universe are too powerful, and the weak are too weak. But he is also fair. All creatures have the same dream.
In dreams, things that are described as abstract or simply ignored in the real world have their own entities.
The alarm clock in Schiller's hand is the fuse of the unjust superman's spiritual weakness.
Because he was unwilling to face Batman for a long time and the mental pressure of talking to Batman face to face was too great, he formed a conditioned reflex to the alarm clock that woke him up every day.
I have to get up as soon as the bell rings, and once I wake up I have to face Batman. Once I face Batman, I feel speechless and irritable.
It was eventually simplified to: whenever the bell rang, he felt irritated and uncomfortable.
Unjust Superman's mental weakness is Unjust Batman, but it is the alarm clock in his house that triggers this weakness.
This kind of thing that can directly hit the spiritual weaknesses of others is like an "alarm clock". As long as it rings, the spiritual world of its owner will be disturbed. Everyone has such an "alarm clock" deep in their spiritual world.
Injustice Superman has not deliberately concealed his mental weakness, and he may not even know that he has this weakness. So even in the shallow dream, there is an alarm clock.
It was just because his mental power was too strong. When Schiller was in a shallow dream, he had no way to invade the area he was most familiar with, so he couldn't get the alarm clock, and could only drag him into a deeper dream.
As we all know, people have much stronger control over their conscious mind than their subconscious mind. The reason why the subconscious mind is subconscious is that it is an area that intelligent creatures cannot control.
Even a being like Superman, who has a super brain, has areas in his consciousness that he cannot reach, otherwise he would not dream. Dreams are the most typical manifestation of the subconscious mind.
Shallow dreams are closer to the surface consciousness, where they have a stronger control over their consciousness, while deep dreams are closer to the subconscious, where people have less control, so there is more chaos and loss of control.
Control comes from certain "anchors" in the real world that give them a sense of security.
For example, the anchor point of Injustice Superman is Lois.
As soon as he fell asleep, he appeared next to Louise, because whenever he lay next to Louise, he felt safe and could better control his mind and emotions.
The anchor point creates a psychological defense line. Injustice Superman's psychological defense line is his bedroom. As long as the anchor point exists, the psychological defense line will not be easily breached, and naturally, the alarm clock will not be easily taken away.
On the contrary, loss of control comes from "weakness".
Unjust Superman's weakness is Unjust Batman.
In the deep dream, the Injustice Batman appeared, and the Injustice Superman returned to the countless scenes of arguing with him in the Justice League base. This made his mental stability decline.
Because of this, Schiller was able to gradually break through his psychological defenses, first coming to his living room, then walking into his bedroom and taking the alarm clock from his bedside table.
With the alarm clock, Schiller can easily interfere with the mental state of the Unjust Superman.
That's why Injustice Batman asked Schiller, "What's my alarm?"
He was actually asking, "What is the thing that can strike at my mental weakness?"
That's the point.
Almost everyone knows Batman's mental weakness, which is nothing more than the death of his parents.
Many people want to use mental weaknesses to attack him, but only a few are successful. This is because they have not been able to find the right fuse and cannot get the real alarm clock.
There are many things related to the death of his parents, but no one knows which one can truly stimulate Batman's spirit.
Was it the alley? Was it the gunshot? Was it the pearl necklace? Was it the movie ticket? Could it be a light I caught a glimpse of that night? A sound? A sentence?
Maybe every Batman is different. There is no way to find the right thing without going into the deep dream.
The alarm clocks that correspond to mental weaknesses are often very abstract, and may not even have a strong connection with the mental weaknesses themselves.
Just like Injustice Superman, before Schiller entered the deep dream, he would never have thought that what triggered Injustice Superman's conditioned reflex was actually just the alarm clock in his house.
This is why it is difficult for ordinary people to invade other people's spiritual world in an attempt to find their weaknesses and exploit them, but they find it difficult to succeed.
Because alarm clocks and mental weaknesses are not necessarily directly related. Injustice Superman’s mental weakness is Injustice Batman, but his alarm clock is really an alarm clock, and it’s the alarm clock in his own home.
If a non-professional were to come in, even if he realized that Injustice Superman's weakness might be Injustice Batman, he would probably look for equipment with a bat logo or something that represents Batman, and would not think of looking for the alarm clock in Injustice Superman's home.
Injustice Batman looked at the alarm clock in Schiller's hand.
When Lois mentioned the alarm clock, Injustice Batman had already sensed the pressure that Injustice Superman was facing. He knew that he had become Injustice Superman's mental weakness, and he also knew that the thing that triggered this mental weakness was the alarm clock in Injustice Superman's home.
He mentioned this deliberately before they entered the dream, just to see how capable the person who came was, and how similar the rules of this so-called dream world were to reality.
As he expected, the mysterious professor turned out to be a real soul catcher.
He pulled Injustice Superman into a deep dream in a very short time and found the alarm clock accurately. This proved that he had done a very in-depth study of the spiritual world and dreams, and was probably a professional.
The laws of the dream world are somewhat similar to the conclusions drawn from the study of dreams in the real world. It is still the same set of conscious and subconscious, seemingly absurd, but interconnected.
Injustice Batman also understood the real purpose of their trip - to find Hale's alarm clock.
But it is far from that simple.
Injustice Superman's mental state was originally unstable. First, he was greatly stimulated by the tragedy of Louise. After coming to this universe, his brain waves were interfered with by Malafak, and then his emotions were sealed by Charles.
His spiritual world was completely shattered. If he had not been in urgent need of a sense of security, he would not have dreamed of Louise, let alone let Schiller succeed so easily.
In front of Schiller, Injustice Superman can be said to be full of loopholes. But dealing with Hale is different from dealing with Injustice Superman.
Hale is stronger than Injustice Superman. His physical strength means he will have a stronger sense of mental security. His anchor point will be more stable and less likely to be shaken.
At the same time, he also possesses powerful psychic abilities that other Kryptonians do not have. Every psychic is a natural psychologist, and their perception of their own mental state is more meticulous than that of ordinary people. This is even more troublesome.
However, Barry's plan coincides with Schiller's plan. He deliberately travels through time and leads the future Hale to the past, letting him know his true life experience. This is also a stimulation to his spirit.
This caused a crack in Hale's originally impeccable spiritual world, and gave Schiller a chance to take advantage of it.
The truck stopped. When the three people in the car came out, they saw a slightly barren land. When they stepped on the ground, it felt like they were stepping on loose sandstone that had weathered for many years.
Everywhere I looked was a dark yellow, as if I had been caught in a sandstorm that had lasted for hundreds of thousands of years. Everything around me was blown lifeless and in chaos.
After walking a few steps forward, they could see clearly that they were on a cliff with a chasm in front of them that seemed to have no end.
If you want to see the whole picture of the rift valley, the truck, which is as big as a monster, becomes a small black dot. People are even more invisible, blending into a handful of sand, just a few larger grains of sand.
A gust of wind blew over, and the air was filled with a dry smell. Jack stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down, then said, "This is the entrance to Hale's dream."
"You mean we should jump?" asked Injustice Batman.
"Yes." Jack glanced at the Unjust Batman and said, "You must be thinking that this is the Joker's conspiracy. But the fact is, I have to go down too."
Schiller turned to look at him. Jack sighed and said, "The Dream Realm exists deeper in everyone's subconscious. If we enter dreams in a normal way, we may go directly into his deep dreams."
"But the dangers of that guy's deep dream may be far beyond your imagination. If you start exploring from there, you may be torn to pieces before you find what you want."
"So I have to drive you to a safe place. It could be a shallow dream state close to the surface consciousness, or it could be a middle dream state. In short, it should be a place where you can stay."
Injustice Batman also turned to look at him. He suddenly discovered a horrifying fact - the Joker in this universe seemed more reliable than all the people in the Justice League put together.