Chapter 2134: Battle of Two Cities! (I)

Peter found himself back in the dense fog space.

"What's going on?" he asked, with deep confusion in his tone. "Didn't the universe restart? Then shouldn't I go back to the universe? Or I will disappear," he said. Then a new me comes to replace me."

"That's how it should be, but you died to keep everyone alive."

Peter tilted his head and tried his best to understand these suggestive words, but failed.

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

The black sun is silent.

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

"I'm still alive, and so are all the lives in the universe. No matter what you did, you made their situation better... So, I mean, 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 and see through the strange patterns, he would see a man in a white coat patting the table and several others and saying, "Did you see that! What?" It’s called full marks! What does it mean to be an outstanding graduate?”

Looking at the silent black sun, Peter sighed with some frustration and said, "Well, even if I can't help, where should I go? Even if it's good here, I can't stay here all the time. I should always do it." What should I order?”

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

This knowledge first explains the general principles of universe restart. All in all, this is not an ordinary hot update, but more like an iteration from an internal beta version to a 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 coding method.

This leads to the fact that although everyone in the universe still exists in the universe in that way, their way of existence is actually completely different from the original one.

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, the temporary files stored in the Mist Realm only affect the Earth in the 616 universe.

So far, Peter can still understand what is going on, but what follows is a bit baffling to him, because it involves an area that most characters in comics cannot understand.

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

Although the cosmic engine is not that powerful, it is just a starting point for arranging the plot, but at this point, the plot of the events before the entire reboot has been anchored, and Spider-Man is already Bruce Wayne.

But Earth-1 still needs a Batman. Bruce Wayne has become 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 up as a bat cannot be said to be impossible, but it is too low.

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

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

Peter is a sunny and cheerful boy, and his chances of becoming one of Gotham's best students are higher than his chance of becoming Batman.

Even if he was thrown into Gotham, he would not be able to mysteriously put on a bat suit, have all his equipment printed with bat patterns, and then play games with the madmen in Arkham Asylum.

The greater possibility is that he would dive into Gotham University to get a second degree for himself, and find himself a class after graduate school.

So it would be better to let Bruce Wayne go back to being Batman and Peter Parker to go back to being Spider-Man.

But Bruce is now Spider-Man, and he has all the abilities of Spider-Man. Let’s not talk about whether he is willing to change back. Now that Marvel has changed to a new version, the configuration file of the old version cannot be loaded at all. .

In layman's terms, the old Earth 616 currently stored in the Mist Realm cannot be put back into any Marvel universe, just like you can't use a 64-bit system to run 16-bit programs.

And if you don't put it back, the program will just be a program, and no one can touch the backend, not the administrators at Marvel, nor the ones here.

So who can modify the background?

Of course it was Schiller who kept the configuration file in advance.

Now that Marvel is making such a big move, a series of big events must happen, and hard 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 the players' freshness for the new game or new version will be wasted.

Marvel's product manager Adam, the Life Tribunal, proposed this demand 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.    You can't modify the files related to the spider ability in Bruce Wayne's body even if you pull him back, 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 the Earth No. 1 without Batman will have to restart again, isn't it a big loss for you?

Thinking of this, Lucifer took Schiller's abacus to God. After God calculated the account, this linkage can be said to be a sure win.

Think about it, you don't have to be responsible for 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 Tribunal.

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 reboot of the other side for free. God made a calculation and felt that this could be done.

God and Lucifer studied it as father and son, and felt that since things have come to this point, it is not only troublesome but also uneconomical to create a new universe. It is more complete in the story line to directly link Earth 1.

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

Earth 1 can be regarded as the editorial department's exploration of the 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 a bit embarrassing so far. Batman does not have 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 the 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 the 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 destroying Gotham alone 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 about Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern.

But unfortunately, there are not many characters that can be used to explore the relationship between God and ordinary people, and the conception is difficult, and it 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, most of the Marvel joint publications adopt the method that a crisis occurs in one universe, and the superheroes of the other side appear to participate in the event. This is a classic but easy-to-use routine that has been tried and tested.

The joint plan 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 Earth No. 1 for fusion, and create a brand new fusion earth with the universe as the background.

Adam and Lucifer of the Life Court were shocked when they got this plan. 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 of Marvel's main universe 616 first. This earth can be said to be weathered. After all, before the restart, whenever there was a big event, the spearhead must be pointed at the main universe in the end. Either the villains dug a hole or the superheroes came to ask for help.

The Earth in the 616 universe, especially the New Yorkers on the Earth in 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 each other at lunch, and they watched the universe collision when they went home at night. Before going to bed, they can also watch Ragnarok.

Some people always say that the style is much darker than Marvel, but the 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.

Let’s talk about Earth No. 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.

In short, 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 unified.

The acceptance of New Yorkers is relatively high, and the mental state of Gotham people is relatively stable, which will not lead to chickens and ducks talking, but there is a possibility of integration.

The more both sides studied it, the more they felt that this was an excellent opportunity to expand the influence of both parties simultaneously, and they hit it off.

Just like that, the old Earth of Marvel's main universe 616 was wrapped in a thick fog and flew like a meteor to a universe in the vast star disk.

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 just landed between the two megacities. The Queens and Bronx, a pair of high crime rates, landed in Gotham, and so did the Brooklyn area with the highest population density.

The most prosperous Manhattan area landed in Metropolis, and the Staten Island area became an additional island, floating not far from the mouth of the Gotham River.

The two equally disaster-ridden but distinctive Earths successfully merged together.

What followed was the "Battle of Two Cities" where one side sang and the other took the stage.