Chapter 37 Ascending Player: This time, I'll log in with a different account!

"Anyway, I'm just an innocent bystander. What proof do you have that I'm Bruce? Without evidence, I won't admit it." Wen Yue wiped her face without changing her expression, calmly denying and even turning the tables, not forgetting to probe for confirmation: "The Dark God you're talking about is Barbatos?"

"How dare you call a god by his name..." Melinda hadn't finished speaking when a player interrupted her.

"Ah, right, right, right, I'm such an overstepper, I'd rather die than live." Wen Yue reasonably suspected that these villains all graduated from the same villain academy, just repeating the same few lines every day. The player stopped pretending; she had completely grasped the situation: "Barbara and Cyborg didn't actually turn into vampires, right?" But they were united in their betrayal and defection.

Barbara had previously been exposed to the Holy Light, and experienced nothing amiss under its influence. Holy Light is not ordinary sunlight or a cross; its special attack on dark creatures is impervious to any force. Therefore, Barbara is not a vampire, and neither is Cyborg.

"So what did Barbatos give you that reversed the thinking of these heroes—the Anti-Life Equation?" Wen Yue speculated reasonably.

Despite being too exhausted to straighten his back due to the damage to his body, the player exuded an aura of authority when facing Melinda, whose face was filled with astonishment and surprise.

The antimatter universe has only a few unique features, with the Anti-Life Equation being a DC exclusive. It can reverse thought through psychic vulnerabilities, causing life to lose its self and placing the individual entirely under the user's control—a situation consistent with the brainwashed superheroes of today. As a core boss-level force in the antimatter universe, it was once used by villains in DC comics to destroy the matter universe.

Cyborg might have been brainwashed by the Anti-Life Equation while Hal was still undercover, and Barbara might have been unknowingly brainwashed while acting alone with Nightwing. But what about Dick? When was he affected?

"You know?" Melinda looked up and examined the Batman from the other world, and said with great interest, "I've seen your biography. You don't have any way of knowing this. It seems you have many secrets."

Wen Yue looked at him with disdain and waved her hand dismissively: "I don't know if I have any secrets, but your secret is obvious. Your lack of brains has been completely exposed."

The player scoffed, raising their head arrogantly and saying disdainfully, "Seriously, if a cheater doesn't know how to use it, they'd give the Fourth Scourge a free pass. If it were me, I would have destroyed the world long ago." With a cheat this powerful, wouldn't the Justice League be taken down in a heartbeat? I don't know why she went through all that trouble. Her actions sound like a drunken idiot; I suggest she take a break and not set off.

"Speechless." Melinda clenched her fists, her face dark. "I hope you can still be this quick-witted later."

Nightwing and Dick appeared silently behind Wen Yue. Wen Yue's body stiffened. The sharp blade that had pierced her chest was roughly pulled out by Dick from behind. Nightwing's sharp fangs were deeply embedded in the player's neck.

"Hey, hey, hey, let's talk this out, don't get physical." Wen Yue gradually lost the strength to struggle as her wrist was gripped. The tingling sensation spread throughout her body from the fangs that Nightwing had pierced into her carotid artery, and the player could only mutter a few words.

Melinda approached Wen Yue and slashed open her palm, blood flowing into the player's forced-open mouth.

"Don't worry, you won't die, it'll just hurt a little." Melinda had a gentle smile on her face that seemed out of place with the bloody scene.

The dark power transforming her body clashed violently with the aura energy within, causing Wen Yue's transformation to be more intense and agonizing than anyone else's. A deep, bone-chilling pain surged from within, finally causing her to collapse to the ground, a suppressed cry of pain escaping her lips. The player, still talking, forced out a sentence through gritted teeth: "Do you have some misunderstanding about 'a little pain'?"

"Bruce!" Jason tried to rush forward, but was blocked by Dick, who was seven times stronger after turning evil, with a knife. Jason no longer held back and fought back fiercely, breaking away from the battle with Dick. However, he was grabbed by the green light that materialized in his hand. Hal controlled the green light and suddenly tightened his grip, slamming his palm hard into the ground. Jason was seriously injured and instantly lost consciousness.

Why is Green Lantern bullying Jason? It was one thing for him to fight Jason one-on-one when Wen Yue and Dick were out, but now he's acting so arrogantly even with players present.

Other members of the Bat-Family tried to break through the encirclement to get closer to Wen Yue and Jason, but were stopped by the super-powerful green light of Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Hal.

Wen Yue, lying dead on the ground, slightly raised her hand. A pure white light broke through layers of barriers and merged into Jason's body. Jason's internal and external wounds healed at a visible speed. The remaining energy of the aura was finally completely depleted, and the player breathed a sigh of relief, resigning himself to his fate: the energy conflict was too intense, and giving it away sooner was a relief.

Without the resistance of aura energy, the vampire's transformation ritual was unstoppable. The intense crimson slowly painted the player's unfocused eyes, and the once clear, azure pupils seemed to be slowly stained red with blood.

Wen Yue was roughly pulled up by Melinda. The player swung his dragging legs a few times, silently mocking and disdainful of Melinda's height. Luckily, Melinda didn't notice this minor detail, otherwise the player would have gotten a beating.

"Let me see the flaws in your heart." Melinda gently stroked the player's bloodied cheek, and the Anti-Life Equation brutally invaded the player's mind with overwhelming force.

"Ugh..." The other person was holding her so tightly that Wen Yue was having trouble breathing.

Her slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, her unfocused gaze refocusing. Wen Yue raised her hand and grabbed Melinda's wrist, her previous weakness vanishing without a trace. The player revealed a calm smile: "I'll return those words to you exactly as they were."

At this moment, time seemed to stand still, a fleeting instant that was also an infinite eternity. Wen Yue's soul fluctuated violently, and the player's soul in the sea of ​​consciousness grasped the fragments of the world, with higher-dimensional powers resonating in harmony as they clasped their hands together.

The cheat's effects weren't working, and the original account was banned, so the player had to log in with a new account.

In reality, the player's body glowed with golden light and suddenly disintegrated into a sky full of starlight.

Melinda's hand missed its mark, and she murmured in shock, "Why..." Why was Batman able to break free of control? Why did Batman's body disappear into particles of light? Why did the opponent still have a way to deal with this situation?

The gentle soul broke free from the dimensional shackles and slowly ascended to a higher dimension, its status ethereal and supreme, as the dawn broke through the night, revealing a vast and boundless realm.

This world can't summon the world's consciousness to play for it, so players have to rely on themselves. Wind Spirit Moon Shadow activated! Physical weakness, spiritual ascension—the player needs invincibility frames; she's no longer human!

Everything is under control. The shell that the world consciousness arranged for Wen Yue is both protection and constraint. Without constraints, how can she not do whatever she wants?

The World Consciousness stated long ago that players and Barbatos are of the same status. If Barbatos obtains a World Fragment, he can gain access to log in, and players can certainly do the same.

Authority, order, laws, dimensional ascension, supreme.

Across universes and dimensions, players broke through the shackles to synchronize and ascend to a higher dimension, logging into the world consciousness's account from different worlds. Sorry, there's nothing we can do about it. This wave of players is far ahead of the other Fourth Calamities, essentially like ordinary users directly logging into the server administrator's account. The administrator would probably yell, "Where's the password?!" (Phonetic translation; try shouting it out to see for yourself.)

A gentle, calm voice rang in everyone's ears, "Because I am Batman. Batman always wins."

Yes, yes, it's all Batman's fault. Remember Batman, and if you want revenge, go find Batman, not the players!

Before logging in, they were timid and hesitant; after logging in, they struck with full force. Wen Yue forcefully took control of the Anti-Life Equation, and as consciousness rose and resonated with life within a small space, invisible images spread and unfolded in everyone's minds.

Ignoring the constraints of time, space, and historical levels, everyone present resonated with the player's high-dimensional omniscience and spiritual vision.

In the distorted darkness, a massive consciousness slowly approached the claws of the Court of Owls. The power to control consciousness was deeply hidden within the claws, and a corner of Dick's face was revealed amidst the swirling black mist.

Wen Yue's rising consciousness understood the situation; it was Dick's experience in the original world: young Dick was captured by the Court of Owls and turned into claws, and Barbatos planted the seed of mind control in him—indeed, the world's consciousness is unreliable; how could a child be fostered by someone else? He didn't even know he'd been tricked.

A heavy shadow shrouded the alleyway, the eerie atmosphere accompanied by suppressed, rapid, tense breathing. The woman, treated as food, slowly revealed her dark eyes, a powerful force surging within her. She retaliated, pinning the vampire down and biting its artery. After a long while, only a pair of eyes radiating a cold red light remained. Melinda licked her blood-stained fingers with lingering relish, a satisfied yet eerie smile spreading across her face.

This is a scene from this world when Melinda was transformed. The sudden appearance of the power that allowed her to turn the tide is highly suspicious; it seems Melinda had been targeted all along.

Endless hordes of vampires pounced on Nightwing, who was unprepared and unarmed. Surrounded and wounded, Nightwing was powerless to resist and, in despair, was transformed by the Shadow Servants. Even killing Pandora, who transformed him, could not stop his transformation into a vampire. He forced himself to his feet, intending to seek out Queen Mary, who championed peace. Melinda, who had tricked Nightwing into an ambush, seized the opportunity. The power of the Anti-Life Equation targeted her, exploiting Nightwing's vulnerability due to betrayal by his family and the enemy's ambush…

This is the story of the origins and consequences of the vampire king Nightwing's birth. There is no greater despair in the world than this: he thought he still had a choice, but in reality, from the moment he stepped through the door out of trust in his family, he had no choice at all, and the ending was already predetermined.

The lamp ring, emitting a faint glow, was held between pale fingers. Nightwing lowered his head, toying with it. Meanwhile, Hal, caught completely off guard, was betrayed one after another by his friends and childhood sweetheart. Carol Phyllis transformed him into a vampire. The Anti-Life Equation lay hidden beneath despair, and Hal's unwavering resolve crumbled under the repeated betrayals of those he trusted.

Even knowing the ending, players still held onto a sliver of hope that the Green Lantern's will could transcend the constraints of the equation and turn the tide. However, sadly, no miracle occurred. Wasn't Green Lantern supposed to be unstoppable when playing solo? How could he be defeated so easily?

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The following scenes contain information that players already know: all the superheroes fall victim to being betrayed and trusted when they are caught off guard, and are then subjected to brainwashing and transformation using the Anti-Life Equation.

The scene of Melinda's transformation into a vampire, the first of her kind, is highly suspicious. Before her, vampires possessed normal emotions and principles; after her transformation, they lost all emotional restraint and had no moral compass, completely severing the racial differences between vampires and humans, viewing humans solely as food. It seems the vampire race itself underwent a change during Melinda's transformation, and the subsequent transformations themselves had a certain brainwashing effect. However, this slight side effect was ineffective against the strong-willed superheroes, so they were specifically brainwashed by the Anti-Life Equation.

Here, players discover a suspicious point: the superheroes were later brainwashed by Melinda or other vampires using the Anti-Life Equation. So who brainwashed Melinda? The power that caused her sudden transformation must have been present before the transformation. Players need to investigate Melinda's whereabouts even further back in time.

While Wen Yue was enthusiastically commenting on the information carried by the Anti-Life Equation, everyone outside was also suddenly put into control by the images that appeared in their minds.

Wen Yue never expected that the Anti-Life Equation would treat players differently; they weren't even watching the same show as everyone else. While one player was logging into their World Consciousness account to check the equation data, another player's main account accidentally triggered split-screen due to improper operation, resulting in an unexpected and public social media crash.