Chapter 3774: Spiritual Energy Recovery (Part 2)

At 7:00 PM that day, countries around the world simultaneously released the "Cosmos Stage Development and Human Race Body and Spirit Synchronization Report," although the contents varied.

Some countries focused on explaining the story of the World Tree, informing the public about what had happened before; others emphasized victory, telling them that the cure of human diseases was a result of past triumphs; some stressed the principles, using a lot of technical jargon; and some countries had particularly unique introductions. Shiller read China's report and summed it up with one word: "Spiritual Energy Recovery."

Regardless of whether this term is professional or not, isn't it simple and understandable? Even those who haven't read online novels can grasp the general idea from the literal meaning. Simply put, the amount of spiritual energy in the air has increased, so ordinary people can now feel its presence and can practice and use it. What a straightforward logic.

But in fact, this is closer to the truth than lengthy scientific explanations. Because the increase in cosmic energy levels leans more towards the Magic Side, science can't fully explain it. Especially with the current level of human science, explaining entities like the World Tree is still too difficult. If you insist on a professional explanation, ordinary people won't understand it, so it's better to provide a simple, comprehensible logic to prevent social panic.

China's approach indeed worked well. Almost everyone thought it was a good thing after hearing it. Although there were some impulsive young people who read too many online novels and wanted to get a head start during the early days of Spiritual Energy Recovery, due to good law enforcement over there, nothing major happened.

Other countries found this method effective and came up with similar narratives. In America, they called it "New Humans." Simply put, we defeated the Three Great Empires, so we evolved into New Humans. In Europe, it was called the "Magic Era," meaning the cosmos had entered a Magic Era, and thus humans could now wield magic.

These explanations aren't incorrect; they only represent part of the truth. But they are simple enough for ordinary people to understand what to do next.

Their task is to carry on as usual. Since this isn't an upgrade for just one or two people but an overall upgrade, it's basically no upgrade at all. Your physical strength may have increased, but so has that of others, so if it comes to a fight, the odds remain unchanged. Your body can now take bullets, but the shooter can aim more precisely at vital spots, rendering it ineffective. So after the initial period of turmoil, everything pretty much returned to normal.

The biggest change was the promotion of magic education. With the discovery that humanity's primary evolutionary skill this time was the ability to sense and directly use energy, countries began to promote magic education. However, it's not easy to push through, especially in those countries lacking even basic scientific education, let alone magic.

Some countries, although capable, found it economically unviable. Ultimately, it was decided that one magical school per continent would suffice. In the Americas, of course, it's Ilvermorny Magic School, made famous by previous movie promotions, arguably the most well-known magic school.

Before, everyone thought it was fictional, just for the movies. When it turned real, many movie fans couldn't believe it. The mailbox was flooded with applications as soon as they started admissions.

Now, nobody opposes Strange setting up a magic school, but he's not happy; instead, he's quite troubled. His primary intention for opening this magic school was to connect the Multiverse, with plans to recruit students on a Multiversal scale. If too many ordinary students apply, it might be overwhelming.

The pressure from Congress is immense. Since Strange's assertions during previous congressional hearings have come true, many people can now manipulate energy, and it's inevitable that some excel significantly, causing more than a few disturbances. They urgently hope someone could bring these young talents together to properly teach them how to control energy, rather than ending up in chaotic explosions.

Under such pressure, Strange had no choice but to accept some exceptionally talented students, including Gwen. But to fulfill his earlier plans, Strange decided to start recruiting students from the Multiverse early.

In this larger world, he's already selected a few candidates. But he doesn't know much about the adjacent larger worlds, so he's counting on Shiller for that.

"Starting enrollment so soon?" Shiller asked with some confusion, "The school's not even fully built yet. Are you sure this is gonna work?"

"Can you get the students here by tomorrow?" Strange retorted, "Whether you can do it or not, I certainly can't. It takes over a month just to contact people from other universes. Compiling information on students and their parents will take even longer. By the time they actually come to the magic school, it'll likely be half a year later."

"That's not wrong." Shiller nodded and said, "But I've mentioned it before, you can't prevent Batman from coming..."

"Let them come if they want." Strange said somewhat resignedly, "There's nothing in our universe that's undisclosable. If they want to come, let them come."

"Alright, that's what you said. I'll try to pick some safe Batmans, but you know, the safest ones..."

"Enough, just take care of your business." Strange started shooing him away.

Shiller shook his head and left. He was also pondering over the matter. Given Batman's intelligence, as long as he mentioned it, the other side would definitely be able to discern their intentions. However, he believed Batman wouldn't refuse, especially those Batmans who were familiar with this larger world.

When comparing New York and Gotham, most would say they're about the same. But don't forget the pressure in Gotham is largely borne by Batman alone, which is why Gotham's situation can compare slightly better to New York.

Meanwhile, New York appears to be growing wild. Don't be fooled by how many times The Avengers have saved the world, as there are equally frequent world-ending events initiated by certain members of specific organizations. If we completely ignore the superheroes from both sides, Gotham's situation indeed looks worse.

So, cross-world collaboration is actually more beneficial for Gotham. At the very least, they could invite some manpower to help maintain Gotham's law and order, like Spider Man. As the saying goes, Batman never misses a smart and capable kid. Ideally, black hair and blue eyes.

Since most of the normal Batmans would agree, the problem now is how to bring them together and then to the other world. This isn't a Battleworld mission, so there's no Battleworld gateway. Although it's not impossible to mix public and private matters, Shiller doesn't plan to do so to avoid trouble in the future when people come seeking his help.

Shiller decided to use an old method: gather all the bats at his place, get Lucifer to drive to the larger world's barrier, then have OAA open a gate so they could be transported over.

Though having all the Batmans gather at his place isn't particularly safe, it shouldn't be possible for Batmans from other universes to agree to such a gathering in their own universe, except for his. So some sacrifices have to be made.

After pondering, Shiller drafted a list, deciding to visit the Batmans on it one by one. It mostly included those he was familiar with or Batmans their universe had more or less helped, like Prime Universe Batman, and the ones who were supposed to join the Dark Knights group. These Batmans were considered relatively safe.

After finishing the list, Shiller reviewed it again and suddenly remembered something. So he sent a message to Dick:

"How did your previous mission to rescue the unluckiest Batman go? Did that Batman come to Battleworld?"

Shiller wondered that if Dick and his team managed to rescue that Batman, he could add him to the list.

In reality, Shiller didn't know who this so-called unluckiest Batman was because there were too many tragic Batmans in the dark universe to count, and it was hard to determine who was the unluckiest.

Dick's chat window flickered for a moment before finally replying: "Didn't rescue him, mission failed."

Shiller sent a question mark, and after a long pause, Dick replied: "To be precise, Batman is still alive; we just couldn't change the situation. Later, other Batmans went to rescue him too, but they couldn't succeed either."

This piqued Shiller's interest. What kind of dire situation could make the Robin Team and Batmans fail?

"I can't explain it. If you're interested, you can open that instance to take a look." Dick finally replied.

Shiller thought about it and suddenly found the magic school matter not so important anymore. He wanted to see what had happened to the unluckiest Batman. However, knowing that Dick and other Batmans had failed, indicating the high risk, he decided to pull the agent from vacation.

"You mean there's an instance that neither a Robin nor Batmans could handle, and you think even you and Arrogant can't handle, and you want me to go in and rescue someone?" the agent squinted and said.

"Put the gun down first." Greed said, standing in the High Tower corridor, "We assure you, we're on standby at any moment. Should you need us, we can step in immediately. And once this matter is resolved, I won't bother you anymore."

"You better not." The agent turned and walked away.

Arrogant, standing beside Greed, asked, "Do you know which Batman went to rescue that so-called unluckiest Batman and failed?"

"Which one?"

"Universe Batman from Arkham Knight Universe."

"Hiss..."