There is a huge abyss in hell that spans the entire hell, which is called "hell within hell". Some people also call it "the abyss of eternal night".
In the deepest part of the abyss, there is a huge palace on the cliff, where Beelzebub, the extremely ancient demon king of hell, lives.
Beelzebub had many demon generals under his command, but compared to his peers, he was not too aggressive. Every few hundred years, Beelzebub would summon them under various names to hold celebrations, and The abyss where the celebration had just been held seemed a little deserted.
Walk along the long palace corridor made of obsidian, pass through the flames emerging from the sheep-headed skulls, and go up the stairs along the carpet woven with the pattern of the sun god, and you will arrive at Beelzebub's throne room. .
The tall demon guard was leaning against the door and taking a nap, when suddenly a roar came from the throne room.
".·····Why?!! Batman, are you deliberately looking for trouble?!! Just do as I say!!.iii
The guard was so frightened that he dropped the spear in his hand to the ground. After picking up the spear, he couldn't help but curiously lay at the crack of the door and looked into the throne room.
In the past few days, the name Batman has appeared countless times in the demon king's roar, but every time his voice was heard but no one was seen.
The demon guard observed for a while and found that His Majesty Beelzebub seemed to be responding to the prayers of believers.
Beelzebub was indeed on the phone with Batman, and this was already the fourth prayer call he had received today.
Beelzebub is not completely without human believers, but generally speaking, he only needs a thought to respond to the lengthy prayers of human believers. Anyway, most human believers also pray to him for blessing and strength. As long as it is not too much, he will Yes, anyway, the power that humans want is just a drop in the bucket for him.
But Batman is different. He doesn't want power or protection. What he wants is knowledge.
There have been such freaks throughout the ages. Beelzebub has also given countless secret knowledge to his followers, but other believers just want answers, such as whether something will be successful or whether a certain period of history is true. , What is the truth behind the war between angels and demons?
What is considered secret knowledge to humans is nothing more than a past memory to Beelzebub, and he can easily answer these questions.
But what makes Batman different is that he not only wants answers, but also a process, and no points will be awarded just for having answers.
When he asked Beelzebub about the future of something, his focus was not on whether the future was good or bad. Beelzebub even suspected that Batman didn't trust him to judge whether something was good or bad in the future. Batman cared about it. It’s how Beelzebub made the judgment.
Of course Beelzebub also explained to him that humans and demons have different life forms and different personalities. For demons like Beelzebub, time does not advance linearly, so of course he can see some futures.
But Batman just wants to figure out what the principle of non-linear time prophecy is, what is the difference between the life forms of humans and demons, and what is the personality? Often when Beelzebub answers a question for him, it will lead to countless others. The problem.
Beelzebub yelled at him, "You don't have to be too clear about magic!" Batman would reply to him, "If you don't understand the principle, how can you be sure that your answer is correct?"
Beelzebub tried to convince him with practice, such as making a prophecy and then waiting for a period of time for the prophecy to come true, but Batman would question again, even if it comes true this time, what about next time?
Without a process that can be completely deduced, how can we ensure the stability of the results?
This theory really stumped Beelzebub. The power he possessed and everything he could do were actually instincts. He had never thought about where the power came from and how it worked.
And Batman went further: "If you don't understand the principle of all this, then one day this power disappears, and you don't even have a way to restore it."
Of course Beelzebub wanted to swear that "this power will never disappear". He has thought so for thousands of years.
He will always be the Demon King of Hell, a being far superior to other existences in the universe.
But Belial's death made him a little uncertain again.
Judging from his common sense, the three demon kings of hell will not die. They are the pillars of hell and should live as long as the entire universe. But Belial just disappeared, disappearing without any trace of life.
It's hard not to give Beelzebub a sense of crisis. Even if Batman doesn't go crazy and eat him again, how can he ensure that nothing else threatens his survival next time?
Any intelligent life has a survival instinct, and a life with emotions is bound to be afraid. Belial disappeared too easily. The powerful power he controlled and his similar personality to Beelzebub failed to provide him with any protection. What on earth is this? Why?
Once this idea appeared in Beelzebub's mind, it was difficult for him not to think about it. If one day he faced a madman like Batman, and removed his power and personality, what would he have left?
If one day, his power and personality disappear, then can he really just stay where he is, waiting for the danger to come without knowing anything, and is completely unable to save it?
Thinking about his current situation, Beelzebub thought, maybe yes, he doesn't know where his power comes from. If it is naturally generated, will it always be generated? If it is given by someone, will it always be given?
These questions hovered in Beelzebub's mind like a curse. Every time Batman called and asked questions that Beelzebub had never thought about, the curse became clearer.
When a demon king begins to think about the source of his power, he will inevitably use his instinct-like powerful power to trace the origin of the universe with a vision far beyond that of humans.
But it is a pity that Beelzebub's status is very high, but not high enough. No matter how he uses his special vision and powerful power to explore the mysteries of the universe, he has never been able to accurately tell "how everything in existence exists."
This made Beelzebub feel irritable and even self-defeating, but Batman still took the trouble to call him and ask questions that should have been simple but that no one could answer.
Gradually, Beelzebub was no longer so angry. After all, a little human being can persevere, even if he makes dozens of harassing phone calls to his god every day to figure out the answer to the question, then as a god himself, he is so Wouldn't being irritable look stupid in his eyes?
Although, Beelzebub feels that in Batman's eyes, all life should be stupid, because he is a bit too smart.
When Beelzebub really took Batman's questions and the explanations he casually said into his mind and understood them, Beelzebub discovered that this human being was really ridiculously smart.
There are many things that are impossible to see through from a human perspective, but Batman can directly derive the answers through deduction. Knowledge that is impossible to understand in human life forms, Batman also uses his terrifying understanding ability to forcibly understand them.
He might be the smartest man in the universe, Beelzebub thought.
Then perhaps, he can use his wisdom to answer the mysteries of the universe that he cannot study at all.
Yes, this is beneficial to him, Beelzebub thought. Not every demon monarch has such a smart pope. He should firmly seize this opportunity, and maybe he will have the opportunity to go further.
Thinking of this, Beelzebub's heart became a little hot.
But at this time, Batman's calls no longer came so frequently.
Beelzebub could only sit in his throne room and be suspicious, and one day, he finally couldn't help but asked Batman: "Why haven't you prayed recently?"
He tried hard to control his tone and not sound like a crazy woman who called every five minutes to check on the police, but what Batman said made his heart freeze.
"I think those questions may be too difficult for a demon king. After all, you are far away from the origin of the universe."
"However, during the recent academic discussion, my teacher recommended a good candidate to me. I am planning to fly to the west coast to find Lucifer and ask."
Beelzebub felt his heart tightening. He knew that as God's most beloved son, Lucifer could be called truly omniscient and omnipotent.
At this moment, Beelzebub is not afraid that Batman won't ask, but that he will actually ask. Will he still have his place as a god by then?
Beelzebub was pessimistic about this, so he immediately said to Batman: "There is no need to trouble His Majesty Satan with this little matter. What is the name of the rune language you said the day before yesterday?... Jealousy? Jealousy? That’s Azazel’s area of responsibility, I’ll ask him about it later.”
"Oh, that." Batman's understatement came from the other end: "That topic has been conquered by Tim, but..."
Beelzebub's mood was like riding a roller coaster. He immediately asked: "But what?" "It's nothing, it's my private matter."
"As a pope, of course you should be more pious to your gods. Isn't prayer used to tell the gods your difficulties without reservation?"
"Well, it's actually about some issues about my spiritual world. Some time ago, I split some personality traits. I have been studying how to make them work together. But you also know that the human spiritual world is very fragile. So there was a little problem in my research process..."
"What's the problem?" Beelzebub's tone contained a hint of amusement, "Batman, do you have this day too?"
"It's hard to say." Batman's tone was a bit awkward. He was silent for a moment, and then said, "How about you come and take a look inside my head?"
Beelzebub didn't find anything strange about this invitation. Many humans would summon demons into their bodies in order to gain more power.
Beelzebub was even a little surprised that Batman would actually let him enter his body? Many humans are resistant to this.
But this opportunity comes once in a lifetime, and Beelzebub really wants to know what is so special about this human being called Batman.
So Beelzebub made up his mind and said to Batman: "I will give you a spell. You only need to recite it completely, and then I can enter your soul to check the situation. Don't worry, there is nothing I can't solve. A matter of the soul."
Batman recited the incantation, and Beelzebub successfully entered his soul - and then was overwhelmed by the endless mountain of shit codes.
"Help me change the program until it works, thank you." "Oh... shit... what is this..."
"By the way, this is a closed system. You can't get out until the modification is completed. I'm going to do other work. Goodbye "Batman!!! Bat... ugh!!!"
