Chapter 27 The Chamber

Meanwhile, on the Tin Foil spaceship...

At this moment, Tin Foil Man had the ship hovering in the air, watching how things would develop.

In the eyes of the other heroes of the Universal Superhero Alliance (excluding Black Hole Queen, Brother Jue, and the main headquarters), the four who jumped down could destroy half the universe without a problem. Solving a mere Explodo… probably wouldn't take more than a few minutes.

However, what they waited for was…

"Open the hatch, I need to get back on." The Toad's voice suddenly came through the communicator, "Hurry! Poison Man is dying!"

"What?" Captain Crapstar in the co-pilot's seat couldn't believe his ears, "Are you sure it's Poison Man?"

"Enough nonsense! Open the hatch." The Toad's tone and wording immediately made the people on the ship realize two things – one, this was not a joke; two, the situation was much more serious than they had imagined.

About a minute later, The Toad reappeared in the cabin.

"How is Poison Man?" Seeing him come in, Lucky Man immediately stepped forward with concern.

"He's been poisoned by a toxin specifically targeting his DNA, his body is self-destructing…" The Toad's answer was very efficient, making the situation clear in two sentences, "I've already put him in the 'Chamber'."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces showed surprise.

On the one hand, it was because they found it hard to believe that Poison Man would be defeated by "poison"; on the other hand, it was because... the "Chamber" The Toad mentioned was not a medical bay or anything like that, but a special "containment device."

This device was specifically used to imprison some "super criminals who are extremely difficult to imprison," such as… criminals who can teleport, criminals whose bodies can penetrate matter, criminals with molecular-level manipulation abilities, and so on; as long as these criminals were still conscious, they could easily escape from any conventional prison.

Therefore, The Toad and Tin Foil Man jointly designed this device called the "Chamber."

The shape of the Chamber is like a giant ostrich egg, and there is always a non-string theory compliant alternate dimension inside; when the egg body is closed, no matter what means the creature locked inside uses to move, it will only expand the alternate dimension, but cannot change its actual position in this dimension.

In addition, the body's properties, state, and other factors of the creatures locked in the "Chamber" will hardly change, that is to say… the effects caused by the passage of time are almost stopped.

The Toad had put Poison Man in the Chamber now, also out of desperation… because he knew that 'Life Stasis Agent' alone wouldn't last long; and normal medical treatment… couldn't stop or reverse the process of Poison Man's body collapsing.

So, the only remaining method… was to put him in the Chamber first, and try to buy more time as much as possible before they figured out a solution.

"Actually… it's this serious?" After a few seconds, Tin Foil Man thought for a moment and guessed the cause and effect. Even he couldn't help but look solemn.

"Yes." At this time, the expression under The Toad's mask was also not very good, "That Dr. Dippy… did something that the two of us couldn't do…"

"Hey, wait a minute, what do you mean by that?" Lucky Man's reaction was quick. He immediately heard some strange information from the other party's words.

"It means, we also studied how to kill Poison Man," The Toad replied.

"What did you say?" Lucky Man went ballistic as soon as he heard this. He immediately stood in front of The Toad and questioned angrily.

"I don't think I need to repeat what I just said," The Toad said, "If you can't understand or accept what I did, we can talk about it another time, now…"

"Who wants to talk to you another time?" Lucky Man interrupted him, "Don't even think about glossing over this!"

"Isn't this normal?" At this moment, Feng Bujue, who was sitting next to him and watching coldly, spoke, "What's there to get excited about?"

"Hey, buddy, we're not that familiar with you." Lucky Man turned to look at Brother Jue, "So you better not interfere in this…"

"Familiar or not doesn't matter, I'm just telling you the reasoning…" Feng Bujue continued, "For example… if one day, Poison Man gets a hot head and decides to become a super criminal, what do you think will happen next?"

"Watch your wording, Poker Man, you're discussing a respectable hero who has made countless sacrifices for justice." Lucky Man replied solemnly.

"Okay, then I'll change the example. If one day, Poison Man is brainwashed by a super criminal, or is controlled… and has to fight against the side of justice, what do you think should be done?" Brother Jue then said.

After being asked this, Lucky Man fell silent.

"Heh…" Feng Bujue smiled when he saw this, "Look… you're thinking; it's okay to think now, but if my hypothesis comes true, then… every second you think, someone will die." He paused, "That's the difference between The Toad and Tin Foil Man and you… what they do, is inhumane in the eyes of idealists, even dirty and cold… but it is 'correct'."

"People like them bear that dirt and suffer accusations before things happen; but when a crisis occurs, they can stand up and respond with a pre-prepared plan."

"And most other people… often only choose to stand on the moral high ground, enjoy that sense of superiority, and criticize those who they think are not 'noble' enough; but… when the time comes, these people can only stare blankly, they can only use meaningless sacrifices to defend their 'nobility'. But in essence… it doesn't solve any problems."

"Sigh…" Lucky Man sighed helplessly when he heard this, and walked away from The Toad, "Maybe you're right… when fighting evil, assassins are more useful than priests, laws are more useful than morals, reality… is more useful than ideals."

Feng Bujue spread his hands and tilted his head, "Hehe… it seems you're quite sensible."

"But there's one thing you're wrong about…" Lucky Man said, already turning to walk out of the cabin, "Not all idealists put their 'nobility' first…" When passing by Brother Jue, he glanced at the other party, "What I want to protect is something more practical…"

…………

At the same time, inside the command center tower.

"Thousand-Eyes Man!"

Along with Mr. Lousy's miserable cry, Thousand-Eyes Man fell.

At this time, Thousand-Eyes Man looked like a sponge that had been crushed countless times by a heavy object, limp on the ground, unable to rise again.

And ninety percent of the thousands of eyes on his body, enough to cause trypophobia, had already closed.

"Don't worry." A few seconds later, Dr. Dippy's cold voice rang out again, "He may not die before you…"