mtl008 Chapter 2911 When Night Falls (29)
Chapter 2911 When Night Falls (29)
Chapter 2911 When Night Falls (Twenty-nine)
There are about 70 billion people on Earth now. Assuming that all of them were converted into vampires, the food needed every day would be 70 billion humans. So, where can we get 70 billion humans?
If the vampires were smarter, they could convert 30 billion vampires and then raise the remaining 30 billion.
But it's still the problem that Batman mentioned. With a population of 70 billion, there will be only 30 to new people a day. Now there are only billion people left, and then only tens of thousands of new people can be added a day. The birth can't keep up with the consumption, and they will eventually starve to death.
"According to my estimation, there is a threshold for the number of vampires." Batman began to speak. "The number of vampires that the Earth can perfectly nurture is limited. Once this number is exceeded, the extinction of both humans and vampires is inevitable."
Martian Hunter felt a little scared, he asked: "Do you think it's over now?"
"I'm afraid it's not just more than that, it's much higher than that number." Batman sighed and said, "This stupid guy has never thought about this. He doesn't understand the basic laws of the operation of carbon-based biological society, the principles of social resource allocation, and has no experience in leading large-scale organizations. He only acts on his imagination and thinks that it will be like in some video games, the more troops produced, the better."
"I think he might be very young." Martian Manhunter speculated, "He got an organization inexplicably, and he leads it completely based on his superficial knowledge. He has never thought about any deep problems. It's really a big problem."
Martian Hunter thought for a moment and asked again: "Then do you think there is any way to save the relationship now?"
Batman shook his head and said, "In fact, I've almost given up, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to lock everyone up here to catch the traitors. I let the vampires expand outside only because they are courting their own destruction."
"But there are still so many humans on Earth." Martian Manhunter said, "Batman, you can't give up. Even if they are all transformed into vampires, we can't just watch them starve to death!"
"In fact, I don't have a good way to curb the large-scale expansion of vampires. Who can stop exponential growth?"
Martian Hunter also sighed. He certainly understood how serious it was. One person could convert 4, 4 people could convert 16, 16 could convert 256, and 256 could directly convert more than 6. How could this be stopped?
"But from Superman's description, I don't think they are expanding so fast." Martian Hunter raised other doubts. He said, "If that's the case, everyone in the world will become vampires in a few days, but now most of them are still ordinary humans."
"On the one hand, vampires cannot move during the day, which is different from the activities of ordinary humans, so their transformation speed may be reduced. On the other hand, I suspect that the First Embrace also has conditional restrictions. At least the blood of a vampire itself is not endless."
"And the newborn vampires are a bit weak." Martian Hunter said, "They are afraid of crosses, holy water, garlic, sunlight, and they basically don't know any magic. The loss of personnel should be quite a lot."
Soon Wonder Woman tapped Batman on the shoulder and said, "What are you talking about? It's time for a shift change."
Batman looked back at him and said, "Who's your partner?"
"Of course Superman. Actually we can come all the way to the end of the night. We don't need to sleep anyway."
"Forget it. Let the brother and sister take over in two hours."
"No problem, go and get some rest."
Lying on the ground, Batman turned over with a slight smile on his face. Now the traitor probably couldn't sleep at all.
Although he said it on purpose for the insider to hear, what Batman said was true. This so-called Vampire King was just a fool.
You know, many people can get very anxious when doing group work with five or six people. The leadership ability of ordinary people probably ends here. Those who can lead 50 people without any trouble without any training are considered to be born in heaven.
Even with professional management training, there are only a handful of people who can manage 500 people, let alone know how to assign the right people to the right positions.
The biggest reason why the world is a giant makeshift team is that humans’ need for leadership far exceeds the leadership they can provide to their fellow humans. It’s good enough that 99.9% of humans in this world can manage themselves. Will there be no chaos if they are forced to manage others?
Therefore, the situation that the Vampire King faces is very likely that one day, an organization of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people falls into his hands. He has no understanding of the situation of this organization, no short-term goals, and no development direction.
So he could only come up with a bizarre goal of blocking the sun to fool the brainless young people like him. But anyone who has worked for two days will know that such an organization will not go far.
But all the members of the Justice League are not like this. They have seen Batman, the most powerful leader in the world, and they know what the core of an excellent team should be like. In comparison, the Vampire King is as childish as a baby.
In fact, Batman’s specialty is not management. Overall management is a skill he randomly chooses. But his basic attributes are too high and he has many skill points. Even if he randomly chooses a few, he can surpass most humans.
Every time Batman makes a plan for the Justice League, he always has both short-term goals and long-term strategic plans. He can be specific to people and things, while leaving enough room for flexibility. He can maximize the strengths of everyone, and he has his strong personal ability to provide a backup.
Who wouldn't feel comfortable with such a leader?
So, after comparing the abilities of this young and inexperienced vampire king and Batman, how could this traitor not be angry?
On one hand, there is a mess that is entirely based on emotions, and on the other hand, there is a powerful organization that has plenty of room for a comeback even if it reaches the Jedi. Fighting against the Justice League led by Batman, me?
This is exactly the effect Batman wanted. Starting from the closed conference room, everything he did and every word he said was to put pressure on the mole, forcing him to have an emotional breakdown and make irreparable and fatal mistakes.
Batman has never thought of relying on certain details in words as evidence to catch the traitor. That would indeed show his strength, but his strength no longer needs to be proven.
What he wanted was for the traitor to self-destruct and make some stupid mistakes under the dual pressure of physical and emotional pressure, so as to prove that the so-called vampire's life level being higher than that of humans was a complete joke.
In fact, when vampires began to expand, this argument already had a certain market, because there were indeed many such guides among humans. When aliens who wanted to destroy humanity invaded, they would just say, "Please come this way, Master."
It is precisely because of the existence of such people that the stance of superheroes against vampires will be shaken, especially for a superhero like Superman. No matter how many vampires there are, they cannot defeat him. But if some humans stand up and say that you are meddling in other people's business, he may feel hesitant.
Batman knows very well that the most serious injuries Superman has ever suffered have always come from within. He does not ask those he saves to be grateful to him, or even to understand him, but if one day they stand against him and want to kill him, he will really feel heartbroken and discouraged.
Batman just wants to show superheroes like Superman that if you let these insects rule the earth, what is the difference between this and letting the earth be destroyed?
He believed that Superman must have heard what he had just said. Although Superman's super brain was a passive skill, as long as he remembered these words, when faced with such a choice one day, he would have sufficient reasons to convince himself that there was no difference between letting vampires rule the earth and destroying the earth, so this group of guides were accomplices in the destruction of the earth, and he could feel at ease to strike them hard.
Having completed another small goal, Batman closed his eyes. He could clearly hear the whispers of Superman and Wonder Woman beside him, which made him fall asleep quickly.
Not long after, it was time for the shift change, and the sound of the Fantastic Twins' footsteps woke Batman up.
The siblings came to one side of the room, apparently whispering to each other. Jenna wanted to speak her native language to her brother, but Zan said, "You really should practice your English. When you told me stories today, it gave me a headache."
Jenna stuck out her tongue and said, "That's what happens when I'm sleepy. Who told me that today it was my bedtime when I was telling a story?"
"Why did you suddenly go to bed so early?"
"How did you know I stayed up late secretly?!...Okay, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. Who do you think is the betrayer?"
"I don't know, but I think Batman must know." Zan said, "I'm a little hungry. Do you think they will find out if we sneak out to get a sandwich now?"
"Stop it. The sound of you tearing the packaging will definitely be heard." Jenna lowered her voice and said, "Batman might suspect anything we do now. Let's just stay still."
"It's just a sandwich. Would a vampire like a sandwich?"
"It's hard to say. It would be terrible if Batman thought you were secretly sucking blood."
"Whose blood? Sandwich's? I can get a can of soda, right?"
"Get me a can too. I want the sugar-free one."
Batman heard Zan's footsteps walking to the other side of the room, where the food was. He grabbed a bunch of things and walked over to sit down.
Sure enough, after a while, Jenna's exclamation was heard.
"Why did you take so many snacks?!"
"They won't eat it anyway. Look, this bag of potato chips has a new flavor."
"Have you not eaten potato chips for too long? This flavor has been around for a year. Give me the spicy one. I want that one."
Click, click, click…click, click, click…hiss—ton ton ton, hiss—ton ton ton.
Batman sighed helplessly, walked over quietly, and touched Jenna's head. Jenna was startled, then hugged the potato chips in her arms a little embarrassedly and said, "Stay alert is too boring. I was afraid that we would fall asleep, so I wanted to eat some snacks..."
"Go to sleep." Batman whispered, "It's still a while before dawn, go to sleep for a while."
"Thank you, but isn't that too hard for you?"
Batman paused when he heard what Zan said, then he shook his head and said, "Go ahead."
Not long after the Wonder Twins left, the next shift arrived, this time it was Green Lantern and Aquaman.
"Aren't you asleep, Batman?" Aquaman sat down next to him, picked up a bag of potato chips and said, "Those two kids are eating so deliciously. I'm hungry. Bring me that sandwich."
With a flash of green light, the sandwich was thrown into Aquaman's arms. Green Lantern sat down on the other side of Batman, crossed his arms and said, "I slept well, but I was woken up."
"How's Barry?" Batman asked.
"He slept soundly." Green Lantern said, "He didn't have a fever tonight, which means the wound hasn't worsened. This is the best news."
"Do you think there is something wrong with their narration during the day?" Aquaman looked at Batman and asked, then he continued: "I am sober now, I will be the first one here in the morning."
"Won't your wife be worried about you if you lose contact?" Batman said.
Aquaman waved his hand and said, "The sea tribe is basically unaffected by this disaster. Although she has never liked you land people, she will not cause trouble for the Justice League for my sake."
"That's good. I don't think the few people there during the day are very suspicious. What do you think?"