That afternoon.
In the secret laboratory on the bottom floor of Vought Tower.
The Failure Insurance and the Anti-Superman Armor were disassembled into modules and placed on the wall.
"Sir, the protection upgrade of the secret database has been completed, all relevant records have been deleted, and all data is sealed, stored only by Weitte Aus II."
Weitte Aus's mechanical electronic voice came from the speakers installed in the wall.
"Very good, has the AI cracking of the Failure Insurance been completed?"
"Not completed, the surface data of the intelligent chip has been parsed, the core data cannot be accessed, the key is being cracked, brute force cracking is being used, calling computing power: 1PFLOPS, estimated time: unknown."
"Try using the password, Martha, M-a-r-t-h-a."
"Incorrect key."
"Change one, Thomas."
"Incorrect key."
"Okay, continue with the brute force cracking."
Mr. Freeze touched his head, which was as clever as Lex Luthor's bald head, and said:
"Batman used this promethium metal battery as an energy reserve material. If I guessed correctly, he must have first used this arc reactor to infuse a large amount of energy into the promethium metal for storage, and then replaced the hydrogen-filled palladium in the arc reactor. When the reactor is destroyed, the machine will release specific frequency-modulated electromagnetic waves to release energy, completing a new energy cycle."
Victor took out a palm-sized, about three centimeters thick block of promethium metal.
"This guy is a bit inhumanly extravagant."
Shimizu clicked his tongue.
After all, the foundation is still a bit shallow.
Whether it's Deathstroke, Batman, or Lex Luthor, they all have channels to obtain promethium metal.
Ra's al Ghul also has a small amount of reserves, but he is unwilling to give it.
When Shimizu asked how it came about, he said it was robbed, and he had no other channels to obtain it himself.
A small amount of information obtained from Ra's al Ghul showed that promethium metal was first discovered decades ago by an old superhero, Steve Dayton, who participated in World War II.
This man was a scientist, and a teammate of the original Star-Spangled Kid and the original Starman, who fought against the Nazis together. His ability was to use a high-tech helmet he made to launch mental attacks on others, and his strength was not very strong.
He claimed that this metal was an artificial metal he invented and manufactured, but Steve Dayton has long been missing.
Ra's al Ghul suspected that promethium metal might be related to aliens.
But everything is just speculation.
In any case, the reserves of promethium metal on Earth are limited, and extremely limited, something that cannot be obtained just by having money.
"Did you record the frequency of the electromagnetic waves?"
"I asked Weitte Aus to record it. You can try to activate the Speed Force Dagger with this method. If it works, it means it's feasible, and maybe the energy activation efficiency will be even higher."
Victor then used tweezers to take out the damaged palladium metal strip from the arc reactor, placed it on the adjacent ultra-thin slicer, took a sample, and then transferred it to a transmission electron microscope, using an accelerated electron beam to pass through the sample.
The imaging resolution displayed by this transmission electron microscope can reach a few tenths of an angstrom.
Angstrom is not an internationally accepted unit, but it has gradually become a unit of length that many scientists are accustomed to using. 10 angstroms is equivalent to 1 nanometer.
This level of resolution can already show the atomic structure inside a crystal lattice relatively intuitively.
"It's a bit different from the hydrogen-saturated palladium lattice structure diagram you provided, but the degree of agreement reaches more than 90%, close to saturation. This atomic spacing is enough to greatly reduce the requirements for nuclear fusion. Perhaps only a high-energy laser needs to be shone on it to achieve cold nuclear fusion, and it can be stopped at any time, safe and controllable."
Victor looked at the transmission electron microscope image displayed on the computer with some fascination.
Cold nuclear fusion.
Even if Victor is not a scientist specializing in the field of energy, this kind of thing still has great appeal to a physicist.
"Batman said... before he left, that he used a combination of nanobots and PEALD technology to build a factory based on the molecular level, so that he could roughly fill hydrogen atoms according to a predetermined arrangement."
Shimizu rested his chin in one hand and said to Victor.
"I don't have a deep understanding of nanotechnology."
Victor shook his head regretfully.
"Maybe Lex Luthor also has the ability to do it, but we are now in a competitive relationship with him."
"First investigate the laboratories and companies in the world that are researching related technologies, and then invest and acquire them, and complete the initial technical reserves first."
Shimizu shrugged.
At least there is a direction.
There is no mistake in the first, the first, the first, the inner, the content, the one, the look!
If not, think of some ways to get the relevant technology from Wayne Enterprises.
It's just that Bruce Wayne has just been sent to a parallel universe, and it's no different from being dead for the time being. Is it a bit bad for me to do this?
But then again.
When Batman comes back, there won't be such a good opportunity.
It's just that Alfred and Lucius are not easy people to deal with.
Just as Shimizu was thinking this, Weitte Aus's voice suddenly rang again.
"Sir, received a call reminder from Mr. Dugan."
"Answer it."
With a thud, Weitte Aus helped Shimizu connect to the phone signal.
"Speak."
"Boss, Lucius Fox, the president and CEO of Wayne Enterprises, and Alfred Pennyworth, the Wayne family's butler, are visiting and want to see you."
"Let them wait in my office for a while, I'll be there soon."
Speak of the devil.
"Victor, keep an eye on this, I'll go up and take a look."
Shimizu stood up, said goodbye to Victor, then walked out of the lab, took off the suit from the rack and put it on, and walked into the elevator.
Two minutes later.
In the office with the best lighting on the top floor of Vought Tower.
"Dugan, you can go out first, I will entertain the two from Wayne Enterprises."
Shimizu walked into the office, nodded to Dugan, who was instructing the secretary to pour tea, and then looked at the two energetic white-haired old men sitting on the leather sofa.
The two old guys who are regarded as family by Bruce Wayne, the most important logistics and technical support of the Batman family.
"I think I have already explained it very clearly to you two this morning, about Bruce going to the parallel universe, and the research plan for that teleportation gun."
Shimizu sat on the other side of the sofa and poured himself a cup of tea.
These two shouldn't be here to ask him for the Failure Insurance and the Anti-Superman Armor, right?
I have to think of some excuses to send them back.
