At this moment, Li Wei had already rushed back to Arkham Asylum.
He had no mind left for the turmoil outside. He went straight into his office.
After closing the door, he sat back in his office chair and immersed his mind in the system shop...
Soul Essence Balance: 4800 Heroes Owned: Khada Jhin, Singed, Warwick...
Li Wei practically knew the data on the panel by heart. There was nothing different about it.
The only thing worth noting was that Soul Essence had increased by more than 1,200 compared to two days ago, far more efficient than usual.
It seemed the repercussions of Gotham City's underworld reshuffle were still ongoing.
Of course, Li Wei merely glanced at all that before finally turning his attention to the three Hero Templates with limitless growth potential.
Undead Warrior Sion.
Soul Furnace: Passive: Killing a unit granted a certain degree of health enhancement; Active: Deployed a shield.
Chains of Hell Thresh.
Hell Curse (Passive): Absorbed souls to enhance ability power and armor.
Evil Little Mage Veigar.
Extraordinary Power: Ability power increased according to the number of times an enemy was hit. Killing a target granted even more ability power.
Li Wei fell silent for a moment. Feeling the surging power within his body, he took a deep breath before suppressing the urge to burst into wild laughter.
He had ultimately underestimated these three talents!
He had thought that thirty million cockroaches would be enough to double his strength and ability power once or twice. That would have satisfied him.
After all, whether bugs like cockroaches even had souls was hard to say!
But what he had not expected was that after one ultimate from Demolition Genius Jigs, his ability power, vitality, armor, and other attributes had instantly increased more than tenfold!
That was right. Armor was included!
The armor enhancement had come from Thresh's passive!
Li Wei had originally thought that creatures like insects would not enhance Thresh's passive. The reason he had felt that way last time was simply because he had used too little material, and the enhancement had been so slight that he could not feel it at all!
This time, with thirty million cockroaches and such an enormous base number, Li Wei finally clearly felt the enhancement brought by Thresh's passive!
So bugs had souls too. Their souls were simply weaker than human souls.
Although there were no precise numbers, the massive all-around enhancement had made Li Wei ten times stronger in an instant—perhaps even more than twenty times stronger!
Perhaps Li Wei had once been wary of humanity's conventional weapons, since certain heavy firepower could still injure him.
But now, Li Wei had no need to worry about human conventional weapons at all!
Unless they deployed humanity's ultimate weapon, a nuclear bomb, other conventional weapons probably would not even be able to break his defenses!
As for nuclear bombs...
Other than making everyone familiar with each other in Hiroshima decades ago, they had not been used in actual combat in recent years.
Naturally, there was no way to know their exact power.
Of course, Li Wei estimated that, given his current strength, he could definitely survive a nuclear explosion. As for whether he would emerge unscathed, that was another matter.
However, as long as he continued strengthening himself, he would definitely be able to perfectly withstand a nuclear bomb!
If a human could even withstand a nuclear bomb, how would he be any different from a god among humans?
The first step toward godhood would begin with an insect farm...
Li Wei pondered for a moment before ultimately deciding to start with Gordon and use him to get in touch with Bruce Wayne.
At this moment, Gordon and Leslie had just stepped into Arkham Asylum. Leslie wore the bashful look of a young girl. It was obvious the two had spent a wonderful night playing cards.
As for Gordon, although he was equally spirited, Li Wei could see the deep worry hidden behind his smile.
Naturally, he had also heard the massive explosion that had come from the outskirts of Gotham City that morning.
Although he had been fired from the Gotham Police Department, he was still worried about Gotham's public safety.
Based on his battlefield experience, he had even concluded that the explosion had most likely been caused by some kind of missile!
That was what worried him the most!
When a missile appeared on American soil, it was very easy to touch the fragile nerves of Congress and the White House!
Especially after the incident where the Twin Towers obstructed an airplane's flight path, the nerves of those people above were so fragile that they could snap at any moment.
If it were classified as a terrorist attack, those people would probably have no qualms about the ordinary citizens of Gotham. They would rather carpet-bomb Gotham than fail to crush the terrorist attack!
Gordon truly disliked Gotham's darkness, but he had never wanted to destroy Gotham!
At that moment, Li Wei's voice called out through the office window.
"Gordon, come to my office..."
Plan in Motion
After hearing Li Wei's voice, Gordon quickly said goodbye to Leslie and came alone to the door of the director's office.
Although he was only a security guard now, he still maintained the professionalism he should have had.
Dating was fine, but it could not interfere with work.
Besides...
He still had some questions he wanted to ask Li Wei.
"Gordon, you're here. I need your help with something. Don't you know Bruce Wayne? Help me arrange for him to come here."
Li Wei got straight to the point.
Gordon gave Li Wei a wary look. "Director Li Wei, why do you want to see Bruce Wayne?"
It could not be helped. Bruce Wayne's identity was simply too sensitive.
Not only was he the sole survivor of the murder of The Waynes some time ago, he was also the sole heir of Wayne Enterprises.
Coupled with Gordon's suspicions about Li Wei's identity, he could not help but think more about it!
"Mm, I want him to come so we can talk about setting up an insect farm." Li Wei could not be bothered to lie. "There are some matters of cooperation I want to discuss with him."
Gordon: ...
There was only one word in his mind.
Ridiculous!
Never mind how absurd it was that you, the actual controller of Gotham's newest urban legend breeding ground, wanted to meet Bruce Wayne, the identity-sensitive young master of Wayne Enterprises, for a business partnership.
Just the fact that you, the director of Arkham Asylum, wanted to set up an insect farm...
The gap between those two industries and professions was enormous. Were you serious?
Was an asylum director who could not raise insects not a qualified mafia boss?
If you said you wanted to kidnap Bruce Wayne, I might have believed you a little more!
Li Wei looked at Gordon's utterly disbelieving expression and felt somewhat helpless.
Why was it that he was not believed when he told the truth?
"Fine, Gordon. If you really don't feel at ease about it," Li Wei said with a helpless shrug, "you can accompany Bruce Wayne the entire time."
Gordon frowned. If he accompanied him the entire time, that would not be impossible...
"Director Li Wei, I have no problem arranging the meeting for you, but I also have some questions to ask you. I hope you can answer them honestly."
"Of course!"
For Li Wei, as long as Bruce Wayne could be brought here, he naturally had ways to make Bruce Wayne agree to the insect farm.
This was also one of the few things Li Wei had encountered so far that could not be solved through violence.
"Then first, I want to ask what that huge explosion this morning was. What happened?" Gordon's expression was grave.
Although Gordon had no evidence, he knew Li Wei had to know something.
Sure enough.
"It was just an insignificant bomb. Relax, it's a small matter. It won't cause any consequences." Li Wei waved a hand.
"..."
Gordon was speechless. Did you have some misunderstanding of the word insignificant?
That was a small bomb? It was practically an intercontinental missile!
Although Gordon thought that, he did not say it aloud. There was no point arguing about it.
"What else do you know?" Gordon asked a particularly tricky question...
Compared to those impractical fantasies of making Li Wei reveal his secrets, Gordon wanted something more concrete.
Li Wei did not brush him off either. After pondering for a moment, he said,
"What I know... Does it count that Cobblepot is planning to overthrow Falcone and take his place?"
Gordon's heart immediately skipped a beat, and his expression changed drastically!
He knew Cobblepot, and he knew Falcone too!
But that was not important! What mattered was that regardless of whether Cobblepot succeeded, Gotham City's underworld would undergo another purge!
The purge after the Maroni Family's destruction had already proven that its effects would never be limited to the underworld. It would spread into every aspect of Gotham, and the death toll would definitely not be small!
Gordon did not doubt that Li Wei was telling the truth.
It was strange. Although he had always been suspicious of Li Wei and suspected that Li Wei's shadow lay behind several major cases in Gotham, he was willing to believe Li Wei's words.
Gordon could no longer sit still!
He stood up from his chair and headed outside, saying as he walked, "Director! I'm taking the day off!"
Although he had already been kicked out of the police department, he felt he had to inform Harvey of this news so the department could prepare early and avoid excessive casualties in Gotham!
Li Wei glanced at Gordon and could not help sighing inwardly.
Gordon could have been a good cop anywhere, but not in Gotham. A spotless good cop could not survive in Gotham.
"Sorry, Gordon, but I'm not approving your leave."
Gordon had just reached the office door when Li Wei's words made his footsteps freeze. He stiffly turned around and stared at Li Wei without saying a word.
At that moment, all of Gordon's wariness toward Li Wei had vanished, leaving only a heart full of rage.
Powerless rage, that was all.
Li Wei shifted into a more comfortable position in his office chair and clicked his tongue.
"Gordon, do you remember what I told you yesterday? Politics is the art of struggle and compromise. No wonder you got kicked out."
Li Wei was in no hurry.
This scene was entirely within his plans. Even the entire Gordon enhancement plan he had directed himself was prepared for this very moment.
"What do you mean?" Gordon looked at Li Wei with an ugly expression. "I'm not in the mood for riddles!"
Li Wei's cryptic words reminded Gordon of Khada Jhin, who had left behind that Hell Curse joke, making his mood even worse.
"It's very simple. Even if you tell the police department this news today, what will happen? How many people can you save? You can save them for a while, but you can't save them forever."
"Saving one is still saving one!" Gordon stubbornly retorted.
"It seems you still don't understand Gotham well enough!" Li Wei stood up and looked out at Gotham's gloomy clouds through the window. "Do you know? In this city, human lives can be openly priced. Twenty dollars is enough to buy a life."
"The people who truly decide this city's future are the small group at the very top. If you are a police officer, you can only ever save a small portion of people, and only temporarily. But if you climb high enough, you can change much more about this city."...
"What does any of that have to do with the compromise you mentioned? Whether I become commissioner isn't something I can decide!" Gordon understood that Li Wei was right.
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