It wasn't that Flurran technology was truly that advanced. Rather, their technology differed from the universe's mainstream systems, so no one had experience with it. They needed time to gradually master it.
Andrew thought for a moment, then told everyone, "Q*bert will stay with me for now. I'll try to get as much information about the Flurrans from it as possible."
"No problem."
No one objected. After all, the person speaking was Andrew Wang. Even the president had no objections.
"Q*bert, you'll be staying with me for now."
Andrew looked at Q*bert and smiled. "Don't worry. I definitely won't draw your blood for research like Iron Man and Batman would."
"Draw my blood?"
Q*bert trembled in terror. It had never had its blood drawn before.
Iron Man snorted. What kind of person do you take me for? Come to think of it, does this thing even have blood?
With Q*bert's situation settled, Andrew said, "All right, this victory is certainly worth celebrating, but we still have a final showdown ahead of us. Don't rush to celebrate. Save the good stuff for last."
Everyone nodded and went back to prepare. Batman and the others continued using the dream gaming devices to clear the remaining arcade games.
Brunner naturally remained their consultant. Compared with before, he was noticeably more motivated. In fact, he seemed like a completely different man.
Inside a laboratory in the Space Fortress, large quantities of glowing cubes and game characters' corpses lay piled up.
"Those game characters aren't actually living beings."
Andrew said, "They're just intelligent programs. That's why their actions follow predictable patterns. But Q*bert is a genuine living being with a sense of self."
"In other words, the Flurrans can create actual living game characters?"
Iron Man asked. He hadn't joined the others in playing games