Operation to Capture Reverse-Flash

During the two days Barry went to Star City to clear his head, Joe and Wells, who had been busy at the police department, finally found a way to persuade the head of Mercury Labs.

Of course, this was also related to Mercury Labs being attacked once again. This time, Reverse-Flash still failed to obtain the Superluminal Particles, but he successfully killed several Mercury Labs staff members.

To prevent the losses from escalating further, Mercury Labs could only risk the Superluminal Particles being stolen and proceed with an operation to capture the killer.

Barry was thrilled when he returned to STAR Labs and learned the news, but Joe and Wells both forbade him from taking part in the ambush.

"Why? I don't understand. I'm the only one there who can stop him, and he's the real murderer of my mother." Barry could not understand it at all.

"That is exactly why you cannot participate. Don't worry. The Molecular Trap we made can definitely capture him," Wells explained.

Hearing that, Barry did not know what he could say to argue back. In the end, he could only leave in anger...

That night, a squad from the Central City Police Department escorted the Superluminal Particles into STAR Labs and placed them inside the Molecular Trap Cisco had made.

In the control room, everyone stood ready. As Cisco sent the pulse from the Superluminal Particles to a public satellite, everyone grew tense.

But nothing happened. Like hunters waiting for their prey to take the bait, they stared at the surveillance footage with impatience and anticipation.

"Are you sure this thing actually works?" Joe's partner, Eddie Thawne, could no longer hold back and asked.

"I've already sent three pulses to the public satellite. If someone is searching for the Superluminal Particles, they will definitely notice this place."

The moment Cisco finished speaking, a yellow figure was trapped inside the Molecular Trap. The officers from the Central City Police Department immediately sprang into action.

Zhang Tianran remained in the surveillance room, watching Wells put on his performance with great interest. He was only missing a bag of sunflower seeds in his hand...

The operation ended in failure, just as expected. Not only were several officers killed, but even Wells was beaten badly.

Caitlin, who had been staying in the central control room with Zhang Tianran, hurriedly informed Barry when she saw this.

Flash raced over to save the day, but he ended up getting utterly crushed. The still-inexperienced Flash had no chance of defeating Reverse-Flash.

While the two Speedsters were tangled together, Zhang Tianran quietly arrived nearby. Holding a compound bow, he took aim and fired the arrow Green Arrow had not used before.

A faint explosion rang out, and the bodies of both Speedsters gradually froze in place, as if they had been suspended in midair.

White frost slowly spread over their bodies, as though it were about to freeze them into ice sculptures.

"Time is limited! Go capture him!" Zhang Tianran shouted at Joe.

But just as Joe raised his pistol and prepared to fire, a violent blast of flame struck and sent Reverse-Flash flying far away.

Although the scorching attack injured Reverse-Flash, it successfully eased the cold covering his body. As the duration of Zhang Tianran's Particle Activity Inhibitor ended, Reverse-Flash turned and escaped.

At this stage, without a Speedster, there was no way to capture Reverse-Flash. If not for his own ulterior motives, Barry, this Flash, would have died long ago.

Seeing Reverse-Flash leave, Firestorm, who had just made his move, quickly departed as well.

Barry vibrated his body to warm himself up again. Still, tonight's failure dealt him a massive blow.

"I told you this thing was unreliable. You still need to work on becoming faster, Flash." Zhang Tianran appeared beside Barry with a compound bow in hand.

"Thanks, Dr. Zhang." Barry glanced at the compound bow in Zhang Tianran's hand, and the sense of loss in his heart grew even stronger.

The capture operation had completely failed, and the Central City Police Department could only send people to clean up the aftermath. As for how to explain things to Mercury Labs, that was something the Central City Police Department would have to handle themselves.

"Does beating yourself up feel good?" Zhang Tianran came to the infirmary. At the moment, only Wells was there, having just finished treating his wounds.

"You made a move today. Why?" Wells looked miserable, but his demeanor remained as calm as ever.

"I was just testing out a gadget. It really does work on you a little. Don't worry, I won't make a move against you for now. Otherwise, you would not have been able to take back that Time Remnant today," Zhang Tianran said.

Naturally, he had not come here merely to mock Reverse-Flash. He had come to explain himself, so Reverse-Flash would not truly regard him as an enemy.

Although their relationship was complicated, Zhang Tianran did not want to kill Reverse-Flash unless absolutely necessary.

Still, killing Reverse-Flash seemed rather difficult. His strength was unpredictable, but his ability to stay alive was truly formidable.

"Come to think of it, I'm curious. How did you make your wounds heal so slowly? I don't even dare get hurt now. Otherwise, my rapid healing ability could easily expose my identity."

Zhang Tianran truly found that strange. With a Speedster's healing speed, it was easy to expose oneself.

Wells did not answer. He merely said in a deliberately calm tone, "If you have time tonight, I can teach you how to make a Superluminal Particle Generator. However, you will need to find the other batch of Superluminal Particles yourself. I do not have enough materials on hand to make them now."

"Sure. It doesn't feel like I need it that badly, but learning more is still a good thing..." Zhang Tianran replied calmly.

"This is the last time. Think it over carefully. If there is a next time..." Wells warned Zhang Tianran before leaving.

Clearly, Zhang Tianran's interference tonight had made him extremely dissatisfied. Yet he had actually swallowed his anger. That was rather surprising.

"Fine, fine. Don't worry. I don't want to provoke someone like you." Zhang Tianran brushed him off before turning and returning to his private laboratory.

"Welcome back, Master." The instant he shut the door to his private laboratory, a cold mechanical prompt sounded beside his ear.

"After studying for the past few days, how does it feel?" Zhang Tianran opened the code of the half-finished artificial intelligence and examined it carefully as he spoke.

"Too... crowded... Existing equipment cannot allow this system to perform at its maximum capacity. Learning... insufficient memory, unable to learn." The words sounded like those of an artificial idiot, but they made Zhang Tianran extremely excited.

Because this thing was finally no longer just a simple program.

Next, he needed to find this guy a home and, while he was at it, finish the code it needed.

Completing the code was simple, but powering an artificial intelligence was still somewhat beyond the limits of current technology.