What is the truth, Clark, who may not understand the language of animals, will never know.

It named the big white dog "Krypto" as a commemoration of his hometown, but he didn't take it to the fortress for inspection as Bruce said. He didn't want his memory of his hometown to become a bondage. The shackles of a free puppy - it doesn't understand anything, and lives happily every day, there is no need to be entrusted with such a heavy thing because of itself.

On the third day after Krypto left, Blue Meow also quietly left the farm, but the proud big black cat seemed to regard the farm as a safe house, and Clark could see it from time to time. The window sills, fireplaces, sofas, cabinets and other strange places are "refreshed". Sometimes they bring small flowers from the mountains and beautiful stones as gifts, and sometimes they have nothing, so they just lazily bask in the sun and eat a little The small dried fish offered by Clark or Martha, or sleeping in the sun with Alfred, the little hairball.

Krypton would occasionally come over to play wildly for a while, and Clark suspected that Brumiao was consigned by it.

Martha liked this clever and brave little guy very much. She even sewed a miniature red cape for him according to the style of Clark's cape and tied it around his neck. The report of a super dog will be grandiosely hung on the headlines of major newspapers by his colleagues.

After about half a month of such a stable life, Bruce, who had disappeared for several days, suddenly called everyone together again, and arranged a work schedule according to everyone's ability and free time.

Although a few comrades (here Hal in particular) murmured that the capitalists squeezed the spare time of the laborers, everyone devoted all their efforts to building their future base camp.

Diana and Bruce jointly designed the overall appearance and internal main structure. Clark was responsible for most of the main reconstruction project and donated some Kryptonian equipment for free to improve the functions of the station. Hal used OA technology to get the internal supervision system. Jon integrated the Martian technology into the control system and defense system, and made a large-scale emergency transmission system, Arthur improved the communication system, and Barry used the speed force to the extreme, covering most of the internal facilities. Fitting work.

With the joint efforts of everyone, this miraculous building, which was named by everyone as the watchtower, was built and operated at an astonishing speed.

"Thank you for your willingness to help, Barry." Clark packed the last part of the mechanical packing box that was going to be sent to the watchtower, and stacked it on top of all the containers.

Bruce was still doing final debugging on the watchtower. He simply took Barry, who was on vacation, to the Fortress of Solitude to find out if there was anything he could use.

"No matter how many times you look at it, you are so cool here." Barry praised while looking around.

Clark turned around and counted the types of packages, and let Barry wander around in the fort by himself. Anyway, he sealed off all the deadly dangerous things in advance, and the rest would not pose a threat to Barry.

Just when he was in the middle of counting, Barry suddenly let out an exclamation. Clark heard the sound and looked, but saw the translucent fortress AI floating in front of Barry, and Barry was circling around him non-stop.

"Is this... the soul?" Barry asked enthusiastically.

"This is the intelligent AI of the Fortress of Solitude, and it is also the control center of the entire fortress." Clark frowned. Fortress AI never actively appeared in front of outsiders, which made him a little uneasy.

"The things you asked me to analyze have already come to fruition." The fortress AI that restored the emotional module seemed a little jumpy.

Clark's heart sank.

"What result?" Barry asked curiously.

Clark wondered if he should answer. He didn't know if Bruce would want others to know his secrets, but he also didn't want his new comrades and comrades to feel excluded.

"I'm just curious. If it's a secret, I didn't ask." Barry is such a smart person, he said immediately upon seeing this.

He was indeed a little curious, but not to the point where he had to pry into other people's secrets.

"Actually, it doesn't count." Clark hesitated.

The matter was related to Bruce, and Clark had to be more careful. He didn't let the AI ​​directly report the conclusion as usual, and he would rather smash the obscure experimental data by himself.

The more he looked at it, the tighter his frown became. AI's calculations are very precise. According to the calculation results, it has already located the space that is most likely Bruce's original world. The accuracy rate can reach 99%, and the calculation can almost be said to be successfully completed.

But there is still a huge problem lying in the middle - how to send him back the same way.

According to Bruce's previous inference, he was swept into this world by the wormhole accidentally opened by Barry's Speed ​​Force. The magical properties of Speed ​​Force not only protected his body, but also protected the world barrier in a short time There was no further damage after the cut.

You must know that the world barrier is not a piece of clothing. You can continue to use it if you accidentally cut a hole and mend it with a thread. It is a general term for the entire complex and sophisticated world protection system. For the creatures living inside it, it is Safe and stable, almost impossible to be destroyed, even impossible to be observed, but for forces outside it, it seems not so reliable.

It is not impossible for Clark to forcibly connect to that world across the long void, but the result of doing so is likely to be disastrous.

There is no concept of repairing the world barrier. It is either intact or completely collapsed. There is no intermediate state at all. He has no way to simulate the magical power characteristics of the Speed ​​Force. to all life forms in that world.

After hesitating for a long time, Clark turned to Barry.

"what happened?"

"I want to ask...about the Speed ​​Force."

"Speed ​​Force." Barry scratched his hair, "Actually, I only know a little about it. What do you want to know?"

Clark hesitated, but told Barry about Bruce's situation.

After listening patiently, Barry asked a few more questions, his face wrinkled into a ball.

It was the first time he knew that his unintentional time travel had caused Bruce so much trouble, so he felt a little sorry.

But on the other hand, he is very happy that Bruce can come to this world. Meeting them and everyone has always been one of the luckiest things in Barry Allen's mind.

Clark stared at him closely. At this moment, even he himself didn't know what kind of answer he was hoping for.

He didn't think about anything anymore, just waiting for an answer, as if waiting for a verdict.

Barry hesitated, pondered, and finally gave up and slumped his shoulders, "I... can."

Before Clark could say anything, he added, "But...only once."

"what?"

"I used, um, my way to observe that world, but in my eyes, its barrier has been damaged." Barry glanced at Clark apologetically, "I don't know if I can do it in the future Lossless traversal, but at present, that world can only accept one more connection, I can try to maintain it for a while, but it is only a few hours."

"It's gone...it's never coming back."

"...Really." Clark whispered.

"I will work hard to familiarize myself with my ability, and there will definitely be a way to achieve non-destructive travel in the future." Barry said quickly, "So can you... can you wait until later..."

"Barry, that's his home, he wants to go home."

"..." Barry lowered his head and stopped talking.

Now it was Clark who comforted him, "Thank you, I'll tell him right away, he must be very happy."

"But are you happy?"

Clark turned his head and met Barry's worried eyes.

He didn't know why Barry asked this question, whether he noticed something, and how he noticed it.

He smiled. "I'm glad."

"I promised him that I would find his way home for him, and I did."

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