C-APAO03 (Jul 20, 2022)
Puzzle
“The billion-dollar question.”
Comic Book Trivia | 2 Words
Clue
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: More of an equation than a question.
Clue 2: DC Comics.
Clue 3: An 'equation' once held by a Billion Dollars?
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Anti-Life Equation
Explanation: The Anti-Life Equation is a concept in the DC comic book universe that was once controlled by a man named Billion-Dollar Bates.
Summary of Receipt
Summary
Transcript
[BRANCH] ASTORIA
[SERVER] MANAGER NO. 2312
[DATE] 7/20/22
[INDEX ID] APAO03
[SECURITY] CAFE
Talk about a Final Crisis, huh? At least Eve isn't trying to find the Anti-Life Equation. Oh god. Is Eve trying to find the Anti-Life Equation? That would be… bad. Not sure what our Anti-Life Equation would be, but I'm sure there's something like that floating around in this big, wacky Universe we call home. Well, I guess if Eve is trying to find some way to prove that everything is futile and that we should all die or live in despair, all we need to do is find a Miracle Machine. Easier said than done…
Enough goofing around with the New Gods, and let's focus on our Old Gods—Eve, in particular. All these Protodemons that are suddenly popping up all over the world are from Eden, right? And so, I have to assume they are from Eve. It sure seems like even if they were made by Eve, they want no part in being near her. I'd say she sent them to the Flipside to wage some sort of attack on us, but that doesn't seem to be the case. From all the conversing we've been able to do with them so far, they seem… scared. Scared of her. Scared of Eve.
But it's not like we can just let them run amok in the Flipside, either. These things… they are not compatible with life here, or even in the Otherside. We've gotta figure out a way to send them back to Eden, and the sooner, the better. No. 323 took the House out to go and see what he and some others could scrounge up in terms of a Public Key… but I don't know if that'll be enough. Even if we can send them back, more and more keep coming every day. We need to figure out a way to keep them from coming to the Flipside like the boundary lines do for demons and cryptids. Except for when the boundary lines have faults. Or demons have contracts. Or… I don't know, it's Tuesday, so whoops, the Otherside has bled into the Flipside again.