piratefiction Chapter 471 We're going to turn Supreme Superman into a madman
Chapter 471 We're going to turn Supreme Superman into a madman
Chapter 471 We're going to turn Supreme Superman into a madman
Chen Tao watched Luther leave expressionlessly.
The conversation didn't end badly; both men exercised restraint, but neither could convince the other.
They carefully maintained their relationship with each other, and then almost simultaneously realized that their chances of persuading the other were zero.
Chen Tao told Luther that things were getting worse in the Dark Multiverse, but this only strengthened Luther's resolve to destroy the other universes to save himself.
After Chen Tao repeated his point of view for the second time, he knew that Luther wouldn't listen to him at all, and that he would definitely try to carry out his plan.
But so what?
Chen Tao watched Luther leave.
He couldn't possibly tie Luther's hands and prevent him from trying to save his world.
Moral standards are meant to bind oneself, not to demand of others; only Brainiac would try to put the whole world into a bottle.
His and Luther's plans largely overlapped in the early stages, and what they wanted to obtain and what they wanted to achieve were almost identical.
If he fails, why isn't Luther qualified to carry out his plan?
For Chen Tao, Lex Luthor was his Plan B. Batman, after all, always has backup plans.
Without needing to communicate verbally, Chen Tao knew very well that Luther was capable of finding the Heart of the Night Owl planet and figuring out exactly how he was driving his own universe.
On this point, he trusted Luther's abilities, and even if the other side failed, he was confident that he could obtain the intelligence if he proceeded step by step according to his plan.
So just let Luther do it.
"By the way, Bruce."
As he approached the corner, Luther paused, and then his voice drifted over.
"Pay a little attention to Darkseid."
He said:
"I know you have the idea of using him, and his military strength does seem very impressive, but you'd better know that he is by no means a loyal ally. Once he finds you are no longer capable, he might even bite you in the back."
"And this tearing apart from behind will definitely be very..."
"It will be extremely deadly," Chen Tao interjected. "I know that very well, Luther."
"It's good that you understand," Luther said.
Then he remained silent for a while, standing at the corner without moving.
Then he suddenly asked:
"Is this time different from before, Batman?"
"I'm afraid so, Lex."
"Will it be dangerous?"
"right."
"To the point that even you can't handle it?"
"I'd love to tell you I can handle it."
"Okay... Will you die?"
I hope not.
"It's gotten to that point?"
"right."
"All right."
So at the end of the conversation, Luther said, "You see... I've already sensed that it's getting serious, but I've been unwilling to believe just how serious it is."
He was somewhat bewildered and confused, finding it hard to believe that such emotions could exist in Lex Luthor, but neither of them were evident in his silhouette.
He said, "At worst, we'll let others die and we'll live. I know you disagree, but I still have to say... we deserve to live far more than they do."
He didn't hear Chen Tao's reply, so he waved his hand and said, "I'm leaving."
"Um."
Chen Tao nodded, watching him disappear around the corner, the last words Luther spoke before leaving echoing in his ears:
"Don't die... Batman."
"it is good."
Chen Tao answered him softly, "I'll try my best."
After parting ways with Luther, Chen Tao returned to the main conference room of the Justice League Hall.
He raised his hand and then checked the Justice League's central computer logs through the Metal Spirit. This wasn't because he didn't even know what was in his own logs, but because he needed to confirm the current timeline of events.
As the timeline restarted, the Blood Lord and Lord Orm, who had been defeated previously, also had a large portion of their memories erased.
Although Owl is not in this universe and did not lose his memory with the restart of the single universe's timeline, he had long since given up on the idea of cooperating with Batman, so he would not come to integrate their two forces.
But this doesn't mean that the two of them are meaningless:
As long as Chen Tao can cooperate with Night Owl again to deal with the Anti-Monitors, all the preparations Night Owl made for Blood Lord and Lord Om will come in handy.
Chen Tao needs to contact Night Owl through them or other means to fully unite and integrate Night Owl's power before the Anti-Monitor breaks through the timeline's protection and re-enters this universe, so as to fight the Anti-Monitor once again.
Chen Tao had just given an order to the Lord of the Red Lanterns, Atositas: he must find a way to use his lantern ring and the blood of the Red Lantern beast to try and find a place called Zamalun.
That is the headquarters of the Purple Lamp Legion, one of the Seven Lamp Legions, which is also the headquarters of the Star Blue Stone Legion.
The purple light represents an unwavering (crossed out) fanatical and twisted love, which is why Chen Tao chose them.
But compared to these, there is something even more important that Chen Tao needs to do without delay:
Recruiting the Supreme Little Superman.
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Apokolips.
Darkseid stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes reflecting the flames erupting from the eternally burning steel furnace on Apokolips.
When Desad, the chief scientist of Apocalypse, approached Darkseid beside the throne, he humbly bowed his head toward Darkseid.
"My master."
He said, "You summoned me here; what are your orders?"
"You've made contact with Night Owl, haven't you?"
"We just made contact, Master," Disad said. "We haven't confirmed the other party's identity yet—"
“No need to confirm,” Darkseid said. “That’s Night Owl. Agree to his conditions. Apokolips must leave this universe. Tell him I’m willing to help him open the portal to this universe so he can disrupt the Speed Force and create a Speed Force storm that will destroy the universe.”
"Wh...what?"
He could understand every word Darkseid uttered from his open mouth, but when put together, he couldn't understand what was going on.
"The timeline has restarted, Disad." Then he heard his master tell him, "It's restarted to about 10 days ago. Your memories have been erased, but this time restart can't affect me."
As the chief scientist of Apokolips, Disad quickly grasped the connection after the brief incident: "And this also means..."
"This means that Batman suffered a complete and utter defeat when facing the Anti-Monitor, Dessard. He simply had no ability to fight the Anti-Monitor."
"So... are we going to escape this universe? Leave it completely?"
"No."
Disad remained silent, awaiting his master's reply.
"I'm guiding Batman and Night Owl. I will be the bridge that unites them against the Anti-Surveillance."
Darkseid said, "When the two of them join forces and both of them are severely weakened by the Anti-Monitor, that will be my turn to act, Dessaid."
A battle between the Dark God and the Anti-God...
The prophecy echoed in Darkseid's mind. Darkseid never thought of joining forces with anyone. From beginning to end, Darkseid was only loyal to himself.
The reason for cooperating with Batman was to have a chance to kill the Anti-Monitor and seize its Anti-Life Equation, while cooperating with Night Owl was to force Night Owl to confront the Anti-Monitor directly by interfering with Night Owl's plans.
For Darkseid, the so-called contract was a joke, unable to restrain his actions in any way. Whether it was Batman or Owlman, they were all the same to him; Darkseid himself always held the reins.
Neither defeating the anti-monitor nor driving him away would have any effect on Darkseid.
The Anti-Monitor and Batman fight each other, and in the end, Darkseid reaps the benefits—this is exactly what Darkseid wanted to see.
"Yes, my greatest master," Desad said.
He bowed, intending to leave Darkseid's side and then contact Night Owl about traveling to another universe.
But before he could act, Darkseid received a communication about Batman.
Darkseid opened the communication.
Soon, he saw the communicator on Apokolips, where countless tiny metal particles coalesced to form the image of Batman with his back to him.
"Come find me, Darkseid. We must reach the Source Wall and release Super-Prime to have any chance of winning. My current location is..."
Batman hung up after saying only a few words, and Darkseid sat there without saying a word.
"My master... is he still texting Night Owl?"
He asked Desad, who was standing next to him.
"No."
Darkseid said, "Let's see what our Batman is capable of before we decide."
"However..." he paused, then said, "I'm not sure he has any way of persuading that monster."
"That monster is immune to any mind control, its inner evil is unparalleled, and its power is unprecedented."
Darkseid said, "I can basically guess what Batman wants me to do, which is nothing more than communicating with the Source Wall and taking Superman the Primal down from the wall."
"But unless Batman can actually control or defeat this beast, Superman Supreme, through some means..."
"Otherwise, I would never have let this monster down from the Origin Wall."
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"Giving Superman two personalities must be the last resort."
Beside the Origin Wall, Chen Tao hovered in place, watching the endless ancient giants on the Origin Wall not far away, some staring in astonishment, others wailing in terror, vying to participate in creating an incomparably vast and magnificent scene.
Chen Tao flew to the edge of the wall and saw the Supreme Little Superman, half of his body sticking out and his head down.
With the restart of the single universe, Superman Supreme, who was originally pushed deep into the Origin Wall by the Anti-Monitor, was also expelled from the Origin Wall.
This relieved Chen Tao. He had originally thought he would have to wait for Darkseid to arrive before he could get Superman Supreme out of the depths of the Origin Wall and then negotiate.
He flew up to Superman and went straight to the point: "Superman, I know you can sense the restart of the timeline."
There was no reaction from Superman the Younger, who remained head down like a statue on a wall, completely ignoring everything Batman said.
"I'm going to take you off the wall, Superman Supreme, to fight the Anti-Monitor and to save the universe we live in."
Chen Tao saw that the Supreme Little Superman's eyebrows twitched, but his expression remained unmoved, so he continued while forging the blacksmith:
"I think you still remember that golden age... the Supreme One. The whole world, all the villains and heroes, united to fight the Anti-Monitor."
(Note: Chen Tao is referring to "Crisis on Infinite Earths" here, which is also the first timeline reboot in the DC universe, and the crisis that caused Superman to lose his home, his most unforgettable years.)
"In those days, you were a hero, a supreme being, who went without hesitation to save the entire multiverse."
"You've witnessed the struggles of our universe. Although this isn't the world you once knew, a new universe is groaning under the footsteps of the Anti-Monitors. Is this what you wanted to see?"
The Supreme Little Superman still didn't speak, and Chen Tao was getting a little impatient; he was inevitably getting impatient.
This was different from what he had expected. He had originally hoped that Superman Supreme would take the initiative to help, since no matter what method he used to influence Superman Supreme's mind, it could never be as powerful as a Superman Supreme with a sound mind.
But now it seems...
"This is a beautiful world."
He heard Superman Supreme say, "It used to be like my world, didn't it?"
"All the heroes of your world once gathered together, just like in our world, to fight against the Anti-Monitor, right?"
He looked up and saw the look in Batman's eyes when he saw Superman Supreme. Chen Tao's heart skipped a beat. He knew very well that getting Superman Supreme to help him was practically wishful thinking.
At this moment, there was no trace of sympathy or shared hatred in the eyes of the Supreme Little Superman; Chen Tao saw only the ferocity and malice emanating from his heart.
"Alright, I agree, Batman. You take me down from the wall, and I can help you deal with the Anti-Monitor."
Then he heard Superman the Supreme say, "But just as before, after defeating the Anti-Monitor, I still want to create a better world, so then we'll see who has the best skills."
He asked Chen Tao, "Is the deal done?"
Deal with your mother.
Chen Tao looked at the Supreme Little Superman. He was willing to bet that if he were to release the Supreme Little Superman like an idiot, the first thing the Supreme Little Superman would do upon emerging would be kill him.
He just wanted an excuse to escape his cage... not to empathize with Chen Tao's world.
Chen Tao touched the Dark Heart in his arms.
Is this the only way?
(End of this chapter)