msmithbooks Chapter 797 So you chose to skip the battle and plunge the blade into your heart.
Chapter 797 So you chose to skip the battle and plunge the blade into your heart.
Chapter 797 So you chose to skip the fight and plunge the blade into your heart!
In fact, there's no point in trying to salvage the situation.
This is true.
When Chen Tao and his team defeat the Laughing Bat, rescue the escaped timeline, and reclaim the time he stole, restoring history to its normal state in the main universe and branch timelines, all his current attempts to save this timeline will cease to exist.
This part of history, like the flawed timeline of Hero's Day, will be preserved at the top of the hyper-time stream, becoming an unknown story, and then...
One day, it will be completely forgotten.
But the so-called salvation is the meaning itself.
"All the decaying darkness... has vanished?"
Frankenstein, the superhero who is neither alive nor dead, stares blankly at the desolate land before him.
"Yes, you can begin your new life on this land..."
Well, although this new life will never arrive, as Chen Tao restores this timeline from its state of being taken over by the Bat of Laughter and returns it to the main universe.
Everyone will be reset in history and return to the empty timeline of the main universe, back to their original positions and their peaceful and warm daily lives.
The terror that descended upon this corrupt country was nothing more than a terrible dream.
But at least... at least Chen Tao can still say that now.
At least for this moment, the people gathered here are jubilant, celebrating the preservation of their history, celebrating all of this, celebrating a beautiful future that does not exist.
Their jubilation and joy at this moment is the meaning behind Chen Tao's actions.
We just raised our glasses in celebration...
But they didn't ask when the banquet would end.
The past is gone, the future is too uncertain, at least for now...
It all felt incredibly real.
Those tears of joy that brought them to tears, those decades of waiting seen from the perspective of life on the timeline of the arrival of the British...
The hatred for the decaying black corpses, the regret, sorrow, and pain of the destroyed homes.
All of that vanished in the cheers at that moment.
At least for this moment, all of this.
Everything is incredibly real.
"Alright, Mr. Future, it's your turn to tell us what to do next. I trust you completely."
Chen Tao turned his head and spoke to the old man Huo Rong.
Behind him, Superman the Youngster landed casually.
Although Chen Tao was saying this, his gaze remained fixed on Supreme Superman.
The Anti-Monitor is currently out killing Akane in the main timeline, not here, and now is the perfect time to give Superman Supreme some value.
Chen Tao never gave up trying to influence Supreme Superman. Many fools think that once they realize someone is unpersuasive, they can stop trying to influence them, but this is absolutely a fallacy.
Attitude change is a long-term process, and no effort is ever truly wasted.
For Chen Tao, even a small change...
Also good.
So, as he was pondering what excuse he could come up with to get the Supreme Superman to go and interact with the people below, Chen Tao heard the old man, Huo Rong, say:
"Before the anti-surveillance activists return, you need to go down and appease the public."
He said, "I need time to deduce the original trajectory of the history of this universe, and all of this requires the people below to fully accept the fact that the corrupt black disaster that has plagued them for most of their lives has completely disappeared."
Chen Tao was stunned for a moment, then he and the old Huo Rong exchanged a glance, and the other party immediately understood his look.
Upon seeing the knowing look on the other person's face, Chen Tao almost burst into tears. For so many years, during the Darkseid Wars when he was fighting the Monitors, he had given his Justice League teammates countless winks, but they always just gave him a blank look in return.
But this time...
Finally, someone understood what he was doing...
It seems he could communicate using telepathy, so there's no need for him to give eye contact.
hateful.
In short, Chen Tao and the elderly Huo Rong worked together perfectly.
"Then I'll go down alone..."
"No, you should go down with Superman Supreme and appease the people. They have all seen what Superman Supreme has done in this rescue operation and his achievements. The most important contributor cannot be absent."
The old man gave Chen Tao an excuse, and Chen Tao paused for a moment, then said:
"Then let's go down." He tried to act as if it were perfectly natural.
Superman did as he was told; it was a great breakthrough.
Chen Tao wanted to do just that. He wanted to let the Supreme Little Superman experience what it felt like to be a hero again. He wanted him to feel what it was like to be surrounded by a crowd and experience the sense of heroism that the Supreme Little Superman hadn't felt in a long time and had even forgotten.
In the crowd, Chen Tao quietly stepped back, giving the center of the stage to Supreme Little Superman.
He let Superman the Supreme be surrounded by people, who rushed to thank him, just like mortals chasing after Jesus.
He has been using his telepathic abilities to check on anyone who gets close to Superman.
If at this moment, some psychopathic saint or idiot were to play a game of ingratitude with the Supreme Little Superman, saying something like, "You killed so many rotting corpses, they were once human too," which would raise blood pressure, then that would completely drive this little demon god insane.
Don't think Chen Tao's precautions are outrageous. There are all kinds of people in this world, but fools are the hardest to predict, and they can cause more damage than bad people.
While monitoring the situation, Chen Tao secretly observed the corner of Supreme Superman's mouth. Even surrounded by countless people and experiencing scenes that could even be described as Hallelujah, Supreme Superman's face remained completely expressionless.
He stood there only to complete the task given to him by the old evil spirit, and he regarded these people as worthless.
Chen Tao was somewhat anxious; if the Supreme One...
He was halfway through his thought when he suddenly saw the corner of the Supreme Little Superman's mouth curl up slightly.
I just ticked it.
Very good, very good, I mean...
It's alright, it's better than nothing.
……
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Click.
The laughing bat frowned.
"Batman Dragon saw right through my plan? What... never mind."
A shadow fell over the heart of the laughing bat.
He presented Batman Dragon and his teammates with a multiple-choice question. Whatever they chose should have been part of his plan. However, they unexpectedly created a new option between the two choices. This strange feeling of having his plan exposed was what prevented the Batman Who Laughs from laughing.
He keenly sensed the danger. It could be explained if Batman Dragon could see through his tricks, but the fact that the other party could so smoothly deflect the timeline of the arrival of the British was somewhat strange.
He is the Bat Who Laughs. What makes his plan disgusting is that the multiple-choice questions he gives you are all forced choices. You can't just conjure up a new answer out of thin air just because you see that two answers are wrong.
Under normal circumstances, even if Batman and Dragon saved that timeline, the Arrival of the British would have already been merged into the new timeline composed of three timelines by the Batman Who Laughs.
Although this severed branch of timeline is a broken, constantly looping entity, it was enough to hold Batman and Dragon together, allowing the Batman Who Laughs to use it to steal one year of history from the multiverse.
This is the greatest gain for the Batman Who Laughs. Everything he did was for this purpose. If he couldn't achieve this goal, he would have made himself a public enemy, which would have been a complete loss.
Now, the timeline of the British invasion has been separated from the connection between the three timelines it constructed and has returned to the main universe timeline. This not only makes it easier for Batman and his crew to reach the Batman Who Laughs, but also reduces the time the Batman Who Laughs can be separated from the main universe timeline from one year onwards.
"So, are you cured or not, you evil-minded powerful people?"
"That's what the Bat of Laughter said."
The Laughing One continues to wield the Cosmic Tuning Fork with all his might, utilizing the gifts of Perpetua and the support of the Void Hand, to rival the Foolish Owl and the Anti-Monitor in control of the Cosmic Tuning Fork.
Sending the cosmic tuning fork to the current timeline of the universe was an absolute blunder by both the anti-monitor and the monitor. With this artifact, the Laughing One could do many things that he couldn't do before.
This is also a key reason why he made up his mind to push things to this point.
Glug glug glug glug...
Beside him, a monster with enormous eyes poked half its head out from a bubble-like spatial rift: "Don't think this is easy, Bat of the Laughing... Ugh..."
He seemed to want to say something to warn the Bat of Laughter not to be too arrogant, but before he could speak, his mouth was pulled so hard that he couldn't make a sound. He was now doing his best to tear a piece of flesh from the multiverse. Stealing the history of the multiverse was no easy task.
This is like tearing flesh from a person's body. Dr. Manhattan's ability to steal 10 years is equivalent to cutting off a leg of the multiverse, bone and tendons included. For example, the history of the Justice Society and the Legion of Superheroes was severed by the powerful force, turning the multiverse into a cripple on the spot.
The Batman Who Laughs and his companions wanted to join in, but they lacked Dr. Manhattan's strength. They struggled to even cut meat, let alone bones and tendons.
But it's alright.
"They've already broken through one universe, and there are two more universes for them to break through gradually."
He laughed wildly and said, "My plan is still flawless. Even if they're faster than originally planned, no matter what they choose, the final result will be..."
But before he could finish speaking, the Bat of Laughter found that his gaze had fallen to the ground.
What happened?
Oh, so it was its head that was lost.
What, wait a minute?
In an instant, the timeline refreshed again, and the laughing head returned to its own.
"Did you notice anything wrong just now?"
He abruptly turned to ask the malevolent nobleman beside him, and the laughing bat realized that things were completely out of his control.
"Wait, history has been broken..." said the malevolent noble. It was not a being from the DC multiverse and was not affected by the timeline.
"Something's not right. The three branching timelines have clearly merged together, so how could you...?"
The powerful and wicked man only spoke halfway through his sentence before falling silent.
He went straight to the conclusion.
"Your history is in..."
"Aa ...
The maniac could no longer speak. He collapsed to the ground, just like the Foolish Owl before him. His history was being affected, but it was protected from collapse by the power of Perpetua and the Void Hand, just as the Foolish Owl's history was protected by the power of Dr. Manhattan. This is why such a bizarre phenomenon occurred.
His body trembled uncontrollably as he laughed maniacally, as all sorts of histories were rewritten upon him—some were beheaded, others were killed in various gruesome ways…
The Laughing Bat hastily used the power he had gained from the Void Hand to calm himself down. Some purple halos wrapped around his body, and he got up from the ground, his smile gone.
He speaks very fast:
"Listen up, Evil Power! We must immediately travel to the post-apocalyptic future timeline and stop Batman and his crew there."
"Those who steal history?"
"Hand it over to your second-in-command. It's alright if things go slowly. We must stop Batman Dragon first, or we'll never have another chance to steal it."
"That will be very slow—"
"Even if it's slower, it's still better than what we're doing now."
As the Bat of Laughter spoke, he reached out his hand, trying to open a spatial portal, but then there was a click.
"Ugh!!!!"
The Bat of Laughter's arm seemed to have been twisted by something invisible, dried like a rag, and then quickly recovered.
"Ha! Hehe, ha ah hehe."
He was laughing wildly and breathing heavily.
"My backup plan in the post-apocalyptic future timeline has been broken."
How is that possible? He left a trap in the post-apocalyptic future timeline that is similar to the fall of the UK. Unless the other party knew about it beforehand, how could they possibly avoid such a problem where no matter which choice they make, they are wrong?
But before he could even feel angry, the Flashpoint timeline exploded, and the resulting backlash swept over the laughing man's entire body in an instant. His purple energy flickered wildly, helping him resist the erasure of the timeline.
The Laughing Maniac no longer has any legal basis for existence. According to the rules of the multiverse, he bound his history to this forked timeline consisting of three timelines. Now that these three timelines have collapsed, the Laughing Maniac should be reset to the history "before the creation of the forked timeline".
The reason he hasn't been reset is entirely due to the protection of the Void Hand.
"Damn it, they broke through two universes so quickly, how could it be so fast? This doesn't match my plan..."
He laughed wildly and rapidly, then he heard a voice behind him.
"This doesn't fit into your plan, does it?"
He turned his head.
A bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead.
"When...did you get here?"
"So fast?"
(End of this chapter)