aircannonsinc Chapter 854 Supreme Little Superman, I'm Here to Negotiate
Chapter 854 Supreme Little Superman, I'm Here to Negotiate
Chapter 854 Supreme Little Superman, I'm Here to Negotiate
"Alright, let's be frank."
Chen Tao heard the first Lantern Knight say, "Tell me, what will I be like in the future?"
While Chen Tao was still considering whether he should tell the other party the truth, he heard the first Lantern Knight say:
"Hmm... Don't even think about lying to me."
He looked at Chen Tao, whose face had somehow regained the translucent expression of someone who controlled the emotional spectrum.
Chen Tao remained silent for half a second.
The other ordinary people in the surrounding taverns were completely unaware of the strange appearance on the face of the first Lantern Knight.
Whether it's Batman Dragon or the First Lantern, they are too far removed from their lives, and their status and power are too different, so much so that they cannot even perceive the First Lantern's face.
The difference is indeed significant.
Just like the difference between Chen Tao and the sixth-dimensional god.
Chen Tao took a deep breath. He had to make a decision, and he wasn't even sure if he would regret it.
He spoke up and told the truth:
"The future you is dead, or at least the you I see is dead."
He was very nervous after saying this, because he couldn't predict how the first Genie would react. If a seeker who was desperately seeking something was suddenly told of his inevitable failure halfway through his quest, what would he do?
Is he going crazy? Or has he had a mental breakdown? What if he refuses to help me now?
but no.
There was nothing there. Chen Tao saw the first Lantern Knight nod seriously.
"I see."
What? Why is that a reaction?
"But now you've found me. This means..." The first Genie reached out and touched his chin, then said, "It means you've been through that kind of thing too."
He looked at Chen Tao: "A true reversal of the future on a trans-temporal level."
"Yes."
Chen Tao said this.
"I've experienced this many times. At first, it was just traveling through the main universe's timeline," said Genie A. "Later, I started to alter the future."
The first Lantern was quite old. In a small tavern on Earth-3 before the crisis, the very old and frail first Lantern told Chen Tao his story.
"Those untold stories. Can you imagine the Emperor Joker controlling the future of the entire hyper-timeline? And Superman Supreme and Parallax Morhal teaming up to forcibly reboot the universe in the hyper-timeline future... and many other strange timelines... Foolish Owl, and even a certain wizard named Demos... each one is so monstrous and terrifying."
As the first Lantern Knight drank a glass of wine, Chen Tao saw the pale yellow liquid seep through his transparent skin and flow down his throat.
"They were all once so powerful that they were invincible, but I crushed them all."
The first Lantern said, "In my long life, I have reversed time more than once, and experienced things beyond your imagination, even in the future that flows through time."
He said this, but Chen Tao felt a chill in his heart.
Those time-traveling futures ruled by the Emperor Joker, Parallax Morhal, and even Superman Supreme.
Why were they erased?
Simply put, the gods of the sixth dimension do not like this future that transcends time.
You, Emperor Clown, have won, fine, but this concrete road you created is not what any sixth-dimensional god would want.
Therefore, they could send the first Lantern back upstream in the timeline, interrupt the Emperor Joker's plan, and ultimately force him into the predicament of being captured alive by Batman Dragon.
All that talk of a sure-win plan, all that hidden backup plan, it's all utter bullshit.
Once you've used it...
Then we'll know, and then we can erase everything, manipulate you, and play with you.
The Emperor Joker was not backed by any other sixth-dimensional deity... so he was ultimately just a supporting character in the era, and the future he created was easily erased, as if nothing had ever happened.
Even if the other party is a fifth-dimensional being that exists simultaneously in all the nodes of the hypertime stream...
The Emperor Clown...
Chen Tao's thoughts were somewhat chaotic; some guesses appeared in his mind, only to quickly disappear.
But no matter what, even taking Superman the Ultimate and Parallax Morhal as examples.
No matter how powerful they are, they cannot guarantee their future victory under the machinations of the sixth-dimensional deity.
This is the crushing power of gods over mortals; even the two of them are merely pawns.
Chen Tao began to realize why Parallax Mohal, despite being so powerful, was besieged by so many people when trying to escape the Hypertime Stream, ultimately ending up being controlled by the World Forger.
But... why isn't Superman the same as Parallax Morhal?
The only difference between them is the monkey head that Chen Tao made for Supreme Superman.
Chen Tao realized once again that he was also a pawn.
A pawn of the anti-surveillance agents.
He grapples with the world's builders, and I...
That is the [King] on the chessboard.
The first Lantern Knight is like the "Rook" on the chessboard, chasing down any pieces that have escaped his control.
With the tacit understanding between the two players, they pushed the chessboard to the position they both desired.
He didn't say any of this aloud, but paused for a moment, then said, "To be honest, I don't quite understand the first Lantern Knight..."
"You don't quite understand why I'm still so confident even though I know I'm going to die?"
Chen Tao heard the first Lantern Knight say.
"Yes, I don't understand."
Chen Tao said, "I'm prepared for you to have a mental breakdown after you realize that despite all your efforts, you will still fail and die. I've even prepared a speech to comfort you."
"Death and failure are normal. But I will never end."
The first Lantern Man drank again, but he didn't drink to get drunk.
In this unassuming little tavern, the aging First Lantern raised his glass and drank with the boldness of someone willing to spend a fortune to buy a precious sword.
He once again showed Chen Tao the sword that could cut through timelines and history.
"Once I seize enough energy, I can sever the past and future of Earth 15. In all these years, the path to success has never been laid out before me like it is now."
"Whether I die or fail, do you think I'm afraid? Do you think I'm terrified or broken? Who do you think I am? I've been struggling in the darkness of no future for millions of years. I've experienced countless futures of death and failure."
"but."
"Even in the darkest and loneliest days, I never doubted my ability to save everything. I could reverse the future of everything."
"The debate between strength and weakness, the balance of offense and defense... those unknown histories..."
He put down his wine glass, stood up from his seat, and then spread his arms as if an invisible hurricane swept over his entire body, making the non-existent banners behind him flutter wildly.
"I've already reversed it countless times!"
"call……"
He exhaled a puff of white breath, which shot like an arrow onto the bar in front of him.
Then he said, "Let's go. I have a plan."
He told Chen Tao, "For the Multiverse to function properly, the World Forger was forced to reinvest the Main Universe Superman, whom he considered a treasure, into the Multiverse—without investment, there's no output. This is your only chance to reclaim the Main Universe Superman. As for me…"
"With Superman from the main universe reclaimed, the Infant Multiverse of the World Builder collapsed, releasing a massive amount of crisis energy. This is my only chance to save my universe."
Chen Tao heard him say, "The reason I can't cut my timeline from the hypertime stream isn't because my sword is faulty, but because I don't have enough energy. If I have enough energy, enough power, I can forcefully wield this sword and sever everything!"
Chen Tao was reluctant to tell him the truth. He chose to remain silent.
"This time, with Batman: Dragon, our interests are aligned."
He heard the first Lantern Knight say.
He reached out his hand to Chen Tao, and Chen Tao grasped it tightly.
Then Chen Tao heard the first Lantern Knight say, "I've already gathered the intelligence."
"To prevent Superman from being found in the main universe, the World Builders hid him and also captured most of the time travelers in the entire DC multiverse and imprisoned them in the Multiverse Fusion."
"Without time travelers and the time energy they possess, no one can find the main universe's Superman in a short time enough for him to drag out time until the multiverse merges and the future of the hyper-time flow solidifies."
Then Chen Tao saw the first Genie blink.
"But I'm a time traveler, and so are you. The World Makers have overlooked the two of us. If we join forces, we can find those captured time travelers, and then use them to locate Superman in the main universe."
No, the reason the World Forger didn't capture the two of us wasn't because he was stupid enough to overlook us, but because we were protected by the Anti-Monitor.
Chen Tao thought to himself silently.
The anti-surveillance agents are driving us to plunge like daggers into the heart of the world's creators.
You don't realize you are a knife, and I am just willingly being a knife.
That's all.
But he didn't tell these things to the first Lantern.
"so……"
He heard the first Genie continue, "Time is almost up."
He pointed upwards, and Chen Tao knew he wasn't referring to the roof of the tavern, but to the entire city.
Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, in the metropolis of Earth-3.
"We need to leverage this city to enter a phase of multicultural integration." If my prediction is correct, there should still be some time left...
As he was saying this, one of the drunkards next to him stood up.
He vomited on the waiter, causing a commotion.
Chen Tao saw the plate fall to the ground and shatter into pieces, making a sound—
Clang!
boom!
Chen Tao instantly appeared outside the tavern. He looked up at the sky and saw countless grid-like barriers rising from the ground, directly covering the entire city. Then, in the next second, the outside world shifted, taking Chen Tao and the others to a desolate planet.
"Diversification and integration have arrived—we..."
The first Lantern Knight also stepped forward, appearing beside Chen Tao, and then spoke:
"We need to..."
boom!
With a loud bang, Chen Tao felt a chill run down his spine. He turned around and saw that the small tavern they had just been standing in had been melted into carbon by the intense heat.
The destructive demon instantly crashed through the outer barrier and landed where Chen Tao and the others had just been standing.
Chen Tao took half a step back.
"Supreme Little Superman..."
"Wait, he's spotted us?"
The first Lantern Knight also took a half step back, his expression becoming serious: "The World Forger is probably monitoring the entire Multiverse, and he has discovered us—"
The next second, the Supreme Superman who appeared in front of him instantly tore open the neck of the first Lantern Man like tofu, so fast that Chen Tao didn't have time to react.
He barely dodged the second punch from the Supreme Little Superman, and in the next second, Chen Tao suddenly leaped up, his entire body erupting with terrifying power, and then instantly...
He used his own neck to firmly control the right hand of Superman.
"Wait, Superman the Ultimate..."
Before Chen Tao could speak, the next moment, the enormous fist of the Supreme Little Superman, glowing with white light, loomed large in front of him.
Damn it, Chen Tao is dead.
boom!
The world begins to collapse, and the concrete road that transcends time is twisted once again.
Chen Tao heard the dead First Lantern Knight make a faint sound.
The next moment, he returned to the previous history.
"...But I am also a time traveler, and you are a time traveler too..."
Upon hearing the first Lantern Knight say such a thing, Chen Tao abruptly stood up from his seat: "Damn it..."
But the timing of his return was a bit off; it was too late.
He saw the drunkard stand up from his seat and then vomit all over the waiter. Before he could even speak to the first Lantern Knight, then…
With a clatter, the cutlery fell to the ground, and with that sound...
With a loud bang, the tavern exploded.
He saw the Supreme Superman charging towards him again.
……
……
……
Night Owl... of course, the Night Owl before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, whom we call the Owlman.
The owl-man expressionlessly lowered his headphones.
He was quietly pondering what he had overheard.
He was monitoring these people because he found power dead... and he was curious who could kill him.
Then he found the man who called himself the First Lantern Man, and the man who called himself Batman Dragon... The bizarre things they talked about, the universe reboot, timelines...
This is ridiculous.
All of this is too far removed from the present history of the Owlmen.
And verifying everything they say is quite simple.
He looked up and out the window, seeing the twilight sky where countless grid-like barriers suddenly rose up...
It frames its city within it.
Capture the moment and place it on the chessboard.
This overwhelming force is called:
Diverse integration.
The owl took a sip of $2000 champagne.
(End of this chapter)