Chapter 471 We're going to turn Superboy-Prime into a madman
Chen Tao watched Luther leave expressionlessly.
This conversation cannot be said to end unpleasantly. Both of them had a certain degree of restraint, but neither could convince the other.
They carefully maintained their relationship with each other, and then almost at the same time realized that the possibility of persuading each other was zero.
Chen Tao told Luther that things in the dark multiverse were going in a worse direction, but this only made Luther more determined to destroy other universes to save himself.
After Chen Tao said his own point of view for the second time, he knew that Luther would not listen to what he said at all, and that he would definitely try to implement his plan 200%.
But so what?
Chen Tao watched Luther leave.
He could not tie Luther's hands and let him not try to save his world.
Moral standards are to restrain oneself, not to require others. Only Brainiac would try to put the whole world into a bottle.
His plan and Luther's plan basically overlapped in the early stage, and what he wanted to get and the purpose to achieve were almost the same.
If he failed, why was Luther not qualified to implement his plan?
For Chen Tao, Lex Luthor is his plan B. Batman always has to make multiple preparations.
Without verbal communication, Chen Tao knew that Luthor must be able to find the heart of the Night Owl planet and figure out how he pushed his universe.
At this point, he believed in Luthor's ability, and even if the other party failed, if he followed his plan step by step, he was confident that he could get the information.
So, just let Luthor do it.
"By the way, Bruce."
When he was almost at the corner, Luthor's body paused, and then the voice flew over.
"Pay attention to Darkseid."
He said:
"I know you have the idea of using him, and his force does look very impressive, but you'd better know that he is not a loyal ally. Once he finds that you are not good enough, he will even bite you in the back."
"And this bite in the back will definitely be very..."
"It will be very deadly." Chen Tao said: "I know it very well, Luthor."
"It's good that you know it." Luthor said.
Then he was silent for a while, standing at the corner without moving.
Then he suddenly asked:
"Is this time different from the past, Batman?"
"I'm afraid so, Lex."
"Will it be dangerous?"
"Yes."
"To the extent that even you can't handle it?"
"I really hope to tell you that I can handle it."
"Okay. ... Will you die?"
"I hope not."
"To such an extent?"
"Yes."
"Okay."
So at the end of the conversation, Luthor said: "Look... I already feel that it's a little serious, but I don't want to believe how serious it is."
He was a little at a loss, and a little confused. It was hard to imagine that these two emotions would appear in Lex Luthor, but none of them were shown in his back.
He said, "At worst, we can let others die and we live. I know you don't agree with this, but I still have to say... We deserve to live far more than them."
He didn't hear Chen Tao's reply, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
"Yeah."
Chen Tao nodded and watched him disappear behind the corner. Luthor's last words before leaving came to his ears:
"Don't die... Batman."
"Okay."
Chen Tao answered him softly, "I'll try my best."
After separating from Luthor, Chen Tao returned to the main conference room of the Justice League Hall again.
He raised his hand and checked the log of the Justice League's central computer through the Metal Spirit. This was not because he didn't even know what was in the log he wrote, but because he needed to confirm the development of the current timeline.
With the restart of the timeline, the previously defeated Blood Lord and Lord Orm also had a large part of their memories erased with the reset of the timeline.
Although Night Owl was not in this universe and did not lose his memory with the restart of the single universe, he had long given up the idea of cooperating with Batman, so he would not come to integrate the power of the two of them.
But this does not mean that the two of them are meaningless:
As long as Chen Tao can reach cooperation with Night Owl again and fight the Anti-Monitor together, the Blood Lord and Lord Orm will be able to use all the preparations that Night Owl made for them in advance.
Chen Tao needs to contact Night Owl through them or other methods, and completely unite and integrate Night Owl's power before the Anti-Monitor breaks through the protection of the timeline and enters this universe again, and fight the Anti-Monitor again.
Chen Tao has just given an order to the Red Lantern Lord Atrocitus: He must find a way to use his lantern ring and the Red Lantern beast Blood Slaughter Bull to try to find a place called Zamaron.
There is the Purple Lantern Corps, one of the Seven Lantern Corps, which is also the headquarters of the Star Sapphire Corps.
The Purple Lantern represents the fanatical and twisted love that lasts until death (crossed out), which is why Chen Tao chose them.
But compared to these, there is a more important thing that Chen Tao needs to do non-stop:
Recruit the Supreme Superboy.
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Apocalypse Star.
Darkseid put his hands behind his back, and his eyes reflected the flames erupting from the steel furnace on Apokolips that never went out.
When Desaad, the chief scientist of Apokolips, approached Darkseid beside the throne, he humbly lowered his head to Darkseid.
"My master."
He said, "You summoned me here. What do you want me to do?"
"You have contacted Night Owl, right?"
"Just contacted, master." Desaad said, "I haven't confirmed the other party and-"
"No need to confirm." Darkseid said, "That is Night Owl. Agree to his conditions, Apokolips must leave this universe, and tell him that I am willing to help him open the portal to this universe, so that he can disrupt the speed force of this universe and create a speed force storm that destroys the universe."
"What... what?"
He could understand every word that Desaad said with his open mouth, but he didn't understand what was going on when he put them together.
"The timeline has been restarted, Desaad." Then he heard his master tell him: "It was restarted to about 10 days ago. Your memory was erased, but this time restart cannot affect me." As the chief scientist of Apokolips, Desaad quickly figured out the relationship after a brief accident: "And this means..." "This means that Batman was completely defeated when facing the Anti-Monitor, Desaad. He has no ability to fight the Anti-Monitor at all." "So... are we going to escape from this universe? Leave completely?" "No." Desaad stopped talking, he was waiting for his master's answer. "I am guiding Batman and Night Owl. I will be a bridge to enable them to join forces to fight the Anti-Monitor." Darkseid said: "And when the two of them join forces to fight the Anti-Monitor and both suffer losses, it is time for me to take action, Desaad." A battle between the Dark God and the Anti-God... The prophecy echoed in Darkseid's mind. Darkseid never thought about joining forces with anyone. From beginning to end, the only person Darkseid was loyal to was himself. The purpose of cooperating with Batman is to have the opportunity to kill the Anti-Monitor and seize his anti-life equation, and the purpose of cooperating with Night Owl is to force Night Owl to face the Anti-Monitor directly by interfering with Night Owl's plan.
For Darkseid, the so-called contract is just like a joke, and it can't restrict his behavior at all. Whether it is Batman or Night Owl, they are the same in his eyes. It is Darkseid who has always been in control.
Whether it is defeating the Anti-Monitor or driving him away, it has no effect on Darkseid.
The Anti-Monitor and Batman are fighting each other, and in the end, Darkseid is the fisherman, which is what Darkseid wants to see most.
"Yes, my greatest master." Desaad said.
He bowed and originally planned to leave Darkseid's side and then contact Night Owl to go to another universe.
But before he could act, Darkseid in front of him received a communication about Batman.
Darkseid clicked on the communication.
Soon, he saw the communicator of Apokolips, and countless tiny metal particles condensed into the image of Batman with his back to him.
"Come to me, Darkseid. We must go to the Origin Wall and release Superboy Prime to have a chance of winning. My current location is..."
Batman hung up the communication without saying a word, and Darkseid sat there without saying anything.
"My master...are you still sending messages to Night Owl now?"
He asked Desaad who was standing next to him.
"No."
Darkseid said: "Let's see what our Batman can do first, and then decide."
"But..." He paused, then said: "I'm not sure if he can convince that monster."
"That monster doesn't accept any mental control, his heart is incomparably evil, and his power is unprecedented."
Darkseid said: "I can basically guess what Batman wants me to do, which is nothing more than communicating with the Origin Wall and letting Superboy Prime down from the wall."
"But unless Batman can really control or do something about this beast Superboy Prime..."
"Otherwise I will never let this monster down from the Origin Wall."
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"Giving Superboy Prime two personalities must be the last resort."
Next to the Origin Wall, Chen Tao was suspended there, looking at the Origin Wall not far away, where endless ancient giants were either dumbfounded or wailing in fear, scrambling to participate in the performance of an extremely vast and magnificent scene on the wall.
Chen Tao flew to the edge of the wall and saw Superboy-Prime, half of his body exposed, with his head down.
With the restart of the single universe, Superboy-Prime, who was originally pushed deep into the Origin Wall by the Anti-Monitor, was also repelled by the Origin Wall.
This made Chen Tao feel relieved. He originally thought that he had to wait for Darkseid's arrival to get Superboy-Prime out of the depths of the Origin Wall and then negotiate.
He flew in front of Superboy-Prime and said directly: "Supreme, I know you can perceive the restart of the timeline."
There was no response. Superboy-Prime lowered his head like a real statue on the wall, ignoring anything Batman said.
"I'm going to take you down from the wall, Superboy-Prime, to fight the Anti-Monitor and save the universe we live in."
Chen Tao saw that Superboy-Prime's eyebrows moved, but his expression remained unmoved, so he continued to forge iron:
"I think you still remember that golden age... Prime. The whole world, all villains and heroes united together to fight the Anti-Monitor."
(Note: Chen Tao mentioned here that "Crisis on Infinite Earths" was also the first timeline restart of the DC universe, and it was also the crisis that caused Superboy-Prime to lose his hometown, his most unforgettable years)
"In those days, you were a hero, Prime, and you went to save the entire multiverse without hesitation."
"You have seen the struggle of our universe. Although this is not the world you used to live in, another new universe is wailing under the footsteps of the Anti-Monitor. Is this what you want to see?"
Superboy-Prime still didn't speak, and Chen Tao was a little impatient. He was inevitably a little impatient.
This was different from what he thought. He originally hoped that Superboy-Prime would take the initiative to help. After all, no matter what method he used to influence Superboy-Prime's mind, he could not be more powerful than a mentally sound Superboy-Prime.
But now it seems...
"This is a beautiful world."
He heard Superboy-Prime say: "It used to be like my world, didn't it?"
"All the heroes in your world once gathered together like our world to fight against the Anti-Monitor, right?"
He raised his head and looked at Batman. When he saw the look in Superboy-Prime's eyes, Chen Tao's heart skipped a beat. He knew very well that it was almost a delusion to want Superboy-Prime to help him.
At this time, there was no sympathy or common hatred in Superboy-Prime's eyes. Chen Tao only saw the cruelty and malice from the heart in his eyes.
"Okay, I agree, Batman. You let me down from the wall and I can help you deal with the Anti-Monitor."
Then he heard Superboy-Prime say, "But at the same time, after defeating the Anti-Monitor, I still want to create a better world, so we'll each rely on our own abilities at that time."
He asked Chen Tao, "Deal?"
Deal.
Chen Tao looked at Superboy-Prime. He bet that if he let Superboy-Prime out like an idiot at this time, the first thing Superboy-Prime would do when he came out would be to kill him in front of him.
He just wanted to find an excuse to escape from the cage...not to empathize with Chen Tao's world.
Chen Tao touched the Heart of Darkness in his arms.
Is this the only way?