Chapter 530 The Caped Crusader's Choice!
I'm Mobius.
It's strange, why would I want to resist the Anti-Monitor?
You see, even though I am just the remnants of a certain erased reality reflected in the mirror of the Dark Multiverse on a timeline rewritten by a certain universe reboot, in fact, I am still the Anti-Monitor. Partly, if I wanted to oppose the Anti-Monitor, it would be as ridiculous as my tongue opposing my brain.
I am an anti-monitor myself! Wasn't this name originally mine?
I must have been controlled by Batman just now, so I had such ridiculous thoughts.
I have to deal with Superboy-Prime now.
Believe me, he is far from a formidable opponent.
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"Huchihuchihuchi..."
Hall of Justice.
After the brief confrontation with the Anti-Monitor, Chen Tao, Luther and their group fled back to their own universe in embarrassment.
They all appeared in a safe place as soon as possible.
Then rays of light flashed rapidly in the Hall of Justice, and soon, other members of the Justice League also appeared here.
"We're safe." Luther gasped.
His bald head flashed with excitement.
"We did it, Batman, we succeeded, and our universe is safe!"
Luthor could hardly control his unspeakable ecstasy. He didn't even care whether what he did would be spread out, but started talking directly in front of the members of the Justice League.
"Soon, Superboy-Prime will be at war with the Anti-Monitor. No matter which one of them wants to win, it cannot be separated in a short time."
"And this window period is enough for us to control those cosmic propulsion towers and escape with our world. Although Ye Xiao's universe will be destroyed, our world survives."
"Wait, is Nite Owl's universe going to end?" Martian Manhunter asked: "You and Batman decided to give up on that universe?"
Luther got up from the ground.
"This is a necessary sacrifice."
He took off his green armor and dusted himself off of the non-existent dirt.
"It's all over, our universe is safe, that's what matters most."
Martian Manhunter said nothing. The other members of the Justice League also remained silent.
There was silence for a while, and suddenly, Wonder Woman Diana said: "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and escape in this universe."
Everyone didn't know what to say. They couldn't accuse Batman of abandoning a universe to save their own, but they couldn't bear the thought of innocent people dying in their place and the death of others.
After all, they didn't say a word.
Luther looked normal.
He didn't feel guilty about it at all, but only felt happy about the aftermath.
He said to Chen Tao: "Bat, we need to activate those propulsion towers quickly, and no one is more suitable than you to be the main control room..."
But he saw Batman didn't move.
He neither showed the same expression of surviving a disaster as Luthor, nor did he prepare to control the entire propulsion tower. He just stood there silently, like the rest of the Justice League, as silent as a statue.
Luther's heart immediately thumped.
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Night Owl opened his eyes.
He stared blankly at the robot that appeared in front of him.
This robot is called Failsafe, and it is the ultimate weapon that Night Owl once built for himself to deal with special situations.
There is no doubt that this robot is very powerful, and there was even an entire criminal syndicate helping in the process of making it, but... it's all for naught.
It can neither help Night Owl defeat the Anti-Monitor nor help him control Superboy-Prime, even if it can stop Batman.
This robot is equipped with everything Ye Xiao can think of. Ye Xiao has tried his best on this thing, but like Ye Xiao himself, he is ultimately a joke.
Night Owl knew he should laugh, he might be able to laugh, the Joker virus had invaded his mind, but he couldn't laugh at all.
He was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to laugh.
"The Night Owl was discovered...and rescue procedures are being carried out."
The fail-safe robot found Night Owl, and after scanning it, he helped remove Night Owl's restraints, and now he is able to move again.
It threw the metal coffin opened by laser cutting aside, and then said to the Night Owl who collapsed on the ground: "The restraints have been removed."
The red light in the robot's eyes flashed for a while, and then with a puff of air, a brand new Night Owl armor was controlled from outside the door by the fail-safe robot, which opened the door and flew in.
Ye Xiao lay on the ground without moving. He just wanted to wait quietly for death to come. He had no strength or desire to resist anymore.
Then he heard the retarded robot he had created ask, "Why, Night Owl, don't you stand up?"
The robot scanned Night Owl's body.
"No injuries were noted."
Night Owl turned over and slumped there like a salted fish. He didn't want to pay attention to this robot.
He needs to be quiet and think about his life.
From the beginning to now.
His whole life...
Then Ye Xiao, who had turned into a salted fish, was forcibly lifted up from the ground by the robot he made.
"Let me go, you fucking..."
"Sir, after testing, your vital signs are all normal and your weapon system is normal. Please start saving your universe now. You need to work hard -"
"I struggled and you were fucked..."
Night Owl raised his armor and tried to attack the stupid robot, and then saw the opponent's eyes flashing red.
"Scanning... Found that Night Owl is mind-controlled by some unknown target, activate emergency protection program!"
There was a confused look on Ye Xiao's face. After he built the robot, in order to prevent leaks, he deleted part of his memory. He didn't know how he designed the robot at that time.
"The past memory personality is being instilled into Night Owl to achieve the effect of counteracting mental control. The memory infusion will start in 20 seconds."
"20."
"Damn, I don't need it anymore, do you understand? Everything is hopeless. No matter what plan you prepared, it is all hopeless now, understand? It is hopeless!"
Night Owl's yelling and cursing was of no avail, the failsafe was just a robot that would faithfully carry out the orders given to him by the former Night Owl.
He was just counting the seconds coldly.
At the same time, a projection shot out from his chest. Ye Xiao looked up and saw that it was his former self.
"It's now 11:17 pm. I decided to give this robot a command that forces me to save the world." Ye Xiao saw that he was silent for a while, and then said: "I don't know who is reading this message now. , but I think it’s very likely to be my future self.”
"In the future I will most likely be controlled, frustrated, and discouraged, so I'm afraid I have to make plans for this situation. In a safe environment, the fail-safe robot will pass a 20-second countdown, and then Share your past memories with your present self.”
"This can break most mental manipulations and ensure that your decisions are consistent."
Ye Xiao held his head in front of the projection: "It's useless. I didn't know what I was facing at that time. It's already over, everything is over."
He cried bitterly, and his emotions were completely on the verge of collapse.
"I'm dead! This universe is dead too!" He completely lost his ability to perceive the outside world and just kept repeating these words. Then he was captured by the mechanical tentacles extended by the fail-safe robot.
Those tentacles wrapped around his head, and then transformed through some unknown technology, becoming starfish tentacles exactly like Starro. Night Owl is actually able to make a robot use Starro's abilities, even if it is directly implanted through cells, it is an extremely shocking achievement.
Then, as the memories of the past poured in, Ye Xiao's whole body was shaken.
More memories belonging to Night Owl were imported into his mind, overwriting those contaminated by the Joker virus.
Ye Xiao slowly got up from the ground. He regained his senses, but there was a bitter smile on his lips.
"It's such a shame, nothing is useful now."
He crossed the fail-safe robot, took two steps forward, and then looked ahead in confusion.
In this world that was already finished, what else could he do to save him?
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"What do you want to do?" Luthor had a bad feeling in his heart, and he asked Batman in a deep voice: "You don't want to do anything stupid, do you?"
Before Batman could say anything, Luthor stopped him and said eagerly:
"Listen to me, everything is ok now. We just need to take our universe and escape step by step. Night Owl brought it upon himself. He originally planned to sacrifice our world to the Anti-Monitor, and now we have to sacrifice our world to the Anti-Monitor. The consequences of the world are left to his world, which is called retribution. There is nothing morally reprehensible.”
He said: "And even if you fight against the Anti-Monitor, you can't win. You have already fought against him, haven't you? You were beaten with blood by him. But if you could really fight against the Anti-Monitor just now, If you confront me head-on, I won’t stop you.”
"And Superboy-Prime, he hates you to the core. Although you can control him to fight the Anti-Monitor, can you guarantee that he will not attack you as long as you appear in front of him?"
Luther babbled a lot: "This is completely seeking death, unnecessary and stupid. The current results are already very good, and they are the result of the joint efforts of all of us."
"you should not……"
"It's part of the plan." Then he heard Batman tell him, "I've been planning on doing that since I started planning it."
"You lied." Luther exposed him without hesitation: "You have been hesitating. You are letting me go, and you acquiesce to my plan."
"Come on, Batman, you originally planned to stop here. Whether you want to go back and die is just a matter of choice for you."
"You have that in your plan, but you also have plans for not doing that."
Chen Tao wanted to laugh a little.
Is it really that obvious? Green Lantern Hal saw it, and now even Luthor sees it.
There really is nothing to hide in front of these guys.
Then Chen Tao smiled...
He tasted it quietly, tasted his own timidity, tasted his own fear, and then slashed these complex emotions in his heart one by one.
His eyes gradually became firm, and a blazing fire began to burn from the inside out, igniting his whole body.
People often say that the so-called enlightenment is nothing more than this.
"So why?"
"Why make such a decision?"
"Isn't it good to live a good life?"
"What are you worried about? What are you afraid of? What stupid moral concepts and self-sacrifice desires are you based on?"
"Does that self-sacrifice desire make you climax?"
Luthor turned his head and looked at the other members of the Justice League: "No one will blame you. For this universe, you are undoubtedly a hero, and you led all of us to escape the dilemma of death."
"Even at the cost of sacrificing others?"
"I said no one would blame you, are you listening to me?"
Luthor was inexplicably angry and panicked:
"How noble do you think your morality is, you..."
No one spoke, and the atmosphere was as solemn as a funeral in a short time.
Luthor turned his head and looked at the other members of the Justice League.
"Speak up, mute, aren't you very talkative, Ron?"
He clicked on the name of Martian Manhunter, and then one by one:
"Clark, the savior of mankind? Were you very talkative during the days when we were fighting? Are you going to watch your companion commit suicide now?"
"Diana Prince? Are you going to watch me persuade this lunatic alone now?"
No one responded to him, and Luthor felt that he was the only one who was isolated, which was a terrible feeling.
"Luthor!"
Luthor raised his head and stared at Batman blankly.
His eyes met the other's star-like eyes, like the first time he looked up at the stars in his childhood.
He guessed Batman's decision, and a kind of anger arose in his heart.
"What's the point? You are so morally upright? Are you going to go back alone?"
He shouted angrily: "You are out of your mind. We tried our best to escape from there!"
But he heard the other's laughter, and he couldn't believe why Batman could laugh.
"Listen to me." Then he heard Batman's voice: "You have never lived in Gotham City, right? Luthor, you used to be Clark's enemy, but you have never been my enemy for a long time."
Chen Tao lowered his eyelids.
"Then today, I might as well teach you a way to target Batman, a weakness that Batman can never change:"
"His endless desire to save the weak will put him in trouble."