Chapter 546: I will gently place my hand on your shoulder! ! ! (6,000 words long chapter)
At first, there was a murmur.
It's like a mother whispering in my ears, or like being wrapped in warm amniotic fluid.
Followed by singing, like crying and complaining.
In the billions of years since this universe was born from the hammer of the World Forger and then fell into the orbit of the dark multiverse beneath the light universe, the entire universe has not heard such a song.
From Gotham, to Central City, to Metropolis, extending infinitely to every corner of the entire universe.
Gotham.
Under the ravages of the Criminal Syndicate, the city has completely become an underworld empire loyal to the Night Owl. But even such a hierarchically ordered place can never remain as it is after experiencing the ravages of the Anti-Monitor's apocalypse.
The temporary sun that Nite Owl prepared for the entire Earth ensured that the Earth would not turn into an Ice Age while it was moved away from Superboy-Prime's battle with the Anti-Monitor.
And it was at this moment that all citizens of Gotham City felt some kind of call.
"Contribute to Batman..."
In the Diamond District of Gotham City, a robber was robbing a convenience store.
When the Night Owl was in power, no one dared to carry out any robbery without the Night Owl's consent. But now that the Night Owl is gone, the whole city begins to rebound in the direction of chaos. Although due to the residual power of the Night Owl, such a rebound is not yet obvious. .
When the robber raised his gun and pointed it at the convenience store owner's head, they both heard the call at the same time and showed two opposite attitudes at the same time.
The convenience store owner immediately agreed to this call. He didn't know who Batman was, but no matter what the situation was, it was worse than someone holding a gun to his head.
So he immediately fell to the ground and started convulsing.
He becomes a living battery, providing Batman with the power to move the universe and synchronize other Batmans.
The robber immediately refused this call. He would not just do it casually...
Then the call in his mind turned into something detailed.
"You refuse ≠ I agree."
So he immediately fell to the ground and started convulsing.
So soon the whole city seemed to be blown by an invisible breeze, and everyone lay down and collapsed.
"He is communicating with all living things in the entire universe through the Red of All Beings... He shouldn't be able to do it... Wait, those 4 propulsion towers cover the entire universe, and he is using those propulsion towers to enhance his radiation!"
Barbatos said: "You have to be careful, there is evidence that Batman can be supported by these ordinary creatures..."
"Enhancing his abilities, I know."
The Anti-Monitor whispered in response to Barbatos' whisper: "Like a battery."
The two of them hugged each other and traveled through the stars.
A large amount of space was trembling and folding, and the entire universe was like a squirming intestine during diarrhea. Through the aftermath of the first heavy hammer hitting the Anti-Monitor, it was desperately trying to squeeze the two of them out of the universe.
The Anti-Monitor wanted to punch Batman or fight back, but he couldn't.
Batman hugged him hard.
The entire universe is rejecting the Anti-Monitor, and the first blow has completely blocked his chance to stay in this universe.
But he hasn't left this universe yet.
He should have been forcibly pushed out of the universe by this repulsion, just as Batman used the Speed Force to push him out of the universe before.
But he's still here, which means the entire universe is pushing him forward, like a forklift, pushing the Anti-Monitor somewhere.
"We can't let him swing a second time, Barbatos." The Anti-Monitor said, "Where are your people? I want you to destroy those propulsion towers!"
"I can't! They were all transferred away by Night Owl, and now the entire universe is condensed under the effect of the four propulsion towers, and they can't get in."
"Then do it yourself!"
The Anti-Monitor said angrily: "As long as you take action, the entire universe will be shattered like tofu. The Dark Multiverse is your home, and I am just barely projecting power from upstream!"
The Anti-Monitor tried to open Batman's hands and hug his body, but he felt tiny cracks starting to appear on the puppet's body.
This body took the hammer blow of a universe and remained unharmed...for now.
At least with the current situation, I can't bear the second blow.
"I can't. I have to sit in the world melting pot to absorb power. I'm not strong enough to leave here. Even if I leave by force, everything I have done before will be in vain."
Barbatos said indifferently: "It's nothing more than the loss of a Batman who is qualified to become the Dragon of Barbatos. It is very important, but it is not an unacceptable loss. The Laughing Bat once proposed another plan to me."
(Note: Another plan is to capture the Hawkman of the main universe and become the Dragon of Barbatos, the one who appeared in the original comic)
Barbatos struck three times, five divided by two, and pushed himself completely.
And this is indeed the case. For Barbatos, the moment Batman used his heart power, the matter was over. Even now, Barbatos can still feel that the resurrected Batman is still suffering. The erosion of one's own dark energy.
If he doesn't need to pay anything and just waits for time to pass to enjoy the results, then how can he expect Barbatos to contribute?
The situation of the Anti-Monitor is completely different. All his current investment in the entire plan is to obtain the puppet that can move freely on the current timeline. No matter how weak it is, being able to move freely is a huge breakthrough.
Batman now completely regards this puppet as his enemy. If anything goes wrong with this puppet body, it will be completely unacceptable to the Anti-Monitor.
And what makes him most uncomfortable is that it was him who opened the gap between the light multiverse and the dark multiverse.
In order to banish Superboy-Prime, he tore a small hole between the positive and negative multiverses. It was not big, but he spent a lot of power, so that he is so weak now!
He heard Barbatos say: "And what do you have to worry about? Batman just wants to push you into the positive multiverse. I have now helped you complete the history. From the perspective of the super time flow, you Now a Counter-Monitor born from the Dark Multiverse, that's all, our deal is done, you're free."
He said: "Even if you are pushed into the multiverse of light, the hypertime flow will not erase your existence. At that time, you only need to leave. Batman can't stop anything."
It's bullshit.
The Anti-Monitor took a breath. He and Batman were face to face. When he lowered his head, he could see the ferocious expression on the other person's face.
He knew with his butt that if the other party deliberately sent him into the multiverse of light, there must be some way to fight against him.
Knowing that the other party has some kind of preparation to deal with him, he still jumps into the trap. The anti-monitor will not do such a stupid thing.
But Barbatos refused to contribute, so he was left with the last option...
The Anti-Monitor's eyes burned with rage.
Originally, the deal between him and Barbatos was over. Batman belonged to him, and the anti-surveillance puppet belonged to him.
But now what he gets is very likely to be in jeopardy. Under such circumstances, can he still be expected to keep his mouth shut when facing Batman, Barbatos?
He didn't say anything, but said: "Make a new deal, Barbatos, I can tell you the location of my brother [Monitor] on the current timeline, and I can also help you capture him.
While he's slightly less debilitated than I was in the current timeline with only one brain, he's still in bad shape and has only just begun to reshape himself since the last Multiverse Crisis. "
(Note: The Laughing Bat did capture the Watcher in the comics.)
"What do you want me to do?"
Barbatos was indeed moved.
"I want your dark matter energy. With your dark matter energy, I can expand the size of the current puppet container on the current timeline to receive more antimatter energy from my body."
This is the essential difference.
Previously, Barbatos only helped the Anti-Monitor to deceive the hyper-time flow and maintain his existence in reality. This would not cost anything, not much if anything.
To put it simply, it is a business without capital.
But if Barbatos gives his own dark energy to the Anti-Monitor, it is equivalent to cutting flesh from his own body and feeding the Anti-Monitor's puppet. The puppet will be fat and round, and the Anti-Monitor can come upstream. Projecting more power will make this puppet no longer look like it is "capable, but not capable of much".
But in this way, Barbatos will have to truly devote his power, which will not only slow down his ability to devour the body of the World Forger, but will also greatly slow down his plan to invade the main universe.
"Think about it, Barbatos. When you master my astral brain, you have antimatter energy, and you are the master of dark matter energy."
The Anti-Monitor said: "Once you capture my brother the Monitor and get the positive matter energy from him, and combine the three into one, you can blow up the entire multiverse. There will no longer be any positive matter. With antimatter, there will be no multiverse, only darkness will remain, your darkness.”
Barbatos knew that the Anti-Monitor was tempting him, and he knew that the other party had been planning to change the history of the upper reaches of the hypertime stream, but Barbatos knew that would never happen.
But who knows? This has nothing to do with market trading anyway.
Barbatos agreed.
drop.
clatter.
The next moment, the Anti-Monitor grabbed Batman's shoulders and tore his body apart:
"enough."
He admired the horrified look on Batman's face.
The opponent must not understand why he was able to push the opponent so far just now, but now the opponent is evenly matched with him.
When the Anti-Monitor made the deal with Barbatos, it all happened in an instant.
Dark matter energy is given, and the location of the monitor is exposed.
These unfold at levels beyond the reach of human vision.
The Anti-Monitor senses Batman's desperate struggle.
Yes, well done, keep fighting as hard as you can, the more you use Barbatos' energy, the more you will be infected by Barbatos.
When Barbatos completely takes over your mind...it will be over.
He felt Batman's strength weakening.
Oh, did you notice this? It’s no use finding it.
The Anti-Monitor grabbed Batman, who had completely ravaged him, and easily tore off one of his arms.
Endless energy poured into his body from the upper reaches of the super-time stream in an indescribable way. The powerful power obtained by the Anti-Monitor from devouring most of the positive matter universe during the first crisis has already revealed its hideousness on the current timeline.
He watched with satisfaction as Batman had to draw energy from the heart again to repair his body.
Yes... well done, keep going.
"Why... why are you like this." He heard Batman say in a hoarse voice: "Is this the fate of the dark multiverse?"
"You did a good job, Batman, you have done a good job." Anti-Monitor said.
Batman's eyes shot out rays of the Omega Effect, which is a move of the Dark Father.
But the Anti-Monitor only clapped his hands, a dazzling white light flashed, and Batman's eye sockets were burnt black.
After temporarily subduing Batman, the Anti-Monitor turned sideways.
The four propulsion towers are still in effect and under Batman's control.
The entire universe is still wrapped around the Anti-Monitor, pushing him towards the gap he just tore to the bright multiverse.
And now the Anti-Monitor wants to stop it all.
Destroying the four propulsion towers will not only stop the movement of the universe, but will also prevent Batman from connecting to his battery through the Red of All, making him more dependent on Barbatos' energy.
But the Anti-Monitor found himself being hugged again.
"You have to make it so ugly, right?" he said.
He was pulled back by Batman, and then the Batman drawn by the Totally Destroyer was wrapped in the black and red lightning bat of the Red Death, running rapidly beside the Anti-Monitor at high speed, constantly punching, and then being grabbed by the Anti-Monitor's legs with his bare hands and pulled violently in his palm.
"Maybe this action can help you remember something a little bit..."
The Anti-Monitor lifted Batman high up, and then raised his knees: "What did that line say?"
Then he suddenly felt his face change suddenly.
He heard a loud clacking sound, and as the sound rang out, the Anti-Life Equation in the Anti-Monitor's body suddenly became agitated.
He loosened his hands, then held his head and let out a sharp roar.
"What did you do?"
Then he heard Batman gasping: "The death of the user of the Omega Effect will cause the Anti-Life Equation to leave your body..."
Under Chen Tao's control, the Thunder Zansha who was imprisoned in his body after being shrunk by him took his last breath.
And with the release of the Omega Effect...
[Warning, warning, Darkseid has been detected to be dead, please capture Darkseid's godhood "Omega Effect" and completely integrate this personality into your body, replicate the birth process of the Dark Father, and obtain...]
[Batman has integrated Darkseid into his body... You have completely synchronized SS-level Batman: Dark Father]
"I am the God of the Omega Effect."
Chen Tao said.
"So what?"
The Anti-Monitor grabbed Batman's arm suddenly, and the universe shook.
The surrounding planets and meteorites were like tofu, crushed to pieces by the energy of their collision, and in this life-and-death struggle, the four propulsion towers lit up blue again, and the second heavy hammer swung down again!
Boom! ! !
The entire single universe vibrated and echoed like a bell, and the sound resounded throughout the dark multiverse.
Countless heroes and villains of the dark multiverse raised their heads at the same time.
They all heard the buzzing sound, as if the dark multiverse itself was roaring!
In the remnants of the dark multiverse, those souls who were turned into neither dead nor alive by Barbatos also raised their heads, and their painful faces showed confusion. They couldn't understand what was going on.
The world furnace.
The violent buzzing sound made Barbatos hold his head. The buzzing sound was too unpleasant, like the sound of nails scratching glass heard by ordinary people.
"And all this is useless."
The vibration sound was transmitted to the Anti-Monitor through Batman, making his whole body buzz.
"But you are not strong enough to push me."
He lowered his head and saw that Batman still maintained the transformation of the Ravager, but blood was gushing out of all his orifices.
The Ravager's ability was almost similar to Doomsday, and Batman superimposed the body of the Dark Father's new god on him.
But even with such a strong body, under the huge pressure of swinging a universe as a heavy hammer, the blood vessels all over his body began to burst.
The Anti-Monitor punched expressionlessly and broke Batman's body. Under the decomposition of the anti-life equation, even the biological position of the Ravager could not resist.
This was the power that the Anti-Monitor had after devouring most of the positive matter universe during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Even if this power was weakened by being projected into the current reality, Batman was still unstoppable.
The wound was instantly repaired by Barbatos' dark matter energy. For the first time, the Anti-Monitor began to hate Barbatos's dog-skin plaster-like ability:
Without the tenth metal, almost no one could hurt Barbatos and his Dark Knights.
Although the Batman in front of him did not join the Dark Knights, he received the heart filled with Barbatos' energy, so he could also obtain the same physique as the Dark Knights in a short period of time.
"Why, why hasn't he been corrupted yet?"
The anti-monitor was a little annoyed: "Why?"
"Because...because, cough cough cough...everything is according to plan."
Then he heard Batman, who was torn to pieces in front of him, cough desperately, then vomited a mouthful of blood and said.
The Anti-Monitor punched half of his body with an expressionless expression.
"Is it still being planned?"
Batman repairs his body.
He hugged the Anti-Monitor's legs desperately, opening his mouth frantically and biting at his armor.
The Anti-Monitor knocked out all his teeth, and then heard Batman continue to speak harshly:
"Everything... everything is planned."
The anti-monitors were not in a hurry to destroy the four propulsion towers.
He has already felt the force of the propulsion tower driving the universe to knock him down. Although it is very strong, it is nothing more than that.
He could catch even the third blow. He had gradually adapted to the damage caused by this cosmic strike, and he didn't think Batman could swing the third blow in his current state. Maybe in Before that, he will be transformed by Barbatos.
And to be honest... they are now next to the gap that connects the light multiverse and the dark multiverse.
Therefore, there is no point in running to destroy the propulsion tower and prevent the universe from moving with him.
The more important reason is...
"What makes you think you can bite me even if you don't have any teeth?"
The Anti-Monitor grabs Batman, who punches and kicks him.
"You are so annoying," he said, "I'm afraid I'll have to deal with you before I deal with what I have to do."
He then lifted Batman up with one hand and grabbed his shoulder with his other hand, trying to pull his spine out, only to catch the swarm of nanobots that swarmed from Batman's shoulder.
Chen Tao exploded his body into nanorobots, forcing the Anti-Monitor to give up their plan to harm Chen Tao by breaking his limbs, but this could not change anything.
Chen Tao felt that his determination to fight the anti-monitor to the death was getting weaker and weaker, and his fear, confusion, and desire to compromise were increasing.
He knew this was Barbatos influencing him.
He knew he was most likely at the end.
"I just said I wouldn't come to die, and then I die right away... This seems a bit embarrassing." Chen Tao thought.
He has made his decision.
No member of the Dark Knights would do such a thing.
Before they were transformed by Barbatos, even the Laughing Bat who had clearly known that he was about to be transformed would not do such a thing.
He will use the Omega Effect to explosively squeeze his body to create a one-time burst of terrifying energy waves, and then use this to swing the hammer a third time, and then drive the Anti-Monitor through the gap like a nail into the multiverse of light.
He did so.
"you……"
Endless white light.
The entire universe trembled again, the invisible giant hammer was raised high again, and the Anti-Monitor heard Batman roar:
"Get me...get out there!"
boom!
Useless.
Chen Tao gritted his teeth.
Although he couldn't see the progress bar of his transformation, he always felt...
But he has one more swing to make.
He can still...
Then he suddenly looked up.
The Anti-Monitor also raised his head suddenly.
In the orbit of the dark multiverse, huge buzzing sounds echoed layer by layer.
"My universe! I didn't ask Luther..."
Chen Tao realized something.
He seemed to be able to see the maniacal smile on Luther's bald head in the propulsion tower master's control room in his own universe.
He smiled, and then said softly: "It's good to come."
Between the rise of the rabbit and the fall of the falcon, a new universe that had accelerated the entire propulsion tower system suddenly hit the Anti-Monitor from another latitude on the other side, like an accelerated vehicle driven by Luther. The heavy truck reached its peak and hit the Anti-Monitor's face like a meteor.
The Anti-Monitor couldn't say a word, and then he saw Batman in front of him making another weak gesture towards him.
And behind Batman, the stars in the sky are shining brightly at this moment!
And in the pupils of the Anti-Monitor, the shadow of the bat that enveloped him was reflected, as well as the deafening roar!
"Drink!"
boom! ! !
"Useless!"
No success, no success, the speed of the universe piloted by Luthor is about to run out.
But they are still evenly matched like a tug of war, and as time goes by, Chen Tao's side will definitely lose propulsion first——
Because Chen Tao's power comes from the inertia from the collision of Luther's universe, which will weaken, while the Anti-Monitor's power comes entirely from himself.
Chen Tao still needs a little strength, but where else can he find other strength to change this situation?
And at this moment...
Chen Tao suddenly felt someone put a hand on his shoulder.