69novels Chapter 847 How do we participate in multicultural integration?
Chapter 847 How do we participate in multicultural integration?
Chapter 847 How do we participate in multicultural integration?
When the Batman Who Laughs used the head that Chen Tao had cut off to complete his rebirth, he had completely broken free from Mandrake's influence without the other party noticing.
If he had to put it into words, Chen Tao believed that all of this was part of the Laughing Bat's plan. At least he escaped perfectly. Now, his body, tainted by the Heavenly Blood, had become a puppet remotely controlled by the Laughing Bat, and Mandrak had completely lost the ability to threaten him.
Interestingly, however, Kuangxiao retained control of the body tainted by the Heavenly Blood.
This means that even though his current body is under Chen Tao's control, if Chen Tao were to propose certain conditions that he finds completely unacceptable...
He was able to abandon this uncontaminated body, transfer his main consciousness back to the body of Mandrak's Laughter, and then find other ways to break free from control.
Therefore, although his entire body appears to be under Chen Tao's control, he has not completely lost his autonomy, and is even inherently invincible.
If he were willing to give up this uncontaminated body, Chen Tao would have no way to threaten him.
Therefore, Chen Tao first presented his bottom-line conditions to him:
"You'd better hand over the Flash Barry Allen from the main universe, and the other half of Cyborg."
The members of the Justice League in the main universe must be saved.
This is not only out of a hero's duty, but also because the integrity of the Justice League in the main universe is related to the most basic immune system of the entire DC multiverse.
"That's perfectly fine, my friend."
Kuang Xiao simply snapped his fingers twice, and immediately the pink Thunder Sprite appeared in front of Chen Tao.
The fifth-dimensional being snapped his fingers, and then Barry, who was mixed with the Red Death Demon, appeared in front of Chen Tao.
"Oh God!"
"A kind of fusion caused by the Speed Force..."
Chen Tao checked the Red Death Demon's current condition; there were now three Barry inside the Red Death Demon.
One is Barry Allen from the main universe, one is Barry Allen from Chen Tao's universe, and there's another...
Chen Tao realized who the other person was.
This guy is Barry Allen from the Red Death universe. Yes, that's right. The reason the Batman of the Red Death universe possesses the Speed Force is because he captured the Flash from their universe and merged him with himself.
The Red Death's body is a natural Speed Force prison, which is why he was able to imprison so many Barries inside.
To go all the way, Chen Tao decided to release even Barry from the Dark Multiverse.
His fifth dimension alone might not be enough magic, since he ultimately doesn't possess the complete bat mite. Therefore, he asked the Laughing Bat's fifth-dimensional slave, the Thunder Sprite, to work with him.
But when he tried to make a move, he was stopped by Barry inside the Red Death Demon.
"No, wait, if you separate me like this, Bruce will die."
Chen Tao heard the other person say, "Bruce and I... everything is gone. Bruce and I are the last people left in our universe."
Chen Tao: "..."
In the Speed Force space created by the power of the fifth dimension, Chen Tao asked, "But if I'm not mistaken, the Speed Force storm that killed everyone in your universe should also have been caused by your Bruce, right?"
"No one in our universe was killed; they were simply swept up in the Speed Force storm and lost in the infinite Speed Force."
Barry's face in the Red Death Universe is completely blurred. In the Speed Force's space, he is the weakest compared to Barry in the main universe and Barry in the Alliance.
Moreover, his personality is far more indecisive and easygoing than the normal Barry.
The Dark Multiverse always amplifies the weaknesses of heroes' personalities. If Barry from the Red Death Universe had been more decisive and ruthless back then, perhaps…
Forget it, none of this matters.
"I hate him, but I don't want to kill him."
Chen Tao was speechless: "So what do you want now?"
"I want to stay inside Bruce's body. I want Bruce to become the Batman he used to be... As long as we work together, we will find everyone who got lost in the Speed Force storm."
What a joke! The Speed Force is so vast, finding someone caught up in the universe is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even a sixth-dimensional god would have a hard time doing something like that.
A bulldozer can flatten a toilet like a pool paddle, but asking it to find a single hair in the toilet is just asking the bulldozer a lot of trouble.
Chen Tao was about to say something, but then he couldn't help but feel a little...
Naïve and indecisive may be the reasons for Red Death Barry's failure, but Chen Tao himself also comes from the Dark Multiverse, so how could he not have his own character weaknesses?
If it weren't for the Earth 15 incident, and if he himself weren't so strong—far stronger than the Alliance—Chen Tao himself knew very well that this extreme personality of distrusting no one would definitely lead to destruction.
In short, Barry who was supposed to be released has now been released, as for this Barry...
Let him stay inside.
If given the chance, perhaps I could…
With that thought in mind, Chen Tao teleported away the unconscious Red Death Demon and the two Barries right in front of his maniacal laughter.
"What does it mean to say, 'From now on, I will laugh maniacally'?"
"See, this is what I wanted to say, my friend. Is it useful for you to control this body of mine now? No, it's pointless. No matter how many tricks you leave inside me, it won't help the situation at all. On the contrary, you'll have to constantly spare some energy to watch over me and prevent me from escaping by any means. You know, bats are masters of escape. Even if you trap me in the Metal Spirit's alternate dimension, do you really think you can keep me trapped?"
He laughed wildly, spreading his palms: "I've always been sincere. You wanted to save your friend—oh, that touching friendship—and I certainly helped you, out of—our friendship. I've already helped you save your friend, haven't I?"
Oh right, you helped me save my friend from your clutches. That logic is hilarious.
Despite the maniacal laughter and its astonishing logic, Chen Tao still wanted to hear what he had to say.
"How about we make some terms, my dear friend? You release me, and I'll give you that body that's still under Mandrak's control? How about that? It's useless to me now anyway. I can transfer control of it to you."
"How did you manage to pull off such an outrageous transfer of consciousness?" Chen Tao couldn't help but press his temples. To be honest, he had no idea how the maniac had managed to do it.
He just laughed and remained silent about the matter.
"Isn't the situation clear now, my friend? Mandrake wanted to be resurrected, so he used me to give you that little bit of Mind Control's energy."
The goal is for you to use this energy to help him summon Mind Control, and then Mandraklax must defeat Mind Control to break the established fact that "under the ever-falling red sunset, the Mind Control robots and Mandraklax perish together," thus returning to the multiverse.
"This lump of energy must contain some kind of trap that makes it impossible for Mind Control to defeat Mandrak's wrath. You don't know what kind of trap it is, but when Mandrak's wrath comes, you will have no choice but to use this thing to summon Mind Control."
But now you have my corrupted body, and you can share control of it with me, thereby stealing intelligence and devising the perfect plan to fight Mandrakal.
"One body for another, that's a fair trade, right?"
After laughing wildly, he looked at Batman Dragon, but the other party did not reply.
The next moment, everything went black before his eyes, and his body was controlled, like a puppet, appearing in a metallic space.
"Hey, my friend, you'll definitely need my help. Think about it, what other methods do you have that would be effective against Mandrake besides mine?"
The Laughing Bat shouted, but his shouts received no response.
Countless metals grew from his flesh, restricting his movement. Then, an uncontrollable tree sprouted from his head, rooting his maniacal laughter to the ground like a tree stump.
Batman Dragon didn't seem to agree with the Laughing Man's suggestion, but the Laughing Man still chuckled softly. He knew that although the other party had trapped him in the Metal Spirit's alternate dimension, he could release him at any time to fulfill the Laughing Man's proposal.
Although he is currently trapped in this alien space, he, the Laughing Bat, is actually the one who holds the initiative in this negotiation.
Batman's strict self-restraint shows that he is well aware that he cannot confine himself forever, so he must use strict methods to temporarily restrain himself. Batman Dragon will definitely come looking for him... He already said this subtext when he restrained the maniac.
Even Batman Dragon himself cannot deny this.
The body of the Laughing Mantis planted beside Mandrake was far too insidious for Batman Dragon to resist. Once he sensed the pressure from Mandrake, he would be forced to return and make a deal with the Laughing Mantis.
When that time comes, even hysterical laughter can achieve its purpose.
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It's all over, temporarily.
In the main timeline, Chen Tao stands outside the Justice League Watchtower Medical Room.
Half of Victor Stone's body was taken by Foolish Owl, but with Foolish Owl's resurrection, Chen Tao got that half back.
He just retrieved the other half of the body from the maniac, and now we have the human and mechanical parts of a cyborg, so you can put them back together to become a living human.
The Alliance's Martian Manhunter was also rescued. He is now in another ward. When Chen Tao saw Cyborg emerge weakly in a wheelchair, he heard all the members of both alliances cheering.
Chen Tao was delighted to see Dr. Victor Stone from the main universe timeline rush over and hug his son. In Chen Tao's universe, Dr. Stone had become his son's loyal football fan, but neither Dr. Stone nor Cyborg from the main universe timeline had the chance to step onto the football field again.
But this does not hinder their feelings and relationship.
People cheered and celebrated, and as Hero Day succeeded as the main universe's Superman, the two Wonder Women were successfully separated.
Indeed, all of this was something to celebrate. Chen Tao remained detached from the banquet, witnessing the grand gathering of heroes.
Chen Tao, disguised as a mud-faced man, was in the center of the banquet, enjoying the jubilation of everyone.
The main universe's timeline has been restored, but many people still retain some memories from before the timeline error... therefore, this crisis is not unknown to everyone.
As time goes by, these remnants of time remaining in people's memories will become less and less, until they gradually disappear. Naturally, they will not cause any psychological problems such as traumatic stress, because as the timeline is restored, these are things that never happened.
Chen Tao originally thought this would cause panic, but in fact, for people on the main universe timeline, it was just like a dream.
Frankly, people have gotten used to this kind of cosmic crisis...
How so?
During the entire New 52 era, the world experienced a near-flood crisis during the Throne of Atlantis period.
What follows is the eternal evil after the Trisolaran War. The criminal syndicate from Earth-3 will wreak havoc in the main universe, causing the global order to collapse completely and killing countless people.
After finally getting things back on track, the criminal syndicate was destroyed, and the government was reinstated, the Amodrome virus broke out again, triggering a global superpowered zombie crisis. Countless more people died, and hundreds or thousands of superpowered individuals were created worldwide...
These waves of crises and chaos are like a sieve; under such a high frequency of crises, the people of the main universe timeline have long since developed thick nerves.
What? You're saying this cosmic crisis is time-series, and for us it's just a blink of an eye, and then a zombie apocalypse movie pops into our heads, and in my dream I'm wearing a casual dress and turn into a zombie, and then I eat and eat for decades?
What's so special about that?
Oh, my husband became a survivor in his dream, and then he lived for over ten years, spending most of that time selling his body in the settlement to make a living...
?
I'm so stupid...
Haha, there are still a few unlucky ones occasionally, but that's all in another timeline. Simply put, it doesn't exist, OK?
Everything was bustling and joyous, but Chen Tao was quietly contemplating another problem...
How can we participate in diversified integration?
"I should go," he said to Hero Day beside him.
"First target: The Dark Multiverse, the Lantern Horror!"
"I once captured him... but he later voluntarily left my control. Perhaps he returned to his dark multiverse."
"I wonder what Batman from the main universe did to him?"
(End of this chapter)