radiothebook Chapter 784 Ah, old friend, old friend
Chapter 784 Ah, old friend, old friend
Chapter 784 Ah, old friend... old friend
The World Forger sat quietly outside the infinite hypertime stream of the DC multiverse.
At this moment, as an outsider who can observe the battle situation at any time and join the fray at any time, he looks down on the entire battle from above.
He saw the Time Master and the Golden Vanguard in the post-apocalyptic future timeline, being chased and fleeing in a sorry state alongside the future Batman, Terry. He also saw Luthor and Black Death William together, with the three sides chasing each other and fighting in a chaotic mess.
He also saw the Watchers and the Anti-Watchers join forces to kick their mother, Papetua, out of the game, and he heard the resentful whispers of the Void Hand that left with Papetua.
The world's foundry workers quickly took notice.
The Void Hand is far more persistent than their mother, who is imprisoned in the wall.
After losing control of Barbatos, he attempted to send his malevolent nobles to invade the DC multiverse.
idiot.
The World Forgers intervened with minimal effort, preventing the forces they intended to reinfuse into the DC multiverse.
The World Builder isn't stupid. All the conflicts within the DC multiverse will disappear after he creates his own baby multiverse, then uses it to "swallow the elephant" and directly generate an adult.
How could he allow the Void Hand to intervene?
If the opponent were strong enough to enter the universe on their own, and his mother, Papetua, had also come down from the wall, he might have considered sitting back and watching the fight, but his plan was going very smoothly at the moment.
If all goes well, the snake-swallowing-the-elephant scheme will be fully successful, and he will have the opportunity to control the entire multiverse before his mother escapes.
If he is fast enough, and then unites with his brothers, he can still trap his mother on the Origin Wall in the new world he creates, directly skipping the step of going down the wall to suppress his mother, then he will have nothing to fear.
Moreover, he has now found a more reliable ally.
The world's foundries have a profound vision.
In fact, although both the Anti-Monitor and the Monitor want to manipulate Barbatos and invade the main universe to create a crisis force in order to resolve the current timeline's troubles as soon as possible, their attitudes toward the World Forger are quite different.
The Anti-Monitor is someone who doesn't care what's wrong with the World Forgers; his current plan is to devour the entire multiverse before dealing with Papetua.
The monitor's attitude is that as long as the multiverse is fine, I can accept it.
It is clear that the Watchers' attitude toward the World Makers is not as resolute as that of the Anti-Watchers.
Therefore, for the World Builders, the Anti-Monitors are determined to follow their own plan of "strengthening themselves to crush their own mothers" no matter what, and it is absolutely impossible for them to agree with the plan of "the World Builders creating a new universe".
On the contrary, it's the monitors...
The world's foundries then turned their attention elsewhere.
Although their mother, Papetua, was driven out of the game by the combined forces of the anti-monitors and the monitors, she still left one piece on the field:
The Bat of Mad Laughter.
It seems that Papetua, through some means, perhaps the Heavenly Blood, left some of his power to the Bat Who Laughs, but this is of little consequence.
(Note: Heavenly Blood, simply put, is Perpetua's menstrual blood. Perpetua used this substance to create the Dark Watcher Mandraklak, a monstrous form of the Watcher, within the Watcher. Later, under the ever-falling sunset, he was defeated by Mind Control, also known as the Mind Robot.)
Even though the Batman Who Laughs is still fiercely manipulating the timeline of the apocalyptic future and vying with the Foolish Owl for the cosmic tuning fork, his defeat is only a matter of time now that he has lost his backers. There's no need to worry about him.
Even with that much power, he couldn't possibly withstand Barbatos, who was manipulated by the Monitors and Counter-Monitors.
His mother, Perpetua, was in dire straits, actually placing her hopes on a trash character like the Batman Who Laughs, who was nothing but remnants of the Dark Multiverse. When the Antimonitor drove Perpetua and the Void Hand out of the game, the Batman Who Laughs was also eliminated.
There are others like Terry and Foolish Owl, who are future Batmen, and Luther, William, and a few others, but they are all minor characters.
The world's forgers had no interest in their chaotic and messy battles.
Even if a group of ants were to fight, and one of them won, it would be impossible for them to defeat him; they wouldn't even catch his eye.
This is not the World Forger being arrogant, but rather because he stands at such a high level. After obtaining P-Super, his plan has already succeeded to a certain extent, and his power has been enhanced.
He already has the ability and the courage to ignore the threats posed to him by some weaker characters.
No matter how much they struggle and thrash, to the creators of the world, it's nothing more than a gentle breeze.
There's nothing inherently wrong with this idea; the World Makers' decision to focus more of their energy on a few more important roles is absolutely correct.
But the right decision... isn't always effective, right?
Fate is often a very interesting thing; the decisions we make now will inevitably produce feedback downstream in the super-time flow.
Those timelines that have not yet solidified, those fragmented and unfinished histories like mirrors, are not impossible for the World Builder, a sixth-dimensional deity, to discover if he observes carefully.
But he simply didn't do that; he regarded those specks of light as dust, as straws.
But they are Mars.
They were the last straw.
Perhaps it was a oversight despite meticulous planning, or perhaps it was a cruel joke of fate, or maybe...
In the DC multiverse, the great pan-consciousness, after realizing the intentions of the world's creator, launched a desperate backlash.
In short, the world's foundry is now silently contemplating, his heart surging with emotion.
The Monitor can be won over. What he needs to do now is to defeat his brother, the Anti-Monitor, and then take control of Superman Supreme to prevent the DC multiverse from collapsing. After that, he can use Superman Supreme as the center and calmly begin the Multiverse Convergence event to completely complete the baby universe's swallowing of the elephant.
So now, the world's foundries are waiting for an opportunity.
He awaits his brother, the Anti-Monitor, to help him cut off the Batman Dragon, subdue Superman Supreme, and then he will seize the victory.
Foundries around the world believe this opportunity is not far off.
Soon, very soon.
He also controls Heroes' Day.
In any case, things were under his control.
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Chen Tao is currently conflicted.
Deep down, he didn't want to manipulate Hero Day, but he knew very well that he was already preparing for that manipulation.
With the deadline for Superman's hasty return drawing ever closer, his options are dwindling. Ultimately, he has no choice but to change his approach, attempting one last desperate gamble.
"Whoever you are, Hero Day, no, Big Horned Monster, look me in the eyes."
Chen Tao seized the opportunity of Hero Day and forced him to look into his own eyes.
"No matter what, our friendship is real, isn't it? We've been friends for a long time, and being with you, even if life is very short..."
Chen Tao initially only wanted to use words to cheer up Hero Ri a little, but as he spoke, he didn't even realize that there was a bit of sincerity in his words.
In this world, why bother distinguishing between sincerity and pretense?
"We're old friends. On Hero's Day, you really helped me a lot. It's no trouble at all."
As Chen Tao was talking, he wanted to slap himself. What did he mean by "it doesn't matter"?
But he continued talking anyway.
"Even if you can't help me control Superman right now, it's okay. I just want to tell you that you'll always be my friend."
That's so cheesy.
Chen Tao felt like his tongue was tied in knots, but he kept talking.
"I want you to be okay. I can't let you suffer like this. I'm rambling, but I want you to know that whether you can help me control Superman the Primal or not, the fact that you're my friend will never change."
He said, “Please, don’t do that. You are now an intelligent being, a free being. No one can define you. Forget about Mrs. Nasby; that’s how the anti-surveillance group defines you. What you truly want to become… only you can decide.”
After saying that, Chen Tao didn't want to say anything more. He knew that saying more would just be useless nonsense. He turned his head and planned to wait for the appearance of the Supreme Little Super Monkey.
He has accepted this fact.
He was prepared for the worst.
Yes, he shouldn't have forced Heroes' Day.
Hero Day never wanted to be a hero; his previous acts of heroism were merely the result of manipulation.
Even if he managed to deceive Superman Supreme after manipulating Hero Day, let alone whether he could...
If he were to enforce a Heroes' Day now, it would be tantamount to forcing an innocent person to pay the price for their heroic actions.
You want to be a hero? Fine, go ahead, you can be one, you can pay the price, but!
You must never make others pay the price for your heroic act.
Chen Tao felt ashamed of the thought that he had just momentarily considered trying to force Hero Ri.
This behavior is despicable and shameful; he attempted to manipulate Hero Day's body, to instrumentalize Hero Day, and to plunge it back into the tragic state of being instrumentalized.
He tried to make Hero Day pay the price of being instrumentalized once again, simply because Chen Tao could force the other party to do so.
The nature of this behavior is completely different from simply imprinting a thought to prevent Hal from escaping the plan back then.
This is not a heroic act.
Chen Tao has made up his mind and decided to pay the price, but the price will not be paid by others, but by himself.
He decided to try and persuade Superman himself, and if that didn't work...
Ready, Chen Tao?
Next, it's time to embrace Barbatos and then fight to the death.
"I……"
On Hero Day, he looked at his own hands.
Then he spoke as if in a dream:
"You know, if the little monkey saw me now, he definitely wouldn't like me, right?"
"Yes."
Then he asked himself and answered:
"Superman the Youngster is a fan of the heroes of the Golden Age."
"I won't force you, my friend," Chen Tao said, then continued, "I will never say comforting words and try to provoke you into obeying my orders... I could have manipulated you like that, but I disdain such tactics."
Hero Day looked at Batman Dragon in front of him. Batman Dragon didn't turn around to look at him; he only left Hero Day with his back turned.
"Our guess was right. Hero Day, your memories have been implanted. They did terrible things to you. I regret it, but we are still friends, and old friends at that. This will not change because of whether your memories have been tampered with or not. That's all."
Hero Day remained silent, watching Batman's back, that small, perhaps nonexistent shadow cast upon him, enveloping Hero Day's massive, imposing body.
"I think I've lost the ability to make the Supreme Little... Little Monkey obey my commands," Hero Day said.
He originally wanted to change his address to "Supreme Little Super Monkey," but in the end he used their nickname back.
"I will try," he said finally.
Chen Tao remained silent; he no longer had time to speak.
The Supreme Little Monkey is about to return, and Barbatos is about to be completely suppressed by the Anti-Monitor and fall back into slumber.
The little super monkey is getting closer and closer.
Chen Tao used fifth-dimensional energy to sense the distance between them.
Three, two, one.
Rumble rumble rumble...
The space seemed to be forcibly squeezed and burst by something, emitting a strange roar. With a loud crash like glass shattering in the sky, the Supreme Little Super Monkey made a dazzling appearance.
He appeared before Chen Tao and Hero Ri.
Chen Tao's heart was pounding.
He didn't say anything on Heroes' Day.
"Huh? Big Horned Monster, what's wrong with you? You seem a little different."
The little monkey hopped over and hugged the sad-looking big-horned monster.
"Hey old friend, who bullied you? I'll beat them up."
"You...do you still consider me an old friend?"
The little monkey looked the other person up and down.
"It's a little strange and different now, but I like the big-horned monster."
He said, "No matter what form the Great Horned Monster takes, it's still the Great Horned Monster!"
Chen Tao stared blankly at the Supreme Little Super Monkey.
The danger that Heroes' Day had worried about for a long time...
like……
It seems not to exist.
You will always be you, Hero Day. You are free, no matter what you become, old friend.
I offer you our friendship, forever true.
Forever shining.
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The periphery of the hyper-time flow.
The world's foundries are observing the battlefield.
well.
He witnessed the return of Superman the Supreme.
The other party did indeed obey Hero Day's orders.
The world's foundry extends its hand with a gentle gesture.
Invisible puppet strings were connected to Hero Day.
The time for the puppet to play its role has finally come.
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Inside the cosmic tuning fork.
The Laughing Bat stood among them, amused.
He felt a tremendous energy being grasped by Papetua and then poured into his body.
Even though he had lost his supporters, the smile on his face did not disappear.
Everything was going according to plan. The Batman Who Laughs raised his finger, and some of the power that Perpetua had given him was under his control. Then, as his palm slid through the void, a small opening appeared, and a large-eyed monster crawled out from the opening, revealing a devilish smile and eyes.
This thing is called the Malicious Powerful, and it belongs to...
Hand of the Void.
"You've done well," the malevolent nobleman said. "We've finally entered the story, entered this world."
It cackled menacingly, "You who come here, this is absolutely the worst choice you could have made!"
"Yes, yes," the Laughing Bat also laughed heartily.
"The best and the worst choice!"
(End of this chapter)