pertwk Chapter 796 To You Who Have No Future, Yet Have a Future
Chapter 796 To You Who Have No Future, Yet Have a Future
Chapter 796 To You Who Have No Future, Yet Have a Future
I am Huo Rong.
I'm fooling everyone.
At this moment, I was following behind Superman Supreme and Batman Dragon, while the Anti-Monitor, who controlled Barbatos, was clad in a black robe and led the way.
For me, these are pieces of history that have already happened. Compared to the dark and desperate days I once experienced, the world now is as precious as gold.
I have no ability to save the multiverse, nor do I want to. I just need to take my world with me before the disaster strikes, and the rest is none of my concern.
Batman: The Dragon...Superman the Ultimate...
They were strong, intelligent, and brave. But the brave ones all perished, while the cowardly ones survived.
I have always been a timid person.
Thinking of this, Huo Rong felt a slight pang in his heart, but he quickly regained his composure.
"We are about to enter the first line of defense of the Batman Who Laughs," he told Superman Supreme. "What you don't know is that the Batman Who Laughs is actually controlling the Möbius Chair."
"My divine artifact." The Anti-Monitor's voice deepened by two octaves.
"Indeed," the old scourge replied, "but your maniacal laughter has stripped you of your influence; you are no longer in control."
"The knowledge that the Laughing Bat gained through the Möbius Chair transformed the timeline of the arrival of the British Empire into a labyrinth."
Huo Rong said:
"If we just barge into the history that he took away, we will get stuck in that timeline and it will be hard to get out."
However, attempting to break this timeline by brute force would create a massive amount of crisis energy for the Batman Who Laughs, accelerating his theft of a year from the multiverse.
"So the Maniac Laugh has given us a choice, and whatever we choose is part of his plan."
Chen Tao said.
"Yes, so," the old scourge said, "we will save this timeline."
So when Chen Tao and his monster-version Justice League landed on the timeline of the arrival of the UK, they saw countless rotting corpses raging across the land, and the vast earth was nothing but ruins.
Huo Rong gave them a coordinate, and then they all appeared there. This was the last line of defense between the Green of All Things and the Red of All Beings, a small area controlled by Green Lantern Medfield, a Green Lantern who wielded the Green of All Things.
When Chen Tao and his group appeared in this last patch of green, they were spotted by the Green Lantern.
He immediately flew out of the central building of the gathering place and saw a group of people in front of him whom he did not recognize at all.
The Supreme Little Superman looked around at the somewhat withered green plants, and the poor ordinary people and animals sheltered among them.
"How tragic," he whispered. "In a perfect world, you wouldn't have to suffer this fate."
He used this excuse to suppress his empathy, and Chen Tao saw all of this.
"Speed up," the counter-surveillance agent urged.
"Don't rush, what should we do?" Chen Tao said to the anti-surveillance agent, then he turned to face the elderly scourge:
"Mr. Future?"
"You used five-dimensional magic to take over this settlement, and then Superman the Supreme threw a punch at Earth from outer space."
He gave a coordinate.
"A punch from this position would kill most of the Decaying Black creatures on Earth, and then the Decaying Black would enter a weakened state. Then the Anti-Monitor would use dark matter cosmic energy to find and kill Anton Akane, the main universe active on this timeline."
The old man said, "It must be the one who opposes surveillance who does the killing; he will kill more thoroughly."
"And then finally," the old calamity said, "I have a way to completely derail the history of this universe, and then the defenses of the maniacal laughter will be breached."
They talked as if no one else was around, leaving Green Lantern Medfield, who was standing nearby, completely bewildered. He was a Lantern who controlled the green of all things, and in the original timeline of the arrival of the Corruption Kingdom, he should have been fighting against the Corruption Black alongside Swamp Thing and Animal Man.
But now, Swamp Monster in the main universe's timeline has been taken by Old Man Horror and merged with Thomas Wayne's history, while Animal Man is missing, most likely kidnapped by the Laughing Maniac.
So now, among the short guys, the tallest one has become the protector of this timeline.
As he listened to the group's discussion, he sensed something was amiss.
"What are you talking about? What does this mean?"
He asked that question.
"Understood, so let's get started, Batman," the Anti-Monitor said. "Let's speed things up and take care of the Laughing Maniac as soon as possible."
Let's get rid of this hysterical laughter as soon as possible, then we'll all start tearing each other apart.
Chen Tao understands perfectly.
Their alliance was incredibly fragile, a temporary union formed solely because of the existence of the maniacal laughter.
Even so, Chen Tao still had to do one thing first.
"Everyone." His voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears in the gathering place.
Ordinary farmers struggling to make a living by farming in the apocalypse. Guards maintaining order amidst this chaotic tide... and Colossus, the former superhero seeking refuge in this settlement, wrench in hand, helping repair the few remaining machines in the base when he heard the voice.
They all heard Chen Tao's voice.
"Fellow citizens," he took a deep breath, "we are late."
Chen Tao knew deep down that this timeline had no future. After the Batman Who Laughs stole this timeline from the DC multiverse, the universe formed by this history lost its ability to extend further. When the story ended, this history would automatically restart at the beginning of the story, and the cycle would repeat itself.
This is why, even after the old man, Huo Rong, planned to seize his hometown and its history, he still intended to join the world's foundry.
He and his history need to be sheltered in a multiverse, even an infant multiverse, otherwise this rootless, adrift history will soon wither away.
However, the maniac never intended for sustainable development; these three timelines were merely tools for him to create crisis energy.
So even though Chen Tao knows that everything he is doing and saying is meaningless, and that the people will forget what he said once this timeline is restarted;
Once this timeline is reinserted into the main universe's timeline, these people will be reset to their normal state within the main universe's timeline, and they will be even less aware of what happened.
But just like in a ritual, the point is not to say anything to those who might lose their memory, but to say something to those who can remember today.
He knew the people wouldn't understand what he was saying, but he only needed those he wanted to understand to comprehend. He had no right to stand on high and condescendingly lecturing them all; he could only tell them before they all forgot this day…
Do not give in.
His peripheral vision swept over Hero Ri, who stood silently in the crowd.
Others' definitions of you cannot change you, my friend. What you want to become is your own choice, not someone else's definition.
"There is no such thing as real or false in this world, only the facts that exist. For you, the future is too uncertain and the past is too heavy, so just live in the present."
Everyone in the entire gathering looked up.
Their spirits had long been worn down by the bleak end times.
No one knew what Chen Tao was saying; they were standing too low to have a comprehensive view.
But despite this, they still heard a feeling in that sound...
Something called hope was being sown by that person standing in the sky, scattering it across the entire settlement.
Some people cursed loudly at these inexplicable words, some ignored Chen Tao's voice, and some people driven to mental breakdown by the apocalypse repeatedly trembled in their dilapidated houses in an attempt to escape reality.
But most people just listened silently.
Chen Tao wanted to do that, but he was tongue-tied.
He's trying.
"Existence is its own justification. Whether you live or die should be determined by your free will, not shaped by others."
"I've always wanted to control everything, everyone. I've always wanted to control everything and create a wonderful world, but... that kind of thing will never happen."
Superman the Primal remained noncommittal. He had absolutely no interest in arguing with Batman about this.
He could tell that Batman was trying to persuade him by talking to the people, but he wasn't buying it at all; he wasn't like the heroes standing around.
"Stop talking nonsense, Bat..." The Anti-Monitor opened his mouth to say something, but was then grabbed by the shoulders by Superman Supreme.
"Let him speak."
"Come on, you can't be stupid enough to waste your time on this..."
"I'll speak," Superman Supreme said, gripping the Anti-Monitor's shoulder, "Let Batman continue."
The anti-surveillance person stared at him for a few seconds.
"This is a complete waste of time."
"Inevitably, it's a waste of time."
"Supreme Superman said. A somewhat fierce smile appeared on his face.
So the anti-surveillance advocate finally gave in. There was no need for him to argue with this madman; who knew if he might suddenly make a move now?
Superman the Younger released his grip and looked at Batman the Elder, who was still delivering his nonsensical and incoherent speech to everyone gathered there.
Like Batman, Superman the Younger isn't actually stupid; even if he were, he should have already guessed it.
He knew perfectly well what would happen after defeating the Laughing Bat. These people wouldn't let him possess all the remaining crisis energy.
The counter-surveillance agent went through a long and arduous process, finally managing to take over Barbatos's body and temporarily strip him of control. Was it all for the selfless purpose of eliminating his own mother, who was about to descend from the wall?
"But just live in the present and follow the direction of your free will. Whether you are trapped in a bottle, being pulled by puppet strings, or trapped by a beautiful past, never give up."
"Do not give up your free will, do not compromise with everything and become a mindless zombie. As long as you are not dead, the future will surely come to you."
"And as for those things that prevent you from existing in the present moment..."
Chen Tao said in a low voice.
He stretched out his hand, and in an instant, the power of the fifth dimension enveloped the entire settlement.
"This is our responsibility."
"How come..." Green Lantern wanted to say something, but when the old man pointed at him, his emotional spectrum energy disappeared from his body.
It fell straight to the ground like a green fly. Just before Chen Tao could use the fifth dimension to create a tray to prevent him from falling to his death, Green Lantern Medfield's hands and feet turned into plants, helping him land on the ground like Spider-Man.
"What..." He realized that the people in front of him... might be beyond his imagination.
He swallowed hard.
"Who exactly are you people...?"
"You don't need to know who we are. After today, the sun will rise as usual, and when you wake up one day, you will probably no longer be the same person you are today."
Chen Tao gazed at Green Lantern: "Every day we say goodbye to our past selves... drifting further and further away. We are a ship that constantly replaces its parts."
In an instant, a transparent barrier protected the entire settlement.
"But we are still us, we exist, we live, and we never stop."
Chen Tao lowered his head: "Very good. All living beings on Earth throughout the entire timeline are now in this settlement, even those of the Metal Spirits."
Then Chen Tao snapped his fingers again, and immediately Frankenstein from the Shadow Bureau, this Shadow Bureau agent who was neither alive nor dead, and his wife also appeared in the settlement looking completely bewildered.
Frankenstein's sword was still stained with the blood of the decaying black corpse.
"What happened?!" He quickly spotted Chen Tao, rushed over, and grabbed him by the neck: "What have you done? I could have..."
"Whatever your original plans were, they don't matter anymore."
Chen Tao said, "You were searching for a way to save the world through hacking and slashing, and I guessed right. But now we have a better solution."
"What are you doing...?"
"Shh, be quiet. It's best not to talk too much while watching a magic show."
Chen Tao reached out and pointed to a distant planet.
next moment.
Superman appeared as if he had teleported, hovering in mid-air, his cape billowing behind him amidst the turbulence of the bio-field.
"What?" Frankenstein pointed at Superman Supreme: "What is he? He..."
But before he could finish speaking, a bomb exploded in the utter silence of the universe.
Boo!
Frankenstein clearly felt all the decaying darkness on the entire earth explode and vanish in an instant.
"I told you, we're here to save the world."
Chen Tao told him this.
"What are you asking me about? Something that can save the world."
(End of this chapter)