radicalducati Chapter 741 The past you is not yourself, he won't understand.
Chapter 741 The past you is not yourself, he won't understand.
Chapter 741 The past you is not yourself, he will never understand...
The Time Master was dreaming.
Look, he's Richard Rip Hunter, the Time Master, who doesn't dream often. For a time traveler, dreams often foreshadow bad omens.
Theoretically speaking, all dreams in the entire DC multiverse belong to the Sandman, Daniel Hall.
As the successor to Morpheus, the first god of dreams, he should have been able to control the dreams of all living beings, just as death could control all deaths.
But he didn't.
He was so busy with other things that he slightly overlooked the Time Master's dream.
And in the realm of time travel, a future on the verge of taking shape is unfolding at this very moment…
It was slightly reflected in his dream.
The entire experience felt like sailing in the deep sea, where you saw the sun's rays, filtered through the deep water pressure, casting dappled fragments on the ever-deep seabed, before all these fragments returned to the shadows.
"Remember! Remember! Batman can save everyone. If he can't, then he's not Batman!!"
The Master of Time heard Batman's shout, a sound that made him furrow his brow slightly even in his dream.
"Bullshit! The Batman you're imagining isn't the real Batman anymore; it's a Batman you've made up!"
"Can you... I mean, can you think straight? Your paranoia is going to kill everyone... Think about the people waiting for you to save their lives. You're a superhero. You have to take responsibility."
"...You've become completely obsessed. To you, Batman has gone from a real person to a symbol, a representation. Admit it, Batman couldn't possibly do that!"
The Time Master couldn't recognize the voice, but he felt it was the voice of the Anti-Monitor. The same somber tone, exactly like the Anti-Monitor he had encountered before.
But for some reason, I felt a sense of impatience.
"Are you crazy? You're erasing yourself! This is suicide! The past you isn't who you are; he won't understand, you..."
"what!"
The Time Master jumped out of bed, while their spaceship's AI provided him with a record:
"Sir, you have been asleep for 4 hours."
"Um."
The Time Master got out of bed, rubbed his face, and then walked out of the cabin, instantly appearing in the cockpit.
He felt like he had just had a dream, and he seemed to have dreamt about something... but he couldn't remember anything. He saw the golden vanguard sitting in the driver's seat.
He and the Golden Vanguard tried to stop the Batman Who Laughs from bringing the main universe to the main battlefield of the Hyperdimension, but they failed. The Golden Vanguard also failed to stop Brainiac and to stop the main universe's Superman from being taken away.
Therefore, they are now forced to travel to the hyper-time stream, further upstream, in an attempt to stop it all.
Hopefully, this effort won't be in vain.
The Time Master yawned.
"Do you need me to take over operating the equipment?" he asked.
"It's alright, Bullet Head (Golden Vanguard's AI assistant robot) is basically helping me drive, I'm fine," Golden Vanguard said.
"Alright," said the Time Master. "Get ready, we're about to perform a time jump."
He warned: "In principle, we will not take action against those trans-temporal histories that have solidified to a certain extent, because it would be very difficult, Golden Vanguard..."
But this time it seems we have no other choice.
As he said this, he completely stopped trying to recall his dream.
But interestingly...
Neither Dr. Manhattan nor Papetua, these top figures in the DC universe, could possibly have a complete understanding of the future of the Hypertime Stream.
They can only see the beginning and end of the road (timeline), but they can't know when the road will be repaved.
But at that moment, the Time Master saw a small portion of cement mixed with water splashing up... at least a small portion of cement that might be used to reshape the future of the Hypertime Stream.
Why? By what right?
do not know.
No one knows how he could see the reason behind it, but the only thing we can know is...
If the Time Master noticed the splattered cement with someone's help, then that means...
The history downstream of the super-time flow has begun to slowly take shape...
It just needs to take shape completely and then solidify.
……
……
……
The counter-surveillance agents have left, regardless of their intentions, but the current situation is:
"I've gained a little control over the cosmic tuning fork."
Chen Tao released his control over the cosmic tuning fork, and his body returned to its original size. He no longer needed to use dark matter energy to suppress the tuning fork at all times.
He and the tuning fork landed in the ruins of a city.
When his feet touched the ground, Chen Tao swayed uncontrollably, almost falling over.
The two-headed female warrior came over and helped him up.
This was not because he had exhausted his strength from suppressing the cosmic tuning fork, but because he was mentally and physically exhausted.
Even Chen Tao himself didn't realize that he was a little too tense.
From the moment Superman was robbed, to the members of the Justice League who were urgently rescuing him from the main universe, to the blatant theft of the tuning fork and the forced suppression and capture of him to escape, if the Anti-Monitor hadn't intervened and made a deal with him halfway through, Chen Tao might have carried the tuning fork all the way into the World Forge and then asked the seriously injured Barbatos to work overtime for him.
At this very moment, there are cosmic tuning forks, killing machines, and anti-monitors. Even though Chen Tao is still only seeing a part of the whole picture and understanding only a part of the situation, he has still been able to roughly deduce the enemies hidden behind the scenes.
And then there's the Bat of Laughter, whom Chen Tao has never forgotten. He hasn't seen him yet, but he knows that the Bat of Laughter will jump in front of him at some point and announce that everything is going according to plan.
"I'm fine."
Chen Tao's mind raced. Successfully seizing control of the cosmic tuning difference was just one step in the process, but he was calculating the next three or ten steps ahead.
He made many guesses, and based on these guesses, he deduced countermeasures. He would select the ones he thought were most likely to happen and then make more detailed contingency plans...
This was originally a long process, but Chen Tao had to get it done in a short time because he is Chen Tao, and he is also Batman.
A chess player cannot afford to make a wrong move; once they find themselves in a dead end, there is no way to recover.
At this point, you either have to overturn the chessboard and start over, or you have no choice but to...
He conceded defeat.
Chen Tao sat down cross-legged.
He saw on the horizon that Superman the Youngster, carrying the Killing Machine, appeared in front of him in an instant, drawing a red and blue line.
"Didn't those superheroes who were chasing and beating you come after you?"
Chen Tao asked.
"This...this really is a cosmic tuning fork."
Supreme Little Superman ignored Chen Tao.
He looked up at the enormous figure of the Cosmic Tuning Difference in a dreamlike tone.
He uttered incoherent murmurs.
"...I will bring you back...Wait for me, I'll be there soon..."
As he said this, he then fixed his crimson eyes on Chen Tao.
Chen Tao was startled and quickly spoke:
"I now have half control of the Cosmic Tuning Fork. You can't kill me now. If I don't agree, you won't be able to use the Cosmic Tuning Fork at all. You can prove to this killing machine that I would never tell such an easily exposed lie!"
Chen Tao spoke at an extremely fast pace, like a machine gun firing off a barrage of words, finally changing the Supreme Little Superman's next move.
He was just trying to kill Chen Tao with the mindset of cleaning up trash; he didn't care about anyone's life.
"That's...that's definitely true."
The killing machine next to him, just like the Supreme Superman, immediately checked the Cosmic Tuning Fork for any damage after arriving. After checking for half a second, his face turned dark.
Chen Tao never expected to see that expression of grief, like that of someone who had just died, on the all-metal face of the killing machine.
Despite this, the killing machine still spoke up: "This is the Batman Dragon I told you about before. Don't make a move, Superman Supreme."
After saying that, the killing machine fell silent. Chen Tao guessed that it must be cursing its allies behind the scenes, but even so, it couldn't change the fact.
Chen Tao has already gained some control over the Cosmic Tuning Fork.
"You...how could you..."
The fool was indeed burning with rage.
After he fought to the death with Superman the Elder to solve the problem, he risked his life to enter a dream in order to persuade the other party, and did so much.
The Monitor and the Counter-Monitor actually stabbed him in the back, directly authorizing Batman Dragon with the same power to control the Cosmic Tuning Fork.
He originally thought he was the only one who received special favor!
He originally wanted to shout angrily, "How dare you!" but in the end, facing both the anti-surveillance and the surveillance, he couldn't bring himself to do so.
"The anti-surveillance agents bypassed my actions and did all this."
The monitor first told the foolish owl, "He did this, it has nothing to do with me."
The Foolish Owl knew that although the Watchers hadn't done it on their own initiative, he hadn't stopped the Counter-Watchers.
Whether he lacked power or tacitly approved of the anti-surveillance's audacity, he simply didn't care about such details.
As long as the Cosmic Tuning Fork is not completely lost from the hands of the Foolish Owl, it is an acceptable outcome for the Watcher.
But his rush to confront me now isn't just about knowing these things; the important thing is...
Counter-surveillance.
"I'm an old friend of Batman Dragon."
That was the direct answer from the other party.
Then the next second he stopped answering.
Given his status, he didn't need to explain anything to the fool.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Supreme Little Superman looked Chen Tao up and down.
"It looks completely different from the previous dragon. Oh well, whatever."
He said.
Then he heard Chen Tao say:
"You can use Barbatos as the energy source to drive the cosmic tuning fork, and indeed only a pure dark matter energy god like Barbatos can drive the cosmic tuning fork."
"But the prerequisite is that you help Barbatos get rid of Papetua and the Hand of the Void."
"I will beat him up without any conditions," said Superman.
He spoke before the killing machine could, which was perfectly reasonable; it was indeed something Superman the Supreme could say.
"I don't believe Barbatos would dare refuse my request after all his teeth have been knocked out."
His eyes gleamed red again: "I will break his wings, snap every one of his teeth, and strangle him. He will never imagine how cruelly he will be treated."
He looked at Chen Tao: "He'll know what 's' means."
Chen Tao grinned when he heard this.
If Barbatos hadn't been injured, you, Superman Supreme, would have been in serious trouble.
Okay, he admits it.
What happened back then is what happened back then; what happens now is what happens now.
Superman Supreme wasn't wrong. If Barbatos in his current state were to clash head-on with Superman Supreme, the result would most likely be like this—although it wouldn't actually be as bad as Superman Supreme described, the two of them fighting until Papetua resurrected on Barbatos would be no different from having all their teeth knocked out.
but……
"Barbatos, in his injured state, is incapable of operating the cosmic tuning fork; there's no point in killing him."
Chen Tao replied to Supreme Superman: "I believe..."
He glanced at the killing machine beside him, considered his form of address, and then simply used Bruce as a substitute: "I believe that Bruce's ingenious schemes have calmed your mind enough."
So now, tell me, are you planning to force Barbatos and gamble on whether he can do it in his current state, or are you going to devise a detailed plan to ensure a 100% success rate in rebooting the universe?
The Supreme Little Superman's gaze began to turn dangerous. Literally. The red light in his eyes intensified, shining brightly as he stared at Chen Tao.
He can't stand even the slightest harsh words now. Damn it, Chen Tao knows. Even if it's just stating facts and reasoning that has absolutely nothing to do with denial, to the Supreme Little Superman it sounds like a denial of his proposal.
Are you even capable, killing machine? No matter who you are, I thought you had already brought Superman's IQ to the baseline, how come you're still like this?
Chen Tao forced himself to meet the gaze of the Supreme Little Superman instead of timidly looking away.
He couldn't let Superman the Supreme rush over and force Barbatos. He went to great lengths to steal the Cosmic Tuning Fork for this very reason; he needed to gain a voice so he could guide things in the direction he wanted.
He controlled his gaze, making sure it was a horizontal movement.
Superman is a mad dog; we can't give him a chance to lash out.
He turned to look at the killing machine:
"Come on, buddy, say something. You know we need to reach a cooperation agreement."
Then he heard the killing machine grit its teeth: "I'm afraid so."
"If we want Barbatos to truly have the ability to drive the cosmic tuning fork, we must free him from Perpetua and the Void Hand... This is also in the best interest of the entire multiverse."
The Foolish Owl was furious, but he now had no choice but to cooperate with Batman Dragon:
"After defeating the monsters Perpetua and the Void Hand, the newly reborn universe will be safe."
(End of this chapter)