radicalducati Chapter 550 The anti-surveillance agents were besieged and attacked, so they decided to immediately
Chapter 550 The anti-surveillance agents were besieged and attacked, so they decided to immediately
Chapter 550 The Anti-Monitor is Surrounded and Attacked, So He Decides to Become a Dog Immediately (5000-word long chapter)
In space. First came a moment of silence, then Chen Tao screamed.
"Justice League, charge!!!!"
"Awoooooo..."
The anti-surveillance agent felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the overwhelming, densely packed heroes rushing towards him.
"I am the future Batman, my name is Terry."
Chen Tao turned his head and saw a Batman dressed in high-tech gear appear beside him, stroking his chin and looking at him.
The other person wasn't wearing traditional Batman gear; instead, they were dressed entirely in black.
"What I mean is, I always feel like there's something strange about you."
Then he said, "I'll be watching you."
He then turned around and charged toward the anti-surveillance personnel.
A large number of heroes rushed over.
Chen Tao saw a Superman with a skull shape instead of an "S" on his chest, wearing a skull-like mask, and heat rays shooting from his hands and eyes: "I'm going to tear you all to shreds! Turn you all into skulls!"
(Note: This Superman is an assassin from Earth-14 in the Justice League, specifically appearing in Superman v4 volume 15.)
Behind him, the Justice League, howling and brandishing all sorts of firearms, charged forward. Wait, firearms? This was the first time Chen Tao had ever seen the entire Justice League team armed.
The Anti-Monitor attempts to break free from the encirclement of numerous Supermen, and with a single punch, he sends a version of Superman, Etrigan, flying. In the main universe, Etrigan is a member of the Dark Justice League, whose ability is to transform ordinary people into flaming demons. Due to his immense power, he is also known as Magic Superman.
This was originally a compliment, but on Earth-13, he was Superman himself.
Oh, by the way, the most distinctive feature of the demon Etrigan is...
"Your absurd and delusional words are hardly convincing." The Anti-Monitor swung his fist backhand, sending the demon Etrigan Superman flying, but then seven or eight more Supermen grabbed his legs.
More than ten Wonder Women of all shapes and sizes raised swords, chainsaws, or other random objects and hit him on the back.
A powerful woman with a large, round bottom and ample bosom suddenly grabbed the anti-monitor's waist from behind, and the large, steel-like balloon rendered the anti-monitor unable to move.
Then, the next second, Etrigan Superman returned, his fist slamming into the Anti-Monitor's face:
"This place belongs to me, and I will not move an inch."
The Demon Superman, who loves reciting poetry, keeps reciting it.
Chen Tao even saw a Batman mixed in with a group of Supermen.
I'm so excited! The Batman version of Superman is a super-fast bullet!
A steady stream of superheroes continued to surge forward, and a whole bunch of Bizarro-like figures with crooked mouths and crooked eyes appeared around Chen Tao. This was the non-American Injustice League from Earth 29, and the entire team was a Bizarro version of the Justice League.
"Anti-surveillance system, a good thing?"
Chen Tao knew that Bizarro and his ilk always spoke the opposite of what they meant, so what he called "good" was actually bad.
Bizarro, the Wonder Woman, seemed quite interested in Chen Tao: "Ugly, hideous Batman. Disgusting."
Chen Tao knew that this meant Bizarro Wonder Woman was expressing her liking for him.
He then grabbed Wonder Woman's hands: "Yes, Diana, for me—"
He pointed at the anti-monitor: "Use Flame Fist on him!"
Bizarro Wonder Woman's "beautiful" face, which looked like melted wax, showed a shy expression, and then she went off with a loud groan.
Beside Chen Tao, Batman from the era of Knightfall slowly floated over.
This most orthodox old bat briefly left his bat ship wearing a spacesuit.
Chen Tao turned his head and met the other person's gaze.
"..."
"..."
Chen Tao turned his head away. Luckily, he hadn't burst into wild laughter while talking to Wonder Woman Bizarre earlier.
Then, next to the original Batman, a vampire version of Batman from the "Batman: Red Rain" universe flew by, howling.
So the orthodox old bat decided to give up on pursuing this issue.
"Hey, that's surprising." The bearded Zod, spinning around after being knocked back to their side by the Anti-Monitor, said, "Our universe's Batman is a vampire too, isn't he, Dr. Langstone?"
(Note: In the Zod Super universe, Batman is not Bruce Wayne, but the main universe's supervillain, the Batman with a human face, Kurt Ronstone.)
"I think we should focus on the fight."
Zod the Bearded, vampire Batman, was also beaten back by the Anti-Monitor. He straightened his bent neck and said...
As a Super Martian—a hybrid of Martian Manhunter and Superman (from Earth-32, see *The Great Multiverse Rhapsody*) flew past them, the old Batman soon encountered many more parallel universe Batmen:
There's a Batman version with a green lantern ring, a Batman combined with Atom, and even a child version of Batman, like a little baby.
Good heavens, this is a mess.
The orthodox old bat fell completely silent.
The anti-surveillance fighter initially had a chance to fight back, but as more and more people surged forward, he was completely overwhelmed.
So he could only shout in his heart:
"Barbatos".
"Don't call me, anti-surveillance agent."
Then he heard Barbatos's voice.
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When Lantern Man crossed mountains and rivers to appear at his home on Earth 15, he saw his mother, wearing a white coat, looking at him with surprise.
After so many years, the first Lantern Knight had long since become an aggregate of emotional spectrum energy. He tried hard to shed tears, but not a single drop came out.
He didn't care whether he was a projector or anything else; he only knew that as long as he saved the person in front of him, this person who looked exactly like his mother, his history would be rewritten, and he would be able to usher in a life completely different from the years he had experienced.
He rushed over and hugged her tightly amidst her screams: "We will never be separated, Mom."
And with this action, the entire multiverse was fluctuating.
Somewhere in the super-time stream.
This is during the Sinestro Wars. Sinestro is leading the Yellow Lantern Legion to invade Earth, but in a sudden moment, everyone's lantern rings malfunction.
All the Lanterns who were still fighting fell from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot, but in an instant the rings returned to normal, and no one knew what had happened.
Another place.
The Green Lantern Corps is stopping Calona from destroying the multiverse. (Note: This is the plot of Green Lantern V3)
A cosmic guardian named Dolly inadvertently replicated the experiment that Calona had conducted to observe the universe and cause its Big Bang, resulting in Calona receiving an epic enhancement.
The Green Lanterns were about to stop him, but in the next instant, all their rings malfunctioned.
The sky once again put on a Green Lantern dumpling-making stunt, but this malfunction was quickly restored and did not affect the final outcome.
Other places.
This is the era of DC's major event in 1996, "The Night".
Parallax Mohal is about to sacrifice himself, engulfing the Sun Eater with his own body, rekindling the sun with his life, and using his power to prevent the sudden melting of ice and snow on Earth due to the sun's revival, thus completing his own redemption.
But the moment he flew toward the sun, his ring suddenly malfunctioned, causing Hal to nearly collide with an asteroid.
But Hal eventually regained control of his ring, and the ending of "The Night" remained unchanged, only temporarily.
Somewhere in the trans-temporal flow, the Time Master clutched his head, almost kneeling in despair: "Ancestors! Stop fighting! You can't fight!"
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"Barbatos!"
Barbatos heard the call of the anti-monitor.
He didn't want to pay any attention to the anti-surveillance agents; in fact, he was too lazy to observe how things would develop next.
His plan has failed, but fortunately he hasn't lost too much.
His plans have been repeatedly thwarted, with increasing investment and ever-decreasing expected returns.
First, that Batman didn't kill the Anti-Monitor's puppet, so he wouldn't become the Anti-Monitor Batman. Although he retained the unique ability to freely transform into other parallel universe Batmen, his power would definitely decrease after being transformed into the "Barbatos Dragon."
There's not much to say. When he discovered that the Anti-Monitor puppet he had considered as fusion material was actually the real Anti-Monitor trying to plant its own culture medium in the current timeline, Barbatos had to share the spoils with it.
Therefore, the mortal Mobius belongs to the Anti-Monitor, and Batman belongs to himself. This allocation is reasonable, and Barbatos accepts it.
However, this allocation was not actually achieved. Although the Anti-Monitor gave him information such as his stellar brain and the location of the Monitors in exchange for his intervention and assistance, Barbatos's overall plan was, in fact, a failure.
Batman has already escaped to the Light Multiverse. In any case, the Anti-Monitor's promise to bring Batman back has failed. Like a stock that's already proven to be rotten, Barbatos should now consider quitting in time.
Even without Batman as the Barbatos Dragon, he can still find Hawkman in the main universe. His plan to use Batman in the main universe as a portal is also progressing steadily. Before long, he will be able to descend into the Light Multiverse in his true form and create the Barbatos Era.
The current events may be the only opportunity for the anti-monitor to interfere with the current timeline from the upstream of the hypertime stream, but for Barbatos?
It wasn't something that couldn't be given up from the very beginning.
"I need your help."
"I can't do that. You can't offer anything else."
Barbatos said, "Your body, brain, and the location of your brother, the Watcher, are all useful, giving me another trump card, but other than that, you have nothing left to impress me, and you know that very well."
Indeed, the Anti-Monitor had already used up everything he could in the previous deal. No matter how powerful he was, that was during the Crisis on Infinite Earths era. With the timeline in place, Barbatos didn't need to take him too seriously.
Both World Forgers, being one of the three brothers, were victims of Barbatos's attacks. This former World Forger's vicious dog had already devoured its master's flesh and blood.
"Don't you want to know why you were able to kill the World Forge so easily? Our brother has been silently fulfilling his duty in the World Forge for so long... Barbatos, do you really think you were really capable of killing him like that..."
Then take away all his power?
Barbatos suddenly turned his head.
What do you mean?
"I need your help," the Anti-Monitor said. "This body is far too weak to withstand any more power I project from upstream in the trans-temporal stream. I need you to strengthen this body, like raising the rim of a bucket."
Barbatos did not speak.
They stood in a standoff for a while.
"I refuse."
The Dark Multiverse Dragon said, "Perhaps you possess a secret, or perhaps you are merely bluffing. But I have long been prepared to fight once again against the resurrected Alphaeus (Note: this is the World Forger's real name)."
He said, "At least the power I've absorbed and mastered right now is real and true, and that's enough. You need a lot of power; it's a bottomless pit. Whatever you intend to do, this secret alone is not enough to get my help."
The dragon lowered its head again: "You may leave now."
Barbatos is waiting for the anti-monitors to yield, while the anti-monitors are waiting for Barbatos to compromise.
They stood there for a while, then the anti-surveillance agent finally said, "Okay, it's the sixth dimension."
He said, "I can give you this secret for free..."
"I hope you won't regret hearing this secret."
Barbatos listened quietly.
"Our mother is about to break free from the Origin Wall. She is the goddess who created the entire multiverse, and she gave birth to the three of us to manage the multiverse for her."
"At the beginning of the world, Mother attempted to shape the multiverse into a weapon to fight against the Origin Judge and escape the fate of disappearance. We discovered her intentions and betrayed her."
(Note: Simply put, Pangu, who was sent to create the world, didn't want to die after completing his task. He even wanted to turn the world he created into a weapon to fight against his superiors. As a result, he gave birth to three filial sons.)
"We summoned the Eagle Judge, and Mother was sealed away, becoming the Origin Wall. This was the spark that ignited the war between me and my brother, the Watcher... But after a long time, our Mother..."
"We're about to escape."
"Do you want to know our mother's name?"
"The anti-surveillance advocate said."
"Papetua, the mother of the multiverse."
When the anti-surveillance agent uttered the name, it was as if countless wails and roars screamed in Barbatos's ears, making Barbatos feel a chill.
A name has power.
(Note: Because the Multiverse Mother, Papetua, sealed inside the Origin Wall, has been whispering to many powerful beings in the universe through the cracks in the Origin Wall, inducing darkness in their hearts, stirring up multiverse crises, and creating crisis power for her to absorb. This is why Barbatos reacted when he heard this name here.)
"Our brother, the World Maker, was a coward," the Anti-Monitor said.
"He simply didn't have the courage to save the multiverse, or even the courage to stand up to his mother. He knew all too well that our universe had been weaponized from the very beginning."
"Our Mother created our multiverse in a pattern where crises constantly occur to provide her with power. This power will also allow our universe to be used as a weapon, accompanying our Mother in its destruction by the omnipotent universe."
"Therefore, our brother escaped his duty by letting himself be bitten to death by his pet, thus temporarily escaping his responsibility as the master of the world's furnace."
"He was finally freed from the duty of forging the world and could focus on what he really wanted to do: create a new hyper-time stream to replace the current one."
(Note: Yes, this is exactly what the World Makers did in The Sixth Dimension.)
"But I won't choose to do that, you understand? Barbatos, I won't sit idly by and wait to die."
"If I can reverse my failure in the first crisis, I will be able to come to reality and confront our mother head-on while she is still weak."
The Anti-Monitor concealed a crucial fact from Barbatos: if the Anti-Monitor were to actually arrive in reality, he could forcibly merge his two brothers and become the Ultimate Monitor, at which point Barbatos would have no choice but to kneel down and become his dog.
However, he will not tell Barbatos about these things now.
"That's why I'm doing everything I can to quickly deploy my puppets in reality. We no longer have time to plan slowly."
"Therefore," the anti-surveillance agent said, "I intend to offer you one last piece of advice."
"I'm willing to let my puppet become your Barbatos Dragon. In exchange for this, will you give me your full support?"
Barbatos was startled and horrified.
Barbatos was once the pet of the World Founder, who was the brother of the Anti-Monitor, yet the Anti-Monitor is now willing to become Barbatos's pet.
Although it was just a puppet clone, it was practically equivalent to a human becoming a dog's pet. Barbatos never dreamed that the Anti-Monitor would make such a choice!
"This puppet becoming the Barbatos Dragon will make you whole, allowing you to better absorb my brother's power and become stronger. After becoming the Barbatos Dragon, this puppet will be under the control of both of us, which is equivalent to us forging an unbreakable alliance."
The Anti-Monitor stated, "I believe I have made enormous concessions regarding this covenant. Only after overturning the entire multiverse will we have the opportunity to unite and fight against my evil mother; this is the only way to save the entire multiverse."
He asked, "So, is it a deal?"
"it is good."
Barbatos said.
Who would have thought that the transition between human and dog could be so seamless? Yesterday, the dog was lying down; today, the dog is standing and leading the person. How could we miss such a great opportunity?
(Note: This paragraph was added after the update, so it is free. I have noticed that many readers do not seem to understand the Green Lantern Corps' position in the DC universe. In fact, let alone the Green Lantern Corps, which is such an important component, the disappearance of any of the seven members of the Justice League, except for Martian Manhunter, who was officially erased, would be a major blow to the DC universe.)
The history of the DC universe is so long that most of the Justice League's seven main characters are old characters who were born along with the DC comics.
The longer a character exists, the more major events they are involved in. Their disappearance can trigger a chain reaction across those major events. Doctor Manhattan's mere elimination of the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, and the Justice Society almost completely overturned the main timeline of the DC universe; imagine the impact of the entire Green Lantern Corps disappearing!
(End of this chapter)