newbobooks Chapter 838 Crowning You, My Knight, Hero's Day, Will Begin
Chapter 838 Crowning You, My Knight, Hero's Day, Will Begin
Chapter 838 Crowning You, My Knight, Hero's Day, You Will Become Superman of the Main Universe
Barbatos is gone.
He returned to the Dark Multiverse, back to the World Forge, waving goodbye without taking a single cloud with him.
The main universe's Batman also left, wearing sixth-dimensional armor, disappearing behind the portal without even asking Chen Tao about the current situation of his Justice League colleagues.
Everything is over, at least temporarily.
Chen Tao didn't know what outcome the Supreme Superman would reach with the World Forger, but the very foundation for his desire to restart the timeline had been completely destroyed...
But this also means that Superman the Younger no longer needs to assume the responsibilities of Superman in the main universe.
He could no longer get what he wanted, and the Supreme Little Superman rejected becoming Superman from the bottom of his heart.
He was now venting his anger with nothing but resentment, pain, and sorrow, just as he had done countless times before.
Chen Tao was just glad that the Supreme Little Superman was now venting his anger on the World Forgers.
The current Superman Supreme is probably unleashing his power in the Infant Multiverse of the World Maker. His actions will completely deviate from the standards of Superman and even normal humans. After facing failure once again, Superman Supreme's mental state will probably deteriorate further. In this process, the monkey head that Chen Tao conjured up for Superman Supreme has played a crucial role.
However, the main universe needs a Superman. As time goes by, the actions of the Supreme Superman in voluntarily giving up his duties will eventually ferment and trigger fluctuations in the trans-time flow again. Chen Tao must find a successor for the main universe before that happens, and it cannot be Chen Tao's Alliance Superman.
When Chen Tao had failed to find the Supreme Superman, he received help from Barbatos' dark matter cosmic energy and had served as the main universe's Superman for a period of time—as a transition, but he still almost crushed poor Clark.
His strength was too weak to bear such a fate; numerous injuries and battle scars from the past were reflected on his body.
Hypertime Flow: What? You're actually Superman from the main universe? Then you must have experienced all those attacks in the past, right? I'm now adding the results of those attacks onto you, making the history coherent: [Superman was attacked in the past] → [Superman has old wounds now].
All of this makes perfect sense.
The time-travel mechanism has created a historical loop, stabilizing the past, but this is a fatal blow to Superman.
He is far weaker than the Superman of the main universe. These past attacks could at most injure the Superman of the main universe, but would be fatal to him.
Barbatos's energy helped him withstand these things. Barbatos used a trick for him: the past history wasn't all added to him at once, but rather added little by little, along with reinforcements, which enabled him to hold on until the arrival of Superman Supreme.
Superman is much simpler; what past attacks could possibly harm him?
He helped Superman embed some history into the timeline, which was a piece of cake.
But the problem now is that Superman has quit again, so where is Chen Tao going to find another Superman?
Chen Tao even considered synchronizing himself with high-speed bullets, but he couldn't.
Chen Tao lacked the magnanimity to become Superman; he would always remain the Batman who lurked in the shadows, scheming against enemies, teammates, and even himself.
He cannot bring light and hope to others like Superman. He is a tactical mastermind, a dark manipulator, a mysterious mastermind, and a wicked friend of justice, but he is not Superman.
This was something Chen Tao had already realized many years ago, in his own dark multiverse, when he witnessed the international gang being overwhelmed by the masses. (Note: This refers to the gentle story chapter of the book.)
Therefore, Chen Tao already had an answer in his mind.
Frankly, placing the creation of the World Maker on the throne of the main universe's Superman was an extremely risky decision.
Look, this giant Buzz Lightyear toy could very well strangle you at a crucial moment. The creators of the World Foundry have already planted the seeds of its potential to be manipulated like a remote-controlled puppet when they created it.
Even with the help of the Dream God, who has connected Hero Day with the corpse of the World Maker, it doesn't mean Hero Day can rebel against the World Maker.
If Chen Tao was only interested in playing it safe, he shouldn't have chosen Hero Day as his candidate.
Although the Alliance Superman is weakened, Chen Tao has other Supermen from parallel universes.
With Barbatos's help, he could completely use Superman as a consumable.
The Superman from the parallel universe is sent to Barbatos for enhancement. After the enhancement, he is used as the Superman of the main universe. When he is about to be overwhelmed, he is sent back to the Dark Multiverse or a parallel universe, and a new one is brought in. This process is carried out little by little.
The DC multiverse is so vast and boundless that if you want to search, you're sure to find something that Superman can use.
Anyway, the time is not long, and the multiverse fusion is about to begin. If we can regain the P superpower of the main universe during the multiverse fusion period, then everything will be fine.
If they can't get it back, everyone can pack their bags and prepare to move into the infant multiverse where the World Founder has fully developed, to become actors in the "Perfect World" for the World Founder, performing every day how the Perfect Batman Dragon is such a glorious and righteous superhero, and then praying that the World Founder can survive in the infant universe with the Void Hand, Perpetua, Dr. Manhattan, and the Origin Hand clan and a whole host of other superheroes.
If that's the case, even the DC multiverse will be gone, so why bother with questions like who will be the center of the multiverse, Superman?
But Chen Tao didn't want to simply find some superheroes from parallel universes to fill the gaps.
"What I want..." Chen Tao pondered silently.
He has to make a difficult decision, and that decision could have far-reaching consequences.
"I don't want just a mascot role; I want a teammate who can help me share the pressure and work well with me like the main universe bat."
For the World Maker, Hero Day is his creation, so it is impossible for him to escape his control. He is far more trusted by the World Maker than characters like the Main Universe Bat, who can only be indirectly controlled by the World Maker through the Sixth Dimension Armor.
Historically speaking, Hero's Day—Chen Tao is not referring to the Hero's Day handcrafted by the world's foundries in front of him, but rather to the prototype of the Buzz Lightyear toy, the real human space ranger Buzz Lightyear, who gained intelligence during the Gorgon Wars and was the destroyer of the main universe.
During the 200 years that Superman was captured and imprisoned by Gog, the real Hero Sun actually held the position of Superman in the main universe.
However, his part-time job was incomplete because Superman was still alive during the Gog War, but he was imprisoned. The location of his imprisonment was still inside the DC main universe, unlike now, when he was directly taken outside the multiverse by the World Forgers.
Therefore, the real Hero Day was able to temporarily take on the role of Superman without being Clark Kent. In the end, fate also arranged for the real Hero Day to die, bring Superman back by restarting the timeline, and disappear into an unknown story.
In a way, this is also fate's backlash against the unworthy hero of the Japanese.
If Chen Tao intends to appoint Hero Ri as the Superman of the main universe, he faces a hurdle:
Hero Day is not Clark Kent.
But now, there is a special case.
Chen Tao possesses a treasure that was given to Yu Xiao by Dr. Manhattan, and then fell into Chen Tao's hands after Yu Xiao was captured:
It is the essence of the DC multiverse left behind by Superman of the main universe, also known as N Superman, after his heroic sacrifice during the New 52 era.
According to the original comic's history, this essence should have been obtained by Doctor Manhattan. Doctor Manhattan then altered history, capturing Superman's biological father, Jor-El, from the moment before Krypton's destruction, and then controlling him under the alias Oates. Oates then remotely controlled the five-dimensional being, Wreck-It Ralph...
After a series of nested dolls of puppets under my control, I fused the essence of N Super with P Super, creating R Super, who simultaneously possesses the histories of two Supermen.
This seems absurd, and it really is absurd.
Only a genius like Dr. Manhattan could come up with such a brilliant idea as to give one person two histories.
This was completely devoid of good intentions; it was purely Dr. Manhattan's inhuman experimental desires at play.
Dr. Manhattan: Let's see if it's possible to have a Superman with two histories, or if it would drive the time-travel system crazy.
Hmm, it seems not, great!
Everyone in the multiverse: ...? ? ?
In Chen Tao's view, a person is a person, and cannot be molded like clay. It is even more absurd to try to combine two people and then claim that they are one person, even if their self-awareness has not been altered and it is purely a mixture of history.
Fortunately, P-Super, who already has a wife and kids, didn't inherit N-Super's history of dating Wonder Woman from the main universe...
But the situation is a little different now on Heroes' Day.
Hero's Day, the very Hero's Day created by the World Forgers before Chen Tao, is... he is a man without a past.
His memories came from the real Heroes' Day, but it was all fake. He had never experienced those things; these memories were just set by the factory, and the personality formed based on these memories was a result of them. Chen Tao even knew very well that his noble and unusual personality was constructed from those fake memories. It was just set up that way, and it wasn't really that noble.
His story has no definite ending point in the trans-timeline; everything is an illusion, like a floating duckweed without a past.
But now, Chen Tao intends to give Hero Day a chance, a chance for Pinocchio to become a boy.
You will be a real boy, Pinocchio, and I believe you can do it.
As a creation of the world's forgers, you are powerful enough.
At the same time, you have no past, so you are the only one who can integrate N-super history without conflicting with your own history. Not everyone has the destiny of P-super history, which allows them to perfectly discard the dross and take the essence, and perfectly coexist with the other's history and their own history.
My friend, you will be the only and most suitable candidate.
You will inherit the identity of the heroically sacrificed N in the hypertime stream, and you will become the second true core of the DC multiverse.
Hero Day, my friend, you will not be like my Allied Superman, struggling to survive only with the energy of Barbatos, nor like Superman Supreme, relying on your immense power to ruthlessly seize temporary gains.
You will inherit the identity of the dead, inherit his will, and live on in his place. At that time, the entire multiverse will sing your name. You will ascend the throne as a puppet and shoulder the heavy responsibility of driving the entire DC multiverse...
My friend.
I absolutely do not want to force you.
The throne is right here.
My friend, my friend.
Chen Tao recited silently, and before him, Hero Ri, who had just been released from the metal supernatural space and recovered from the unconsciousness caused by the Iron Fist of the Supreme Little Superman, listened to Chen Tao's narration.
"I don't know..." he said.
"I'm not sure if this is a good idea. I mean... if all my memories are fake, then maybe I'm not a superhero, but just an ordinary person who always thinks he is a superhero and wants to be one."
"Just like me," Chen Tao said. "I am the same."
Hero Ri stared blankly at Chen Tao.
Then he said, "But..."
"But if, theoretically, I could be controlled by the World Maker to act against my will, wouldn't making me the Superman of the main universe allow the World Maker to control all the puzzle pieces?"
Hero Day said, "If we understand correctly, there are two core beings in the DC multiverse: one is the main universe's Superman (P Superman), who is now in the hands of the World Forger, and the other is N52 Superman (N Superman). Whoever merges the essence of the universe will become N52 Superman."
"If I could be controlled, wouldn't the World Forger be able to take us all away at any time, synthesize a perfect core, and completely destroy the entire multiverse?"
"No, he can't," Chen Tao said.
He didn't explain to Hero Day why it couldn't be done; he simply told him with absolute certainty, and Hero Day knew that all of this must be part of the other party's plan.
"You don't need to think about so much. Trust me, all you need to consider is whether you dare to, and are willing to, take on this responsibility. It may be very painful, or it may not be as you imagine, and it may even cause you great physical and mental torment..."
"But my friend, history and destiny are testing you."
"So, what's your answer?"
Chen Tao stared at Hero's Day: "It's nothing more than saving the world in a single thought."
"it is good."
Hero Day answered him like this.
Chen Tao laughed.
So.
He said, "My knight, I will crown you."
(End of this chapter)