"Where are the people?"
Batman looked around, but Dr. Manhattan and the tall man were no longer in his eyes.
"What happened?"
Shazam rubbed his head, and the terrifying shock wave flew him away.
That blue man is so scary!
Even the most powerful superhero on earth.
A beacon on earth, a son of Krypton.
He also has weaknesses.
Like kryptonite, like magic, like... kindness.
But the power shown by Dr. Manhattan is almost despairing.
The Justice League has never faced an enemy like him.
No flaws, no loopholes, almost invincible.
"Was that Karl just now?"
Supergirl asked hesitantly.
She saw a raised dark red cloak and blazing rays shooting out from his eyes.
This reminded Kara of Superman.
"The Superman I know is not so violent."
Batman shook his head.
Just now that person appeared, and waves of murderous intent swept across Mars.
This is not something Superman can do.
"Hal, are you okay?"
Barry, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, saw that the battle was over and quickly helped his good friend up, and then said:
"Luke, his name is Luke Cavill, and he's also a Kryptonian."
"Maybe you don't know him, but Luke once helped me and prevented the great crisis of the destruction of the universe!"
"He was probably deleted from the timeline by the blue man just like Wally!"
"Only me and Diana might remember something!"
Hearing the Flash say this, Batman's eyes suddenly became sharp.
As always, he captured the key words keenly.
Kryptonian!
Another powerful Kryptonian!
How many Kryptonians are there in this universe
Batman feels that the destruction of Krypton is simply a lie.
From General Zod to Supergirl Kara.
There's also the super Kryptonian Hale, and Brainiac's bottle-city Kandor.
It seems that every once in a while a Kryptonian pops up!
Batman had a headache and even had signs of rising blood pressure.
The increase in the number of Kryptonians means that there are also more targets that need to be monitored and objects that need to be vigilant.
This is tiring work!
"Flash, can you tell me a little more about...Luke?"
Batman sighed deeply and asked in a husky voice.
"Luke? He..."
Facing the brains of the Justice League, Barry acted very well-behaved, like a student who was called to the office by the dean of students.
He told everything he knew about the Marvel Studios.
This is not a secret that needs to be hidden.
"Another multiverse?"
Batman finally couldn't maintain his indifferent tone and showed a hint of surprise.
He looked at the empty battlefield, worry appearing in his deep eyes.
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If you turn the hour hand back to three minutes ago.
Superheroes on Mars can see this scene.
The tall man's aura was like a volcano erupting, and his fiery eyes erupted with light.
The dark red cloak was raised high, and the hard fist was waved, instantly penetrating the dimensions of time and space.
Time is like a complex line that curls backwards, and space becomes a thin piece of paper that is folded and twisted.
Matter is annihilated and shattered, and then forms a void of nothingness!
The only thing that can still remain intact is the quantum body of the blue man.
The blue light energy roared like a tidal wave, but they all separated and disappeared in front of Superman's iron fist.
Boom!
A silent bang!
The entire multiverse is shaken!
What seems like a slow process actually does not exceed the Planck time.
Superman's fist hit Dr. Manhattan's head hard.
The quantum body, which is neither material nor energy, is like a watermelon penetrated by a bullet.
It exploded into pieces and turned into nothing!
Thick darkness enveloped Dr. Manhattan.
This is the future he sees, the ending he sees.
He died!
"I see."
Dr. Manhattan suddenly realized.
For the first time since possessing the quantum body, he felt the threat of death so clearly.
Superman's iron fist seems to contain some kind of power, stubbornly preventing the body from reorganizing.
die
Dr. Manhattan sensed an aura similar to divine power.
If we use more appropriate words, it might be "rules" or "authority".
His consciousness is drifting in the quantum sea, trying hard to control matter, control particles, and restore the body.
After becoming Doctor Manhattan, he will not age or die.
Pain, weakness, fear...these most basic human feelings have been forgotten.
Even Pharaoh Adrian used the energy of the intrinsic field generator to try to kill himself.
Dr. Manhattan didn't feel in danger either.
But this time it's different.
The opponent is a superman who also comes from other universes.
The strength is so powerful that it is beyond common sense.
"If you can't reorganize your body from the current timeline, then go to another..."
Dr. Manhattan decided to follow the curved timeline to avoid Superman's next attack.
His thinking transcends time and space, the possibilities of infinite quantum change.
Therefore, it exists on all timelines and all points in time.
"You have such wonderful thoughts, Doctor!"
Luke took a step forward and took the lead into the curled and broken time and space.
The biological force field was fully opened, and he had a silver superman template that could drag a galaxy. He easily wrapped this space-time and took it to another timeline.
The world of Justice League changed by Superman's cousin!
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…
On another timeline.
After Luke left, Superman walked out of the small town in Kansas and became the son of hope in Metropolis.
Lex Luthor takes over the Volton Corporation.
Everyone has a bright future.
Later, Superman met Batman and fell in love with each other.
Then there’s Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Aquaman…
Form a team together and form a group.
Then the Justice League appears, and a bigger villain arrives.
The Lord of Apokolips from outside the universe, Darkseid looked at the blue planet.
Everyone experiences crises, some heroes sacrifice themselves, and some save the world.
Many villains and the Justice League staged the story of police catching thieves.
This cycle of routines continues.
Until Crisis on Infinite Earths arrives!
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…
In less than a second, Dr. Manhattan's quantum body was reorganized.
But when he opened his eyes, what he saw was darkness.
The multiverse continues to collapse and disintegrate.
It was like a furnace that was burning out and about to go out.
One earth after another was swallowed up, destroyed, and trillions of lives died.
"This is?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Dr. Manhattan's indifferent eyes.
Have you reached that point in time
Before he could figure it out, Superman's fist had already crossed time and space.
Along with it came Luke’s deep voice—
"This is the Crisis on Infinite Earths! This is the day the multiverse is restarted, the day the parallel worlds die!"
Boom!
The hard fist shattered Dr. Manhattan's quantum body again, causing his consciousness to return to darkness.
Luke stood firmly in this space and time. He could feel that the multiverse was gradually collapsing and was about to be swallowed up by an extremely terrifying force.
The stars trembled and everything screamed.
It's like the end of the universe.
"Crisis on Infinite Earths Begins."
Luke thought to himself.
The source of all this happened tens of billions of years ago.
The immortals on the planet Martus formed an extremely high-level super-ancient civilization.
Among them is Carona, a scientist with twisted desires.
Despite the opposition of his compatriots, this man insisted on exploring the forbidden secret-the origin of life and the universe.
Kalona's pursuit of knowledge led to a huge disaster that affected the multiverse.
The antimatter universe was born—a complex world that is completely opposite to the matter universe.
Its existence also caused the positive matter universe to begin to split, creating the concept of "parallel universe".
In order to deal with the crisis, the immortals of the planet Maltus established the Green Lantern Corps by studying and utilizing the power of the emotional spectrum.
Then, other Lantern Corps were born.
This is an ancient legend recorded in the Book of Oa.
Luke not only knows this secret, he also knows the guardian of the positive material universe, called the "Monitor."
The guardian of the antimatter universe is called the "Anti-Monitor".
The Anti-Monitor has always wanted to devour the positive matter universe, thereby weakening the Monitor's power and making himself the only one that exists.
Now, his wish is about to come true.
Millions of parallel universes are being devoured and destroyed.
The Anti-Monitor has reached its peak of power and stands at the apex of the multiverse.
As long as he uses the anti-matter cannon, he will destroy all parallel universes in one fell swoop and swallow up this unimaginable terrifying energy.
Then, the Anti-Monitor may very well push open the door to the Omniverse.
You know, after the crisis on infinite earths broke out.
Even the Lord of Apokolips, Darkseid, was forced to cooperate with the Justice League under the pressure of survival.
It can be seen how terrifying the Anti-Monitor is at this time.
Luke used his super vision to see the destruction of the entire multiverse.
He saw superheroes from various parallel universes trying to resist, but facing the extremely powerful Anti-Monitor, they were unable to cause any harm.
"Solve the trouble for my little cousin, and get the Anti-Life Equation by the way."
Luke thought lightly.
The main reason why the Anti-Monitor is so powerful is because of that terrible equation.
Loneliness + Alienation + Fear + Despair + Self-worth ÷ Ridicule ÷ Condemnation ÷ Misunderstanding × Guilt × Shame × Failure × Judgment = Hope = Stupidity, Love = Lie, Life = Death, Self = Dark Side
It is said that this anti-life equation is a very high-level power of rules.
Can engulf any matter and manipulate any life.
It is the most dangerous weapon in the multiverse. Once possessed, it can manipulate others at will, influence their thinking, and surrender them to the user of the equation.
Even multiverse-level existences cannot be disobeyed.
The Dark Lord of Apokolips, Darkseid has always wanted it.
The Anti-Monitor, who holds the Anti-Life Equation, is his most powerful state.
Not even the ghost who incarnates the wrath of God can judge.
Of course, the scenery is limited to this story.
In several major events that followed, the Anti-Monitor who lost the Anti-Life Equation was captured by the Black Death Emperor and turned into the total energy source of the Black Lantern Corps.
The character dropped again and again, and eventually even Dr. Manhattan was able to kill him with a headshot.
The dark red cloak ruffled slightly.
next moment.
Luke's figure appears in the antimatter universe.
at this time.
Superheroes are exhausted.
The Anti-Monitor's voice shook the universe—
"Today is the day when the positive material universe will perish! Your world will surely die, just like those who tried to stop me! Did you hear the death knell ringing? That will be the last sound you can hear!"
Superman covered his head in pain. He heard the pleas, prayers and panic of the multiverse, and saw the terrifying sight of planets burning, releasing light and heat, and finally returning to nothingness.
"I want to save..."
The majestic heat vision struck the Anti-Monitor's armor, but it didn't leave even a scratch.
"You can't save anything, Superman."
The huge figure standing in the antimatter universe stepped down, and the terrifying power shattered the celestial body.
The energy shields held up by many superheroes broke instantly.
"I will let you witness with your own eyes how your world is destroyed!"
The Anti-Monitor roared, preparing to activate the anti-matter cannon.
The Flash struggled to his feet. He wanted to sacrifice himself and destroy this terrible weapon that destroyed the matter cannon.
Just use the Speed Force and you can do it!
"This time, I don't need you to sacrifice to heaven."
Luke appears before the Justice League.
Superman, exhausted and exhausted, saw the dark red cape.
The memories hidden in my heart were immediately awakened, and various images came flooding in.
"Big cousin..."
Finally, all the memories turned into a name.
"give it to me."
Luke didn't look back, but took a step forward.
The fluttering cloak seemed to cover the entire multiverse.
The tall and straight figure is like a huge celestial body, spanning everyone's sight.
"Who are you… "
Before the anti-monitor could finish his words, he punched him.
The former is at the most satisfying and peak moment in his life, how can he endure such a provocation.
The power of the Anti-Life Equation turned into a dazzling light that illuminated the multiverse, shrouding it with the intention of corrupting and controlling Luke.
But the tenth metal in the latter's body erupted with bright silver light, belonging to the power of the origin of the universe, and stubbornly resisted the violent erosion of the anti-life equation.
Luke held his hand, and a star-like celestial body shrank into a ball. He pinched it and smashed it hard against the Anti-Monitor's armor.
The universe of matter and antimatter that is about to collide seems to be rolled over by thunder.
Every creature in the parallel universe can feel a terrifying aura sweeping through it.
The Anti-Monitor has been defeated!
The anti-life energy that swallowed up many parallel universes was not enough to give him a sense of security when facing the tall man with an expressionless and indifferent face.
"This is not just the end of the multiverse, it's the end of you."
Luke said calmly.
He looked down at the fallen Anti-Monitor and stepped down hard.
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…
"The past timeline has actually been occupied by Superman."
Dr. Manhattan's consciousness still exists, and he witnesses how Luke kills the creatures in the armor.
The anti-life energy spilled out and was directly absorbed by Superman.
"Future! If I go to the future, Superman won't be able to find me!"
Dr. Manhattan forced himself to leave this point in time and go to a more distant future time and space.
Wait for his body to reorganize and open his eyes.
This time, there is no Superman's Iron Fist coming.
But Dr. Manhattan heard bursts of terrifying, crazy laughter.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha-
The laughter was as sharp as a night owl, and as crazy as a madman.
Just listening to it makes people feel chilly and faintly terrified.
"Which timeline is this?"
Dr. Manhattan is walking on a desolate planet. He can only see the results clearly, but cannot understand the process.
However, the blue man soon knew the answer.
A slender black shadow like a bat shrouded the multiverse.
Confronting him was a woman.
That's the mother of the multiverse, Papetua.
She is the almighty god who stands in the sixth dimension and is the being who created everything.
The "World Forger" who created the Dark Far Far Universe, the "Monitor" and the "Anti-Monitor" killed by Luke are the three sons of Papetua.
This almighty universe-level creation goddess was originally sealed within the Wall of Origin by her son.
But later, the wall of origin shattered.
But under the design of the Laughing Bat, Papetua was successfully unblocked.
The Laughing Bat comes from Earth-22 in the Dark Multiverse, and he is also one of the many Batmans.
One day, he killed the clown and became infected with the virus.
Batman and the Joker, two sides of the same coin, fused into one.
After transforming into the Laughing Bat, he planned to kill Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin and Batgirl, and wipe out his own Bat-family.
And used the clown virus to transform his son Damian into the beast-like Laughing Robin.
After committing all these crazy crimes, the Laughing Bat killed the Justice League.
It was a bloody and cruel story.
After finally killing all the targets of violence, the Laughing Bat was recruited by Barbatos, joined the Dark Knights, and became one of the seven Nightmare Batman.
Today, the Laughing Bat has become the most powerful being in the multiverse through countless conspiracies and plans, as well as the "everything is as expected" cheat.
As long as he defeats Papetua, the creation goddess whose strength has not yet been restored, she is deeply weakened.
The Laughing Bat can take over this multiverse and create and destroy the world as he pleases.
"Soon the Laughing Bat will kill Papetua, and once she's dead, he will exploit our fears to create a nightmare multiverse where we have no place."
The discussion of the Justice League reached Dr. Manhattan's ears from a long distance away.
"Another multiverse is about to fall into destruction and is waiting to be restarted again! The future is actually like this!"
Quantum life has no emotions, but Dr. Manhattan still feels sad.
It turns out that whether it is the past or the future.
The fate of the multiverse is so dark.
"Perhaps Superman's numerous changes are part of the restart of the multiverse."
Dr. Manhattan suddenly raised his head and looked at the two illusory projections that stood in a higher dimension and filled the multiverse.
The Laughing Bat, Papetua.
“It’s like a story that keeps being edited out, and we’re all characters in the book, so we can’t step outside the frame.”
Doctor Manhattan seems to have figured out where the mysterious force that makes Superman's stories different every time comes from.
That is the higher world of the Creation Goddess.
The greatest secret hidden deep in the almighty universe.
"You already knew that, right?"
Dr. Manhattan turned back and looked at the tall man who was chasing after him again across time and space.
"Yes."
Luke, who had the template of Superboy Prime, looked at a place of nothingness with fixed eyes.
It's like a host facing the camera, or an actor filming a movie.
"Every restart of the multiverse is the end of a story."
Luke seemed to be explaining or reading some kind of narration.
"The popular superheroes and villains are retained, more details and settings are added, and a new life begins."
"Unpopular characters are gradually marginalized, reduced to background, and no longer appear on the stage."
"Doctor, this is the truth about the multiverse."
"Everyone is just a puppet on strings. We don't even have the memory of every time it is deleted or restarted."
Dr. Manhattan was silent, claiming to be a quantum observer.
Use a bird's-eye view to observe the changes in everything and the world.
As everyone knows, there are other creatures at higher latitudes that are also doing similar things in a similar way to themselves.
"how do you want to do it?"
Dr. Manhattan asked.
All grudges seem so insignificant in the face of the major event of the destruction and restart of the multiverse.
Since the end of destiny is darkness, Superman will definitely do something to prevent this bad ending.
"Shut up that guy who makes that ugly laugh, and then... take over the multiverse in Papetua's place."
Luke said calmly.
"Where do you get your confidence from?"
Dr. Manhattan was confused.
Luke is only at the multiverse level at best. Facing the equally powerful Laughing Bat and Papetua, who was once the all-powerful universe level, he has no chance of winning.
The original power of Metal Ten, part of the power of death, Superboy-Prime's "fourth wall" ability...
Even if everything is combined, it is impossible to defeat two powerful enemies.
"I might be close on my own, but with you, it might be different."
Luke said with a smile.
"Aren't we enemies?"
Dr. Manhattan was even more confused.
He seemed unable to use human behavioral logic to analyze the other party.
"You banish me once and I kill you twice. It's even."
Luke waved his hand magnanimously and said in a bewitching tone: "Do you want to see this multiverse perish? Then you can only return to the Watcher universe and face Pharaoh Adrian, and That quiet and boring life.”
“Staying here, you can witness all kinds of wonderful stories.”
For the first time, Dr. Manhattan showed a human look, and his eyes lit up.
He was moved.
"Besides this, what else can you give me?"
Dr. Manhattan asked directly.
"a job."
Luke snapped his fingers.
He didn't pay attention to the fierce battle between the Laughing Bat and Papetua.
Even without the help of Dr. Manhattan, through the influence of time downstream, I will definitely be able to join forces with superheroes to defeat each other in the end.
This is the destined ending of the story.
And what Luke wants is to adjust it a little and add his own role.
Lost beings such as the World Forger, the Monitor and the Counter-Monitor, and the Creation Goddess Papetua.
This multiverse is effectively without a manager, leaving many positions waiting to be filled.
"I have a way to ignite the world furnace. If I can defeat those two guys, then I need a Forger, an Observer, and a Keeper of Order."
Looking at Dr. Manhattan, Luke gave his reward.
"Which one would you like to be? In other words, are you interested in all three jobs?"
Dr. Manhattan didn't speak, thinking quietly.
In higher dimensions, the battle between the Laughing Bat and Papetua becomes increasingly fierce.
At present, it is the former that has the upper hand.
Hahahahaha—
That terrifying, crazy laughter echoes in every corner of the multiverse.
"Which one are you going to let me deal with?"
Dr. Manhattan asked after a moment.
For a quantum life without normal biological emotional needs, there is indeed nothing more powerful than observing the multiverse in all directions.
Moreover, he is also curious, what is behind the Almighty Universe
"How's Pappetua?"
Luke looked up at the slender black shadow.
"I hate that guy's laugh. It's too harsh and unpleasant."
Dr. Manhattan nodded, and a burst of blue light dissipated and moved to the sixth dimension.
And Luke also disappeared and appeared in front of the Laughing Bat.
"A new face is here? Kryptonian? Superman? Do you need me to tell you the story of how I massacred Metropolis?"
The Laughing Bat, who has reached the apex of the multiverse, is not surprised to see Luke.
After all, everything was as he expected.
He instantly learned everything about this new face from the past timeline.
Superman's cousin
Founded a Wharton company
Lex Luthor's godfather
All kinds of information poured into the head of the Laughing Bat. He said with a see-through tone, "No matter where you come from, no matter how strong you are, the Kryptonians can never defeat Batman. This is an iron law." ”
"Hahahahahaha, being able to kill another Superman would satisfy my bad taste!"
Luke just listened quietly, waiting until the Laughing Bat let out that terrifying and crazy laugh again.
He clenched his fists, strode forward, and swung out with all his might!
This is an all-out blow!
Many superman templates are integrated into one, bursting out unparalleled terrifying power!
The barrier of the sixth dimension was directly penetrated by Luke's fist.
The multiverse that was turning into nothingness and darkness seemed to have a strong light blasting through it, illuminating everything.
The slender figure of the Laughing Bat became distorted like a melted candle.
Smashed hard against the broken wall of origin.
Then, he heard an indifferent voice from above—
"Keep laughing!" (End of Chapter)