Chapter 820: Always asking questions over and over again

Superboy-Prime wakes up.

He saw Batman's dragon standing before him, as if he were standing on the top of Wayne Tower in Gotham City, glowing black in the darkness.

And between the two of them, the whip-like spinal sword was trapped by Batman Dragon using dark matter energy, like a brick formed by rotten meat and bones.

The World Forger gave up.

The Anti-Monitor and Batman Dragon teamed up to trick him.

If he couldn't quickly control Superboy-Prime downstream of the hyper-time stream, then it would be meaningless to input energy into Superboy-Prime upstream of the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

No matter how much dark matter energy he input into Superboy-Prime during Crisis on Infinite Earths, it was only helping the Anti-Monitor replace his antimatter energy from Superboy-Prime's body.

"I need this piece of... flesh and blood." said Superboy-Prime.

He didn't know and wasn't sure whether the World Forger would make a comeback, and he couldn't let this thing that could help him fight back against the World Forger remain in Batman Dragon's hands.

"He is yours." Chen Tao said without any nonsense.

Then, both Superboy-Prime and Chen Tao fell silent.

"Next, according to the plan." Superboy-Prime said, "We are going to capture the Batman of the main universe."

Still deathly silent.

Chen Tao has guessed that Superboy-Prime may have realized something, and Superboy-Prime may have also guessed...

Batman Dragon...

Maybe it won't be easy for him to find the old bat in the main universe.

Batman's Dragon and Superboy-Prime have been traveling together for a while.

From Superboy-Prime's transformation into a crazed ape to his sad transformation into a human again.

Superboy-Prime's eyes wandered across Batman Dragon's face, lingered briefly on Hero Day's face, and then turned away in an instant.

They were clearly heading in opposite directions, but because of the World Forger, because of the First Lantern, they ended up sharing the same hardships for a short period of time.

And now they seemed to have finally reached a crossroads where they would go their separate ways and then confront each other.

Whether it was Chen Taoyi or Superboy Supreme, they had probably already prepared themselves to turn against each other, but neither of them was actually willing to do so.

Fortunately, at least for now, that layer of window paper has not been broken. At least for now, they are still allies working together... or both friends and enemies.

Essentially, they all hope that the super-time flow and the world will become better, but their conflicts on the question of "how to make it better" are difficult to reconcile.

"As long as we catch the Batman of the main universe..." Superboy-Prime said slowly, slowly:

"You can manipulate Barbatos to create a dark night in the main universe, and Barbatos' invasion plan will be successful. What is the name of that plan?"

"The curtain is lowered."

Chen Tao said.

"That's right, the Curtain Drop Project. That will bring a huge amount of energy to the cosmic tuning fork. We can use this crisis energy, plus the previous accumulation, to directly restart the entire DC multiverse."

Chen Tao shook his head: "Diversity integration, you probably didn't know this would..."

"I know. The Multiverse exists independently of the Hypertemporal Stream."

Superboy-Prime said: "Only the World Forger can create this kind of strange timeline that does not belong to the super time flow."

He said: "Only if we restart the world and create a stronger and more perfect golden age can we fight against this evil. Only justice can fight against evil, and evil... cannot fight against evil."

Superboy-Prime's words made Chen Tao lose his patience. He only knew that it was a fusion of multiple forces, but he didn't seem to understand the existence of Dr. Manhattan. In other words, Superboy-Prime didn't understand Dr. Manhattan's power at all. Chen Tao found that he couldn't make sense with Superboy-Prime: "You don't understand--"

Chen Tao still had a trace of rationality and did not say what Dr. Manhattan said because it was useless.

Dr. Manhattan will equally kill anyone who persistently tries to reveal his existence to those important people, including Pandora from the main universe, Night Owl from Earth 3, and Metron from the New Gods, all of whom are the dead souls of Dr. Manhattan's men.

Including those characters manipulated by Dr. Manhattan, Oz, or Owl.

Chen Tao knew that Dr. Manhattan would not let them retain their own memories in the end.

Oz, Jor-El, the father of Superman in the main universe, was used by Dr. Manhattan and was thrown back to the moment before the destruction of Krypton and killed by him.

What will happen to Yuxiao in the future?

Haha. Chen Tao didn't comment.

"You seem to have misunderstood. The universe I intend to restart is not the perfect world created according to my ideas." Superboy-Prime said: "I intend to bring back the golden age!"

"I plan to restore the entire multiverse to the time before the Crisis on Infinite Earths. I plan to bring back the old Superman of Earth-2, the Wonder Woman of Earth-1, the Power Girl of Earth-2, the Treader, the main universe Superman of that era, the Justice League - I plan to bring them back!"

"As long as we recall these great heroes from history, as long as we reset this wrong and chaotic world back to before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, we will have helpers from the Golden Age to save the entire world, understand?"

"Darkness is darkness, light is light, everything is distinct and no longer mixed up."

"And you, Batman Dragon, you will be able to shed the influence of Barbatos, and all the influences of the dark and corrupt forces, and become who you were originally - a hero! A true and perfect hero!"

"They will come back, they are coming back, they will save the world, they are all people as bright as gold, you don't know them, you don't know how great they are, otherwise you would definitely like them-"

"I don't understand. Have you never considered the possibility of failure? Is it possible that even the heroes of the Golden Age can't solve the current situation?

Is it possible that even if you pulled these Golden Age heroes out of their graves, they wouldn't be able to save our history the way the Golden Age defeated the Anti-Monitor?"

"If shoes are bound to get dirty, then why do we still need to clean them? If people are bound to die, then why do we still live?"

Chen Tao was silent. Superboy Prime was almost saying to him, "I know you're definitely up to something bad." He heard a plea in his words. Although Superboy Prime was still as matter-of-fact as before, his words were actually a plea.

I beg you.

Don't stop me anymore.

I won't turn back until I hit the wall, and I won't give up until I see the Yellow River.

I've recreated Earth-2 before the Crisis on Infinite Earths during the Infinite Crisis era, and I've fought alongside the greatest heroes of all time, battling the Anti-Monitor to the death across the starry sky.

You have never seen what I have seen. You have never seen the timeline shattered, the parallel universe destroyed, the history flowing, and the countless parallel universes united to create a new earth after the Infinite Earth Crisis like I have.

That vast era was engraved in the glory of the Golden Age, and the righteous Superman-Prime died with that era.

I am... a relic of the old times.

There is no place for me in this new world.

What if we put the three forked timelines under our feet back into the main universe timeline? How much stronger can the main universe timeline be?

Even if I become the Superman of the main universe, how can I lead a group of impure heroes and create the same miracles as in the golden age?

Only the Golden Age can save us, no reboot, facing the World Forger and his baby multiverse means destruction, reboot, and a chance to give it a try.

why not?

Chen Tao was almost shaken.

For so many years, he was always... searching over and over again.

If restarting the multiverse can really bring back the heroes of the Golden Age, even if they cannot save the entire multiverse on their own, can it also mean that Chen Tao no longer has to fight alone?

Would he be able to have powerful comrades whom he could entrust to the younger generation, instead of the main universe Justice League becoming half-crippled after being stripped away by Dr. Manhattan for 10 years?

The Justice League of the main universe is too young, even the most experienced and shrewd Batman among them.

They are a full 10 years younger than they should have been historically.

Prime Universe Superman lost both of his parents, something that was never imagined in the history of the DC multiverse 10 years before Dr. Manhattan's theft.

Wonder Woman went deep into the human world, and the history of participating in World War I and World War II was completely erased. This is the first time Wonder Woman has entered the human world since the New 52...

Every superhero has been affected and impacted by the past 10 years, and the Justice Society has even been directly wiped out.

He almost wavered.

almost.

"Restarting won't make our world better. I don't understand why you keep insisting on it."

Chen Tao and Superboy-Prime argued over and over again, their speech speed getting faster and faster, until the end...

Finally, that layer of window paper could no longer hold up.

"An old engine, even if it has been refurbished hundreds of times, cannot produce more horsepower. On the contrary, it is possible that the engine will be damaged by forced refurbishment. The fact that the heroes of the Golden Age were able to do this does not mean that they..."

"...You have never tried it, you have never seen that era, you don't think..."

"…The heroes of the Golden Age are also the immune cells of the multiverse, and immune cells are limited by the strength of the universe. Your actions will only cause the entire multiverse to bleed and become weaker. Do you understand—"

"No! Look at this, all of this is caused by your evil. You are not pure at all. Relatively impure means absolutely impure. A villain who does evil cannot become a hero, let alone shoulder the responsibility of the universe. No matter how big or small the evil deeds are——"

"enough!!!"

Chen Tao and Superboy-Prime were both silent.

"Why...why can't you just give up..."

"Stop me..."

"Stop trying to restart the universe..."

The two of them were silent, and Superboy-Prime finally spoke:

"I can't, Batman Dragon, I'm sorry, I can't."

"Because." He spoke word by word, stumbling over it.

"Because if I did that, if I gave up.

I will not be able to survive.”

They were silent again, as silent as death.

The words finally came to an end, just like rivers will surely rush into the sea, no matter how long the road is, it will eventually come to an end.

So you looked up blankly and sighed.

You accept this fact.

This is your awareness, this is your choice.

The next second, Superboy-Prime appeared next to Foolish Owl, who had been standing nearby, and grabbed his neck: "You don't think I'm so stupid that I don't know what you want to do."

He punched through Yuxiao's abdomen with one punch, and then he reached out and grabbed a part of his flesh in the abdomen.

A majestic biological stance lit up on Superboy-Prime's body, and the Foolish Owl was so horrified that he couldn't even speak.

The essence is some invisible force, some invisible...something like a person.

This was not something that could be grasped by brute force, and it was not something that Superboy-Prime could rip from Owl's hand with just his fists.

But he……

But what is he doing now?

Countless counterattacks erupted from Yuxiao, and he still had many cards up his sleeve. Two spaceships broke out from the space behind him, and the destructive light seemed to be mixed with some antimatter cosmic energy and positive matter cosmic energy, causing an explosion due to the fusion of energy.

They slammed into Superboy-Prime's face, and even tried to smash Owl's body into pieces, as if this method could help them transfer their essence, but...

Superboy-Prime turned his head slightly. He was unharmed. His majestic biological stance even protected the Owl, who was held in his palm like a dead snake.

He slowly lifted the man up, and slowly exerted force with the other hand that was inserted into his abdomen.

"No, no, no, I think you..."

Yuxiao was screaming. He thought he was hiding well.

He originally thought that...

I thought.

呲.

Superboy-Prime throws Owl's body to the ground.

Maybe he could use other means to be reborn, but now the essence he controls...

It belongs to Superboy-Prime.

The next second, his red eyes stared at Chen Tao, and his fist pierced through Batman Dragon's body.

Chen Tao turned and ran.

He tore his body apart, and the wind swept him away like a wild dance. Not far away, the huge body of Barbatos also raised his head and roared. In the eyes of Superboy-Prime, Barbatos was escaping the control of Batman Dragon.

Goodbye, my friend.

Goodbye, see you next time.

It's time to defeat you.

Chen Tao and Superboy Prime are flying and soaring on the road that stretches to the infinite future...

Part ways!