redvbooks Chapter 1069 Everything was very difficult.
Chapter 1069 Everything was very difficult.
Chapter 1069 All of this was very difficult.
How should I answer this question?
Hehe, it's not that it's gotten better, it's gotten worse! The DC multiverse has become a huge cesspool and a public toilet. In your golden age before Crisis on Infinite Earths, at least good people were good people and bad people were bad people. But after Crisis on Infinite Earths, look at all those so-called "hidden dragons and phoenix chicks"!
The second Robin was beaten to death by the Joker, Wonder Woman was forced to kill in front of the entire world, and in the midst of an identity crisis, the Justice League even distorted Batman's memories to cover up the truth. Countless crises, crises, crises, crises, crises, crises that are driving people crazy.
The hero Hal has fallen and become the villain Parallax Malfurion, and there's also Superman Supreme. History stretches from Infinite Crisis all the way to the New 52. Just when you think things are going to get better, the world always gives you a deeper and more suffocating darkness in return.
Apocalyptic futures, the arrival of the British—such dark futures unfold one after another. After the rebirth of the DC multiverse, perhaps Earth 15, caused by Chen Tao, will also be added to the mix.
How should Chen Tao explain all this to the elderly Superman?
Unlike Parallax Morhal, who directly traversed the timeline and was instilled with the history of the DC multiverse over many years, the current Superman sees the future as an unknown fog. He was overjoyed, believing that his sacrifices and struggles would have meaning and bring about a better era. But the reality is that the fire that burned brightest and reddest ultimately left only ashes. If you randomly pick any hero from Crisis on Infinite Earths and look at them in the present timeline, they probably still think they lost Crisis on Infinite Earths.
How could he explain it? Chen Tao couldn't say, so he could only remain silent.
And the old Superman understood.
"So that's how it is. Has a new battle begun?"
Chen Tao didn't know what to say. Actually, he needed the old Superman to leave his timeline, arrive downstream in the timeline, and shoulder the burden of Superman in the DC multiverse. Then, after Superman's resurrection in the main universe, his memories would be erased again, returning him to the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths to complete the loop of the Crisis on Infinite Earths event, maintaining the stability of the DC multiverse's timeline. Then, he would briefly fall into villainy during Crisis, before rejoining the heroes, and then—
He was killed by his own disciple, Supreme Little Superman.
This is the life of the old Superman.
A life whose fate has long been sealed.
In fact, characters like the old Superman who died a long time ago should have long ago returned permanently to the embrace of the Infinity Family's Lady Death, like all the creatures on Earth 15 or N52 Superman, and fallen into eternal silence.
But the reason things didn't develop that way is actually because of the anti-surveillance agents.
Since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Anti-Monitors have been trying to change the outcome of the crisis. From the earliest Anti-Monitor Dragon to the Multiverse Convergence, the Anti-Monitors' efforts have never stopped for a considerable period of time. Correspondingly, the Crisis on Infinite Earths has never truly frozen in time like Earth-15, becoming a completely irreversible part of history.
This also affected the old Superman on Earth 2, and then, through a chain reaction, affected his death in the Infinite Crisis event.
It's a miracle that Chen Tao can still seek help from the old Superman on Earth-2; it's also the last chance for the DC multiverse to achieve this—
gentle.
But at this moment, Chen Tao found himself feeling a little reluctant.
But he knew very well that no matter how unwilling he was, he needed the old Superman, and he had to forcibly drag this Superman out of his slumber.
He needs the old Superman to become the banner uniting everyone, to shoulder the destiny of the DC multiverse, and to bear the immense burden that he himself cannot bear.
He will be the one who carries the destiny of the DC multiverse—ah!
Chen Tao suddenly clutched his head and cried out in pain, as if an invisible wasp had suddenly stung his head.
He felt a chill run down his spine. Remember? He now exists simultaneously at every node of the hyper-time flow. Therefore, when a new reality is born downstream of the hyper-time flow because of his thoughts, his thoughts will also be generated in this reality.
He saw how the old Superman on Earth 2 died in the downstream reality of this timeline.
Perpetua, the Batman Who Laughs, the Void Hand, Doctor Manhattan, the old Superman of Earth-2 faced too many unfamiliar enemies. He died there, and Chen Tao suddenly realized at that moment—
He raised his head and looked up at the distant starry sky, towards the main universe.
It was a deep, star-studded darkness, as if the DC multiverse was whispering to him.
You chose me, not Superman, to save the DC multiverse?
"What's wrong with you?"
Chen Tao looked up and saw the old Superman supporting him.
"I... I just saw the future. Your help won't help me overcome the crisis in the DC multiverse; it will only lead to your death. To save this crisis, I can only rely on myself. There's no one else I can count on," Chen Tao said. "But I've gotten used to it. Things have always been this way. From the moment I came into being, the storm has never ceased."
He seemed to be talking to Superman, or perhaps encouraging himself.
"Actually, all of this makes sense. The DC multiverse rarely intends to directly grab a character from the timeline to replace the previous one. I was too obsessed with the experience I had seen, but I forgot that the experience was an isolated case caused by Dr. Manhattan stealing the DC multiverse for 10 years, and an isolated case does not prove anything."
He told the old Superman, "I'm sorry, I was too selfish. The reality of the timeline has proven that this path is a dead end and will only kill you. You can simply understand it as me being able to read the future. I will try to find a way to defeat the enemy without your help. I'm sorry again."
He saw another branching timeline where he was persuaded by the old Superman to try again, and then once again led history to the reality of the old Superman's death.
So Chen Tao extinguished the last glimmer of hope, shattering those two unresolved realities.
"I see."
He turned around, leaving Superman's response behind.
Then he heard the old Superman's voice.
"All of this must have been very difficult."
Chen Tao remained silent.
I made that decision many years ago.
I wish you success.
He heard the old Superman's voice grow longer and more distant. He waved to the old Superman and then opened his palm.
Ah, galloping storm, I have turned!