dhibooks Chapter 462 The Anti-Monitors Wipe Out the Justice League, the End of the World
Chapter 462 The Anti-Monitors Wipe Out the Justice League, the End of the World
Chapter 462 The Anti-Monitors wipe out the Justice League, the end of the world, the destruction of the universe (8000 words, bonus chapter)
You see, when we were little, the stories adults told often ended like this:
Oh, the prince and his friends defeated the great evil king, and then he and the princess lived happily ever after!
But in my opinion, the ending of this kind of story is outdated! Hahaha!
Just like the beautiful dream you have in the basement, when you open your eyes, you are still faced with the bloody reality!
and then?
That's the most interesting part, *kiss*!
Then our little Bruce, all pitiful and whimpering, then bursting into wild laughter, went off to destroy the multiverse!
Look at those predecessors: the Destroyers, the Drowned Souls, the Red Death...
Their world, of course, once held hope—
After all, they're all Bruce, right? They must have made a lot of plans, you know, plan B, plan C, however…
Fuck it, fuck it!!!
You all know what the hell will happen with that fucking stupid Dark Multiverse!!!
Fuck him! #@!%^&*()@#$%^！ ！ ！
Uh, sorry, I got a little carried away. I mean... oh, dear skeletons or carrot puddings.
all in all……
This is the end of the story.
The inevitable end for the Dark Multiverse.
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Wait, are you sure this is the ending? Please, it's best not to.
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"He got that thing."
Deep within the Dark Multiverse.
The killing machine cautiously walked through the corridor that looked like it had been plastered with blood. The surrounding buildings had been completely destroyed in the rampage of the Dark Knights, but this ordinary house remained intact...
Of course, at the Batman Who Laughs's insistence, he is the boss.
As for the reason, it's probably because of its artistic appeal?
The Laughing Bat is unlike any of them.
For example, the few remaining members of the Dark Knights are currently holed up in the cleared space they cleared to watch the Dark Multiverse online broadcast "TV," but only the Batman Who Laughs is holed up in his room, playing his perverted little games.
He reached out and knocked on the door:
Knock knock knock!
"Oh, please come in, dear Bruce, and his most beloved father Alfred."
(Note: Killing Machine is the result of Batman's combination with the artificial intelligence Alfred created by Cyborg, and he regards the artificial intelligence Alfred as his father.)
The killing machine pushed open the door and saw the woman of the house nestled in the arms of the laughing bat with a strange, twisted smile, while the man of the house lay on the ground.
A smile appeared on the couple's young son's innocent face. He opened his mouth full of sharp teeth, lay on top of his father, and then made a series of horrifying chewing sounds.
The Killing Machine didn't even glance at the Batman Who Laughs's toy. He said, "That Batman is about to successfully transform; he's already obtained the Anti-Monitor's heart."
The Bat Who Laughs seemed not to hear what he said at all. He handed the glass of red wine to the mistress, who then slit her own carotid artery right in front of him.
The Bat of Laughter took a sip of his fresh cocktail and said, "What's the rush?"
"Barbatos' message to us is," Killing Machine said, "that this Anti-Monitor Batman is very likely to become the vessel into which he has ever been able to infuse the most dark power. Let me repeat Barbatos's exact words:
If Anti-Monitor Batman is born, he will be a dangerous figure imbued with a portion of the Anti-Monitor's life essence. I demand that you persuade him to become our ally, not just a common henchman. I order you to prepare now to travel through the Dark Multiverse; once his birth is confirmed, the Dark Knights must approach and enter his universe immediately.
"So, the Anti-Monitor Batman that our Lord Barbatos has been longing for has not yet been born," said the Batman Who Laughs.
Without raising his head, he drank the blood wine in the cup in one gulp.
"How cruel, isn't it? She's already found someone new so quickly."
Then his voice became slightly more serious, but the word "serious" sounded more like an illusion to the Batman Who Laughs.
"Let me know when he's born. Who knows what might happen? Go ahead."
The killing machine remained silent.
The laughing bat raised its head and gave him a smile.
"……yes."
"The killing machine said."
He turned around, walked out of the room, and then gently closed the door for the Batman Who Laughs.
"It's alright, Father..." he whispered to the air beside him, "It's nothing..."
Then he slowly walked away.
It was bound to happen sooner or later.
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"Got it!"
Chen Tao grabbed the heart of the anti-monitor in mid-air. He stared at the huge, dark red thing that seemed to be beating continuously, and a sudden desire arose in his heart to directly merge it into his own body.
Think about it, Bruce. By connecting with him using the power of your Metal Spirit, you can defeat the Anti-Monitor and seize his power... It's that simple. You can save your world!
Merge with it... It's the shortcut to victory, the shortcut to saving the world, the only way to keep your world from destruction...
Do not!
Chen Tao shook his head violently, and in the next second, these thoughts were easily swept into the trash heap.
These thoughts that suddenly appeared in his mind were strange in themselves, full of an evil feeling. If Chen Tao had not had some preconceived notions about them, he could easily have mistaken them for his own thoughts.
Direct fusion? That could save my world?
It's funny, the merciless iron-fisted man thought the same thing before he put on the helmet of Ares, the god of war;
Before the drowned souls performed fully automated genetic modifications on themselves, before the Destroyer injected himself with the Doomsday Virus, before the Red Death planned to steal the Flash's powers and then reverse time—
Which one of them doesn't think that way?
In the world of Merciless Iron Fist, Bruce and Wonder Woman were lovers. After donning the Ares Helmet, he killed Wonder Woman.
The other three Batmen are all insane; apart from the drowned vengeful spirit, whose mental state is still relatively normal, the other two have long since turned to mush.
Do you really think Barbatos instilled dark power in them, making them immune to harm from anything except the Tenth Metal?
So from the very beginning, Chen Tao had prepared himself mentally for the fact that no matter what happened, even if the world was destroyed, he would never try to change anything he didn't understand into himself. That kind of thing is too dangerous, you know?
He had already planned another way to use this dangerous thing: eat the sugar-coated shell, throw the cannonball back. Of course, before that, he had to make sure he had the sugar-coated shell in his hand. Everything was going according to plan...
boom!
"Haha...haha...hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!"
However, at that moment, Chen Tao suddenly heard a burst of hysterical laughter.
The sound was filled with joy, with the ecstasy of triumph.
"You're nothing special!" The Anti-Monitor completely ignored Batman, roaring, "You're nothing special! You can't fight me at all! You can't do anything to me! Is that all?"
He pointed at Batman, who was holding the heart: "You think he can gain my knowledge and power by absorbing a portion of my power, and then defeat me?"
He roared to the sky, and the violent sound waves reverberated on the planet Quad beneath their feet, cracking the ground.
"You're mistaken!"
Then he turned to look at Batman, and in those deep red eyes, Chen Tao suddenly...
I felt a chill run down my spine.
Click.
It sounded like something breaking.
Chen Tao saw that the anti-monitor's body was cracking open like a spider web, piece by piece. A certain light shone through his broken body, and a huge amount of energy shot up from his body and soared into the sky.
Immediately afterwards...
The earth trembled. Chen Tao thought he would see a towering giant, but the next second...
All sounds are silent.
Chen Tao's heart skipped a beat.
He saw the anti-surveillance person standing there with their head down.
His appearance is no longer the iconic white face and metallic armor from the Darkseid Wars, but has changed to the yellow and blue antimatter armor with a round helmet from the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
But compared to the gigantic, demon-like, and terrifying Anti-Monitor from Crisis on Infinite Earths that Chen Tao remembered, this one appeared smaller and more slender, but that still meant…
"This means you're right, Batman," the Anti-Monitor said. "Welcome to the apocalypse."
"You will die, and then your planet and your entire universe will follow in your footsteps and vanish into nothingness."
"And I am... the one who brought all of this to light."
Chen Tao took two steps back. He needed time. He needed to conduct an experiment. Before revealing his final trump card, he needed to gather enough intelligence, and also…
He gripped the Anti-Monitor's "heart" tightly. The moment he received it, he had placed it inside his mechanical body. This thing was still connected to the Anti-Monitor.
But he quickly made a fake one with mud on his own hands, intending to lure the anti-monitors into taking it back, but it seemed the anti-monitors had no intention of doing so.
Perhaps it was out of fear, or perhaps for some reason that Chen Tao did not understand. In any case, the attempt to make a fake heart out of mud failed, but Chen Tao did not care. It was just something he had casually decided to try anyway.
He released the Justice League and ordered Darkseid to wait for an opportunity to strike:
"Don't show up, Darkseid. You're more intimidating from behind the scenes than from the front lines."
The plan is proceeding smoothly.
The Justice League will hold off the Anti-Monitors for a while, and he...
Hehehe...
When?
Chen Tao suddenly turned around and saw the anti-surveillance agent lift Alexander Luther of the Crime Syndicate off the ground with one hand.
"Even absorbing the immense power of the entire Crime Syndicate is nothing special. Your Crime Syndicate is far weaker than any I've ever seen before."
"you……"
Thunder Zamsa wanted to say something, but the next second he desperately grabbed his throat, and strands of golden lightning energy were drawn from his body, but the next second the Anti-Monitor threw him to the ground again.
"What nonsense! What kind of stuff did Batman put in your body?"
The anti-monitor looked disgusted, gagged, and tossed Thunder Zamsa aside.
"Useless! Your body is practically riddled with holes by them."
The Justice League launched an attack on the Anti-Monitor.
Wonder Woman took the lead, followed closely by Superman, whose heat vision reached her even before she did: "It's time for a fight, everyone!"
However, when this heat gaze fell on the anti-surveillance person, it didn't even leave a white mark.
"It's not your turn yet... but never mind."
Thunder Zamsa, who had been thrown to the ground, was enraged and threw a heavy punch at the anti-monitor:
"Who do you think I am? I am the King of the Crime Syndicate, I have devoured the power of the entire Crime Syndicate!"
"You think I'd wag my tail and beg you like Superman? You think I'd let you slaughter me like those cowards and losers?"
Intense golden lightning crackled across his body, coiling around the destructive red light surging from his eyes. After murdering Superman, Thunder Zamza had also seized his heat vision.
With his roar, the massive heat field instantly amplified to the thickness of a pillar, crackling with lightning, and struck directly—
Snapped!
With a slap, Thunder Zamza's neck snapped 90 degrees, and the Anti-Monitor tore his limbs off like toys at a speed that even Wonder Woman couldn't see, sending blood flying.
Then the Anti-Monitor turned to Batman: "Oh dear, looks like he's going to die."
But he immediately added, "But you think I don't know? Don't even think about it."
The next second, he straightened Thunder Zamsa's neck, which was bent at a 90-degree angle. Miraculously, he did not die. Then, the Anti-Monitor placed his hand on Thunder Zamsa's head, and the white light of the Anti-Life Equation instantly covered his brain.
Thunder Zamsa's face, which had been contorted with pain and rage, calmed down in an instant. He sat there blankly, as serene as a maned lion dog standing at the door waiting for its master to return.
"Whether he dies or genuinely believes he's lost, it will provide you with energy and grant you incredible superpowers," the Anti-Monitor said. "You think I don't know that?"
He asked, "Do you think I'd be foolish enough to kill him and then give you new power?"
"So he's not going to die right now, but he's eerily quiet."
He looked at Batman: "Your power is interesting... very interesting. After I've thoroughly enjoyed your world, I'll figure out where this power comes from."
Chen Tao opened the portal; he still had a trump card to play: Supreme Little Superman.
Darkseid has not appeared on the battlefield for this very reason; only he can communicate with the Source and pull Superman Supreme off the wall.
But he needs to buy time. He has a way to get Superman Supreme to attack the Anti-Monitor again with higher priority than himself, but the effect of this method on Superman Supreme's mind is temporary. He must get Superman Supreme off the wall when he is truly determined to use this trump card.
But the next moment, Chen Tao's neck was gripped.
"I told you long ago, today is the ending. If this were a book, then today would be the day it should end."
Shazam unleashed magical lightning from behind at the Anti-Monitor, who waved it away like rain without even looking. Then, with one hand around Batman's throat, he instantly appeared behind Shazam, grabbed one of Shazam's legs, and slammed him to the ground like a badminton racket.
boom!
The ground cracked open like seawater, and Chen Tao instantly displayed the combined characteristics of the Destroyer, the Red Death Demon, and the Dark Father. On Earth, the Atlanteans and everyone on Paradise Island clutched their heads and screamed in unison.
The ion shark behind Batman also began to howl. Half of its body was inside Batman's body, while the other half was detached and convulsing as if it were having an epileptic seizure.
Batman is not capable of fully utilizing his strength, but now he is being used to forcibly distribute that strength. This is like asking a muscular man to insert two of his fingers into a small hole with the palms facing up, and then strapping a dumbbell weighing hundreds of kilograms to those two fingers. The end result will only be that the two fingers will break, instead of the muscular man being able to lift the dumbbell that he should have been able to lift.
The other members of the Justice League were also enveloped in the lightning of the Speed Force, a new invention of Lucius and Luthor, which allowed them to remotely share and simultaneously synchronize the immense burden of the three SS-class Batmen.
The anti-monitor instantly felt the grip on his hand become much stronger, to the point that he could barely hold onto the other person's neck.
He had to abandon Shazam, who was swaying with one leg, and instead use both hands to grab Batman's neck, which had been completely enlarged by the ravager's massive body.
In the next instant, Chen Tao transformed into the massive body of the bat-dragon, so much so that the Anti-Monitor seemed to be hanging on the dragon's neck. But the next moment, the Anti-Monitor's body also grew larger, and he grabbed the giant bat-dragon with his bare hands and slammed it to the ground.
Wonder Woman swung her sword at the Anti-Monitor from behind, but could barely break through his defenses.
Chen Tao reverted to his original size, and the Anti-Monitor's body shrank accordingly, but still maintained a size about four meters larger than before, lifting the transformed Batman, who was over two meters tall, high into the air.
He still had Chen Tao's neck in his hand, showing no sign of letting go.
"Let go, you..." Cold sweat broke out on Chen Tao's forehead.
Before this, even when facing Superman Supreme, he had the opportunity to escape calmly, and when facing Darkseid, he could even hold his own against him for a short time, but he had never encountered a situation like this before.
Whether it was speed, power, or the intensity of energy—Chen Tao's eyes emitted a red light combining omega rays and heat rays, but the next second it was repelled by energy rays emanating from the eyes of the counter-monitor: "Do you think I haven't seen this kind of move before?"
boom!!!!!
With a punch, Chen Tao's bone-spiked fist struck the Anti-Monitor's face. Against his obsidian-like skin, the bone spiked flesh and the red bat-like speed-force wrapped around him made him look even more inhuman. But this all-out punch only produced a deafening thud on the Anti-Monitor's face, without turning his head even an inch.
Superman Clark pounced from behind, trying to pry open the Anti-Monitor's arms. Hal used his Green Lantern ring to materialize a power drill, which made a series of ear-piercing noises on the Anti-Monitor's armor. The Anti-Monitor sidestepped, grabbed Batman's throat with both hands, and slammed him into Green Lantern Hal like a pendulum. The latter was sent flying backward like a comet.
"It's all over."
"The anti-surveillance advocate said."
Wonder Woman used a lasso to lock Anti-Monitor's left leg, and after Clark shouted Hal's name, he suddenly tried to forcefully pry Anti-Monitor's head back.
Martian Manhunter transformed into a snake and coiled around the Anti-Monitor's right leg. Shazam the Thunder wiped his head on the ground, got up again, and, his body crackling with lightning, tried to pry open the Anti-Monitor's left hand.
Aquaman Arthur leaps onto the Anti-Monitor's right arm and uses his Aquaman Trident to try and pry open the Anti-Monitor's arm, attempting to rip him off Batman.
The Rogues teamed up for a combined attack, and a scorching ray struck the Anti-Monitor in the back. In that instant when Batman and the Anti-Monitor locked eyes…
The supergirl in battle suit was released by the shrinking light and, like a divine warrior, swung her fists and smashed them into the face of the anti-monitor.
Accelerated by the Speed Force, Batman's fists rained down like raindrops as he swung the bone spikes against the Anti-Monitor's armor, producing a sound like metal being struck.
In the distance, the Flash, who had already settled Green Lantern Hal Jordan, was enveloped in intense speed force. He was using a technique that involved accelerating from a distance and then delivering a powerful blow. Before he had fully mastered his abilities, he had used this technique to shatter half of Steelbeam's body with a single punch. Now, Barry's use of this technique would only be more powerful.
And all of this...
None of it worked.
The anti-monitor released Batman, swung his arm, and pulled Aquaman off his arm, then slammed him to the ground with a crack. Chen Tao knew that the bones were likely broken.
Even the Atlanteans' formidable physical prowess was as fragile as a child before the Anti-Monitor. Arthur had been careless; he shouldn't have been hit head-on. The power was simply too much…
A white light emanated from the anti-monitor's hand. Aquaman Arthur, whose internal organs were probably shattered, was still vomiting blood, but the next moment he fell into a daze.
The Anti-Life Equation controlled his mind, so he was neither killed nor had a mind, and therefore did not experience failure.
"That way you won't be providing power to Batman, very good."
The Anti-Monitor said, "You know what? Batman, what you should have done was kill all your teammates before I defeated them, absorb them, and devour them... that way you might still have the ability to fight me head-on."
"But now it's all too late."
As he said this, he snapped Wonder Woman's sword in half with his backhand. Under Diana's horrified and furious gaze, the Anti-Monitor plunged the broken sword into Wonder Woman's abdomen!
"No!"
A flash of white light, and Wonder Woman collapsed to the ground, her eyes vacant. The Anti-Monitor heard Batman scream—
"Very good. It seems you've finally learned to fear."
One punch. Superman and Thunder Shall were sent flying backward like comets.
"I'm getting a little fed up," the anti-surveillance activist said.
He reached out his hand to the two flying away, and the next moment, Superman and Thunder Sha, who were lying there, simultaneously threw punches at each other.
They went all out; the magical lightning scorched half of Superman's body, while Superman's fist pierced through Shazam's abdomen, and the two of them fell to the ground together.
"As for you..." The Anti-Monitor looked at Martian Hunter, and the next moment, flames burst into flames on his body. In an instant, Martian Hunter fell to the ground like a corpse, his mind completely controlled by the Anti-Life Equation.
Hal...
A little difficult.
The Anti-Monitor grabbed Batman's foot and slammed him to the ground, then leaped like an antelope to Hal's side.
He reached out and shattered the protective shield Hal had erected, as if it weren't a shield created by Green Lantern energy, but rather some kind of bubble that would burst at the slightest touch.
A flash of white light, and Hal fell to the ground.
The rogue gang attempted to attack, but then another flash of white light appeared, making it as easy as mowing grass.
The Anti-Monitor turned around and saw Batman, wrapped in the Bat Speed Force, attacking him, followed by a grief-stricken Barry Allen.
"I thought you'd be devastated." The Anti-Monitor looked at Batman, then caught up with the Flash, attempting to reach out his own claws at him, but the Flash vanished before his eyes in the next instant. The Anti-Monitor turned to look at Batman, who stood frozen in place:
"You shrunk it down and re-absorbed it into the Earth you were protecting. You finally thought of protecting your teammates, even though it was of little use."
The anti-monitor said, "So... are you ready for your doomsday?"
Deep within the dark multiverse.
"That Batman is finished," the Destroyer said.
"Why can he transform into our appearance?" the Red Death asked, but no one answered him.
The Batman Who Laughs emerged from his room at some point. He stood there, looking thoughtfully at the Batman on the screen, constantly switching between the abilities of different Dark Knights members.
"This anti-surveillance agent is too powerful. This isn't normal," said the drowned vengeful spirit. "This...this isn't right. Normally..."
"Normally, Batman's power should be somewhat different from the power that is about to destroy his world, but it shouldn't be this much different."
"Why hasn't he absorbed the heart of the anti-surveillance agent yet?"
The drowned spirit suddenly became agitated: "What are you waiting for? What makes you think you're special?"
When the other Dark Knights saw her, they found the drowned spirit's eyes bloodshot, her head buried in her hands, muttering to herself, "What makes you think you're different from us? You're exactly the same as us! In the end, you should always..."
"Oh, darling, don't be angry." The Batman Who Laughs walked to the drowned soul's side and put a hand on its shoulder. "He was just a young Bruce, wasn't he? He didn't know his fate."
"Just watch, when he's cornered, Lord Barbatos won't let such a powerful Anti-Monitor Batman slip through his fingers, will he?"
"But he's gone too far now," the killing machine said.
"He's absolutely too strong. He tricked all of us. He's hiding too much. Lord Barbatos has no control over him at all."
"We need to find a way to weaken him. Or strengthen Batman's side so that Batman's trump cards can be evenly matched with the Anti-Monitor. We still have one more chance... even if Batman is completely defeated now."
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Deep in space, inside the Owl spaceship.
The night owl was also closely watching the battle.
Greer walked over from the side of the room next door, dressed in military uniform, with a cruel smile on her lips.
"What's wrong, Thomas?" she asked. "Haven't I had my chance to play yet?"
"Batman has not been driven to the brink of despair."
"Night Owl said."
"Batman also has Superman Supreme. In addition, he can go back at least 15 days."
Night Owl's gaze lingered on the Justice League members, whose eyes were vacant.
"Batman may not have expected the Anti-Monitor to be this powerful, but I believe he still held back."
"You're holding back, are you serious?"
Greer asked, "He's completely defeated now."
"The Anti-Monitor's heart is a powerful energy source; even without merging into his own body, it provides the power to rewind time," Night Owl said. "Batman has gained a lot... This war has only just begun."
Night Owl said, then his voice became tinged with confusion:
"You don't understand at all. I understand Batman less and less. I really don't understand what he's trying to do. I can understand his every move and can roughly guess what the consequences of each of his actions will be, but I still can't figure out what the meaning of these actions is, yet I can feel it so clearly..."
Night Owl said, "I can so clearly feel the determination he possesses to move towards a certain goal..."
"I dare say that the current situation, while unexpected, is also within his expectations. Do you believe me?"
"I think you've gone mad." Greer's eyes flickered as she recalled what Batman had said to her through Nightwing.
What an incredibly audacious fellow...
Thinking this, she continued, "I don't care about any of that, Night Owl. All I want to know right now is when Darkseid will die."
"Unless something unexpected happens, Darkseid will definitely die at the hands of the Anti-Monitor. If Batman and Darkseid win, I will also help you kill Darkseid. This is our agreement, and I will not break my word. You are my most important ally, Greer. Your Apokoliptian bloodline and Amazonian magic are an indispensable part of my future fight against the Anti-Monitor."
"You won't go back on your word?" Greer said. "Then why have you been hiding your plan to escape to the Light Multiverse from me?"
The owl paused for a moment.
He then remained silent for a while, but ultimately did not deny it.
He turned to Greer: "You found out?"
"I had my suspicions a long time ago, but I could never be sure."
Greer said, "Come on, if we were really allies, you'd have to tell me the truth. You want to escape to the Light Multiverse, right?"
"If you had the chance, you wouldn't want to wander in this Dark Multiverse. How far have you progressed?"
"It's just a hypothetical scenario, Gretel," Night Owl said. "There's one condition for escaping to the Light Multiverse."
"A condition that we cannot achieve right now."
(End of this chapter)