dhibooks Chapter 656 Parallax Demon Hal: You little bastard, you want me to be your servant?
Chapter 656 Parallax Demon Hal: You little bastard, you want me to be your servant?
Chapter 656 Parallax Demon Hal: You dog, you want me to be your dog?
Hal realized that he had now become a public enemy.
No one wants him to come down, not even Batman Dragon... This seemingly submissive ally, does he really intend to pull him down from the timeline?
Parallax Morhal could no longer bear the betrayal; he was now a gambler who had lost so much in a game that he only had a few cards left.
He could certainly take a gamble and see if Batman Dragon was truly sincere towards him.
But what if we lose?
He made a deal with the Time Trapped, someone no one had expected. If he were to take a gamble, the Time Trapped would inevitably be exposed to everyone, and if Batman were to stab him in the back at that moment, Hal would have no chance to turn the tables.
Therefore, he had to preserve information about the time-trapped individuals... He had to do this, even if it meant feigning anger and making everyone believe that he had completely given up on escaping the time-travel.
The Time Trapped is Superman Supreme from a future timeline, therefore his power is almost exactly the same as Superman Supreme's.
In fact, the connection between the Time Trapped and Parallax Mohal was directly influenced by Chen Tao.
When Chen Tao brought the Anti-Monitor to Earth-15, it led to Superman Supreme and Parallax Malcolm joining forces to storm the World Forge and fight Barbatos. It was through this incident that Parallax Malcolm met Superman Supreme and witnessed his power.
Due to the Earth-15 incident, the time flow also fluctuated, and the evil version of the future, Superman Supreme [Time Trapped], was resurrected. Memories of teaming up with Parallax Mohal automatically appeared in his mind, and they finally hit it off.
Hal needs the Time Trapped to help him get off the timeline, while the Time Trapped needs Hal to help him completely deny the fact that he was erased by Superman Supreme in the Legion of the Three Realms after he returns to the current timeline and gains a foothold.
A demon king from a past timeline and a timeline error whose existence has been definitively established in the super-time flow have entered into a mutual aid agreement. Their relationship is based on mutual benefit, and according to Hal, he believes it is closer than his relationship with Batman Dragon.
So Hal needs to wait. No one would believe that a powerful, desperate demon king like Hal would choose to lie low. The existence of Superman Supreme has successfully refreshed many people's misunderstanding of characters like him. That's right, Superman Supreme looks explosive, and he is indeed explosive.
But that doesn't mean all characters with such great power don't use their brains.
Parallax Morhal knew he needed to feign a cathartic counterattack against the characters besieging him; once he announced his abandonment of escaping the Hypertime Stream, these scoundrels lost their reason to attack him.
Faced with the enraged and vengeful Parallax Malcolm, they would 200% choose to retreat. All Malcolm needs to do is drive them all out of the Zero Hour timeline, then immediately summon the Time Trapped before they return to stop him, open a portal to the timeline, contact Batman Dragon, and then quickly complete his failed escape.
Hal didn't know how likely his plan was to succeed, but in any case, it was the only option available, and it was better than withdrawing completely now.
But just then, Parallax heard Batman Dragon's voice in his ear: "Hal, Hal, can you hear what I'm saying?"
Hal realized that Batman Dragon was speaking to him through the fifth-dimensional power of the bat mites. He had absorbed about 20% of the bat mite's power and could now be considered a fifth-dimensional being.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't give up, my friend, Batman always has a way."
He heard Batman Dragon say, "When I shared the power of the fifth dimension with you, I had already envisioned your complete defeat. I'm sorry, I always think about defeat before victory, but I think you've worked with Batman from your timeline for a long time, so you should be used to it."
Hal raised an eyebrow. It was a pleasant surprise. He didn't know that Batman had made contingency plans for his failure. He was curious about what these plans were.
If he tries to move his physical body from its original position, he will be surrounded and attacked. It is practically impossible for him to escape by forcibly withstanding such attacks.
"I have shared with you the divine power of the fifth-dimensional beings, who in essence appear simultaneously at every point in time within the hyper-time flow."
Yes, this is very similar to Dr. Manhattan's characteristics. Apart from not having Dr. Manhattan's immense power, the fifth-dimensional beings actually share many biological characteristics with the blue bald man.
"Therefore, the idea that the power of fifth-dimensional beings appeared in the [Zero Hour] timeline is a fallacy. This power wouldn't [only] appear in one place, do you understand?"
"What nonsense are you talking about..."
Hal tried to understand Batman's words: "So, you mean that when I get off the timeline, the Bat Mite powers I have will be split in two?"
"No, of course it's only one share. You only own 20%, it's the same everywhere. What are you talking about?"
Hal gave up thinking.
"Just tell me the result."
"Although you can't get out of the hypertime stream, the bat mite power under your control has never been embedded in the hypertime stream."
Chen Tao said, "With my help, you can use these divine powers to create a powerful avatar in the current normal timeline, and through this avatar, project your power into reality."
Chen Tao said, "This time, let's create the avatar in the current timeline first. With this avatar, it will be easier to completely bring your original body over next time, right?"
He further explained, "Like the anti-monitor dragon."
I understand now, but there's still one problem: identity.
Barbatos gave the Anti-Monitor Dragon an identity in the current timeline, which is why the Anti-Monitors can provide the Anti-Monitor Dragon with power without restraint, instead of "the Anti-Monitor Dragon being discovered by the Hypertime Stream and then sent back to its homeland".
Parallax Mohal originally broke free from the hypertime stream by the most honorable method of "forcibly creating a logical causal chain using brute force".
This is equivalent to jumping directly onto the face of the time-traveling entity, then slapping it in the face, and saying, "I've just come down from the time-traveling entity, what can you do about it?"
However, the Anti-Monitor's act of creating the Anti-Monitor Dragon is equivalent to not having the power to break free from the Hypertime Stream, so I can only deceive the Hypertime Stream first.
Are you saying that the anti-monitor dragon downstream is me? I don't think it's me, so I'll just pretend to be stupid and let it go.
Chen Tao offered Hal a suggestion: to create a Hal version of the "Anti-Monitor Dragon".
The problem is that Barbatos was able to give the Anti-Monitor Dragon an identity because he could weave the fate of the Dark Multiverse, and there was also a servant god position of the [Barbatos Dragon] that the Anti-Monitor could occupy.
From the perspective of hyper-time flow:
There's no such thing as an incarnation of the Anti-Monitor from the upper reaches of the timeline; it's just a Dark Multiverse version of the Anti-Monitor created out of thin air by Barbatos!
Our game has no bugs!
But when it comes to Chen Tao, he himself only occupies 1/4 of the position, so what divine position could he give to Hal, let alone weave fate to create an identity for Hal out of thin air?
Even if he could, it would be impossible for him to create an identity out of thin air in such a short time; otherwise, Batman Dragon would be even more awesome than Barbatos.
Then Parallax saw Batman silently pull out a stick.
Calling it a stick might not be quite right. This stick looks like several pieces of metal were forcibly fused together by some kind of brute force, and it was just a simple weapon that was forcibly shaped.
This thing wasn't just punched; it was barely managed to be shaped like a stick.
One of the pointed ends looked like it was originally intended to be sharpened with a fist, but the fist seemed to have used too much force. Instead of making the stick sharper, it made the front end slightly tilted, making the stick look like a slightly tilted angle, like the side of a crowbar that is slightly tilted.
On the other end, it seemed like they were trying to smash out a handguard, making it similar to a rapier handguard, but they also didn't control the force well. In the end, they only smashed out a wrong 160-degree turn, which, combined with the angled front, barely resembled a rapier.
But the whole stick looks awkward and incongruous. If Batman doesn't hold the bent end but instead holds the tilted side, the stick looks a bit like...
A crowbar?
"It's made by fusing together various rare metals, with the help of a friend who wishes to remain anonymous," Chen Tao said. "I wasn't present when he was making it, but I still used my fifth-dimensional divine power to create an avatar to watch over it in my place. The craftsman's skill is excellent, and the child is very satisfied."
Chen Tao's requirements weren't high. After all, the Time Trapped One wasn't a professional blacksmith; he was just a muscle-bound man who could only swing his fists. Even if he lived to the end of time, he wouldn't have any talent for blacksmithing at his age.
Chen Tao was prepared for the Time Trapped One to give him a brick as a final gift. He would then use the brick as a Heaven-Turning Seal, cosplaying as Guang Chengzi, and throwing the brick at anyone he saw, turning the scene into a scene straight out of the Legend of Sword and Fairy. However, he did not expect that the Time Trapped One's craftsmanship was quite good. Not only did he not ruin the item, but he also managed to recreate the approximate appearance.
Although it was still far from his original requirement of "a fine sword," Chen Tao was already very satisfied.
The Laughing Bat can indeed forge you a fine sword, but would you dare use it after it's made?
"So what exactly are you planning to do to make me...?"
Despite seeing the crowbar, Hal still couldn't figure out what Batman wanted to do.
But soon he heard Batman say, "You see, although I can't make up an identity for you out of thin air, nor can I find you a godhood, I happen to have a weapon made of multiple metals."
Chen Tao said, "This crowbar is made of a combination of metals such as N metals, Dionysus factor, iron metal and amber gold. Except for Bat gold, which disappears upon contact with air and is difficult to preserve, this weapon has almost fused the divine power of all metals, making it an offensive weapon that can contain magic power and is indestructible."
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
Parallax Morhal was starting to realize what Batman wanted to say, but he couldn't quite figure it out yet.
"You plan to use this weapon to create a physical body for me, but how will that be done?"
Hal's thoughts shifted slightly: "You plan to use this stick as a forging hammer? You need me to provide materials to forge a physical body? No, a weak body is useless and would only waste my energy."
Chen Tao quickly steered Hal's wandering thoughts back: "No, what I meant was..."
"Ordinary things can hardly withstand such powerful forces and will fall apart. Your biggest problem now is that the energy of the 5th dimension can carry your energy into reality, but you lack a container to hold it. Once you have a container, you will have an identity."
Parallax Morhal seemed thoughtful. Seeing the "I see, I completely understand" expression on his face, Chen Tao was greatly encouraged, and then carefully considered his words:
"Listen to me, what I'm about to say, please don't get angry."
After saying that, he secretly observed Parallax Mohal's expression.
"It's okay, I won't get angry. We're just trying to figure things out right now. I won't be upset because you offered your opinion—I'm usually quite forgiving of old friends unless you're really going to go against me on matters of principle."
Chen Tao knew that the old friend he was referring to was Batman from his timeline.
"Okay, okay, then listen to me. If we need... think about where a powerful physical body comes from?"
"I don't know."
"Perhaps we can... without a physical body. If we don't have a physical body, we can use..."
"What should we use instead?"
"actually……"
"If you keep me in suspense, I'll kill you."
After beating around the bush for a while, Chen Tao finally said:
"What I really want to say is that as long as you're willing to become the soul of this weapon, you can have a complete identity in the current timeline! Think about it, a weapon suddenly gains a soul, its own power, and then it exerts that power through the weapon's physical properties, completely unrelated to Parallax Morhal from the upstream of the trans-timeline!"
"So your suggestion is for me and my energy to enter this stick of yours, become its guardian deity, and thereby remain in the current timeline?"
"Yes."
"Um……"
Parallax Morhal didn't react at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly laughed in anger:
"Fine, fine, so you've been waiting here all along, you little rascal. You want me to be your dog?"
(End of this chapter)