bioinnovel Chapter 779 Even so, I still feel lonely
Chapter 779 Even so, I still feel lonely
Chapter 779 Even so, I still feel lonely
Chen Tao's heart was pounding.
He had just arrived at the edge of the world's melting pot, intending to have a good talk with Barbatos, and he had already prepared a whole speech in his mind.
He knew Barbatos was cautious by nature. He had no intention of leaving the World Forge until the influence of Papetua and the Void Hand was completely eradicated.
Chen Tao, on the other hand, needed to persuade him to help him, to obey his orders to come to the main universe, to create crisis energy, and even to start the curtain-dropping plan ahead of time. Otherwise, given Barbatos's nature of never starting something without thorough preparation, his plan to invade the main universe would be delayed indefinitely.
Barbatos needed time to counter Papetua, and he was indeed exhausted from such counterattacks.
Even when necessary, Chen Tao was prepared to threaten Barbatos; he was not without the ability to do so.
He wasn't capable of helping Barbatos solve Papetua's problem, but he was more than good at making things difficult for Barbatos.
On one hand, there's the added pressure; on the other, after invading the main universe to create crisis energy, Chen Tao relays the prospects of the crisis energy to Barbatos through the cosmic tuning fork. With this carrot and stick approach, under normal circumstances, Chen Tao's plan is almost impossible to go wrong.
But before this plan could be implemented, the situation changed.
The moment Chen Tao sensed the anti-monitor's antimatter energy from Barbatos, he turned and ran, faster than a rabbit.
Fortunately, as a servant god of Barbatos, he already had the authority to freely enter and exit the World Forge. Otherwise, if he were imprisoned there and faced the manipulated Barbatos, who would have given him a home-field advantage, Chen Tao would have been dumbfounded.
He disappeared behind the portal immediately, and soon after, with a thud, Chen Tao also opened the portal and landed on the blood-red desert in the Crimson Space of All Beings.
This is the "Arrival of the British Kingdom" in the main universe timeline. Chen Tao has modified this timeline, and the originally vanished Crimson of All Beings still stands on this timeline.
This rapid escape route was one of Chen Tao's plans. He sat on the blood-red sand for three minutes, and without waiting for Barbatos to tear through space, he directly traveled to the timeline of the main universe's arrival of the corrupt nation to hunt him down.
That's true. Without Batman from the main universe, Barbatos wouldn't actually be able to invade the main universe at all.
Not far away, a large group of crimson creatures approached.
Most of them were warriors with animal heads and human bodies; they included all sorts of creatures.
Chen Tao had arranged them here beforehand so that some of the power of the Green of All Things would be hidden within them.
If Barbatos or anyone else dares to pursue him to the timeline of the arrival of the Kingdom of Corruption in the main universe, Chen Tao will directly detonate the green energy within these animal warriors. By interfering with the timeline of the arrival of the Kingdom of Corruption through the energy of the 5th dimension, he can indirectly report to the Hypertime Flow, thereby triggering the correction mechanism of the Hypertime Flow and causing the Hypertime Flow to mistakenly identify the intruder as the culprit who caused the timeline disorder.
Of course, these animal-headed, human-bodied warriors do not actually die; even if they are destroyed in the Crimson of All Beings, they can still be resurrected in the pool of blood.
Chen Tao only dared to use them in his scheme because he had this in mind; otherwise, he would never use the lives of innocent people as a raft for his plans.
However, none of these arrangements were working. The animal-headed, human-bodied warriors saw Batman approaching and wanted to ask Chen Tao what was going on. Chen Tao waved them away, telling them to go back to their own business.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
These animal-headed warriors were not actually familiar with Chen Tao. They came to obey Chen Tao's orders because they sensed the powerful Crimson Power of All Beings within Chen Tao, which was similar to that of the King of Life. They were loyal to the power, not to Chen Tao himself.
After receiving the order to disperse, they complied.
Chen Tao calmed down a bit and began his next step in an orderly manner.
For Chen Tao, failure was normal, while success was a fluke.
Like his maniacal laughter, his plans were also intricate and complex; nothing could defeat him.
Never hesitant, always in control—that's Batman.
Chen Tao knew.
"You are the protector of all living beings, you are a good person."
A red warrior with a dog's head and a human body, standing nearby, said, "You can give us orders at any time."
You see, they don't even know who Chen Tao is. But they are simply being loyal to their duties.
The dog-headed, human-bodied warrior said, "My name is Cyril Frost."
A name that sounds like that of a normal creature, a red warrior among all living beings with a sound mind.
Chen Tao was surrounded by these warriors who obeyed his orders and were competent pawns and executors. They could do a lot for Chen Tao, even defend against dangers such as a possible invasion by Barbatos.
They trusted Chen Tao completely, and they were completely unaware that Chen Tao had secretly planted the Green of All Things on them.
But even so...
Chen Tao... Chen Tao still felt lonely.
I still feel lonely.
But Batman is never alone.
Those human-like emotions were instantly extinguished, leaving the cold and lonely dragon with a somber expression.
His face was like a mountain, and the face beneath the mask was as cold as a towering statue sitting amidst high mountains.
He gently waved his hand, and then he tore through space and entered the metal spirit's alternate dimension.
Here, he imprisoned an enemy he had captured long ago.
"Oh, darling, it's so rare to see you here!"
As soon as Chen Tao stepped inside, he heard the Emperor Clown's exaggerated exclamation: "Am I really not dreaming?"
"It's obvious that all of this is true. But here you are, you don't deserve a deck of cards like you did in Arkham Asylum, unless... I need your help."
"Wow," the Joker said, "That's quite a blunt Batman. You wouldn't normally be this blunt. You must be in a really tough spot, right? So tough that you have to ask me for help."
Chen Tao was about to speak when he was interrupted: "Stop, wait, don't speak yet, let me guess. Barbatos is completely under Papetua's control, can't he help you?"
The Emperor Joker was wrong, but in some ways he was right; he just misjudged the controller.
Chen Tao still couldn't figure out why the Monitors and Counter-Monitors were able to control Barbatos so easily. Apart from Barbatos exhausting himself in the fight against Papetua, the Counter-Monitors must have started planning this a long time ago, and they had orchestrated all of this to this day.
Chen Tao had actually figured it out. He and the Anti-Monitor Dragon had become servant gods of Barbatos, but when he later divided the power, he gave all the energy belonging to Barbatos to the Anti-Monitor Dragon, which once made the Anti-Monitor Dragon completely fall into the control of Barbatos.
But looking back now, even if being controlled by Barbatos allows one to establish contact with him, it would still be a worthwhile option for the counter-surveillance agents.
The more Chen Tao pondered this question, the colder he felt. Whether they were monitors or counter-monitors, they were ultimately sixth-dimensional gods, and their observation of the trans-time flow was far more profound and enduring than Chen Tao's.
From the moment history took shape downstream of the super-time flow, they had already witnessed everything that happened, while Chen Tao could only react after history had slightly solidified, which was a natural disadvantage in terms of intelligence.
Others can tell which way the road is when it's first poured, but you have to wait until the cement is flattened and laid out by the road roller before you can see it. What is this if not a disadvantage?
Chen Tao had already sentenced Emperor Clown to death in his heart, but he didn't actually say it out loud.
The plan needs to be slightly changed. He originally wanted to use the cosmic tuning fork, but now it seems that the cosmic tuning fork...
Chen Tao stood there and temporarily contacted the killing machine.
He couldn't get a response from the other party, as he was busy vying with the maniacal laughter for control of the tuning fork.
Chen Tao originally wanted to use a tuning fork to directly overlap the histories of the Emperor Joker and the Joker Martha, but the unexpected situation has now completely disrupted his entire plan.
The Anti-Monitor and the Monitor had severed his control over the Cosmic Tuning Fork. He had considered the possibility of the Anti-Monitor and the Monitor suddenly taking action, but he never expected that they would be able to do something that even Petua couldn't do: completely take control of Barbatos.
Now that the two of them not only have Barbatos under their control but also have Chen Tao by the neck of the tuning fork, Chen Tao has no choice but to use the more complicated Plan No. 2.
"Your amusement park is about to be destroyed, Emperor Clown," Chen Tao said. "Amidst the ruins, the game will be over forever."
With a wave of his hand, Chen Tao immediately presented the current state of the main universe's timeline to the Emperor Joker: "Chaos, slaughter, destruction everywhere—is this what you wanted to see, Emperor Joker? All that was caused without your instigation?"
He coaxed, "An order not disrupted by you, chaos not created by you? Meaningless deaths? Cold machines? It's all terrible, Joker, terrible. I think you and I both think so."
Chen Tao said the brilliance of this scheme lies in the fact that the Emperor Joker can always see through his manipulation, but the Emperor Joker cannot deny it.
Because all of this is true, and his personality dictates that he cannot turn a blind eye to it, otherwise he wouldn't be the Emperor Joker.
This was originally a self-consistent logic, but at this moment, the Emperor Clown merely looked at Chen Tao with a hint of mockery.
"No."
He said, "My dear friend, right after you arrested me, I made a decision, do you understand? I decided not to help you, and then watch you fail, watch you die."
The Joker said, "You know what? I've never been able to give up Batman. For a fifth-dimensional being, the thing he can least give up is Batman."
"I can erase every concept in this world; I can even erase the concept of fire with a single thought, returning humanity to a primitive society. But I cannot erase Batman, because Batman is what makes me exist. Erasing Batman would be erasing myself, and I cannot erase myself."
The Joker said, "But that doesn't mean I'm destined to be controlled by Batman forever. You see, I'm trying to break free from Batman's control."
"I plan to be a comedian who watches others fail at their performances. You see, even the greatest comedy experts like to take a break now and then. And then again..."
The Emperor Clown said:
"My old friend, so now, do you think these rhetoric will make any sense to me?"
Chen Tao frowned.
The Emperor Joker seems to be caught in some kind of...
"I'm tired of it, my friend. And you want to replace me with someone else... right?"
The Emperor Joker said, "I sense my kind."
Nobody's a fool. The fact that the Emperor Joker was imprisoned by Chen Tao doesn't mean he's lost his analytical abilities. The fact that Chen Tao didn't rush to see him after capturing him proves just how much the Emperor Joker fears him.
But now Chen Tao has brazenly appeared before him, uttering such a long string of suggestive words...
That's it?
Does he intend to use these words to control me and make me join forces with him?
Obviously not. This is just foreplay. The answer is obvious. Batman Dragon is just trying to distract him and steer his thoughts in the wrong direction.
The Emperor Joker actually knew how to steal his own power, since it was taken from the troublemaker. Only the robber knew better how to prevent being robbed.
Chen Tao fell silent. The worst-case scenario was that he would have to use his fifth-dimensional divine power to forcibly erase the Emperor Joker's willpower, and then have Martha control the Emperor Joker's body to force everything into the hypertime flow. He still had a way, he still had a solution. He hadn't lost; he would definitely win, he would definitely…
Chen Tao felt slightly dizzy. He stared wide-eyed at the Emperor Clown.
I didn't lose, I didn't lose, do you understand? Damn it... you can't do this!
I'm begging you!
I will not yield to you, listen carefully, it's useless, do you understand? None of this will work. No matter what you do, I will be the one who ultimately triumphs. I will achieve my goal, and you… all of you…
It's just... it's just...
Dust particles.
Dust!
Chen Tao looked at the Emperor Clown.
But just then...
He received a message from Luther.
"Bat, I bring you Doomsday. From the main universe timeline."
Chen Tao remained silent.
That's good, that's important, but it's not enough to solve the current problem. He must now...
But the next second, he received a message from Heroes' Day.
"Batman, Super Monkey King is ready."
(End of this chapter)