UGB Chapter 646 The drowned soul's specialty is slacking off, little
Chapter 646 The drowned soul's specialty is slacking off, little
Chapter 646 The drowned soul's specialty is slacking off (seriously), the clown won't let the bat down.
"What? You're planning to surrender to me?"
Parallax Morhal could hardly believe his ears. Even with such immense power, he couldn't manipulate people's hearts. For a pure five-dimensional being like the Emperor Joker, who had completely absorbed the power of the Mischievous One, defeating Parallax Morhal was impossible. However, preventing him from supporting Batman Dragon was entirely within his capabilities.
After seeing the Emperor Joker absorb the power of the Mischief, Parallax Morhal even started to have a headache, because the opportunity was too good to miss.
He was fully aware of the situation downstream in the timeline. The more people the Black Death Emperor killed in the Reverse-Flash universe, the stronger his power would be in that universe. Batman was tied down by Barbatos's Dark Multiverse Legion and the Black Lantern Legion and didn't have time to pull him up. He had to use the 20% power belonging to the Bat Mite within him to resonate as much as possible with the 29% power within Batman Dragon upstream.
Fifth-dimensional beings and their energy possess the characteristic of being unique at different nodes in the hyper-time flow; they exist simultaneously at every point in time within the hyper-time flow.
Therefore, Parallax Mohal's bat mite energy appears to be upstream in the hypertime flow, but it also appears downstream in the hypertime flow.
The same applies to the bat mite energy possessed by Batman's Dragon in the Time Travel series.
Therefore, the moment Parallax Morhal received the bat mite energy, he understood the plan prepared by Batman Dragon: to manipulate 20% of the bat mite energy to return to the 29% bat mite energy, and through this process of blurring the timeline of the hyper-time flow, to transfer himself from upstream to downstream.
What he needs to do now is to muddy the waters. The more active the energy of the fifth dimension is, the more it will merge together at any time and place. The hypertime flow that merges with this energy of the fifth dimension will become more blurred, eventually enough to open a passage that even Parallax Mohal can escape through.
The Emperor Joker was originally the biggest obstacle in this passage, but now he was kneeling humbly before Parallax Mohal, pleading like a girl who had been manipulated into madness.
"Help me, please, please let me help you."
These tongue-twisting words bewildered Parallax Mohal. He ignored the Emperor Joker's nonsense and instead pulled him up from the ground, grabbed him with a fist that nearly made the Emperor Joker convulse to death, and then used chains made of green light energy to bind him like a dumpling and throw him on the ground.
"Good heavens, look at me, like a genius comedian who's seen a soldier, a damned soldier who never understands humor!" the Emperor Joker lamented. "But the comedian can't just walk away, because that clown of the circus wants the audience to be covered in blood!"
The Emperor Joker sang and danced, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing: "Oh, my bat, my little bat, old bat! You're so cruel, leaving me all alone here. Are you so sure I can do it? No, it doesn't matter to you if I can't, right? You're always like this, planning everything. But you know I hate that, and I never give up!"
He shouted in a completely incomprehensible language, then his voice turned to sobbing and pleading:
"No, you can't do that. The Joker never lets Batman down. Let me help you. I can use the power of the Mischievous One to activate the power of the Bat Mite. I can help your power generate vibrations faster and overlap with the Bat Mite power wielded by Batman Dragon. That way, you can create a passage, right?"
Hal was getting a headache from the Emperor Joker's nagging, but what horrified him even more was that he didn't know how the Emperor Joker knew all this. Batman Dragon hadn't even told him, Parallax Hal, about the plan; he had figured it out himself from Batman's actions.
He had originally planned to exhaust Batman Dragon's power and then forcibly pull him down using that device. But now Batman has given him a better option.
But no matter what, the Emperor Joker shouldn't know so much about Batman Dragon's plans. It should be a secret, because this secret contains a flaw belonging to Parallax Morhal, a huge danger.
Parallax Morhal knew that the moment he crossed the Hypertime Stream was his most vulnerable moment, because at that moment his causal relationship was not completed. He was no longer the powerful king recognized by the Hypertime Stream, but a "nothing" outside the timeline.
Since it is "nothingness", it is naturally impossible to exert its original powerful strength.
"Oh my god, Hal, I'm completely under your control now, can't you let me try?"
The Emperor Clown cried out, "It was my dear bat who sent me here, don't you understand?"
He chuckled sharply, "The bats have missed you!"
He let out a vicious laugh, followed by a maniacal cry: "I'm dying of missing you!"
Then, in the next second, the madness on the Emperor Joker's face vanished.
He's always like that, unpredictable and elusive.
"Now that you've beaten me to this state, and you have my life in your hands, what are you afraid of?" the Emperor Joker said. "I can prove my loyalty to you with my actions, believe me..."
"No one wants you to go downstream in the hypertime stream more than I do, to give the bats and everyone a huge surprise!"
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The killing machine doesn't like the Batman Who Laughs.
Frankly speaking, there is no specific reason for this aversion, just like some people naturally dislike eating feces.
But if I had to give a reason, well, Killing Machine doesn't get a sense of security from The Bat Who Laughs. It's a reason that sounds a bit ridiculous, but for Killing Machine, he's no longer the pure Bruce.
From a philosophical perspective, once the killing machine chose to merge with the consciousness of Alfred AI, the real Batman, Bruce Wayne, was already dead; what survived was merely an AI program with Bruce's consciousness.
The Killing Machine isn't Bruce, just as the Swamp Thing isn't Ariel.
He possesses Bruce's consciousness, but also the AI's instinct to protect itself and perpetuate its existence. This instinct clashes and distorts with his memories, ultimately becoming a secondary program whose primary objective is to protect him.
The Batman Who Laughs also has a very clear definition of the other members of the Dark Knights:
Dogs are tools, talking weapons, and consumables.
With such an attitude, it would be a miracle if a killing machine felt safe, and naturally it wouldn't enjoy maniacal laughter.
Ultimately, unlike the other members of the Dark Knights, his primary goal was to survive, and only secondarily to seek revenge against the positive matter universe.
Therefore, it is only natural...
"Becoming a node for Barbatos to spread his power is far safer than going to the battlefield."
Barbatos shared knowledge with the Killing Machine directly through its telepathic connection, so the Killing Machine now knew that it was merely acting as a wire, and that it was Barbatos's power that was carrying it to suppress Parallax Mohal in the most dangerous place.
In the entire hyperchronic world, who can currently rival Barbatos? Even if Parallax Morhal retaliates, Barbatos is fully capable of bringing back his killing machine intact.
This is much safer than a direct confrontation with Batman Dragon. Although the killing machines know that even if they are killed, they will not die as long as Barbatos lives, but such a death would damage the dark energy they control.
Energy is conserved, and despite having Barbatos's energy support, these Dark Multiverse Batmen are practically immortal. However, Barbatos can resurrect them, but the loss of dark energy after resurrection is real.
Unless Barbatos is willing to help replenish your dark energy after you are resurrected, your dark energy will decrease while your teammates' dark energy remains the same. Wouldn't you become relatively weaker?
Moreover, the fact that Barbatos summoned him as an energy node shows that Barbatos values him more as a killing machine. The Batman Who Laughs is finished, and he is the leader who will replace the Batman Who Laughs.
"And you will be in charge of commanding the battlefield," the killing machine told the drowned souls.
"We will destroy Reverse-Flash's world. The entire Legion will be under your command. You must stop Batman Dragon, giving him no time to use the power of the Bat Mite to pull Parallax Morhal down the Hypertime Stream..."
The drowned souls listened leisurely as the killing machine relayed Barbatos's orders, their hearts unmoved.
In fact, the drowned souls had no intention of rebelling.
Batman Dragon's actions once made her very resentful and insanely jealous... but you know, what's done is done, she has become a part of Barbatos and has pledged her loyalty to Barbatos.
She accepted the dark energy shared by Barbatos and became an incarnation that could not be harmed by anything except the Tenth Metal.
Her body and soul belonged to Barbatos, and she would not even entertain the slightest thought of rebelling against him, just as a person's hand would not rebel against a person's brain.
This applies to all members of the Dark Knights, except for the Batman Who Laughs… The Batman Who Laughs seems to have somehow circumvented Barbatos’s influence, but just because the Batman Who Laughs can do it doesn’t mean that the other members of the Knights can, such as the drowned vengeful spirits.
She may harbor disdain for the Bats of Laughter and the killing machines, but if all of this is Barbatos's order, her mind will be forcibly twisted to one of "respectful obedience."
This is the power that Barbatos wields over the entire Dark Multiverse. Like a drug that manipulates dopamine, it is a control over the very essence of life, something that cannot be controlled by will or emotion.
Your love, hate, emotions, and feelings are completely unimportant. As long as Barbatos gives the order, you won't even hesitate when you take action.
All efforts are in vain, and resistance is a joke...
But strangely...
After the killing machine left, the drowned vengeful spirit didn't immediately give orders. Beside her, the Destroyer was the first to disobey commands and act on its own: "It's Superman! I'm going to kill that Superman from the Justice League on the other side!"
"I need to find some fun too," Red Death said, and then he vanished from the spot. The drowned ghost turned around and saw Cheetah, Wonder Woman, Giant Wonder Woman, and some other strange, fallen second-tier heroes standing beside him, quietly awaiting his orders.
The drowned vengeful spirits could have been the master of military operations. In his universe, he led humanity, or rather, single-handedly, and after a long period of time, finally wiped out the entire kingdom of Atlantis.
She once led countless stagnant water monsters to conquer the throne of Atlantis; large-scale legion battles should have been the forte of the drowned souls.
If he were to sit down now and make a reasonable plan, working step by step, he could definitely gradually eliminate Batman Dragon's many allies by slowly bleeding him dry, forcing Batman Dragon to launch a final battle ahead of time, or even weakening him completely.
The drowned spirit has the ability to do this, and he can plan it carefully, but at this moment, she suddenly doesn't want to do it anymore, for some inexplicable reason.
"What should we do next?" Wonder Woman asked. "What formation have you prepared for us?"
"Of course," the drowned soul thought.
She had the ability, but she didn't do it.
Strange, why didn't I want to do it?
"Let's charge in together and blow Batman and his henchmen to smithereens!"
The drowned vengeful spirit leaped up and flew to a high place, howling. Immediately afterward, the monsters of the Dark Multiverse, whose intelligence was far lower than that of Cheetah and Wonder Woman, joined in the howling.
The characters behind couldn't understand why the people in front were howling, but when they heard the howling, they joined in, and the whole team was instantly energized, as if they had been injected with adrenaline, and were directly carried onto the battlefield by the drowned vengeful spirits.
This chaotic and disorderly attack bought Chen Tao more time.
The brilliance of the drowned ghost's unconscious behavior lies here: outwardly, she is absolutely loyal to Barbatos and fights with all her might, but in reality, she is capable of using her brain but chooses not to, which actually reduces her work efficiency.
Do you think he's a serious worker? Of course he is. Barbatos is flawless, but the results are always a mess.
In short, under Barbatos's control, the killing machine traversed layers of timelines and began to flow upstream into the trans-time stream.
He saw one event and time after another, like bubbles, strung together like a giant road.
DC Universe Rebirth... New 52... Final Crisis...
One thing after another appeared before his eyes, then quickly disappeared, until finally, the killing machine appeared before Emperor Joker.
(End of this chapter)