UGB Chapter 304 The Manifest Mandate of Heaven Has Been Awaiting Much
Chapter 304 The Manifest Mandate of Heaven Has Been Awaiting Much
Chapter 304 The Manifest Mandate of Heaven, Long Awaited (Part 2)
"Ever since Darkseid, whom the Justice League called the Dark Lord, disappeared through a portal, that towering giant has never returned..."
metropolis.
On the coastline, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and several others are teaming up to fight Steppenwolf.
The general from Apokolips, despite being surrounded by many people, remained calm and easily dealt with their attacks.
Not far away, a news helicopter was fearlessly getting closer and closer.
"Did Darkseid escape? And Batman, a core member of the Justice League, hasn't appeared on the battlefield either..."
"Where did he go? Is he connected to Darkseid's disappearance?"
"Where will our planet's fate, and humanity's fate, ultimately lead us?"
"This is Perry White from the Daily Planet, providing you with live updates on everything the Justice League is doing..."
Perry White, editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet, put down the microphone. The cameraman next to him turned the camera back to the two groups of Wonder Woman and Steppenwolf who were still fighting fiercely not far away. Editor-in-chief White wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked him in a low voice:
"Have you made contact with Louis Lane and Clark Kent?"
"Absolutely not, Mr. White. We can't even get in touch with Jimmy Olson."
The somewhat chubby cameraman replied, "No matter how many times I call, they don't respond at all."
"When they get back, I'll teach them a lesson they won't forget!" Editor-in-Chief White exclaimed, somewhat exasperated. "I just gave them a vacation, not sent them off the planet!"
He told the photographer, "Keep in touch. I want them to start writing the press release right now!"
He growled in a low voice, "As long as those two are still on Earth, even the end of the world won't stop me from making them work overtime! And another thing!"
He yelled at the helicopter pilot:
"Look at you, you coward! Fly the plane closer, I want the whole country, no, the whole world, to see the expression on Steppenwolf's face!"
"But we're already very close. If we get any closer, we might get caught in the aftershocks of the battle, and then..."
"As long as you don't fly towards areas where the aftershocks of their battle might reach, you'll be fine!"
But Editor-in-Chief White interrupted him: "The whole world is watching this show! Do you know how much money our entire television station can make in just one second?"
Editor-in-Chief White raised his hand and clenched it tightly in mid-air:
"This gold that fell from the sky was something no one could get during Brainiac's last invasion of Earth, but look, this time it's right in front of you and me!"
He loudly encouraged:
"The Daily Planet must be the radio station closest to the battlefield; this will instantly make us the most influential news agency in the United States and even the world!"
"Your name, my name, and the names of the three of us will be recorded in human history! This is not an opportunity that comes easily!"
After reprimanding the helicopter pilot, Editor-in-Chief White turned to the cameraman and said, "Zoom in! Zoom in! Oh my god, Wonder Woman sent Wild Wolf flying! Where is he now? Find him!"
"Yes, Mr. White, I'll be right there..." The photographer was speaking when he suddenly stopped.
Half of his body was frozen in place, and his voice was trembling slightly:
"Mr. White...?"
"What's wrong?"
"It's...it's Batman!"
"What?"
Upon hearing the words "Batman," Editor-in-Chief White immediately became excited, sticking his head out of the helicopter and looking around.
"Batman? Where's Batman?"
Then he slapped the cameraman on the forehead: "No way! Are you kidding me?"
"No, no, Mr. White... Look at this."
But he heard the cameraman's voice trembling as he turned his tablet over to show Editor White: "It's Batman! He hacked my computer and requested a live stream!"
Editor White snatched the cameraman's computer and saw that the two facing off on the screen were Batman and Darkseid.
"Good heavens!" Editor-in-Chief White heard the cameraman groan, "This isn't a prank, this really is footage Batman is broadcasting to us... I never imagined in my life that Batman would one day be our front-line reporter!"
"marvelous!"
Editor-in-Chief White was so happy he almost jumped for joy. He excitedly plugged his tablet into the computer next to him: "Fantastic! Our Batman is truly amazing!"
He was overjoyed: "What Lois Lane? What Clark Kent? I declare that Batman is now the most outstanding front-line reporter for the Daily Planet!"
He quickly typed on the computer for a while:
"Regardless of what Batman wants us to broadcast, or what his purpose is, for us, there's only one thing we need to do..."
"They worked themselves to the bone broadcasting what Batman sent us, and then made a fortune!"
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Chen Tao knew very well that Darkseid had been waiting for this moment.
He bet that the moment Darkseid saw Superman Supreme, he was already thinking about how to bring this powerful Kryptonian under his command.
"What do you want to do, Batman...?"
Chen Tao turned his head and met Reverse Lightning's angry gaze.
He got up from the ground, covered in dust and dirt, his face grim.
"Your mission isn't over yet, Reverse-Flash." Then he heard Batman tell him, "At least not yet."
Reverse-Flash then saw Batman ignore him and walk up to Darkseid.
"I really don't understand how you can still laugh even after things have come to this."
He heard Darkseid say that.
"Could you please tell me how you did it?"
When the Lord of Apokolips heard Batman ask, "Consider it fulfilling a small wish of a dying man,"
Reverse-Flash heard Batman emphasize the words "dying," as if he meant something.
"I possess a small, incomplete portion of the anti-life equation, which I have incorporated into the Omega effect."
Darkseid said, "You don't need to understand what the Anti-Life Equation is. You just need to know that a small fraction of the Anti-Life Equation is not enough for me to control this super Kryptonian's mind, unless..."
"Unless Superman is seriously injured," Chen Tao finished the sentence for him.
“Yes, yes, that’s right, you’re too clever, Batman,” Darkseid said. “So this is the opportunity I’ve been waiting for. A plan devised by you… by the very person who released Superman Supreme from the Source Wall, the one who knows him best, to cripple him and thus gain control.”
"Your kind grandmother and your son Kalibak have not appeared on the battlefield."
Chen Tao said.
"That's right, and they were there to stop the Flash from running."
Darkseid grinned maliciously.
Thousands of kilometers away, The Flash, Barry Allen, let out a desperate roar.
He was trapped in a dark blue energy field. During this time, Barry kept trying to vibrate his own molecules to pass through this blue, semi-transparent field. However, the result was that every time he was about to cross the field, a sonic boom would appear next to him, and he would be teleported back into the blue field.
Kalibak and the kind grandmother stood beside the sea-blue stand.
"Give up."
Kalibak said, "We spent a lot of effort and time, using the data we had previously collected about Reverse Lightning, to finally be able to assemble this device that traps you."
He saw his own reflection in the pupils of The Flash, Barry Allen.
"This device was specifically made for you."
Hundreds of kilometers away, countless tiny nanobots flew up from Chen Tao's body, forming a display screen that easily relayed Kalibak's words through the octopus-like device left on the Flash.
"And that means..." Reverse-Flash looked even worse than Batman.
He has now regained his mobility.
He saw the Speed Force, a tricolor of gold, red, and black, begin to swirl around Batman, and then he began to run at an incomprehensible speed, with Superman the Younger, whose eyes were flashing with red flames from the Omega Effect, following closely behind.
Then he saw Batman switch his appearance back to Doomsday and fight with Superman Superman... that transformation called the Destroyer, but so far it looks like Batman is being completely dominated by himself.
"I...I have to get out of here, then save the Flash, and then let him die in battle like I've seen in history..."
Just as Reverse Flash thought this, he saw the green light ring on his hand light up and then project two images onto him.
"This is Perry White, editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. We've suddenly received an image from Batman—it's live! Batman vs. Darkseid! Exclusively from the Daily Planet… What? Batman also sent a live broadcast to other newspapers? Damn it! How could he do this?!"
Reverse Lightning turned its head and looked at another scene.
Trapped in the azure field, the Flash trembled violently as strands of golden Speed Force began to detach from his body, roaring as they surged into the octopus-like machine in his chest.
At the same moment, the Flash suit transformed from the machine changed color, allowing Barry to don Reverse-Flash's yellow suit, which also meant—
Reverse Flash looked down and saw that the octopus-like machine had somehow flown out of the dimensional space opened by the Green Lantern Ring and then wrapped itself around his body.
He also discovered that he had lost control of his body.
The immense Speed Force was absorbed from the Flash at the other end of the machine and poured directly into his body. At almost the same moment, the ring opened up a space, pouring the remaining water from the Lazarus Pool onto him.
Reverse Lightning's eyes widened.
He felt his injuries, which had caused him great pain, being rapidly healed by the immense speed force, and the life-giving spring water of the Lhasa Road Pool was also nourishing his body, which had been baptized by death.
He looked at his Flash suit, now completely covered by the yellow Reverse-Flash uniform, and then at his image appearing in Perry White's live stream.
He heard the sound of the green light ring:
"Alberd Swann from Earth—"
"The mandate of heaven has been awaiting us for a long time!"
Reverse Flash grinned, and in that instant, he understood everything. He burst into wild laughter, clutching the ring and his uniform, laughing so hard he could barely breathe.
"Hahaha, hahahahaha, hahahahaha!"
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Many, many years ago.
boom!
Young Alberd Swann was shoved hard into the mud, his body immediately covered in mud, making a mess of his carefully sewn but actually very poorly made red Flash costume.
"Hahahaha..."
"This is hilarious, this skinny kid actually wants to be the Flash..."
boom!
Fresh blood flowed out.
boom!
"Stop hitting him! You'll kill him if you keep doing this..."
boom!
"What does it matter? He's just an orphan, living in an orphanage."
"Who do you think will stand up for him?"
So when the crowd dispersed, young Swann, panting heavily, rolled over, climbed out of the mud puddle, and carefully tried to wipe the mud off his red uniform.
Boom!
It was getting late, and a torrential downpour began.
Young Swan cried as he vigorously wiped the mud off the Flash's suit.
"I will become the Flash... I am the Flash!"
The blood flowing from his nose mingled with rainwater and tears:
"I will become the Flash of the new era, and all of you who mocked me... I will erase you all from the timeline. No one can stop me from becoming the Flash—no one!"
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My name is Alberd Swann, and I am an only child.
My father accidentally killed my mother, so I ended up all alone.
I have no friends, no family, no love... but I have The Flash.
I watched all the videos and studied every story of The Flash. During the darkest moment of Alberd Swann's life, The Flash was always running through my mind.
And I have always been grateful for that.
A few days later, Swan heard that the school bus carrying the kids who had bullied him had been in an accident. The group of bad kids were sitting together when a steel beam crashed into the bus and shaved off their heads.
I think they deserved it.
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"What exactly happened?"
Young Alberd Swan, dressed in a researcher's white coat, sits in the laboratory, deep in thought.
"I was just thinking yesterday that if Hope died, I'd have a better chance of getting that experiment... and then he actually fell down the stairs and became paralyzed!"
"Such amazing coincidences exist in this world?"
"But it doesn't matter."
His eyes gleamed with deep malice and ecstatic joy: "Those who have offended me... those who tried to stop me from becoming the Flash... you all deserve to die a horrible death!"
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"hateful!"
Under the light, the older Alberdeswan held his head in his hands.
He angrily ripped off his name tag and threw it hard on the ground.
The sleek sign had a line of small print on it:
Professor Alberd Swan.
"I'm already an expert in Flash research, no one knows the Flash better than me, but I still can't grasp the Speed Force... I still can't become the Flash. Speed Force... respond to me, respond to me now!"
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"Speed Force!!! I did it!!!"
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"No! No! I am the Flash, not Reverse-Flash, the Flash's enemy!"
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"Why! Why can't I erase the Flash... I was supposed to replace you, I was supposed to replace you!!!"
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"If... if I'm destined not to be the Flash... then I'll become your opposite, your ultimate nightmare..."
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Now, at this moment.
"Alberd Swann".
Reverse-Lightning heard the ring make a sound:
"I never force anyone to do anything."
"I need your sacrifice to help me defeat Darkseid, but if you don't want to sacrifice yourself... I can give you a chance."
(End of this chapter)