amaotonovel Chapter 3994 MU Superbody Major Event (74)
Chapter 3994 MU Superbody Major Event (74)
Chapter 3994 MU: The Superbody Incident (Seventy-Four)
"What's wrong with you all?" Strange couldn't help but ask. He tried to reach out to help, but then he watched helplessly as Eternity, seemingly using the last of his strength, crawled into the temple, shouting as he went, "I'm not dead! Don't rush to collect my body!"
Strange was immediately displeased. He landed on the ground of the Temple of Eternity, crossed his arms, and said, "Do you see me as a despicable opportunist?"
"Then let me ask you, why were they in danger?"
“Never mind that,” Strange said, looking around again. “What are you all doing? Sunbathing on the beach?”
"You actually have the nerve to ask?! Look at this lousy plan you've come up with! Do you know how many days we've worked overtime?!" Infinity roared at Strange, "We've been testing non-stop for a year to get the universe into compatibility mode!"
"Come on, it's not that exaggerated. It's only been less than a month."
"Have you forgotten something?" Eternity said quietly, "We can travel through time and restart the universe?"
Strange paused, looked at him, and said, "So you rebooted the universe? What about compensation?"
"Compensation my ass!" Yongheng yelled at him again, "We're working overtime for free, and you expect us to compensate us?! We're already being lenient by not asking for our wages!"
“I’m not your boss,” Strange rolled his eyes. “What’s this Apokolips thing? How did Batman get it here? Are you sure this thing won’t crash the program?”
When this was mentioned, Eternal clearly had a lot of bitter tears: "You said it yourself, that's Batman, do you think anyone can be more stubborn than him? Lucifer was working overtime until his hair fell out! This year, it wasn't just us pausing time to repair the program, it was both sides working on it at the same time! It's just that you are beings in the universe, so you can't feel anything."
Strange suddenly realized. Although it felt like only a few days had passed, the administrators could pause the program and manually adjust the parameters. And when paused, the program's presence was imperceptible. As long as both sides paused simultaneously, the timelines would still match.
It's like two people playing a fighting game simultaneously pausing. As long as they start and stop at the same time, the characters in the game won't feel anything. After restarting, the fighting continues as before. Strange and Batman are like those game characters; they have no awareness of the external actions taken by these cosmic administrators.
“Wait a minute,” Strange suddenly realized the problem and said, “You didn’t just pause our single universe, did you? Otherwise, people in other single universes should have felt it.”
"Of course not. A war between two great worlds is not that simple. The entire great world underwent code adjustments, which fixed all the program bugs that had occurred since the start of the battle, and integrated and optimized for possible contact between the two sides. The OAA was almost exhausted."
“It can’t be that exaggerated,” Strange said, completely unaware of the situation. He shook his head. “He’s just directing you guys to do the work, right? How tiring could it be?”
“You don’t understand. Some permissions are only available to him, so only he can make the adjustments himself. With great power comes great responsibility.” Yongheng was also a little gloating.
"That's not that outrageous. Your kind of existence should have many threads that don't interfere with each other, so no matter how they operate, they wouldn't reach the point of smoking."
"It seems you don't understand at all," Eternal said dismissively, lounging in the corner. "Fixing program errors is a minor issue, and even creating new fusion parameters isn't difficult. But as the saying goes: coding is fun for a while, but optimization is a nightmare. Optimizing to run smoothly is the hardest part. If it weren't for our expertise, you'd still be walking with a lag."
"So what exactly is going on with Apokolips?" Strange continued to press.
“That’s all there is to it,” Eternal said. “Batman, I don’t know if he’s gone mad or what, when the second round of optimization was finished and testing was being pushed forward, suddenly had the idea to cooperate with Darkseid and use his Apokolips as the forward position for the attack. You have no idea how desperate we were when we heard the news! It’s like you optimized the entire process of brewing and selling alcohol in the tavern, and in the end, the player walked into the tavern and ordered a fried rice.”
Strange started to understand. He said, "So you guys were focusing on optimizing superheroes before."
"Of course, some supervillains were involved, but not many. At the time, we thought Batman wouldn't add so many destabilizing factors to the battlefield, but he went and did something big. The screams in the office could be heard in the world two worlds away."
Strange couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of that scene.
About three days before the war began, the main DC universe held its final war council meeting. Everyone present believed that most things were ready and this was just a mobilization meeting.
To everyone's surprise, at the very beginning of the meeting, the main universe Batman said to everyone present, "I know you all think we are well prepared, but I must tell you, this is far from enough."
The other Batmen frowned slightly, because they had already conducted a detailed analysis. They had prepared hundreds of plans for various situations, and thousands of pre-set scenarios. Even Batman's brain capacity was almost at its limit, which showed how thorough their preparations were. And now the main universe Batman was saying it wasn't enough? It was unclear whether his brain had an excessively high limit or he was just overly suspicious.
What Batman from the main universe said next stunned them. He said, "I've found out that the light that took Night Owl away that day came from Dr. Manhattan. I've already posted information about this person in the group."
The Batmen all looked down, then froze the moment they saw what it was. The main universe Batman continued, "What this means, I don't need to say. Whether we win or lose this war, we must fight with all our might and test our limits. Otherwise, against something like this, we might not even have a chance to make a move."
The Batmen fell silent. The Supermen nearby looked at them with concern, but Batman said nothing, seemingly choosing to acquiesce.
"Next, I would like to introduce a new partner to everyone. I hope some of you will not panic. Since he is here, I can vouch for your safety with my own integrity."
The Batmen had a bad feeling. When they looked up, they saw an exceptionally tall and strong figure walk into the conference room. Many of them felt suffocated the moment they saw him.
"Darkseid?!?" The Batmen all stood up. Even Superman's eyes started glowing red, and Wonder Woman gripped her whip. The atmosphere in the conference hall instantly exploded.
"Don't be nervous, I'm here to help this time." Darkseid was quite calm. He raised an eyebrow and said, "I know many of you have a psychological aversion to me, but I also hope you can calmly think about it: in the hands of someone like Dr. Manhattan, what difference is there between us?"
The Batmen were the first to lose their arrogance. They knew very well that the current Doctor Manhattan was just a few words in the documents, but those abilities that could be summarized in a few words were far more complex in practice, capable of much more than described.
And this is something they already know. How many Manhattan PhDs are there in places they don't know about? In the eyes of these beings, aren't they no different from insignificant ants?
Darkseid may be stronger, but compared to beings capable of directly altering the rules of the universe, he's merely a slightly stronger ant. Even if he were dozens of times stronger, without administrator privileges, he'd simply be a being that could be destroyed at any moment.
Batman, a man who rarely complains, couldn't help but resent God's injustice at this moment. Humans are like duckweed floating on the surface of a deep pool, helpless and fragile, easily ravaged by any gust of wind. And this is just an ordinary day; no one knows what monster might suddenly surge up from the bottomless abyss and devour everyone in one gulp.
The main universe's Batman watched their changing expressions and sighed inwardly. He recalled a conversation he had with Strange long ago, when he thought Strange was too extreme.
But now he suddenly understood that weak creatures must act fiercely enough to fight for a chance to survive in the cruel world. If you don't even have the strength to bare your teeth and claws, then anyone would dare to rush up and bite off a piece of your flesh. No one can expect any compassion from someone who has no room for error, because one wrong step will plunge you into an abyss.
“I invited His Majesty Darkseid here so that he could help us gain an advantage in the war to come.”
"But you said we should test our limits in this battle, so naturally the more difficult the better. Why do you need to find helpers?" Batwoman asked.
“While adversity can hone us, if we crumble at the first touch, it won’t serve the purpose of training,” the main universe Batman explained. “I know the central universe where the war is taking place better than you do. I can only tell you that with our current preparations, we would likely be defeated quickly.”
"Why?" the other Batmen asked.
"It's not because of Iron Man, nor because of Schiller, but because their overall level is too high," said the main universe Batman. "A global unity of superheroes and mutants, a global unity of ordinary people, with fleets, outposts, allies who share weal and woe, almost inexhaustible energy, and an abundance of military preparedness specifically for dealing with multiverse crises on their side. If they used all of that on us, we would have no chance of resisting."
Some Superman wanted to ask the main universe's Batman why he hadn't said anything before, but seeing that none of the Batmen had spoken, they remained silent. In reality, most of the Batmen knew why.
Their initial thought was that since they could be resurrected anyway, if they couldn't win, they couldn't win; they'd fight as far as they could. Although it seemed like they were going to seek justice, they knew in their hearts that they wouldn't get much in the end. Could they really kill all the culprits? At most, they could disband the Avengers in the main universe or get some compensation, which wouldn't be enough to make Batman reveal his trump card.
But now things are different. The main universe's Batman is prepared to fight to the death with his true abilities. All the Batmen heard him say was, "This time, not only Darkseid is going with us, but also Apokolips and the Parademon army he controls."