Gotham.
Inside Wayne Group's laboratory.
"The fusion of humanoids and the mother box of Shangdu Chengding! Drink!" (The mother box has merged with humans to a certain extent!)
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz...
Chen Tao gasped.
The silver-white particles faded from his body, sweeping over his sharp shoulder armor, arm armor with three iron spikes, gray mage robes, and the upside-down bat logo printed on his chest and embedded in front of the red circular logo. .
When the particles broke away from the bat mage's dark golden magic omnipotent belt and said their final goodbyes to the hem of his robe, Chen Tao's legs softened and he fell to the ground with a plop.
"How are you, Batman?" Lucius hurriedly came over and helped him up from the ground: "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Chen Tao nodded and looked at the restless mother box in the cubicle not far away: "Don't get close to me, concentrate on controlling your instruments."
"Everything that needs to be done has been done." Lucius shook his head: "We have failed too many times and repeated experiments too many times. The computer has been preset by Silas. The process has been further refined.”
He said: "If it succeeds, it is a success. If it fails, it has nothing to do with my manipulation."
So Chen Tao stopped talking. He looked at the humming instrument from Apokolips with a gloomy expression.
Although there was no result in the end, he had a vague feeling that this time it might still not be successful.
Although the Bat Mage's irony magic was nominally learned from the famous magician Gwani John Zatara of the Dark Universe, he was actually taught by Zatanna.
Unfortunately, without Zatanna's mother Syndra's magical genes and her enviable talent for the mysterious side, even a very smart person like Bruce Wayne can only be called "the use of irony magic." "Master" rather than "Master of Irony Magic".
Ironic magic is certainly one of the most powerful magics in the DC universe, but the most powerful thing is always the person who uses magic, not the magic.
Zatanna can use irony magic to eliminate other people's magic, and even create things out of thin air, achieving a grand scene similar to smearing reality with her words, but it does not mean that the Bat Mage can also do it.
Chen Tao gritted his teeth.
He couldn't help but think that if he could find Zatanna and the two of them use irony magic together, could they force the Mother Box...
boom!
The trembling of the mother box finally reached its peak. In a fusion of dazzling light effects and almost explosions, the light of the mother box hit the clone not far away in an instant, turning half of his body into a mechanical one. form, and then began to wildly devour the weapons that had been prepared around it.
"Roar!!!!"
The monster looked up to the sky and roared, making inarticulate sounds.
"Quick, activate thought control!"
Chen Tao turned to give orders to Lucius, but the other party started to do it without him having to say anything.
He stood in front of a lot of messy instruments, sweating on his forehead: "I tried it, but it didn't work!"
The clone has now merged with the surrounding weapons, almost completely losing its human appearance: "Roar!!!"
Twisted metals stretched out from its back one by one, transforming into swaying tentacles, and slapped on the transparent protective cover again and again.
"The pink pill won't work on him either..."
Chen Tao felt it silently for a while, feeling very bad.
It's a given, he's so stupid.
Although Ivy's specially made pink control pills can even affect Wonder Woman or Superman who becomes Doomsday, they are both flesh and blood in any case. Although one has the blood of a god, the other's genes contain Biological standpoint, but still not beyond the scope of pharmacology.
But this one?
The other party's body, or the part of the other party that still has cells, does not occupy a dominant position in this body at all, and no matter what medicine is administered, it will have no effect.
Chen Tao cursed in a low voice.
Then the silver-white particles overlapped on his body again. This time, although the pointed ears were still intact, his skin turned completely green, and he was wearing a black and white metal space suit. There are three pink interfaces reserved on the forehead to connect to the spacecraft.
Brainiac, a fusion variant of Batman and Brainiac in a dark universe.
If you borrow the other party's computing power...
Wow!
The transparent protective shield was broken through, and fragments of tempered glass and various high-strength materials fell like raindrops. Lucius squatted down skillfully, then held up an explosion-proof shield to his forehead and scurried away, half-metallic. The twisted monster roared and rushed in, and countless metal tentacles attacked the two people in an instant.
But the next moment, he was pushed to the ground by more metal tentacles stretched out from behind Chen Tao, who was synchronized with Brainiac. He was knocked to the ground once or twice like a weak child, and was thrown to pieces. element, and then was nailed to the ground by more metal tentacles in a large shape.
"Don't move and be obedient. Let me see if your development is normal."
Two other small mechanical cables stretched out from Batleniac's head and were forcefully inserted into his head while the cyborg monster kept twitching and resisting.
Immediately after a small burst of electricity, the mechanical monster raised its head high, and after letting out a final roar, it exploded into a large lump of disgusting mucus and machine parts.
Lucius, who was hiding behind the table with an anti-explosion shield that was half the height of a man, walked over without being splashed with anything disgusting, calmly put the shield aside, and then lay on the spot facing him, his eyes unfocused. , Batman, who was panting and exhausted, said:
"You have to stop."
He found a rag from the drawer next to him, handed it to Batman, and then took out another one and started wiping the computer screen: "You have synchronized your so-called Batman from different universes over and over again for more than 4 years. It’s been an hour, and the intensity is too high. If your body can’t bear it, it’s over.”
He said: "You can't reverse the transformation of those clones by the Mother Box even if you become Brainiac. There is no need to try anymore."
"Bring out the next clone." But he only heard Batman's calm and angry voice: "Come again!"
"Calm down, there are no more clones, you have spent 4 hours blazing away." Lucius said: "Science is not a mindless trial and error. Although miracles of mistakes exist, they are not a common phenomenon. The cultivation of human clones also takes time. Do you think they are potatoes that only take two days to grow when planted in the ground?"
After hearing Lucius's words, Chen Tao finally regained some sense, but he still covered his head: "You don't understand! This is an extremely serious problem.
If no one can close the sonic blast channel of Apokolips, it means that if Darkseid comes, we will have to fight him until death, instead of being able to open the sonic blast channel and send him back to his hometown who refuses to leave. . "
He said: "We don't know how strong he is at all, but we conservatively estimate that he is at the level of a man who can challenge the Justice League alone."
"If we don't find a way to send him away and fight for a long time, even if we can gain the upper hand for a while, we will eventually be defeated by him with his fists bit by bit, and finally fall into the abyss."
He didn't care whether Lucius could understand it or not, but scratched his head and said repeatedly: "It's terrible!"
He seemed a little nervous.
"Actually... I don't quite understand." Lucius hesitated for a while, and then said: "You told me before that as long as Steppenwolf does not find the three mother boxes, Darkseid will not be able to come to Earth."
He said: "Then it's very simple, can't we just prevent Steppenwolf from getting the Mother Box? He can't summon Darkseid, so there's no question of how to send Darkseid back."
He said: "You said that one Mother Box is in the hands of the Amazons and the other is in the hands of the Atlanteans. They are both well protected. With the Mother Boxes in front of them, Steppenwolf cannot collect all three. No crisis will happen."
He said: "So although it may be that I made it simple, or it may be that I don't understand the situation, I don't quite understand why you are so anxious."
Then he saw Batman turning to look at him.
"Um, did I say something wrong?"
"That's true." Chen Tao said, "But I didn't do this entirely because I was 'expecting the worst case scenario.'"
He said: "Who said that Darkseid can't come by other methods if we can't collect the three mother boxes?"
Based on the information he got from Wonder Woman, he can basically confirm that the world he lives in now is indeed similar to the setting in the movie he watched in his previous life about the three Mother Boxes summoning Darkseid. But the problem is, In the DC Universe, nothing is absolute.
Are there not many plots in comics where Darkseid uses various tricks to come to Earth?
Believing in a specific statement and then not making any preparation for other possibilities is not only pushing yourself into the abyss, but also committing suicide with everyone accompanying you.
Chen Tao turned to look at the clock on the wall not far away, then frowned, stretched out a hand, controlled it to fly to the clock face, and wiped away the red strawberry jam splattered on it.
"Dr. Silas Stone's basketball game with his son must be coming to an end, right?"
He turned to Lucius and received an affirmative answer.
"Then it's time for him to get back to work."
Then, before Lucius could speak, Chen Tao soared into the sky and flew directly towards Victor Stone's basketball court.
After all, Victor Stone was a newcomer who switched from football to basketball. Naturally, the game he played could not be a regular league between colleges and universities, but the most common street basketball league.
One of the criteria for a competition like this is that the rules are relatively relaxed, the venue is casual, and the time is negotiated. This is why Victor can take the initiative to set the time for his promotion competition to after get off work in the afternoon.
The moment Dr. Silas Stone planned to go directly to accompany his son without working overtime, Chen Tao had already locked the location of Victor Stone's basketball game through the Internet.
At this time, he was full of anxiety, thinking that the game should be over by now, the time was up, and he should quickly call Dr. Stone back to accompany him to participate in the experiment.
But halfway through the flight, the old housekeeper called.
"Mr. Wayne, you promised me to come back for dinner tonight."
"I'm sorry, Alfred, I don't have time right now. I'm really sorry, but I'm afraid I'm busy with more important things." In the whistling air, Chen Tao replied with his mouth like a machine gun: "I'm right now In mid-air, I have a meeting with Amanda Waller later.”
While perfunctory with the old butler, he landed on the street corner on the edge of Victor Stone's basketball court, and then walked out while continuing the call with Alfred:
"Come back to sleep? Sorry, Alfred, I..."
"Victory, Victory!"
Chen Tao's voice was interrupted by the carnival sound of mountains and tsunamis.
He turned his head and saw Dr. Silas Stone standing in the audience on the basketball court, shouting his son's name desperately along with the crowd.
The entire field has turned into a sea of celebration.
Victor Stone's team won.
Chen Tao looked at himself.
Covered in blood and the putrid smell of not taking a shower for several days, he had just killed a metal robot monster. What he saw in front of him seemed to be two different worlds from what he had just experienced.
"Dr. Stone! Dr. Stone!"
Chen Tao shouted twice more, but the other party did not hear his words. Silas Stone happily climbed over the fence and hugged his son Victor Stone, jumping up and down with joy.
Chen Tao knew that this man who almost lost his son would regard his beloved son as more precious than anyone else in the world after he regained it.
Victor Stone's mother also climbed over the fence and ran toward Victor Stone. The family of three hugged each other and shared the joy of victory. Amid the cheers of countless people, Chen Tao shouted twice more, but his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped.
He sighed, then slowly walked to an empty auditorium not far away, sat down, and stared blankly at them and the family of three not far away.
The smiles on their faces made the rush of time seem to slow down.
They were so happy that he couldn't bear to disturb them.
He looked at it for a while, a little confused, a little envious, and a little greedy. Then he clicked his tongue and opened the communication amidst the cheers of celebration.
"Hey, Alfred? I've changed my mind. Yes, yes, I'll cancel the meeting with Waller. Come back tonight? Yes, I'll be back for dinner."
"I want a sandwich! Yeah. Yeah."
"well."
Chen Tao hung up the phone.
very nice.
(Note: In the official DC setting, the Bat Mage killed the host of their cosmic demon Etrigan, sealed the opponent known as the "Magical Superman" into his soul, and captured the ghost and made him his The magic wand provides power. This record seems to be very incredible, but in fact, his performance in the big metal event is very poor, and in the end it is soy sauce. If he is really that strong, there is no reason to behave so rubbish.
And the official mage strength ranking given by DC is as follows:
The Orthodox Academy (Zatanna) is weaker than the Archmage (Doctor Fate), weaker than the Blood of the Half-Demon (Zha Kang), weaker than the Demon (Etrigan), weaker than the Guardian of the Force of Nature (Swamp Thing), weaker than the Three Original Sins (Phantom) Stranger) Weaker than God's Vengeful Spirit (Ghost)
Therefore, this book has two settings, only retaining the history of his apprenticeship with Zatanna's father Zatara, changing the sealing of the demon Etrigan into his soul to kill the other party, and changing the captured ghost to a wand strengthened by the ghost. Ignore those outrageous settings that only exist on paper. Moreover, the opponent's history of sealing "Magical Superman" Etrigan also conflicts with the personality of another Batman who is fused with Etrigan, so the final danger level is B-)
(End of chapter)
