What bad intentions could Batman have?

"You have a tough future ahead of you...you know that?"

Chen Tao heard Dr. Manhattan's voice.

Somewhere in the multiverse, the Golden Pioneer and the Time Master on an unknown timeline groaned together: "What the hell, where did this blue bald head come from?"

"What do we do now?"

The Golden Pioneer asked the Time Master: "You are not a master of timeline management, so give the order. How should we solve this?"

"You can try attacking this blue bald head."

"real?"

"Just kidding, better not."

The Time Master lowered his head and kept operating the strange instruments in his hands: "It's really weird. My instruments can't detect the origin of this guy on the timeline at all."

"what does that mean?"

"Meaning that he is outside the timeline."

"so……"

"So if we don't want to die, it's best not to provoke him." The Time Master said seriously: "This will not bring any results except that we will lose our lives."

"Then we just watch him change Batman's history? Just watch him destroy the hyper-time flow?"

Time Master smiled bitterly:

"I'm afraid so."

"We lose the ability to interfere," he said.

The Time Master put down the instrument, which was now of no use.

"So there's nothing we can do now?"

asked the golden pioneer.

"No."

Time Master gritted his teeth.

"We still have a way to stop it. We can interfere with Batman's history. We must go back to the timeline before Batman created this multiverse crisis and try to erase this crisis."

He said: "Stop looking, let's go."

He looked down at the timeline: "We'll go to the Batman universe...but where exactly and which timeline should we go?"

As they started taking action, Dr. Manhattan, who was talking to Chen Tao, seemed to notice something.

In an instant, his gaze spanned infinite dimensions, watching the Golden Pioneer and Time Master within the limit of time before they even noticed or reacted.

And when he watched these two people, Dr. Manhattan also learned about their plan.

Because Dr. Manhattan is in the present, past, and future at the same time, seeing their past interactions is as clear as looking at the lines on the palm of your hand.

Dr. Manhattan raised his hand slightly. He originally planned to slap away the Time Master and the Golden Pioneer, just like he slapped to death the positive matter Universe Night Owl and the New Protoss Mitt who were aware of his existence during the "Eternal Evil" period of the New 52. Same as Long.

He can do this as easily as swatting a mosquito to death.

Dr. Manhattan raised his hand.

"Strange, this instrument suddenly broke down."

"Are you okay?"

"I don't know! This thing was fine just now. Can you stop talking nonsense? I'm concentrating on cultivating it."

"Let me operate this device."

"Don't even think about it."

Dr. Manhattan thought for a while and finally gave up on the option of murdering others.

Because he suddenly realized that the appearance of the Golden Pioneer and the Time Master was also part of the self-rescue operation of the super-time flow, an attempt.

If he wants to conduct his own experiment and observe the feedback of the hypertemporal flow, he should not actively cut off this attempt, otherwise it will not be an experiment, but a puppet show completely at his own mercy.

But he cannot let the Golden Pioneer and Time Master act. Once the other party interferes with Batman's previous history, they may directly erase the current reality of [Dark Multiverse Batman Causes Multiverse Crisis].

Wouldn't that be equivalent to destroying all of Dr. Manhattan's experiments?

Therefore, Dr. Manhattan made a decision.

He set an anchor point for the Time Master and the Golden Pioneer, and he made certain manipulations of the duo's instruments with just a gentle wave of his hand.

No matter how they repair, modify, or even replace the equipment with a new one, they can only be fixed at one location as monitoring probes. This avoids them from interfering with the history of the hyper-time flow, and does not block the self of the hyper-time flow. Rescue response.

"Wait a minute, this instrument is good again now."

"So we can just rush over?"

"Don't be impulsive, we must choose our location carefully..."

"...This thing is good and bad. According to me, if you don't get over it now, you might not be able to get through it later..."

"No, of course not. Let me tell you, you can never choose a timeline casually... What are you doing?"

"Let's just go over there and talk."

"...Hell, that will cause the timeline to shatter and cause reality to collapse..."

"Damn it, Richard, do you think I want to? If I really could..."

"It seems that I got through...Shut up! Stop talking nonsense, I beg you. Quickly erase all the influence..."

"Why don't you come and try it!"

(Note: The arrival of the Time Master and the Golden Pioneer will directly connect to the plot of Chapter 480 "The Destruction of Fiji", starting with their unlucky story of traveling through time many times but always having their perspective fixed in prison in Fiji, acting as surveillance probes.

This also explains why no matter how many times they repair the machine and try many times, they can only probe into different timelines in Fiji, and they can't enter Chen Tao's timeline at all! Because Dr. Manhattan tampered with them!

But readers must have discovered that things were not what Dr. Manhattan thought [no impact was caused]. The actions of the Golden Pioneer and the Time Master to return to the past directly led to the destruction of [Fiji] in Chen Tao's universe! They still managed to change a part of history! )

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"Look...I know you're wary of me. But I'm here to help you."

"Death offers me a better bargaining chip." Chen Tao said: "Why do you think you have the ability to persuade me?"

"No, it's different."

Dr. Manhattan said.

"Building a utopia in the world after death is just a cowardly escape. But if you are willing to accept my help... it is a rush to a new future."

"You originally planned to build a fortress in the Dark Multiverse, right? With about 1/4 of your authority."

"Although your understanding of this power is shallow, and due to the lack of authority and lack of knowledge, you can't even weave your destiny. But you still have the ability to block Barbatos' influence...at least in such a small area. You can compete with Barbatos in the area. You feel that you can become the gatekeeper of the Dark Multiverse. You feel that you are capable and able to withstand the waves of Barbatos attacks in the Dark Multiverse.

"But you should know."

"The tragic fate of the Dark Multiverse was not entirely woven by Barbatos. He just made the Dark Multiverse move in the direction he wanted, and more... it was the result of the innate underdevelopment of those universes."

"You will go through hard times. What you have to resist is not only the attacks from outside the fortress, but also the malice given to you by the universe itself. Your actions have caused heavy damage to the multiverse, and at some point in the future, you You must take responsibility and complete the time loop to save the multiverse. This is the destiny you have cast for yourself, and this destiny is still vague and has not yet solidified. "

Dr. Manhattan looked at the confused Batman and whispered:

"If you can't understand, I might as well make it clearer: the emergency self-rescue of the super-time flow creates a mysterious reciprocal cause and effect."

"Now, the [result] of [the multiverse is saved] has been forcibly set, but the [cause] of [how the multiverse is saved] has not yet happened."

"Once you decide to continue according to the script written for you by the multiverse's super-time flow, you will inevitably face difficulties and obstacles that are still a mystery."

"But I can offer you an alternative."

Dr. Manhattan said: "I can help you and pull you out of this vortex of your own making."

"By transferring all the creatures in those two universes, you and your universe will be far away from the chaotic center of the multiverse and become the two most inconspicuous among countless parallel universes."

Dr. Manhattan gave examples: "For example, Batman in the Victorian world (see Gotham by Gaslight), Batman in the Western world..."

"They still exist in the DC universe, but they don't need to participate in any critical mission to save the multiverse."

"Although they are also immune cells in the multiverse, they are the ones that only need to protect their universe. Don't you want to be this kind of immune cell?"

Dr. Manhattan said: "You want to retire, don't you? When you retired last time, Alfred drove you out of Fiji when you were depressed and revived your determination to die. But after all, life in Fiji is your Wanted.”

(Note: Doctor Manhattan is talking about the history before being changed by the Golden Pioneer and the Time Master, but the timeline has been changed by the Golden Pioneer and the Time Master, and Fiji has exploded!)

"And I can help you. If your story were a book, it would be finished now. Why would you continue to involve your life in the endless fighting and fighting?"

"Then... what about the trouble I caused?" Chen Tao realized that the history Dr. Manhattan told was different from what he remembered, but he did not ask about it.

He raised another question and asked: "If I do what you said...if I follow my original plan and become the gatekeeper of the dark multiverse, I can fill the gap of causality and successfully save the entire multiverse. But once I accept your terms, who can save the entire multiverse on my behalf?”

The blue bald head was noncommittal.

"You're not special, Batman. Don't you know that no one in this world is irreplaceable?"

Dr. Manhattan said: "If it's not you, it will be someone else. Batman a Batman b, or even the Justice League, there will always be someone who can become that hero. You have thought about it yourself, right... Why do you always have to do it yourself? Why do you always have to do it yourself? Going through all this by yourself?”

"Why can some people be born easy and carefree? Why are some people born smarter than themselves without having to bear these responsibilities and sufferings?"

Dr. Manhattan said: "Now that you have an opportunity to escape these responsibilities, I can't see how you can escape it."

He said: "This is neither using death as an escape, nor is it indulging oneself in an irresponsible game life."

"You just carried the burden for too long and felt tired, so you just transferred the burden to another person."

"There is no moral pressure on this, is there? No one will condemn you for this. You just said that it was you who caused the trouble, but you think too highly of yourself. The entire multiverse has gone through countless competitions since its birth. Your situation this time is even more dangerous and terrifying. The crisis you caused may just cause the destruction of the multiverse. It seems serious, but it is not the first time it has happened."

Dr. Manhattan said: "The entire multiverse is a petri dish for crises. These crises will always happen with or without you. Don't take the cause of the crisis on yourself."

"You have done well enough. You can hand over your work and return the burden to the Justice League of the main universe."

"You have completed your heroic epic and have reached the boundary of the adventure story. But adventures all have an ending, don't they? It's time for you to return to Fiji and fulfill your promise to Alfred. Promise, you..."

"Fiji is ruined."

Manhattan then heard Batman say.

"What?"

He didn't react for a moment.

Manhattan raised his head sharply, and in an instant he read the history of Fiji's destruction, the history that had been tampered with by the Golden Pioneer and the Time Master.

Then he heard Batman say, "I can't even decide if my safe haven is safe when things are out of my control."

Dr. Manhattan was stunned. He is a person who exists in the past and future at the same time, but he didn't see the changes in time and space clearly just now. The causal connection between the past and the present is so mysterious that it is simply wonderful. For the first time, Dr. Manhattan saw things beyond his control. Change, does this mean that his previous understanding of the entire multiverse will be overturned?

Then he heard Batman say:

"Moreover, how do you want me to give up..."

"Where are the beings in this dark multiverse?"

"You...have you really thought about it? Are you really determined to make such a decision? The reason why you are willing to stay in the Dark Multiverse...you actually try to save life in the entire Dark Multiverse? Are you just Didn’t you think you would fail?”

asked Dr. Manhattan, confused and surprised by the results of his experiment.

"I'm seeking to control my own destiny," Chen Tao said.

"As for what you said..."

"fail?"

Dr. Manhattan heard Batman say: "Of course I thought about it, but what did you say?"

Dr. Manhattan saw Batman smiling lowly.

"A bat that loves to laugh will have good luck."