chapter 308 part 2
Golden Superman had reason to suspect that within the Fifth Dimension, a monster of imagination that stood above all other imagination had been born.
And the result proved his suspicion correct.
"Clark, it's so good to see you! Hurry up and take down this madman! Doctor Manhattan is destroying the Fifth Dimension, and I'm helpless against Him!" Mister Mxyzptlk threw himself at Golden Superman, weeping and full of remorse.
Golden Superman's expression was grave as he stared intently at Doctor Manhattan and the monster being born from devouring a massive amount of imagination. "I look away for one moment, and you get involved with a dangerous Outsider like Doctor Manhattan... You've made a huge mistake. Every Outsider is extremely dangerous, wielding powers completely different from what we understand. You shouldn't have made contact with Doctor Manhattan without understanding the situation."
He really wanted to pry open Mister Mxyzptlk's skull to see what on earth the guy was thinking.
Wasn't the example of Du Wa, the God of Xenomorphs, enough? In an extremely short time, he had been promoted from an ordinary Celestial to a Multiversal God, allowing the creature known as the Xenomorph to cover every corner of the Multiverse.
Not to mention Doctor Manhattan, who had displayed multiversal-level combat power the moment he appeared in the DC World!
What was truly terrifying was Doctor Manhattan's ability to replicate himself, creating many formidable copies. Even a god like Du Wa had no good way to deal with Doctor Manhattan, so Golden Superman was even more reluctant to fight him.
But no matter how unwilling he was, he had to bite the bullet and step up. Otherwise, the Fifth Dimension would be finished. This monster, born from imagination, would eventually perform a dimensional descent into the Multiverse and create a terrible disaster.
"This is really something... The gods are all camped out in the Main Universe, focusing on the affairs of another multiverse, yet here I am in the Fifth Dimension, trying to save the World Within the Wall. It's unlikely any of them will abandon the major events in the Main Universe to come and help me with this crisis at such a crucial time," Golden Superman thought to himself.
Mister Mxyzptlk cried, "It's because I sensed that this naked guy also relies on imagination to use his strength! But the imagination He uses is completely different from the imagination I understand. That's why I followed Him. But I never expected that I'd just tell a story, and He would use His own imagination to create the Tenth-Dimensional Being from the story..."
A Tenth-Dimensional Being?
Golden Superman's expression changed drastically. Just the involvement of the Tenth Dimension, the endpoint of all dimensions, was absurd enough. The Tenth Dimension could naturally inflict a dimensionality reduction strike on anything and everything, inherently standing at the absolute highest point!
However...
"A Tenth-Dimensional Being created using the imagination of the Fifth Dimension... I've never seen anything like it. It's truly inconceivable. If it were a genuine Tenth-Dimensional Being, even I would be no match for it. But this fake one... shouldn't be a problem."
Golden Superman had never even heard of such a thing as a Tenth-Dimensional Being. A life form from the endpoint of dimensions shouldn't exist at all; it would be a being of true, innate divinity.
He threw a punch at Doctor Manhattan. As long as he could destroy the strange "imagination" Doctor Manhattan was using, everything would be fine.
"It's useless. The fusion of the connective power and imagination was a great success. The birth of the Tenth-Dimensional Being is inevitable," Doctor Manhattan said coldly. "I had no intention of destroying this place, but the evolution of events has exceeded my predictions."
"Is that your answer? You're destroying a world!" Golden Superman furiously threw a punch, which Doctor Manhattan caught steadily with an outstretched hand.
"You are not the Main Universe Superman; it's impossible for you to pose a threat to me like he can." Doctor Manhattan turned his head slightly. "And the Main Universe Superman has already been sent to the Intersection Zone by Du Wa."
Doctor Manhattan had no intention of fighting Golden Superman. He hadn't expected this situation to occur either, but since it had happened, so be it.
Expecting a being full of divinity to experience emotions like regret, pain, self-blame, or pity was simply unrealistic. Through one experience after another, Doctor Manhattan had continuously shed his own humanity. By the time He left Du Wa, He had already completed a total metamorphosis.
With this brief confrontation between the two gods, it was now impossible to prevent the birth of the Tenth-Dimensional Being.
In an instant, the entire Fifth Dimension fell into a state of stagnation. All fluctuations of imagination came to an abrupt halt.
A strange woman, impossible to describe with words, stood unsteadily, looking as if she were utterly unfamiliar with her own body.
"You should not have been born, nor should you exist. The Fifth Dimension should not exist as a place to sustain you." Brimming with righteous fury, Golden Superman unleashed his golden heat vision, attempting to kill the Tenth-Dimensional Being.
But this was clearly ineffective against the Tenth-Dimensional Being, merely wearing away a tiny bit of imagination.
With a wave of the Tenth-Dimensional Being's hand, the nearby imagination converged, replenishing Her body. She watched Golden Superman indifferently and simply lifted a hand. The entire Fifth Dimension suddenly trembled, as if oppressed by a higher dimension.
With a loud bang, Golden Superman felt as if he had suffered the most irresistible attack in countless ages. Every inch of his body began to crumble, and blood splattered.
Golden Superman's expression became extremely grim. With a roar, streams of golden light, like flames, erupted from every cell in his body, shattering the power pressing down on him piece by piece.
"I am Superman first, and a Fifth-Dimensional Being second!" Golden Superman roared, charging at the Tenth-Dimensional Being once more. He unleashed the solar energy accumulated over countless years, fully activating his Kryptonian physique that had lain dormant for too long.
Across the entire World Within the Wall, Golden Superman was a particularly special Superman. Unlike the Main Universe Superman, who could move the entire DC World, Golden Superman's very life form had undergone a major change. No one could be certain what Golden Superman's true level was.
The Tenth-Dimensional Being was the first to find out. The price was the extensive shattering of Her body, but She had yet to fall.
"Clark, this thing is too bizarre! Fighting Her is like battling the Fifth Dimension itself! But this artificial Tenth-Dimensional Being is also strange; She possesses characteristics that surpass the Fifth Dimension. I feel very..." Mister Mxyzptlk took advantage of a lull in the fighting to hastily fly to Golden Superman's side, trailing off hesitantly.
"Contradictory. Because a Tenth-Dimensional Being is a conflict born from defying logic."
A voice rang out.
Doctor Manhattan watched coolly as Du Wa performed a dimensional ascension into the Fifth Dimension, remaining silent. He had nothing to say; He was merely interested in the future evolution of history.
"The Fifth Dimension is so lively that it can be felt throughout the Multiverse. Those other guys are reluctant to leave the Main Universe, but I'm different. I can leave anytime, anywhere. But I never expected that you, by running into an idiot like Mister Mxyzptlk, would create such a huge surprise for me."
Du Wa looked in amazement at this Tenth-Dimensional Being, who was a walking contradiction. He felt that the fact this thing could be born at all, however incomplete, was a miracle of miracles.
(end of chapter)