Chapter 250 The Hope to Defeat Du Wa Lies in the New 52 Universe!
"What an idiot. After all this time, Barbatos still hasn't shown any significant improvement... How did I end up creating such a useless pet?"
In the Sixth Dimension, a being of noble, sixth-dimensional origin was observing the events unfolding in the Multiverse.
Observing the three-dimensional from the sixth dimension was absurdly easy, allowing one to take in everything at a glance.
The World Forger and the Anti-Monitor saw Du Wa's emergence, saw Doctor Manhattan's appearance, and were also moved by the birth of the Quantum Batman.
But when it came to Barbatos, the World Forger commented coldly, his words filled with nothing but scorn and contempt.
The Anti-Monitor looked at his elder brother. "In the eyes of those in the Multiverse and the Sphere of the Gods, you are the idiot who was killed by Barbatos. Many of the deities born in the Third Generation don't even know of your existence."
The World Forger's expression didn't change. "The only reason I was 'killed' was because I needed to abandon my three-dimensional body and return to the Sixth Dimension to plot something more important. I've already achieved substantial results. If I wanted to, I could return to the Multiverse right now and let the deities of this generation feel my terror."
Neither the New Gods nor the Old Gods had lived through the era when the World Forger forged countless universes. At best, they only knew of the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor—the two still active in the Third Generation—and had little knowledge of the World Forger.
"Then why don't you go? Look at what Barbatos has done. He busied himself with so much, only to accomplish nothing in the end, and even had a quantum deity snatched away by Du Wa."
When the Anti-Monitor said Du Wa's name, he specifically used his divine power to sever all of Du Wa's perception, although theoretically, Du Wa couldn't detect changes in the Sixth Dimension. After all, this was the main control room for the DC World, an extremely transcendent and secret place.
"Quantum Batman..."
The World Forger's expression underwent a subtle change.
Doctor Manhattan's ability had indeed shaken Him to the core. To put it bluntly, even though He had spent countless ages creating numerous trump cards, He wouldn't dare claim He could definitively kill Doctor Manhattan.
And what happens? Before He could even figure out Doctor Manhattan's limits, a Quantum Batman pops up out of nowhere in the Dark Multiverse??
This was Batman!!
In the eyes of those who believed they had discovered the truth, Superman was the key. But the World Forger had discovered something else: Batman was a key as well.
"The destruction of almost every universe is related to the conflict between Batman and Superman. In a way, Batman—with his mortal body and a not-so-high level of intelligence, yet always able to create all sorts of miracles—is more dangerous than Superman! And now there's a Quantum Batman?"
The World Forger's expression grew somewhat grim. During the great battle between the Thought Robot Superman and Mandrakk, He had observed Quantum Superman and confirmed that the guy was extremely difficult to deal with. However, he didn't exhibit the same overwhelming power as Doctor Manhattan. Besides, he was essentially Captain Atom, not Superman at all.
But now the Quantum Batman had appeared. This guy was the real deal, a genuine Batman, and a Batman from a Dark Universe at that. If things followed their natural course, he was destined for a future of despair and tragedy.
But now he had been whisked away by Du Wa. This allowed the already hard-to-deal-with and hard-to-kill Du Wa to undergo an earth-shattering transformation. He had achieved a crucial breakthrough, leaping from the "weakest multiversal deity" to a terrifying figure that even ancient existences could no longer ignore.
"I'm worried that with his sudden surge in strength, Du Wa will find an excuse to move against other deities, snowballing in power and amassing a greater number of multiversal deities under his command. You must have thought of this possibility too. It's the very thing making those fellows in the Sphere of the Gods so anxious."
The Anti-Monitor watched Du Wa. He too had died at Du Wa's hands. If there was any silver lining, it was that He hadn't been subjected to Du Wa's damn parasitism. Otherwise, all of His secrets would have been completely extracted, and the existence of the Sixth Dimension would have been exposed to Du Wa's sight. He immediately said, "To be honest, I was just worried that Du Wa would take the opportunity to defeat Barbatos and turn him into a Xenomorph. I don't know why he gave up... Barbatos has no means to truly threaten Du Wa."
This was something the World Forger couldn't figure out either. Why not take the opportunity to parasitize Barbatos?
It was perfectly normal for Barbatos to want to destroy the Multiverse. After all, he was created for the sole purpose of destroying universes, and he also knew about Perpetua.
Destroying the Multiverse could thwart Perpetua's plan to turn the DC World into a super-weapon factory. Taking a step back, if he discovered Perpetua was too powerful and couldn't be beaten, Barbatos could immediately change his tune, defect to her side, and ask Perpetua to transform him, allowing him to escape his old origin.
No matter how he played it, Barbatos had a future. But if Du Wa succeeded, he would have nothing left.
"Perhaps something happened that we didn't perceive. But never mind. With Du Wa's cautious retreat, the Multiverse can enjoy a rare period of peace."
The World Forger still felt that the matters of the Sixth Dimension were more important. He had already perfected the Six-Dimensional Multiverse, created the Godkiller Armor, and formed the Sixth Dimension Justice League, with Himself personally filling the role of Superman.
"Well then, since Barbatos is so useless and unreliable, it seems I'll have to rely on myself... It's time to find the right moment to destroy the Multiverse. When that time comes, I will use my Six-Dimensional Multiverse to replace it, kill all the villains, preserve all the righteous, and build a safer, more stable Utopia!"
That's right. The World Forger's goal also required the destruction of the Multiverse to be achieved.
Du Wa, lingering in the Multiverse and refusing to leave, was, to put it plainly, an obstacle.
"However, two multiverse-level combatants? Unless the Quantum Batman also possesses Doctor Manhattan's ability to create a large number of clones, he is no match for me."
The World Forger himself was a solid multiverse-level being. He just needed to find a reliable Batman to control the Godkiller Armor, and he would have another multiverse-level combatant.
Add to that the six-dimensional forms of the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor.
Unless Perpetua were to break free immediately, the World Forger was absolutely confident that he would succeed and obtain what he desired.
The only unknown now was what that fellow, the Monitor, was up to. He had been completely silent during the recent series of Major Events, which was very strange. Not even the World Forger and the Anti-Monitor knew what the Monitor was doing.
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Main Universe.
The Quantum Batman appeared beside Du Wa and Doctor Manhattan.
"How beautiful. Another me." Doctor Manhattan sized up the Quantum Batman. He had watched the events in the Dark Multiverse unfold in their entirety and had witnessed the Quantum Batman's birth.
In a world so different from the Watchmen Universe, using the same method could actually give birth to a new quantum deity?
"There's no need to ponder it. His success certainly had an element of luck, but from the moment of his birth, it became impossible for another Quantum Batman to appear, no matter how many times you experiment on countless other Batmen," Du Wa said.
The Quantum Batman only became a quantum deity because he is Batman.
Doctor Manhattan understood immediately, without a trace of surprise.
"I didn't understand before why you dared to create hundreds of yourself. Now I know. You lack the emotions and personal desires inherent to normal life. The thoughts of a normal living being are constantly changing, producing different desires and actions based on objective conditions. You, however, do not."
The Quantum Batman lost interest in Doctor Manhattan.
The Quantum Batman could also use the trick of creating more versions of himself, indistinguishable from the main body and clones, but he would lose control if he did.
Some Quantum Batmen might be willing to listen to Du Wa and remain patient for now, but others would definitely choose to storm back to the Dark Multiverse and destroy the source of all distortion and imperfection.
Things would get out of hand.
Only Doctor Manhattan, who possesses divinity and can forever remain like an objective entity, wouldn't have to worry about losing control.
"My Main Universe counterpart is quite mediocre, and Superman is nothing special either. Do you plan to convert the entire Main Universe into your Xenomorphs? In terms of strength, you're capable of it, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's more beneficial for you to leave these guys on the back burner for now," said the Quantum Batman.
Du Wa deeply agreed, because this was exactly what he was thinking. The Main Universe Superman's full strength had yet to be revealed, and the Main Universe Batman had yet to obtain his strongest form—the Godkiller Armor, with a combat power that pointed directly to the multiverse level.
Those three from the Sixth Dimension were still watching menacingly. If Du Wa truly pushed them too far, they might pull a Great Fusion, with the three brothers merging into the Ultimate Monitor, which would be very troublesome for Du Wa.
"I plan to carve out a Xenomorph World within the Sphere of the Gods and move a portion of my Xenomorphs there. That should stop certain individuals from constantly eyeing me," Du Wa said.
These days, every big shot and their mother wanted to destroy the Multiverse. Du Wa would either become their obstacle or be considered one of them, fated to eventually parasitize every living being in the Multiverse and turn all things into Xenomorphs.
But Du Wa had no interest in such things. He wasn't interested in going all-in at this stage. The time wasn't right.
"What do you plan to do? Just follow me around like this?" Du Wa frowned, looking at Doctor Manhattan.
This guy was a ticking time bomb. Although he was now showing a tendency to become a Du Wa admirer, it was just a tendency. Du Wa, after all, could never be a child of DC Comics like Superman, capable of achieving anything and everything, the possible and the impossible.
Doctor Manhattan looked up at the sky and thought for a moment. "I will leave for now. This world still holds many secrets. I will quietly observe its evolution without interfering with reality."
"That is the correct decision. Otherwise, I would have to find a way to expel you, or even find a way to kill you." Du Wa had, in fact, already dedicated a portion of his computing power to devising several plans to covertly kill Doctor Manhattan. The simplest, for example, was to throw Doctor Manhattan onto the Source Wall and let the guy have a chat with the likes of Yuga Khan.
Doctor Manhattan quickly vanished, seeping into the history of DC Comics.
"Some of your subordinates don't seem to be lying low. They're making strange moves." The Quantum Batman looked toward the New 52 Universe.
Du Wa nodded slightly. "I already know what they're trying to do. Even after I advanced to a multiversal deity, they still haven't given up. This is good. I actually hope they can fully exercise their own initiative when they act, so I don't have to forcefully control them every time, truly using them as living computers."
This time, it was again several Batmen jointly stirring up trouble, with faint traces of the Main Universe Batman's involvement.
Main Universe Earth.
It had been well-preserved. As long as Main Universe Earth existed, the Main Universe would remain stable, and the Multiverse could maintain maximum stability.
But the battle between Du Wa and Doctor Manhattan had also pushed Earth to the brink of destruction. The people on Earth could also observe the tragic state of other planets in the Main Universe, as well as other universes.
Late at night, a bald man in heavy armor secretly infiltrated the Batcave. "I thought you were smarter than this. I can't believe you'd make such a deliberate move at a critical juncture like this. If you're exposed, you'll become part of the Xenomorphs too."
The Main Universe Batman didn't even look up. "That's not important. At this stage, I can't find a completely reliable way to shield myself from Du Wa's sight. I can only try using the Mother Box and Father Box that Darkseid left behind when he came to Earth. But doing so is precisely what shows I'm undertaking some kind of clandestine operation. Yet, I can't proceed without taking precautions."
"So, you're pinning your hopes on Du Wa being as arrogant and indifferent as ever, disdaining to pay attention to your little schemes?"
The Main Universe's Lex Luthor couldn't help but shake his head. He truly felt he must have been insane to come here after deciphering the coded message Batman had left.
"Let me see... the New 52 Universe?? Brilliant. I already regret this. You're actually placing your hope in a bunch of guys from a parallel universe." Lex Luthor was utterly shocked.
What the hell? The Main Universe Batman is relying on other Batmen? This is simply absurd!
Lex Luthor himself had never taken an interest in the God of Knowledge Lex Luthor from the DCEU or Alexander Luthor from Earth-3, yet Batman had?
"Only through action is there hope. The longer we delay, the stronger Du Wa will become. He will improve his strength at an even more astonishing rate. This time, we only have to face Du Wa, and his strongest underlings are merely a few Xenomorphs like Thanoseid. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid we'll have to face an even greater number of multiversal deities."
If he had any other choice, the Main Universe Batman wouldn't have resorted to this method. Fortunately, the New 52 Universe hadn't disappointed him. It truly lived up to its status as the universe second only to the Main Universe!
While Du Wa was busy fighting Doctor Manhattan and getting entangled with the likes of the Ghost and Barbatos, several Batmen took advantage of the opportunity to launch an operation in the New 52 Universe—a pure land that had not been subjected to Du Wa's large-scale invasion.
They had created an extremely powerful suit of armor, one that had the chance to turn the tables.
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