svetikya Chapter 301 Chen Tao's Matryoshka Doll Plan: The Worst-Case Scenario
Chapter 301 Chen Tao's Matryoshka Doll Plan: The Worst-Case Scenario
Chapter 301 Chen Tao's Matryoshka Doll Plan: The Worst-Case Scenario
Chen Tao remotely controlled the replica of the Green Lantern Ring he had created, watching the conflicted expression on Reverse-Flash Swann's face.
That's right, the image appearing in the green light ring wasn't a pre-recorded audio message; it was something he manipulated in real time. Disguising it as a recording was merely a way to prevent Reverse-Flash from thinking he had room to negotiate.
Furthermore, he gave the replica of the Green Lantern Ring not out of concern for the other person's life. The reason he gave the other person a Green Lantern Ring to protect him was because, although the replica actively created by the Green Lantern Ring had the same functions as the original Green Lantern Ring, such as the ability to materialize, access the Book of Oa, and translate cosmic languages in real time, it had one crucial characteristic:
A Lantern using a replica Green Lantern ring can't resist a Lantern using the original ring!
In the original comics, Sinestro, who returned to the Green Lantern Corps from the Yellow Lantern, gave his replica ring to Hal Jordan, enabling Hal, who had been expelled from the Green Lantern Corps, to become Green Lantern again. The first thing Hal did after receiving the ring was to attack Sinestro, and the result was predictable.
When it came to Chen Tao, he tampered with this replica of the Green Lantern Ring several times more than he had with Sinestro. So now, as long as Reverse-Flash wears this ring, and given the numerous magical traps Chen Tao left on him after capturing him, he can completely force and manipulate him to merge with the Black Runner, thus continuing his plan.
But he hasn't done so yet.
The main reason is:
In principle, Chen Tao adheres to the principle of voluntariness and never wants to force others.
All of this is because he is a shining superhero, a guardian of justice, and a champion of humanitarian morality.
He once stood before God and swore that he fucking respected human rights. Even if it was a villain, he would follow his moral code, not coerce or force, but protect and fully respect personal wishes, making the other party feel incredibly—hahaha, hahaha, hahahahahaha!
Okay. Chen Tao couldn't keep up the story.
vomit!
The truth is, it's always better to let someone do things themselves than to force them.
Therefore, Chen Tao desperately hoped that Reverse Lightning would be sensible and not require him to take action himself.
In fact, this time the situation does seem to be developing in a positive direction.
Chen Tao looked at Reverse Lightning, who had reached out to put the green light ring on his finger, and was overjoyed.
It's good that he knew what was good about it; he immediately opened the sonic boom channel and led Reverse Lightning onto the battlefield.
Meanwhile, in the distance, the battle between Darkseid and Superman Supreme continued unabated, which was good, because Chen Tao only needed to take one last step:
Completely make Reverse Lightning the host of the Black Runner.
Chen Tao turned his head and looked at the black-clad runner lying beside him.
His previous host was probably just an ordinary creature; it would definitely like Reverse-Flash.
"Hey, don't get beaten up."
Chen Tao synchronized with the Red Death Demon and appeared beside Darkseid, who was still being attacked relentlessly.
At this moment, the dignified Lord of Apocalypse was beaten bloody and could no longer even scream. His retaliatory fists were gradually worn down by the Supreme Superman's own fists, and then he was hammered into the ground.
Using his speed advantage, Chen Tao reached their rapidly moving battlefield, then synchronized with a portion of the Green Lantern Batman, connecting to his brain via the Green Lantern ring and telling Darkseid in his mind:
"I have summoned Reverse-Flash. You must control the Black Runner, and then I, with the help of the Reverse Speed Force, will make Reverse-Flash the new host of the Black Runner."
Chen Tao told him, "I have already used a technology called lightning rod from Gorilla City. The machine has been installed and is ready for use at any time."
This is the same machine that Gorilla Grodd used to drain half of the Speed Force from Central City. Chen Tao and Lucius modified it, making its coverage area larger, at least covering the entire planet.
This is why Chen Tao had previously synchronized with the Red Death Demon, running around the entire planet and appearing and disappearing in front of Darkseid.
He had been assembling the machine and hiding it on the other half of Apokolips, a planet untouched by the battles of Superman Supreme and Darkseid.
When Reverse-Flash arrives, he will immediately start the machine to drain all the Speed Force from Apokolips and then pour it all into Reverse-Flash. He doesn't believe that this won't hurt Superman Supreme.
“That’s simply impossible. The Black Walker wouldn’t just randomly choose someone as its host,” Darkseid said. “While I can control this thing, I can’t possibly order it to just randomly choose someone as its host.”
He said, "No way, this is the method you're talking about?"
"Just give it your all, and I refuse to believe that Black Walker won't choose Reverse Lightning after all this."
Chen Tao said, "Be prepared at any time."
boom!
Darkseid was hit in the face by Superman Supreme once again, and then couldn't say a word. Chen Tao took it as a tacit agreement.
"What are you two talking about?"
Although they communicated through the Green Light Ring, making Superman Supreme uncertain about their interaction, he still instinctively sensed that they were talking.
He slightly shifted his attention from Darkseid to Chen Tao, then raised his fist:
"You'd better not be stupid enough to..."
But before he could finish speaking, he saw Batman turn his feet into tires, turn around, and disappear.
"..."
Seeing this, Superman ignored Chen Tao and slammed his raised fist into Darkseid's face again.
And not far away...
Chen Tao ran away from the battlefield between the two and then summoned the portal to the Explosive Channel on Apokolips.
What appeared on the other side of the portal was none other than Reverse Lightning.
"Your gear is here!"
Chen Tao waved to the other party with practiced ease, and then stepped aside.
Behind him was the black-clad walker, now only half-dead, with the large patch of earth on which he lay dug out and placed there quietly like a sculpture.
"Merge with this guy."
Chen Tao told the other person, "It seems you've read my message. To make a long story short, after merging with it, you'll possess unprecedented power. I'll protect you with a lightning rod. I've modified that thing; it also has the power of a cosmic treadmill. I'll use the Speed Force to run on it continuously, adding both the Inverse Speed Force and the Speed Force to your body. At that speed—"
"It will increase my speed to unimaginable limits, but as the embodiment of death, it will not be able to travel through time."
"That's right. You're going to severely injure Superman. That's your destiny."
"Fate..."
Reverse-Flash said, "Okay."
At this moment, Reverse-Flash, despite wearing the Green Lantern ring which created a protective force field for him, was still somewhat dazed, his hand unconsciously holding the Flash suit that Chen Tao had given him earlier, without saying a word.
He accepted the green light ring, but refused the red and yellow uniform. He held the uniform carefully in his hands, as if it were something fragile.
He heard what Batman said, then looked down and stared blankly at the lightning bolt symbol on his uniform.
So many years have passed. This scene is so familiar. He initially obtained the Speed Force by picking up a Flash suit that fell out of a time portal and collecting the Speed Force from it, which completely changed his research on the Speed Force and ultimately led him to successfully replicate the Flash's accident, becoming Reverse-Flash.
This uniform was the beginning of his story, his tarnished glory, and his shattered dreams.
It is where everything begins.
How could this not make Reverse Lightning feel slightly dazed?
He clutched the uniform, then heard Batman saying things like "save the world," as if he had never experienced such a long villainous career, and all the impurities had disappeared.
He seemed to have reverted to being the same fervent admirer of The Flash he once was, clutching The Flash's uniform and fantasizing about becoming as great as The Flash.
But why... did things turn out this way?
Reverse Lightning doesn't know.
But Batman's urging pulled him back to reality.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's time to act. Time waits for no one, Darkseid won't last long. We need to fuse you with this guy quickly. Then you just need to run fast and collide with the black runner, understand?"
He knew it was time for him to make his move.
Reverse-Flash wanted to put on the Flash suit immediately, but after much hesitation, he abandoned the red suit and kept the yellow one.
He shouldn't have worn that suit. You know, he doesn't deserve it. He's Reverse-Flash, not The Flash. He's known that for many years. He understood his destiny from that Flash museum, and he's accepted it all over the years.
Intense lightning flashed. Red energy leaped and surged on Reverse Lightning's body, and Chen Tao ran alongside it. In an instant, the lightning rod drained the entire speed force of Apokolips.
Everything started to slow down.
Reverse-Flash began circling the entire planet, even stopping Superman Supreme and Darkseid, who were fighting nearby, in mid-air as their Speed Force was drained. Chen Tao could even see Darkseid desperately reaching out to grab Superman Supreme's cheek, while the heat emanating from Superman Supreme's eyes stopped right in front of Darkseid's eyes.
Immediately following a deafening roar, Reverse Lightning and Black Walker collided, but when the dust settled, Chen Tao only saw Reverse Lightning crash to the ground.
and many more……
It failed?!
Chen Tao stared blankly at Reverse Lightning, who was lying paralyzed on the ground.
This is terrible? Why? This doesn't make sense.
Chen Tao's mood instantly soured. Darkseid must have already cooperated. In the original comic book storyline, the Anti-Monitor was able to take away Darkseid's control over the Black Walker because he possessed the Anti-Life Equation. That kind of thing distorts the free will of living beings and alters the underlying logic of things, so it's not surprising that it could solve the control problem.
However, this does not mean that the Omega effect has a weak control over black pedestrians!
With the other party's help, he should have been able to easily achieve his plan. He had already made preparations to the limit: the Green Lantern Ring, the Lightning Rod, the Speed Force, and even running alongside Reverse-Speed Flash to provide him with the Reverse-Speed Force...
He did so much, so why did he still fail?
Is the universe truly in a dark phase, with everything heading in the worst possible direction?
Chen Tao took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
It's okay, he has a backup plan, and the backup plan is quite simple:
It's likely that Athocitas doesn't know that the moment he met William Hand, he planted a nanobot on him powerful enough to kill him. Now, all he has to do is teleport William Hand to Apokolips using the sonic boom, then snap his fingers, and William Hand will die instantly, while the Black Death Emperor will appear in reality with a whoosh.
The Supreme Superman has been identified by the Black Runner as a bug that should have died but has not yet completely died and needs to be fixed. When the Black Death Emperor, who is also one of the manifestations of death, comes out and sees this guy, he will definitely pick up his scythe and fight.
The two of them will then fight each other on Apokolips. Well, such a battle may lead to the destruction of Apokolips, but... what does that have to do with him?
Anyway, this is Apokolips, not Earth.
There's an old saying that goes, "Never be afraid to run away after getting into trouble."
Darkseid and the Black Death Emperor were enough to send Superman Supreme back to the Origin Wall. As for Apokolips... well, the old Batman has already kept his promise.
So, have you taken care of Superman yet?
The worst-case scenario is that he uses Brainiac's shrinking ray to shrink the entire Earth into a bottle, then turns around and runs away in his spaceship, slowly studying the spirits of existence on Earth—those things are the Black Death Emperor's nemesis, the white light of life.
Chen Tao named this final plan Project Wandering Earth! (Just kidding!)
In short, he can slowly make his way away and wait until the three-way battle between Darkseid, Superman Supreme, and Black Death Emperor is nearly over before cleaning up the mess.
Therefore, for Chen Bat, although the possibility of "plan failure" is unavoidable, the possibility of "failing to achieve the goal" will never exist.
This is why he can put on such an "everything is under my control" expression, just like the Batman Who Laughs. In his plan, Darkseid is just a pure tool, and he hasn't considered the other party's life or death at all.
I don't care if you die! You'd better just die a violent death soon!
Of course, of course, this is the worst-case scenario.
He has to... try again.
(End of this chapter)