HCB Chapter 470 A Man Who Doesn't Want to Eat Shit in a World Where People Eat Shit
Chapter 470 A Man Who Doesn't Want to Eat Shit in a World Where People Eat Shit
Chapter 470 A Man Who Doesn't Want to Eat Shit in a World Where People Eat Shit
Shocking! Batman brutally beats a pregnant woman who is 10 months along. Is this a sign of distorted humanity or moral decay? Could it be...?
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In short, Chen Tao took a deep breath.
He looked down and saw the Super Queen collapse unconscious at his feet in a very alluring pose, revealing her pregnant belly, which looked like a balloon.
Chen Tao briefly reflected on his own actions:
"No, no, I'm getting a little carried away. Calm down, calm down. I shouldn't be so aggressive towards the Super Queen."
"All she did was threaten Wonder Woman with a curse and waste my time, preventing me from saving the world. It's no big deal..."
He comforted himself in this way, and soon Chen Tao adjusted his mindset and immediately became confident and self-assured.
Chen Tao brought Supergirl back to the Justice League headquarters. He was about to call Martian Manhunter of the Justice League to take over the follow-up matters, but after thinking about it, he transferred the communication to Killer Croc and asked him to release Poison Ivy from the Red of All Beings who was lying in wait.
Super Queen's plans may involve some seemingly unethical elements. Although these elements are only "seemingly" unethical, it is best not to disclose such potentially misleading information to the Justice League.
"I have to go... I need to get back to work and do what I have to do."
As he was thinking this, he hurriedly locked Super Queen in the cell below the Justice League headquarters. Then, as he was going upstairs in the elevator, he ran into Lex Luthor.
Lex Luthor, dressed in a suit, strode confidently into the elevator.
This was clearly the lowest underground cell, but after the elevator doors opened, Luthor didn't leave the elevator. Instead, he just watched Batman come in and they both ascended to a higher floor together.
This behavior is essentially telling Batman directly, "I'm here to see you," or "I have something to talk to you about."
However, Chen Tao was so engrossed in thinking about other things that his brain automatically ignored the action language Luther had given.
"..."
Luther waited for a long time, thinking about many things Batman might say, such as "I guessed why you came" or "If you have a reason, you'd better explain it quickly," but he never thought that Batman would just ignore him.
In the end, Luthor had no choice but to abandon his aloof attitude and try to get Batman to speak first, but even so, his first words were still enough to make a strong first impression.
"You've rebooted the timeline, Batman. This means our previous attempt to fight the Anti-Monitor failed, so you can only rely on rebooting time to buy yourself some time."
Luther said:
"Even though the time restart erased my memories, I can still guess... the Justice League was wiped out, right?"
Luther stated almost definitively, "You somehow merged with Barry Allen, you completely seized Barry Allen's speed in a way I don't understand, causing you to reset the entire timeline of the universe. This also caused the Flash in our current timeline to completely disappear; no one can find his location."
Chen Tao suddenly looked at him.
To be honest, he was taken aback.
It has to be said that he is indeed Lex Luthor. After the time restart, he realized the changes that had occurred in the world in such a short time. Compared to the Justice League members who were ignorant and had no idea what had happened, the boiled egg next to him was undoubtedly the one who reacted the fastest.
"Yes." Chen Tao nodded and admitted it directly.
This only made Luther chuckle: "You're just admitting it like that? Aren't you afraid I'll undermine morale and make you look for another way out?"
"You are Lex Luthor," Luthor then heard Batman say.
"You are very likely the smartest person in the world... bar none."
Since saying nice things doesn't cost anything, Chen Tao started spouting nonsense again: "You're the kind of person who specializes in solving problems, Loser. You're not a coward who runs away from problems."
"No one visits a temple without a reason," Chen Tao realized. Luther, dressed in a suit and tie and looking all smart, had come to him to show off his intelligence, so he must have made some breakthroughs in his plans.
Since that's the case, why not praise him a bit and tell him to stop keeping us in suspense?
Luther's mood inexplicably improved, even though he knew Batman was just saying nice things on purpose. But emotions and reason are always separate, and even a smart man like Luther is no exception.
So he readily said, "I have a plan, and I'm sure I have a fantastic plan."
"The Anti-Monitor is trying to devour our universe, and Night Owl... I don't know if you've investigated him, Bruce, but on Night Owl's side, his universe is complete."
"Night Owl secured the preservation of his universe by submitting to the Anti-Monitor."
"So you're planning to make me surrender to the anti-surveillance agents?"
“Of course not,” Luther said. “But we can trap the Anti-Monitor inside Night Owl’s universe, then use the Speed Force to destroy Night Owl’s universe. That way, the Anti-Monitor will be temporarily trapped inside Night Owl’s universe due to the Speed Force.”
Unbeknownst to Luther, his thoughts were, in some mysterious way, completely aligned with those of Night Owl.
This is both a coincidence and an inevitability. When a clever person discovers that their world is destined for destruction, they often exhaust their wisdom and rack their brains to find a way to break free.
If they are facing the same problem, they will naturally arrive at almost the same solution.
"Think about it, Batman. As long as the Anti-Monitor is trapped in Night Owl's universe, it will be stuck for a long time. At that time, we can drive our universe to drift onto the orbit of other universes, first destroy the other universe, and then completely take over its nest and start a new life."
Luther said, "We can sacrifice other universes to save our world."
Chen Tao was somewhat dazed again.
He heard Lex Luthor tell him, "Night Owl was never one of us, Batman. Our universe can be preserved by sacrificing his universe."
"But there are many innocent ordinary people in the Night Owl Universe struggling on the brink of death," Chen Tao instinctively answered Luther's question. "Doing this is tantamount to sacrificing their lives to protect our world!"
"So what? The people of Night Owl's world are aliens to us; they're not from our world at all!" Luther said.
"They're not even aliens, they're just extraterrestrials at best. Batman, are you going to shower your kindness on a bunch of extraterrestrials?"
"As long as our world can survive, that's your wish, and it's mine too, isn't it?"
Chen Tao was speechless. He finally asked, "Do you really think it's as easy as you say?"
"Leaving aside the moral controversy surrounding your actions, do you really think you can do what you've said?"
Chen Tao said, "Expel the Anti-Monitors from Night Owl's universe? Cause Speed Force disruptions and create Speed Force storms in Night Owl's universe? Alter the multiverse orbit of our single universe?"
He said, "Unless these problems are solved, all your assumptions are just empty talk."
Chen Tao regained his composure. He was about to say something when he heard Luther's reply.
"I'm ready."
"What?"
"Gorilla Grud's lightning rod, have you forgotten about that? Technology from Gorilla City," Luther said. "Did you think I was sleeping soundly in my room when I wasn't around?"
"I found Gorilla City, the hometown of Gorilla Grud. Although it has been almost wiped out by Steppenwolves and most of the gorillas have left the ruins and rebuilt their homes in places we don't know, the complete city still exists."
"I found all the research data on the Speed Force in the city over thousands of years, and I also met dozens of former residents of the city whose intelligence had deteriorated due to the loss of the Speed Force's protection, and who had been reduced to beasts again."
Luthor and Batman took the elevator to the upper level of the Justice League base. As they walked down the corridor, Luthor continued, "I modified that lightning rod, and now it's practically a speed force storm generator."
"Building the Speed Force may be difficult, but destroying it is much easier. Many books have mentioned the terrible consequences of forcing the Speed Force in Gorilla City a long time ago."
"And what about the issue of altering the orbit of the Dark Multiverse?"
Luther said, "I've done my research on that too."
Then Luther said somewhat vaguely, "I've confirmed it through some means and spies."
"What do you mean?"
"If we can't come up with a plan for how to move our universe forward, then we'll ask the people who have made those plans."
Luther said, "There's something I need to tell you..."
Luther openly confessed to Chen Tao about Night Owl's invitation for him to directly participate in the transformation of the Green Lantern Corps, which consisted of over 2000 people.
Although the Green Lantern Corps is now nominally under the control of Night Owl, and Night Owl knows that Luther can maintain a certain degree of control over the Corps.
What he didn't know was that Luthor held not a portion of the control, but all of it. The reason these legions obeyed Night Owl was simply because Luthor had granted him that authority!
"If I can get these troops to turn against me, I can catch Night Owl off guard."
Luther said, "According to the intelligence I've gathered, Night Owl uses a weapon called the 'Heart of the Planet' to derail his universe from its orbit."
The guardians of their universe (the little blue men) waged a war millions of years ago to wipe out all magical creatures in the universe. After their victory, they stored the remaining magical energy in the core of a planet. The Night Owl then created a device around the planet's core to propel their escape from the universe.
"Once we kill the night owl and steal this thing, we can propel our universe out of control."
Luther said, "Think about it, Batman. I've figured out everything about Night Owl. Don't think you're the only one who's working so hard."
Luther said, "I know this might be a difficult decision for you, but I have only one request: we must kill Night Owl and get our hands on what he's prepared. Night Owl only cares about his own world; do you know what he's done?"
He quickly explained to Chen Tao how Night Owl was trying to seize resources from the Justice League's world, including not only the 2000 Green Lanterns, but also Starro the Space Conqueror and other things that Night Owl considered valuable, all of which he had already bought up.
"I need your help now, Batman. I've already fulfilled two of the three conditions. The remaining one is to push the Anti-Monitor into Night Owl's universe, and only you can do that."
Luther stated bluntly, "Because you are strong enough."
He said sincerely, "Only you are capable of leading this plan."
"This would kill all the innocent people in the Night Owl Universe."
"So what? Batman? This is the second time you've said something like that. Look at all the people who believe in you, all the people in this world who believe in you, the idiots on the streets, the bastards sitting in Congress and the Pentagon, and the vast majority of ordinary people in this country."
"They never thought you'd fail, Batman. Didn't you ever consider what would happen if you did?"
"Want me to recite the Gotham Code to you, Batman?"
"Batman can never fail, because he knows that if he fails, many people will die for him. He will always win, forever..."
"Enough, Luther, stop with your rhetoric. I'm thinking about it."
Chen Tao interrupted Luther.
He almost agreed…almost. But then he steadied himself. In an instant, he swept all the weak thoughts from his mind into the trash heap.
"No."
He said firmly.
“What does ‘no’ mean?” Luther asked.
"Listen to me, Lex." Chen Tao took a deep breath.
Let me give you an example.
"If we lived in a very poor world, extremely poor, poorer than any place you can imagine."
"The people there fight and kill each other just to grab a mouthful of dog shit. No matter how hard they try, all they do is wallow in the shit."
"So tell me, Lex, what should we do if we find ourselves living in such a world?"
Luther remained silent.
"We can't work so hard just to grab a bite of fresher, hotter shit, Lex. If we're going to sacrifice Night Owl's world to save ours... then what's the difference between us and Night Owl?"
"Holy Mother, foolish, utterly idiotic," Luther succinctly commented.
But Batman didn't listen to him at all, and instead continued talking to himself:
"so."
"Two worlds..."
"I want to save them all!"
(End of this chapter)