What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 842 You will become the anti-monitor bat, a glorious mission
The appearance of fate was beyond the expectations of the Lord of Dreams, but Chen Tao was well prepared.

The Endless Family are the embodiment of concepts, but the young Daniel inherited his divine power from the previous god of dreams, Morpheus.

Compared to other people, he has too many human preferences.

He would alert the Justice League of the main universe because Barbatos was planning to invade the main universe, but the real dream should be fair, equal, and not biased towards anyone.

Can you imagine death or fate favoring a mortal?
That's impossible, not even for Papetua.

"So, tell me."

"How do I defeat the World Forger?"

Sandman heard Batman's question.

Fate won't answer.

How could the answer automatically appear on a blank piece of paper?

The Sandman shook his head.

When every mortal makes a choice, his own destiny will be created by himself, and it will also appear in the huge book of destiny held by the destiny of the endless family.

If a mortal chooses to change his or her destiny, that will also be reflected in the book.

After all, the fate of the Endless Family is the concept of fate itself. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for him to appear in front of mortals, let alone give any so-called "prophecy".

Many people seem to have mistaken the difference between fate and a prophet. Fate is just a recorder, or a blank sheet of paper for writing.

The decision of what to write is in everyone's hands.

"Mortal, I am here to tell you the answer to defeating the World Forger."

Sandman:?
The sleep demon, whose whole body was glowing with white light, was a glowing ball of white hair, staring blankly at the fate under the hooded cloak with his blue eyes.

He held the huge book, the chains dangling from his arms.

No, this is not possible.

Fate cannot make any predictions for others.

But now this strange situation has really happened. Even though the Sleepy Man is young, he understands that this scene is unusual.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

The Dream Lord's mind was only slightly confused for a moment, but then he immediately regained his clear sanity.

We need to clarify a concept: our destiny can only be written by ourselves.

If you find that the answer has appeared on a piece of paper by itself, it is not a miracle from God or a deity; it just means that someone has written something on it with invisible ink.

Who knows, this person may be your future self, rubbing your hands darkly like a nameless old dragon.

So now, someone has written a script of destiny on destiny with invisible ink, so the destiny of the Endless family himself appears here, tells Batman Dragon this destiny written by others, and then lures him to choose this written destiny.

Although Chen Tao can erase these answers at any time, before doing so, he would of course want to see what is written on this piece of white paper to see if it can point him to a...not so wrong path?
Fate flipped the huge book of fate, and then he continued:

"You will slaughter the multiverse to survive, just as you once did."

"You will consume the Anti-Monitor and become one with him."

Chen Tao's heart was shocked. He moved forward and looked at the huge Book of Destiny in Destiny's hand.

The picture album above showed what fate said to him, as well as the scene where he leaned forward to look at the picture. There was also the white-haired ball of sleepiness Daniel standing next to him, confused but not completely confused.

All the scenes written and painted above are exactly the same as what happened in reality.

Chen Tao saw what fate was going to say to him next written on the album:
"You cut through the wind with ease, and banish all fear."

"Your breath is as sweet as jasmine, your eyes are as cold as stone... You will live to commit atrocities, you will sleepless nights and wake up with blood in your eyes."

"You will choose to abuse the gift that could have made you extraordinary. You will cherish the pain in your heart like a treasure."

“Sometimes, we have to make choices.”

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, what is damned should not be left behind."

Chen Tao raised his head, and fate just turned to the next page.

Daniel, the God of Dreams, saw himself leaning forward in the illustration on the page of the book, as well as Fate and Batman Dragon who were looking at each other in the illustration on the page of the book.

Then he looked down and saw the text description below, which read:

Destiny said, "You have a hard choice to make. Trust me."

He said:
“Someone has to make sacrifices.”

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Dark multiverse.

Belonging to Chen Tao's universe.

Chen Tao broke through the space and landed in the lobby of the Justice League headquarters.

It was already evening when he returned, and Hero Day was working with Luther to unite all the armies.

Chen Tao was in no hurry to call them.

He returned to Gotham.

At sunset, the city stank of gasoline, sour milk, and decay...

The smell of death.

But Chen Tao can still see ordinary people returning home with their families.

This is good, really good...

Chen Tao was stunned.

Then Chen Tao suddenly realized that the smell of death came from himself.

Today's Gotham is no longer the city it once was. Supergirl Kara and Superboy Connor are powerful enough to suppress the evil in the entire city.

The stench and smell of death and decay that Chen Tao smelled were just psychological effects.

It was like all the impressions of Gotham when he first came here, leaving a shadow in his heavy heart.

In the distant sky, a lone eagle swooped down and suddenly grabbed a bat that was flapping its wings desperately in the air.

Another eagle flew over and competed with the first eagle for the struggling bat.

Finally, Chen Tao witnessed the bat being torn to pieces.

The afterglow of the day interrupted the prelude to the night.

Chen Tao returned to the Justice League lobby.

He slept in his clothes in a temporary room at the back of the hall.

His sleep brought no more dreams.

Two hours later, when the sun had completely set...

The men in uniform woke up automatically.

He felt completely renewed, without dreams or awareness.

Well, maybe he has put all that behind him now and can continue to fulfill his sacred mission.

He must not wallow in self-pity, must not allow the seeds of self-destruction to grow within him and blossom into the black fruit of evil.

I am Batman, I must throw away all the fear in my heart. I can easily cut off the wind and not fear the death brought by gravity...

But I still cringe. All the elements of my body's memory that keep it in balance react without a second thought. Do I still have them? Or are they just on the other side of the abyss?
Do I have the courage to seek the answer? Just as a thrown rope cannot fall, it firmly clamps the throat of the gargoyle and takes me into the void, using my body as a blade to cut open the abyss -

With absolute balance and precise control?

All this requires being thoughtless and fearless.

Just smiling uses 100 muscles, and frowning requires even more.

As for crossing the abyss?

Chen Tao took a deep breath.

Now is not the time, he is not ready to take the first step.

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While Batman the Dragon was struggling with the fate he had written, at the same time, at a time node far away from the super time flow, two cities suddenly appeared on a planet called Ultimate Star.

On Oculus, a living planet and the site of the impending Multiversal Convergence, Brainiac is conducting a crucial trial of his plan.

With a loud rumbling sound, the two cities landed safely on the planet under the protection of the huge circular dome, like two huge spaceships.

For the Multiverse, it is independent of the entire super-time flow, so its history is very different from the history of the normal main universe.

What appeared on the Ultimate Star at this time was Gotham City from before the Crisis on Infinite Earths...

But history and time and space are so messed up.

For Brainiac and Ultra, these two cities just appeared here.

As for this Gotham City...

He has been here for more than a year.

Brainiac accelerated the timeline of this city through the Ultimate Star. They were trying to take control. In order to prepare for the upcoming multi-integrated battlefield, they needed to ensure that every city they pulled in had to participate in the rules of the game they set.

And for the game to start, they must master the correct punishment mechanism and control.

Drip!

At 6 o'clock in the morning, Barry Allen, the Flash, woke up from his bed.

"Iris? It's 6 o'clock now. I have to go to work..."

He raised his head.

Looking at the empty bed. Even after a year, he still couldn't adapt to the loss of his family and friends, and the life of Gotham City appearing on this desolate planet.

This Barry Allen is the Flash Barry from before Crisis on Infinite Earths.

But please note that he has an extremely important mission in the history of the DC multiverse's super-time stream:

That is to sacrifice himself during the Crisis on Infinite Earths and use his life to destroy the Anti-Monitor's antimatter cosmic cannon.

There are two important sacrifices in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, namely the first generation Supergirl Kara and the Flash Barry Allen.

The two of them laid the foundation for the victory of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and it was they who led to the defeat of the Anti-Monitor.

The Flash before the crisis should have been heading towards his own destiny, but now all this...

All of them were intercepted in advance, so that he appeared here. This will be a problem for the Anti-Monitor...

There are enormous benefits.

Hmm, isn't it a little strange if Brainiac is completely under the control of the World Forger?
But in short, our crisis at this moment. The former Flash Barry Allen didn't know all these complicated situations, and he didn't even know where he was.

I am the Flash.

Every night, I forget after falling asleep, and every morning, I remember after waking up.

The Flash thought silently.

Iris is gone, and happiness is gone from now on.

The Flash Barry Allen opened the blinds and looked at Gotham hidden in the morning mist.

"Good morning, Gotham, how are you doing today? Still trapped in the dome? Ha, I know the feeling."

He thought as he said this.

He opened the drawer and pulled out a notebook, then put it back, took out the recorder, and pressed the record button:

"I'm Barry Allen. I was the fastest man alive. I was the Flash. But I'm not anymore."

The dome is still there, and has been for a year.

He thought about it, and then recorded:
“I didn’t think he would ever go away.

But now the whole city is trapped, and I don’t know who did this or what his purpose is.”

He paused.

"What are we, prisoners, experimental subjects, or lab rats?"

He climbed out of bed with the tape recorder in hand and put on his clothes.

"I know how to get in here, I just don't know how to get out of here."

"Before all this happened... I was living in the 30th century with my wife Iris."

"I still miss running back to see my family and friends from time to time."

(Note: The Flash here narrates his experiences before the Crisis on Infinite Earths.)
On the final run, which was for a charity event for the Paralympics, the Flash hopped on the cosmic treadmill and was supposed to be gone for only an hour, but when he arrived in Gotham City, the dome was sealed.

When the dome closed, the Flash lost his powers, and everyone with super powers in Gotham lost their powers.

And then for the next year, they were trying to find a way out.

The dome is a super-powerful technological product. No matter who built it, it is a huge challenge for the person with the most powerful power among them. Losing his power and intuition makes it seem like an impossible challenge.

The Flash, Barry Allen, dug out a pair of ordinary running shoes from his closet.

This is incredible for a speedster, but he has become accustomed to this kind of life...

He put on his clothes and took his keys and card.

Then I did a few warm-up exercises.

"I guess we just ran out of luck. I've never been through anything like this before, no matter the odds, no matter the crisis, we've always prevailed."

But fuck loneliness, that word isn't in my dictionary.

I'm the Flash, and I start running.

Morning run.

"Goodbye, Iris."

He put the recorder back into the drawer and spoke to the empty room.

Gotham seemed eerily peaceful, as if everyone had succumbed to this weird new life.

No one needs to eat, no new life will be born. Time seems to have stopped, and no one can kill anyone else.

I guess when you can't do anything, you adapt to this life as if it's normal.

When the Flash Barry Allen appeared in Central Park, he saw a lot of people running.

He had always felt that if he worked hard and ran often, he would eventually regain the speed force, but so far... nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)