What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 897 The Origin Theory of Chen Tao - Part 1
"What nonsense are you spouting?" the World Forger heard Batman Dragon say.

"Talking nonsense won't change the fact that you'll be defeated."

"Your origin, Batman Dragon. What I see... is a truth beyond the flow of time."

The multiverse's mother, Papetua, spoke:
"You are a soul that has taken over the body of Bruce Wayne, the Batman from a certain dark multiverse. You are not Bruce Wayne, and your real name... the real name you have never told anyone... is Chen Tao."

The world's foundry didn't believe his mother was telling the truth at all.

He just thought his mother was talking nonsense.

However, when he heard his mother utter that name... the name of the world core he had just created, that strange world core that transformed into some Asian form and then gave itself a Chinese name...

Yes, that's so true... He hadn't even thought of that. Even if he considered himself Chinese, if Superman was the core of this world, shouldn't he be the Chinese Superman, Kong Kenan? Why would such a name, completely unrelated to Superman, appear?
In a dark corner of the multiverse, the Laughing Bat listened quietly, its face showing a mixture of confusion, excitement, and fear.

His eyes were hidden behind spiked goggles made of dark multiverse metal, his gaze piercing through the darkness.

A slight smile played on his lips, and drops of saliva dripped from his mouth. His deep reddish-orange skin, tainted by Mandrake, contrasted sharply with his originally pale clown skin, resembling a ripe apple or a young girl's flushed cheeks.

The Batman Who Laughs was overjoyed. After so many things, after being constantly suppressed and defeated, the Batman Who Laughs finally...

They glimpsed the most hidden corner of Batman: Dragon.

"How is this possible..."

Beside them, the World Builder was thrown into disarray by a single sentence from his mother.

Although he didn't completely believe what his mother said, he couldn't help but think about it.

"If the core of the world I create is the old Batman Dragon, then wouldn't I be..."

In an instant, he lifted a rock only to drop it on his own foot; he reaped what he sowed...

A flood of thoughts rushed into his mind, only to be quickly swept away by him as he left the house.

Without anyone realizing it, as the Mother of the Multiverse, Papetua, spoke, a piece of past history was rapidly forming upstream in the Hypertime Stream along with her words.

She is Papetua, who can alter the upstream of the trans-temporal flow with language alone, fabricating history out of thin air.

This is essentially no different from Chen Tao creating a monkey personality for the Supreme Superman. It's the same thing: creating a history upstream in the timeline that "the Supreme Superman had a monkey personality a long time ago" and then overwriting it onto the Supreme Superman.

Chen Tao created the Little Super Monkey because he did indeed create a monkey in the body of the Supreme Superman during the Dark Multiverse. His so-called "fabricating history that has flowed through time" is just an amplification of the tricks he had done to the Supreme Superman.

But Papetua created it out of thin air, with just empty words, silently and secretly harboring murderous intent.

"You, like Superman the Primal, come from a world without superheroes, but with superhero comics..."

You and Superman Supreme are very similar, but you are very smart. Even when facing Superman Supreme, you make him subconsciously think that you are Bruce Wayne from a parallel universe, just as he himself is actually Clark Kent from a parallel universe without superpowers. But you are not Bruce, you are another existence.

However, you don't understand that your existence is a historical cycle.

Papetua looked at Batman Dragon.

Yes, that is the origin of the other party, created by Papetua.

This is both practicing something fake and making it real, and not practicing something fake and making it real.

The existence of Batman's dragon is a current fact, and she, Papetua, created a past for him, thus completing his historical loop. As long as it makes sense in the timeline, it will become a reality, even if the timeline doesn't want to see it, it cannot defy its own rules.

Ultimately, the Time Stream is not a being capable of thought. As long as you make good use of the rules, even if you have to stab the Time Stream in the heart, it will help you hold the knife.

What Papetua was saying was the underlying logic of the existence of Batman Dragon. This is the kind of behavior that the Hypertime Stream often does: shoot the arrow first and then draw the target. Just like when the N52 Superman in the main universe suddenly died, the Hypertime Stream directly brought the P52 Superman into the main universe, creating a fait accompli, and then completed the process of the P52 Superman entering the main universe through the fusion of multiple universes.

The Batman Dragon before us might also be a creation of the DC multiverse, and now completing its origin story is what its multiverse mother, Papetua, should be doing.

Of course, Papetua, with his ill intentions, would naturally add a little something while completing the Origin arc...

“Impossible.” Papetua heard Batman frown, and then he appeared next to Superman Chen Tao.

Superman Chen Tao stared at him blankly, completely unaware. He was merely a creature newly created by the World Forger, and he had virtually no ability to discern what others were saying. Naturally, he couldn't fathom what sinister intentions Papetua had in fabricating their history out of thin air.

Then Papetua saw Batman Dragon frown.

A smile appeared on the lips of the Mother of the Multiverse.

When she managed to break free of part of the Origin Wall, she had already used the timeline to rewind all of Batman Dragon's actions against Superman Chen Tao, including how he tampered with Batman's ribs in the main universe from the very beginning.

A clear and distinct narrative unfolded before his eyes: the Monitors and the Counter-Monitors disrupted the Sixth Dimension Gods' attempts to peer into the past, which resulted in the World Builders being completely unaware of the despicable deeds that Batman Dragon had committed.

But for Papetua, the muddy waters stirred up by the monitors and counter-monitors only slightly delayed her from finding the truth.

Looking through the fog, everything was as clear as the lines on the palm of her hand. Her three sons had always fought their own battles and would never learn to join forces against an enemy.

Without joining forces, they will never be able to contend with their mother.

Even if they team up, their chances of winning are extremely low.

The Ultimate Union... The multiverse's mother, Papetua, needs to retrieve the Ultimate Union, as this is the key to her complete resurrection.

But all in all, the origin of Batman: Dragon has been finalized.

Papetua really liked Batman: Dragon; she admired him. Not everyone is worthy of her admiration. His ability to navigate effortlessly between three sixth-dimensional deities was a quality Papetua appreciated.

If it were possible to subdue the other party, the Mother of the Multiverse would be happy to do so and would be willing to put in some effort.

While trapped on the Origin Wall, the Mother of the Multiverse realized that her biggest mistake was that the three sixth-dimensional brothers she created from the void were not of the same mind as her at all.

What she needs is not colleagues to manage the multiverse in her place, but subordinates who directly obey her orders, preferably those who share her goals and help her unify the giant army formed from the hybrid genes of humans and Martians.

Importantly, he must be willing to command a large army and have the corresponding ability.

Batman Dragon seems like a good choice, possessing the power of a servant god, which, although very weak in Perpetua's eyes, is still quite good.

The fact that they can formulate such a detailed plan is exactly the kind of talent I, Papetua, need.

"Impossible, this isn't my origin. I remember everything I've experienced in the past... Where did you get my real name from?"

Chen Tao frowned.

Papetua’s opening remarks did not surprise him, but what he found hard to understand was how the Mother of the Multiverse knew his true name.
He was not swayed by the other party; regardless of his origins, his goal remained clear.

"I'm……"

Can you really remember your past memories?

Then he heard Papetua speak:
"All your past? Becoming an actor, winning a dubious Best Actor award? Taking a long time to pass the psychology exam, only to find out it wasn't issued by your country anymore, but still getting a job in a related institution, and then 'running away at lightning speed' as you described?"

The multiverse's mother, Papetua, repeated Chen Tao's past in a strange tone that sounded very much like Chen Tao himself, making Chen Tao feel almost terrified.

"Can you really remember the specific details of these things, and not just some [settings]?"

The Mother of the Multiverse pointed to Hero Day, her voice whispering in Chen Tao's ear: "Isn't the memory created for your friend Hero Day also very clear and distinct? But ask him... among the memories he received... can he only empathize with the part about being a hero?"

What about those wild and insane years? The era of madness as a beast, as Doomsday? The years of fighting the Gog's Legion, replacing Superman in the main universe—aren't those clearer now? So clear, like you've just finished watching a movie?
And that Superman Chen Tao…don’t you find him very familiar?

The Mother of the Multiverse looked at Batman Dragon, who stood silently in place.

"All I need to do now is grab it from the hypertime stream."

The Mother of the Multiverse thought silently.

"Upstream in the timeline, in the past, at the point in time when Batman Dragon had just traveled through, when he was wandering around the Batcave, curiously touching and rubbing the Batcave toilet paper."

She could go back to that time, steal the memories from Batman Dragon's mind, subtract the time-travel/rebirth portion, and implant them into the mind of this Superman Chen Tao. This is a method… to bypass the trans-time flow and directly achieve reality.

Papetua thought to himself.

She wasn't really sure.

If we follow a healthy process to connect Superman Chen Tao and Batman: Dragon, it should be that he sends Superman Chen Tao through time travel, erases his memories of the past before the time travel, and then sends him to a magic-free world with comics, where everything in the main universe becomes a comic book for him to read. Then, he sends him back to the time when he just faced Bane, thus completing the time loop of the super-time flow.

However, it would be inconvenient for Papetua to resort to underhanded tactics.

Therefore, the first method can also achieve the desired result, making it easier for him to manipulate those memories, for example...

"Actually, you are my creation, Batman Dragon."

"The Mother of the Multiverse said softly."

"In the future of the hyper-timeline, on a certain timeline where I failed..." The multiverse's mother, Papetua, did not understand that she was foreshadowing her own end.

Nothing hurt Chen Tao more than these words. Because damn it, the Mother of the Multiverse, Papetua, was right; it matched Chen Tao's memories perfectly!
In the original comic book storyline, the Mother of the Multiverse was indeed utterly defeated by the Dark Knight, who was transformed from the Laughing Maniac!

"To reverse my defeat, I created you, Batman Dragon. Your purpose is to change my failed ending. You are a variable; you created Earth-15 and completely changed my failed future. Well done, this is the destiny you should have taken."

As Chen Tao listened to the Mother of the Multiverse speaking more and more fluently, the logic in his mind gradually came together perfectly. Perhaps it was a coincidence, but both the motive and the result were flawless.

“Although I failed, I am not completely destroyed,” said the Mother of the Multiverse.

It matches up perfectly. Chen Tao clutched his head. There's a chapter in DC called "We Are Yesterday," which tells the story of villains from past timelines returning to the fray.

Could it be that this is really the reason I transmigrated?
The Mother of the Multiverse didn't think she had stumbled upon a brilliant idea; she simply felt she had spoken the right thing. Seeing Batman Dragon fall silent, she quickened her persuasion, and the faint whispers echoed in Batman Dragon's ears once more, just as Perpetual had manipulated his progeny, the Anti-Monitor, and countless others throughout the history of the DC multiverse who had instigated cosmic crises and created crisis forces.

Batman: Dragon created Earth-15, which is arguably the biggest crisis in the history of the DC multiverse. The impact of Earth-15 is so profound that it is no less than that of Infinite Crisis, and it has almost surpassed Zero Hour.

At least the mess caused by Parallax Morhal didn't seriously damage the Hypertime Stream!
"Come on, Batman Dragon... Whether you like it or not, this is the destiny I've ordained for you..."

"no!"

However, his words were loudly interrupted by Batman Dragon.

"My origin is another story!"

The Mother of the Multiverse paused for a moment, then heard Batman Dragon begin to tell his story… She suddenly realized that Batman Dragon was doing the same thing as her…

He actively shapes his past within the trans-timeline!

(End of this chapter)