What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 971 The DC Multiverse and Watchers Universe Integration Project Launched
I am Ganther, the Guardian of the Universe, a key member of the Essence Society, and the most important one among them.

The Essence Group doesn't have a clear leader. Generally, we resolve most things through meetings, and we always manage to reach a consensus. We share common interests, which is why we become a cohesive unit.

For example, this time, we all know without prior agreement that Batman Dragon and his plans are completely hopeless. Three chances to reboot the universe. To be honest, although Batman Dragon has more power than many of us, he is as weak as a child in his understanding of the world. Despite mastering the power of the fifth-dimensional gods and the power of the sixth-dimensional gods, he is just a muscle-bound idiot wielding a giant iron hammer.

If he had gained even a little more understanding of magic or cosmic energy, he would have known how troublesome it would be to try to exploit the Black Death. Everything that enhances the Black Death Emperor only enhances death itself, and death points directly to the end of all things.

As for those three sixth-dimensional gods, I can roughly guess what they are thinking. For them, they always have more choices than anyone else.

If the World Maker had never died, neither the Anti-Monitor nor the Monitor would have been willing to join the World Maker's Infant Multiverse. That would have meant that the World Maker could have demoted his two brothers to a lower status when they entered that multiverse, just as the Anti-Monitor was demoted to the mortal Mobius during the New 52 era. He not only had a mortal origin story, but also died a humiliating death in a battle against Darkseid, a four-dimensional evil god.

But now the situation has changed. After the World Maker was killed by Superman Supreme with all his might, he and his two brothers have now become the eldest and second eldest brothers. Although the power of the three brothers is still World Maker > Monitor > Anti-Monitor, the World Maker is no longer as overwhelmingly powerful as before.

If things truly reach a point where nothing can be done, the three sixth-dimensional gods can escape at any time and hide in the Infant Multiverse. The three brothers can achieve a balance and form a stable system of checks and balances. Powerful beings in the multiverse, such as Ganther of the Essence Society, can form alliances with more powerful beings and escape to other multiverses as a group. The Inner Dragon, the Three Palaces, and other powerful extradimensional demon lords, and even angels, can remain unaffected by Perpetua and hide in their own dimensions, ruling their own territories.

In the end, only Batman Dragon and the heroes who resisted Perpetua were doomed. Ganser could easily guess that the three sixth-dimensional gods must have promised or guaranteed Batman Dragon that they would never run away and would join forces with him to defeat Perpetua, but such promises from sixth-dimensional gods were ultimately just a joke.

The DC multiverse may be powerful, having previously devoured a large number of universes, including the Mass Universe and the Wildstorm Universe, but it is now clear that this damned world has reached the end of its life.

Regardless of what Perpetua's rule over the world might bring, even the destruction of the Hand of Origin, the Essence Order's Ganther has no intention of playing along with Batman Dragon.

Many years ago, at the very beginning of the DC multiverse, after the Guardian of the Universe, Calona, ​​observed and triggered the Big Bang, the Essence of Ganther had already learned the truth about the entire multiverse from the Watchers.

Although he does not have the title of God, Ganther is still one of the oldest beings in the entire multiverse.

Once the members of the Essence Society arrive in the Watchers universe, they will have plenty of ways to tie their existence to the history of the Watchers.

They had observed the Watchmen universe. Despite its immense size, it lacked supernatural powers. Most of its superheroes were merely ordinary humans, possessing only basic fighting skills and firearms proficiency, without any world-destroying abilities. A vast multiverse, yet lacking self-defense capabilities? What could be a more worthy target?

Of course, Ganther had also investigated the history of this multiverse beforehand. Although there were no superpowered beings in this multiverse, there was in fact a transcendent being named Dr. Manhattan. However, according to his detection, Dr. Manhattan had left this multiverse called the Watchers universe and was now nowhere to be found, so he could be completely ignored.

Ganser had considered the possibility that Dr. Manhattan might appear in their universe, but after carefully reviewing the timeline since the several universe reboots, he couldn't find any trace of someone named Dr. Manhattan.

(Note: The ten years that Doctor Manhattan spent stealing the DC multiverse were kept completely secret. During the New 52 era, Nite Owl and the new gods Metron, who discovered Doctor Manhattan's existence, were all killed without hesitation. In the Rebirth era, Superman's father, Jornell, was also discovered by Doctor Manhattan after being manipulated by him, and was then thrown back to the time of Krypton's destruction to be silenced. In other words, apart from beings like the six-dimensional gods, Perpetua, the Void Hand, and time travelers like Chen Tao, no one else was aware of Doctor Manhattan's existence.)
If the transcendent being known as Dr. Manhattan were still in the Watchmen universe, Ganther wouldn't have gone there to die. But according to his and Luther's research, the transcendent being known as Dr. Manhattan has been gone from the Watchmen universe for many years.

Even if they come to the Watchers universe and that transcendent being called Dr. Manhattan returns, he will find that the Essence has already combined its own history with the history of the Watchers universe. If they kill Ganther and his group, it will shake the very foundation of the entire multiverse's history, just like Earth-15 did to the DC multiverse.

It's obvious that the transcendent wouldn't risk destroying his own universe by attacking Ganther and his group. The Essence Society is just looking for a place to live, and they can coexist peacefully.

Soon their substitution reaction would be complete. Not far away, Luthor and Batman were spinning around the magical portal like tops, with one of Luthor's Riddlers taking notes... Oh, this Riddler, though intelligent, was too talkative, so Luthor sealed his mouth shut with a bandage.

His exact words were "to prevent the Riddler from uncontrollably repeating our plans," and indeed, Ganther was also getting a little fed up with the Riddler.

The Black Lantern Corpse Superman controlled by Batman stood there like a gatekeeper; it's a truly perverted hobby.

However, Ganther was certainly not stupid. When Batman and Luthor completed the magical portal, several key members of the Essence Society would also check it out.

Although Ganther and the Father of New Genesis are not proficient in magic, Hera of the Essence Order and the Phantom Murk, one of the Trinity of Original Sin, are masters of magic. There may be others in the multiverse who surpass them in magical skill, but if they dare to tamper with the gateways leading out of the multiverse, it will be impossible to escape their notice.

Although Luther had given them the blueprints to review beforehand, and they didn't distrust Luther, it was better to be safe than sorry, especially since they were requesting a "surprise inspection" without telling Luther beforehand. The final result would definitely be the fairest.

Although the probability is actually not high, if they find out that Luther is doing something underhanded, trying to trick them... hehe.

What can Luther and his crew use to fight back against the Essence?

Was it Lex Luthor's green energy armor? Or Batman's heavy armor? Or perhaps Superman controlled by Black Lantern energy?
Don't be ridiculous. There are millions of Olympian gods from different parallel universes here. Just one of them could give Batman and Lex Luthor a run for their money, not to mention all the members of the Golden Flower Society are here monitoring them. It would be a miracle if they did anything wrong. Hera has already prepared magic to counter the Black Lantern's power. Although Batman bringing in Superman was somewhat unexpected by the Essence Society, it's okay, everything is under control…

boom! ! !
A loud bang echoed outside the palace built by the Elite Club.

Ganser immediately turned his head to look at the Heavenly Father beside him. The planet they were currently on was a super-large planet created by merging several different planets with magic, based on the New Creation Star. It carried thousands of Olympian pantheons from different parallel universes and countless powerful beings from all over the universe.

Who could possibly shake such a massive planet and cause it to tremble like an earthquake?

Then Ganther noticed that the Father's face looked extremely grim.

Darkseid…

He gritted his teeth and spat out those words. Ganther no longer cared about speaking to the Father. He flew into the air, flew to the wall, and waved his hand. The molecules that formed the wall were opened up by him like Moses parting the sea, allowing him to fly directly through the wall and out to the outside. Then he looked up at the sky.

Darkseid.

It was indeed Darkseid, an enormous Darkseid, the size of a planet, with black light emanating from its face and countless green light energies swirling around it.

Ganther turned to look at the Father who had flown out beside him.

“That’s right, the strongest Darkseid.” The Father nodded.

Since the final crisis, Darkseid's original body was killed, and he no longer has a main body, but all his clones are clones. However, there are strong and weak clones. Apart from the strongest clone who was killed by the Justice League of the main universe at the beginning of the New 52... that is, the clone that caused the Darkseid War with the mortal Mobius, the Darkseid in front of us should be the strongest clone of Darkseid.

Queen Hera also flew out, gritting her teeth as she said, word by word, "That's the enhanced state that Batman Dragon calls the 'Outer Path Demon King'! Batman Dragon created a timeline where Darkseid ruled everything, and then projected the power of that illusory timeline, which was not solidified but truly existed, onto the real Darkseid in reality, infinitely amplifying his power!"

She turned to the other members of the Essence Society and said, word by word, "Damn it, we absolutely cannot let Darkseid break into our planet, or everything will be over. His current state is a bit unusual; he seems to be completely going mad. We absolutely cannot let him destroy that door, understand?"

Darkseid roared deafeningly at the massive planet, reaching out his hands and attempting to bury his head in its atmosphere. The sheer wind pressure killed countless weaker villains.

"We know without you even saying it, damn it."

The solidified Green Lantern energy coalesced on Ganther's face, forming a massive suit of armor. In an instant, the powerful Green Lantern energy provided him with strength comparable to the Green Lantern's central power battery. The Father's cloak billowed in the air, fluttering loudly. The Phantom Stranger lowered the brim of his hat, while Hera conjured a colossal whip in her hand, a purple magical energy that stretched to the heavens and the earth.

"Stop him!!! Hold on for 52 minutes!!!"

As the Father roared, Darkseid's gigantic hand, waving across the endless sky, began to break through the clouds and atmosphere, wreathed in endless light and heat. The figures of the many members of the Essence Order also grew longer in the wind, transforming into even more majestic and terrifying divine forms and enhanced states.

Amidst the deafening clamor, countless Olympian gods from different parallel universes joined forces, unleashing bursts of scorching lightning and iridescent energy in an instant. The Zeus of countless parallel universes collaborated to create a colossal spear of lightning. In a flash, wisps of blue lightning energy converged like swimming fish, forming a colossal pillar reaching to the heavens. If someone were observing from beyond this giant planet, they would see Darkseid, even larger than the planet itself, reaching out towards the sphere suspended in space, only to be repelled by the spike-like lightning bolts that sprouted from it.

The remaining Hera, centered around the Essence Hera, unleashed powerful combined magic to firmly protect the palace at its core.

At this moment, Luthor and Batman are still seemingly focused on protecting the door.

They communicated silently on the telepathic channel.

"Did they go to stop Darkseid?"

"Yes."

"Excellent. Indeed, everything is progressing according to plan. It should begin now: the Watchers universe and DC multiverse fusion plan, launch!"

(End of this chapter)