What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 972 Papetua wanted to control the multiverse, only to find it full of dead people, making it impossible to control.

When Lex Luthor from the main universe, Batman from the main universe, Edward Nigma the Riddler from the main universe, and Lex Luthor from Chen Tao's universe secretly infiltrated the Essence Society's escape team in an attempt to advance their plan to save the multiverse, Chen Tao was completely unaware of all this.

Even though he had participated in the main universe's Batman Project in its early stages, he immediately deleted all his memories related to it, including any speculations about the incompleteness of the main universe's Batman Project.

After going through so much, our Batman Dragon has finally learned to trust others, even though this trust can only be generated when he has lost his memory.

But at least the outcome was good. He successfully erased everything from his mind that might have led him to know about the main universe's Batman plans. This not only kept the main universe's Batman secret, but also relieved him of much of the worry that Batman Dragon would have been tormenting.

This has led to the situation where Batman Dragon seems to have only one path forward:

"I must command three sixth-dimensional gods to synthesize the ultimate watcher and see if I can do it by brute force."

When such an idea begins to emerge, power also bursts forth.

Beyond the infinite expanse of time and space, the essence of the battle against Darkseid turned its head away.

"The first cosmic reboot is about to begin... but it is destined to be futile."

Endless light and heat erupted in an instant. In the original timeline, Starman provided all the energy to three sixth-dimensional beings, but this time, the one providing the energy was someone else.

"Death." Chen Tao stretched out his hand, and the Black Death Emperor, out of control, put his other hand, which was not holding the scythe, into his palm. His huge figure shrank rapidly until it became about the same size as a normal person, like Batman's Dragon.

Chen Tao gently held the skull's hand, like a knight leading a petite princess. If you ignored the horrified and distorted expression on the Black Death Emperor's face, it was the first time Chen Tao had ever seen a skull so terrifying.

"What good will fleeing do? Don't you believe I can defeat the Origin Hands?" Perpetua's voice echoed in Batman Dragon's ears as he spoke to his offspring. Having borrowed the Anti-Monitor's status and power, he was now considered half a sixth-dimensional god, and only when combined with the Anti-Monitor was he the complete Anti-Monitor Mobius.

"Your chances of victory are zero, my children. You must understand that everything you do today is in vain. The spiritual energy of the universe is tilting towards me. This is your last chance. If you join hands with me today, I will forgive your betrayal, rather than with this creation you yourselves have made."

Perpetua looked at the World Maker: "Alphaus, you are also a creator. You don't really think your own creation can defeat yourself, do you?"

"Not entirely, my dear mother."

The World Founder said, "But in fact, I have been defeated by my own creations more than once."

Papetua scoffed.

“That sounds nice, my child.” Perpetua turned to Batman Dragon. “You may not know this, Batman Dragon, but even though you and they are facing me together now, you are the only one who has no way to retreat. My three children are all sixth-dimensional gods. Even if they don’t ultimately defeat me, they can freely leave the multiverse and survive in the void, relying on their status and power. It may take a long time to find a new multiverse for them to live in, but they will eventually be able to do it. But what about you? Batman? Without the help of my children, do you think you are still qualified to stand before me? Or…”

Are you really hoping that the consciousness of the DC multiverse itself can help you absorb unlimited energy to defeat me? Believe me, I've done many things to the DC multiverse, but I haven't given it life.

Chen Tao knew that Papetua was instigating. When the Mother of the Multiverse had power, she would indeed use brute force to push things through, but when she needed to use words to manipulate people's hearts, she was the most terrifying whisperer.

She insightfully pinpointed Chen Tao's deepest fears: a morbid controller who liked to do everything, a Batman who trusted only himself and no one else, whose greatest fear was betrayal by others.

From the fear of Superman suddenly turning evil to the distrust of the sixth-dimensional gods, even when facing a dangerous enemy like Papetua, this inner fear continued to corrode his heart.

“Don’t listen to him, Batman Dragon. I told you we’re not running away,” the World Forger said. “Don’t let him influence you.”

“Oh, I’ve forgotten, dear Alphaeus also created a new baby multiverse outside the DC multiverse. Hmm, now we don’t even need to find a new multiverse,” Papetua said. “Every inch of that new baby multiverse’s flesh and blood was scraped off from the DC multiverse. You’ve been quite ruthless with my creation, child.”

“We are joining forces today, Mother, to fight against you,” said the World Founder.

“Mar, Möbius, now!” The World Forger reached out and grabbed his two brothers, while Chen Tao also reached out his other hand and gripped the Anti-Monitor tightly.

"No!! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh..." Amidst the Black Death Emperor's miserable roar, the World Forger grabbed the Black Death Emperor and instantly refined him. The Black Death Emperor's huge skeletal body cracked in an instant, and the World Forger pulled out bone by bone in mid-air. Amid the Black Death Emperor's screams, his scythe flew into the air and merged with the giant hammer thrown by the World Forger, while the Black Death Emperor himself began to transform.

Boom!
A weapon made of scythe and hammer descended from the sky and struck the Black Death Emperor, just as the World Forger swung his hammer in the World Forge throughout countless ages to create the universe.

In an instant, the Black Death Emperor's skeletal body was forged into a suit of armor. In the immense light formed by the three sixth-dimensional gods and Batman's dragon, the multiverse mother, Papetua, heard the voices of the four people blend together, resonating in unison.

Five people, with the Black Death Emperor's screams serving as accompaniment for four of them.

“Mother, we have always been the guardians, the cogs in your machine, good or bad. But now we release the creative power within us. As the first children born of the universe, we are united today, here and now.”

“Fools, you contain the energy of your respective domains, but you lack the ability to shape them. The sum of those powers belongs to me!” “Damn it, they finally did it.”

At the edge of the multiverse, the Batman Who Laughs lurked in the shadows. Countless characteristics of malevolent nobles had appeared on his body, but he quickly shed them all and returned to his classic form as the Batman Who Laughs.

"They've finally done it: the fusion of three sixth-dimensional gods, the divine mandate of the DC multiverse, the energy gathered by the Black Death Emperor after creating countless deaths in the main universe, and..."

The laughing bat looked into the distance.

There, Parallax the First Lantern and Superman Supreme, though blackened and zombified, still possessed complete consciousness and quietly waited.

"Constantly accumulating various powers, then using the Death Emperor's death power to combine these powers into one, using quantity to create quality, and forcibly challenging Perpetua's domain? Never placing any possibility or hope on the miracles of the DC multiverse, is this the Batman who doesn't believe in miracles? It's like something we would do."

“Yes, my friend, there are never any miracles…” he muttered to himself, then a malicious smile spread across his face.

"But the laughter is here."

He continued to lower his head, but the Laughing Bat knew very well that this was only temporary.

Surrender to the Void Hand, surrender to Perpetua, surrender to Batman Dragon, and cooperate with him to save the entire multiverse—all of this is part of the Batman Who Laughs's plan. He has already found a treasure that can help him complete his ultimate plan. You may win, but the Batman Who Laughs will always get what he wants, even if his opponent is Perpetua.

In the intense light, amidst the Black Death Emperor's cries of "My scythe!" and agonizing screams, a gigantic skeleton in armor appeared before everyone.

The World Forger's blue skin and the Watcher's red skin blended together with the Anti-Watcher's gray skin, creating an eerie purplish-blue hue. The giant hammer and scythe in his hands were combined to form something resembling a giant hammer and scythe.

The blue outer armor of the Anti-Monitor merged with the white bone armor that the Black Death Emperor had transformed into, forming a ferocious armor full of bone spikes. And when this giant called the Ultimate Monitor swung his scythe, the three of them, including Superman Supreme, appeared beside him.

In the radiant light, Superman the Supreme embraced the Ultimate Monitor from behind. His red cape began to grow infinitely, and the already blackened, zombified Superman let out a beastly roar. Then, he forcefully merged into the Ultimate Monitor's body from the back of his head, leaving only the red cape behind. Meanwhile, Parallax Morhal had already begun to transform as he flew over. His jaw seemed to split open, his mouth wide open, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth. He pounced on the Ultimate Monitor's left arm, and a gaping maw appeared on the latter's left arm.

The final Lantern Knight transformed into a sharp sword.

He merged with the sword in his hand, forged from countless metals, making the sword shine like seven-colored glass, and finally it became transparent, revealing a glass-like texture.

The sword flew to the top of the giant scythe and merged with the bizarre weapon, eventually forming a strange weapon resembling a long-handled hammer, spear, and scythe.

“You are too weak, Mother/Papetua!” When the Ultimate Monitor spoke, countless voices resonated in unison, echoing like a reverberation: “You have been eternally imprisoned within the Origin Wall, while we have lived in this multiverse for billions of years!”

"You useless, willful child, you were created by me. Without my creation, you would never have been able to defeat me, and you can't do it now!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, she was struck on the head by a huge scythe. In that instant, she felt as if the stars of the universe burst forth from her mind.

"Starting to sweat, Papetua? Does it seem like victory is no longer within your grasp?"

"How dare you..."

"The entire multiverse has entered a period of death! Papetua! I know that the three brothers alone cannot defeat you. At most, they were evenly matched with you, let alone able to kill you. But this is not the end... You have not yet gained true power, and we are not just the three brothers of the sixth dimension."

The Ultimate Watcher roared, "In the original history of the multiverse, the three brothers of the sixth dimension could only be evenly matched with Perpetua. They had to drag it out until Starman called for reinforcements from all over the multiverse. In the end, because no one had the confidence that they could defeat Perpetua, the Heart of the Multiverse stood on the side of destruction, which ultimately led to a complete defeat."

But now there is no Heart of the Multiverse, and there are hardly any thinking beings left in the entire multiverse, because everyone has become mindless Black Lantern Corpses.

Guess what? Haha, we Black Lantern Corpses have absolutely no brains!
Only the living lack faith, and only the living are exploited by Papetua because of their empty and vain cries. Papetua can control the living, but she is powerless against the dead. She can compete with superheroes for the thoughts of beings in the multiverse, but she cannot take away a group of dead people!
The dead feel no fear. It is no longer possible for Perpetua to lead the multiverse to the future she created, as she did in the original history. Batman Dragon had already eliminated her support base beforehand, taking the lead over Perpetua and forcibly controlling everyone!
"what!!!"

Perpetua desperately grabbed the scythe that was coming down on her neck. In a moment of carelessness, Parallax Mohal, on the left arm of the Ultimate Monitor, bit her with his fangs. The Ultimate Monitor held her with one hand and desperately pressed the scythe down on her neck with the other. If Perpetua's head was severed, the power of the Black Lantern would corrupt the Multiverse Mother. Although this would not kill Perpetua, it would greatly weaken her power, making it impossible for her to maintain the reality that "Perpetua has successfully come down from the wall."

Then everything will be reversed, history will be changed, reality will be reshaped, and Papetua will be forced back to the wall. Chen Tao will find a way that the Justice League could not find in history and, as the ultimate watcher, will completely kill Papetua!

However, just when the stalemate was at its peak, a figure quietly appeared on the battlefield.

It was none other than the Laughing Bat.

(End of this chapter)