American comics: Random transformations

“What the hell, has Reverse-Flash comprehended and broken through? Oh my god, what did this overthinking weirdo imagine? How did he get so much stronger!!!”

Fortunately, the hamster ball containing Reverse-Flash had extremely strong conductivity. In a short while, all the energy he calculated was imported into the energy storage tank.

The power that erupted from his breakthrough just now did not leak out at all.

“Very good, the stronger you become, the faster the charging efficiency will be. The shelf life of those genes can also become longer, hahaha…”

The Undead Beast and the吐槽星人 (Tucao Star People) genes were still in Reverse-Flash’s body.

Just then, a communication request came from the train control console. It was from Cyborg, saying that there had just been a power supply system accident, and the entire tower had inexplicably lost power.

Cyborg used the backup power to find out that the biggest problem when the incident occurred was on this floor, so he made a call to inquire.

“It’s nothing, my battery was just leaking a bit of power. It’s normal now.”

Cyborg hung up the phone, and Tian Xiaoban immediately used his control console. Well, it was a black screen, but a Digital Beast icon was flickering in the corner. It should be Crimson Lotus Knightmon, fixing the problem.

He really didn't expect that Reverse-Flash's breakthrough would affect the surrounding electronic equipment, even when he was confined in a hamster cage and most of his energy had been absorbed.

He could still have an impact even in that state? Fortunately, there were Digital Beasts in the train helping with repairs, otherwise, it would take Tian Xiaoban a long time to fix the train by himself.

Now, Tian Xiaoban was uncomfortable staying in the car. The Digital Beast was restarting the system, and he couldn't see any news on the internet. Tian Xiaoban's phone was also scrapped and would need to be repaired by the Digital Beast before it could be used again.

Suddenly, he remembered the吐槽 (Tucao) tool at his waist.

If he charged and used the microphone, wouldn't everything here return to normal?

The nearly panacea-like effect of吐槽 (Tucao) energy would surely restore normalcy here.

Tian Xiaoban jumped off the train and ran to the main accident site. The microphone on his waistband was already in his hand.

“Restore all the accidents caused by Reverse-Flash.”

The light from the microphone dimmed the next second, and everything around Tian Xiaoban began to rewind, restoring the cables that had been damaged by energy overload.

With power restored and the system repaired, Cyborg’s virtual projection appeared there.

“Great, the power here has been completely restored. I think you must have done it, right? How did you do it?”

Cyborg guessed that Tian Xiaoban did it, but he didn't guess how Tian Xiaoban did it.

“Your information platform cannot have problems. I still need to use this platform to search for some metals.”

But the main reason was that if any special items appeared, with this network platform, Tian Xiaoban would be able to know the whereabouts of certain treasures earlier.

Time flew by. Just as he was looking up information online,

Superman and the others returned, bringing good news, so to speak.

Superman went to Themyscira and obtained Amazonian metal that had not yet been forged. It was a large raw metal ore, about half the size of a small car.

Tian Xiaoban put it into his pocket and then asked, “Is there any more?”

Superman said there was no more, because of the war, most of the metal had been mined and then used by the gods to forge weapons. He had also brought the rest, which was the piece Tian Xiaoban had just taken away.

Although he really wanted Superman to collect the metal from those weapons, the piece Superman just gave him was temporarily enough. If it wasn't enough, Tian Xiaoban could also release the Hall of Gods to use as raw material.

According to what Tian Xiaoban had originally said, if Superman helped him find the desired metal, he could stay for a few more days.

However, after the conditions were met, Flash and the others wanted to leave even more. From what they said, while searching globally with Superman, they had witnessed too many tragedies. The Flashes did not want such tragedies to occur in their own parallel universes, so they wanted to return early.

“The sooner we fix it, the sooner we can rest easy. I never want to see such a tragic situation again.”

One of the Flashes said this to Tian Xiaoban, which made Tian Xiaoban wonder what they had seen.

Shazam had the same attitude; he also wanted to go back early. He didn't want his world to suffer the same tragic fate as this one.

When asked, they wouldn't say, so Tian Xiaoban directly asked Superman what they had just seen and why they were in such a hurry to return?

Superman sighed: “They just saw too many corpses. The war has been going on for so long, and too many people have died.

In some places, to escape the pursuit of those divine dependents, ordinary people ran into the deep mountains and old forests. When they ran out of food, they resorted to cannibalism… That scene was truly disgusting.

We encountered several people eating others today…”

Just hearing it, Tian Xiaoban could already imagine how nauseating it was:

“Oh, damn… this damn world… and damn Flash…”

The Flashes were also silent, not refuting Tian Xiaoban’s words…

“Then get ready. Next, it’s up to you to correct this world!”

Chapter 199: Changing the Future, Getting Back on Track.

After Tian Xiaoban finished speaking to the Flashes, he said to Superman, “The future will be better. Believe us.”

“Uh…”

Even Superman's super brain was confused by this strange logic.

A group of people who are about to leave are telling the people who are staying that the future will be better because of them...? That’s really strange!

Shouldn't the beauty of the future be created by those who stay behind?

In fact, regarding Tian Xiaoban’s repeated mentions of modifying the past, Superman’s and Cyborg’s understanding, and Tian Xiaoban’s perception, were two non-intersecting parallel lines.

Superman and Cyborg believed that it might be that the time point in Tian Xiaoban’s parallel universe was different from their era, so Tian Xiaoban would use time points to judge the past and future.

Therefore, Superman did not have much expectation for Tian Xiaoban's talk about changing the past, only hoping that their parallel universe would not experience a human-god war like this one.

However, what Tian Xiaoban had been talking about was the past and future of their current Flashpoint universe. His time train allowed those on board to ignore time restarts.

If this Superman was willing, he wouldn't mind taking him to see a world more peaceful than this universe.

“Superman, do you want to come on a time travel with us?”

“Me?…”

Superman fell into hesitation. He really wanted to visit that parallel world, to see what a normal world was like.

But a large number of people were pouring into Metropolis at this time. Without him, Cyborg's power would not be enough to suppress those demigods and divine dependents.

“Never mind, I need to stay here and manage Metropolis.

But I can recommend another.”

After he finished speaking, he found Cyborg at an extremely fast speed.

He was so fast that he arrived in the blink of an eye, as if he hadn't left. However, Cyborg was also bewildered. He was still processing documents upstairs, and the next second he appeared here. He looked at the 0.01 seconds marked on his electronic eye. Well, Superman's speed now was indeed absurdly fast.

“He is the data brain of our city. Just have Cyborg leave a few subroutines to manage Metropolis, and he can go with you.”

‘What? You want me to leave?’ Cyborg certainly wasn’t happy about that!

“No, no, no, Superman, I am the database of this city. I cannot leave here.”

Superman at this point appeared somewhat autocratic. He pulled Cyborg aside and said very seriously:

“Listen, Cyborg, without the help of these people, we would have been wiped out by the gods by now! These people are about to return to their world, and you can help them.”

After saying this, Superman quickly sent a message to Cyborg:

Cyborg, remember, if possible, copy the operating principle of that train. If our world is invaded by alien gods, then the blueprints for this type of train might be our last method to escape this hell.

…

Since this world-traveling machine had been built into a train, Superman believed that as long as Cyborg could record the blueprints, they could also build tools to travel to other worlds, and then take all the Earthlings with them.

“…Okay, I’ll go with them.”

Cyborg saw the serious look in Superman's eyes, which meant that he truly believed there was a possibility of alien gods appearing.

Cyborg guessed that Superman must have learned many secrets after communicating with those gods. Since this was not an exile, nor was Superman abandoning him, but rather to save the future Earthlings, Cyborg gritted his teeth and agreed.

They came to the train again, “We have already discussed it. Let Cyborg go with you. Give us a few more minutes, Cyborg needs to create a few subroutines.”

“That’s no problem.” Tian Xiaoban poked his head out of the window, “We can depart after Cyborg is done.”

“Thank you, sir.”

Superman said gratefully, then took Cyborg to solve the problem.

An hour later…

Cyborg, noticeably swollen, returned. His limbs and torso were all reinforced, and he carried a metal tactical backpack on his back that perfectly fit his torso, as if he were going to war.

“Uh… What is this?”

Tian Xiaoban was bewildered. He was sure he had said earlier that they were going to restart time, not go to war! Did you misunderstand something?

Was Cyborg trying to fight aliens?

However, Cyborg's reason was quite reasonable: “The tactical backpack allows me to adapt to extreme environments like space, oceans, and forests. I don’t know where we’ll go with you, so I need these things to ensure my safety.”

Tian Xiaoban just felt it made a lot of sense and was about to nod, then suddenly realized something was wrong:

“What you’re saying isn’t wrong… No, we’re going to restart the world, not send you to another universe! Did you misunderstand?”

“Is it troublesome to bring these things? If so, I can take them off.”

“There’s no trouble, as long as you can fit them in the train, you can bring anything. I’m mainly curious, you look like you’re preparing for interstellar travel, which makes us very nervous.”

Besides, there was also Shazam on the train. What if this mischievous kid got a crazy idea and wanted to charge Cyborg?

“That’s good, I’ll just carry it. You don’t need to be nervous. This backpack is filled with nanobots. Their main task is to help me with body maintenance. I’m a biochemical cyborg, and I tend to have problems when I’m away from a fixed repair station. It’s quite reasonable to carry this, right?”

Tian Xiaoban nodded: “Reasonable. As long as you’re happy. Come on up.”

The train door opened, and Cyborg boarded the train, nodding to Superman outside the window.

“Well, Superman, we’ll meet again if fate allows!”

Tian Xiaoban nodded to Superman, who also nodded in response. The Flashes and Shazam waved goodbye to Superman from inside the train car.

…

The train started.

It sped towards the sky, and when its speed reached a certain point, Reverse Speed Force activated, plunging it into the time tunnel.

This time, Tian Xiaoban didn't stay in the front of the train. Instead, he was in the third car with the Flashes, taking the opportunity to explain to Cyborg.

“Flashes, keep an eye on the situation outside the window. When you see your past selves, remember to remind me.

Cyborg, do you know where this is?”

The Flashes and Cyborg reacted simultaneously. A group of them nodded, while another shook his head slightly. Oh, and there was Shazam, shaking his head as fast as a crazy husky.

Ignoring Shazam, Tian Xiaoban pointed to the scene outside the train window and said to Cyborg, “Time tunnel. The path we are on now is your timeline. We are currently running backward in time to prevent a mistake.”

Cyborg raised an eyebrow: “What mistake?”

“This mistake comes from their past selves, the Flashes.”

Cyborg glanced at the group of Flashes in red tights: “What mistake did they make?”

Tian Xiaoban smiled slightly: “They modified the time of this world. More precisely, they went back in time to save their own mothers, and the cost was that the entire world entered a countdown to destruction.”

“What?” Cyborg’s eyes widened, and an absurd thought appeared in his mind: Could the endless war tragedy between humans and gods have been caused by them?

He then shook his head in denial: Impossible. Even if they modified time, how could it affect the entire world? Every one of us has clear self-awareness and the stance of our respective races. It’s impossible to blame it all on the Flashes.

“Have you heard the saying, ‘When you play with time, time also plays with you!’? The changes in the world are because they saved their mother, an ordinary person with no power. Then, like a butterfly effect, it triggered a war in the future that almost led to genocide.”

As Tian Xiaoban said this, the Flashes’ eyes became even more ashamed. Some of the Flashes’ eyes were filled with tears, a manifestation of regret, frustration, depression, and sadness, among various emotions.

“Found him! Look, my past self is there!”

One of the Flashes suddenly perked up. He pointed to a red lightning bolt not far away. Under normal circumstances, Tian Xiaoban, Cyborg, and Shazam couldn’t see it at all. Only the Flashes who entered the Speed Force state could see that rapidly running red figure.

“I’ll go stop him!” One Flash vibrated all over. He was adjusting his speed. When his figure almost disappeared in place, it meant that he had entered a time flow almost synchronized with his past self.

The other Flashes explained: “Current Drive has strengthened our bodies. We can enter extreme speed states faster, and even directly reach the intensity needed to cross time tunnels.

Our current physical condition has completely surpassed our past selves. We believe he can do it.”

Tian Xiaoban and Cyborg looked at each other, mainly because they couldn't see anything, so the explanation made no difference.

Because of this, one Flash started a live commentary: “He charged up and ran next to his past self. Looking at their almost synchronized speed, he should be trying to persuade him, but his past self didn't listen and instead hit his future self.”

When he said “hit,” Tian Xiaoban and Cyborg actually saw the red figure for that instant, giving a real basis to the situation that needed to be imagined.

He continued to explain: “My Current Drive-enhanced self exploded, completely overwhelming my past self in speed. He overtook him and stopped my past self.

They’re fighting! They’re fighting! My past self, without the Current Drive enhancement, was caught. Oh, they’re back.”