stonecrandall Chapter 501 Timeline and Hypertime Flow
Chapter 501 Timeline and Hypertime Flow
Chapter 501 Timeline and Hypertime Flow
Fiji.
The violent volcanic eruption has completely destroyed the area's function as a tourist city. With the destruction of the industries that people relied on for a living, the population here has plummeted in just a few days.
At that moment, amidst the ruins, a blue portal opened once more, and the voices of Time Master Richard Rip Hunter and Golden Vanguard Michael Jon Carter echoed from behind the portal.
"I'm speechless. We're still in Fiji. Why are you making these mistakes... wait, this doesn't seem to be a problem with your controls."
The Time Master was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something, as if he had been struck by a violent blow: "We can't change it, which only means one thing: as time goes by, Batman's timeline is almost solidified—"
"What do you mean?"
It was clearly the voice of the Golden Vanguard that came through. He asked, "Explain yourself."
"We missed our chance. Batman's timeline is like a road paved with a bucket of cement. It's been dry for a long time, and when we want to scrape it off from where it's almost dry, the best way is to act immediately."
The Time Master explained:
"But the concrete pavement is already starting to harden, you understand? Even if you scrape it off forcefully, due to the loss of moisture, it will leave a thin layer of hardened cement on the ground. Its timeline is almost solidified, and the cost of scraping it off will be greater than we imagined!"
"So there's no other way?"
"No, of course there is a way, but that would require a time traveler far more powerful than us. We would need someone like Barry Allen or Wally West (Note: This refers to White Wally, the third Flash, not the Black Wally from the New 52 series. At this point, White Wally is trapped in the Speed Force because Dr. Manhattan stole ten years from DC and doesn't exist in the main universe, so the main universe automatically generated a Black version of Wally. Therefore, when the Time Master mentions him, it's like saying a dead man can help us lift this rock.) Our machines are malfunctioning and it's difficult for us to jump to the correct location."
"Then what's the use of saying this? We still have no solution."
The two fell silent for a moment, staring blankly at the point in time that they couldn't interfere with Batman's current situation.
"So the future cannot be changed?" Golden Vanguard asked.
"The future is not unchangeable. Even the past can be changed, so why can't the future be changed?" the Time Master replied in an almost groaning voice.
"But Batman single-handedly reshaped his future, and we can't change that future, at least not us."
"Then don't change it."
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you think it's cruel? The Batman of this parallel universe has spent so much time and effort trying to change everything that their universe might experience in the future, but we're going to sacrifice the lives of everyone in this universe just for the sake of balance and safety in the multiverse?"
"Damn it, Golden Vanguard, you better not back out—"
"I quit, Richard. This is not a heroic act."
"Damn it, I'm going crazy. Listen to me, Golden Vanguard, they are dead people who should have died in history. We are not sacrificing them, we are maintaining the normal operation of the timeline and the hypertime flow."
The Time Master took a breath, then his tone calmed down slightly as he said, "I know what you're thinking. I understand you, Michael. I made the same mistake you did. I tried to save Pompeii."
(Note: Pompeii is an ancient Greek city buried by volcanic ash.) I once tried to save the thousands of innocent people in Pompeii who were destined to be buried alive by the volcanic ash.
"But my actions had terrible consequences. Because the people of Pompeii did not die, countless heroes who should have appeared in the downstream timeline were submerged in the river of history, battles that should have been won were lost, the timeline collapsed, and even more people died. I had to go back and stop my past self, and then watch helplessly as Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash."
"I have returned to Pompeii countless times, just before it was swallowed by volcanic ash," the Time Master said sincerely. "I walked along the main streets with the vendors hawking their wares and breathed the fresh morning air with the residents."
"But I fucking know I can never tell them when they're going to die; that's a fundamental professional skill for a time traveler."
"My job is to maintain the operation of the original timeline on the infinite timeline and prevent countless changes that could cause history to deviate in different directions and affect the downstream of the timeline. From the fact that the mafia who drove the nails into Charlemagne's nails was driven into the nail, to whether Hitler's personal physician was bribed by the British to prescribe him poison to end his life prematurely."
"Batman interfered with the development of the main universe's timeline. The changes he made to the timeline seriously jeopardized the development of the downstream of the hyper-time flow. From a macro perspective..."
"Then let's not go for a macro perspective," said Golden Vanguard.
His tone was more serious than ever before: "Batman is saving the world. Do you want us to stop him? This is the natural progression of the timeline. We cannot maintain the stability of the trans-time flow by stopping the natural progression of the timeline."
"But if that's the case..." The Time Master was speechless with anger, and then he heard the voice of the Golden Vanguard.
"You remember Superman's line, right?"
There's always a way; there will always be options.
The Time Master remained silent for a moment.
"But we're not the only ones trying to interfere with Batman's timeline; the Anti-Monitors of this universe are also trying to reshape their own victory timeline."
Whether the timeline Batman is trying to create can truly be solidified remains to be seen... What gives you the right to say this is a choice of timeline?
"We might soon find that the timeline that Batman has painstakingly created and is not yet stable will soon be erased by the Anti-Monitor, and the future will be redirected back to his victorious ending. I told you not to deify or personify the timeline. The timeline and the self-regulation ability of the hypertime stream have limits. He is not a god with a specific personification."
"So since we can't interfere with Batman right now, we should focus on solving the problem at hand, rather than dealing with the people who caused it..."
The two of them started arguing again, and the argument gradually turned into a quarrel. Soon, the blue portal disappeared.
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Super-time flow.
Chen Tao pondered silently.
The DC timeline is actually quite strange. Anyone who has never read DC comics might be completely baffled by the chaotic timeline and have no idea how it all works.
However, to understand the DC timeline, one should not follow specific points in time within the DC universe, but rather the points in time when major events occur.
When creating the DC multiverse, the creator god Papetua designed DC as a universe structure capable of repeatedly generating crisis forces by constantly restarting its own timeline.
Since the first crisis, also known as the Crisis on Infinite Earths, there have been multiple major DC events that have caused the DC timeline to reset.
Crisis on Infinite Earths, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour...
Each time these major events that alter the timeline occur, many things that happened on the original timeline are erased.
For example, during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the "Knightfall" event in Batman, where Batman's spine is broken by Bane, takes place in the main universe.
However, with the reboot of the "New 52" universe, the new timeline replaced the old timeline and became the current reality. The major event "Knightfall" was directly erased from the timeline, and a new chapter was turned in DC's history. But did the "Knightfall" event disappear from the DC universe?
not at all!
In the "past" of the DC Hypertime Stream, this event remains in the period of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, before the New 52 Events reshaped the timeline.
The current timeline is the current timeline, so what does it have to do with the timelines that existed in the past?
This is why, at the end of the "Multiverse Fusion" event, Parallax Demon Hal was able to travel to the main world and fight the current Hal.
Parallax Malcolm was corrupted by Hal Jordan after the events of Emerald Twilight, which resulted in the deaths of 700 million people in Beach City. However, with multiple reboots of the universe, Hal was redeemed and became a true Green Lantern once again.
In one timeline, Brainiac, in order to hold a multiverse tournament, directly pulled Parallax Mohal from his timeline after the Zero Hour Crisis, and then threw him into the main universe at the end of the event, causing him to come directly to the present timeline from a timeline that once existed through a hypertime flow.
Each timeline is like a constantly flowing river, and major events in DC are like digging a new river in the heart.
Otherwise, if the timelines have been restarted, how did Parallax Morhal arrive in the current timeline?
Therefore, this is why Chen Tao is making this plan now.
He needs help from beyond the timeline; he needs to create a final insurance policy for his plan.
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Hall of Justice.
When the ventriloquist entered the room dressed as a maid, he saw Batman with a grotesque head and body, transformed into a monster resembling a dragon.
This is the transformation caused by the Purple Lantern Predator completely filling his body, a state of being possessed by the Lantern, but Batman does not appear to be mentally controlled by the Predator.
The ventriloquist cautiously approached Batman's feet and then lay prostrate on the ground.
Batman's mind control and manipulation left him utterly defenseless. But before he could say anything more, he heard the sound of a slamming shut.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
A large number of weapons and static force fields appeared, instantly turning the Hall of Justice into a cage for capture.
"Master..." the ventriloquist trembled. He didn't know why Batman was doing this, but the light ring on his hand seemed to be disobeying his commands, flickering erratically. Then he heard Batman's voice:
"I'm so sorry, Arnold. I've made you suffer for so long. I know it's painful to carry around like this. But I'll be able to help you with this soon."
He reached out, and the purple power of the purple lamp began to transform into invisible tentacles, quickly lifting the old man dressed as a maid from the ground.
"Ah!!!! Master!" the Ventriloquist screamed. He was suddenly horrified to find that he could no longer control his ring. The ring materialized into various cold weapons and stabbed at Batman, but before it could touch Batman, they were disintegrated by the purple light energy as if a gentle breeze had brushed against his face.
Chen Tao remained expressionless. As the tentacles swayed, the ventriloquist Arnold's expression became increasingly distorted.
His face flushed crimson, intense pain gnawed at him, and strands of green energy, starting from the hand with the ring, spread along his veins and up his arm, making that arm with the ring look almost like a large, glowing light tube.
"Come out, I know you've been hiding here all along," Chen Tao said.
He looked at the little old man dressed as a maid. He needed insurance… a final insurance policy.
And this last resort can only be helped by the person in front of him.
"Don't you want to come out yet?" he said.
A large amount of purple energy flowed into the Ring of Calamity. He knew that the ring contained its own space. Although the Ventriloquist had previously reported to him that there was no consciousness other than his in this space, and that the Ventriloquist himself was an eccentric individual who was not subject to mental control, Chen Tao knew that the first Lantern Knight must be hiding inside. With his abilities, it would be truly strange if the Ventriloquist could discover him.
Chen Tao increased the input of purple lamp energy. He couldn't possibly match the first Lantern Knight in his control over the power of the green lamp and the seven-color emotional spectrum, but he was now the host of the predator. Even with the dosage, he could drown the opponent hiding in the ring.
The Raiders were completely under his control, a control no different from that of Sinestro's control over the Parallax.
Since the first Lantern couldn't corrupt his control over the purple lantern's power, he could only control the green lantern's energy within the Ring of Destruction.
Under the pressure of a large amount of purple light power, these green light energies will only have less and less room to survive. If things continue like this, it will only be a matter of time before the first Lantern is discovered.
Sure enough, soon, a green figure finally revealed its human form under the pressure of the power of the purple lights. As soon as it appeared, it glared at Batman with eyes full of hatred.
Yes, that's right, that's what he was looking for.
At this moment, within the Shadow Cabinet, lies the creator of Green Lantern and the controller of the emotional spectrum.
A man who will never find a home:
The first Lantern Knight.
Calamity befalls the enemy.
(End of this chapter)