bookbashuk Chapter 163 The Doomsday Legion
Chapter 163 The Doomsday Legion
Chapter 163 The Doomsday Legion
Chen Tao watched helplessly as the Killer Croc's body was continuously kneaded and reassembled by the Red Transformers, who were called "Tailors."
He lost consciousness, his body was being kneaded and rolled like clay, his blood vessels, bones, and internal organs floating in the air as if weightless, and then being constantly stuffed back into his body or pulled out of his body again by the tailors.
Soon, the killer crocodile, which had initially resembled a human, gradually grew larger and larger... its mouth widening...
After watching for a while, Chen Tao finally realized that something was amiss.
This thing, the more I sculpt it, the more it looks like a dinosaur!
Ok?
What the hell?
Does the Killer Croc need to go through these steps to wield the power of the Crimson of All Beings?
However, Chen Tao did not possess a large amount of the Crimson of All Beings, and he was unsure how their distribution of power would change.
Therefore, even though he was vaguely worried that Killer Croc would not like his new look after waking up, he was more concerned about causing unpredictable consequences by suddenly disturbing the surgery, so he dared not disturb the "tailors" at will.
Soon, those tailors, who looked like big-headed dolls, transformed the killer crocodile into a small dinosaur.
"Alright, Batman, the dinosaur you requested is built—"
???
Chen Tao opened his mouth.
What a joke! Chen Tao knew the process of his loading up; that huge Batmobile had melted into his body like wax from a candle.
If he were to load up with a killer crocodile here and turn into a green dinosaur, what would that be, "The Cannibal Diary"?
With a stern face, Chen Tao quickly explained to the Totem Council members that they had misunderstood.
So the tailors quickly reworked Killer Croc, squeezing and kneading him until he was almost back to his original size.
Meanwhile, the Crimson of All Beings actually brought Chen Tao a large green dinosaur.
Several young tailors came to help Chen Tao. These servants of the Totem Council, like kneading clay, kept finding raw materials from countless crimson hues and began to mold them.
Chen Tao knew that no matter how lifelike the final product they sculpted was, it would ultimately be nothing more than an empty shell without a soul.
Just like in the original comics, they created a completely new body for Buddy Baker—a soulless green dinosaur. This did indeed avoid some of Chen Tao's humanitarian and transportation problems.
Chen Tao stared at the silver text on his retina: [Dear Batman #52, you have located the green dinosaur. Batman "Bat Dragon" from Parallel Universe #27 is now ready to be loaded.]
[Load immediately?]
Chen Tao certainly had no intention of displaying himself before the spirit of the Red Totem of the Masses. He used black nanobots, gathered like fine sand, to condense a rope and looped it around the neck of the unconscious bat dragon.
He turned and walked over to Killer Croc, who had just woken up from the operating table, and said:
"You're awake! The surgery was a success."
He said to the still somewhat dazed Killer Croc, "Try it. You can feel that power now, can't you? Open that door."
Chen Tao patiently guided him: "Try to master him. You might not be able to control him well at first, but—"
Killer Croc snapped his fingers, and a passage appeared directly in front of the two of them.
"..."
Chen Tao turned to look at the totems:
"He can use the power you gave him so easily and seamlessly simply because it was given to him by you, so he doesn't need to adjust to it."
Chen Tao said, "Like Animal Hero, Killer Croc's abilities all come from you right now. You can take away its power at any time."
The totems looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Don't get me wrong, Bat," Cat Totem Socks finally spoke up, "This is all we can do."
Socks explained, "Unless you reach the level of the King of Life, the power of the Crimson of All Beings that we bestow will naturally be under our control. This is an inevitable result of the distribution of power, and we cannot control it. This is different from the power you extract from the Crimson of All Beings yourself using scientific methods like the Human-Bat Serum."
Chen Tao narrowed his eyes.
He's telling the truth, and that's all we can do for now.
As Batman's figure disappeared behind the Red Gate of All Beings, all the totems breathed a sigh of relief.
This gentleman has finally left.
A warrior, his eyes glazed over, unconsciously said, "Actually, being possessed by those metals isn't so bad. I quite like it..."
But the next second, his companion covered his mouth: "Sorry, gentlemen, this idiot didn't say anything."
The cat totem "Socks" waved its paws in annoyance. If it were before, they might have had the energy to punish this audacious madman, but now they needed to have a proper meeting to discuss the issue of Batman.
Ok……
Socks looked down at the unconscious antler totem lying on the ground: "You can get up now, stop pretending."
"Huh? What happened?"
The socks were too lazy to act out the "I just woke up and I'm totally confused" act with the antler totem.
"I'm gone."
He told the other party:
"We're going to a meeting."
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This is the cage where Bane is imprisoned; he has been here for over 72 hours.
He collapsed in the corner of the cage, motionless.
He eats when someone brings him food, and he doesn't react when someone takes away his dishes with a robotic arm.
Bain was sleeping, sleeping day and night, as if he could escape reality in his dreams.
But today, he finally faced Batman's first interrogation.
With a clang, the light above his head turned on.
Bain got up from the ground and turned to look at the person in front of him.
"Are you mud-faced?"
When Bane saw Batman, a glimmer of life finally appeared on his face, but it vanished in an instant.
"It doesn't matter."
He said.
Then he tried to lie down and go back to sleep, but he saw Batman slap a piece of paper onto the glass in front of him.
"A pardon from the President, Bain. As long as you participate in the fight against Brainiac, all your previous crimes will be wiped clean."
He heard Batman say, "Listen. I've been wanting to talk to you, you know? I don't want to hurt you. I don't want things to end with either you or me killing the other."
Bain rolled over and curled up, just like the boy who had struggled in the water dungeon.
"Things don't have to come to this. I don't know what factors have twisted your life so much, I don't know what factors have made you so obsessed with me. Who knows? Maybe I was involved, but maybe I can help you."
He heard Batman's voice, deep and resonant, like the cold darkness, yet also like the blazing sun.
"We can work together. I can get you back on the right track. You won't need to take any more risks, and you won't need to be alone. We don't need to kill each other—from the beginning, our mutual killing was meaningless."
Bane finally looked up and saw Batman with his back to the light, his face blurred into a shadow, the light blinding.
All he could see was the hand that was reaching towards the glass.
No, not through, Batman has already opened the door to his transparent cage.
Batman walked straight into the transparent cage and approached Bane without any hesitation.
"You, me, we've worked together more than once. Why not try again? This is an opportunity, Bain, to erase everything you've done before and start over, to start your life anew."
You were once unforgivable, you were once utterly wicked, but now you have a chance to transcend your past self—to fight for the Earth, for human civilization.
Bane slowly sat up, crossed his knees, and let Batman's shadow envelop him.
He still loved the darkness, that warm, chilly darkness.
Neither your father nor your mother, nor that cage, can define you.
"Bain. From today onward, from this moment on, you are to live for yourself."
Bane heard Batman's voice and his advice.
"We will definitely beat Brainiac, and I have made all the preparations for it."
Chen Tao said, "Luther gave me a trump card. Bain, old friend. If you're willing to help me, I can show you them."
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The Red of All Beings has been holding meetings day and night for almost a week, and the many totems of the Totem Council still cannot reach a consensus on whether to retaliate against Batman by returning.
But after so much debate, they are finally going to reach a conclusion today.
At this point, after several days of hard work, the antler totem had convinced most of the other totems and had become the undisputed majority.
"That mortal's actions towards the Crimson of All Beings were undoubtedly blasphemous. For thousands of years, the Crimson of All Beings has never had its power stolen by anyone who broke in!"
He said, "We should capture Killer Croc immediately, then revoke his access to the Red Soul, and then gather all our forces in the world to show Batman what we're made of!"
"I already said, we still have the Rotten Black to deal with, we can't just waste our strength like this..." Socks was already running out of ideas.
He made a final effort: "Even if we unleash the power of all the Red Users in the world, it will be difficult to defeat Batman... He also has Superman as an ally..."
"We're dealing with Batman, not Superman," the antler totem emphasized. "Superman is very strong, don't treat me like some old fogey who doesn't know the realities of the world, but you also have to admit that Superman can't be with Batman 24/7, and there's only one Superman."
Socks couldn't believe that this ignorant and arrogant statement had actually garnered unanimous agreement from the other totems:
"Yes, yes, that's right."
"We cannot allow those who desecrate the red of all living beings to leave without consequence; that would only diminish our prestige!"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Looking at that group of stupid and pedantic old fogies across from her, Socks felt utterly exhausted.
He said in a moment of despair:
"Don't you understand the principle of acting expediently in times of crisis? Kane is lurking outside, and yet we're still fighting amongst ourselves? No matter how outrageous Batman's actions are, he's still part of the Red Clan, possessing their power... "
"Internal instability is more important than external threats!"
But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the antler totem: "What's that old saying again? [To repel external aggression, one must first pacify internal strife.]"
He concluded, "Those users of the Crimson of All Beings in the present world are all extremely powerful warriors, and there are many of them. In any case, we have the upper hand because we outnumber them!"
Seeing that Socks remained silent, the antler totem softened its tone slightly and said, "We didn't expect to kill Batman, we just wanted to teach him a lesson so that he would respect us more in the future."
The deer antler totem said, "It will not harm the interests of all living beings."
He was secretly annoyed. This corrupt council, yet every single person's opinion was not to be underestimated.
Otherwise, why would he bother to persuade Socks?
The socks looked at the other totems.
As a member of the Totem Council, he must maintain a general, basic pace in line with the other totems.
So he finally sighed and said:
"We're just teaching Batman a lesson as punishment for his blasphemy. We won't kill him, we won't use lethal force on him, and we won't do anything to provoke him."
"Of course." A sincere expression appeared on the ugly face of the antler totem:
Everything I do is for the sake of all living beings.
He said, "Even Batman, no matter how powerful, can't be omniscient and omnipotent. There will always be times when he's alone. Please, I'll say it again, don't think I'm some kind of old-fashioned person who doesn't know anything."
He said, "Don't think that one Superman would protect him. Even if there were 20 Doomsdays, we would always find a way to deal with them—you know Doomsday? And the Parasite, I've been watching the world."
He turned to the socks and said, "So you should know, I'm not making decisions recklessly because I don't understand Batman and Superman's power, but even if we know how powerful they are, we can't disregard the dignity of the Red of All Beings for their sake—"
But before he could finish speaking, a connection between the Crimson of All Beings and reality suddenly appeared beside him, standing straight in the center of their meeting room, startling even the deer antler totem.
"See that? See that?" The antler totem reacted, pointing excitedly at the connector and saying, "I told you, giving Batman that permission is like exposing the entire Red of All Beings nakedly to—"
But the next second, the dozens of things that emerged from that interface silenced the antler totem completely.
Socks' mind went completely blank.
Like the antler totem, it is also a rare totem among its ancient counterparts that enjoys learning about modern human civilization.
It was precisely because he understood what had happened in reality that he was able to comprehend what this hideous monster in front of him really was.
That expressionless face and those red eyes almost froze Socks' brain.
Socks felt like her tongue was in knots and her brain was trembling.
"Destroy...destroy...Doomsday! So many!"
Those doomsdays began their silent march after they emerged from the tunnel.
They lined up first, and then in an instant, they burst out at several times the speed of sound, smashing the walls of the conference room to pieces as if they were tofu.
One of the quick-reacting Crimson Guardians tried to stop them, but the next second his body was smashed in half by the charging Doomsday. His eyeball was now resting on his buttocks. Fortunately, this was the Crimson Guardians, and as a warrior of the Crimson Guardians, he wouldn't die.
The entire building collapsed with a roar, leaving a scene of utter devastation. The dust-covered totems crawled out of the ruins and then looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I propose a temporary halt to the retaliatory actions against Batman."
The socks asked, "Who supports it, and who opposes it?"
This time, even the antler totem remained silent.
Everyone! I'm back from my P2P trading! (Holding my butt in pain) My reading has been terrible lately, so I need to use P2P trading to recover some losses, sob.
Ninja Academy Teacher: I can become stronger by teaching.
Mu Yue transmigrated to the Naruto world and became a Chunin teacher at the Ninja Academy. She awakened a teacher system, which allowed her to become stronger by teaching.
"First time completing a lesson with a rating of A, reward received - Mastery of Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation".
"Your guidance has helped Uchiha Shisui mature his thinking and learn to think independently, earning him the reward—the Sage Body!"
"Your disciple, Uchiha Shisui, has awakened the Sharingan and received the reward—Six Eyes!"
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Years later, the Sage of Six Paths' chakra temporarily revived, and he began to check on Kaguya's seal, only to find Kaguya being beaten up by Mu Yue and a group of students.
The Sage of Six Paths: 6
(End of this chapter)