louisehourcade Chapter 210 Batman Kneels Down Crying and Begs Me Not to Die
Chapter 210 Batman Kneels Down Crying and Begs Me Not to Die
Chapter 210 Batman Kneels Down Crying and Begs Me Not to Die (A Bonus Photo of a Skeleton Woman in Crossdressing for Qixi Festival Reading)
"Waaaaah! Gerud! Please don't die! Aaaaaah!"
The Flash, Barry Allen, sat nearby, watching Batman kneel on the ground, desperately holding the half-dead Groud, crying his heart out.
Barry touched his broken leg.
His leg was broken again during the fight with the Turtle Man (forced) to speed up Batman's progress. He wasn't fully healed to begin with, and even though the Speed Force could accelerate his self-healing, it was definitely not as easy as eating and drinking to regenerate a broken leg.
He was only able to run because of Chen Tao's tentacles, but when he exerted force, snap, they broke off again.
In short, Barry sat there, hugging his knees, staring blankly at the giant ape's corpse, which had been killed by the monstrous strength and was now limp like a melted cream cake, and the blood-covered Grud on top of it. He felt exhausted, in pain, and utterly innocent.
The victory was inexplicable, and the broken leg was equally baffling. There was a sense of bewilderment, as if one had been "forcibly used" like a tool and then discarded.
He watched as Batman ran to the blood-soaked Turtle Man and began injecting various drugs into him. Even Barry, the speedster, couldn't immediately tell where the man was pulling these drugs from.
"I was so stupid, really."
Chen Tao rambled on, sitting there sighing incessantly: "I shouldn't have tried it. I only knew that it would allow the Turtleman to use static force to share the burden and extend the Red Death Demon's usage time, but I never thought about synchronizing two at the same time, which far exceeded the Turtleman's usage limit. I overdid it! Please, please don't die!"
Fortunately, thanks to Batman's use of various medications and the temporary maintenance of vital signs with nanobots when his organs failed, the Turtle Man finally recovered from his imminent death.
Chen Tao rushed to check on Gerud. Compared to the turtle man's dire condition, Gerud was in slightly better shape. This was not only because Titano, the giant ape controlled by Gerud, had taken the brunt of the shockwave, but also because Gerud had used the Speed Force to accelerate himself at the last moment, decisively breaking free from physical contact with Titano and thus saving half his life.
Although I am still seriously injured, it's good that I'm alive, it's good that I'm alive!
As Chen Tao transformed his palm into a bat-like claw of crimson, he stroked Gerudo's fur, which had been dyed golden by the Speed Force, and pondered silently.
Most of what Grodd said was wrong, but he got one thing right: the gorillas really did love the Speed Force—though they loved it, they didn’t love it completely.
However, comparisons are inevitable. Compared to Barry, the Speed Force's biological father, they are naturally like stepchildren. But compared to most people in the world, their affinity with the Speed Force is already quite high.
Here I want to tag a certain turtle man who's still twitching next to me right now. He initially tried to merge with the Speed Force to become a speedster, but was rejected by the ugly one. So he then merged with the Stasis Force, which didn't mind his ugliness, to become the villainous turtle man.
So... in fact, Gerudo already possessed a constitution compatible with the Speed Force and carried a small amount of it. Now, having absorbed so much new Speed Force, he is a fully-fledged Speed Force user, and in his complete form, not a crippled one.
Even thanks to the centuries of research on the Speed Force by Gorilla City, their actual application is more professional than Barry's, who figured it out on his own.
Judging from his speed in dealing with the Rogues earlier, at first glance, what's the difference between him and Barry? If Chen Tao hadn't shared Joker's mindset with the Rogues, the Rogues, who had never seen an enemy like a telepath with the Speed Force, would definitely have suffered a great loss.
As Chen Tao continued stroking Gerud's fur, his thoughts wandered, and he seemed lost in thought.
Actually... he could have easily found a way to force Grodd to use the Speed Force, just like Barry, to help him share the "weight" of Batman that was beyond his capabilities.
Barry and the Turtleman teamed up, one slowing down time around him and the other speeding up his own, creating the miracle of the Red Death and the Destroyer being synchronized at the same time, but at the cost of him only throwing one punch and the Turtleman nearly dying.
Although he deliberately distributed more of the "weight" to the Turtle Man in order to avoid causing irreversible damage to the Flash, Barry, it can still be inferred that it would be impossible for the Turtle Man and Barry alone to keep him in sync for a long time.
Synchronizing with the Red Death Demon was already a struggle. He had been trying to load the Devastator repeatedly, with silver particles popping up one after another, but he only managed to synchronize some Devastator bone spikes onto his body. It was like a weightlifter trying to lift one dumbbell but failing to lift the other dumbbell as well, only managing to lift it slightly off the ground.
In the end, they only managed to synchronize their movements a split second before the fist was about to be thrown, achieving true simultaneous synchronization by lifting both super-heavy dumbbells overhead. The next moment, the turtle man who was helping to lift the "dumbbells" was hit on the forehead by the "dumbbells" and almost died on the spot.
But what if Groud joined in? What if the two speedsters and the stasis user worked together? Or what if Reverse-Flash joined in too?
Or something even darker...
Perhaps he could sacrifice (crossed out) a certain speedster to instantly seize a large share of disposable "weight," thereby achieving short-term synchronization freedom?
As Chen Tao pondered, he frowned, squinted, and shook his head, seemingly lost in thought. A ferocious expression involuntarily appeared on his face.
Ok……
As Chen Tao touched it, he suddenly felt a chill on his hand and paused slightly. He opened his hand and found that he had touched Gerud's wound, his hand covered in blood.
He carelessly wiped his blood-stained hands on his body, making them spotless and shiny. With a ferocious expression, he continued to stroke Gerud.
What was he thinking about? Oh right, it would be best to bring Reverse Lightning over too, so that the four of them could share his "weight." That would be like the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect Master descending to the mortal realm, hanging his brother into the game server, and teaching Darkseid how to write the word "death" by the neck.
Hiss... Chen Tao shook his head sharply, pulling himself out of his reverie.
If only it were that simple. The Turtle Man, the Flash, and himself—the three of them only lasted for less than half a second. Five people couldn't possibly last much longer either. Of course, if he could sacrifice one of the five...
Chen Tao's face was filled with murderous intent, and he let out a wicked laugh: "Hehehehehehehehe..."
For example, if you recklessly inject a large amount of Speed Force into a speedster's body, temporarily strengthening him and forcing him to become a lever capable of moving "weight", even though doing so is very likely to cause the other party to be reduced to ashes afterward, wouldn't that objectively increase the total amount of "weight" that the five of them can move?
For example, drain the Speed Force from the other speedsters, gather it into one speedster's body, and then suddenly lift it up to a weight far exceeding what the others can bear. Then let that speedster take the backlash instead of everyone else. Although this will kill that speedster on the spot, doesn't it objectively allow them to unleash power beyond their imagination?
"Hehehehehehehehe..."
Thinking of this, Chen Tao let out another terrifying laugh, stretching his mouth to his ears, before quickly stopping.
Don't be too happy yet.
This is just a basic idea. In practice, there will be many problems and variables. Just convincing Gerud and Reverse-Flash is extremely difficult. It is definitely not something that can be solved by simply talking. This kind of basic idea can only provide guidance when doing bad things. It is still far from the real plan.
And to be honest, if he could, Chen Tao wouldn't want to do anything that would involve sacrificing others... that would be too villainous!
"I'm a superhero, a superhero, a super villain..."
Chen Tao shook his head.
Actually, five people helping to share the "weight" and achieving simultaneous attacks on the Destroyer and Red Death Demon for a very short time should be enough. As for sacrifices... it's not that serious.
Chen Tao quickly stopped worrying about this problem. It was precisely because he wanted to avoid a situation where "the ravages and the red death demons could not be dealt with in a short time" that he needed to make a good plan to avoid it.
Chen Tao's face returned to its cold expression. He looked up and saw the Flash, Barry Allen, and the Rogues, their greatest enemies, huddled together in fear, trembling.
Oh, I misread it. Chen Tao blinked. It was just that the Rogue Gang was carrying the Flash with his broken leg on a stretcher. That was normal. What the hell? Are superheroes and villains really that harmonious?
"..."
Chen Tao realized that his sly smile might have frightened them.
"You must not be afraid," Chen Tao said.
"What bad intentions could I possibly have?"
He quickly reassured the gang of scoundrels, "I was just laughing because I remembered something happy."
He paused, then continued, "We defeated Gerud, and the victory belongs to everyone. There is no longer any distinction between villains and heroes; we are all heroes who saved Central City."
He reached out his hand to Captain Cold.
Captain Cold almost reached out too—if he hadn't noticed the fresh Grodd blood still on Batman's elbow.
Chen Tao awkwardly wiped the blood off his elbow, and after that, neither of them wanted to shake hands anymore.
The Flash turned his gaze to the lightning rod not far away. Although the giant ape Titano had collapsed the rooftop structure, he still consciously protected the lightning rod, a device capable of absorbing the speed force of the entire city.
"Grud has failed, but Central City is still shrouded in the Speed Force storm, like an insect frozen in amber."
"So the problem now is..."
Before Flash Barry could finish speaking, Chen Tao pulled something from his pocket that was no bigger than a button and stuck it on Grodd's head. The thing seemed to be alive, expanding and extending in just a few seconds until it became a headband. Captain Cold thought that this thing must be some kind of superpower suppressor.
Then he heard Batman say, "The most important thing now is to get the spoils back."
He first put one on both Grud and the turtle-man, then stretched out his hand, and countless nanobots clung to the bodies of the man and the gorilla, forcibly lifting the two half-dead, severely wounded men from the ground:
"Claim your two treasures first—"
Then, he rubbed his hands together excitedly like a fly, and walked towards Reverse-Flash, who was lying half-dead not far away: "Claim the game's ultimate prize again!"
He also reached out to Reverse-Flash, wrapping strands of black gauze around the man's body, which had been broken by Grud's throw. Chen Tao took out various colorful medicines and inserted them into Reverse-Flash's body in turn, then waited with a smile.
The drug took effect quickly, and in an instant, streaks of red lightning began to flow from the reverse lightning.
He opened his eyes, didn't even say thank you, struggled desperately to break free from Chen Tao's grasp, and then turned and ran.
"drink!"
Heatwave was the first to react. He shouted and shot a ball of flame toward Reverse Lightning, but it was stopped in mid-air by Chen Tao: "Oh no, don't rush, Mick."
He watched Reverse-Flash disappear around the street corner without looking back, his expression playful: "Don't be too aggressive. Reverse-Flash can strengthen himself; he knows best how to do so."
Chen Tao stroked his buttocks and chin, letting out a sinister laugh: "Hehehehehehehehehe..."
Then he turned his head and saw the Rogues and the Flash looking at him together.
"..."
It took Chen Tao a lot of effort to explain to them that he was not a sadist or a pervert.
"Phew! Well... next," Chen Tao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "is about the machine."
He beckoned to the weather wizard: "You, come here."
He pointed at the still unconscious Gerud: "Pour a bucket of water in his face."
The weather wizard did as he was told.
"Cough! Cough cough cough!" Gerd woke up, coughing desperately, and almost choked on the water.
Chen Tao asked him how to stop the lightning rod.
"Ha, you think I'd tell you, Batman?"
“We need to talk to him,” Barry said from the side. “Maybe we—”
"Ah, that won't work." Chen Tao maintained his smiling expression and said, "Dealing with a stubborn character like Gerud..."
Then, laughing, he picked up a steel bar from the ground and stabbed it into Gerud's wound, then twisted it around, causing Gerud to scream in agony.
Chen Tao pulled out the steel bar, bent the top of it into the shape of a crowbar, and slammed it hard onto Gerud's forehead again: "Will you talk or not? Will you talk or not?"
He swung the stick around and knocked out one of Gerud's teeth.
"Ah!!! Stop hitting me!!!"
Hearing Groud's screams, the Rogues and their enemy, The Flash, all swallowed hard and huddled together in fear.
……
……
……
Gorilla City.
This is the home of the gorilla Groud, an invisible city built in Africa by a group of highly intelligent gorillas.
But at this moment, the city welcomed an uninvited guest.
Countless Parademons blotted out the sky. Steppenwolf tossed his axe aside and stepped on the head of a gorilla that lay dead with its eyes wide open: "Well done."
He spoke to a shadowy figure in the distance: "Your plan has succeeded. After so long, we've finally reached Earth. That lowly creature named Grud was a great help."
"Don't be too happy yet." The mechanical superhero emerged from the shadows: "The dangers facing Earth should not be underestimated."
He was holding a still convulsing gorilla in one hand, and the next moment, the sharp mechanical rope in his hand pierced the gorilla's head, and then he deftly shook off the brain matter that was stuck to his hand.
"Go and bring the Mother Box back, Steppenwolf," said the robot superhero.
"Of course," Steppenwolf said. "I've already found out; the mother box is currently in the hands of the government."
He opened his nine-fingered hand: "All for Darkseid!"
at the same time.
The mother box, formed from the clay face, lay quietly in the government's research laboratory, surrounded by several white-bearded men in white coats, utterly baffled.
"What's going on? Why isn't the mother box reacting at all no matter what experiments I do?"
"This isn't normal. We were responding to all sorts of radiation before..."
"What did Dr. Stone say?"
"Dr. Stone went home to be with his son; he went to watch his son's football game today."
"Damn it, I don't understand at all!"
"What the hell is this experimental data? Is this even scientific?"
(End of this chapter)