Chapter 318 "I Want to Retire!"

In the comic story of Final Crisis, Batman shot Darkseid and severely injured him, which directly led to Darkseid being completely killed by Flash through the Omega Effect and Black Runner.

- Although the bullet shot by Batman was made by Darkseid himself to kill the New God, and the prerequisite for the New God to die was also achieved by Darkseid himself.

But in Chen Tao's previous life, this famous scene of Batman shooting Darkseid was still deliberately taken out of context by countless people, becoming a "strong evidence" for the famous rumor that "Batman never uses a gun, but can kill Darkseid as long as he picks up a gun." However, the fact is that it was the Black Runner who really made the final blow.

However, in the comic "Dark Nights: Death Metal", the Dark Father who came to the main universe did not perform that earth-shattering shot, but transformed the gun into a weapon that fired Omega Judgment by calibrating life energy.

According to the Dark Father in the comics, the gun is more effective than Darkseid's Omega Judgment. After he calibrates Batman's life energy, the rays emitted will not only allow people to travel back to the past, but will completely erase people from history, making everyone forget the existence of the target, and carry out the ultimate erasure! ! !

Then the Dark Father shot Batman with one shot!

Then the main universe Batman who was shot head-on was unharmed, patted his butt and climbed up from the ground.

Uh...

In fact, it was because Batman at that time had already put on the black lantern ring and became a corpse, and the gun was only effective against living creatures.

But at this time, Chen Tao could clearly feel that the Dark Father he was syncing with was different from the Dark Father who had given him the power of the world's superman in the comic "Dark Nights: Death Metal"; the one he synchronized with seemed more complete, younger, and his power was at its peak.

It was as if someone had chosen the most appropriate time point in the timeline, copied the Dark Father, the equipment around him, and a large number of Robins who were regarded as "equipment" by that existence, like insects in amber, and then gently and considerately made them into a "Dark Father Limited Collection Skin", which Chen Tao was wearing now.

Therefore, if he pulled the trigger at this time, the bullet that would burst out of the muzzle of the gun would probably be the bullet that killed the New God made by Darkseid of the Dark Father Universe.

Chen Tao could not confirm whether this bullet could really kill the New God. After all, everything in the Dark Multiverse was a projection and degradation of the positive universe. Although many things had similar names to those in the positive universe, most of them were monkey and gun versions, and their effectiveness was directly reduced by one level.

But even so, Chen Tao conservatively estimated that this bullet could greatly weaken Darkseid -

if it could really hit him.

Chen Tao had a cold expression on the surface.

That's right, he now holds the Dark Father version of the New God-killing Gun, and also has the radioactive particle bullet that is poisonous to the New God.

Both are from the Dark Universe, and are the Dark Universe projection of the real New God-killing Gun in the positive universe of "Final Crisis". They are crude replicas, but the effect is roughly the same...

However, there is a speechless problem now:

Before shooting, he has to spend time manually calibrating Darkseid's life energy, which conservatively estimates that it will take a few hours to a few days...

This is not a problem with the bullet, but a problem with the gun. This replica gun from the Dark Universe obviously has more restrictions than the original.

Obviously, Chen Tao doesn't have the time to calibrate, but it's not a big problem. As long as he shoots at a close range at Darkseid's forehead, who can't dodge, the result will be the same whether he calibrates the life energy or not.

As long as Chen Tao really wants to kill, this restriction can't restrain him.

But another problem is much more troublesome:

Darkseid's death will cause a gap in the universe. Even if Chen Tao keeps syncing with Darkseid and accepts Darkseid's anti-life equation and Omega effect, he doesn't care about being eroded-

The Meditation Mite and this Justice League can't hold on.

Darkseid is like a steel wall that builds the big house of the entire universe. If Chen Tao wants to tear down this wall, he has to fill it up and support the house of the universe.

But the problem is that Chen Tao's own material does not reach the hardness of Darkseid's "steel wall". He just synchronized with Darkseid through the Alfred Protocol and reached the hardness of the "steel wall" in a short time. In fact, he is at most a thin wooden wall.

Therefore, Chen Tao drew his gun just to force Darkseid, and it would be best to make peace.

There are almost no oaths in this world that cannot be bypassed. For a powerful tyrant like Darkseid, no matter how many oaths he is forced to make, it is not as good as the real power that can make him afraid.

If he had not synchronized with the Dark Father, Chen Tao had originally planned to force the Blood Bull to possess his body, so that Darkseid would become the Light Beast Jinchūriki, and then use the Light Beast to help him share the pressure of synchronizing other Batmen under the Alfred Agreement, and then have a good fight with Darkseid.

Anyway, he was not afraid of not being able to take off the Red Lantern Ring. Ordinary creatures would die if they took off the Red Lantern Ring because the Red Lantern Ring would replace the opponent's heart and drain all the blood in the body, but Chen Tao had already loaded the Batmobile and became the only spokesperson for the Metal Spirit.

Changing into the body of the Batmobile and draining blood at any time? Laughing to death, there is no blood at all.

Of course, this is just another plan of Chen Tao besides the "Wandering Earth Plan". As Chen Tao synchronized with the Dark Father, he had already abandoned it.

So, the basic condition for making peace with Darkseid is not the oath made by the other party, but whether "you", as Batman, can have the power to compete with Darkseid and make the Dark Lord afraid?

In the comic book "New 52 Justice League: Origins", the Justice League did not force Darkseid to swear any oath at all, but after defeating the opponent head-on, Darkseid never set foot on this planet until he was summoned to Earth by his daughter in "Darkseid War"?

Therefore...

"This gun can hurt me."

Darkseid felt the power contained in the gun and pointed out its weakness without hesitation.

"But it can't kill me, and it may not be able to hit me. Do you think you can threaten me with just this thing?"

But despite his tough words, Darkseid did not move.

He stared at the gun tightly, and his back felt cold.

Even in the fierce battle with Superboy-Prime, he did not suffer any serious injuries in the true sense, but the gun made him feel... very dangerous, even more dangerous than Superboy-Prime.

This is certainly not because the power of this gun is greater than the attack of Superboy-Prime, but because the bullet contains radioactive particles that are poisonous to the New Gods, and is a weapon specifically designed to increase the damage of the Darkseid race.

Although Darkseid does not know which parallel universe made this bullet, it does not prevent him from understanding and feeling the danger.

"I ask you not to set foot on Earth again." Darkseid heard Batman say:

"I bring a peace agreement, Darkseid. I will only count to three. If you don't agree..."

Darkseid looked at the scarlet eyes.

"Then it will be a fight to the death without holding back."

"One."

"There are no bullets in your gun."

Darkseid said: "You are bluffing."

His tone sounded very sure: "The sense of crisis I feel comes from that gun, but in fact there are no bullets in that gun. I don't know where you got this thing."

Chen Tao did not speak, and the two pairs of scarlet eyes also burned with Omega rays, looking at each other.

"Two."

Chen Tao was ready to rush towards Darkseid at any time. The Meditation Mite and the entire Justice League had persisted for long enough. He had to end the battle with Darkseid before they were completely exhausted. Whether it was peacemaking or murder, there must be a result and it could not be delayed.

"Three..."

"Stop." Darkseid interrupted Chen Tao's three words and said in a deep voice:

"I have a condition."

"Say it."

"Show me your anti-life equation."

Chen Tao was a little alert when he heard Darkseid's words.

He immediately began to imagine that Darkseid was himself:

If it was him who said this, then I'm afraid all this was a trap, he would...

"There is no trap, Batman, I know what you are thinking at a glance."

Darkseid's face did not change at all, and it seemed that there was no emotion in his tone.

"No, no trap. I just want to take a look at your anti-life equation. I am Darkseid, the New God, not the despicable Batman."

I don't know if it's an illusion, Chen Tao always feels that Darkseid is weird to him, but looking at his calm face, Chen Tao is not sure if he is overthinking.

So he did it.

An anti-life equation, attached to the Alfred ray, was bent dozens of times in the sky. After Darkseid had seen enough, he aimed at the building next to him and fired.

As the building collapsed, Darkseid's face showed joy.

He looked at Batman who was puzzled over there.

Foolish mortals didn't understand what he had just seen, nor what he was controlling.

That was the anti-life equation, the key to his domination of all living beings.

Just when Batman showed him the Anti-Life Equation, Darkseid got a prophecy, a prophecy about the Anti-Life Equation, which was clearer and more obvious than the previous prophecy that only roughly knew that "the Anti-Life Equation is on Earth".

He... saw that war.

That war between the Dark God and the Anti-God.

I am Darkseid, and I am about to shake hands with Batman. And this is not because I have given up the ideal of ruling all living things, but because I got a prophecy.

I saw the birth of a new god.

I saw the loss of hope. I saw the drowning of a king. He saw the disappearance of science and magic. I saw that the master who always got away had nowhere to escape.

And at the center of everything, I saw an Amazon woman. Even if I don’t know what she did, I still instinctively know that she is the culprit of all this, but my eyes did not stay on her at all.

There is only one thing that can make me care, a god...

The Anti-Monitor, and what should belong to me and can only belong to me in him——

The Anti-Life Equation!

The location of the war revealed to him in the prophecy is Earth.

And the way I join the war...

The prophecy tells me the direction of things. Even if I don't conquer Earth, the prophecy also reveals to me how to obtain the Anti-Life Equation.

(Note: The prophecy that Darkseid saw is the content of the DC event "Darkseid War". The Anti-Monitor invades Earth 3 with the complete Anti-Life Equation, and Darkseid will be summoned to Earth by his daughter Grey to fight the Anti-Monitor.)

"I will not actively attack Earth again. There is no need anymore."

Chen Tao heard Darkseid say.

This sentence made his heart alarm bells ring, and he almost rushed over to point the gun at Darkseid's head. Darkseid was forced to put down his hands behind his back, and then shook them in front of him, and then hurriedly said the whole thing:

"What I mean is, I agree, I will not actively attack Earth again."

"You still have to release your control over Supergirl and Cyborg."

"No problem at all."

Chen Tao looked at Darkseid in confusion. He didn't quite understand what the other party was selling.

He manipulated the three mother boxes that he had swallowed and opened the portal to the earth.

He held up his gun and stepped back to the earth from the portal cautiously - in order to prevent Darkseid from taking the opportunity to attack, he did not appear directly in Metropolis, but set the landing location on the moon, so that when he fought back, he would not have to worry about causing damage to the surrounding environment.

However, Darkseid did nothing, and all the preparations made by Chen Tao had no effect.

This made him even more confused.

Darkseid followed Chen Tao to the moon.

Chen Tao raised his gun again.

"Relax."

Darkseid said.

He turned his head and looked at the beautiful earth.

Then he opened the door to Apokolips again.

"Well done."

He said.

It was not until a few hours later that Chen Tao finally confirmed that Darkseid was really gone.

He immediately lifted the transformation of the Dark Father, and then excitedly called Alfred.

"Great, I'm going to retire!"

"Alfred, help me contact Supergirl, forget it, I'll go find her myself!"