Southwestern Australia.

Nalebo Plains.

A flash of red lightning ran along the road.

It is Australia's longest and straightest road, with a total length of 90 miles, stretching over the southernmost point of the country.

It has been abandoned for years, and almost no one remembers the existence of the highway except for the crazy sightseers.

The convoy of trucks that occasionally crossed by here has long since been rerouted.

After all, no one wants to drive along a straight, long road, and the boredom and tedium along the way can make people drowsy.

However, for the rest of the world, this highway is simply perfect.

All you have to do is avoid kangaroos and ostriches that pop out of the blue, and you'll be able to run at full speed as much as you want.

A straight and long runway, in the eyes of the speeders, it is almost heaven.

The surrounding scenery blurred, turning into fleeting light clips, and even the sound of the wind faded until it fell silent.

Known as "The Flash", the red speeder seems to be galloping in a vacuum tube, haunted by golden lightning, as if walking in another world, time is absolutely static in multiple dimensions.

Barry didn't feel anything material, nothing could stand in his way, the wind, the air, the resistance, everything, was gone.

Only speed, ever-increasing speed.

"That's the wonder of the Speed Force."

Barry thought.

He used to come to this place often to think about things.

In the process of running at top speed, the mind will also be sharper and faster than usual.

Many problems that cannot be studied thoroughly will be solved immediately.

Yet, today.

Barry just wanted to run as much as he could, and he didn't want to think about anything.

A lingering shadow haunted him like a ghost.

Even if he is enough to break through the speed of light and surpass time, even if he is the fastest person in the world, the dark shadow hidden deep in his heart always hangs over his head, smiling at his childhood self.

"No matter how fast you run, you can't save everyone – you can't save the people you care about!"

The words of the reverse lightning echoed in Barry's mind.

Time and space are like an unconventional ring, with beginnings and ends often connected to each other.

Albert Swan, a 25th-century human of the future.

Madly worshipping The Flash, he studied the source of his abilities and finally learned the mystery of the Speed Force.

Swan successfully replicated the accident that led to the birth of The Flash, becoming the new speedster.

With super speed, he incarnated as "Reverse Lightning" and became a fatal enemy with the Flash.

In the end, in order to destroy his opponent, he did not hesitate to break the boundaries of time, travel to the past, and kill the Flash, who has not yet grown up.

This is how it all began, time and space intertwined into a circle, Swan killed Barry's mother, but also single-handedly contributed to the birth of The Flash.

And the Flash makes him a speedster, a super criminal nicknamed "Reverse Lightning".

"Barry, we have to learn to accept things that can't be changed – I accepted my fate when my parents collapsed in the dark alley."

The Dark Knight of Gotham once explained.

"But, Barry, you can't forget, it's a void in your heart that you can never fill—"

The voice of nothingness echoed quietly in the depths of the heart, like a faint light in the deep darkness, attracting people to it.

The red lightning bolt is still running, like the giant chasing the sun in ancient mythology.

An unprecedented feeling of emptiness filled his body, and Barry felt cold inexplicably.

Even though he was accompanied by family and friends, the indescribable weakness still wrapped around him, as if it was reminding him all the time-

"You could have saved her, but you didn't!"

"No, I tried...... Mom. ”

The shadow of his childhood resurfaced in his mind, and Barry stopped running, his face ached.

He held his head in his hands and said in a low voice.

Just as his companion, the Dark Knight of Gotham, can never forget what happened in that alley.

He could not forget that the woman who had sat on the edge of the bed, reading the bedtime story gently and quietly, died in front of his eyes.

"You watched her die, for the justice and faith of the so-called 'hero'! You watched your mother die in front of you, the fastest man in the world, even time can't keep up with you, but you didn't save her! ”

The sound of nothingness, like the roar of thunder in the coming rainstorm, exploded in my mind one after another, and the lightning laughed wildly.

The Flash, half-kneeling on the ground, closed his eyes in pain.

The irreparable regret in my heart is like a hole in the canvas of life, and no emotion can fill the grief of losing a loved one.

"Barry, the opportunity is just around the corner, catch up with the time, leave it far behind, you can redeem that regret."

In the spiritual world, there seemed to be another voice, which was a strong emotion formed by Barry's regret and chagrin.

"Catch up with the clock...... Recovering regrets? ”

The Flash muttered unconsciously.

On the endless highway, barren weeds, flocks of kangaroos crossing the highway in the distance, and the warm sunset that is about to sink into the horizon.

Barry looked around blankly, the world was so alive, so real, so beautiful.

He is the Flash, the savior of Midtown, one of the members of the Justice League, the fastest man in the world, and the superhero that everyone worships.

"Mom's ......"

But now he is like a child who has lost himself from his parents.

"Let go of responsibility...... Throw off the shackles...... Run with all your might! ”

A breeze blew across the plains, and Barry stood up, turned back, and looked into the distance.

At the far end, there is a city that belongs to him, friends who love and care about him, and partners who insist on being by his side.

In the other direction, beyond the endless amount of time, there may be nothing there.

But there is a gentle woman who is willing to tell him bedtime stories, will help him cover the quilt, and sing lullabies.

"Mom."

Barry turned his head and waved his hand back as if to say goodbye.

The next moment, the red lightning stirred up the air current, turning into an unparalleled streamer.

There was a bang, a roar erupted in the air, and Barry had broken through the sound barrier.

Golden lightning lingered around his body, and faintly, he approached the world of divine speed force that existed in another dimension.

Faster, faster, faster!

As his speed continues to increase, Barry seems to be in a race against time, as long as he catches up with the light in front of him and surpasses the speed of light, he will be able to open the door of time and space, and fill the void that exists deep in his heart and can never be filled.

In the normal world, the red lightning has disappeared, and the surrounding space is like flowing water, rippling in circles, and the light gradually distorts, flashing into a blurred picture that crisscrosses and criss-crosses, like a scene formed by the shattering of the void, which hides the good memories in everyone's heart.

Barry was indifferent, his eyes shining with determination.

The golden lightning became more and more intense, almost completely enveloping his body, it was an illusory image that existed in different timelines, just to slow down the pace of the speeder, as long as the slightest hesitation and pause, the turbulence of time will involve you, and from then on you will be lost in the speed force, gradually assimilated, integrated into time and speed.

Rumble!

Countless rays of light intertwined, tiny dots gradually expanding and expanding, and Barry ran as hard as he could, feeling like a raging fire, violently releasing heat and light from his body.

The time that flowed forward at a constant speed suddenly stopped, and the red lightning seemed to run in a viscous glue, and he was almost at the limit of his speed.

"Sooner—"

It was like a mountain smashing into a calm lake, and in the void space, there was a roaring explosion, like a rolling thundercloud.

Time stood still completely, as if a torrent rushing forward, frozen in an extremely powerful force in an instant.

The whole world seemed to be frozen, and even the mind turned extremely slowly.

Boom –

There was another loud bang, and the light reversed, like a backward tide.

Everything is moving backwards at a rapid pace.

It's like a clock of time, constantly being played backwards by an unknown existence.

The world begins to regress, and time and space are reversed!

In the space-time tunnel composed of endless light and shadow, Barry was running at great speed, and the golden lightning generated by the speed force of God was constantly surrounding his body, crackling.

The torrent of history passed in a flash, and many things that had happened, those beautiful, painful, happy, and sad, all turned into streamers, and he didn't look at them, but just wanted to run to the end, the place where they first began.

"Mom."

Barry shouted as hard as the blazing white light enveloped him and fell into the depths of the space-time tunnel.

At this moment, the Flash didn't know that his impulse had allowed a group of people from the world outside the walls to seize the opportunity.

……

……

Marvel Universe.

"The deal is done."

After listening to Eternity's explanation, Luke nodded his head and said, "I don't mind taking a more exciting trip and making a small contribution to the multiverse facing crisis by the way. ”

Faced with the invitation of the five great creator gods of the universe, he smiled and agreed.

Just as they say.

This is the best opportunity yet!