When Mason first entered the world, he saw the Amazons and Atlanteans desperately fighting, and then met the old lady in Gotham.

At that time, he thought it was the famous Flashpoint World.

However, when he then fights with the War Queen, he finds that the other party is holding a lasso of Truth instead of a lasso of Truth, and he guesses that this world may be the "Earth-2" of N52 Super Time Stream.

Or maybe it's a hellish mixed worldview that looks like a flashpoint but where all the details are off.

Eventually, he met Lex Luthor.

After learning from the other party that the world had changed twelve times in different apocalypse, he realized that his previous ideas were all wrong.

It is likely that his B-rank promotion mission was not carried out in the "real world", which may explain why the world observed by the Star Fortress with this special coordinates was completely unaffected by the shock event.

This may be a virtual place.

And the real self may still be lying down and sleeping in a biological pod in a world with super-advanced black technology, all of which is an absurd and real dream.

But now, he has seen with his own eyes the truth that the world is hidden in the deepest depths, and realizes that his imagination is still too far away and reality does not make logic to you.

He saw that Barry Allen, who was still running weakly as if every ounce of strength had been squeezed out of his old age, Mason finally understood the ultimate truth of this strange world.

It does exist in a system of parallel worlds.

But Mason may have arrived late.

"The world is dead, right?"

He whispered to the "scrawny" version of Barry Allen, who was panting and running hard in the void in front of him:

"Did you distort time with the force of speed, forcibly creating the illusion that it still exists, did you turn time back to a moment before the end of the world?

Why did you do this? ”

"He can't answer you, honored guest."

Another voice rang out behind Mason, an image that seemed to be "buckled" from time, like a portrait in a faded old photograph.

The whole person, along with the surrounding air, glowed with the luster of the old days.

He had a young cheek that resembled Barry Allen's, but it was as tired as the frail old man in front of him.

His eyes have lost all brilliance.

Mason looked back at the "time clone".

He knew that this was a special ability of the Speedsters, who could summon the skills of his past self that existed for a short period of time.

"He has poured all his strength, thoughts, and wisdom into this long run, using it to drive a complex matrix of speed forces to propel the world forward or backward in a twisted timeline."

The silhouette of the old days hovered beside Mason, looking at his "future" self, and he whispered:

"He can't hear you, he can't see you, he's bound himself to the Speed Force, and thus become part of this vast system.

By the time Barry Allen began this final race against Doomsday, he was dead.

All that remains here is a tired shell waiting for relief. ”

"I see."

Mason heard the explanation, but his eyes remained focused on the skinny runner in front of him who was stumbling and running, but was about to fall.

After a few seconds, he asked:

"How long has he been running?"

"Seventeen years, four months, 21 days, 15 hours, and 37 minutes"

The silhouette of the old days whispered:

"I can be accurate to nanoseconds, but I don't think you need that watery answer. I know what you're trying to ask, Mason Cooper from the outside world.

Yes.

Minecraft was destroyed at the time of the first impact, and it was one of the first worlds to die to the Dark Stellar Tremor, but luckily for us than other unknown worlds, we have The Flash.

The end began seventeen years ago.

But to this day, it is not over. ”

"You've extended the time!"

Mason suddenly turned his head to look at the young Barry behind him, and he said:

"Is that the 'Divine Speed Force Matrix' I saw outside?"

"No, we've distorted the timeline."

Barry explains:

"While it sounds similar to warping time, these are two very different concepts, and Barry intercepted a period of time from the Chrono Stream when the end came, and 'encapsulated' it using the Speed Force Matrix.

It is very difficult to do this.

Luckily, he had been preparing for the first shock and had done just that.

The price is that the entire lightning family was swallowed by the speed force at the moment the matrix was activated, so that the speed force could grow to the extent that it could cover the world.

Barry is the only one left running here to drive the Matrix into effect to this day.

As for the ontology of the matrix."

The silhouette of the old days hesitated for a moment, and he said truthfully:

"I can't explain to you its existence, not that I don't want to say it, but that you don't understand the principle that I'm going to spend a long time explaining without the approval of the Speed Force.

All I can tell you is that the lightning matrix you see out there is only the most insignificant part of the whole system. ”

"Oh, I see."

Mason wasn't disappointed.

He nodded and said:

"So, this is Barry Allen's 'legacy' to the next speedy person to arrive here?"

"So to speak."

Old Barry nodded and said:

"It was the best outcome we predicted, but it seemed to be better than we thought. We now have two Speeders to serve as successors, and even an 'Extra'.

Although you arrived much later than we predicted, you arrived here almost with the countdown to the end of the world. ”

"Wait!"

Mason frowned and said:

"You mean, Reverse Lightning is also one of the inheritors of the 'inheritance'?"

"Hmm."

Young Barry said:

"We watched him.

He also arrived here with an exploration mission, and although he didn't care about the changing fate of this world, we didn't seem to be better off as the operation of the Divine Speed Force Matrix was approaching its limit."

"Wait a minute!"

Mason sensibly stretched out his hand and interrupted Barry's narration in front of him.

He came back to his senses and lay on the closed matrix behind him, and shouted to Xiao Shan, who was still playing "hide and seek" with Reverse Flash in the time maze outside:

"Barry Allen! I'll give you ten seconds to kill that bastard! Otherwise, we'll all end up with this world, think of your Iris

Do it! ”

With Mason's shouting, Barry, who was dodging quickly, was caught by the reverse flash as soon as he stopped, and the flaw was kicked away.

But in the air, he figured out the "secret weapon" that Mason had given him.

Barry was kind-hearted, aiming at Reverse Dodge's left leg instead of his head before throwing the spear.

Then the lightning and thunder came out of the god king's rebuke and the strange cry of the reverse flash, and a dazzling thunder spear with the effect of [must hit] pierced through the time labyrinth.

Screams of terror echoed with the muffled sound of punctures, and Reverse Lightning screamed like a wild dog with broken bones escaping out of the time labyrinth.

This made Mason breathe a sigh of relief.

He looked back at the silhouette of Barry Allen in this world, who was stunned in place, snapped his fingers, and said in a relaxed tone:

"Problem solved!

You don't have to think hard, we made the decision for you, and now you only have one successor left. Let Barry Allen come in and get ready to give him a 'legacy'.

I'm here to help you protect the Dharma. ”

"Wait!"

Barry Allen of this world crossed his hands.

He didn't care about Mason's move to knock out the reverse flash through "malicious competition", but grasped the core of the problem and explained:

"It's not as simple as you think, Mason Cooper, we'll pass on all the knowledge of the Speed Force Matrix to your friend Barry Allen, but we have a small request."

"I understand, I understand, I want benefits."

Mason nodded, put on an old posture and said:

"Tell me, how many people in your world are really alive? I'll count the number of diversion doors needed for emergency relief, and don't worry, I'm not doing this once or twice.

I'm very familiar. ”

Such a straightforward reaction made the old silhouette stunned again, and then he said with a wry smile:

"I've prepared a tirade to deal with your inquiries, and I've even prepared a bitter manuscript to beg you for mercy, I mean, we do expect rescuers from the outside world, but I didn't expect you to be so straightforward.

Don't you even ask why? ”

"Nothing to ask."

Mason waved his hand.

Glancing at Barry Allen, who was rubbing his bloody forehead and staggering into the core of the Speed Force Matrix and stunned by what he saw, he said to the time clone in front of him:

"Your situation is clearly in need of help, and I have the ability to help you, as you have actually tested in previous timeline deductions

That's a test, right? ”

"Well, I'm sorry I mobilized resources to take you out, but it wasn't just a test."

The old silhouette explains:

"Lex Luthor's thirteen studies have only partially concluded that we are indeed manipulating the Speed Force Matrix to make the world constantly change.

But this is not just to find a solution to the end from within, but also in large part because we need to keep the people of the entire world alive in the time stream affected by the Divine Force Matrix.

It is obviously better to let them continue to maintain a normal social formation than to 'freeze' them all in time.

The so-called doomsday deduction is only a process incidental to this purpose.

As for the reason why every deduction eventually leads to the end of the world, it is also very simple, because we are already in the end of the end of the world.

The end of this intercepted and encapsulated timeline is the moment when the end of the world comes. ”

Speaking of this, Barry Allen, who had originated from the old days, also sighed, and he whispered with a hint of sadness:

"Thirteen times we have changed the context of the times and the direction of the apocalyptic events to deduce whether this matter can be resolved from within.

Unfortunately, we failed twelve times, and the last time we were terminated because of your 'unknown variable'.

It turns out that the end of the world cannot be avoided by relying on the internal efforts of a single world, and only the help of external forces can help us to extricate ourselves from this predicament.

And if you want to defeat the apocalypse, you have to work together with multiple worlds.

We have tried to deduce the origin of this tragedy.

But we failed, and we couldn't come to a conclusion. ”

"Don't be so sad, you've done enough."

Mason comforted:

"In another place, as far as I know, there is a group of the brightest people from the entire system of parallel worlds who are trying their best to use their wits to find answers, but so far they have found nothing.

But I just noticed what you said, you said that you want to maintain the 'vitality' of the whole world."

He blinked and said:

"Barry, don't tell me you saved everyone in the context of the impact?"

"It's hard."

Barry's silhouette showed a humble smile as he said:

"But luckily, we did. Before the series of apocalyptic catastrophes that preceded the collision of the two worlds, we activated the Speed Force Matrix to intercept the timeline.

Except for the innocent people who died in various accidents at the beginning, the vast majority of life in this world has been safely preserved, and it is tentatively estimated that there should be around 7 billion people

Well?

Mason, why is your face so ugly? ”

In the face of his inquiry, Mason rubbed his forehead with a headache and said:

"Because the upper limit for a normal model transfer gate is 1 million people in 28 hours, don't question this data, we just tested it ourselves a week ago.

The amount of money you need to transfer your 7 billion people out is astronomical.

The only good news is that we still have time, right? ”

He looked at the old man running in the air above him.

Then, under the horrified gaze of Mason and Barry, the frail, skinny old man staggered forward and almost fell, making Mason even want to reach out to help.

But fortunately, he was able to stand firm again and run weakly again.

Mason looked at the silhouette of the old days who was in charge of narrating next to him, and the latter's face coughed a few times in embarrassment, and explained with some desire to cover up:

"Well, don't look at me so weak, but I can still run for a long time, well, at least another day is not a big problem."

"Isn't that the end of it?"

Mason rolled his eyes, and the little flash beside him took a deep breath at this moment, he took a step forward, and said to himself:

"Replace him down, I'll go up and run!"

"You can't hold on!"

Barry Allen of this world didn't give his time and space heterogeneity dignity at all, he looked Xiao Shan up and down, and said:

"Your connection to the Speed Force is too young to bear the burden of keeping a world running, and you'll be drained in 72 hours at most."

"That's going to get you 72 hours, isn't it?"

Shem was not discouraged.

His face was bloodied, and he clenched his fists and said:

"Even if it's only for three days, it's good, if you want me to give up 7 billion people to die in front of my eyes, I can't do it! If I just don't do anything and run back in the dust

I'm going to be removed from the Justice League.

Joining that group is one of the most privileged things I've ever had in my life. ”

With that, Flashy looked back at Mason sharply.

The anticipation in his eyes made Mason's head grow for a while, and the captain complained:

"Now I finally know how he feels when I tell him that I have an idea. I've really convinced you troublemakers! ”

Mason grumbled and turned around, looking inside the Divine Speed Force Matrix that looked like a void around him, and said:

"It's not affected by the warped timeline, and it can connect with the outside world, right?"

"Hmm."

The silhouette of the old days replied:

"Because the Speed Force Matrix is on the verge of sustenance, in fact, the entire world-wide space-time blockade has been lifted, and you can turn around and leave now

We don't blame you for that, the current situation is a bit difficult. ”

"If you don't expect help, then you should put it at the beginning, you see we have all made it here on our own, and it is really difficult for us to give up now.

You're such a clever little ghost. ”

Mason spat out hard, and he pulled out a piece of paper from the roaring letter that Zak Kang had made earlier, wrote a few words on it, and sent it to the Star Castle.

Seconds later, another roaring letter was sent back and landed in front of Mason's eyes and levitated again, followed by the voice of the Hunter Ciri with extreme helplessness.

She said:

"We've discussed this before, Mason, at your current level, you can't talk directly to Old A! You're embarrassed for me, I think you're really underwhelmed. ”

"It's not personal, Ciri."

Mason glanced at the two Barries beside him, and the emaciated old man who was still struggling to run above his head, whose wrinkled face and flowing white beard looked so desolate against the speed of speed.

He said to the ranting letter:

"I have to talk to Old A in person, and I have enough good reasons."

"Tell me about it."

Ciri's tone was full of disbelief, and she clearly thought that Mason was adding useless work to herself again.

Mason coughed and said with a straight face:

"You shouldn't have access to this, Ciri, it's too big for you to hold on, don't make trouble for yourself. Help me contact Old A.

I waited for him for fifteen minutes.

If he's too busy, I'll have to turn around and reach out to the other big names on the Hope Council, and I'm sure they'll be able to squeeze out the time. ”

(End of chapter)