Chapter 229: No Restart
I'm constantly falling.
Regardless of strength, realm, or vision, Red Douglas felt as if he was free-falling from a height of 10,000 meters, and the short-lived god-like ability to control everything made him suddenly lose it in the moment of exhaustion.
In fact, if Red really wanted to, he might be able to stay in that realm that was even more powerful than Mandrak forever, after all, unlike the original thinking superman, his battle with Mandrorak was not a lose-lose, but a winner-takes-all.
But Red didn't want to do this, although the power obtained by flowing the Heavenly Blood throughout his body was sweet, it was also a trap, even with Red's willpower and abnormal mental resistance as a berserker, if it continued for a long time, it would still be gradually affected by the Heavenly Blood.
It's like Mandrak.
So Red is like an upstart who knows that he can't protect his treasure, and uses the moment when he can do whatever he wants, and exhausts all his energy as much as possible without reservation.
In order to connect all the worlds that he can observe, that he can imagine in his mind.
However, it seems that it is a little too clean, and maybe it should be more or less kept......
"No, you're doing the right thing, if you have the slightest nostalgia for that power, and if you don't give up, you may have become a different person like Red Douglas by now."
Red felt the back of his head seem to be resting on something soft and elastic, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Eve's worried face.
"Ahem...... How long has it been. ”
Red felt like his whole body was about to be torn apart, and tried to get up from Eve's lap pillow, but he was only halfway up and fell back again, smothering into the belly of the original heroine.
"Don't move, your body is in a mess now, and to be honest, it's a miracle that you're still alive to speak."
Eve gently helped Red to his feet, and he found himself back inside the Dome, while the other otherworldly Supermen were lying on the ground lying around.
"Don't worry, none of them have anything to do, they're just too tired to sleep - at least they're much better than you."
Of course, as the main controlling consciousness, Red suffered far more repercussions and damage than the others.
But now it's worth the small price for what Red did.
"You've done it, and you've completely abandoned the power that is far beyond our imagination...... Thanks to you, this ultimate crisis is finally over. ”
Girovara walked over to Red's side and looked at him with a complicated gaze.
"Moreover, you have also changed the pattern of the entire omnipotent universe and the super-temporal stream.......
"Ahem...... To be precise, not the entire omnipotent universe, I can only interfere with the universe that I can observe...... Secondly, I haven't changed anything...... It should be said that the opposite is true. ”
The corners of Red's mouth rose, he had exhausted the power of Heavenly Blood, and now he had completely returned to his original strength.
However, the feeling of moving the multiverse at will, like moving the chess pieces on Go, is still imprinted in my mind.
"I'll do the finishing touches...... Bringing them back to their original worlds and restoring stability to the devastated universe will probably be very simple because of what you've accomplished—but in the end, can I ask you a question, Red Douglas. ”
Although Red killed Kirovala's former lover, it seems that she does not blame Red for this, after all, they are well aware that Dax Nago was already dead the moment he turned into Mandrorak, and Red was just freeing him from his cursed fate.
"You've put so much effort into achieving anything, but in the end you've just reconnected the different universes...... All for what? Is it for the peaceful order of the world or—"
"No, you're just mistaken, the first thing to be denied is the peaceful order...... I knew before I did it that what I was doing would probably bring endless disasters, and it wasn't a heroic act anyway. ”
However, Red simply interrupted Girovala's words and smiled meaningfully.
"Have you ever heard of Go, Jirovala?"
——
If there is anything Red did with that one-time super-multiverse power, it is actually very simple, he connected and arranged the various multiverses that were almost impossible to intersect with each other and chaotic with the DC universe as the center.
Of course, the connection here does not mean that any person can wander around other universes, but it does make it much less difficult to travel through universes, such as the time of all universes will be synchronized from this moment onwards.
When Red travels across dimensions in the future, such as when he travels back and forth between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Comics universe, he will not cause trouble because of the disproportionate time.
In addition, the rejection of foreign objects in different worlds will also be weakened, and now, if Red is hit by Batman's dimensional expulsion gun, or is spelled by Doctor Black's anti-summoning magic, he will not be easily driven out of the original universe.
Red knew very well that having all the universes synchronized and connected would be like opening a Pandora's box.
Once a devastating disaster occurs in one of the universes, such as a super virus or a powerful villain, they would have destroyed their own universe, but now it is very likely that it will spread to other innocent universes, forming a crisis with even more serious consequences.
Of course, in contrast, heroes can also travel between universes to solve problems together, but in the long run, the scale of the disaster will certainly be more unpredictable and uncontrollable.
Maybe this is also the reason why many all-powerful universe-level bigwigs coldly let Red do this, maybe many guys who are already restless, such as the First Sky of the Marvel Universe and the Ragus Universe of the Gaita World, are already ready to move.
However, Red actually did this for a much more important purpose.
"In this void, it's like an infinite and huge chessboard, where each chess piece used to be fighting on its own, some worlds were developing around, and some worlds were fenced off and then lifted."
"In Go, if the board is too small, if you want the pieces to survive, you have to reserve enough energy for them...... If it is just a single universe, it is easy to be fenced off, but if it is connected, it is even more difficult to solve the problem of being able to breathe through each other to form a large dragon. ”
Hearing Red's words, Girovala looked thoughtfully at the Book of the Multiverse aboard the Dome.
"So you still want all the universes to avoid a ruined fate in the end......"
"Oh, you still don't understand my point, in fact, the universe is not completely destroyed, just like after Go is raised, you can also regain the territory, and there will even be a situation of cyclic robbery - from the perspective of the universe, it is actually a constant restart."
As he said this, Red's expression became serious.
"The question is, after being lifted, is the chess piece that comes back the same as the original chess piece? It may not matter to the chess player, but what about the chess pieces themselves? What about the countless lives that live inside the chess pieces? ”
Red raised his weak arm and pointed at Superman Clark Kent, who was still asleep.
"For example, Superman, Girovara, you as the Watcher should also know his history, a history that is well known in the DC Universe - as a Kryptonian orphan sent to Earth, he was raised by the Kent couple in rural Kansas, and then met his favorite wife, Louise, to become the world's greatest hero, a symbol of hope......"
"But in the next reboot of the universe, it may not be the same."
"Maybe his parents will die early because of an accident, maybe he won't marry Louise, the person he once loved will forget him, and then he will fall in love with another woman......"
Then the universe may reboot again, and what he has been through becomes a joke again, and Louise may become his wife again...... Even though she may have been in a relationship with another person not long ago, and his new girlfriend treats everything as if everything was a dream and the accumulated feelings are gone. ”
Perhaps it was the topic of family and love that reminded Jirovara of Dax, and her expression seemed deeply touched.
"For beings in higher dimensions, restarting the universe is just a sparse and ordinary thing, but for everyone in the universe, this wanton rebooting of the universe is tantamount to turning their efforts, emotions, and experiences into nothing, rubbing their personalities and settings at will—in my opinion, this is the greatest insult to these beings, to their stories, and even more hated malice than Mandrak! Ahem. ”
Perhaps a little too excited, Red coughed up red blood from the corners of his mouth, and Eve gently wiped the blood from the corners of Red's mouth with her fingers, regardless of the dirt.
It seems that the backlash of rearranging the universe this time is more serious than imagined, and the self-healing effect of relying on red light energy does not seem to be obvious.
"I can't accept this, if one day I wake up and find that my partner I know is treated like a stranger, and the woman with whom I have a bond is lying in someone else's bed...... So I want to make the universe impossible to restart at will, and I want to let all the fallen chess pieces take root and no longer be picked up and replayed at will! ”
This is Red's true intention, in his cognition, the restart of the universe is based on the multiverse, for example, the DC universe has been restarted many times, and the Marvel universe is the same, but the relationship between the two restarts is of course independent of each other.
But now it's different, all the universes are connected, just like the Go that makes up the big dragon, one is prosperous and the other is lost, and at this scale, I'm afraid that even if it is at the level of oAA or the source, it can't easily restart the universe.
To hell with the new 52, rebirth, and infinite margins, what I want is a definite world, and no one wants to change the settings of me and the people I know.
"I have to say, this idea of yours...... Very bold, and as you say, both extremely good and extremely evil, for these beings in the universe, they have avoided the fate of being changed without their knowledge; But it is also possible that a universe that cannot be restarted will be very vulnerable in the face of catastrophe......"
"Then fight, let the survivors continue to fight, the destruction of the earth will go to other planets to immigrate, the destruction of the universe will flee to other universes, why should you lose and expect a reboot to erase everything, this approach is too cunning, and it is a blasphemy against the victims - I would rather accept the end of losing than accept the hypocritical victory of the reboot."
This is not a concept that Red came up with in a whimsical way, in fact, from fighting the Justice League and being expelled, to preventing the blackened Doctor Strange from restarting the universe, Red gradually strengthened his beliefs.
What he wants to protect is the current reality, the current story, and he will never compromise.
Just then, a strong feeling of sleepiness came over Red, a feeling he was familiar with.
But this time, Red could see that his body seemed to be slowly decomposing, and it seemed that it was different from before, this time it would be a one-way ticket.
"I'll go find you, Red."
Eve looked at Red's body, which had reached its limit, and there was a trace of sadness in her eyes, but it quickly turned to determination.
"Don't try to run away from Red, since you have connected the world, you have to be responsible...... Both for me and for all those affected by you. ”
With the last of his strength, Red took off the red light ring on his right hand with his left hand, and then put it in Eve's hand, enduring the sleepiness that had reached the limit, and squeezed out a smile.
"Ahem...... Hehehe...... Then I'll have to solve the problem of that universe quickly, after all, you don't have a rare trip, and I can't take you shopping in the ruins. ”
Ji Luovala also took his right hand and said seriously.
"We'll meet again soon, too, and not only because I'm sending Superman back to your universe...... What's more, the Dome will continue its mission to save the multiverse—and you're one of the most important of them. ”
"From now on, everything on the Dome will be yours, including me......"
"Goodbye, true patron saint of the multiverse, Red Douglas."
——
When Red reopened his eyes, he was back in Earth 0 in the DC Universe, in the underground secret room of the Lex Group.
"Great, you've finally woken up Red, I'm so worried about me."
Before he could react, the scent of incense rushed through his nose, and Red was hugged tightly by a soft but powerful body.
"Alright, alright, overlord girl...... Kara, I'm almost broken up by you. ”
The Overlord Maiden hugged Red like a koala, as if she was afraid that he would run away.
"How's the fight with that monster...... After you disconnected from me, I couldn't synchronize my brainwaves with you, and I was scared ......"
Red smiled bitterly and gently stroked the overlord girl's slightly trembling back, no wonder she was so worried, after all, he had been disconnected from this world since he was in the Hancock world.
"It's all right, Kara, I promise you, I won't leave this body again, and I'll stay in this universe to solve the crisis-"
"And then put a final stop to everything."