novellhall Chapter 449 I Choose to Abandon This World
Chapter 449 I Choose to Abandon This World
Chapter 449 I Choose to Abandon This World (5400-word long chapter)
"My God, is it true?"
Wonder Woman stood expressionless alongside Superman and Martian Manhunter, while next to them, a surging crowd of people jumped and swayed in an open-air gay party, deafening music blared incessantly, and a large number of fans and music lovers screamed desperately.
"Good heavens, it's the Justice League! What are they doing here? Are they here for a party?"
"Look at Superman's pecs, oh my god!"
"Wait, why are you looking at Superman's pecs? Doesn't he have a boyfriend?"
"I'm gay."
"What a coincidence, me too!"
Wonder Woman: "..."
"Just a little longer." The Flash flew over like a whirlwind from a short distance away, then put Poison Ivy on the ground: "Killer Croc will need some time to open the door, and it will also take me time to bring everyone over."
"It's hard to imagine that the headquarters of the Totem Councils is located in a... concert venue" in the material universe. Wonder Woman said, "Can you hurry up? We've been stared at like monkeys for ages."
Her gaze swept over the security guards around her: "Luckily, there are security guards maintaining order."
"Ugh!" Poison Ivy vomited beside her. "Ugh! You got me all this way across half of America in just two minutes! My stomach is churning!"
"I understand what you mean, but the truth is forty seconds," the Flash said. "Don't worry, I'll be quick."
He vanished in a blur, and soon reappeared beside the Justice League members. Barry was constantly moving a pile of parts from different places and assembling them. His figure was so fast he was almost invisible to the naked eye, pausing occasionally as his hands tightened screws like a drill or hammered away, eliciting gasps from the surrounding audience. The atmosphere was electric, like a festival in full swing.
"What the hell? What is this? This ticket is such a steal!"
"Flash, I love you! I'm going to *your* eyes at the speed of light!!!"
Wonder Woman facepalmed: "Please hurry up, Barry, I can't stand it here anymore."
"Yes, yes, I have already prepared devices to prevent teleportation traps."
The Flash disappeared for a few seconds, then returned carrying the Mother Box: "No matter where we're teleported by the teleportation trap, the Boom Tube will take us to the right place."
Then he disappeared and reappeared, quickly setting up a protective barrier around us: "This force field will ensure that no one can interfere with us."
"Hmm." He nodded finally. "This is all thanks to Batman's prior preparations; everything seems perfect. Now, let's calculate the time..."
As he spoke, a portal glowing crimson opened not far away. Some curious onlookers tried to run over and touch the portal, but were blocked by the rising energy shield.
This protective shield generally only gently blocks ordinary people who want to break in, and will not cause them any great harm. It is like a small ray of hope, and even ordinary people can use their brute force to move forward two steps.
This is to prevent wrong actions, but if someone thinks they can force their way in...
A shirtless man was electrocuted so badly his penis almost stood up. He collapsed to the ground with a thud, but he wasn't in any life-threatening danger. Security guards dragged him away.
"Time to go." Wonder Woman drew her sword: "Justice League, move out!"
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It only took about thirty seconds.
"Master? Did we succeed? Did we successfully seize the Crimson of All Beings?"
The red innermost part of all living beings.
The Blood Cult Leader stood with the Deer Antler Totem, facing off against the remaining totem spirits from afar.
"Of course not, the battle has only just begun."
The deer antler totem says:
"My other brothers and sisters in the Totem Council are on their way. Are you ready for the real battle, my avatar?"
"Of course, my master, I feel the power of these dead totems still flowing into my body continuously."
"Then prepare to use those powers, they're coming!"
As the antler totem roared, more totem spirits appeared amidst the solidification of flesh and blood beside the totems that had joined forces to form a barrier.
Although they are not the kings of life in this generation, at least within the Red Realm of All Beings, they still possess the ability to condense physical bodies at any time from a distance.
This isn't a long-distance teleportation; it's simply abandoning the original physical body on the spot and re-forming a new one in a very distant place. It's similar to how Michaelson in the *New 52 Animal Warriors* comics abandoned his original body and grew a new one using a cat's body.
This is also why Chen Tao never considered forcing the totem spirits of the Totem Council to act as his porters.
"Totem Brother, what have you done?"
The cat totem named "Socks" examined the totem spirit lying on the ground.
It's hopeless. All his power has been completely seized and devoured. Now, all that's left is an empty shell.
"What did I do?"
The deer antler totem says:
"We should have done this a long time ago! The era of the Red of All Beings is coming! The UK and the Green of All Beings are in turmoil. As long as you bunch of incompetent and powerless old fools are no longer in power, the Red of All Beings will be able to win this battle!"
For centuries, you have squandered the power we have given you, doing nothing but cowardice and weakness, and not just against Batman!
"You dragged the red of all beings into the flames of war, and your passionate blood has driven you mad over time."
The cat totem turned to him sadly: "You are no longer one of our kind."
"You bunch of cowards—"
"This is self-made, patient, not weak!" The totem spirits turned their heads and saw Killer Croc swaying its tail behind the broken palace walls, with the entire Rogue Gang following behind him, and Ventriloquist floating in the air surrounded by green light.
The antler totem's face darkened:
"Wow, look at you. Batman's lackeys, little rats who have been polluting our territory with the Red of All Beings. Especially you, Wayne Jones... your very existence is a humiliating part of the Red of All Beings' history."
"What are you doing here?" the cat totem "Socks" asked. "Wait, are you spying on us?"
"It's protection," Captain Cold corrected him. "Batman-style protection, and I think it really does work."
"Uh... alright, you've come at just the right time." The cat totem "Socks" and the other totems exchanged glances. "Now we need to deal with the internal rebellion first."
He warned, "But we'll talk to Batman afterwards. This kind of surveillance is always a bad thing, and it won't happen again."
"Extremely weak."
The face of the deer antler totem darkened.
He took two steps back, while the Blood Cult Leader stepped forward: "My empire has no such things. This is a revolution. Surrender to me, or die!"
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"Listen to me, Batman. I hope you can be a little more rational and listen to me."
The owl's voice still echoed in Chen Tao's ears, but he ignored it. With a wave of his hand, the pitch-black nanobots bound the frenzied Atlantean soldiers like dumplings, as if they were ropes.
"You still have a chance, Batman. If you can patiently cooperate with me, we have a chance to save this world. I have done more than enough for your world."
The next second, the Atlantean soldier closest to Lord Orm suddenly jumped up, but was then separated from him in mid-air by the magical barrier that Chen Tao had prepared in advance, and was sent flying.
"Night Owl, this is something I've already done before. Distracting me with words and then making a final decision on the important characters. I find it hard to believe that you would resort to such a clichéd tactic."
See, Batman is always so adept at handling things; nothing can ever escape his notice.
"What are you pretending for? Do you think I don't know? Eclipse! You clearly also have the idea of controlling everyone on Earth to help you increase your power. Dare you say you haven't thought about that?"
The owl's angry shouts grew louder and louder: "I begged you so desperately, and who do you think I was doing it for? In this situation, you still insist on your ridiculous principles? Let me tell you what principles are. The world is destroyed, just like a ferry sinking completely into the sea. You had the opportunity to sacrifice some of the cargo and people on board to ensure the ship's safety, but you were so arrogant as to think you could solve all the problems."
"Now the ship is sinking, and neither you nor I will be able to do anything about it."
"Have you said enough?" And that was the last thing Night Owl heard Batman say.
Then, the next moment, inside the Owl spaceship, the screen in front of Nite Owl suddenly went dark, indicating that the nanobot-based surveillance system he had left there had been deliberately destroyed by Batman.
It's obvious even to a fool that the nails he planted in those Atlantean fleets to spread the red power of the living will soon be removed by Batman.
"So what's next, Night Owl?"
Outside the spaceship, the voice of Conqueror Starro could be heard. He was using an alien creature he had parasitized to transmit his voice into Night Owl's spaceship.
"I have created enough parasitic clones, ready to be activated at any time," Starro said. "And the Blood Cult Master on the Crimson Realm has also murdered enough totem spirits; the power he has gathered is enough for us to do what we want."
"There's nothing wrong with Beast Boy from the Teen Titans, right?" Night Owl asked.
"Yes, we can control Beast Boy at any time. With the help of the power of the Red of All Beings, we will soon have two main bodies capable of releasing Starro clones."
The owl remained silent.
"So when do we make our move?" Starro said. "I've created enough clones. Even if the sea level doesn't rise, it doesn't matter. Your plan B works perfectly. Once I control Beast Boy and then turn him into Starro, my telepathic abilities will be enhanced fourfold. This is not a simple addition of two. Through the resonance of the two entities' mental powers, we can achieve a multiplied increase. This is enough to forcibly transform all life on Earth without Lord Orm creating a tsunami."
The owl still didn't react.
"Night Owl, are you listening to me?" Starro said. "I'm monitoring the globe right now. The Justice League members who were just here have been taken away by the Flash. They're assembling. Batman is mobilizing them to participate in the battle against All Red. I've activated the interception. As soon as they open the portal to All Red, they'll be teleported to the Andromeda Galaxy. That's enough time to buy Blood Lord..."
"No."
The Conqueror Staro's voice abruptly stopped.
"What did you say?"
“I said no need,” Night Owl said. “I require you to leave a beacon on Beast Boy so that you can remotely control and capture him when the final apocalypse occurs.”
"but……"
"Abandon the plan to teleport the Justice League, withdraw your clones, shrink your control area, and halt all plans. Take those clones you created and hide in the depths of space, as far away from Batman's line of sight as possible."
"What do you mean? Night Owl, are you trying to break our agreement?" Starro's voice suddenly rang out:
"I don't understand, when we're so close, almost within reach?"
"This universe is beyond saving, Starro." Then, through the alien creature, it heard the owl say, "I've abandoned my plans to save it. I must remain rational; in the current situation, drastic measures are the best option."
"That……"
"My promise to you still stands, Staro. After the end of this world, I will bring you to my universe, where you can continue to live. But in return, you and your billions of massive clones will need to help me carry out the plans we were originally supposed to carry out in the next world we find."
"So we must scavenge as much of what's left of this world that might still be useful," Night Owl said.
"What about the Blood Cult Leader?"
"He should already be fighting the henchmen left behind by Red Batman," Starro, the conqueror of the universe, asked.
"Give him up. This guy isn't exactly someone who has much affinity with the Crimson Clan," Night Owl said.
"If it weren't for the rebellious totem spirit pouring the power of the Crimson of All Beings into him, he wouldn't even be as good as the Killer Croc. There's no value in taking such trash with you. All his power comes from the Crimson of All Beings in this universe. If you take it to the Crimson of All Beings in other universes, he'll just be a pile of garbage."
"..."
"What? Would a ruthless conqueror of the universe have any pity for a temporary teammate like the Blood Cult Leader?"
"..." Conqueror Staro remained silent.
"As long as you have value, you don't need to think about being abandoned by me, Staro," Night Owl said. "Simple and straightforward, I think you can understand that."
This is indeed the way villains survive, and neither Starro the Conqueror nor Night Owl had any objections, so the Blood Lord was cruelly abandoned.
"What about Thunder Zamza, Greer, and the Super Queen?" Conqueror Starro asked. "Are you taking all of these things you prepared beforehand?"
"Take them all away, except Greer," Night Owl said. "Darkseid is doomed. The Anti-Monitor is the true master of the Anti-Life Equation, and he killed the first person he came to this universe. If I try to take Darkseid with me, I'll only get myself into trouble."
He continued, "All we need is the child in SuperQueen's womb. Taking SuperQueen away would do us more harm than good. Both Superpower and SuperQueen are tributes I promised to the Anti-Monitor; they are too powerful and contain too much energy."
He paced inside the spaceship: "Taking them away is like someone taking the two biggest chocolates off a cake for the Anti-Monitor. I've already taken you from this universe, Staro, I've taken enough. The Anti-Monitor has allowed his lackeys to take what they wanted, but if I push my luck any further, there will be terrible consequences."
This protective beast would never allow me to do that, but Zansha—"
"Before he uttered that transformation incantation, he was just an ordinary person. His power was contained, and the Anti-Monitor would overlook that. The same goes for that guy named Shazam, and even that baby, the Super Queen's son. The Anti-Monitor won't care about any of that. We have to take all three of them with us."
"And the rest..."
"Let them die," Night Owl said.
"No one can blame someone who tried their best."
"What about Nadick Grayson?"
"Take him away," Night Owl said. "But don't forget to throw the wolf back. Don't let the Anti-Monitors come looking for him, or it'll be a mess."
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Inside the red of all living beings.
The battle erupted in an instant. The antler totem lunged forward, grabbing the neck of one of its former brothers and sisters: "Do you see it? Do you see my achievements? You scattered your power, shed your blood, and built this vast empire and its many servants. But my approach is completely different. I will continuously draw power from the red of all living beings, reaching a realm you dare not tread, becoming a god! I will use this power to create my own warriors, slowly bestowing upon them strength, enabling their narrow minds to see beyond the red of all living beings."
Unlike Buddy Baker and his brat, and trash like Killer Croc, the Blood Lord is unbound by pity and unaffected by emotions; he is my perfect soldier.
"You all know that the balance will eventually be broken, and peace is just a lie. The UK knows this, and so does the Green Kingdom. That's why they all tried to control everything, but they all failed. But I will not repeat their mistakes. All the seas on Earth will be occupied by red!"
He grabbed the totem spirit by the head and forced it to watch as the Blood Cult Leader fought a fierce battle against the entire Rogue Gang, Killer Crocodile, and Ventriloquist in the distance.
This is the Crimson Realm, the domain of the Blood Cult Master. In terms of authority alone, he has completely surpassed Killer Croc, not to mention the Rogue Gang, a group of creatures with little connection to the Crimson Realm. Almost no one can defeat him in such an environment.
"The seas? What do you know?" the totem spirit said. "The Justice League will stop you! Your ambition will only lead you to destruction! Totem brother, turn back now, while there's still time!"
"The Justice League?" the antler totem said. "They're already overwhelmed themselves, so let me give you a little glimpse into the truth of this world's impending destruction. I am saving all living beings from the clutches of you ignorant fools!"
He shouted, "Night Owl can handle everything! The Justice League won't be here!"
"And I will make the red of all beings great again!"
"And you will all die in..."
Before the antler totem could finish speaking, a portal suddenly opened in front of him, and the Justice League descended from the sky, nearly choking him on the unfinished sentence:
"What? This is impossible, the Justice League..."
"Nothing is impossible!"
The next second, Wonder Woman, who had been holding back for so long, let out a long-awaited Amazonian battle cry and cleaved his forehead with her sword.
(End of this chapter)