MM Racing Chapter 523 I Will Not Die in Defeat and Loneliness
Chapter 523 I Will Not Die in Defeat and Loneliness
Chapter 523 I Will Not Die in Defeat and Loneliness
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Night Owl could hear his heart pounding. In a strict sense, he had already lost, but he refused to admit it.
He was going to make one last desperate fight.
Fortunately, although he was completely controlled by the Joker virus and had almost ruined all the cosmic overlords he recruited, the good news is that none of their energy was wasted.
Even if he was controlled by the Joker virus, it was impossible for him to suddenly become overpowered and defeat these powerful superhumans in no time.
Night Owl had always planned to kill this group of superpowered individuals; being under control was simply a preemptive execution of this "crossing the river and burning the bridge" plan.
Of course, the river is still not crossed, and the bridge is gone, but that doesn't mean he can't use the bridge's remains to build a small raft and cross the river.
Despite losing the help of these cosmic overlords to manage his energy, Night Owl's propulsion tower system remains intact. As long as he can maintain this system, powered by the planet's heart and propelling the entire universe in its escape, his universe can still move, albeit very slowly, with very little acceleration.
This means that even if Batman manages to hold off the Anti-Monitor, he might not be able to escape before the Anti-Monitor gets out of the Speed Force storm, but it is still a glimmer of hope.
Even more fortunately, among these cosmic overlords, there is one sole survivor: Darkseid's daughter, Grell.
She replaced Darkseid and took charge of the central hub of the entire Push Tower system; Nite Owl set up a protection mechanism that would ensure she would never leave her post.
This protection program has extremely high priority and will actively prevent Greer from leaving the central control tower. Even though he was controlled by the Joker virus, he was unable to mobilize her in a short period of time.
"Greel".
Standing amidst a sea of grieving allies, Night Owl planned to manipulate the Owl computer to cut off the communications of those crippled cosmic overlords. Most of them had been so badly manipulated by Night Owl that they were no longer able to speak. Only the Despair Demon, whose abilities were related to the mind, was still able to speak in this near-death state.
"Fuck you, Night Owl," he said.
The reason he can still curse is not because he has a strong voice, but because he is not completely dead and can still communicate telepathically.
The Demon of Despair knew he was about to enter a fatal shock, and anger and resentment were driving him almost insane: "Why? Why? You madman, you piece of trash, you were prepared all along, don't you feel any remorse for doing this..."
Night Owl hung up on him immediately.
Guilt? We're all villains with a belly full of evil intentions, are you kidding me when you talk about this?
He quickly got through to Greer's communications.
"Night Owl? What's going on? I can't reach you." Greer's sour face quickly appeared on the screen, her eyes flashing with anger:
"I've been calling you for ages and you haven't responded. I can't even get out of the room because it's sealed off, and I can't just break it open—"
She fired off a barrage of questions: "And what about that huge amount of energy that suddenly poured into the entire planetary core energy cycle just now?"
"Besides this, what's wrong with your work? Such a huge wave of energy came in, why didn't you manage it with the allies you gathered? Why are you putting it all on my shoulders instead? Why haven't they managed to manage the energy at all since then?"
Greer was working there peacefully, and she had gotten used to how much energy to channel, but she almost lost half her life to that sudden influx of energy just now, and she was furious.
She snapped, "Are all those allies you planted in every corner of the universe to manage energy dead?"
"Hey, you guessed it right?"
Night Owl suddenly burst out laughing, then jumped onto the control panel in front of him, did a handstand like a monkey in front of Greer, and then hopped around:
"How are you so smart? You even guessed that! Hahahaha, they're all dead!"
Then his maniacal laughter abruptly stopped, and his voice instantly turned sinister and malevolent: "And you will die too, you will all die here!!!"
Night Owl clutched his head, letting out a scream that sounded like a mix of maniacal laughter and mournful sobs. Then, he pulled a dagger from his pocket, adopting a tragic expression like a stage actor: "And I'm next! Stay tuned for the grand finale of the Foolish Owl!"
He laughed wildly, then simply slit his own throat with the blade...
The owl blinked.
He tried to dispel the fantasies that had been flooding his mind.
These fantasies made him feel terrible, which meant that the Joker virus was still affecting him and was getting worse, trying to erode his mind again as before.
What's worse, he even began to yearn for the very actions he had just fantasized about, much like a serial killer's first murder usually begins with a murderous fantasy before being carried out.
This means... that transformation has already begun.
It retains the same high level of rational thinking as before, but its moral core will be replaced by something more insane.
His time is running out.
"Night Owl??? What are you spacing out for? Are you even listening to me?"
Greer's voice was still ringing out. She couldn't see the turbulent waves churning in Night Owl's mind. From her perspective, Night Owl had been standing there like a statue from the moment he left until now. If Greer hadn't been in charge of controlling the entire Propulsion Tower hub, she would have almost thought that her communication card had malfunctioned.
"Something happened, Greer." Night Owl tried to make his voice sound as natural as possible: "We were attacked, Batman attacked. All our allies are dead, and now you have to shoulder the responsibility of harnessing the energy of the entire universe—"
Before Greer could utter a word of reproach, Night Owl quickly reassured her, "It's okay if things can't be sorted out. At worst, the universe will just move a little slower, as long as it keeps moving forward."
"What's wrong with you? Are you sure it was Batman who attacked you? Batman attacked you from across the universe? If Batman really has that much power—"
"Now is not the time to discuss these things!" Night Owl interrupted her: Oh, unless you want me to smash yours with a giant lollipop—
The owl didn't say the second half of the sentence aloud; he just imagined himself saying it in his mind, and then felt his brain release a large amount of dopamine.
The climax is approaching.
The drug had permanently damaged his physiology, and Night Owl knew this was a sign that he was now like those long-term drug addicts, his body had lost the ability to produce dopamine.
But that doesn't matter.
He could still drag his broken body forward... He hadn't fallen yet.
"But before you process these energies, I require you to infuse a portion of the magical energy into the body of the Cosmic Conqueror Staro."
"Night Owl said, his voice steady and wise as ever, as if he had everything under control and was confident.
This attitude and aura even calmed the furious Greer: "I will do it, and you'd better think again about whether your damn method will even work!"
"I will," Night Owl said. "Conqueror Starro is a cosmic starfish, and one that exists only through telepathy, without a true physical body. Its physiological structure is completely different from our other allies, making it highly likely that it is our only ally who can survive Batman's attack."
The owl used the parent box to open the portal.
He must find a small fragment of Staro, and then with the energy provided by Greer, he will have a chance to stabilize Staro's injuries and make him the only usable consumable, hehe!
—They are teammates.
It's definitely not some consumable.
He had previously commissioned Starro the Conqueror of the Universe to create billions of clones, some of which were given to Batman after they reached an agreement to carry out his "Cosmic Madness" plan. However, Night Owl secretly had Starro keep some of them.
These hidden supplies can help Night Owl use them as nodes to change the oscillation frequency of his own universe, so that when his universe overlaps with Batman's universe, Batman won't be able to transmit anything.
Of course, during this period, those Starro clones will bear a large amount of Planet Heart energy, and these clones will be consumed and die one by one.
If all of Starro's clones die, then Starro himself will be completely dead—but what does that have to do with Night Owl? Sometimes, he has to make sacrifices for the survival of more people.
Hee hee hee!
Night Owl started to laugh again, the laughter almost uncontrollable, echoing in his mind.
The owl remained expressionless.
That's right, he no longer intends to waste time treating himself.
His willpower was incredibly strong, as unyielding as steel. He had calculated the timeframe; at least until this current situation was over, he wouldn't be completely consumed by the Joker virus.
As for what will happen in the future since there is no treatment?
It's very simple. Sacrificing the minority to save the majority is a truth that the night owl always believes in.
And among this "minority" of sacrifices...
Of course, Thomas Wayne Jr. was also a victim.
The owl was prepared for the worst.
He will never die in failure and loneliness; if he is to die, he will die in success.
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"We need reconciliation."
"What did you say?"
Chen Tao could hardly believe his ears.
He envisioned all sorts of scenarios: the Anti-Monitor slaughtering the Justice League, the Anti-Monitor being utterly defeated by Superman Supreme, the Anti-Monitor turning the tables and defeating Superman Supreme...
He even envisioned that, in the worst-case scenario, he might face an invincible anti-monitor. In that case, he would have one last option: either abandon Night Owl's universe altogether and escape into the depths of the Dark Multiverse with his own universe...
Knowing he was not very bright, Chen Tao always liked to make many contingency plans in battle. Although he knew he couldn't possibly foresee everything, he never expected to encounter such an inexplicable situation.
His formidable enemy, whom he had been longing for, suddenly wanted to make peace with him. Just a few tens of minutes ago, he was mentally preparing himself to fight to the death if things didn't go well.
All those preconceived notions are now useless.
"I'm serious," he heard the Anti-Monitor say. "I'm going to let you go, and let you and your universe go. Because my problems are more important now than the need to devour a universe."
"Anti-surveillance agent, what tricks are you playing? You..."
"Don't call me by that name." The anti-surveillance agent suddenly grunted, then snapped, "Call me Möbius, just call me Möbius!"
He easily knocked Wonder Woman away with a few punches and kicks. Wonder Woman, who was in a bloodthirsty frenzy and wanted to pounce on him, was quickly pulled back by Chen Tao, who grabbed her waist. Then, the Anti-Monitor grabbed his helmet and desperately pulled it off his head.
"Wait, I'm a little confused," Shazam said from the side. "What do you mean?"
"The situation has changed," Chen Tao told him. "Don't take action yet."
He reached out to block Shazam, then looked at the Counter-Monitor. Whether it was Chen Tao's imagination or not... Chen Tao felt that the helmet seemed to have deformed slightly, as if it was trying to forcibly stick to the other person's body.
"We can't just stand by and watch. This could be a trick by the counter-surveillance agents." Hal flew to Chen Tao's side and whispered urgently in his ear, "We've weakened him to a certain extent, and he's using lies to buy himself time to recover."
Chen Tao remained noncommittal as he looked at the counter-surveillance agent.
With a sickening metallic tearing sound and the Anti-Monitor's angry snort, he abruptly ripped the helmet, which looked like a blue bullet, off his forehead, revealing a face ravaged by the Anti-Life Equation, as if lava had flowed through it.
He then tried to remove his outer armor, but found that it was almost glued to his body and could no longer be separated from him.
So he finally gave up, after a furious roar.
"I'm being watched by a real anti-surveillance agent who's spying on me from upstream in the hypertime stream."
The anti-monitor spoke rapidly, speaking frankly: "For so many years, I have been wandering in the Dark Multiverse, trying to escape the fate that Barbatos wove for me... I thought I was breaking free from the shackles, breaking free from Barbatos's shackles..."
He was so engrossed in talking to himself that Chen Tao didn't even know if he was talking to himself, but he could still clearly see the despair in the other's eyes.
"But in fact, I was just betrayed by him to Barbatos."
"I need to save myself...and we need to save ourselves," said the anti-surveillance agent, no, Möbius.
A venomous glint of resentment and fear flashed in his eyes: "I will never die in defeat and loneliness. I think so will you."
(End of this chapter)