What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 581: The Noble Clown, the Monster Hidden Under the Hood (6000 words)
With a slight humming sound, the crystal coffin, which had been modified and upgraded by Chen Tao, broke through the space portal of the Metal Spirit and fell directly over the clown's head.

After Chen Tao's mechanical transformation, the current crystal coffin is no longer the simple clown-slaughtering machine of the first version, but has been strengthened by Chen Tao using the Metal Spirit and Apocalypse Star technology...

Fully automatic clown slaughtering, disinfection and sterilization machine.

Chen Tao even added superluminal particles to this mass-produced crystal coffin... The technology of this thing comes from the legacy of Reverse Flash. When he was disguised as the Flash's mentor and wheeled his wheelchair around in the Star Laboratory, the superluminal particle charger was hidden under the chassis of his wheelchair.

The future technology contained in this thing allowed Barry the Flash to create a cosmic treadmill later. Chen Tao threw this thing to Lucius, and the other party, Luther and Dr. Stone (Note: Cyborg's father, of course Victor Stone in this universe is no longer Cyborg) slightly mutated it and created a device that can make the crystal coffin fly slightly faster.

The clown had no time to react before he was swallowed by the crystal coffin wrapped in golden lightning. Then the electric shock injection sounded, and all kinds of martial arts were used on the clown in just a few seconds. The clown was like a medicinal material thrown into an alchemy furnace. He couldn't even speak and died on the spot.

With a loud clang, the crystal coffin suspended in the air fell to the ground, and then the display screen on top of the coffin lit up with colorful lights:
“Beep, beep, beep… Testing… Heart, testing… Passed.”

"Spinal cord, under test... passed. Forearm, under test..."

Chen Tao squatted patiently in front of the crystal coffin, waiting for the test results.

"Anus, testing... testicles, testing... prostate, testing..."

"Dear user, the current clown corpse has been tested. No clown virus or other drugs have been detected."

"Basic deductions are being made... The conclusion has been reached: safe."

"Warning: The above test only represents the machine test results. To ensure safety, please do not open the coffin directly. If you want to open the coffin, please let Batman himself review it!"

Chen Tao checked it again himself using every method he could think of. After confirming that there was no problem, he opened the coffin and released the Laughing Clown.

The Laughing Clown is really cute when he stands still, isn't he?

Chen Tao took out a Black Lantern Ring from the Metal Spirit... This was an incomplete Black Lantern Ring. When Chen Tao was fighting against the Anti-Monitor, he originally planned to use this thing to try to summon the Black Death Emperor, but later William Hand sacrificed himself and prevented him from using this ring.

And now is a good time to use it.

After completing the transaction, Emperor Joker transformed all three clowns into a state where they were connected to the Black Death Emperor, so that they could immediately become spokespeople once they died. Originally, the Joker should have vomited black blood after a normal death, and then forged a black lantern ring in his body and spit it out and put it on his hand, just like William Hand in the main universe did, but the Black Death Emperor would not be stupid enough to give a black lantern ring to a Blue Lantern Lord.

Therefore, without the black lantern ring, the Joker would remain dead on the ground, unable to stand up and turn into a black lantern zombie.

But at this time, Chen Tao stuffed him with an imperfect black lantern ring. After touching the origin spokesperson of the Black Death Emperor, the ring was activated on the spot.

Chen Tao's ring is well made. After all, all the black lantern energy used to forge this black lantern ring was plucked from William Hand in his universe, and then reinforced by the method of forging a green lantern ring.

When the clown put it on his hand, he was resurrected on the spot.

He had a blue light in his left hand and a black light in his right hand, like a Azure Dragon on his left and a White Tiger on his right. Both sides of his body glowed with light, and he instantly turned into a colorful lantern hero. He vomited a large mouthful of black blood, and then flew out from the ground.

"The darkest night covers the sun, the darkness swallows up the light..."

After reciting the Black Lantern Oath, the Joker suddenly regained his sanity: "What? Batman, you..."

He interrupted himself and began to chant the Blue Lantern Oath again uncontrollably: "In the days of fear, in the nights of pain, the raging fire fades away! All are lost in the fire of war, but looking up to the stars, the light of hope will never die!"

Sector 1 of Chen Tao's universe.

Astonia.

On this planet, the future leader of the Blue Lantern Corps, Saint Walker, Dee Walker, is walking among the crowd, preaching that the sun of his home planet is unstable and is about to be destroyed.

The Saint Walker is organizing the people to unite as one to prevent the people from panicking because of the coming of the end of the world. He is uniting all the resources that can be united in order to get all the countries of their race to join forces and jointly transform the sun of their planet.

While speaking to everyone, the Saint Walker had already felt the blue light of hope appearing in the universe.

Yes, at this moment there is only tranquility and bright hope in the heart of the saint.

The blue light of hope resonated with him, and the radiance of humanity in the Saint Walker made the blue of the emotional spectrum respond to him. The Saint Walker was proud of this, because not everyone was qualified to have the emotional spectrum respond to him.

If Emperor Joker and Darkseid had not interfered, Saint Walker should have become the first Blue Lantern and the leader of the Blue Lantern Corps.

Although the blue light rings lack the ability to fight in the seven-color emotional spectrum, and even without a green light user by their side, they cannot even create a protective barrier or materialize anything, because "hope without implementing the will is nothing", but they can eliminate the yellow light energy and double the green light energy, and soothe the orange light, red light and other colors that have a strong impact on emotions, and eliminate the side effects of these colors on the user's emotions. They are the invincible auxiliary position in the seven-color spectrum.

They even have healing powers. It is said that blue light users can even revive dying stars. Saint Walker was able to heal the dying sun of his hometown, and the power of the blue spectrum was indispensable.

At the time when the Joker officially became the Lord of Blue Lantern, Saint Walker also felt the Joker's presence through his connection with Blue Light, but he could not figure out who the other person was.

And with the birth of the Blue Lantern Corps, the connection between the Saint Walker and the blue spectrum has greatly deepened.

But at this time, the Saint Walker still had some doubts in his heart.

"Who is it?"

The Saint Walker originally thought that due to his deep connection with the blue spectrum, he would be the first blue light user to master the power of blue light, but the fact is, someone got there first.

The other party must understand hope better than he does, right?
The saintly practitioner not only did not feel any jealousy in his heart, but was filled with reverence.

He couldn't help but imagine what kind of great man the predecessor who got the blue light before him was.

Saint Walker shook his head. He didn't have time to think about this now. He still had to find a way to persuade his compatriots to join forces to prevent the destruction of the sun, instead of fighting among themselves or preparing an ark for wandering in the universe.

After all, he was unable to spread the light of hope to every heart on his home planet. This must be due to his lack of ability!

"If it is a senior who became the Lord of Blue Lantern before me, he will surely be able to bring hope to my planet..."

The holy walker, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of being the savior, thought so with hope.

The other person must be a leader with noble character, a heart full of hope, and who warms the people around him like the sun, right?
What comes out of the other person's mouth must be words of encouragement full of hope, and he must also have the tenacious will to persevere and carry out hope!
Ah, I really want to meet such a senior master.

Earth.

Next to the Gotan Reservoir.

"F**k you! You f**k the f**k the mother f**k!!!"

The clown spoke sweet words and praised Chen Tao highly.

With the Joker's earnest encouragement, Chen Tao turned around and saw the Justice League members who were messed up by the massive magic that modified reality.

Wonder Woman... no, Wonder Woman Pig was holding a sword in her mouth, and she really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

It is not good to hold the sword in your mouth, nor is it good to throw it away.

Shazan and other alliance members are back too.

"We've caught three clowns."

Finally, it was Chen Tao who spoke first. He said, "So now, everyone, what we need to do is take them back. As for your problems."

Chen Tao smiled at the clown with one side blue and the other black: "Our good friends will help us, right?"

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The Dark Emperor does need a spokesperson. This spokesperson can be strong enough because of the long time of connection with him, or can quickly establish a connection with him because of the Emperor Clown's ability to modify reality. But the only thing is that he cannot be his spokesperson and the first Blue Lantern Lord at the same time.

The Black Death Emperor no longer had time to observe what was happening to the army of men in black. He wanted to contact Emperor Clown urgently because he had done a lot to help the other party get one step closer to reality, but now Emperor Clown did not fulfill what he had promised him.

But now he is unable to contact the Emperor Clown to bring charges against him.

"Damn it!"

He turned his head to look at the men in black who were still creating colorful halos to resist his attack, and he immediately became frightened. He no longer wanted to play with these guys anymore. He would take them back to his own country immediately, and then find the Emperor Clown to hold him accountable for this mistake!

But just as he raised the sickle in his hand, he heard the shadow Huo Rong in front of him say, "Wait!" The Black Death Emperor didn't want to talk to the other party at all. He raised the sickle in his hand and chopped it down.

This was different from the previous casual attacks to test the opponent's quality. This was no longer an attack that these men in black could withstand together. In the Black Death Emperor's domain, in the Black Death Emperor's own lair, there were few people who could withstand a serious attack from the Black Death Emperor.

"You don't have a Black Lantern Central Energy Battery in that Batman universe, but I can find it for you!!!"

The huge sickle stopped half an inch above Shadow Huorong's head, just about to split him in half from head to toe.

Shadow Huo Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason why he didn't raise this point when facing the Black Emperor before was because at that time the Black Emperor was cooperating with the Emperor Clown. According to the scene described to him by the Emperor Clown, he didn't need to worry at all that he would not be able to enter that universe. So why bother listening to the plan given by Shadow Fear, a third party whose effect he didn't know. But now the Emperor Clown's plan has failed, and only at this time will the Black Emperor consider listening to him, even if it's just to give him a chance to listen to someone.

"You need a lamp furnace. With a lamp furnace, you can project more power, and then find a new spokesperson in that universe and find a way to replace the Joker. I know. Although the Anti-Monitor Dragon has now become Barbatos's toy-"

Shadow Huo Rong said: "But now in Batman's universe, there is another candidate who can become the central energy battery of the Black Lantern..."

"..."

Shadow Huo Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally convinced the other party that his plan was progressing smoothly and it was worth it for him to swim against the time flow.

Shadow Huo Rong always holds out hope. From now on, history has been modified by him. He has failed once, and he has watched his mother die in front of him once, but he still has a chance to change everything. The entire timeline in front of him is a cement road that has not yet dried.

As long as he successfully modified history from the upstream of the super time stream, he could change the fact of his mother's death. And the beginning of this plan...started from today's success.

Yes, that's right, he...

Shadow Huo Rong's expression changed. He felt that part of his memory was beginning to become blurred, which was the memory erased by the self-correction of the super-time flow.

This once again proved that he had indeed revised history. Shadow Huo Rong held his head, and the corners of his mouth rose almost uncontrollably.

Then he turned his head and looked at the Black Death Emperor: "As part of our deal, I should be able to take the first Lantern of the main universe away, right?"

The Black Death Emperor was still a little hesitant.

"Come on, it won't affect you if we take away Huo Rong in his ghost state, but if you want to replenish the stock, that guy will definitely need our help as the central energy battery of your black lights."

Shadow Huo Rong raised his finger slightly, and the group of black-clothed men behind him took a step forward. This made Shadow Huo Rong very satisfied.

These members of the Third Legion created by him are powerful and almost immortal.

If he had not created these creatures by accident, he would not have been able to reach a deal with the Black Death Emperor today, and the time to rescue the main universe's Huo Rong would have been infinitely delayed, which might lead to trouble.

This time, by such a coincidence, he was able to research and develop these powerful combat forces for mass production before making a deal with the Black Death Emperor. It was like his mother came to him and he was blessed with luck.

The only drawback is that only a small part of them can exist in reality for a long time, and many members of the Third Legion must return to the space turbulence to rest at regular intervals before they can continue to be driven by the Shadow Scourge. However, this small flaw is a completely negligible problem compared to the strength of the entire huge Third Legion.

Dozens of minutes later, after the Black Death Emperor released the people, Shadow Huo Rong finally saw the Main Universe's First Lantern who was already in ghost state.

"You... who are you?"

The first Lantern looked at the many people in black in front of him, and the man standing in front of everyone, who was also wearing a black robe and mask and called himself "Shadow Scoundrel".

Frankly speaking, upon hearing the name Shadow Huo Rong, the First Lantern had some guesses. His real name is Huo Rong, and the meaning of the name Shadow Huo Rong is...

"I am you from the dark multiverse." Shadow Huo Rong said, "Do I need to explain to you what the dark multiverse is?"

Seeing the other person's confused look, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, it seems I do need it."

"...In short, this is the nature of the dark multiverse. Everything you experienced in the main universe was projected into my universe, causing me to lose my mother and home just like you."

"I can't save Earth 15 in the Dark Multiverse, because the Dark Multiverse is a mirror. No matter how hard you try to save the image in the mirror, you can't change anything." Shadow Huo Rong said, "So if you want to change my tragic fate, you also need to change yours. Only in this way can you directly rewrite the fate of my Earth 15 in the Dark Multiverse through the projection of the multiverse."

Shadow Huo Rong said this while secretly shaking his head in his heart.

All of the above are lies. They are just excuses to deceive Lantern #15. The Lantern # of the dark multiverse was thrown to Earth on the super time stream by Batman. At that point, he actually tried to save the mother of Lantern # of the main universe. This is simply provoking others to do something unbelievable. He said in front of the super time stream that he was going to kill him.

Under such circumstances, the first Lantern of course died in the stranglehold of the entire super-time stream. What a joke, he was not allowed to have any chance of success. He had long been destroyed along with Earth 15, and Shadow Fear pretended to be the other party's identity in order to cover up another fact.

Time travelers can never tell people in the past about the future, otherwise it will cause chaos and changes to the entire future, and this is exactly the situation that time travelers find most difficult to deal with, a complete loss of control over history.

This is the rule that the Time Master wrote into the operating manual. Sometimes, a single word of nonsense can create a brand new timeline. Even in such matters, Shadow Huorong is still extremely cautious.

"A parallel version of myself in the dark multiverse. This is ridiculous," Shadow Fear heard the ghost say. "You think I would believe such a story?"

Shadow Huo Rong even hated himself a little. Why was he so stubborn in the past?

The ghost of the first Lantern just flew out of the grave with the permission of the Dark Lord.

At this time, the first Lantern was wearing a robe that fluttered in the wind, and then flew in front of a man in black.

"What on earth is going on here?"

The First Lantern circled the man in black twice, but the man in black did not move.

Lantern No. 1 checked the opponent's strength and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Ridiculous, too ridiculous. This man in black is so powerful that it's frightening. I feel that his power and emotional spectrum are actually the same as mine, but I can't control him. Before this, I have never seen a user of my power who couldn't be controlled."

Lantern No. 1 said: "What on earth is this thing..."

"This thing is the Third Legion that I created using my connection."

"Don't try to lie to me. The Third Legion was created by the Guardians of the Universe using my energy and their flesh and blood. It is a living legion that can devour the flesh and blood of other creatures and replace them. But because that legion used my power, they are all under my control."

(Note: Yes, this is the plot of the rise of the Third Legion, and it is also the prelude to the wrath of the First Lantern, and it is also caused by the Guardians of the Universe.

The Guardians of the Universe disliked the Green Lantern Corps for being too emotional and not listening to them, so they wanted to use the flesh and blood of the First Lantern to create a corps. They wanted to be neither like the Robot Hunter Corps that could be controlled and tampered with, nor like the Green Lantern Corps that were full of rebellious people. As a result, they went to borrow the power of the First Lantern, not only releasing the other party, but also almost letting the Third Corps massacre the universe.)
"If these monsters in front of me were really the Third Legion, would I not know it?"

"I've already said that they are under my control..."

Before Shadow Huo Rong could finish his words, Lantern No. 1 suddenly floated and flashed and appeared in front of a man in black. He suddenly pulled off the man's black hood and saw the man's face clearly in the pale light of the Land of Death.

It actually looked like the typical white monster of the Third Legion with eyes and nose just for show.

"how come……"

The First Lantern stretched out his ghostly hand and stabbed it directly into the body of the Third Legion member. Even though his body was broken by the sword of the Dark Lord, the First Lantern was still one of the strongest villains in the Lantern Corps who mastered the emotional spectrum.

The members of the Third Legion, who derived their power from him, were the servants most familiar to the First Lantern.

No member of the Third Legion could escape the control of Lantern No. 1, but the facts before him told him...

"It really is the Third Legion, but why can't I control it..."

"I told you, Dark Multiverse." Shadow Fear said, "These members of the Third Legion are under my control. They are the Dark Multiverse version."

He said, "Now that you've tried it and seen it, you should believe it now, right?"

He asked this, and even the first Lantern had to believe the fact before him.

"Okay." He finally compromised and stopped asking the question, but instead asked: "So, you rescued me, what do we do next?"

The two Huo Rong gathered together and began to discuss in a low voice, and not far away from them, countless men in black stood there densely, looking at them quietly.

Under the cover of the hat, the face of the Third Legion, which was originally transformed to disguise itself to Lantern No. 1 and Shadow Fear, suddenly turned into something else.

(End of this chapter)