Chapter 349
Heart, limbs, brain, Meridians, nerves, and even the most minute structural tissues – Barry Allen's body was immobilized, unable to speak, only able to feel a warm Qi Flow circulating throughout his entire body. The sensation was surprisingly comfortable...
But before he could enjoy the comfort for even three seconds, he heard the person behind him say:
"Could the Speed Force exist within the atomic structure of cells?! It seems I'll need to dissect it at the atomic level!"
Hearing this, Barry Allen felt as if he had fallen into an Ice Cave. Instantly, the scenes of dissecting guinea pigs in the Laboratory that he had witnessed flashed before his eyes.
He did not want to end up like those guinea pigs.
Perhaps spurred by an urgent survival instinct, a mysterious power surged within Barry Allen's body, a power that instantly broke through the Body Immobilization Spell Tang Song had placed on him.
"Whoosh!"
The moment Barry Allen felt his body recover, he moved his feet, intending to escape far away from the control of that palm. He actually succeeded; almost in the blink of an eye, he had already fled dozens of meters away. If the Exit of the Batcave hadn't been completely sealed by special alloy steel plates, at his speed, he might have already rushed out of Gotham City by now.
However, just as Barry Allen reached behind Wonder Woman, intending to tell her what had just happened and seek help, he suddenly felt his body lose control once again.
The difference was, this time, not only did he lose control of his limbs, but his body also walked uncontrollably towards the White-Robed Figure that only he could see.
"Little boy, stay back, don't get in the way!"
Wonder Woman sliced through a Parademon lunging at Barry Allen with a sword. She frowned and glared at the obstructive fellow. The Daughter of Zeus didn't notice that a Human Form Talisman Paper was stuck to Barry Allen's back, controlling him as he walked towards the Meeting Room in a corner of the Batcave.
Under the control of the Puppet Talisman, Barry Allen felt immense fear in his heart, but his feet remained obedient. He walked to the meeting table and stood there, watching the man before him change into a white coat, holding a scalpel and dissecting a Parademon Corpse.
"Hmm, the underlying DNA structure of these two Parademons is different... Muscle strength is three to five times that of an Ordinary Person,"
Barry Allen watched the man cut open the Parademon's heart, carefully dissecting the internal structure for analysis, muttering continuously, "The heart is the same, it's a specially modified bio-weapon kinetic energy device. The original body's durability is roughly equivalent to a three-centimeter special alloy steel plate. If you include the chain, it can probably withstand a frontal attack..."
The man then tested the hardness of the Parademon's skin with the scalpel, looking up in surprise at the firing port above his head: "It seems these machine guns were also specially modified, otherwise they couldn't easily penetrate the defense of these bio-weapons!"
Barry Allen could tell that the man's dissection technique was very skilled, even fluid and smooth.
In less than a few minutes, amidst the noisy gunfire and slaughter, the extraterrestrial life form whose head had been severed by Diana had been neatly separated into several layers, from outside to inside.
Skin, muscle, internal organs, layer by layer separated. He even completely extracted the extraterrestrial life form's nervous system and removed its wings.
"It's been a while since I personally took action, my technique is a bit rusty! As expected, I need to practice these hands-on matters more often!" A water sphere the size of a washbasin formed in front of the man. The man took off his gloves, washed his hands in the water sphere, and showed Barry Allen a kind smile.
"Gulp!" Barry Allen's throat bobbed, and he couldn't help but swallow. Looking at the man's smile, he felt a terrifying sensation that he was about to be placed on an experiment table.
"Are you nervous?!" Tang Song snapped his fingers, and his white coat instantly disappeared, returning to his white suit attire.
He pulled up a chair, pressed Barry Allen's shoulder, helped him sit on the chair, and pulled up another chair to sit beside Barry Allen.
"Have one!"
Tang Song snapped his fingers, and a cigar appeared in his hand. He offered it to Barry Allen.
Seeing Barry Allen's stiff expression, a look of realization appeared on his face. He flicked a finger, undoing the Puppet Talisman stuck to him.
Barry Allen felt his senses return and instinctively wanted to run, but when he looked up and saw Tang Song's smiling expression, an inexplicable chill surged into his heart.
"I don't smoke!" Barry Allen hesitated for a moment. Facing this mysterious person, he ultimately gave up the idea of escaping. "Not smoking is good, smoking easily causes lung cancer!" Tang Song said, a flame appearing at his fingertip, lighting the cigar in his hand. While puffing out smoke rings, he patted Barry Allen's shoulder.
Feeling the warmth on his shoulder, Barry Allen felt his hairs stand on end, and his feet nearly took off, but the man's lazy posture ultimately made him hesitate.
He wasn't sure if he could escape the opponent's mysterious abilities. If he angered the other party, perhaps the next moment he would become a guinea pig on an Experiment Subject table.
Barry Allen sat on pins and needles beside Tang Song, while Tang Song leisurely smoked his cigar, watching the Justice League members battle the Parademon legion before them.
In the current situation, the Justice League members clearly had the absolute upper hand, but this was also because the Justice League side held the geographical advantage, coupled with the limited number of Parademons rushing out of the Boom Tube.
He had just dissected two Parademons. Judging from the internal organs and muscle strength of these two Parademons, these Parademons were no stronger than his Golden Warriors.
In fact, in single combat, one Dragon Wing Golden Warrior was enough to take down over a dozen Parademons.
However, this didn't mean that Parademons as bio-weapons were useless. He had just dissected them, and their organ tissues, muscle structure, and form all showed a tendency towards assembly line production.
An assembly line produced bio-weapon possessing flight, strength, and speed several times that of ordinary humans, coupled with large-scale energy guns.
Most importantly, their numbers. A hegemon spanning half the Universe, the resources he possessed were enough to expand the numbers of these Parademon legions to be more numerous than the Stars in the Sky.
Compared to Darkseid, Thanos's landscape was far inferior.
These few members of the Justice League, Wonder Woman Diana, Aquaman Arthur, Cyborg Victor, were all very capable fighters, but what good were they against an endless Parademon army?
Their single-target attack was indeed good, but they lacked area-of-effect damage. Without Superman's heat ray and frost breath, these Parademon legions would be enough to give them a hard time.
In all stories about heroes, a major characteristic of villains is bullying others by relying on their numerous thugs and Subordinates to gang up on the righteous individuals.
Boss Tang now wanted to speak a word of justice for them, the villains. They worked so hard to develop their influence, using cloning technology to create thugs and legions. If they didn't use them when they encountered enemies, should they just leave them in the Basement to gather dust?! At this moment, the Justice League members, working in full cooperation, were firmly suppressing the Parademons within the Boom Tube.
These Parademons were like mosquitoes trapped in a cylindrical container. Under the Justice League's multiple points of fire suppression, not a single one could fly out of the Boom Tube.
However, in Tang Song's opinion, as long as the Boom Tube wasn't closed, it was only a matter of time before their Defense Line was breached. After all, even if the few Justice League members could fight for a whole day like Captain America, the sheer number of these Parademons was enough to exhaust them all to death.
Tang Song glanced at The Flash beside him, pointing towards the Battlefield surrounding the Boom Tube in the distance, "Barry, who do you think will win this war?!"
"It must be Wayne and the others, he's Batman, plus Diana! And Victor, Arthur..." Barry Allen said excitedly, watching the scene of the few of them slaughtering the extraterrestrial life forms.
However, when he looked up and saw Tang Song's smiling face, the courage he had finally mustered instantly vanished.
Barry Allen secretly cast a pleading gaze towards his trusted Batman, but neither Bruce Wayne nor Oliver Queen, whom he had just helped deliver arrows to, seemed to remember that he was even there.
"Don't worry, they can't see you. I've reduced your presence in this Space to the limit, and coupled with all their attention being focused on those Parademons, they won't notice your disappearance either!"
"..." Barry Allen hesitated for a moment, then mustered his courage and looked at Tang Song: "Who are you, and what is your purpose?!"
Tang Song remained seated on the chair, smoking his cigar, and answered casually: "Me? I'm just The Collector who likes to collect strange and rare items! Like this Mother Box right here!"
Boss Tang unceremoniously attributed Tivan's hobby to himself. "Oh, right, weren't you guys looking for me just now?"
"Don't worry, those Skeleton Demons I gave Star-Lord were just little trinkets. Threatening World Safety? You really think highly of me!"
"Besides, your World isn't some beautiful young lady, why would I threaten her?! Don't you agree, Barry Allen!"
Barry Allen looked at the handsome face of the man before him and felt his legs trembling. Wayne had explained to them before getting that Alternate Universe visitor named Star-Lord drunk. He suspected that behind Star-Lord was an Evil God from an Alternate Universe, and the skulls scattered throughout their Universe might be that Evil God's abilities.
Wayne even suspected that those guys from Parallel Universes were that Evil God's pawns, helping him find new Universes.
Wayne's idea was dispelled after Diana used the Lasso of Truth to interrogate Star-Lord about his true purpose!
However, this man before him, Wayne, the Evil God that Wayne had guessed existed, had actually appeared!
Barry Allen was trembling. He felt as if Tang Song had grown Demon horns on his head, his complexion had turned fiery red, and an evil dragon tail had grown out from his rear. "Slap!"
Tang Song slapped Barry Allen on the forehead, jolting him awake. The illusions of Demon wings, tails, and the like also disappeared.
"Barry Allen, do you want to save your Mother?!"
The young Flash was currently thinking of disregarding his own safety and trying to use the Speed Force again. He needed to report to Wayne, to tell him that his guess was correct, that the Evil God from the Alternate Universe had truly descended upon their World, and they needed to prepare for battle.
Just then, a light voice sounded in his ear.
"What did you say?" Barry Allen looked at the "Evil God" before him in disbelief! Tang Song crossed his legs and blew a smoke ring towards Barry Allen: "Do you want to save your Mother, and your unfortunate Father who was wrongly imprisoned? Or rather, do you want to change your tragic life and live the life you want, together with your Father and Mother?"
"Hmm, what a wonderful family they were! Truly regrettable!"
Barry Allen felt as if the "Evil God" in front of him was uttering the ravings of a Demon. He forced himself not to believe, telling himself these were just the Evil God's decoys to lure him into degeneracy.
But the scene he depicted was too tempting. If his Mother were still alive, his Father wouldn't have been wrongly imprisoned. If he had grown up living with his parents, a family happy and harmonious.
Heaven knows how much he envied his peers who had parents accompanying them during the days his parents were gone.
"Fake, you're lying to me, how can someone dead be resurrected?"
Barry Allen covered his ears, sliding down from the chair, squatting with his head in his arms, as if this could protect him from the Demon's temptation.
"Why not give it a try? For you, this is an opportunity!" Tang Song smoked his cigar, watching The Flash squatting on the ground, suddenly experiencing Mephisto's happiness.
The young Flash, whose Speed Force hadn't been developed to its peak, naturally hadn't experienced Timeline resets.
Although Boss Tang was doing the Demon's work for the first time, tempting the naive young Barry was more than enough.
As for why he chose Barry Allen, it wasn't actually part of Boss Tang's plan. He hadn't expected his invisibility to be seen through by The Flash in his Speed state.
One must know that the power Tang Song's consciousness clone could use was merely the Corpse Qi of an Iron Armored Corpse. However, due to his in-depth analysis of the Space Gem from his own Universe, his control and influence over Space Power had reached the level of using minimal force to achieve great results. By applying a tiny amount of power onto the Space Rules, he could leverage the rules of Space itself to travel between Reality Dimension and Dimensional Space. This was also the reason why the Justice League members couldn't see him.
To his surprise, Barry Allen, upon entering his Speed state, could see him in the sub-space.
However, thinking about the BUG-like ability of the Speed Force, Tang Song felt relieved. If changing Time and traveling to the past were possible, seeing through Space didn't seem like a big deal either.
Comparing the Worlds Tang Song had experienced, the biggest difference between the Jambudvīpa World and Worlds like Marvel and DC Comics lay in the Underlying Rules.
In the Jambudvīpa World, Rules were something deeply hidden within the Heavenly Dao Heart Core, like the Underlying Code in a computer, with layers of encryption. To obtain the Underlying Code, one needed to unlock clearance step by step. Reaching the administrator level meant completely mastering this computer (Heavenly Dao)! In contrast, whether it was the Marvel Universe or the DC Universe, the rules and Power System of the Universe were more like things casually sprinkled on the surface. An ordinary mortal could gain the power of a Universe with just a potion.
A newborn Child could modify Reality and erase Timelines due to Gene Mutation.
If he had to comment on good or bad, Tang Song could only say that the Power Systems of the two Worlds were different. The power progression in the Jambudvīpa World was more systematic and required more refinement of one's character.
In both the DC Universe and the Marvel Universe, their supernatural power was more inclined towards randomness and irreplicability.
For example, Tang Song wanted to extract a portion of the Speed Force from Barry Allen for research, but this power was different from the power of observing timelines from the Time Stone.
Traveling to the past was simply unthinkable in the Jambudvīpa World. In the Jambudvīpa World, those Great Experts who surpassed the Golden Immortal of Creation stage had reached a certain height in their Cultivation Base.
Their power would permeate their entire life, converging into their own Timeline. If anyone dared to travel back in Time to the past, they would first have to break through the power blockade of more than ten Great Experts.
Even if there were a few Innate Spiritual Treasures in the Jambudvīpa World that could smuggle Mortals back to the past, such as the K'un-Lun Mirror or the Candle Dragon Eye.
But once these ordinary people attempted to do something unsavory in the past Timeline, such as flirting with a female immortal who hadn't yet achieved the Dao, stealing the milk bottle of a Human Emperor Great Emperor in his infancy, or flicking their little peckers.
Then, sorry, perhaps the next moment, the infant before them could shatter their skull with a flick of a finger.
As for someone like Barry Allen, who could casually change the Timeline in the future, Tang Song had reviewed the Root Source Imprint of the Jambudvīpa World, and there was no one who dared to be so crazy.
Therefore, Boss Tang was very curious about the Speed Force on Barry Allen's body, and Barry Allen had a Weakness.
Tang Song liked people with Desire. As long as there was Desire, there was a Weakness.
"An opportunity! This is an opportunity!" Barry Allen muttered, listening to Tang Song's words. He suddenly raised his head, staring at Tang Song with bloodshot eyes.
"What price do I have to pay? My Soul!"
Tang Song lightly pinched his fingers together, and the nearly finished cigar in his hand disintegrated into the finest molecules. He snapped his fingers, and a new cigar appeared in his hand.
"Soul? What use would I have for that thing? I'm not a Demon!" Tang Song showed a brilliant smile: "Are you interested in helping me collect some small things? Don't misunderstand, just some specialty products from your Universe that you don't need!"
...
In the forest outside Penguin's Manor, wind and rain lashed down. A man wearing a brown trench coat was hiding under a birch tree, watching Harley Quinn slaughtering everything in sight in the distance.
He watched the skulls glowing with green ghost fire flying up and down in the dark night, devouring Soul after Soul.
"Young man, is the power of an Evil God so easy to control?! Let me, an experienced man, tell you, without some backing, never provoke these bastards!"
Constantine reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette case. He opened the lid, intending to pull out a cigar, but his fingers found nothing.
"Hmm?"
Constantine was momentarily stunned. He reached in again, and this time his fingers touched a cylindrical object.
Not feeling anything unusual, Constantine pulled out a cigar, then took out a windproof lighter from his pocket. He flicked it twice, and it lit up. He slowly lit the cigar.
After taking a couple of puffs, Constantine listened as the wailing and gunfire gradually faded. He blew out the smoke ring from his mouth, watching a Skeleton Demon sniffing his life aura and lunging towards him.
"Is the Reality Dimension really that good that even Gods from Alternate Universes want to get involved? Sorry, little girl, that's a God War, and I don't want to be dragged into it. I'll just have to inconvenience you!"
Muttering to himself, Constantine didn't dodge the charging Skeleton Demon. As the smoke from his mouth was exhaled,
Layer upon layer of magic arrays appeared beneath his feet. Constantine crossed his hands, and within the magic array, countless Hellfire surged up in front of his arms.
Constantine extended his left arm, fingers spread wide. The flames transformed into a fierce blazing evil dragon, lunging towards the charging Skeleton Demon.
(end of chapter)
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