Knights of DC

Chapter 864 Quantum Observer

Back in time, nine hours before the game between the clown and Ke Wen, Nasino City, Titan Building, the Flash came to the Titan Building through the sonic boom channel, and the toy man who was lured by the clown to fall and accepted his past identity The two supervillains and the Giant Girl receive it, and they are going to send them to the sanctuary set up by Batman just like the villains in Gotham, which is specially used for superheroes and some supervillains with psychological trauma.

Through the sonic boom channel, the Flash left with the toy man and the giant girl. It's not that the Flash didn't want to take the toy man and the giant girl to the shelter at his own speed.He didn't know where the shelter was. Last time, Batman led the way and took them directly inside the shelter. He didn't let Flash know a specific coordinate. This is a place that only Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman know. The secret location, in order to protect the heroes or villains who come to receive psychological treatment to the greatest extent.

After watching The Flash leave, Cyborg was there doing his own thing, looking for the Joker.It's just that the clown in the inferior purple suit appeared majestically behind Cyborg, humming a ditty, and walked lightly, while Cyborg, who had his back to the clown, didn't turn around, and was still doing his own thing there, like It was as if the clown didn't exist behind him at all, a force was erasing Cyborg's perception of the surrounding things, making him ignore that someone was walking behind him.

The clown stopped on the transmission device of the sonic boom channel, looked at the button above, squinted his eyes slightly, poked his finger on his chin to pretend to think, and then poked several buttons back and forth a few times, the closed sonic boom channel opened, bringing the clown Disappeared in Titan Tower.As the clown was teleported away, the cyborg perception that had been erased came back online, and he looked at the closed sonic channel behind him with doubts.

"Just now, has anyone used the sonic boom channel?" With some doubts, Cyborg continued his work. Since there was no warning from the security guards and his own electronic perception, it is probably because his human part was suspicious.

In the unknown, a shelter masquerading as a farmhouse stands on a golden field, if it is not known that it is a shelter for the healing of superheroes and supervillains, only from the outside.Everything here is quiet, combined with the scenery, it seems like a paradise-like existence.It's just that in the underground of this disguised farmhouse, in the true face of the shelter, the three generations of Flash who came from the old 52 universe and were rescued by Ke Wen, the fastest man in the world in the true sense, Wally West, is also there Going through my worst day.

It was still the sky that turned red. On this day when the sun rose as usual, when he was doing the daily life of the Flash and preparing dinner for his wife and children by the way, the world was destroyed.The people around me, one by one, turned into fragments and disappeared. The comrades who fought side by side, the most powerful superhero in the world, and the greatest detective were helpless in such a crisis.

He returned home, repeated the powerless action again, wrapped his wife and children with the speed force, trying to save them from the crisis of world destruction.Although Wally knows that all of this is not true, this is a reality that has already happened and cannot be changed, but the illusion created by his own memory in this shelter is so realistic that even if Wally knows it is an illusion, he cannot escape from it. Just doing meaningless actions over and over again that week.

According to the memory of the destruction of the old universe in Wally's mind, the shelter is also constantly adjusting and correcting what happened, so that Wally can bid farewell to the past, and then walk out of the shadows and face life again.Just like this time, according to the illusion created by Wally, Wally still failed to save his wife and children this time, and the children disappeared, leaving only his wife, who was also on the verge of disappearing, but this time, according to Wally's memory The phantom of the wife created also bid farewell to her husband with tears.

"Wally, stop it, you should go."

"No! Linda, believe me, I can save you!" A speed force storm was created, and the speed force flowed on Linda's phantom, trying to maintain Linda's gradually collapsing body. with.

"I know, honey, you can always save everyone, in a flash, but there are always exceptions, and it is enough. Now you are the only one left alive here, don't die, Wally, if you die too, Everything will be over, no one will remember our existence, so, you have to live."

Even though it was a phantom, its personality and tone were no different from the lover in Wally's mind. Wally also understood that this was what his wife would say, not what he wanted his wife to say.The illusion construction of the shelter is so terrible. The past it restores is real, and it can’t be explained clearly by a simple illusion. This is the reason why everyone can’t escape once they enter the illusion. It's fake, but it's so real that you forget the fact that it's fake.

"No, I can, Linda, I can save you!" Wally still repeated there, but the facts of what happened were right in front of his eyes, and his beloved wife was also collapsing.

"Goodbye Wally, live on."

With tears, Wally's wife Phantom also collapsed completely in front of him. Wally's rescue was futile again, but this time, his wife said goodbye to him and let him live well.The scene of the destruction of the world slowly disappeared, and the constructed illusion also returned to reality. What was still displayed in front of the old 52 Wally who kept running was four cold walls. The sprinting Wally stopped slowly, surrounded by The speed force storm he created slowly dissipated, and finally he was left alone, kneeling on the ground powerlessly.

"Don't leave me alone, please."

Kneeling on the ground, Wally looked around, weeping, the illusion was over, he had to face reality again, this was a new universe.Everything about him here has to start all over again, even though everyone here has already remembered him.

"Ha! Rachel died because of you! Because you turned a blind eye to crime, she didn't deserve to die like this, Gordon, you should pay the price!"

"Mine! It's all mine! I'm the king of Gotham!"

"Pudin~ My pudding, what do you think our child's name should be?"

Just as Wally was saddened by everything he had lost, beside him, in other vacant rooms, voices were also sounding, someone was experiencing the worst day in the past just like himself, or Immerse yourself in the reality you want most.It's just that in the end, dreams, good or bad, are shattered and they all have to go through what they've been through and face their worst day.

With a tired body, Wally of the old 52 universe took off his battle uniform and walked up from the underground of the shelter.And the metal team robot disguised as a human also came up to support Wally at this time, and took him to the sofa to rest.

"Who are they?" Sitting there, wrapped in a blanket, Wally also asked Mr. Gold, who was made of gold and put on a layer of artificial skin as a camouflage high-intelligence robot.

"The Flash and Green Lantern brought over from Gotham. Like you, they seem to have memory problems and are undergoing revision therapy."

memory?Is he a victim of the memory rebirth incident I caused? Wally felt a little more guilty because he was once paranoid and wanted to use the Speed ​​Force to go back to the past and modify a certain time point to get everything back on track. It wasn't Ke Wen, the Flash and himself in this new universe tried their best to stop it, and it was another flashpoint crisis, but the flashpoint stopped it, and all the memories of the old universe in his mind were also released, affecting the whole world.

"I'm tired, can you get me a cup of coffee?"

"Here we come," the highly intelligent metal man did not refuse Wally's request. He understood the feelings of the flash man in front of him. Just repairing the psychological environment in the shelter every day, Wally experienced No less than dozens of times, even an iron man would have to collapse in such an environment, but he didn't, which is enough to show how much sadness he felt in his heart.In response, the metal man named Mr. Gold left to find his companion.

It's just that after Mr. Jin left, the disguised farmhouse also fell into an eerie silence. In this silence, only the sound of wheat waves blowing by the wind echoed in Wally's ears.Wally, who was waiting for the coffee to be delivered, also frowned at this moment. Isn't this cup of coffee a little long?
"Mr. Jin, are you still there?"

But what responded to Wally was another voice, and there was a face that Wally could not have imagined, a pale face, pink facial muscles looming on the skin, and a cup of coffee in his hand, coming from the slightly dim kitchen. walked out.

"He's here, just taking a break, your coffee ~Flash~"

"clown!"

When he saw the clown appearing here, Wally also stood up directly. Even in this new universe where everything was lost, Wally did not forget how scary the clown was.I understand better how dangerous the clown is to those who are escorted here for psychological treatment, but when Wally stood up and was about to use the speed force to subdue the clown, he also felt the weakness of his limbs and sat back. On the sofa, looking at the clown walking in front of him, his eyes were angry.

"Hey hey hey, take it easy, it's just a little nerve relaxant, I evaporated it into a gas and it was absorbed by you, um, according to the abnormal metabolic speed of the speedster, I think it will be excreted from your body in a few minutes, and then , you are the fastest person in the world again, come on, drink your coffee first."

Unknowingly, Wally fell into the clown's trap and wanted to resist, but he couldn't even lift a finger after inhaling a large amount of muscle relaxants.Sitting slumped on the sofa, his posture was a little ugly, and the clown helped him adjust his position, and just opened the brewed coffee from Wally's mouth and poured it into him.

The scalding coffee directly scalded a layer of skin on Wally's palate, and then entered his stomach. These injuries will be quickly healed under the action of the Speed ​​Force, but before that, Wally can't do anything, he can only watch the clown in his stomach. Act recklessly on the body.After tidying up the wrinkles on Wally's body, the clown also sat down in front of Wally and adjusted his hairstyle, then looked at Wally who was glaring at him, and said there.

"Yes, yes, I know I'm charming. You don't have to look at me like that. As for why I'm here, well, I'm the person who knows Batboy best in the world. If you want to play games with him, first My level has to be passable, so how about let's skip the conversation about each other's nonsense and get straight to the point?"

"What do you want to say!" Wally looked directly at the clown, unable to resist, he could only use this state to express his attitude.

"What I want to say is what you think in your heart." Pointing to yourself and then to Wally, "I know what you are going through now, you have lost everything, your former lover, children, parents, Your universe. Even though this memory turmoil has swept the whole world, only your world is still so incomplete. Linda Parker is still the same Linda Parker. You are not in her memory, otherwise I think she should Appearing in the Flash Museum in Central City, looking for the help of the Flash, to help her find her husband, right, for her, becoming a husband and wife with the Flash is just a dream."

The clown's words hit Wally's fragile heart directly. During the time in the shelter, he kept struggling in the illusion created by his memory. The more he struggled, the more he understood that the person he cared about could never come back. Heroes all remember themselves, but after all, they are reborn individuals with the birth of this new universe. This is just a life experienced by the past universe.

They can help themselves and want to get out of this haze and face a new life, that's right.But some things, some people, everything that belonged to him, never came back.

"Obviously, you know what I'm talking about, look here, what's this, oh shelter, they think you need shelter, but do you really need, do you really need these things? I miss you I have the answer in my heart." Pointing to the disguised farmhouse, the clown was also commenting there.

Wally didn't answer, because the clown was right, no matter how beautiful the farmhouse is, no matter how beautiful the environment is, in his heart, he still only wants to live in the family of four with his wife and children in the central city, but there, But it became a ruin in my heart.

"How do you know all this, including my story."

"It's also because of you. Those memories let me know how much fun I had with Bat Boy in the previous universe. I love this infinite loop game. But now, someone wants to destroy this game, break this game It makes me very angry, but don't worry, it's a game between me and him, I'm here, just want to repay you, you let me know more about my position, and I'm more aware of my role for Batboy How important it is, so I am here just to help you."

"Help me what!"

"Help you face a reality completely," the clown leaned forward, looked at Wally, and said there, "They created everything to make you face the darkest moment in your heart, and then constantly revised it to make you Gradually numb, let you feel that everything will be okay, and then you can face a new life. But deep down in your heart, you deeply understand that all this will not be okay, what you lost, will always be found Don’t come back! The reason why you are in pain is because you think why you are the only one who survived and didn’t disappear into that lost universe with your family.”

Wally tried to refute, but he couldn't utter a word, he didn't know how to refute the Joker's argument.It would be fine if I hadn't been saved, Wally thought in his heart at this time, if he hadn't sought help, but just assimilated into a part of the Speed ​​Force after being torn by the Speed ​​Force, there wouldn't be so much pain, if, that is called Ke Wen's Kamen Rider didn't save himself, if, if, if, such a voice echoed in Wally's heart.

"It seems that you have listened to what I said, and in return, I will give you a chance to find the answer."

"What do you want to tell me."

"Oh, I can't tell you anything. You are a speedster, the fastest person in the world. You understand the sensitivity of the timeline best. You only pay attention to the memory storm from the old universe that you brought, But he didn't take a good look at this new universe," said the clown, got up, walked behind Wally, and whispered in his ear: "Now, activate your speeder thinking, and go to see the timeline of this new universe. What, look carefully, maybe you can find the answer, the answer to solving the puzzle is often hidden in the puzzle, then, goodbye~"

Looking at the time on the watch, the clown also knew that the effect of the muscle relaxant on Wally had passed, and at this moment Wally could violently break his neck at any time.But he didn't, he was lost in thought because of his words, and his figure began to become blurred, because he was vibrating himself to explore everything that happened on the timeline of the new universe, the last sentence of the clown made Wally have power.

He started mumbling there, saying "the answer," and immersed himself in exploring the new universe, which is the timeline that changed from the time when the Justice League defeated Darkseid's first attack.He didn't notice the clown's departure at all. The clown looked at Wally who had entered the super speed state, and with a smile, he slowly disappeared into the darkness and disappeared into this shelter, taking his light steps and rhythmic steps. The footsteps also slowly disappeared, and everything returned to its original state.

In the shelter below, the villains from Gotham who were affected by the memory rebirth storm of the old universe are still experiencing what happened. The metal robot in charge of vigilance also recovered from being offline halfway, and Wally also stood up from the sofa , whispering words, walked towards the stairs leading to the underground shelter.

Back to the present, Nasino City in the middle of the night, located on the top floor of the Knights Studio Building, Superman, Batman, Ke Wen, and Dick looked at the clown who broke his own neck and committed suicide, and fell into a daze for a while, and then reacted first Ke Wen who came over directly isolated the magic circle, and isolated the area where the clown committed suicide.He probably knows a little bit about the so-called clown virus, killing a clown will become the next clown, although I don't know if it's true or not, but there is no problem in sailing for ten thousand years with care.

After isolating the clown's body, Ke Wen also asked Batman and Superman: "Where is Kid Lightning, you know who I'm talking about!"

"Steel! Open the sonic boom channel, and follow the coordinates I sent you now!" Regarding Ke Wen's question, Batman is also very aware of the seriousness of the matter, and there is no secrecy at this time. He has experienced a friend before. I don't want to experience it again.

"Ye Yi, contact Flash and ask him to follow! The situation is urgent!"

It was only time to give Dick an order, and the steel frame far away in the Titan Building immediately opened the sonic boom channel leading to the shelter, and Ke Wen, Superman and Batman disappeared directly into the sonic boom channel.Arriving at the shelter as quickly as possible, Ke Wen didn't have time to wonder why Batman built a base that he didn't know about in such a place. Under the leadership of Batman and Superman, Ke Wen also went to the underground shelter Therefore, I saw the old 52 Wally who was breaking away from the illusion.

After seeing Wally's calm face leaving the illusion, Ke Wen and Superman also breathed a sigh of relief, but Batman looked at the old 52 Wally at this time.He had the worst day ever, and he could feel the same breath from Wally at this moment. "Is everything okay, Wally?"

Looking at Wally, Batman also asked in the same way. Both Ke Wen and Superman showed puzzled expressions about Batman's inquiry, but after seeing Batman's staring gaze, they couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts, and looked at Wally. , began to feel uneasy.

"Is everything ok? No, Bruce, it's not ok, and I appreciate your hard work," said Wally, with his head down and out of the illusion again, and then looked up, looking Looking at the few people who appeared in front of him at this time, his eyes finally stayed on Ke Wen.

"Ke Wen, I can call you that."

"It's always okay, Wally, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, I just have a question to ask you, I hope you can answer me."

"You said."

"You said that you want to break this cycle of repetition, so that the universe can continue to run without repetition, so as to change the tragedy of everyone, right?"

"Ah."

"So, what about my tragedy, have you thought about how to change it?"

Such a question made Ke Wen stagnate, not knowing how to answer, and Wally also got the answer.

"Yeah, I don't think you know, none of you can know, you just tell me to come out and face this new life, but I don't want to face this new life without a place for me, the answer I want can only be I will find it myself!"

As he said that, the yellow Speed ​​Force lightning flowed crazily on Wally's body, and began to fill the entire shelter, including other people who were still experiencing the illusion at this time, and were all affected.The change of Wally made Ke Wen unexpected. At this time, he understood that no matter what Wally was doing, he had to stop him. Without thinking too much, the Ghost drive appeared on his waist, and at the same time, the eye soul of the Flash appeared in his hand. , Just dress up and transform.

At the same time, the Flash, who set off from Central City after hearing the news, also appeared in the shelter at the same time, and the two rushed towards Wally who was close at hand, and Wally, who was surging with super speed and power, At this moment, the Speed ​​Force was completely released.At this moment, the huge light illuminates the entire shelter and the camouflaged farmhouse on top!
(End of this chapter)