Chapter 4051

Speaking of the Manhattan Batman, he has quite the pedigree. But before introducing the Manhattan Batman, one must first introduce Doctor Manhattan. This character is also a classic case of "setting over performance." However, DC editors adopted a very clever way to explain his underwhelming performance.

Doctor Manhattan was once a scientist who, after being accidentally caught in a quantum field, became a quantum being himself. In his initial design, he wasn't that strong, but he later evolved into an almost omnipotent god. He has abilities like traversing time and space, creating universes, erasing reality, and so on. It can be said that in the DC comics before "Metal," where power scaling was still relatively restrained, he was a truly formidable existence.

And to mention Doctor Manhattan, one must also mention "Watchmen." The famous Rorschach is a member of the Watchmen team. Rorschach and Doctor Manhattan were teammates, but their relationship was rather average, and they even had disagreements during major events.

This brings us to a setting of Doctor Manhattan: after becoming a quantum lifeform, he gradually abandoned his emotions and became an absolutely rational existence. It is precisely this setting that makes Doctor Manhattan rarely intervene in multiverse-level events; if asked, he simply says it's better to let things take their course and there's no need to interfere. This is also the culprit behind his lackluster performance.

The Manhattan Batman appeared very late, only emerging as a background prop or tool after the Batman Who Laughs appeared. The setup is nothing more than a Batman who had an encounter similar to Doctor Manhattan's, came into contact with the same experimental materials, and thus also became a quantum lifeform.

However, not long after this guy appeared, he was taken down by the Batman Who Laughs, becoming a stepping stone for him, adding bricks and tiles to the Batman Who Laughs' path to conquering the multiverse.

However, under Schiller's interference, the Batman Who Laughs went from one to two, and both were crippled; currently, they are still tearing each other apart in the universe of the Broken Bat, so naturally, it is impossible for them to travel thousands of miles to find the universe where the Manhattan Batman resides. This resulted in the Manhattan Batman not meeting with disaster.

Although an existence like Doctor Manhattan is not allowed to enter Battleworld, the Manhattan Batman did not lose his emotions like Doctor Manhattan; in essence, he is still a Batman from a certain universe, so Battleworld also sent him an invitation. It's just that he arrived too late and didn't meet most of the other Batmen.

And precisely because he appeared too late, Battleworld had already finished its public testing, and there was no need to add more administrators. Similar powerhouses that appeared after this would not be administrators; for example, Franklin on the Marvel side is not one either.

However, even without borrowing Battleworld, he can freely traverse the multiverse, so naturally, he knows the importance of the Prime Universe. Therefore, when he left his original universe, he arrived at the Prime Universe at the first opportunity and found the Prime Universe Batman.

However, he came this time with serious business. He brought the Prime Universe Batman news from the depths of the multiverse darkness that he observed from the quantum realm—a powerful existence is gradually awakening, and he will drag the entire multiverse into dead silence. The Batmen must unite to fight this powerful enemy and defend the multiverse.

But after contacting the Prime Universe Batman, he discovered that the Prime Universe Batman seemed to have been prepared for a long time. In his hands, he had an extremely powerful formula and its inverse version: the Anti-Life Equation and the Life Equation.

When he sent the Robins to the universe where Schiller was, the Prime Universe Batman had already paid attention to the existence of the Anti-Life Equation. One must know that at that time, Darkseid had also just started looking for the equation; it can be said to have been very early.

When the Prime Universe Batman wants to obtain something, no one is faster than him. Years of tireless research allowed him to possess the complete Anti-Life Equation, and on this basis, he derived the complete Life Equation.

It's just that these two things were somewhat of a burden in his hands, because the Prime Universe Batman's body is only that of an ordinary human; he cannot use such powerful strength, let alone use this stuff to modify himself. But the threat of the mysterious existence in the multiverse was imminent, so he thought of a method: creating a god.

The Prime Universe Batman's original plan was to build a body himself, then infuse it with a soul, and then let the other party possess the power of the Life Equation. This life force derived from the origin of the universe is just right for countering the so-called power of dead silence. This was the most important arrangement the Prime Universe Batman made after learning this news.

However, it just so happened that Ultron invaded and the Super-Body was born—this perfect body created by Iron Man and Doctor Doom saved Batman a lot of trouble. What's more, the other party was also a magical creature, capable of better utilizing the power of the Life Equation.

As for what power the Life Equation has, it can probably be understood as fragments of God creating the world. When God was writing the world's program, He wrote a program assuming the life force that a certain intelligent life could burst forth under the most perfect growth environment; that is, the elements within the Life Equation, such as care, tolerance, success, and so on—these are all hypothetical conditions. The equation composed of these factors identifies a certain creature, and through the shaping of these elements, it becomes the most vital existence in this universe.

This is equivalent to the underlying code of the universe's operation. If God says you are the most vital existence, then you are; no one can shake this status. The Anti-Life Equation is the exact opposite; if Darkseid possessed the Anti-Life Equation, then he would be the existence most adept at destroying life force in the universe, and this is also unshakable.

But fortunately, Darkseid did not get the Anti-Life Equation; instead, the Prime Universe Batman gave the Life Equation to the Super-Body, letting her possess the strongest life force ordained by God, thereby transcending the status of an energy-magical creature and becoming a part of the universe's origin, countering the "dead silence" within the universe's origin.

As for why he had to do this in other worlds, the Prime Universe Batman also had his own considerations. The main reason is that the so-called dead silence existence is not stupid; since it has made up its mind to come out, it won't let people stop it. If he acted in his original universe, the other party would smell the scent and come.

Their current strength is still somewhat weak; even with the existence of the Manhattan Batman, they might not be able to fully protect the Super-Body.

Moreover, the birth of the Super-Body would inevitably cause a stir; if it were in the original universe, it might alert the enemy. After all, just as he was about to come out, the other side triggered the life force of the universe's origin—this looks problematic no matter how you look at it. At that time, wanting to use the Super-Body to launch a sneak attack would be very difficult. To avoid arousing the other party's precautions, he had to do this in a neighboring world.

However, the Super-Body is a living person after all, not an object that can be moved around; wanting to shape her, he had to catch her first. But the tricky part about magical creatures is right here: when she wanders in the universe, she is no different from ordinary magical energy, and the Prime Universe Batman didn't have a very good way to find her either. The key is that they didn't have time to look for a needle in a haystack, so only one method remained: letting her walk right into the trap.

The Prime Universe Batman learned from other Batmen about the unusual movements of certain Spider-Men, so he guessed that Iron Man and his group might want to use the personalities of female superheroes from the multiverse to create the Super-Body. Then the Super-Body could be seen as a collection of female superheroes from both worlds.

Female superheroes are not delicate princesses; they have plenty of strength and means. Most female superheroes are supporters of interventionism; simply put, if there's trouble, they really step up, and it's almost impossible for them to stand by and watch.

Based on this logic, the Super-Body should be the same. Then, if superheroes from two big worlds are fighting, it's impossible for her not to get involved. And if she also has the wisdom of a female superhero, then to gain a voice in the war, she would choose to step out when one side is fighting at a disadvantage.

And if both sides are deadlocked without any obvious flaws, then she can also create disadvantages. And the incident where Magneto was hit by the Omega Beam was the perfect opportunity she carefully selected.

This node was chosen very well, and the means used were also quite brilliant, creating the greatest defeat in history for Batman's side. Unfortunately, the Prime Universe Batman had been waiting for her for a long time.

The Super-Body had her eyes on Batman's power, while Batman had his eyes on her; he was just waiting for her to show up impatiently, and then shove the Life Equation over.

Although the destruction of Apokolips in advance was not within the Prime Universe Batman's expectations, and made their retreat look a bit disheveled, the Super-Body still walked right into the trap. The Life Equation was also successfully absorbed by her, letting her leap into becoming a multiverse-level powerhouse. At the same time, this existence, grown in the most perfect growth environment ordained by God, must possess all beautiful virtues, including kindness, compassion, and a sense of responsibility. She would absolutely not allow any dark existence to destroy the multiverse.

Although she might not participate in this multiverse superhero war, as long as she can keep the Prime Universe home from catching fire, the Prime Universe Batman's goal has already been achieved.

However, one has to admit that the explosion of Professor X caused by the Super-Body's deception did indeed exceed the Prime Universe Batman's expectations, to the point that the Prime Universe Superman exited the stage early.

Every Batman is a little bit abnormal to some extent. If Superman were there, they would indeed restrain themselves a bit. And if there were no Super Kryptonian Rescue Dog, their mental state might be even more abnormal. Expressed in the Prime Universe Batman, it is that he started to become extremely aggressive.

Then we return to a question explored long ago—if Batman wants to scold someone, how many people can out-scold him?

Currently, it seems the Owlman, dressed like a diver, shouldn't be able to. The Prime Universe Batman took a step toward him, and Owlman subconsciously took a step back. The Prime Universe Batman continued to walk forward, and he had to retreat step by step, then was forced in front of the table.

The Prime Universe Batman said: "According to what you say, I have suffered a huge loss. In the future, I can only live in a universe that has no threat from Apokolips or Darkseid, is protected by the Goddess of Life, and is incomparably safe, with this multiverse-level quantum isotope of mine and many colleagues who understand and support me, spending the rest of my life quietly and leisurely."

"For Batman, this is such a cruel torture. But even if I don't want it, I won't give it to you. Because you will mess this all up just like you messed up the relationship with the Superman of your universe. Although I am very rich, any smart person would not give money to an idiot like you to throw away."

"Stones falling into water at least make a sound. There are many people in this world who use their evil and stupidity to create annoying noise. And you, you are evil without a splash, and stupid without a sound. The greatest significance of your existence and actions is to prove to me that being despicable is not always a pass for the despicable. Thank you very much."