Chapter 4619: Prelude (Part 1)

"Bruce... Bruce..."

A distant, low female voice echoed in the dark space, like a vinyl record played to the end, causing the entire space to tremble, making people realize that sound and gaze have power, and it is biting and irresistible, overwhelming.

"Bruce Wei En..."

She was still calling: "These things can't stop you... wake up... wake up..."

When Bruce came back to his senses from his daze, he thought the voice he heard was a hallucination. He muttered, about to fall asleep again, when this voice suddenly raised its volume.

"Bruce Wei En!"

This gave Bruce a fright. He looked left and right, didn't see anything, and tentatively said: "Who are you?"

"Bruce... look at me... Bruce..."

Bruce opened his mouth to refute, but the powerful force contained in this voice made him understand that angering the other party wasn't a wise move. So he cleared his throat and asked: "Where are you?"

"Look over here... look over here..."

"Oh, I see. You don't know where I am right now; in order to make me actively expose my position, you need my gaze to locate me. This trick is a bit old-fashioned, isn't it? Did you pay copyright to the Outer Gods?" Bruce simply closed his eyes.

"I SAID! LOOK AT ME!!"

That female voice roared lowly. A huge force swept across the entire Source Wall. Bruce had no choice but to open his eyes again, looking straight ahead: "It's not that I don't look at you, I really can't see."

"Don't use your eyes... use your heart to gaze... gaze into the darkness within you..."

Bruce's eyes rolled: "What darkness should I have within me?"

"They left you here... in a lonely universe... letting you be with darkness..."

"Ah," Bruce suddenly realized, "Then you're right, they are truly too much. I only did a little bit of work, and they treated me like this!"

"Gaze into the darkness within you..."

"Uh, my teammates also betrayed me!" Bruce gritted his teeth and said, "I had already run away, but they betrayed my position, causing me to be caught by Batman and hung here. I'm truly too sad..."

"Gaze... gaze..."

Bruce took a light breath. He thought for a while, and then said: "It's like this, I have a revenge plan that can keep the multiverse in turmoil forever. You come out first, let's talk."

"Gaze at me... gaze at me..."

However, the scene outside the Source Wall was just a sea of blood red. Bruce didn't know which direction to look either, he could only concentrate his attention and look forward. Suddenly, the red Heavenly Blood receded, replaced by boundless darkness, and a pair of indescribable golden eyes that seemed to contain the entire universe.

And then, an incomparably huge figure emerged from the darkness. She had a female form, but was thin as a rail, a head of pitch-black long hair blended with the cosmic background, the golden ring decoration on her neck emitted a faint light, and the whole person looked sacred yet evil.

"Who are you?" Bruce asked.

"I am the Creator Goddess Perpetua." Her voice still carried a rumbling tremor, as if it filled the universe and heaven and earth, echoing endlessly in the infinitely vast space, never-ending.

"Creator Goddess?" Bruce showed a thoughtful expression, "Did you create this universe?"

"I created all universes," she said, "Unfortunately, I was betrayed by my creations. They expelled me from the reality universe, just like you..."

"Then we are truly fellow sufferers," Bruce said very emotionally, "They also expelled me from the multiverse, letting me only chat with you lonely here. Sigh."

Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, snapped his fingers and said: "It's meaningless for us to chat here all the time, why not think about how to take revenge on them. It just so happens that the Source Wall behind me has a hole, maybe you can pass through from here..."

"I have the same intention," Perpetua said, "But I have been away from the multiverse for too long, I need someone to scout the path for me..."

"Isn't this a coincidence? I'm organizing a Dark Knight group. You should have heard of Batman, right?"

"Who is that?"

"Oh, it seems you are a very ancient and powerful existence," Bruce nodded and said, "Batman is an emerging superhero in the universe, recently very popular, can be said to control the multiverse..."

"What about the Monitors and Anti-Monitors?"

"They aren't doing so well," Bruce shook his head and said, "They haven't shown their faces for a long time, nor have they interfered with the operation of the multiverse. Are you very familiar with them?"

"They are my children..."

"That should be a long time ago," Bruce said while thinking, "A long time has passed now, the universe has undergone many changes, I'm afraid you really need someone to help you scout the path."

"Is the Batman you mentioned very powerful?"

"How should I put it, I was also Batman before," Bruce sighed, "That's a long story."

"We have plenty of time."

"Ah, of course, anyway you've been here for such a long time, you don't care about waiting a little longer, but my time is limited. I'll just tell you simply," Bruce said, "The source of the universe's darkness is called Barbatos, he claims to be the Dark Dragon..."

"Wait, who?"

"Barbatos, is a mysterious existence with big wings, seems to have been staying by some World Forge before..."

"World Forger's little pet," Perpetua snorted coldly, "Just a dog that eats trash."

Bruce's eyes lit up immediately, and he said: "What is your relationship with the World Forger? Is he also your son?"

"You could say that," Perpetua said, "I am the Mother of All Things, they are the children closest to me."

"Then you are truly too powerful," Bruce praised, "Unfortunately, you have been away for too long, let alone you, even your son has been forgotten. Now the biggest villain in the multiverse is Barbatos. See the hole behind me? That's what Barbatos sent people to make."

Perpetua snorted coldly and said nothing. Bruce continued: "In short, Barbatos wants to invade the Light Multiverse, Batman won't let him invade, and the two of them started fighting."

"Is Batman Barbatos's enemy?"

"That's right. However, Barbatos can't beat Batman, his set doesn't work at all, so I plan to organize a Dark Knight group and use Batman to deal with Batman."

"Who have you found?"

"This, I haven't had time to find anyone, and I was hung on the wall," Bruce sighed and said, "You know how difficult this is, Lucifer here, Batman there..."

"Are you still an angel?"

"Yes, this is also something I got after a lot of effort," Bruce said, "Originally this position of mine should have been Gabriel's, now I am Gabriel, but I only replaced his status, because I'm not a native angel, and I don't have that much power. Isn't this why I was hung here?"

"I can give you stronger power."

Bruce's eyes lit up again. He leaned his body forward and asked: "Tell me in detail."

"I want the universe to know who their true mother is," Perpetua said slowly, "Those who don't know my name aren't worthy of existence. Now, let me see if you are qualified."

The next second, Bruce fell to the cold ground. When he woke up again, he found himself appearing on the cold floor, in front of a long, pitch-black tunnel.

Bruce climbed up from the ground and walked toward the end of the tunnel, but this tunnel seemed to have no end. Bruce sighed, didn't walk anymore, and just sat there on the spot.

This Creator Goddess really has some skills, actually being able to drag him into an illusion. However, he must thank her; even without using his own back-up plan, his consciousness had already broken free from the Source Wall. Now he just needs to wait.

Perpetua didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and Bruce was even less in a hurry. But Perpetua didn't seem to understand why Bruce wasn't in a hurry. Soon, the end of the tunnel began to be swallowed by darkness.

Bruce looked back, finally started to stand up and walk forward slowly, but the speed was only a little faster than the darkness behind. It wasn't that he didn't want to run faster, but God knows if he ran faster, the darkness behind would chase faster. Now is not the time to reveal his trump card.

However, even if he didn't accelerate, the darkness still started to accelerate. But the darkness accelerated, and Bruce still didn't accelerate. He just stared straight back at the darkness until it stopped in front of him.

"Why don't you feel fear?" Perpetua asked.

"I know you don't want to kill me," Bruce shook his head and said, "You can't kill me either."

"I can kill any cosmic creation."

"Except Archangels," Bruce said, "When I was in Heaven, although I didn't do much work, I figured out the system backend. All angels are on the whitelist, and no method can erase our existence itself, otherwise it might cause the entire system to collapse."

"But you are not an Archangel."

"I know, I only have the status, and not much power. However, once I am erased, it will definitely attract Heaven's attention. If they find out you want to kill an angel, you will never be able to get close to the reality universe again. Lucifer won't let you go."

"It seems you are very confident in your own existence."

"Of course. Otherwise, why would I go to such great lengths to get an angel's identity? This isn't something anyone can do!"

"Of course," Perpetua's tone softened, "Wanting something and getting it yourself, rather than waiting for someone to bestow it. I quite agree with this point."

"So I passed your test?"

"Don't be in a hurry. Tell me about your Dark Knight group plan, perhaps, I can help you..."

Bruce just opened his mouth to speak when he vaguely heard a voice: "Bruce? Bruce? Are you there?"

"Withdraw your power and send me back to my mental realm." Bruce's voice suddenly turned cold, "Otherwise we have nothing to talk about."

Perpetua seemed to want to know what made him suddenly change his face. Suddenly she chuckled: "Go."

Perpetua and her power vanished without a trace instantly. Bruce returned to his mental space; his mental body was still free and wasn't stuck back on the wall. And the figure calling him anxiously was Martha.

"Mom!" Bruce shouted. Martha rushed toward him immediately, Bruce threw himself into her arms, resting his chin on her shoulder, "Mom, you're here."

"Yes, little Bruce. Oh my god, your dad and I heard you were trapped here and rushed over immediately. Are you okay?"

Bruce shook his head, then Martha patted his arm: "You rascal, doing such dangerous things. Also, when that group of Batmen caught you, didn't you know how to run?"

"Mom, are you here to take me home?" Bruce asked, hugging her.

"Of course," Martha softened her tone, "Even if you made a huge mistake, they can't just leave you here alone! If it weren't for The Flash secretly reporting to us, we wouldn't have known!"

Bruce smiled and said: "How could Batman not know The Flash reported to you. He didn't intend to really do anything to me. Alright, Mom, let's go home." ===== CHAPTER 4620 =====