Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 94 Batman: Return of the Knight of Vengeance
The world transfer operation lasted a full 32 hours, and Mason watched Barry Allen run in the time maze for almost 32 hours. To be honest, the process was quite boring.
He witnessed with his own eyes how Xiao Shan went from being exhausted to being out of breath, from being out of breath to gritting his teeth to hold on, and finally from gritting his teeth to using both his hands and feet.
This guy has truly reached his limit. He is running in a trance, his steps are weak, and his eyes are dull. If he continues like this, he will be like Barry Allen in this world, and his life will be drained away to be used as energy to maintain the operation of the speed force matrix.
But it's not all bad.
During these hellish 32 hours, Mason, an outsider, could clearly feel that the connection between Xiao Shan and the Speed Force in front of him had advanced from "skilled" to "perfect".
He had to ensure that every bit of speed force generated when he ran was properly used and not wasted. Under such extreme pressure, he made rapid progress indeed.
Of course, it was impossible for Mason to waste a full thirty-two hours. While Barry was running, Mason was also taking the time to practice his tailoring and enchanting skills.
Finally, before the last moment, he improved his tailoring skills from Lv1+1 to Lv3+1 by making nearly two hundred primary magic bags. Although it was still horrible, at least he could sew the severely damaged Sorting Hat to a barely satisfactory level.
"Mason, the last city man just passed through the transfer gate."
Zha Kang's voice came from the Hell's Eye pin on Mason's collar, and he reported:
"Our colleagues are preparing to evacuate. The big guy Morgan asked me to tell you that you can call it a day and look forward to seeing us next time. Oh, and the charming old lady said she would send someone to help you run the bar after hearing that you also own it.
Wow, the charm of this hot old aunt is really incomparable to those young girls.
I was almost moved.”
"You'd better hold back. If you piss off Aunt Roger, be careful that she will shoot your little brother."
Mason sat cross-legged on the floor of the Time Labyrinth, threading the black magic thread through the Sorting Hat in his hand with the help of an enchanted sharp sewing needle. While carefully sewing it, he said:
"You guys retreat and wait for me at Osborne Tower. I'll be there in a moment."
"receive."
Zha Kang laughed evilly and said:
"Be careful. If you encounter any trouble, call for help. The gate to this world is always open."
"The stitches are crooked! I told you not to work while on the phone. Look how badly you've done my job. It's too bad to face the cruel world out there."
The Sorting Hat had a blurry human face protruding from its surface, and it complained harshly to Mason:
"You are not a novice anymore! Therefore, such a stupid mistake is not worthy of being forgiven generously. Do what you should do!"
"I understand. I understand. Let's just take it apart and sew it again, okay?"
Mason rolled his eyes and quickly undid all the crooked stitches. While deftly threading the needle, he looked up at the little Flash who was so tired that he was panting and rolling his eyes like a dead dog, using his hands and feet to run in a strange way like a weird creature. He said:
"Hey, Barry, start slowing down. We have transported all the people and it's time to finish our work."
"I think I can hold on a little longer..."
Xiao Shan wanted to say something polite, but before he could finish he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Now I can no longer boast and can only start slowing down the entire speed force matrix.
Mason actually originally wanted to keep a sample of the Speed Force Matrix.
But later it was discovered that this thing was completely bound to this dead world. Once the timeline stopped, the world would collapse immediately, and the distorted and weird speed force network would dissipate, so they had to give up.
But just as Mason was about to sew the Sorting Hat, Flash suddenly said:
"Mason, I can collect some free speed force and make them into 'speed force bricks'. This is the knowledge left by the Flash in this world. A part of the core of this matrix is made of speed force bricks.
I will take most of it back for research, but I can give you some as reserve energy so that you don't have to ask me to 'recharge' your speed force ring every time."
“This is a great feeling!”
Mason's face showed joy, but in his excitement he sewed a stitch crookedly and got scolded by the Sorting Hat. Fortunately, this picky hat was not an ignorant "portable grandfather".
It could understand that Mason was very tired, so it generously said that there was no need to sew it again this time, and also expressed its initial recognition of Mason's craftsmanship in a roundabout way.
In particular, Mason ingeniously sewed a circle of special fabric from Paradise Island on the hat as a decoration to embellish it with a small bat pattern, making the Sorting Hat feel many years younger.
"Alas, we still cannot achieve a perfect restoration. We still have a long way to go."
Mason stood up and put the Sorting Hat, which looked much more beautiful after being sewn, on his head. The hat also hummed with satisfaction as it changed its shape back to that of a Panama hat.
It tried to collect the free magic power and said to Mason:
"It's okay this time, because my skills and techniques have improved, which has increased the speed and quality of my magic power absorption. Now I can release some high-level magic, but I still can't use the forbidden magic of the great wizard level."
"Let's try one."
Mason pushed his hat and said something. The next moment, a circle of blue light flashed across his forehead. Mason immediately felt as if an invisible armor was put on his soul.
"Occlumency."
Hat said calmly:
"With this thing, you don't have to worry about your thoughts being sensed by the mind reader. As long as I have sufficient magic power, I can maintain this magical effect.
Do you need me to cast a protective fire spell for you? It can burn to death anyone who approaches you with malicious intent!"
"I won't use this for now. Good things should be saved for critical moments."
Mason touched his forehead and nodded with satisfaction.
Then a loud bang sounded behind him, and the Speed Force Matrix, which had been running for seventeen years, was slowly stopping.
This "disposable" doomsday self-rescue device has completed its mission, and countless dazzling yellow flashes are flying wildly in this enclosed area.
Barry Allen, who was in a mess in the flashing light, was thrown out by a huge force, rolled several times, and fell at Mason's feet, and was pulled up by him.
It turned out that he was just holding on before. Now Mason could feel the weakness of this young man when he held his hand. It was not just that his body was drained.
In the words of traditional Chinese medicine, this is called "the oil is exhausted and the lamp is running out" or "the essence is exhausted and the person dies", it depends on which description you prefer.
“Drink it!”
Mason took out a tube of epic healing agent and threw it to Barry, then took out some materials, put his hands together and activated the alchemy array. In a flash of red light, he produced a bottle of vitality supplement on the spot and gave it to Barry, who was sweating profusely, to drink, barely saving this guy from fainting from weakness.
As the Speed Force Matrix stopped spinning, the time maze used to hide the core of the matrix also began to collapse rapidly. Mason supported Barry as if they were escaping from a temple, avoiding several collapsed time vortexes and escaping back to the real world in a panic.
Their landing point is Paradise Island.
But the place was already deserted. After hundreds of thousands of Amazons quickly moved away, Zha Kang brought Kite Man, Catwoman, and Talia to plunder the land here for three days and took away all the valuable things.
Therefore, the scenery of Paradise Island was extremely terrible at this time.
The originally magnificent temple was blown up and the huge stone statues were swaying on the island, but this had little to do with Team K's looting. It was purely the result of the Speed Force Matrix stopping, causing the entire world to be quickly thrown from the closed timeline into the normal timeline.
This world died 17 years ago.
Once it returns to the normal timeline, it will immediately enter a state of star core destruction, and it will be completely irreversible.
In short, the final end of a world is at hand, and Mason and the group of people who are waiting for him on Paradise Island will be the last witnesses of the remaining days of this world.
"Why are you here too?"
Mason handed the weak Barry Allen to the energetic Harley, asking her to help take care of him, then looked up at Hal Jordan who was standing next to the old man.
He said in surprise:
"You're just an ordinary person, Hal. You should go to the Garden World with your girlfriend and enjoy life."
"This unlucky guy's girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend. The hat on his head is green. It seems that he was born to be a Green Lantern."
Damian Wayne, the little lunatic who was moping beside the old man, crossed his arms and sneered:
"You have a really good eye for picking people, Mason. You always pick these weird players."
"Yeah, I've already recruited a little psychopath like you into my team, who else can't I tolerate?"
Mason rolled his eyes and retorted, causing Damian to clench his fists, but he glanced at the silent old man beside him and finally chose to swallow his anger.
Of course, the old man’s attitude is only one aspect.
At this moment, Mrs. Martha, who was wearing a normal-style skirt and a lady's hat, was also looking at him quietly from a distance.
Mrs. Martha felt that some of her grandson's behaviors were inconsistent with her requirements for etiquette, so she was planning to educate her grandson "personally" in the next period of time.
Beside her are the two-faced lady who covers her cheeks with her hair, her two children, and the butler Oswald who is dragging a suitcase and preparing for a long journey.
He wants to follow his old master to the new world.
As a loyal butler and deputy, he never thought of leaving alone.
Hal Jordan, wearing a pilot jacket and carrying a shoulder bag, looked at the doomsday scene in front of him with regret. The fiery clouds like dusk had spread all over the sky, but it was not just a beautiful afterglow, but also some kind of bad sign caused by the changes in the earth's crust.
He could even feel the world beneath his feet disintegrating...
This process is not gentle at all, it makes people feel frightened and sad.
"Who else are we waiting for?"
The young man asked Mason, touching the green ring hanging around his neck.
The captain of Team K gestured to him to be patient, then took out the briefcase and activated the Traceless Extension Spell, throwing two biological capsules out of it.
The next moment, the two bio-capsules were broken at the same time, and a tall blonde girl jumped out of them angrily, and next to her was a tall man who had lost his left hand.
Diana Prince, Queen of War, and Arthur Curry, King of the Seven Seas.
Mason didn't take their lives, but the condition of these two people in front of him was indeed much worse than when they were in their prime.
Diana, whose divine clay doll body was swallowed by Kevin by one third, has "degenerated" to the state of an 18-year-old, and Arthur Curry, whose hand was cut off, needless to say.
They broke free from their restraints and roared towards Mason, but the next moment, cold gun muzzles were aimed at them. Big sister Selena, who had been hiding in a high place taking pictures, dropped from the sky like a hunted beast, completed the venom possession in the air, and when she landed, she opened her claws to protect Mason.
The little madman Damian sneered and drew out the Demon's Head sword. Harley chewed gum and grabbed the golden baseball bat. The two dogs under her feet kept barking.
Everyone started moving, except Mrs. Martha, who was still staring at the boiling sea in the distance in a trance.
She has no interest in these things.
She held a makeup mirror and eyebrow pencil in her hands, planning to put on makeup. After all, she would soon meet her son whom she had not seen for nearly thirty years, so she had to dress up.
"I advise you two to calm down."
Mason didn't draw his gun.
As the wind of doomsday blew, he sat on a nearby rock, letting the wind blow his grey windbreaker. He leaned on the penguin umbrella in his hand and said to Diana and Arthur, who were gritting their teeth, in a bossy manner:
"You have already lost, so you must accept your fate as a loser! Your country no longer exists, and your people now live in my territory.
I think they would be better off without you.
But I will not stop you from going back and leading your people to survive in a new world.
However, this is not without cost.”
Mason paused and winked at Barry. Barry Allen, who had recovered a little, stood up, took a deep breath, ran forward to open the speed force channel, and tore a rift to another world along the path and direction he came from.
It is like a mirror, and the light floating on it can reflect a gloomy but brightly lit city.
When they saw it, the old man and Mrs. Martha held their breath at the same time.
They knew where it was.
"You can come with us and win a second chance in the new world."
Mason pointed at the crack and said to the darkened version of Diana and Arthur:
"You can also stay here and perish with your world... I am really tired now and I urgently need to rest, so I don't have much time for you to think."
"You want a queen to be your dog? You want a warrior to kneel down and surrender in humiliation? You want a descendant of God to give up all his dignity?"
18-year-old Diana Prince clenched her fists and shouted:
"No! Never! I would rather die here!"
"It's not that we can't discuss it."
Arthur, the King of the Seven Seas, did not react so violently.
He touched the wound on his broken arm and looked back at the boiling ocean behind him.
He knew that staying here would definitely lead to death, but as a pragmatist, he was not against the choice of surviving in humiliation. What's more, his people were waiting for him in another world.
"I don't have that much time to convince you."
Mason stood up and said:
"Your future leader is not me! So you don't have to pledge allegiance to me... Talk to him!"
He pointed at the grim old man and said:
"Thomas Wayne, he will be your commander and superior."
After saying that, Mason extended his hand to Harley, and this action made Harley instantly happy.
She rushed forward and hugged Mason's wrist, and happily took her dog and followed Mr. K into the door to the world that opened next to them, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Damian, Selina and Talia followed closely behind. Hal Jordan glanced at the three people who were still in confrontation, turned around and walked into the speed force rift behind him.
He knew that Mason went to places he couldn't go.
At least not now.
The last to rise was Mrs. Martha.
She had already put on her makeup and pushed down her black lady's hat. When she approached the rift with her two-faced adjutant, she said to the old man:
"Thomas, hurry up! He's waiting for us! Is there anything more important than keeping an appointment today?"
"You go first, and I'll follow."
The old man did not look back, but he promised:
"No more than five minutes!"
"You broke your promise last time and we lost him..."
Mrs. Martha said hoarsely:
“I don’t want to go through this a second time.”
"boom"
These words stimulated the old man, he activated the key, and a huge black power armor suddenly appeared behind him. As he raised his arm, the enhanced prototype of Fenrir armor given by Mason also raised its left arm like a shadow.
Above the terrifying muzzle, sparks from the energy rail were ready to go.
Thomas stared at the two people in front of him as his black jagged cape fluttered. The Knight of Vengeance said in a hoarse voice:
"Did you hear me? I don't have much time left as I have an upcoming appointment... So, will you obey on your own? Or will I teach you to obey?"
