Chapter 287 85 Racer with Destiny

Chapter 287 85. Racers with Destiny

When Mason first entered this world, he saw the Amazons and Atlanteans fighting desperately, and then he met the old man in Gotham.

At that time, he thought this was the famous Flashpoint world.

But when he fought with the Queen of War, he found that the other party was holding a Lasso of Submission instead of a Truth Lasso, and he guessed that this world might be the "Earth 2" of the N52 super-time stream.

Or this place that looks like Flashpoint but has deviations in all details is a hell of a mixed world view.

Finally, he met Lex Luthor.

After learning from the other party that this world has been changed twelve times in different disaster doomsdays, he realized that his previous thoughts were all wrong.

His B-level promotion mission is likely not carried out in a "real world", which may explain why the world observed by the Star Fortress with this special coordinate can be completely unaffected by the impact event.

This may be a virtual place.

And the real me may still be sleeping in a biological cabin in a world with super-advanced black technology. All this is just an absurd and real dream.

But now, he saw with his own eyes the fact that this world was hidden in the deepest part, and realized that his imagination was still far from enough and reality did not talk to you logically at all.

When he saw the old Barry Allen in front of him, who seemed to have been drained of every bit of strength and was still running weakly, Mason finally understood the ultimate truth of this strange world.

It really exists in the parallel world system.

But Mason may be too late.

"This world is dead, right?"

He whispered to the "skinny" version of Barry Allen who was running hard and panting in the void in front of him:

"You distorted time through the speed force and forcibly created the illusion that it still exists. You turned time back to a moment before the end of the world?

Why did you do this?"

"He can't answer you, distinguished guest."

Another voice sounded behind Mason, it was an image that seemed to be "deducted" from time, like a portrait in a faded old photo.

The whole person and the air around him were shining with the luster of the past.

He had a young face that was 90% similar to Barry Allen, but it was as exhausted as the frail old man in front of him.

His eyes had lost all their brilliance.

Mason looked back at this "time clone".

He knew that this was a special ability of the speedsters, a technique that could summon their past selves to exist for a short period of time.

"He has put all his strength, thoughts and wisdom into this long run, driving the complex speed force matrix to push the whole world forward or backward in the twisted timeline."

The silhouette from the old days floated beside Mason. Looking at his "future" self, he whispered:

"He can't hear you, nor can he see you. He has bound himself to the speed force and turned into a part of this huge system.

When Barry Allen started this last race against the end of the world, he was already dead.

What remains here is just a tired body looking forward to liberation."

"I see."

Mason heard the explanation, but his eyes were always focused on the skinny runner in front of him who was staggering and running, but could fall down at any time.

After a few seconds, he asked:

"How long has he been running?"

"Seventeen years, four months, 21 days, 15 hours, and 37 minutes"

The silhouette of the past whispered:

"I can be precise to nanoseconds, but I don't think you need such a watery answer. I know what you want to ask, Mason Cooper from the outside world.

Yes.

My world was destroyed when the first impact occurred. It was one of the first worlds to die in the tremor of the dark stars, but we are luckier than other unknown worlds. We have the Flash.

The end of the world began seventeen years ago.

But to this day, it has not ended."

"You extended time!"

Mason suddenly turned around and looked at the young Barry behind him. He said:

"Is it the 'speed force matrix' I saw outside?"

"No, we distorted the timeline."

Barry explained:

"Although it sounds similar to distorting time, these are two completely different concepts, Barry At the end of the world, Barry intercepted a period of time from the super-time flow and used the Speed ​​Force matrix to "encapsulate" it.

It is very difficult to do this.

Fortunately, he had already started preparing before the first impact and finally did it.

The price was that the entire Flash family was swallowed by the Speed ​​Force at the moment the matrix was activated, so that the Speed ​​Force could grow to the extent that it could cover the world.

Only Barry was left running here to drive the matrix to take effect today.

As for the matrix itself."

The silhouette of the old days hesitated for a moment, and he said truthfully:

"I can't explain its existence to you. It's not that I don't want to say it, but you don't have the recognition of the Speed ​​Force and can't understand the principle that I will spend a long time explaining next.

I can only tell you that the lightning matrix you see outside is only the most insignificant part of the whole system. "

"Oh, I understand. "

Mason was not disappointed.

He nodded and said:

"So, this is Barry Allen's 'legacy' for the next Speedster to arrive here?"

"You can say that."

The old Barry nodded and said:

"That was the best we could have predicted, but it seems to be better than we thought. We now have two Speedsters to serve as successors, and even an 'extra option.'

Although you arrived much later than we predicted, you arrived here almost in the countdown to the end. "

"etc!"

Mason frowned and said:

"You mean, Reverse Flash is also one of the inheritors of the 'legacy'?"

"Um."

Young Barry said:

“We watched him.

He also arrived here with a mission of exploration. Although he does not care about the changing fate of this world, as the operation of the Speed ​​Force matrix is ​​approaching its limit, it seems that we have nothing better."

"Hold on!"

Mason reached out his hand sensibly and interrupted the Barry in front of him.

He came back to his senses and lay on the closed matrix behind him, shouting to Flash who was still playing "hide and seek" with Reverse Flash in the time maze outside:

"Barry Allen! I give you ten seconds to kill that bastard! Otherwise we will be finished together with the world. Think about your Iris

Do it! "

As Mason shouted, Barry, who was dodging quickly, stopped and was caught by the reverse flash and kicked away.

But in the air he found the "secret weapon" that Mason gave him.

Barry was kind-hearted after all, and before throwing the stone spear, he aimed at Reverse Flash's left leg instead of his head.

Then the God King's scolding and the strange screams of the reverse flash were heard amidst the lightning and thunder, and a dazzling thunder gun with a [guaranteed hit] effect penetrated the maze of time.

Reverberating with the frightened screams and the muffled sound of piercing, Reverse Flash screamed like a wild dog with broken bones and escaped from the maze of time.

This made Mason breathe a sigh of relief.

He looked back at the silhouette of Barry Allen who was stunned in this world, snapped his fingers, and said in a relaxed tone:

"The problem is solved!

You don't have to think hard, we made the decision for you, and now you only have one successor left. Let Barry Allen come in and prepare to 'transfer' his skills to him.

I'm here to help you protect the law. "

"etc!"

The Barry Allen of this world crossed his arms.

He didn't care about Mason's move to eliminate Reverse Flash from the competition through "hostile competition", but instead grasped the core of the problem and explained:

"This is not as simple as you think, Mason Cooper. We will impart all the knowledge of the Speed ​​Force Matrix to your friend Barry Allen, but we have a small request."

"I understand, I understand, I want the benefits."

Mason nodded and said with an old Jianghu attitude:

"Tell me, how many people are really alive in your world? Let me calculate the number of transfer doors needed for emergency rescue. Don't worry, I won't do this job once or twice.

I'm very familiar with it. "

Such a straightforward reaction made the old silhouette stunned again, and then he said with a wry smile:

"I also prepared a long speech to deal with your inquiry, and even prepared a painful manuscript to beg you for mercy. I mean, we do look forward to outside rescuers, but I didn't expect you to be so straightforward.

Didn't you ask why? "

"Nothing to ask."

Mason waved his hand.

After taking a look at Barry Allen, who stumbled into the core of the Speed ​​Force matrix while rubbing his bloody forehead and was stunned by the sight before him, he said to the time clone in front of him:

"Your situation obviously requires help, and I have the ability to help you. In fact, you have tested my strength in this area in the previous timeline deduction.

That's a test, right? "

"Well, I'm sorry that I mobilized resources to kill you before, but it was not just a test."

Silhouettes of the Past explains:

"Only part of the conclusions drawn from Lex Luthor's thirteen studies are correct. We are indeed manipulating the Speed ​​Force Matrix to continuously change the world.

But it's not just about finding solutions to the apocalypse from within. A big part of it is that we need to keep the entire world alive in the time stream affected by the Speed ​​Force Matrix.

Rather than 'freezing' them all in time, it is obviously a better way to allow them to continue to maintain a normal social form.

The so-called doomsday deduction is just an incidental process to this purpose.

The reason why every deduction will eventually reach the end is also very simple, because we are already in the end of the world that has not yet ended.

The end point of this intercepted and encapsulated timeline is the moment when the end comes. "

Having said this, the Barry Allen from the old days also sighed, and he whispered with a hint of sadness:

“After thirteen changes, we constantly changed the background of the times and the direction of the doomsday events to deduce whether this matter can be solved from within.

Unfortunately, we failed twelve times, and the last time we were terminated was because of the influence of your ‘unknown variable’.

Facts have proved that relying on the internal efforts of a single world cannot avoid the end of the world. Only the assistance of external forces can help us get out of this predicament.

To defeat the doomsday, many worlds must work together.

We have tried to work out the origins of this tragedy.

But we failed, we couldn't come to a conclusion. "

"Don't be so sad, you've done well enough."

Mason comforted:

"In another place, as far as I know, there are the smartest people from the entire parallel world system who are trying their best to find the answer with their wisdom, but so far they have found nothing.

But I just noticed what you said, you said to maintain the "vitality" of the whole world."

He blinked and said:

"Barry, don't tell me that you saved everyone in the context of the impact? "

"It's difficult."

Barry's silhouette showed a humble smile, and he said:

"But fortunately, we did it. Before a series of doomsday disasters caused by the collision of the two worlds, we activated the speed force matrix and intercepted the timeline.

Except for the innocent people who died in various accidents at the beginning, most of the lives in this world were safely preserved by us. It is estimated that there should be about 7 billion people.

Huh?

Mason, why do you look so ugly? "

Faced with his inquiry, Mason rubbed his forehead with a headache and said:

"Because the upper limit of a normal model of transfer gate within 28 hours is one million people. Don't question this data. We just tested it ourselves a week ago.

The number of transfer gates needed to transfer out your 7 billion people is an astronomical number.

The only good news is that we still have time, right?"

He looked at the old man running hard in the air above his head.

Then, under the horrified gaze of Mason and Barry, the weak and skinny old man staggered forward and almost fell, making Mason even want to reach out for help.

But fortunately, he was "old and strong" and stood up again and ran weakly again.

Mason looked at the old silhouette who was in charge of the explanation beside him. The latter coughed a few times with an embarrassed look on his face, and explained in a rather obvious way:

"Well, don't look at me so weak, but I can still run for a long time, at least one more day. It's not a problem. "

"Then it's not over yet? "

Mason rolled his eyes. The Flash beside him took a deep breath. He stepped forward and volunteered:

"Let him down, I'll run!"

"You can't hold on!"

The Barry Allen in this world didn't give his own time-space alternation any face. He looked up and down at the Flash and said:

"Your connection with the speed force is too immature. You can't bear the burden of keeping a world running. You will be drained in 72 hours at most."

"That can at least get 72 hours, right?"

The Flash was not discouraged.

He clenched his fist with blood on his face and said:

"Even if it's only three days, it's good. You want me to give up 7 billion people and turn them into ashes in front of me. I can't do it! If I just do nothing and run back in disgrace,

I will definitely be expelled from the Justice League.

Joining that group is the most honorable thing in my life. "

Speaking of this, Xiao Shan suddenly turned back and looked at Mason.

The expectation in his eyes made Mason feel a headache, and the captain complained:

"Now I finally know how Zha Kang feels every time I tell him that I have an idea. I really admire you troublemakers!"

Mason complained and turned around, looking at the interior of the Speed ​​Force Matrix that was like a void around him, and said:

"This place is not affected by the distorted time axis and can be connected to the outside world, right?"

"Yeah."

The old silhouette replied:

"Because the Speed ​​Force Matrix is ​​on the verge of stopping, in fact, the space-time blockade around the world has been lifted, you can turn around and leave now.

We won't blame you for this, the current situation is indeed a bit difficult. "

"If you don't expect assistance, then you should have said this at the beginning. You see, we have come here by our own efforts. It's really hard for us to give up now.

You are really a little smart. "

Mason complained bitterly, he took out a Roaring Letter made by Zha Kang before, wrote a few words on it and sent it to the Star Castle.

A few seconds later, another Roaring Letter was sent back and fell in front of Mason and floated up again, and then the voice of Hunter Ciri with extreme helplessness came out from it.

She said:

"We have discussed this issue before, Mason, you can't talk to Old A directly at your current level! You are making things difficult for me, I think you really deserve a beating. "

"This is not a private matter, Ciri."

Mason glanced at the two Barrys next to him, and the thin old man who was still running hard above his head. The latter's wrinkled face and fluttering white beard looked so desolate against the background of the speed force.

He said to the Roaring Letter:

"I must talk to Old A in person, I have enough and sufficient reasons. "

"Tell me. "

Hili's tone was full of disbelief. She obviously thought that this was another useless workload for Mason.

Mason coughed and said with a straight face:

"You shouldn't be exposed to these things with your authority, Hili. This matter is too big for you to handle. Don't make trouble for yourself. Please help me contact Old A.

I'll wait for him for fifteen minutes.

If he is too busy, I can only turn around and contact other bigwigs in the Hope Council. I believe they will be able to squeeze out time. "