The Death Knell

With the help of Barry's speed force, several people finally disappeared into the dark universe before the enemy arrived. At the last moment, Su Ming even felt that those filled with black energy had touched the wings.

Those are the people who once lived in the broken world of the Dark Multiverse.

It's not right to say they are living people, nor is it right to say they are undead. They only exist with the help of dark energy, survive in the cracks of the dark universe, and become slaves of Barbatos.

"Huhu..."

Barry panted violently. They succeeded. Although they didn't know the specific location here, at least they were far away from the enemy. He had never tried to transform an airplane into a world treadmill. This thing consumed so much that he felt his liver hurt from running.

Su Ming got down from the driver's seat. In fact, in this cosmic environment, there is no conventional concept of up, down, left, and even direction. He just sat there and pretended.

Diana took care of two 'old men' in the back of the plane. Both Batman and Superman had decades of life sucked into them as battery energy. They spent decades in a nightmare, and the emptiness after constant despair and failure became The dark energy also consumed their vitality.

But they are awake now, at least conscious.

"Where are we?"

Bruce stood up holding on to the bulkhead and looked outside. It was dark outside the porthole.

He is now stooped and white-haired, and his bat suit looks baggy on his aging and thin body, but he has gradually regained his previous calmness.

"A certain dark multiverse that has been shattered, where there is no mass, no time, nothing... This is the empty shell left after Barbatos has eaten it. Here we have escaped the search of his minions. .”

Su Ming took off his helmet and looked at the old Batman in front of him. Even if he knew that this unnatural loss of youth could be restored, he still could not help but feel the emotion of a hero in his twilight years.

"...reasonable, but who are you?"

Batman turned his head and no longer looked at those broken worlds. He had spent decades in nightmares and had seen enough similar cruel scenes.

Although the man in front of him was wearing Deathstroke's uniform, his height, weight, and age didn't match. He needed to confirm the stranger's identity.

"I am Deathstroke from another world, and I am on your side now."

Time was limited, so Su Ming didn't bother to go into too much detail. He just wanted to mention what Bruce was most concerned about.

Bruce was doubtful, but he could observe that Barry and Diana believed in the death knell. Under the current situation, this was enough.

Although he still slightly doubted whether he had entered another dream, he did not say it out loud, but kept this suspicion in his heart and observed quietly.

"What's our next goal?"

Diana relaxed and her facial expression softened a lot. The presence of Batman and Superman made her feel better. After all, the Justice League was complete with brains and strength.

"After rescuing Superman and Batman, we are still one step away from the final victory. Just find the Forge of the World, obtain X metal, and then let Clark fight Barbatos head-on."

Su Ming shrugged. The previous experience was actually the most dangerous, but now that the Zhenglian bosses have been rescued, he can also paddle and provide assistance.

Watching Barry and Diana turn their attention to him, Bruce was a little confused. He didn't know the location of the world's melting pot, so why were the three of them looking at him?

At this time, Superman beside him also woke up, but seeing the three of them quietly waiting for Batman to speak, he could only swallow his questions and join the waiting team.

"The problem is that I don't know exactly where the Crucible of the World is."

"Yes, you really don't know." Su Ming nodded, admitting that he was right: "But he knows about your new friend. Didn't he tell you about Barbatos' existence?"

"You mean Daniel, the dream god, right?" Batman was tortured, and his memory before he fell into the nightmare seemed like a lifetime ago, but he still recalled the voice that often sounded in his dreams before.

"Well, you call his name now, and he will take us to his home, the Kingdom of Dreams, from the Dream Passage to the Eternal Forge."

The only person on the entire planet who can contact the Dream God in his waking state is Bruce, and no one can compare to the treatment of DC's biological father.

Batman now has a headache when he hears the word "dream", but Barry knows that what Deathstroke said must be true. He looked at Bruce with eager eyes, as if to say: 'It's all up to you, it's all up to you, it's all up to you. Already......'

"...Dream God! Daniel! Get us out of here!"

Bruce couldn't stand the look.

He immediately called out to Daniel loudly, and then a faint smoke enveloped everyone, like a dream, and then the surrounding scenery changed like a distortion, and they appeared in a huge library.

You can't even see the top of it when you look up. Each floor is filled with bookshelves, which store all history like the Tower of Babel.

"We're here." Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief, it was safe for the time being: "This is the land of dreams."

"It looks like a big library." Barry reached out and picked up a book and found that it contained a story about a superhero from another world.

"Yes, it is both a memory and a dream. This is the place where all world history is recorded."

A human figure made of smoke appeared in front of a group of people. He was very tall and wore a twisting psychedelic colorful mist. It was the embodiment of a dream.

He answered Bruce's question, and then looked at the others with his pupil-less eyes, especially Su Ming. There was no such person's past in his records...

"You obviously have the ability to save us!" Bruce wanted to catch the Dream God, but the dream was illusory. He just grabbed a handful of smoke: "You have let us get lost in the nightmare for decades. You can't think of us. What have you been through!"

"No, you are not lost." Daniel turned to look at the library. Some books had been set on fire. That was Barbatos' power invading. The burned books represented the obliteration of a certain hero's history.

"Then join us, and we will fight against Barbatos." Bruce took a step closer, determination showing on his old face.

"No, I don't exist in the real world, so I can't fight alongside you." Daniel answered him gently, expressing his helplessness: "But I can help you, and I can give you the most effective weapon - -a story......."

He waved his hand, and several people changed their positions. Now they seemed to be standing among the stars. Countless stars formed constellations, and then the constellations rotated to form the picture.

"A long time ago, when the universe was created, two brothers appeared..."

"Ahem!" Su Ming took a step forward. He didn't come here to listen to stories: "Sorry, Daniel, I've told you your story before. Can you just skip this step and send us to the melting pot of the world? "

"???"

The Dream God was stunned, but Barry nodded beside him, saying that he had indeed heard the origin stories of the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor, the World Forger and Barbatos.

And Su Ming had long said that X metal was a weapon against Barbatos.

In the past, Barry was very gossipy and loved to listen to stories, but now the fire of the eternal furnace could go out at any time, and he didn't want to waste time.

Su Ming had an average impression of the Dream God. Before, Bruce was in the main universe, and Daniel's dream power was not enough to completely reach it. But Barbatos was coming, and he was so panicked that he told Bruce about Barbatos in his sleep. Things turned out to be inconsistent and specious.

The result was that Bruce didn't understand what he heard, so he went around the world to collect metals, fell into the trap of the swans, and became the door to Barbatos.

It can be said that the dream god also has a share of the responsibility for the disasters that are causing the multiverse.

It can't be said that he had any conspiracy, it can only be said that he did bad things with good intentions.