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Chapter 377 The boss is grand
Central City is indeed a magical city.

The villains here have clear moral boundaries, the heroes here are extremely conscientious, the abilities here are diverse, and the timeline here is as chaotic as instant noodles.

This area is not usually considered the forefront of any major cosmic event, but any battle of even moderate intensity that takes place here will generally have an impact that spreads throughout the entire universe.

The reason is simple: The Flash's abilities have too much influence on the timeline, and whenever he encounters an opponent he cannot defeat, he has no choice but to travel through time.

Ah, the timeline, the timeline.
Ma Zhaodi couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself, "If the timeline had a mouth and could speak, the first thing it would probably say is 'Stop digging into it if you don't have to.'"

And a speedster like Barry Allen is probably like a big cat that occasionally rummages through the tangled mess of the timeline.

But now, Ma Zhaodi is quite certain that outsiders like himself are also beginning to influence the timeline.

If we follow urban legends like "the military's landmine girl" and "Iron Man who went to the factory," then "the Flash who steals electricity" would probably also be a supervillain. But the problem is, if this logic holds true, then "a new type of street brawl rule like Pokémon," "Captain Cold recruiting soldiers to pull off another heist," as well as "the vampires of Central City" and "the Enderman and Blaze" would also be supervillains.

Ma Zhaodi was certain that the original timeline was not as absurd as it is now. He clearly remembered that the original Barry Allen followed the orthodox path of leveling up by defeating monsters, adhering to the stable route of "encountering a villain - fighting the villain - growing in ability and defeating the villain".

He is a leveling-up hero who steadily improves, learning to better utilize and control the Speed ​​Force through training and exploration in battles and perilous situations. He typically encounters only one enemy at a time, taking a break and recuperating after defeating one before facing the next, in a continuous cycle. And with each supervillain he defeats, his speed increases slightly.

Now, the situation has obviously changed drastically. Ma Zhaodi has only been in the central city for such a short time, and villains have suddenly started to appear one after another. Counting the number of urban legends, there are already six enemies in five urban legends.

Six supervillains, one-shot kill? Six super-powered giants specifically to serve Barry, who's currently a newbie?

"This is incredibly lucky!"

Although Ma Zhaodi had vaguely heard that in the central cities of other universes, it was always the Flash who was outnumbered and fighting against the Rogue Gang, a criminal gang composed of multiple supervillains, the Flash at that time was a version that had been through years of fighting and training, and his experience and speed were far superior to when he first debuted.

Furthermore, the Flash himself has a family: the first Flash, Jay Garrick; the second Flash, Barry Allen; the third Flash, Wally West; plus Kid Flash and other female Flashes. There are often multiple speedsters on the move at the same time. Basically, he has experience, support, and allies.

As for Barry now, it's just starting out, and there's even a hidden big boss lurking in the shadows.

Ma Zhaodi found it hard to imagine how he could possibly take on six opponents at once. In fact, he was currently trying to figure out how he had influenced the timeline, causing many villains who should have been in hiding to emerge prematurely.

"Old Ma? What's wrong?"

Barry, oblivious to what was happening, patted him on the shoulder, completely unaware of the hellish ordeal he was about to face. Ma Zhaodi, as if waking from a dream, finally realized what was going on. After a moment of silence, he also patted Barry on the shoulder reassuringly: "I... I can't bear to say it. You'll see for yourself in the group chat."

Then, all four people in the lab simultaneously took out their phones.

"I fucking knew it, I fucking knew it!"

Ma Zhaodi couldn't help but roll his eyes. He felt that Liu Ziqun was practically infiltrated to the point of being a sieve. Who the hell was in there? The composition couldn't be more complicated!
As he pondered the questions raised in the group chat, Dr. Wells and the other three also looked up one after another.

"Um, let me confirm, does every urban legend represent a criminal with superpowers?"

“Not necessarily,” Cisco replied to Caitlin. “I don’t think that ‘Enderman and Blaze’ looks like the same person; they might be two.”

"Does that mean there are five superpowered individuals and a high-IQ criminal gang running rampant in the city? Good heavens."

Barry finally let out a desperate sigh: "If we're lucky, one or two of them might be our allies, but if we're not so lucky..."

“If we’re not lucky, we’ll have to figure out how to get Barry out of this six-man siege.” Wells’s face was grim. He didn’t want to continue the conversation; he wanted to rush into the secret room and see what Gideon’s future news had turned out to be.

But he also knew that looking at these things now was pointless; the most important thing was to help Barry survive and even break out of this enemy formation.

“Barry, time is of the essence for us now.” Wells forced himself to calm down and quickly analyzed, “You can’t continue with the normal intensity, speed, and physical training you’ve been doing. You need to become faster, much faster, in a very short time!”

"Thanks to Lao Ma's special chocolate, your body's recovery speed and energy replenishment efficiency are much stronger than before. Before today, I was considering whether to use chocolate to enhance your training intensity in the long term, but I was worried that this extreme training method might take up too much of your personal time - speed is important, but life is equally important."

"But given the current situation, if you don't temporarily sacrifice some of your personal time, Central City is going to be turned upside down. Barry, get ready for high-intensity training."

After saying that, he turned to the side and said, "Cisco, Caitlin, you two should put aside what you're doing for now and start investigating these urban legends carefully. Locate their locations and find out the specifics."

"no problem."

"Ok."

"If possible, it would be best to get specific photos or videos. We need related intelligence, which will be beneficial for the later battles—Old Ma?"

"Huh?" Ma Zhaodi looked up abruptly: "Is there something else I need to do?"

"Your network of 'liuzi' seems to be very well-informed about these kinds of gossip and strange events. Besides wanting to buy a batch of chocolates from you, I also hope you can get them involved to find relevant information."

Is there a reward?

"A single specific message is worth ten thousand."

“The boss is awesome!”

(End of this chapter)