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Chapter 687 Anti-Life

The anti-life equation, as its name suggests, is the opposite of life.

It doesn't appear much in the original work, but everything related to it is significant. For example, Darkseid's Omega Rays and the source of the Anti-Monitor's power are all more or less related to Anti-Life.

"You're all crazy."

The Dark Lord sat on his throne and spoke in a cold voice.

His gaze slowly shifted to Shen You, scrutinizing him from head to toe.

"You may have temporarily absorbed the life formula, but I can see that you can't fully control it," he said. "Such power is too great for anyone."

You're trying to suppress it with your experience and knowledge, and it might seem to be working for you for now. However, once you use it to a certain point, it will still go berserk.

Darkseid paused, then gave a cold laugh.

"And even so, you still arrogantly try to pursue the anti-life equation, another power that is equally impossible to control."

"That's my problem to solve, so please don't trouble yourself, Darkseid," Shen You said.

The Most High Father also said, "You have been unable to successfully extract the anti-life equation all this time, but you actually already knew the method, didn't you?"

The reason it cannot be done is that it lacks the technology, and also the power to respond to anti-life and summon its manifestation.

The Heavenly Father looked at Shen You.

"But now it might be worth a try."

"Hmm"

Darkseid hesitated for a moment.

Indeed. He has tried many times, but has yet to obtain the power of the Anti-Life Equation; something has always been missing.

If the power of the Equation of Life serves as a catalyst.

"Hmph," Darkseid said coldly, "This is for Apokolips, not to help you. This won't change anything between us."

"Of course," the Father nodded.

"Let's begin then."

The two followed Darkseid to the underground of Apocalypse. They traversed a complex system of pipes and passed through an eternal curtain of flames, arriving at what appeared to be Apocalypse's laboratory.

Darkseid waved his hand, unlocking a hidden door, and they entered a concealed room. Darkseid then unleashed Omega energy from his eyes, filling a container that resembled a dried-up pool. Energy immediately surged from the pool—a violent, invisible, yet water-like red energy—quickly filling the entire container.

Shen You, who had already studied the power of the source quite a bit, quickly figured it out.

"Omega, so you found the anti-life equation through the connection of the Omega effect, right?"

"Not bad," Darkseid said, "but I can't use it to my advantage, so this is all I can do. If you have any other tricks up your sleeve, it's about time to use them."

Shen You floated forward and slowly reached out his hand towards the pool of containers.

Their guess was correct.

The life equation surged within him, and he seemed to vaguely sense a connection. Something extremely dangerous, diametrically opposed to his current attributes, yet subtly related to them.

When he tried to focus his gaze, he captured that thing more easily than he had imagined.

Ultraman's body began to burn, and a red-hot light, like flames radiating from within him, instantly enveloped his entire body. He involuntarily let out a low roar, as if feeling a boiling sensation, an unstoppable impulse that transformed into a storm to destroy everything in the room.

"He succeeded!" The Most High Father instinctively held the scepter in front of him, forming a protective shield to block the frenzied energy.

"I don't think this is a success."

Darkseid spoke in a deep voice, his eyes burning with the flames of Omega, as he strode toward Shen You, who seemed to be struggling to adapt to the two forces.

The Heavenly Father roared, "What do you want to do?"

"Take back what's rightfully mine!"

Darkseid roared against the howling wind, spreading his arms as if to embrace.

He is extracting the anti-life energy drawn from that pool!

A fiery storm, with immense energy, converged into his eyes and mouth, rapidly filling the body of the God of Destruction.

"No!"

The Father immediately raised his scepter and shot out a beam of light in an attempt to stop him.

"That's not the power you should be wielding."

"It's not up to you to decide, you old man!"

Darkseid swung his arm, his unparalleled divine power easily shattering the beam of light fired by the Father. The powerful impact rebounded, instantly sending the Father flying backward, crashing through the wall.

"Ha, that's it! I can feel it. Power, immense power!" Darkseid roared, raising his arms. "This is what I want, the power against life!"

I don't need any of you. I will personally defeat the Anti-Monitor. And then, on the ruins of the shattered multiverse, only Darkseid will remain! Only... ahhhhh!

He swayed slightly and knelt down on one knee.

The anti-life energy continued to pour into his body.

"Too much," God gritted his teeth, struggling. "No, I can control it, I can ugh!"

He clenched his fists desperately, but his body still curled up in pain, and a red-hot light kept radiating outwards from his body.

A boiling, unstoppable feeling, in every vein, every cell, it felt like fire and ice intertwined throughout every part of the body.

He felt he could shatter the multiverse with just his gaze.

He was transcending it, delving into it. His consciousness traversed the fiery hell and entered the vacuum. A terrifying and horrifying vacuum, like an icy flood sweeping over him, engulfing all his senses, and then throwing him into darkness.

It was like stepping through the gates of death.

Even the will of God could not withstand such terror.

No, you can't.

Shen You calmly stretched out his hand in his direction, his five fingers spread wide.

The red-hot radiation was immediately drawn towards him like iron filings attracted by a magnet.

The light of life surged into his body, repelling and canceling out the opposing forces already present within him, until they adapted to each other and began to merge.

"Why are you able to?"

Darkseid gritted his teeth and said.

"Impossible. Your will is far weaker than mine, and your capacity is nowhere near mine. Why would you be able to..."

"Before the creation of heaven and earth and before the multiverse, life and anti-life were one," Shen You said calmly.

Just as he realized that white and black lights should be in balance, and that only by possessing the power of life and death can one transcend the upper limit of the spectrum.

He discovered that the way to harness this great power was to simultaneously acquire both life and anti-life forces.

Of course, this is just a theory. No one in the original work has ever accomplished such an astonishing feat; anyone who possesses either of these two powers would be virtually invincible.

Therefore, although Shen You was quite confident in his research and inferences, it was also a risky gamble.

Fortunately, it seems he made the right bet.

"Alright." Shen You stood up and said calmly, "Now, the next step in the plan is to go and have a chat with the anti-surveillance agents."

(End of this chapter)