I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

"Well, now we're going back to the DC world. What about you guys? What are your plans?"

The group members said that they would naturally go along, as their return time had not yet arrived, and they were very willing to continue to contribute.

Deadpool, as the host, did not arrive by invitation. He doesn't want to leave the Marvel Universe yet, so he won't go directly there. However, Deadpool said he still needs to hitch a ride first, as he has offended too many people in this parallel universe, making it unsuitable for him to continue living there.

Everyone boarded the Squidward spaceship together.

"Inter-space travel is quite a novel experience. I'll let Mr. Superman in the group know about this now," the doctor said.

……

In the DC universe, one light-year from the Origin Wall, a battle concerning the fate of the universe is underway.

The monitors had their strength greatly depleted by the hit-and-run tactics employed by the group.

Each of his injuries was minor, but they accumulated and severely affected his movements.

"Damn it, you guys are so annoying! I'll tear you to shreds!" the monitor shouted angrily.

He was furious. How could he not be enraged to be forced into a disadvantageous position by a group of mortals? He was the observer, and these people were just a bunch of random, stitched-together monsters. How could he accept this?

The monitor roared and, ignoring his injuries, charged forward relentlessly, forcing Karl, who was responsible for close combat, to temporarily retreat.

It wasn't that he couldn't withstand it, but it wasn't the right time for him to reveal his strength, so for a time the monitors were unstoppable.

Seeing this, the Dark Knights quickly reduced their attacks and began to dodge and defend with all their might, and everyone was fleeing in a sorry state.

However, the Dark Knights were actually quite pleased, because they knew that the Watcher was forcing an outburst, which would only worsen his injuries.

If the monitors had chosen to defend after being injured, they would probably have been held up until the time limit expired. But now, they might be able to secure the victory if they just survive this wave.

Chapter 355 The Surveillancer's Mistake

The Dark Knights fled, pursued by the Watchers.

In the blink of an eye, both sides left the underwater environment created by the drowned and the illusion of the Dawn Lamp's ring far behind. The Dark Knights fled with all their might, no longer caring about anything else.

The Watchers' offensive was too fierce, a life-or-death tactic. If any of them got close, even the most defensively strong Iron Fist would be in mortal danger. Therefore, they could only try to gain the upper hand.

During the escape, the group was split into several teams due to their different speeds.

Leading the pack was naturally Red Death, which wasn't surprising given his speedster abilities. What was more unusual was that the Batman Who Laughs was also attached to him.

Previously, when attacking the Watchers from a distance, the Batman Who Laughs relied entirely on his equipment and was quite weak. Therefore, he deliberately stayed by the side of the Red Death, because although the Red Death was not the strongest, he was the one most likely to survive. Now that everyone was fleeing, he asked the Red Death to take him with him.

The second team was Karl, who closely followed behind the Red Death Demon, displaying the speed expected of a normal Kryptonian. He wouldn't surpass the fastest, but he also wouldn't be easily left behind by the fastest.

The third team consisted of the Merciless Iron Fist and the Dawnbreaker Lantern, lagging far behind Karl.

The fourth team consisted of drowners and killing machines; neither of them had put much effort into speed, so they were the slowest.

In fact, Killing Machine, like Cyborg, possesses the ability to teleport, but this area is special. It does not belong to any numbered universe and is very close to the Origin Wall, so most spatial technologies will be ineffective, and even if they can be used, they will be severely limited.

This is also why the monitor only uses its own speed to pursue. Preparing a spatial portal teleport here would take too long and cause too much noise, making it far less direct than flying. At this moment, the distance between the two sides is constantly decreasing.

However, the Dark Knights have been cautiously maintaining a safe distance from the Watchers, and it will still be a short while before they are completely caught up.

Laughing Bat, led astray by the Red Envelope Demon, had the right to be distracted. Seeing the watcher closing in, he realized that simply running away wouldn't do.

"Hey, Possessionist, it's your job to keep that guy occupied. You've taken so many benefits, and you're just retreating at the first sign of trouble. That's not a good idea," the Bat of Laughter transmitted to Karl.

He was somewhat surprised by Karl's decisiveness in retreating. Karl retreated almost as soon as the Monitors started to erupt, so much so that even though he was the closest person to the Monitors, he ran directly into the second echelon.

Carl ignored the Batman Who Laughs's questions.

Since he had already received his payment and the appearances were mostly done, he had no reason to continue putting in any more effort.

Moreover, Karl knew that Barbatos of the Dark Multiverse must be using some method to continuously monitor the situation here. Only in this way, when they could not actively contact him, could Barbatos know when to reclaim the Dark Knights.

If they were retrieved too early, the mission might not be completed yet; if they were retrieved too late, the Knights might have already turned to dust in the multiverse. Since Barbatos didn't give them any signal flares or anything like that, he would just monitor them in real time.

Since he's monitoring, he must have the ability to interfere. So what would Barbatos do if he discovered that the Dark Knights were unable to complete their mission? The answer is obvious: he would offer assistance.

Barbatos now only has the plan to destroy the multiverse to carry out, so he must capture the Watchers, which means he must help the Dark Knights.

Especially now, with the Dark Knights showing signs of victory, Barbatos understands the importance of adding more leverage.

Karl was hopeful about this; whatever means Barbatos provided, he would enjoy it, and it would be best if he could also gain some insights into the origins of the universe.

Even if Barbatos's support doesn't bring him any significant improvement, it's still good to make Barbatos pay a higher price. Every forced intervention in the multiverse directly depletes the foundation Barbatos has accumulated, which is very beneficial for Karl's future actions.

Soon, the Watcher caught up with the Drowning Man and the Killing Machine at the back of the group. His eyes were bloodshot and filled with murderous intent. The energy leaking from his wounds resembled blood, making him look even more ferocious. The Drowning Man's eyelids twitched at just one glance.

"Now, it all depends on whether Barbatos will make a move," Karl thought.

At this moment, no one present would come to their rescue, and the drowning victims and the killing machine alone would be absolutely insufficient for them to survive. To prevent all their efforts from going to waste, there is a high probability that Barbatos would be forced to take action.

The Monitor punched the drowning victim through the abdomen, and only survived because she had modified her body. At the same time, the Monitor raised her other hand into a knife shape and reached for the killing machine.

But just as the monitor was about to strike, an accident occurred. His body suddenly stopped and flickered a few times, like a video with a bad signal.

"What's going on? Barbatos made a move? It doesn't seem like it," Karl thought to himself.

Having obtained those cosmic origins, Karl gained a deeper understanding of the Dark Multiverse, and he was quite certain that the Watcher's current changes were unrelated to the Dark Multiverse.

Without the power of the Dark Multiverse, Barbatos would not have been able to forcibly break through the cosmic barrier and imprison the Watchers' actions from such a great distance, so it is unlikely that Barbatos was the one who did it.

"What's going on? He stopped..." the killing machine asked in confusion, but he immediately realized, "Never mind, let's run first."

The killing machine and the severely wounded drowning victim hurriedly moved away from the monitor. They were not hindered in any way, and even though the drowning victim retreated very slowly due to his injuries, the monitor did not give chase.

"Has something gone wrong with him, or is this a trap where we're also getting close?" The merciless iron-fisted man stopped running and maintained a relatively safe distance.

The Red Death and the Laughing Bat also temporarily stopped.

“No, that’s probably not the case. He could have easily killed the Drowned One and the Killing Machine. There’s no reason for him to let them go. You know, we’re the weaker party. The deaths of those two members would basically put him in an invincible position. That’s much more reliable than traps or anything like that,” the Bat Who Laughs analyzed.

"So, he himself has some hidden dangers," said Dawn's Ghost Lamp.

No one answered him, because everyone else decisively attacked the monitor at that moment.

Their remote attack range is smaller than the safe distance, so they can only get close to a certain distance first. Admittedly, this is a bit risky, but such an opportunity is not to be missed. Moreover, unlike the direct risk of fighting with the monitor, the possibility of them encountering a trap is relatively low.

Karl was also among them, casting his heat vision. The opportunity was too obvious; it would be unreasonable for him not to make a move.

Under the relentless attack of the crowd, the monitor was further injured and forced to endure the beating for a full 10 seconds before finally regaining his ability to move.

"Damn it, of all times! I'm not reconciled!" the monitor cursed as he tried to dodge the attacks, writhing in excruciating pain.

He is in very bad shape right now. He was already seriously injured, and his attempt to unleash his power was interrupted. He was left defenseless and took another round of fierce attacks. It would not be an exaggeration to describe him as being at his last gasp.

Carl tried to feign a mistake so that the path of the thermal vision intersected with the power of the merciless iron fist, partially canceling each other out. This reduced the pressure on the Monitor considerably, but even so, the Monitor's situation did not improve.

The merciless iron fist glanced at Karl, and considering Karl's previous display of fighting prowess, he didn't say anything more, silently preparing for the next strike.

"It seems the Monitor is really going to lose. The pause just now had a huge impact on him. How did he suddenly become unable to move?" Karl continued to attack in a conventional manner, while pondering the answer.

"Just now, the Monitor seemed to be blaming 'timing.' What kind of timing would render the Monitor completely incapable of action... Or to put it another way, there aren't many things that can affect the Monitor, and among those related to 'timing,' could it be that the universe is rebooting?"

Chapter 356 The moment I dodged, he was the one who suffered.

Even top-tier deities like the Monitors of the Future and the Negative are not immune to the effects of the cosmic reboot.

Or perhaps it is precisely because they are gods that they are being rebooted and changed, because their connection with the universe is so profound.

Before the major event Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Anti-Monitor's image was completely different from when he fought Carl.

When Carl met the Anti-Monitor, the Anti-Monitor's background was that a scientist had discovered the Anti-Life Equation on the planet Kovard and was possessed by it before slowly becoming the Anti-Monitor.

Incidentally, the anti-surveillance agents at this time even had their own name, Möbius, which is very similar to Mebius, being the same word but pronounced differently.

The original Antimonitor was a natural antimatter universe supreme being, who eventually became what Karl encountered after experiencing one cosmic reboot after another.

The Watchers' reboot experience is even more bizarre. For a long period of time, the Watchers were not even individuals, but rather beings known as the Watcher race, who incarnated in countless forms and established civilizations in the four-dimensional world.

This situation persisted until the two most recent reboots, when the Watchers were reunited and possessed the bodies of gods.

Of the three primordial brothers, only the World Maker was largely unaffected by the cosmic reboot, because the World Maker remained in the Cosmic Forge, which is outside the scope of the multiverse.

The World Founders complete the casting of the universe in the cosmic furnace. Failures are handed over to Barbatos for destruction and material recovery, while successes are released into the universe. Meanwhile, the Monitors and Anti-Monitors fulfill their respective duties in the positive and negative universes.

This was the early structure of the DC universe, until the Anti-Monitor attempted to invade the positive matter universe, triggering the first major event, the Crisis of Infinite Earths.

From then on, the DC universe embarked on a path of no return, constantly experiencing crises and restarting, and the entire multiverse never had a peaceful day again.

Carl realized this, which is why he planned to leave the DC universe; he didn't want to get bogged down in this mess.

Carl knew that the main universe would reboot soon after he defeated the Anti-Monitor, but he didn't know the exact time.

But now he was certain that the main universe must have restarted at this very moment, otherwise the Watchers wouldn't be in this situation.

A reboot will affect both the observers and the observers; a major reboot could even change their settings.

The monitor now regrets that the restart wasn't large enough; otherwise, he would have been completely transformed, and all his previous injuries would have vanished, instead of revealing such a huge vulnerability as he is now.

"Damn it, if only the timing hadn't been so bad!" The monitor gradually realized he was powerless to change anything: "Even if I die, you won't get away with it!"

The Watcher's body was covered in red cracks, from which energy seeped out from time to time, making it look like a volcano about to erupt. But the Watcher ignored it and did its best to gather energy.

"No, he's going to blow himself up!"

The Dark Knights had long been on guard against the Watcher's desperate counterattack, and thus immediately discerned the Watcher's intentions. The surging energy index clearly demonstrated the Watcher's resolute determination to gamble everything.

The Dark Knights cautiously prepared to retreat. They should be immune to the enemy's energy attacks, but nothing is absolute. Who dares to say that Barbatos's help has no limits? At least the Dark Knights dared not risk their lives to test it.

If the monitor's attack exceeds the 'Blessing' limit, causing them to die at the last moment, that would be incredibly foolish, doing all the work for others. Besides, they had already paid out a portion of the 'Blessing' as payment, so they dared not stay in place any longer.

The Monitor shared the same idea. The previous all-out energy attack had been ineffective, but that was definitely because the firepower was insufficient. Now, he was preparing a desperate attack with all his remaining strength, and he believed that it would not be in vain.

"Possessor, it's your turn! You have the most 'blessings' on you, stop him quickly! Don't forget Lord Barbatos said to try to capture him alive!" the Laughing Bat shouted.

"Quiet down, I know what to do," Carl replied bluntly.

Even without instruments, one can tell by the naked eye that if the Monitor were to self-destruct, its power would be unparalleled and sweep across the heavens and earth. Faced with this situation, Karl simply crashed into it.

The killing machine stared wide-eyed: "He showed no fear in such a situation. Although the body-taker is a bit greedy, his performance at this crucial moment is truly courageous."

Seeing Karl charging towards them, the Monitor continued to gather energy while simultaneously using both hands to crash forward. Everyone imagined that if the two were to collide, the scene would be far more devastating than a comet hitting Earth, and they admired Karl's courage even more.

"I'll dodge!" When the two were less than ten meters apart, Karl suddenly made a nimble change of direction in mid-air and actually bypassed the monitor.

The watcher was taken aback and was about to turn around and give chase when he suddenly realized that with this charge, he was already not far from the Dark Knights.

"This...fuck!" The Dark Batmen were furious. Karl's sudden dodge allowed the Monitor to pounce on them.