Chapter 185
If we consider the top creators like the Monitors, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger as Primal Deities, or even the most elite Primal Deities in the first tier, then Doctor Manhattan is Peak Created Deity who can rival them.
Here, "innate" and "acquired" refer to one's background, not one's abilities.
If Superman is God among mortals, then Doctor Manhattan is God Among Mortals!
God is the supreme being in the DC Universe, a true Omniversal. Doctor Manhattan is called God Among Mortals, referring to his origin, not his power. Therefore, the title of God Among Mortals is practically the ceiling for beings other than those at the creation and origin level!
New Gods, Old Gods, gods from all systems—they are all inferior to him.
Doctor Manhattan exists in all timelines and at all points in time; he is an aggregate of Infinite Self.
If the person spying on me is indeed Doctor Manhattan, then he must be observing from the timeline!
Doctor Manhattan is the real top-tier powerhouse. Aside from his well-known powerful abilities, his true core ability, or rather his strongest power, is called the Power of Connection.
The Power of Connection, also known as the Anti-Crisis Power, possesses powerful Anti-Crisis Energy!
When discussing Anti-Crisis Energy, we must talk about the composition of the Multiverse. The Multiverse is created by Seven Cosmic Forces, which are the dominant energies of the Multiverse, concentrated at two poles, one positive and one negative.
This positive and negative energy can also be called Anti-Crisis Energy and Crisis Energy.
The positive pole represents the Seven Cosmic Forces that construct the universe, while the negative pole is referred to as the Seven Hidden Energies.
The Seven Hidden Energies are energies that correspond to the Seven Cosmic Forces.
The positive polarity is the anti- Anti-Crisis Energy Anti-Crisis Energy, which is the basic energy that preserves the normal operation of every Multiverse and ensures the harmonious operation of all elements in the Multiverse.
Although Doctor Manhattan's Power of Connection is not among the Seven Cosmic Forces, it is a type of Anti-Crisis Energy!
Crisis Energy is the dark counterpart of Anti-Crisis Energy, originating from the fear and anger of all beings.
The Anti-Life Equation and Chaos Magic are not among the Seven Hidden Energies, but they belong to the Crisis Energies.
The Seven Cosmic Forces and the Seven Hidden Energies are:
Speed Force / Stasis Force
The Speed Force is one of the seven Cosmic Energies that provides the energy field for the operation of the Multiverse. Based on speed and motion, the Speed Force is the real manifestation of motion and the cosmic force that propels spacetime forward.
Stasis Force, the opposite of Speed Force, is a cosmic force based on entropy and inertia. It can counteract motion and has the ability to induce and accelerate entropy.
Emotional Spectrum / Invisible Spectrum
The emotional Spectrum is one of the seven cosmic forces, an energy field that gives the universe emotions.
The Invisible Spectrum is the opposite of the emotional Spectrum, feeding on primal emotions, especially hatred.
Life Force / Tears of Annihilation
The Life Force is one of the seven universal forces that allows life to flourish and connects every life to its soul. Those who possess the Life Force can communicate with other life forms through objects or energy itself.
(Aquaman's power comes from the Life Force.)
The Tears of Annihilation, the opposite of the Life Force, brings death to people and beings, even immortal gods, and sends them to the Graveyard of Gods.
Realm of the Gods /Wind of Nothingness
The Realm of the Gods is one of the seven cosmic forces, the source of magical power in the universe, and the source of power for gods and those with divine abilities. All the powers of gods, demons, Angels, and others originate from the Realm of the Gods.
The Winds of the Void corresponds to the Realm of the Gods; it is a cosmic force that stifles all magic and divine power. It originates from the Tomb of the Gods.
Collective Unconscious / Black Apple
The Collective Unconscious is one of the seven universal forces that endow life with knowledge and wisdom. The power of Mind Stone originates from the Collective Unconscious.
The Black Apple, in contrast to the Collective Unconscious, is a forbidden force of knowledge.
Dimensional Superstructure / Sixth Annotation
Hyperdimensional structures are one of the seven cosmic forces that govern everything imaginable and unimaginable. The Watchers, Anti-Monitor, and World Forgers wield the power of Dimensional Superstructure.
The Sixth Annotation, in contrast to the Dimensional Superstructure, is an unimaginable cosmic force released when the impossible occurs.
Loyalty/Dishonesty
Loyalty is the seventh universal force, closely related to the essence of faith, and originates from the kindness and courage within people's hearts.
Disloyalty is the dark counterpart of loyalty, originating from within and relying on the evil, selfish, and cruel nature within people. It is unlocked when people lose their faith.
The DC Universe loves to use this kind of positive and negative, opposing concepts, such as God and the Great Beasts, the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor, the regular Multiverse and the Dark Multiverse, and so on.
The same applies to Anti-Crisis Energy and Crisis Energy, and Doctor Manhattan's Power of Connection is Anti-Crisis Energy, which shows how strong it is!
If we were to describe the Power of Connection in its physical form, simply put, it would mean being able to truly kill a god-level figure.
Self-healing and regeneration are child's play. True god-level figures are practically immortal and possess a physical Field of Existence. Unless their Field of Existence is destroyed, it is impossible to truly harm or kill these top-tier god-level figures.
To put it simply, there are similar laws or concepts; without these, conventional forces and methods are completely useless.
The Power of Connection can break the Field of Existence and truly Oblivion these god-like figures.
For example, Lucifer, the King of Hell!
If you kill him in the human world, you are only sending him back to hell. In hell, he is immortal and indestructible, impossible to kill. Even if hell is destroyed, he will be fine!
But the Power of Connection is!
As long as the Power of Connection strong enough, even in hell, even on his territory or domain, he will still die!
The kind of death that is utter and complete!
So when Su Quan guessed that Doctor Manhattan might be observing him, he wasn't flustered at all; on the contrary, he was a little excited because Doctor Manhattan's abilities were too strong!
If I were to acquire his abilities, I would become truly Omniscient & Omnipotent, a true top-tier boss!
However— Doctor Manhattan can see into my mind, but I can't see into his mind, which is a bit of a problem!
Su Quan wasn't worried about what Doctor Manhattan had actually gleaned. After all, his observations weren't absolute, and he himself had the ability to Negate Time. Dr. Manhattan observing him through the timeline probably wouldn't gain anything.
However, plotting against Doctor Manhattan's abilities is a bit difficult. Su Quan suspects that Dr. Manhattan may have been watching him for a long time, or that he knows of his existence. After all, Su Quan has been to the Watchmen Universe and even took the Silk II to the top of the Battle Royale Arena in the Void.
At the time, I just felt that I arrived a little early and didn't run into him. Now that I think about it, time has no meaning for Doctor Manhattan. He doesn't know what will happen in the past, present, or future.
So it's highly likely that he doesn't want to see me? Is he deliberately avoiding me? And the reason? He can't see my past, but he should be able to see my future, right? Maybe he sees me possessing his abilities in the future, which is why he's avoiding me?
After much thought, Su Quan felt that there were two opportunities, or rather two choices, for planning the Doctor Manhattan program.
1. Go camp in the Watchmen Universe.
There are three possible outcomes: success, failure, or assimilation.
Success goes without saying; it's self-evident.
The failure is that Doctor Manhattan never shows up. Time has no meaning for him anyway, and he can modify the timeline at any time. Since he doesn't show up on his own, it's very difficult to find him!
At least for me right now, it's not that easy!
Assimilation would be troublesome. Unless one can transcend the timeline or escape the effects of the reboot, when one is in the Watchmen Universe, if Doctor Manhattan reboots the universe and one is trapped in it, it would be easy to be assimilated by the universe's consciousness and forget one's original identity.
Although his past is constant because of his ability to Negate Time, his future is not!
At other times, Su Quan doesn't worry about this issue at all. Just like now in the Justice League Universe, he's not worried at all because restarting the universe isn't that simple, nor will it be that sudden!
But things are different once you go to the Watchmen Universe. For Doctor Manhattan, restarting the universe is really not a big deal!
Therefore, this choice must be made carefully!
Second: Follow the major events!
The Doomsday Clock event tells the story of how Doctor Manhattan restarted the Watchmen Universe countless times but failed to find a way to save it. He then left, went to the Multiverse, and was attracted to Superman from the Main Universe.
He discovered that Superman was at the heart of the Multiverse, then he rebooted the universe to observe Superman.
However, this time he hid it more deeply; the ones who openly restarted the universe were the Flash and Pandora.
The Flash's Flashpoint rebooted the universe, and Pandora took the opportunity to merge the Vertigo Universe and the Wildstorm Universe into it.
This led to many changes in the restarted universe.
But in secret, Doctor Manhattan made many subtle adjustments, such as stealing ten years from the timeline and changing Superman's fate.
At the same time, he also discovered his own destiny.
Either destroy the Multiverse or get killed by Superman!
Of course, what happened next was irrelevant to Su Quan's request, so let's leave that aside for now. The main thing now is to figure out the core time point, the flashpoint, which universe's flashpoint, or rather, the flashpoint of the Multiverse.
There is more than one Multiverse.
According to official sources, the Multiverse in which the Justice League Universe resides is the Arrowverse, the multiverse in which a series of American TV shows are located is the Arrowverse, and there is also the Main Multiverse in the comics.
It's a complete mess!
Because each time the Multiverse is restarted, the Multiverse before the restart is not overwritten and disappears.
For example, the New 52 after the flashpoint!
This is considered the Main Multiverse, but the Multiverses before the New 52 still exist, only they have left the main stage and exist in another form of Multiverse, but they are difficult to detect.
Su Quan is aware of three Flashpoint: the Main Multiverse symbolized by the comics, the Arrowverse, and the extended Multiverse, which is the Justice League Universe he is currently in.
He was certain that the Flashpoint in his own Justice League Universe had not yet occurred. Whether the Doomsday Clock event had occurred in this universe was hard to say, and even if it had, he couldn't let it happen.
Who would put the battlefield in their own home?
Su Quan has already made the Justice League Universe his own private domain. This is because his current methods are not enough; otherwise, he would have already separated this universe from the rest.