While the Empty Hand was still locked in a struggle with Doctor Manhattan in the Watchmen Universe, Chen Tao now faced a very serious problem.
The threat of Perpetua.
When our evil witch was driven out of the castle by the dragon, she reverted to being the Mother of the Multiverse. The story power swirling around her gradually dissipated, and the first thing she did was aim her corruption at Chen Tao's newly reassembled and still-fragile Ultimate Monitor.
"Our game is over."
Perpetua said this, and Chen Tao himself knew it all too well.
"We're about to be unable to hold out." Chen Tao heard the World Forger's voice echoing beside his ear. He took a deep breath, then replied, "Yes. I know."
"But we still have three chances to start over, and at this moment, we've only used the first." Chen Tao informed all the beings who had merged together to form the Ultimate Monitor. "Everything is still under control."
As he said this, Perpetua broke through the Ultimate Monitor's defenses! She seized the Ultimate Monitor by the throat, completely cutting off its ability to continue resisting. Immediately afterward, the Ultimate Monitor's energy was rapidly seized by Perpetua...
The Over-Time Stream was rapidly overwriting reality, and everything that already existed was being swiftly erased. Perpetua stood beyond the curtain of time, watching Chen Tao and his three children narrowly escape with their lives.
Her golden eyes were like an eagle's, and every experience endured by the Ultimate Monitor was shared by everyone—all of them could clearly feel the bone-chilling sensation of those cold hands gripping their throats moments ago.
"Yes, you still have two chances. Indeed, two more." Perpetua said this.
The next moment, her figure vanished from behind the Ultimate Monitor. The power she had previously drained began