In the dimension of Death, time had no meaning.
Whether you clung on and refused to leave or struggled desperately, Death would not force you. You could struggle in the twisted dimensions, or even hug Death's thigh and cry. Believe me, Death had seen situations far more complicated than this.
But in the end, they would all reach their conclusion.
As for Chen Tao, he had already done everything he could. From here on... all he could do was wait.
That did not mean he planned to do nothing.
Unlike ordinary dead people who directly encountered Death, anyone who saw Death had been completely forgotten by DC and the Multiverse. No one would ever come to receive their soul again—not The Red or The Green, nor Black Death Emperor, Black Flash, or any of the other reapers.
The moment they saw Death, it meant their departure could not be stopped. They were directly equivalent to the people from Earth-15 who had been taken away by Death.
But the nature of Chen Tao's meeting with Death was somewhat different from that of ordinary people.
Death was asking him to make a choice.
He had to choose a sacrifice from the DC Multiverse to serve as the sacrifice that had just sent Perpetua back to the Source Wall.
Both Chen Tao and Death knew perfectly well that there could only be one possible sacrifice.
Chen Tao himself.
But Chen Tao still had value in delaying for time. He had to make sure that Perpetua's last chance to fight back was completely crushed.
More interestingly, even though Chen Tao had decided to follow Death, he had still prepared a countermeasure against Perpetua for the DC Multiverse.
The Batman Who Laughs had escaped, and Chen Tao knew exactly how terrifying an enemy he was.