Generally speaking, whenever Chen Tao prepared a plan, he also prepared a backup plan in case something went wrong.
These backup plans could basically achieve at least eighty percent of the original plan's results, allowing Chen Tao to make timely repairs.
But this time...
Supreme Superboy was simply too powerful. His overwhelming strength had erased the means of recovery that Chen Tao's backup plan could provide.
If Chen Tao's plan failed and Supreme Superboy completely fell under The Batman Who Laughs' control, Chen Tao would probably have to give up the confrontation on the front lines and instead flee with the Cosmic Tuning Fork and Barbatos, struggling to launch a counterattack from the run.
Turning a head-on confrontation into guerrilla warfare was only a minor issue. Chen Tao was confident that even if Supreme Superboy fell under The Batman Who Laughs' control, he could drag things out long enough for Barbatos to recover his strength, invade the Prime Universe, and launch another major counteroffensive.
The problem was that if things dragged on too long, and The Batman Who Laughs released Perpetua and Empty Hand, the situation would completely collapse.
Chen Tao did not know about The Batman Who Laughs' little scheme of not wanting to release Pamu, but that did not stop him from considering the worst possible outcome whenever he thought things through.
That was why Chen Tao was especially tense while preparing the plan this time.
"Are you sure the power of The Red can be transmitted through The Black?"
He asked Hero Day beside him in a low voice.
"No problem. Using the Cosmic Tuning Fork, Bane and I have joined forces to project The Rot timeline onto the Prime Universe timeline. We only need to activate it."
Chen Tao nodded.
He held part of the Cosmic