To be honest, Hero Day leaving the alliance had made everyone's battle against Perpetua much more difficult.
This was not merely because they had lost his strength. More importantly, the N52 Superman essence he carried made him an important part of the World Core.
Under the influence of various factors and historical developments, the complete [World Core] of the DC Multiverse had been split into three parts, held respectively by Prime Universe Superman, Superman Chen Tao, and Hero Day.
In the comic-book history Chen Tao had seen in his previous life, at the current point in time, the essence of N52 Superman should have already merged with P Superman to create R Superman, stabilizing the World Core of the DC Multiverse--
That should have been the normal process of the DC Multiverse healing itself.
But now, because of the chain reaction triggered by the Earth-15 Chen Tao had created, that self-healing had not only been halted but had been torn apart even further.
Chen Tao had once tried to unify that rift by having Prime Universe Superman absorb Superman Chen Tao, but Prime Universe Superman and the others had stopped him with their sense of morality and bottom line...
Under these circumstances, Hero Day, who occupied one-third of the Core, had his status in the Multiverse greatly elevated.
Supreme Superboy was stunned for a moment.
World Forger, who had also been somewhat dazed alongside him, suddenly brightened the next instant!
To make a quick getaway, World Forger had even been prepared to abandon Superman Chen Tao.
Ever since this World Core, which he had painstakingly created after investing so much effort, had been dragged away by the Monitor and Anti-Monitor to serve as the main force against Perpetua, World Forger had never thought of reclaiming his property.
One reason was