Australia Southwest.
Nullarbor Plain.
A flash of red lightning ran along the road.
This is the longest and straightest road in Australia, with a total length of 90 miles and extending to the southernmost tip of the entire country.
It itself has been abandoned for many years, and except for those crazy tourists, almost no one remembers the existence of this road.
The truck convoys that occasionally crossed here had already changed their driving routes.
After all, no one wants to drive along a straight, long road. The dullness and tedium along the way can make people drowsy.
However, for another group of people in the world, this road is simply perfect.
Just avoid the kangaroos and ostriches that suddenly appear, and you can run as fast as you want.
A straight and long runway, in the eyes of speedsters, is simply like heaven.
The surrounding scenery became blurred, turning into fleeting light and film fragments, and even the sound of the wind gradually became fainter until it became silent.
The red speedster known as "Flash" seems to be speeding in a vacuum tube, with golden lightning lingering all over his body, as if he is walking in another world where time is absolutely stationary in multiple dimensions.
Barry couldn't feel the existence of any material, and nothing could hinder him. The sound of wind, air, resistance, everything disappeared.
Only speed, ever-increasing speed.
"This is the wonder of Speed Force."
Barry thought so.
He used to come to this place often to think about things.
In the process of running at top speed, your thinking will be sharper and faster than usual.
Many difficult problems that cannot be thoroughly studied will be solved immediately.
But, today.
Barry just wants to run as much as he can and doesn't want to think about any problems.
A shadow that would never go away lingered around him, like a ghost that followed him everywhere.
Even if he is able to break through the speed of light and transcend time, even if he is the fastest man in the world, the dark shadow deep in his heart always hangs over his head, smiling weirdly at his childhood self.
"No matter how fast you run, you won't be able to save everyone in time - you can't save the people you care about!"
Reverse-Flash's words echoed in Barry's mind.
Time and space are like an irregular ring, and Qidian and the end point are often connected to each other.
Albert-Thawne, a future human in the 25th century.
He worshiped Flash crazily, and spent all his sleep and food studying the source of its abilities, and finally learned the secret of Speed Force.
Thawne successfully reproduced the accident that led to the birth of Flash and became the new speedster.
With super speed, he transformed into "Reverse-Flash" and became destined enemies with Flash.
In the end, in order to eliminate his opponent, he did not hesitate to break the boundaries of time, travel to the past, and kill Flash who had not yet grown up.
This is the beginning of everything. Time and space intertwined into a circle. Thawne killed Barry's mother, but also single-handedly contributed to the birth of Flash.
And Flash made him a speedster, a super criminal nicknamed "Reverse-Flash".
"Barry, we must learn to accept things that cannot be changed - when my parents fell in the dark alley, I had already accepted my fate."
Dark Knight of Gotham once explained this.
"But, Barry, you can't forget, this is a void in your heart that can never be filled -"
That void voice echoed quietly in the bottom of my heart, like a faint light in the deep darkness, attracting people towards it.
The red lightning is still running, like the giant chasing the sun in ancient mythology.
An unprecedented sense of emptiness filled the whole body, and Barry felt inexplicably cold.
Even though he was surrounded by family and friends, that indescribable weakness still enveloped him, as if reminding him all the time——
"You had the ability to save her, but you didn't!"
"No, I tried... Mom."
The shadow of childhood came to mind again, Barry stopped running, with a painful look on his face.
He put his head in his hands and said softly.
Just like his companion, Dark Knight of Gotham, will never forget what happened in that alley.
It was also impossible for him to forget that the woman who once sat beside the bed and read a bedtime story gently and quietly died in front of his eyes.
"You watched her die, for the justice and belief of the so-called 'hero'! You watched your mother die in front of you, the fastest person in the world, even time couldn't catch up with you, but - you didn't save her!"
That nihilistic voice, like the thunder of an approaching rainstorm, exploded in my mind one after another, Reverse-Flash laughed wildly.
Flash was half kneeling on the ground, closing his eyes in pain.
The regret that cannot be made up in the heart is like a hole in the canvas of life. No emotion can fill the grief of losing a loved one.
"Barry, the opportunity is right in front of you, catch up with time and leave it far behind, you can save that regret."
In the spiritual world, another voice seemed to appear, which was the strong emotion formed by Barry regret and chagrin.
"Catch up with time... and save regrets?"
Flash muttered unconsciously.
On the endless highway, you can see the barren grass, the kangaroos crossing the road in groups in the distance, and the warm sunset that is about to sink into the horizon.
Barry looked around blankly, this world is so vivid, real and beautiful.
He is the savior of Flash, Central City, one of the team members of Justice League, the fastest man in the world, and a superhero that everyone admires.
"Mom..."
But now he looks like a child who has been separated from his parents.
"Put down your responsibilities... throw aside your restraints... and run with all your strength!"
The breeze blew across the plain, Barry stood up, turned back, and looked into the distance.
At the far end, there is a city that belongs to him, friends who love and care about him, and partners who insist on being by his side.
In the other direction, beyond endless time, nothing may exist there.
But there is a gentle woman who is willing to tell him bedtime stories, tuck him in quilt, and sing lullabies.
"Mom."
Barry turned around and waved his hand back as if saying goodbye.
The next moment, red lightning stirred up the airflow and turned into an incomparable stream of light.
With a bang, a roar erupted in the air, Barry had broken through the sound barrier.
Golden lightning lingered around his body, and he vaguely approached the Speed Force world that existed in another dimension.
Faster, faster, faster!
The speed continues to increase, and Barry seems to be racing against time. As long as he catches up with the beam of light in front of him and exceeds the speed of light, he can open the door to time and space and fill the hole deep in his heart that can never be filled.
In the normal world, the red lightning has disappeared, and the surrounding space is like flowing water, with ripples rippling in circles. The light gradually distorts and flashes into criss-crossing blurry images, like a scene formed by the fragmentation of the void, which contains the beautiful memories deep in everyone's heart.
Barry remained indifferent, his eyes filled with perseverance.
The golden lightning becomes more and more intense, almost completely covering his body. It is an illusory scene that exists in different timelines, just to slow down the pace of the speedster. As long as you hesitate or pause for a moment, the turbulent flow of time will involve you. From then on, you will be lost in Speed Force, and you will gradually be assimilated into time and speed.
boom!
Countless rays of light intertwined, and the tiny points gradually expanded and expanded. Barry ran with all his strength. He felt like a blazing fire, violently releasing the heat and light in his body.
Time, which was flowing forward at a constant speed, suddenly stopped. The red lightning seemed to be running in sticky glue. He was almost reaching the limit of speed.
"Faster—"
Like a huge mountain crashing into the calm lake, a roaring and exploding sound was heard in the empty space, like endless thunderclouds.
Time completely stopped, as if the torrent rushing forward was solidified by an extremely powerful force in an instant.
The whole world seemed to be frozen, and even the movement of thoughts became extremely slow.
Boom——
There was another loud noise, and the light reversed, like a backward tide.
Everything is moving backwards quickly.
It's like the clock of time is constantly being ticked backwards by an unknown existence.
The world begins to go backwards and time and space are reversed!
In the space-time tunnel composed of endless light and shadow, Barry was running at extremely high speed, and the golden lightning generated by Speed Force was constantly surrounding the body with crackling sounds.
The torrent of history passed by in a blink of an eye, and many things that had happened in the past, including the beautiful, painful, happy, and sad, all turned into light one by one. He didn't even look at it, he just wanted to run to the end - the place where he first started.
"Mom."
Barry shouted with all his strength, the blazing white light enveloped him, and he fell towards the depths of the space-time tunnel.
At this moment, Flash still didn't know that his impulsiveness had caused a group of people in the world outside the wall to seize the opportunity.
Marvel Universe.
"Deal done."
After listening to Eternity's explanation, Luke nodded lightly and said, "I don't mind taking a more exciting trip and making a small contribution to the multiverse facing crisis."
Facing the invitation from Universe Cosmic Entities, he smiled and agreed.
Just as they said.
This is the best opportunity!