socalfunplaces Chapter 379 The Yellow Light Ring Wants a Compromise, Chen Tao Wants to Cut the Small
Chapter 379 The Yellow Light Ring Wants a Compromise, Chen Tao Wants to Cut the Small
Chapter 379 The Yellow Light Ring Wants a Compromise, Chen Tao Wants to Kill the Little Blue Man
OA Star.
The inner sanctuary of the Cosmic Guardian.
Protected by a thick layer of green energy, numerous blue-skinned cosmic guardians floated in the air, forming a circle.
"The first signs of the coming of the darkest night have appeared, and the prophecy has begun to come true."
One of the little blue figures said this, and the other seamlessly followed up with:
"Hal Jordan's misinformation and foolish actions have put most of the Green Lantern Corps' main force in danger. We are severely understaffed and must make up for the lack of manpower in other ways."
?
The guardian of the universe, Ganther, maintained the same expressionless, deadpan face as his colleagues, but he immediately became alert.
As one of only two guardians of the universe among his many companions who still possesses emotions, Ganther keenly senses that the conversation is starting to take a turn for the worse.
So he hurriedly spoke up to stop him:
"No."
Then Ganser paused, realizing that he had said "no" too hastily, not like something an emotionless little blue man would say. Startled, he quickly stopped and adjusted his breathing.
He had to maintain his tone and pace of speech as much as possible, so that he was no different from his companions; he could not let his companions discover that he still had emotions.
"If Sinestro is capable of leading his army to besiege OA, then it means that not all 2000 Green Lanterns have been killed."
After catching his breath for a moment, Ganser continued:
"Sinestro doesn't have the ability to kill everyone in such a short time, especially Mogo (Note: Mogo is a living planet and the strongest Green Lantern). So he must have trapped all the Green Lanterns in some way. If we can hold out until the Green Lanterns can come to our aid, things will turn around."
"That's right. We need to consolidate our forces and rely on the energy shield of Planet Oa to block the Yellow Lantern Legion's attacks as much as possible." Beside Ganser, another little blue person with emotions, the female Said, also echoed Ganser's words with the standard deadpan expression of a guardian of the universe.
"The Seneca Legion's attacks are becoming increasingly ferocious, which is why they have no time. As long as we hold our ground, we can hold out until reinforcements arrive."
But a little blue man quickly refuted him on the spot: "But it's also possible that Mogo and Hal are all wiped out, and there are no reinforcements at all. And even if reinforcements did arrive, they wouldn't be able to crack the technology Sinestro used to hide the entire planet in space in a short time."
Yes, that's right, that's exactly what Ganther was worried about. Although his colleagues wouldn't say it out loud, Ganther knew very well how capable Sinestro was. He had previously used Sinestro as a pawn, trying to get him to go to Earth to find out the cause of Abinsu's death and Atositas. It could be said that Ganther knew everything Sinestro knew.
This kind of work doesn't seem like something Seneca would do at all.
Rather, he seems more like an old friend of the guardians of the universe...
However, Ganther wouldn't be foolish enough to suggest that name; their names are taboo within the Guardians of the Universe.
"I can hear the deafening roar of that final flash," said the little blue woman, Seth, beside Ganther. "If we rashly order our weak army to confront the Yellow Lantern Legion head-on, it will only lead to our destruction. I can still hear the Lanterns' wails in my mind—"
"And the rumbling sound you made after being turned into a blue drum, right? Brother, you've been captured by fear, just as the demons of Ismot and Sinestro's rabble wanted."
Ganser's heart clenched; he knew things were going wrong.
"You will remember the prophecy very well, Brother Ganther. You must read it often, but not because we are in fear, Ganther, but because you and Said are."
The demons of Ismoth must be laughing their heads off right now. Don't you understand, Ganther? They've told the truth: we are cursed by fear, and what could they be more pleased with than our inaction?
Then we must defeat them. We must act immediately, with the same courage and fearlessness as our Green Lantern Corps.
"We must rewrite the book of OA."
"That's right."
The many little blue figures nodded to each other expressionlessly, as if they had made some great decision.
"We need to set priorities. As for those members we've already lost, let them go, even if Mogo (the Green Lantern of the Living Planet) falls—"
"Without Mogo's help in locating it, it might be difficult to find a replacement for the lamp ring quickly, but it's still sufficient. Most importantly, the lamp ring will change."
"We have no choice but to rewrite the book of OA."
Ganser felt like he was about to faint from anger at his incompetent teammates. He forced back his rage and said, "Rewrite this book that we swore to protect at all costs? Are you crazy?!"
The other little blue men completely ignored what Ganser said; they remained expressionless.
Ganther's heart sank.
"You and Said have made your feelings very clear, Ganther."
One of the guardians spoke up:
"And your secret love affair and your superstitions about Hal Jordan and the earth did not escape our notice."
"What?"
"You two are now charged with the most serious crime of treason... Acting on emotion, you are hereby expelled from Parliament."
After Ced and Ganther were forcibly removed from the sanctuary, the little blue people gathered together again.
Soon, at this very moment, every Green Lantern fighting against Sinestro's Legion heard the Guardians' message.
"Officers, we have suffered tremendous losses in the face of this terrible invasion of fear, with many casualties and many more missing."
Seneca's legions were ruthless; they tortured their prisoners and reveled in the pain they inflicted.
And now, they are closing in. Therefore, we have decided to rewrite the Book of Oa, and the ten new decrees added in the rewrite… will take effect immediately.
The voice emanated from the central power battery of the Green Lantern, transmitting to the rings of every Lantern, resounding in their ears:
"Article 1 of the 10th new article in the Book of Oa."
"The Lamp Ring is now authorized to use lethal force against the Seneca Legion."
Amidst the whispers of the little blue man, the Green Lantern Corps' killing authority was unlocked, fulfilling the preconditions for the War of Colors, which then began...
That would be a harbinger of the darkest night.
You see, fate is always tiptoeing around in its gears, eventually pushing the whole world towards...
That inevitable night.
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"Authorized use of lethal force... Authorized use of lethal force..."
"Scanning, scanning... Martin Stein from Earth, you possess the potential to instill fear in others, welcome to Seneca... Error, identification error, Martin Stein, you do not possess the ability to instill fear in others..."
"The Seneca Legion will not accept trash like you." These words were not spoken by the yellow light ring, but by Chen Tao.
He scratched his head. Beside him, the yellow and green light rings both started making a loud noise, arguing amongst themselves, each one talking to itself.
The green light ring Chen Tao possessed was one he had snatched from Han Nu. It wasn't just him; he felt something was off about Han Nu, so he disarmed him—
For other Green Lanterns, taking their Green Lantern ring might mean disarming them, but for Han Nu, he doesn't rely on the ring to fight; he fights with his own fists.
Taking away his light ring will at most prevent him from flying and translating; it won't affect his fighting ability.
So why did Chen Tao do this?
As is widely known, the central energy battery of the Green Lanterns actually imprisons Parallax, a Lantern Beast of the Yellow Lantern Legion, which has been in a coma for billions of years.
The little blue people deliberately put this lantern monster in. Their purpose was to artificially create a yellow defect for the Green Lanterns, but they also didn't want Parallax to have too much of an impact on the Green Lanterns. Therefore, they put an Ion Shark in the central power battery of the Green Lanterns to restrain Parallax, so that the Green Lanterns were not affected except for being countered by yellow.
But now a problem arises: if Ion Shark leaves the Green Lantern Central Power Battery while Parallax remains inside, then the lucid Parallax, without Ion Shark's restraint, could connect to the brains of every Green Lantern through the Green Lantern Central Power Battery and turn them all into his slaves.
This is not Chen Tao being overly pessimistic; it is something that actually happened in the comic book history "Green Lantern Wars".
Therefore, Chen Tao took the green light ring into his own hands so that he could understand the situation immediately should such a situation occur.
Now it's come in handy, isn't it?
In short, Chen Tao has inspected the Green Lantern ring and found no problems. However, because Mogo, an important member of the Green Lantern Corps, has been trapped by Sinestro using some unknown method, the ring is now acting erratically without Mogo's guidance, constantly broadcasting repetitive information, as if it has plummeted from a 5G network to 2G.
Ok……
However, this yellow light ring is equally noisy. The two rings, one big brother and the other small brother, should not look down on the other.
"Scanning... Scanning... Bruce Wayne, Batman from Earth, you possess immense potential to instill fear in others... Welcome to the Sinestro Legion!"
Chen Tao gripped the yellow light ring on his hand, lost in thought.
But now a problem has arisen.
How could Deathstorm possess a yellow light ring?
Chen Tao had a basic guess about the situation regarding the green light ring.
He sighed inwardly.
Even though he knew the little blue guys were a bunch of terrible teammates, he still couldn't help but sigh when they actually did something stupid.
Damn little blue men, I'll kill you all sooner or later!
Chen Tao's murderous intent immediately surged.
"Error, error, the ring's owner is Martin Stein, not Bruce Wayne. Scan error, scanning, scanning..."
The yellow light ring is still making noise.
Mongo set the ring with the instruction to directly recognize Deathstorm Martinstein as its master, but this instruction now conflicts with the Yellow Lantern ring's underlying command: "Find the person most capable of controlling fear as its master."
So now the yellow light ring is acting up violently.
After a while, the ring surprisingly began to employ the art of compromise without any instruction.
"Intense hatred towards the little blue man detected. Detection passed..."
"Correct, correct, the target now is Martin Stein. Test passed."
Deathstorm stood there speechless. He stared at Batman's cold face and pointed black ears.
Is Batman Martin Stan?
So who am I?
"Detecting... Martinstein possesses the power of decaying black..."
"Correct, the current target possesses the power of decay and blackness, which matches the detection target."
Death Storm: ?
I've become a stand-in?
Wait, how come Batman also has the power of Decay Black? Isn't the power of Decay Black unique to me?
Lord Akan... how could you... how could you share your power with...
"Martinstein, error, detection..."
The yellow light ring is still acting up.
He passed both tests before, but this one is what got him stuck with the yellow light ring:
The yellow light ring can scan the target's name, but this is the only thing that always comes up no matter how he scans it, it's Bruce Wayne's name. However, Mongo has set it to directly recognize Martin Stan as its master.
So the yellow light ring got stuck again.
Amidst the severe lag, the ring suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Detection successful; Martin Stein has changed his name to Bruce Wayne!"
"..."
"Batman..."
Death Storm had been standing there blankly for a while, standing beside him. He had no idea how he had spent that short time.
What happened?
What happened?
What's the situation now?
?
what?
Deathstorm's mind was practically fried. He couldn't understand how he, who was just there on behalf of the Crime Syndicate to greet Batman, had suddenly created such a mess.
He is the true owner of the Yellow Light Ring! That ring was given to him by Mongo!
No, no, no, now is not the time to worry about these things...
Death Storm looked grim.
He's doomed.
Once Superman finds out about this, he will immediately find out how he got the ring. He knows Superman's brutal nature all too well. This is not as minor as Johnny Quick's slight disobedience to him before. This is a complete betrayal. Even if he exposes Night Owl, he will not escape death.
Death Storm gritted his teeth. It was better to die now than...
"Oh, thank you for the ring."
Chen Tao said, "Let's get down to business first."
He put the ring away, then, with an expression as if nothing had happened, said:
"We have completed the enhancement plan we gave you before."
???
The death storm, which was already prepared for a desperate fight, suddenly froze.
Wait, you're just going to let this go so easily?
(End of this chapter)