Chapter 475: Green Lantern Corps in Trouble (Part 1)

The Green Lantern Corps is a mysterious organization in the universe. It is mysterious because each member of the organization has special abilities from the Green Lantern Ring. However, it is actually an open organization, and many civilizations in the universe know of their existence.

It cannot be denied that most Green Lanterns are just and helpful. The Green Lantern Corps divides the universe into many sectors, and each sector has a Green Lantern responsible for maintaining the security of the universe. Most of these Green Lanterns are conscientious and diligent, and have indeed made a significant contribution to the security of the universe.

If this is the case, Schiller's fleecing of the Green Lantern Corps looks more like what a villain would do. Although Schiller does not care whether anyone really regards him as a villain, he still has room to justify his behavior. The key lies in the founder of the Green Lantern Corps, the little blue people who are the guardians of the universe.

I have mentioned before how unreliable the blue men are, but in fact, they are more unreliable than anyone can imagine. For example, the leader of the Red Lantern Corps, who represents anger, is actually the product of the blue men's trouble.

The blue men created a mechanical life that massacred the civilization of sector 666. In the end, there were only a few people left in the entire sector. The survivor, Atrocita, was chosen by the Red Lantern Spectrum because of the anger of the destruction of civilization and became the leader of the Red Lantern Corps.

In the context of the universe, this story is a bit boring, but if you look at it from a microscopic level of life, Batman just lost his parents and failed to get rid of the shadow of revenge in his life, and a small mistake by the blue men led to the annihilation of all civilizations in a huge area of ​​the universe, and in the end, there was no Batman in the universe to make them pay the price.

To give another example, in the Blackest Night event in the comics, several colored lantern groups started a melee, which was actually caused by the blue men. The leader of the Blue Lantern Corps had differences with the blue men, and the same was true for the purple, green, and yellow lanterns.

The little blue men indulged the Supreme Green Lantern to suppress the Green Lantern, but on the contrary, they turned a blind eye to the Orange Lantern Corps leader occupying all the Orange Lantern energy. These handling methods caused all the corps to be resentful and then fought.

They made wrong choices at every key node, which finally led to this major event. The price they had to pay for these mistakes was just a bad name, and sometimes there was no bad name at all. The bad name was all on the Lantern Corps.

For the Lantern Corps, their mistakes caused the Corps to suffer heavy losses, its reputation in the universe declined, and even the foundation of the Corps was shaken.

It sounds terrible, but compared with the destruction suffered by ordinary civilizations in the universe, it is actually nothing. The massacre suffered by Sector 666 alone killed and injured hundreds of millions of ordinary lives.

And what lessons did the little blue men learn from this incident? Nothing.

They still made all kinds of messes, provoked the relationship between the Lantern Corps, and let the Lanterns kill each other, which led to the Blackest Night.

Humans always yearn for justice and beauty. Therefore, when the Green Lantern Ring came to this planet in the name of justice, many people, like Hal, were not sufficiently vigilant about it, and even looked forward to the Green Lantern really bringing peace to the universe.

But in fact, even if most Green Lanterns are just and friendly, due to the gap in cognitive level and ability, ordinary surface creatures cannot recognize the huge danger behind them.

It's like a nest of ants facing humans. If humans are friendly, then everyone is happy. But once there is any accident, the ants and their nests can't withstand the terrible disasters that fall from the sky.

What makes people feel most worried is that because of the kindness shown by humans before, many ants will not only not resist when the disaster comes, but will even be killed, and sing songs of friendship with humans before they die.

It is foreseeable that if Hal does not get rid of the brainwashing state of blindly accepting tasks and maintaining the justice of the Green Lantern, then one day, there will no longer be Hal Jordan in this world, but only a Green Lantern who belongs to Oa in spirit and body.

"In fact, I rarely mention my hometown to people. The reputation of Seaside City on the West Coast is not good. Because of the immigrants brought by the gold rush in the last era, the public security situation there was once very worrying."

"But I still love my hometown very much. I was born and raised there. Even for a long time, I was afraid to leave there."

Sitting on the sofa in the manor, Hal played with the kryptonite crystal full of green light energy in his hand. The green light reflected in his pupils, making his eyes look like a piece of glimmering jade.

"Perhaps you may not believe it, but when I came to Gotham, I felt sober for a moment and got rid of that great justice goal, because I missed home."

"But..." Hal let out a long breath, relaxed his body, and leaned against the back of the sofa. He said: "The people and things in Gotham opened my eyes. I have never been to such a far place in my first half of my life. Now it seems that it is time to go out for a walk."

"Where are you going?" Schiller asked.

"I want to travel around the East Coast first. I don't have any fixed plans. I'll go wherever I want. Maybe I'll go to the West. I've always had a cowboy dream..."

"I think that after you understand these things in the universe, your goals will be bigger."

Schiller also picked up a green crystal from the box and observed it. The faint green light on it showed a fresh vitality, like a bud that just sprouted in spring.

Hal paused and looked up at Schiller. He heard the hint in his words and asked, "Go further? What do you mean?"

"After you became Green Lantern, didn't you think about going to the headquarters?"

"I..." Hal paused, then sighed and said:

"Okay, I admit that I'm not a very adventurous person. So far, Gotham is the farthest place I've been to. It's impossible for me to go to a strange alien planet without even leaving my hometown, right?"

"But you've even been to Gotham, so what alien planet are you afraid of?" Schiller pointed out the point again, and Hal was speechless.

"Hal, although I said I was cleaning up the mess for you, you know that it was just a joke. I have my own use for collecting this energy, and it can't reverse the consequences of intelligence leakage."

Schiller's face became serious, and Hal's attention was attracted by him. He heard Schiller say: "You should know how fragile human civilization is. Let alone aliens, the situation inside the earth is also on the verge of breaking out. Any weak impact may destroy the entire civilized society."

"During this period of time, no one wants an unknown force from the universe to interfere with the situation here, but no one knows whether they will target here through the information you sent."

Hal's face also became serious. Schiller sighed and said: "Indeed, the earth may be a remote place. Even if you send all the detailed information here to the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps, no one will care about such a small planet, but, do you dare to bet?"

"Don't say it's The entire Green Lantern Corps, even if there is a Green Lantern interested in this place, may bring unpredictable damage, just like what you did in Gotham. He may not have bad intentions, but humans are really fragile. "

"No, I'm sure they will be interested in the Earth." Hal's face looked a little gloomy, and he said: "Or, they will definitely be interested in Gotham."

"Fortunately, after I came to Gotham, I entered your dream and did not continue to provide information. Otherwise, once they knew the situation here, a bunch of Green Lanterns would definitely come and want to purify the city."

Hal covered his forehead with his hand and said: "Oh my God, I'm afraid I really have to go to Oa Star. What if someone among them is really interested in the Earth, came here, and then discovered Gotham, the Green Lantern Corps will definitely attack here."

The more he talked, the more anxious he became, and he even stood up directly from the sofa. The green stone crystal in his hand emitted a faint light, and the green light spread along his arm to his body.

"Wait, are you going to go like this? Do you know where the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps is?"

"Of course, the ring will tell me... Oh, this is not a ring." Hal looked down at his hand, where he held a stone, but it was not a ring.

Schiller picked up the rattle from the coffee table and shook it gently. Soon, Merkel came out with Dick and Aisha.

Schiller waved to Dick. After Dick came over, Schiller patted his shoulder and said, "Like I told you before, Dick, take off that ring. Your uncle Hal needs it now."

Dick rubbed his eyes sleepily and stretched out his arm. The light emitted by the ring on his finger was very weak. After so long, the green lantern ring was almost out of power.

Aisha walked up, grabbed Dick's arm, and pulled the ring off his hand. Just before she was about to put the ring into her mouth, Schiller took the ring and returned it to Hal.

"The green light energy in this crystal can also charge the ring in reverse. The principle is the same as the lamp furnace. The crystal in your hand contains the energy of about 10 green lantern rings, which can fully charge your ring 10 times."

Hal took a breath and looked at the pile of crystals in the big box again. He said: "Oh my God! So, each crystal here is equivalent to 10 green lantern rings? You didn't drain the main lamp furnace, did you?"

"This is also something I want to ask you. If you plan to go to the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps later, please help me see how much power is left in the lamp furnace at the Corps headquarters?"

"Why do you want to know this? You don't want to steal all the green light energy, do you?"

"How is it possible..." Schiller denied this, and Hal breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard Schiller say:

"I can't do this alone, so it's not 'I' who wants to steal all the energy in the main lamp furnace, but 'we'."

Ten minutes later, at the Green Lantern Corps headquarters on Oa, a Green Lantern in an officer's uniform walked into the hall of the energy center with a stack of information.

He saluted the Corps Commander and said, "Sir, I found out that the Green Lantern who has been calling energy most frequently recently is called Schiller Rodriguez, from Sector 2814, Earth."

The Corps Commander frowned deeply. At this time, another younger Lantern came in, saluted several people, and said, "A new member has come to report. It is Hal Jordan who just joined the Corps. He is from Sector 2814, Earth."

The Corps Commander and the adjutant looked at each other. The young Green Lantern was a little confused. He said, "If it's okay, I will arrange a welcome ceremony for him and let him join the training."

"Wait!" The Corps Commander said, "Let's go and welcome him in person."

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