Chapter 275: Lights, Lights, Lights, Lights (Part 2)

At the moment when Schiller finished speaking, everyone was enveloped by the gray fog. Gordon was the first to disappear. After a moment of confusion, he found himself in a magical place. Under his feet was a black and gold floor, and above his head was an endless floor.

There were two Schillers standing in front of him, one of whom was the Schiller he knew, and the other was the Schiller with green hair. Next to these two people stood another green-haired person wearing clown makeup.

"You plan to let him be the first one?" Jack the Clown circled Gordon twice, tutted his lips and said, "Well, this kind of person looks like the opposite of Batman. No matter what time, he is always firm in his ridiculous kindness and hope..."

Schiller ignored Jack and explained to the bewildered Gordon, "At present, the combined power of all our consciousness is not enough to completely destroy this monster."

"One is because the egg with a big mouth and a big smile may have very special properties. If the status is not high enough, it will be difficult to completely destroy it. Another is that the parallax monster is one of the sources of the power of the yellow lantern ring, and it is difficult to be destroyed."

"Then what are you going to do?" Gordon looked at Schiller, then looked around the surrounding environment and said, "It seems that you have an idea?"

"Yes, the tower you see is actually my mind palace, and just now, I modified it and made it an 'amplifier'."

"Amplifier? What is it used to amplify?" Gordon asked puzzledly.

"Emotions." Schiller gave a clear answer. He said, "There are various emotional spectra in the universe. When one of them reaches its peak, it will attract a mysterious power, which is the light ring."

"I will use this tower to infinitely amplify your emotions, and then send them into the universe to actively attract the light ring, so that you can fight with the power of the light ring."

"Okay, but why me?"

"Different light rings also represent different emotions, and only people with such emotional characteristics can attract the arrival of the light ring."

"Although my mind palace can greatly amplify certain emotions, it is still easier to succeed if you are born with certain strong emotions."

"And you, Detective Gordon, please concentrate now and recall the scenes full of light and hope in your heart..."

Although Gordon was still a little confused, he did it anyway, and scenes began to emerge in his mind one after another.

He worked day after day in this desperate city, and went home tired in the dark night, being driven away, insulted, and even hunted down.

He recalled the scene when he was being hunted. On that rainy night, he ran for his life, the pain and the smell of blood surged up together. He tried every means to get rid of the murderer, jumped out of the window, and then fell into the garbage dump, the cold rain hit his face.

His heart was filled with infinite determination and resoluteness. Even if there was only one person left in the city who really wanted to save it, it would definitely be him, it would definitely be Gordon.

The strong emotion full of hope rushed straight into the universe along the tower of thought. Soon, a hazy voice sounded in Gordon's ears, as if it was separated by a thick wall, which was vague and unclear.

"Fearful days, painful nights,

The raging fire retreated,

Everyone lost in the war,

Look up at the stars

The light of hope will never go out!"

"Intelligent creatures have been locked, from James Gordon on Earth, you have the ability to instill firm hope in others, welcome to join the Blue Lantern Corps!"

Schiller turned his head to look at the wall of the Hall of Thought, as if looking at reality across the wall and dreams.

In reality, there is a ring emitting blue light, quietly floating above the sleeping Gordon's head.

The blue light ring representing hope was attracted by the amplified hope emotion, but it was a little confused when it arrived.

It can feel that the consciousness of its future host is immersed in dreams, but if the host does not wake up, how can it accept the light ring?

If the host does not actively accept the power of the light ring, the light ring will not be able to recognize the master, just like in the original comics, Batman will never bring the light ring, and the light ring can't do anything to him.

But you say, since it's here, can it just go back like this? The ring emitting blue light hesitated for a moment, and then tried to get closer to the host's consciousness.

However, the ring is a tangible object, and it cannot be integrated into Gordon's body, so the blue light gradually detached from the ring, and then drilled into Gordon's forehead, and the ring that lost its power fell to the ground with a "click".

Only the energy of the blue light entered Gordon's body, while the main ring did not enter because it was drained of power and was on standby after running out of power.

When a crisp "click" sound was heard, a blue light ring appeared in front of Gordon in the consciousness space. Gordon looked at the ring and said, "Is this the light ring you mentioned? Should I wear it?"

"Of course, Detective Gordon, but don't be controlled by this power."

"Don't worry, I understand. I never like to rely too much on external things." After saying that, Gordon stretched out his hand, and the blue light flew onto his fingers.

When Gordon came out of the Tower of Babel, he had completely changed. He was flashing blue light all over his body. Hal looked at him in amazement and said, "Is that the power of the lantern ring? The blue lantern ring?? How do you have the power of the blue lantern ring??"

Before he finished wondering, Victor disappeared in the space again. Obviously, he also entered the Tower of Babel.

"This is a bit troublesome, because perhaps, the purple lantern ring representing 'love' only accepts women..." Schiller said to Victor.

"What is this based on? The human soul? If I am a woman in my heart..."

"Stop talking. Just think of yourself as a transgender person. It will never dare not come!"

After a while, a distant voice came:

"Fear and confusion connect our two hearts.

It is hard to sleep alone in the darkest night.

The slender finger enters the ring to change your face.

The world is filled with lonely love and purple light!"

"Intelligent creatures have been locked. Victor Freese from Earth. You have deep love in your heart. Welcome to join Star Sapphire!"

After a while, Victor, who was emitting purple light, appeared in the consciousness space. He and Gordon looked at each other, and then looked at Hal next to them at the same time.

Then, Alberto disappeared, and soon, a deep and angry voice sounded:

"Hot blood and scarlet anger,

Taken from the corpse,

Deep hatred and hatred,

Forged your road to hell!"

"Intelligent life has been locked, Alberto Falcone from Earth, your heart is surging with anger, you belong to the Red Lantern Corps!"

And when Alberto, who was glowing red, came out, one green, one blue, and one purple were no longer strange.

The last person to be called in was Cobblepot. He had the illusion that he was called to the teacher's office after class. After he entered, Schiller explained to him the principle of attracting the lantern ring, and then said to him: "I think the orange lantern is very suitable for you because it represents greed."

"Greed? Greed for what?"

"That depends on you." Schiller stared at Cobblepot, looked into his eyes and said: "Don't you want to gain endless... power?"

Two minutes later, Cobblepot, who was glowing orange, walked out. Now, except for Batman, everyone on the field was glowing with colorful light.

Looking at the other colorful Lanterns in front of him, Hal understood the meaning of Schiller's question "Are you the only Lantern on Earth?"

There is indeed more than one Lantern on Earth...

There are five Lanterns here! ! ! !

"Stop watching, get to work."

In an instant, colorful figures rushed towards the Laughing Demon of Fear.

The power of the people blessed by the Lantern Ring became stronger, and more importantly, they could use the emotional power of the Lantern Ring to attack the Fearful Laughing Demon, which was very important because in dreams, emotions were still a very powerful force.

Batman, who did not have the power of the Lantern Ring, was not at all inferior, on the one hand because this was his consciousness space, and on the other hand because his willpower was enough to cover all emotions.

Suddenly, Batman stopped moving, and his voice echoed in everyone's ears: "Stop."

Others were a little confused, but they all stopped moving, and they floated in the air. Looking at the monster in the center, Batman narrowed his eyes and said: "The egg is moving, it seems to be hatching..."

"Hatch?"

Several people looked at the head of the huge monster. At some point, some hideous blood vessels appeared on the gray egg, as if it was about to explode. The grinning big mouth became more and more weird, and even some blood-like traces flowed from the corners of the mouth, and the whole head became more and more terrifying.

"It has been absorbing the black tide." Batman said in a low voice: "That is a power I cannot control, but now it seems that it can become its nutrients."

"Can't let it hatch!"

Hal said: "The mysterious man who brought me into the dream told me that if he appears, he will destroy the entire lantern group! Even if he exaggerated a little, we can't let this horrible monster out..."

"I know this better than you."

As he said, Batman's figure came above the monster. He wanted to touch the egg directly, but was thrown away by the long tail of the parallax monster. Hal: "It may have controlled the parallax monster. We must stop it! Hurry up!"

Several people who have obtained the power of the lantern ring kept besieging the monster, but the parallax monster in the operation of the laughing egg is not only powerful, but also very cautious. All actions are to protect its head.

Without the situation of three-party confrontation, the laughing egg and the parallax monster merged into one, and the real terrifying side of this monster was reflected. Endless fear began to rise in the hearts of the people, and waves of black tides washed over, including a large amount of tides. All of them were absorbed by the egg.

A slight "crack" sound was heard, and several cracks appeared on the top of the laughing egg, followed by a pattern like a tree branch. When the eggshell was broken to this extent, everyone understood that its hatching was irreversible.

A suffocating tension rose in Batman's heart, and his intuitive warning reached its peak. He could hardly move and could only stand there and watch the egg crack, as if time had frozen.

At this moment, the eggshell cracked, and a pale and thin hand stretched out from the egg.

There was no sound, no movement, but everyone heard the most crazy laughter from the silence: "Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

But what followed was not a monster that broke out of the shell, but a familiar and slightly indifferent voice.

"Don't laugh, it's too ugly."

Suddenly, the colorful glow that appeared on everyone's body trembled, and a thick gray fog wrapped up, and the various colors of glow were pulled out of everyone's body and kneaded into the endless gray fog.

The completely incompatible color spectra kept struggling, turning the world upside down in a ball of gray mist, conflicting, exploding, rubbing, breaking, merging...

Finally, in the ball of gray mist floating in the air, after a variety of colors mixed together, it was neither black nor white, but a chaotic gray.

In the endless silence, suddenly, the gray mist began to condense and gradually formed a round lamp furnace.

A loud dragon roar sounded, and a giant dragon's head poked out of the mist, followed by a scaly neck and wings. An extremely huge dragon made of gray mist flew out of the gray lamp furnace emitting energy.

A deep and distant voice came from the horizon:

"Gray and fog,

Where is the truth, where is the dream,

The pillar of thought, the hall of the soul,

A thousand stars shine together, a million flowers shine!"

"Intelligent life has been locked, from..."

"Forget it, the words behind are too long, anyway"

"Batman, continue."

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This book is also known as "The Days of Combining Big Watermelons in American Comics"