Chapter 490: Schiller's New Industry (Part 1)

In the office of the head of the Green Lantern Corps, Tyrone and Schiller shook hands.

Tyrone learned from Hal that shaking hands is a courtesy on Earth. He was willing to take the initiative to do this, which meant that he believed in Hal's judgment and believed that Schiller was indeed capable of helping them break through their current predicament.

Schiller made a "please" gesture, and Tyrone and Hal sat on both sides of the table, while Schiller sat in front of the table.

Hal turned to Schiller and said, "I've told you before that we are facing a very serious situation. On the one hand, the Green Lantern Energy is in a state of emergency, and many subordinate sectors are beginning to voice dissatisfaction. On the other hand, the Guardians of the Universe want to build a Green Lantern Military Police to restrict the Green Lantern Corps."

Hearing that Hal did not mention the kickbacks, Tyrone cleared his throat and said with a serious expression, "Yes, I heard from Hal that you are more experienced in dealing with such incidents..."

Schiller smiled and said, "I believe that there are many capable people in the Green Lantern Corps, and it is not necessary for me to be indispensable. It's just that things change with time, and there are too few people who can be used now. My suggestions are just a drop in the ocean. Let's listen to it..."

"Okay, no need to be polite." Hal interrupted Schiller's civil servant-style speech and said, "There is no surveillance in this room. We are all on the same boat now. How can we break the deadlock now?"

Schiller glanced at Hal, and his eyes meant "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

He immediately restrained his fake smile, then took out two documents and handed them to Tyrone and Hal respectively.

Tyrone narrowed his eyes and looked at the big words on the cover of the document. He said: "Army expansion plan? What does it mean?"

"It means literally." Schiller put his hands on the table and said: "Army expansion means expanding the army."

Tyrone was very confused when he looked at the plan. He said: "Expand the army? But now the energy is not enough. If we recruit more people, won't it be even less?"

"Besides, they formed the gendarmerie because they are afraid of us. If we propose to expand the army at this time, won't it stimulate them?"

Hal also looked at Schiller and asked: "At this time, the fewer people, the better?"

"That's right, but expanding the army does not mean expanding more soldiers, but expanding the establishment."

Tyrone seemed to have something. Thinking, obviously, he had been exposed to this kind of work and had thought of something. Then, he saw Schiller flipping through the information in his hand and saying:

"As far as I know, the universe has been divided into 3,600 sectors so far. According to the rules, there should be one lantern in each sector, but in fact it is not the case..."

Tyrone sighed. He thought Schiller was still struggling with the problem that Hal was struggling with. He explained:

"I think you should understand that the system of one lantern in each sector is completely on paper. If we assign one lantern to each sector, even if we assign one lantern furnace to ten sectors, we will need 360 lantern furnaces..."

"Not to mention the cost of manufacturing these lantern furnaces, the routes for them to travel to the headquarters to replenish energy are simply too large to arrange. ..."…

"Moreover, if a Lantern of a sector dies unfortunately, and the sector where he is located cannot immediately select another Lantern, then the Lantern of the adjacent sector will definitely be needed to take over."

"What about the sector where the Lantern originally took over? If hundreds of Lanterns are unable to participate in the work at the same time, who will take over these areas? If a Lantern is not enough to deal with certain problems in the sector and needs help, what about the security work of the sector maintained by the Lantern who goes to help?"

"This method does not work at all, so now the Lantern Group adopts a regional responsibility system, with about 100 sectors as a large area, setting up a permanent team, and then setting up a small area with about 20 sectors, and setting up a district patrol team..."

Schiller nodded and said: Yes, this method is more scientific. Although it is still a little crude, it can barely work. The problem I want to point out is the problem of the Green Lantern Corps' logistics support system. "

"At least, in my hometown Earth, logistics is the top priority, but..." Schiller looked down at the information with some hesitation, frowned and said: "I didn't see the logistics organization in the Green Lantern Corps. What about your logistics problems?"

"Logistics? What do you mean? Paperwork?"

"Not only that, hardware facility maintenance, intelligence gathering, medical treatment, exploration monitoring, etc., don't you have these?"

Tyrone spread his hands and said: "I know that on Earth, the army may have these personnel, and the same is true on my planet, but that's just because we are relatively backward surface creatures."

"In fact, the energy of the green light is very strong, the lamp furnace will not be damaged or worn out, and the only engineers at the headquarters are mostly just maintaining the equipment around the lamp furnace."

"In the green lantern ring, there is a galactic encyclopedia. All Green Lanterns can upload the information they have collected here for everyone to view. "

"The Green Lantern Ring has its own healing ability, which can heal the injuries suffered by the Green Lanterns anytime and anywhere. At the same time, it also has biological, terrain, space, environment and other scanning functions, and does not require additional exploration and monitoring."

"A Green Lantern is an army, and a squad is almost equivalent to the military armed forces of an entire civilization..."

To Tyrone's surprise, Schiller did not refute this point. He just nodded and said, "Yes, but that was in the past."

Tyrone frowned, and then he heard Schiller say, "I saw in the previous combat report that we almost never won the battle with the Yellow Lantern Corps?"

"Including this time in Gotham, I saw with my own eyes that after the energy of the yellow light swept across the sky, all the Green Lanterns fell down."

"Excuse me, this problem is already so big that it can be seen with the naked eye, right? No one wants to investigate what is going on behind this?"

Tyrone touched his chin and said, "Actually, I am a little confused, but I didn't say it because I was afraid of shaking the morale of the army. I don't know why, when we encounter the yellow light energy, we feel afraid. That energy will dissolve our green light energy and make us lose all our abilities. "

"You see, the green lantern ring is not omnipotent. It doesn't give the answer to this question. We have to investigate it ourselves."...

Schiller changed the question and said, "Do you think that for the Guardians of the Universe, the threat of the green lanterns themselves is more important, or the threat from the yellow lantern corps is more important?"

Tyrone hesitated and said, "Of course it is the yellow lantern. Although I don't know why Sinestro betrayed the corps, he seems to hate the Guardians of the Universe very much. If the yellow lantern corps is allowed to grow, even if the Guardians of the Universe are strong, they may be in danger. "

"So, is there any problem with our expansion of the army?"

Tyrone paused for a moment. He found that what Schiller said made sense. If the army is expanded on the grounds of facing the threat of the yellow lantern corps, it is reasonable.

Schiller added: "Besides, I've said that we are not expanding the combat troops, but only the logistics support personnel."

Schiller took out a pen, tapped the table, looked down at the information, and then said:

"First, in order to deal with the problem of yellow light energy restraining green light energy, we need to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the lamp furnaces in 3,600 sectors. On average, one lamp furnace needs to be equipped with three engineers and one supervisor, and the importance of the main lamp furnace is self-evident. It requires an entire engineering department with 300 engineers..."

"Considering that the Green Lanterns have different levels of civilization and different education, they cannot go to work directly. We also need a training base and its supporting facilities and personnel..."

"In addition, we need to figure out why the yellow light energy dissolves the green light energy. Therefore, we need a whole team of experts to study this matter, and the expert team cannot conduct research out of thin air, so I We need a research institute. In order to prevent the possibility from being missed, we also need to set up about 20 research groups..."

"In order to maximize the research results, we can link up with higher education institutions of various civilizations, accept graduate internships, provide school buildings, dormitories, laboratories, and related facilities and personnel..."

"At the same time, the threat posed by Sinestro who is still roaming in the universe cannot be underestimated. We need professional agents to investigate the movements of the Yellow Lantern Corps..."

"Wait!" Hal suddenly interrupted him and said, "Monitoring the movements of the Yellow Lantern Corps can be done by ordinary Green Lanterns. Even if some agent skills are required, isn't it enough to train them?"

Schiller shook his head and said to Hal, "Why do you think the FBI and CIA should be divided into two agencies?"

"Mutual supervision, checks and balances, to prevent the monopoly of power." Hal said, thinking.

Schiller said: "Now, all ordinary Green Lanterns are equivalent to the FBI. They have internal law enforcement powers, such as mediating interstellar disputes, combating space pirates, arresting wanted criminals, etc...."

"And the newly established agent organization is equivalent to the CIA. It has no law enforcement power within the scope of interstellar civilization. It only targets the external enemies of the Green Lantern Corps. At the same time, it also supervises and warns the Green Lanterns who manage the internal affairs."

Seeing that Tyrone's face suddenly changed, Schiller said: "Yes, this is actually the military police, but we build it first."

Tyrone opened his mouth and then said: "You mean, in fact, we can build an organization first to supervise us? However, if this organization is not controlled by them, they will not trust him."...

"We don't need the guardians of the universe to trust this agent organization. When we establish this organization, it will have the same powers as the military police."

"And at this time, if the guardians of the universe propose to establish a military police, then the most urgent thing is not us, but this organization, because once the powers overlap, their rights will be weakened."

"So, I propose that Hal take the lead in establishing an agent organization, give him the greatest power, select the best from all Green Lanterns, select the most capable soldiers, and go out independently to become an elite force to fight against the Yellow Lanterns and monitor internally."

Tyrone touched his chin and said, "I understand what you mean. Let's first establish an organization whose powers include internal monitoring. If they want to establish such an organization again, their powers will overlap and conflicts will definitely arise. In this way, the firepower will be diverted."

"But why Hal?" Tyrone asked in confusion: "He is your compatriot, don't you worry that the Guardians of the Universe will target him?"

Schiller glanced at Hal and said, "Captain Tyrone, what do you think is the relationship between the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lantern energy? Did the Guardians create the emotional spectrum?"

When it comes to this issue, Tyrone hesitated, and then said, "We say to the outside world that the entire Green Lantern Corps was created by the Guardians of the Universe, but in fact, from the information I have access to, the emotional spectrum should be something that is naturally born in the universe. The Guardians just built the lamp furnace and the ring to use this energy. Come."

He and Schiller looked at Hal together, and then said: "Wait, you can communicate with the energy of the Green Lantern without the help of the ring, so you don't have to be afraid of the Guardians of the Universe..."

"That's right." Schiller nodded and said: "The Green Lantern's lantern beast Ion Shark was also born naturally. It represents the willpower in the universe. Now that the Ion Shark has chosen Hal, it means that Hal is closer to the essence of the Green Lantern than the Guardians of the Universe, and there is no need to fear the Guardians at all."

"Because of this, as long as he brings out a team and takes the military police The power is occupied first. If the cosmic guardians want to build a gendarmerie, you have to consider whether the gendarmerie created by himself can fight against the ionians and his team. "" At the same time, we also occupy the righteousness. Tyrone and Hal looked at Schiller, then turned around, and felt that Schiller looked up at the quiet atmosphere. He found that the green light in Tyron and Hal's eyes was not an illusion. Stereponly asked Schiller, "Real? What practical?" "Hal, didn't you tell me that you had talked with the leader of the team?" Schiller asked Hal to ask Tyron to make a face, and Tyron responded. This is a matter of recovery. …

A green crystal suddenly appeared in Schiller's hand. After he placed the crystal on the table, Tyrone and Hal's eyes fell on the crystal. Tyrone was very familiar with the energy in the crystal. He said, "This is the green light energy..."

"Yes, and there is no safety lock."

Tyrone reached out with doubt. The moment he touched the crystal, his eyes widened, because he found that the green light energy inside could indeed be freely extracted.

"This..." Tyrone felt it, then glanced at Hal and said, "Is this what you said, that ordinary people can use the green light energy?"

"Yes." Hal nodded.

"So, you want to expand the organization of the Green Lantern Corps, extract more energy from the main furnace, and then pour the energy into these crystals, and then... then... let us take it away?" Tyrone was still a little uncomfortable when he said this.

"The first half is right. As long as there are enough names, we can call on the energy in the main furnace." Schiller explained.

In fact, even if these items are not needed, Schiller, who has colluded with the legion commander, can directly extract the energy from the main lamp furnace, but considering the need for sustainable exhaustion, it is more convenient to establish a complete system of empty salary.

"The first half is right, what's the problem with the second half?" Hal also asked.

"If these crystals are given to you directly, what will you do with them?" Schiller looked at Hal and asked.

"Well, for the development of Earth civilization, I will give them to scientists to study. Maybe they can be used as a new energy source?"

"This choice cannot be said to be wrong, but it can only be said to be inefficient." Schiller said more tactfully: "Based on the current level of human technological development, if we want to use this energy, it may take some time to study, and if we want to crack the secret of this energy, I am afraid..."

"Besides, have you ever considered that research does not actually use much energy? The energy stored in this crystal is enough for scientists from all mankind to study for several years."

"That's right..." Hal touched his chin and thought. Schiller was right. Although this crystal is small, it contains the energy of 10 rings, which is enough to fight a local cosmic war. According to Schiller's plan, they are not just greedy for one piece. At least four digits are required, and they come frequently.

"If that's the case, it seems that we should consider how to use so much green light energy to make it more cost-effective."

"I heard that many interstellar civilizations are very interested in the identity of Green Lantern and Green Lantern energy?" Schiller looked at Tyrone and asked.

"Yes, after all, you also know how powerful this energy is. Moreover, the Green Lantern Corps has always had a good reputation. Being a Green Lantern is a very glorious thing in the eyes of many civilizations."

"But, in fact, it's hard to get into the Green Lantern Corps, right?"

Tyrone nodded again and said, "There is a threshold for the use of the green lantern ring. If the willpower is not strong enough, it will be useless even if other aspects are outstanding."

Schiller picked up the green crystal on the table again, looked at it and said, "But there is no threshold for the use of this thing."...

Tyrone's eyes gradually widened. He looked at Schiller and said in shock, "You don't want to resell green lantern energy, do you?"

"No!" Tyrone denied it. He said, "This is too dangerous. If someone with ulterior motives gets this thing, it will trigger an interstellar war!"

"Then Can't we just keep it from people with ulterior motives?"

"But there is no safety lock on it. Anyone can use it. What if it is resold?"

"There is no safety lock on it now, but it doesn't mean there won't be one in the future. You are the leader of the Green Lantern Corps and the future director of the CIA of the Green Lantern Corps. You can't even get the technology of the safety lock, right?"

Tyrone and Hal looked at each other, and Hal said, "Don't keep us in suspense. Tell me about the specific plan."

"In fact, we are doing the same thing as the Guardians of the Universe. The green light energy was originally a gift from nature, but they built a furnace and created a ring. After intercepting the energy, they established the Green Lantern Corps and let the Green Lantern Corps use it for them."

"If the Green Lanterns want to use the green light energy, they must wear the ring and return to the furnace to recharge it. It must also be used under the restriction of the safety lock. "

"Then we can do the same thing, find something, add a safety lock to it, inject green light energy into it, and sell it to civilizations in the interstellar space that are interested in it."

"We can use the safety lock to limit the objects that use this crystal. At the same time, we can sign an agreement with them. The crystal is only temporarily lent to them. After the energy inside is consumed, it must be renewed before it can be recharged again."

"The payment method is monthly or annual. There will be a monthly fixed fee every month. Regardless of whether it is used or not, it will be deducted. If you don't pay, the safety lock will be locked."

"In addition to the monthly rent, there is also a package fee, which provides a certain amount of green light energy every month, which is included in the package. If you want to continue using it after it is used up, you must deduct money according to the amount or purchase an additional package. "

"The package also includes There are certain benefits, such as the Green Lantern Corps' security services or teleportation services, etc. Of course, if you want to experience more advanced benefits, you must upgrade the package, increase the monthly fee, and provide 120 levels of membership..."

"The most important thing is that the crystal will have an independent code, which will be linked to the civilization's credit rating in the Green Lantern Corps. Once the green light energy in the crystal they control is out of control, the credit rating will drop. If the overdue fees are not paid or the fees are not renewed for too long, the credit rating will also drop. "

"After that, we can use this to develop a cosmic third-party credit platform, and include all civilizations using green light energy into the green light credit system. The blacklist of dishonest people will lose the protection of the interstellar society..."

"The Green Lantern Corps is good, but I still prefer the Green Lantern industry. Now is the time to set industry standards. Why not?"

Tyrone and Hal looked at Schiller together. They saw that Schiller was no longer the kind of smiling face, and his eyes were full of ridicule. They heard Schiller say:

"The guardians of the universe control such a powerful energy, but they only created a Green Lantern Corps. I have to say that they are still quite peace-loving. "

The two did not hear any praise in Schiller's tone. Just as Tyrone was about to speak, Schiller continued: ...

"But there is no need to feel sympathy for them. They don't do this not because they really want to do something for the universe, but because they are too greedy and want both profit and fame."

"The good reputation of the Green Lantern Corps is just a means for them to lay the groundwork. They will tighten the noose step by step until the corps they have created becomes a machine that only obeys their orders. The military police is just the first step..."

"And we just want to tell them..." Schiller showed a smile that made Tyrone and Hal's backs cold.

"You cooked the duck well, and now it's mine."

Before Tyrone and Hal evaluated the plan, Schiller put the crystal in the middle of the table again, and then said:

"Of course, this is only a long-term plan. It may take hundreds of years to fully realize it, but your civilization and my civilization can't wait that long."

"We urgently need a qualitative leap, and studying this thing is not the best way. ”

“So what are you going to do?” Tyrone asked.

"Now, this thing is here. If you are the leader of an interstellar civilization, would you be interested in it?"

Tyrone was very confident about this issue. He said, "If you take this thing out, it will really cause a war. I'm not kidding. There are too many people in the universe who covet the green light energy. No civilization would not want this powerful and convenient power."

"Okay, now we have encountered some difficulties in the research of this technology. Of course, what the specific difficulties are depends on what technology the earth and your civilization need. Are you willing to make some reasonable investments in this?"

Hal looked at Schiller with wide eyes and asked, "Cheating investment? Isn't this bad?!"

"What is cheating! What is cheating!" Schiller retorted loudly, "Isn't the real thing in front of you now? We Even completed most of the development independently, only the last little bit is missing..."

"We are in such a difficult environment, going against the current and striving for innovation. If it weren't for the urgent need for funds, how could we take out such a precious opportunity to benefit the public?"

Hal has shut up and stopped talking, because Schiller's tone reminded him of some industries on Earth that are not easy to talk about, but Tyrone was amazed by this idea. He said:

"That's right, we don't even need to inject so much energy into it, just put a little bit in and let them feel it. As long as they find this technology, they will definitely find ways to get it..."

"And we have the Green Lantern Corps behind us, they definitely don't dare to rob us openly." Schiller smiled, looked at Hal and said:

"Now, it's time for our powerful Ion Man to take action again."