bookbashuk Chapter 421 The Cosmic Blue Man's Darts: The Green Lantern Corps Annihilated
Chapter 421 The Cosmic Blue Man's Darts: The Green Lantern Corps Annihilated
Chapter 421 The Cosmic Blue Man's Darts: The Green Lantern Corps Annihilated
Chen Tao is still able to think.
Of course you can, why not? The so-called Metal Spirits are the aggregates of consciousness of all metallic substances on Earth. They have always existed, but they are not powerful.
As the name suggests, the most fundamental element constituting the power of the Metal Spirit is always the metal itself; artificial intelligence is merely its manifestation.
In the high-tech era of the future, more and more artificial intelligences built upon metals are becoming representatives of the power of the spirit of metals, leading many to believe that the spirit of metals is roughly equivalent to artificial intelligence. However, this is not the case. Most metals, such as iron ore, do not possess self-awareness. Therefore, for thousands of years, although the spirit of metals has participated in forming a part of the balance of all things in the world, it has remained largely unknown.
It wasn't until Chen Tao became the first truly intelligent life form with a partial mechanical body that he became the spokesperson for this power.
So just as Animal Hero can strengthen his connection with the Crimson of All Beings by acquiring the abilities of other animals, when the Metal Spirit is invaded, he will have Chen Tao strengthen his connection with the Metal Spirit by acquiring the states of other "metals," even though such states are actually of little use to Chen Tao.
Therefore, his current state does not affect Chen Tao's control over the numerous cosmic guardians he commands.
"Rotten... Rotten Black?" After a brief moment of surprise, Mongo quickly realized what Batman relied on to control these guardians of the universe, which made him suddenly realize something.
Batman controls the Black Decay, but he also possesses the Black Decay's authority, doesn't he? He immediately calmed his mind, and then those Guardians of the Universe, manipulated by the Black Decay and completely transformed into corpses, became as clear in his perception as stars shining in the night sky.
Damn it, maybe...maybe I really can...
Mongo thought this to himself, but did not immediately try to interfere with Batman's actions.
It's not time yet...
He thought to himself that.
After realizing that he also had the ability to manipulate the Guardians of the Universe who were controlled by Batman, Mongo did not immediately act like a fool and rush to fight Batman for control.
He didn't believe Batman hadn't considered this situation, and he was also quite certain that besides the Corruption Black, Batman must have left other means of control over these cosmic guardians.
But he was quite certain that with the far greater control of the decaying darkness within him than Batman, he would still be able to shake Batman, because with his presence, Batman could never have complete control over these cosmic guardians.
And that was Mongo's chance.
"Hahahaha!" With Chen Tao's manipulation, a cosmic guardian glowed all over and he grabbed one of its arms.
Having abandoned the emotional universe, many years ago, the Guardians had all become short and stocky, about three heads tall.
Chen Tao is still in the state of turning into iron ore.
His whole body was stiff as he simply grabbed the little blue man's arm. This was not done with force, but rather as a command issued by a missile positioning system.
Then, in the next second, the tiny figure spun and flew away like a starfish with its five limbs outstretched.
Seeing this small bomb, spewing green light from its mouth and nose, spinning and flying towards them, Parallax's yellow insect face almost turned green as well.
Although the cosmic guardian who sealed it into the Green Lantern's central energy battery was named Carona, and Carona did not need to sacrifice the lives of his comrades to capture him, the group of little blue men still left a deep impression on Parallax when they surrounded him.
Seeing this guardian of the universe, resurrected by the decaying black, rushing towards them, Parallax instinctively felt a tremendous sense of danger surge into its heart, and...
Why was this guardian of the universe thrown over so fast?
The giant insect hastily changed its flight path. It had considered using its speed to dodge the little blue man thrown by Batman, but Batman seemed to disregard these guardians of the universe, tossing their bodies at supersonic speeds—
Oh, right! These guardians of the universe aren't even living people!
As guardians of the universe, their bodies are inherently strong and resilient. Even if they are sprained or have parts of their muscles torn due to sudden acceleration, what impact would that have on a dead person?
Parallax is thinking. For a long time, it has been synonymous with fear, and it hasn't thought about anything for a long time.
It's okay, the number of Guardians of the Universe is limited. Batman will just throw one at him and blow it up. He'll run out of them eventually.
Then Parallax saw the Guardian of the Universe, who had missed its target, continue spinning in a top-down motion in the weightless space. It moved forward for a moment due to inertia, then changed its course like a starfish and flew back to Batman's side. The green light that had been emanating from its mouth and nose disappeared, as if the fuse of a bomb had suddenly stopped burning after it had exploded halfway and then returned to an unactivated state.
Parallax Monster: ...
And this kind of operation?
Of course you can, why not? You're just stuck in your old ways of thinking.
The little blue man isn't a bomb that will inevitably explode once the fuse is lit and thrown out.
They are not expendable, although they are now. Every living little blue man must have hoped that if one day he needed to protect the universe by self-destructing, and the enemy escaped after he was ready to detonate, he would have the right to stop at any time.
So in the original comics, the little blue man who banished Superman Supreme to the multiverse by self-destructing said, "...I willingly sacrifice my life just to rid the universe of..."
Because if he doesn't want to, he can indeed stop.
Parallax could only watch, as if paralyzed, as the returning Guardian of the Universe landed beside the stiff but still flying Batman. Then, as if caught by an invisible hand, the Guardian flew past Batman from behind in a very abnormal, non-uniform curve, like a fancy bottle being tossed.
This flight trajectory gave the little blue man another boost, causing the opponent's limbs to fly wildly past his forehead before continuing to fly towards Parallax like a giant wind demon shuriken used by ninjas on Earth.
Then it was one, two, three.
Parallax turned and ran, with Batman in pursuit. Mongo, still somewhat attached to Parallax, immediately followed. Hal and Bane exchanged a glance and then joined Mongo. Killer Croc and the others looked at each other, of course not foolish enough to leave Batman's sight.
So they abandoned the battlefield below where the fighting was still raging and headed straight into the vast depths of space, chasing and fleeing.
After chasing for tens of thousands of meters at near-supersonic speeds, Parallax was finally caught off guard by Batman's barrage of attacks on the Guardians of the Universe due to its enormous size.
Then Parallax heard:
"Hahaha! Art is..."
"explode!"
"drink!"
A loud bang, like a small mushroom cloud exploding on the Parallax monster's body.
The guardian of the universe, controlled by the decaying black, was instantly reduced to ashes, and all the parts of the parallax monster's massive body that were affected by its explosion also vanished. Its body was like a piece of pudding, with a large chunk scooped out with a spoon.
Parallax Monster screamed in agony. Although it was an aggregate of yellow light fear energy, it should not have a physical form unless it was possessed. Although it appeared as a giant yellow worm with a mouthful of sharp teeth, it was still essentially a lump of energy.
Many physical attacks couldn't even hurt him; some attacks, even if they pierced his body, couldn't do any damage to a lump of energy.
Even with the Lamp Ring, the energy drain on Parallax's main body is still negligible.
However, this time, due to the self-destruction of the Cosmic Guardian, everything within the blast radius was banished to the infinite multiverse by the Cosmic Guardian at the cost of its own destruction. In other words, the energy carried by a part of Parallax's body was almost permanently erased.
Parallax hadn't experienced this feeling of suddenly losing a large portion of its power for billions of years.
The scream was less about pain and more about...
fear.
Chen Tao felt somewhat regretful.
Frankly speaking, after the Cosmic Guardians turned into corpses, their self-destruction, in terms of both explosive power and blast radius, probably couldn't compare to when they were alive. After all, Chen Tao only used the four powers of red, green, black, and the Metal Spirit to give the little blue men the command to corrode them, which was equivalent to reprogramming them. The final effect wouldn't be as good as before.
But it's still enough for now. The effect is outstanding; he still has over 20 little blue men to throw, as long as the parallax monster is weakened to a certain extent…
He glanced sideways at Mongo, who was following behind. He had sensed when the other party mobilized the power of decaying blackness, and he knew exactly what the other party was planning.
Perhaps he could take advantage of this idea...
Chen Tao thought to himself.
Slowed down by the attack, Hal and Bane finally caught up.
Hal grabbed Batman's arm as he was about to throw the little blue man at Parallax: "My God, that's the Guardian of the Universe, you..."
"Get out of here! Get out of here!"
Chen Tao ignored him completely. He continued to throw the Cosmic Guardian Darts at the Parallax Monster, then looked into the distance at Mongo, who was following behind.
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The immense suction force pulled the entire Green Lantern Corps toward the Phantom Zone behind General Zod.
"This is impossible?!?"
Kirowog erected the green light shield, desperately resisting the immense suction emanating from the phantom zone that opened up behind General Zod.
"Why, why are you unaffected?" He looked at General Zod and his two men below Good Pillow, as well as the Green Lantern planet Mogo, which was now completely under their control.
"Did you know that the main reason why the Phantom Zone was considered an inescapable prison by the Kryptonians was that they not only invented the device to open the Phantom Zone, but also the technology to mark all the prisoners in the Phantom Zone?"
He heard General Zod say, "Even if a prisoner manages to escape the Phantom Zone by chance and builds his own escape ship, the mark the Kryptonians have placed on him means that if any Kryptonian is in front of him with the device to open the Phantom Zone, they can easily recapture him."
"So..." General Zod shrugged.
"You willingly put these marks on yourselves."
"You..." Kirowog finally realized that the way General Zod had said he was able to lead them out of the Phantom Zone was by each person leaving their biological information with him.
"So you see, every Kryptonian knows they shouldn't be branded as a Phantom Quarter prisoner. That brand is as conspicuous to Kryptonians as a facial tattoo. You can't see it at all, right? That brand isn't impossible to remove for Kryptonians, but for you... it's a double barrier of technology and information."
Kirowogger forcibly used the energy burst generated by the Green Lantern Ring to freeze himself in place. He attempted to fire a Green Lantern energy beam at General Zod, which seemed to be quite effective, as General Zod was unwilling to fight him under these circumstances.
He dodged the attack, and then Kirowog called for more people to join him in a coordinated attack.
Soon, he found six Green Lanterns who were still capable of fighting back with him.
Then they were all wiped out; Green Lantern Mogo's single beam shattered their combined attack. The strongest Green Lantern, Mogo, is on a completely different level from the average Green Lantern, even the Green Lantern Corps' Grand Instructor, Kirowog.
Kilowog fought back with all his might, firing another beam of light, only to see General Zod wearing a pitying expression, not even bothering to dodge, shattering his last hope.
"If you weren't being captured by the Phantom Zone, you might still have the ability and strength to fight me," General Zod commented. "I hid earlier simply because I didn't want you to be in such despair."
He politely said, "I'm sorry."
Then he paused and continued:
"You should know that Kryptonians have a history of colonization... Do you think we, who didn't know that the biological force of our bodies, exposed to the yellow sun, could make Kryptonians gods, dealt with the powerful creatures on those native planets back then?"
General Zod said:
"Although this prisoner's mark is not permanent... you clearly haven't expired."
The Green Lantern Corps' bishop could hardly believe it; in just a few tens of minutes, the entire Green Lantern Corps of over 2000 men had been wiped out so easily.
A split second before he was sucked into the Phantom Zone, he heard General Zod turn around and say to the massive green-light planet Mogo:
"Next stop, Earth."
(End of this chapter)