How exactly had the Justice League pushed Earth? It was similar to Schiller's guess, but not quite the same. The part he had guessed right was mainly the deception. Whether Black Death Emperor extinguished the sun or the Great Old Ones obscured people's minds, the fact remained: if Earth fell into eternal night, most people would have no way of determining Earth's position in the universe.
If humans could not tell, deceiving Brainiac was even simpler. Brainiac was a program, which meant that a few minor alterations could disrupt his perception. With a little pressure applied at the right moments, he would likely overlook some abnormal program behavior. That was why Hal had approached Brainiac.
An existence like Hal had always lived by the rule of "I want it, I get it." Why would he need to urge an Electronic Life along? He merely used his own power to pressure Brainiac and achieve the goal of confusing him.
This part of the plan had not been free of surprises, either. It was not strange for Brainiac to invite Superman, but there was one problem: Superman had caused his program to malfunction, giving Lex quite a fright while he was tampering with it. That had been close. He had nearly failed to keep the Electronic Life under control.
Fortunately, Lex Luthor's technical skills were solid. Even though Brainiac might have been evolving toward an entirely new Life Direction, Lex Luthor still used his superb programming skills to fool him.
The second surprise naturally came from the Grey Lantern ring. No one had expected Schiller, who was usually so lazy that he would not move unless poked, to show such initiative this time. He had even dragged out the long-unseen Grey Lantern and rewritten the history of the sun's extinction.
Hal had