What did it look like when tens of billions of Black Lantern Zombies across a planet wailed at once?
It was an indescribably intense noise, chaotic and jumbled, like piercing sound waves reverberating continuously through corridor after corridor, into every cell, as though they would never fade away.
Even though the two of them were now beside an underground reservoir that looked like an ocean, the noise still shook the entire planet, sending waves rippling across the water.
"They sound like they're in so much pain."
Laurie plugged her ears with her pinkies. She did not seem accustomed to this sort of high-pitched relay "singing," because her Superman hearing let her hear the screams of every Lantern Zombie across the planet.
They were cursing, regretting, and begging for mercy.
But it was useless. This planet had an artificial gravity field and atmosphere, so its fire suppression system used the gravity-based Earth model as well. Sprinkler heads concealed throughout the ceilings were now spraying white mist.
To the living, that white mist could heal wounds, soothe the mind, and fill human hearts with ideals of unity and dedication.
But when the luminous mist fell upon Lantern Zombies, it became like bone-clinging maggots and gut-piercing poison. It rapidly decomposed their bodies like bacteria, turning them into puddles of minced flesh.
In truth, the White Lantern Ring's effects were optional and depended entirely on Deathstroke's wishes. He could even directly resurrect certain people and have them carry out resurrection-related tasks, or create more ring replicas to help them escape the Black Lanterns' influence.
He could, but there was no need.
Everyone on this planet had originally been a prisoner. Even if they were resurrected, they would be unstable factors. As for Apokolips's army, resurrecting them would only mean restoring Darkseid's army. And Genesis's