Blue Rain
The wind and snow intensified again.
The polar winds howled and swept across the snow pits, and fine white snow quickly covered Abin Su's gradually cooling and stiffening body.
It also gradually buried that wrecked Emerald Green spaceship.
John squatted quietly in the snow for a moment.
He looked at Abin Su's face, which was gradually being buried by the wind and snow, and unexpectedly a hint of respect appeared in his eyes.
Thinking about it, John slowly stood up.
Then, he casually raised his right hand and snapped his the Snap slightly towards the empty space in front of him.
"Buzz..."
Soon, a gentle yet powerful Bioelectric Field spread from his palm.
Then, like an invisible shovel, it smoothly pulled over the surrounding pure, dry snow.
Then it slowly covered Abin Su's remains and the spaceship.
Within a few short seconds.
A flat snow mound, perfectly integrated with the undulating ice field around it, quietly rises deep in the sheltered ice field.
After doing all that.
John withdrew the force field and looked down at his right palm.
The warm, green-glowing ring lay there quietly.
"Alright... since it's offered to me, I'll accept it."
John twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile.
He then extended his left index finger and thumb and pinched the cold ring.
Then, slowly and deliberately, I pushed it up along my right index finger.
Click.
The size was perfect, fitting snugly at the base of the knuckles.
And that's exactly the moment the ring touches the skin.
A solemn and reverent oath suddenly echoed in John's mind:
The daytime is bright and clear, the night is dark and boundless!
Demons and monsters have nowhere to hide!
Evil traitors and treacherous parties fear my divine light!
May the Green Lantern shine forever!
"That sounds pretty cool..."
John examined the ring with great interest, then sent a wisp of consciousness into it through his fingertip.
"Boom--"
The moment consciousness entered, an extremely rich and distinctly different green light began to emanate from around the ring!
When former Abin Sue wore the ring, the light was pure and soft, like the pale green of grass in a wilderness.
But under the influence of John's unconsciously terrifying will...
The light emanating from the ring facet possessed an extremely profound, cold, and deep-water-like radiance.
The dark green energy flowed like a group of extremely docile little snakes, leaping and coiling along his finger bones.
In the blink of an eye.
A flood of information about the ring's origins and functions transformed into a massive stream of information that John was very familiar with, pouring into his mind.
[ Oa and the Guardians ]
At the very beginning of the known universe.
The Maltusians, located on the Oa, have deciphered the laws of the spiritual dimension.
To eliminate all wars and entropy increases in the universe caused by uncontrolled emotions.
The male individual who possesses the Supreme Intelligence proclaims himself the " Guardians of the Universe."
They stripped themselves of their reproductive instincts and most of their emotions, dividing the known universe into 3,600 sectors.
In their initial attempts, the Guardians created a " Manhunter Corps " to maintain peace.
However, due to the extreme evolution of mechanical logic, Sector 666 ultimately suffered a horrific Carnage.
Therefore, in order to maintain the stability of the universe.
The Guardians locked onto green, the color representing will in the Emotional Spectrum, and thus created the Green Lantern Corps.
The entire legion has more than 3,600 members.
The energy core of the Lantern Ring originated from the " Central Power Battery " at the center of Oa, which absorbed the will of the entire universe.
The ring on John's hand is essentially a "reality realization device".
If the host's willpower is strong enough, it can directly extract the light energy from the Central Battery and materialize it into an extremely hard solid light substance.
As long as the wearer has a strong enough imagination and willpower.
So the ring can materialize anything from a tiny key to a lightsaber that covers an entire galaxy.
In addition, it also has built-in space warp, cosmic language translation, and access to the mastermind's archives and information sharing privileges.
"Buzz..."
Just as John finished analyzing the information flow, the ring suddenly started to get inexplicably hot.
[Terminal number 2814 has been transferred to a new owner]
[Establishing a quantum communication channel with Sector 0...]
[Error! Error!]
[Reason for archiving: Force majeure]
At that moment, a fluorescent green Pulse suddenly lit up the space deep inside the ring.
Ironically, this Pulse was enveloped by John's will.
Just like the electric ball displayed in the children's science museum, it couldn't break through this "barrier" at all.
"..."
John could roughly guess that the Pulse was trying to send a message back to Oa.
But he refused outright.
According to the calculations of his cheap alien father, Zod and his group are probably already on their way to find him.
This alone is already a headache enough.
John didn't want to add to the mess about the Green Lantern Corps; it was too damn annoying.
Moreover, John's earlier guess was correct.
Even within the self-proclaimed "righteous" Green Lantern Corps, corruption and internal strife still exist.
What if this damn ring attracts not a good person, but a lurking backstabber?
John dared not gamble, nor did he want to gamble.
so--
"Behave yourself."
John's will suddenly exploded.
A rich, dark green hue condensed into countless fine chains, tightly enveloping the energy pool inside the ring.
The green glow of the entire ring dimmed slightly again.
But John immediately extinguished that Pulse that was about to break the rules, preventing it from even making a ripple.
"Yes, that's more like it~"
John closed his fingers with satisfaction, preparing to stand up from the snow.
And it was at this moment...
"Sizzle...!"
A few steps away, a strange movement came from the snow.
John's eyes flickered, and he turned his head to look.
Above the area covered by snow.
A fist-sized, dark yellow blob with an oily sheen emerged from the snow at some unknown time.
The fluid inside the ball of light churned violently.
Seemingly sensing the presence of a living being, the mass of yellow liquid paused for half a second, appearing somewhat dazed.
Immediately afterwards.
"Whoosh--!"
That disgusting yellow light transformed into a sharp, swift beam, cutting through the wind and snow, and shooting straight towards John's forehead!
John simply stood in the snow, raising his eyelids with utter indifference.
The next second.
"Buzz--!!"
Yellow light intrusion.
A feeling of oppression, a heavy, suffocating pressure, exploded directly in the depths of John's mind!
In the sea of consciousness.
The yellow energy instinctively transformed into countless tentacles, frantically searching for those overflowing memories.
And attempted to detonate--
The laboratory, the blast-proof door that never sees the light of day, the mocking and indifferent eyes of the lab technician...
These memories might be useful to Homelander.
But now, standing before it...
It is the Green Lantern Ring host with the highest willpower, capable of facing the fourth wall.
You're talking to him about fear?
As expected.
The malicious thought that tried to stir up trouble in his mind hadn't even had a chance to make a ripple.
It was directly suppressed by that vast and mighty power.
A small, pure green shark swam out, opened its tiny, blood-red mouth wide, and bit down hard on the yellow ball of light.
Thump!
The real world.
The yellow light that had just merged into John's brow felt like it had been whipped.
With a muffled thud, he was blasted out of John's body and then thrown several meters away.
The yellow blob that was subjected to the force immediately decomposed on its own in the air until it completely disintegrated into a cloud of yellow smoke and finally dissipated.
On the icy plains, the wind and snow continue.
John frowned slightly and gently rubbed his temples with the pad of his thumb.
"What the hell is this thing...?"
(I'm running out of data, so I need to increase the number of chapters. I'll update twice a day from now on, and the daily word count will be around 4,000-5,000-6,000 words.)
(I'm done for. I've reached my daily limit for editing articles, so I can't publish a new chapter. I'll have to wait until midnight.)