The spaceship, piloted by Green Lantern Abin Sue, was pulled by Earth's gravity. The severely injured pilot was unable to control the spacecraft and could only let it fall violently under the pull of gravity.
After a burst of sparks and lightning, Green Lantern Abin successfully landed on Earth, though not perfectly.
But he was too badly injured to care about anything else. His immediate priority was to find a suitable successor on the nearest inhabited planet so that he could inform the Guardians of the Parallax's return.
Despite the pain, Abin removed the Green Lantern Ring from his finger and let it float away.
"Go, go and find a new master with the strongest willpower who can wield your power!"
The ring emitted a green glow, then quickly took flight, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing.
Guided by fate, this thing will choose Hal Jordan, the man who, according to legend, can crawl back from the brink of death through sheer willpower in certain timelines.
Suddenly, a delicate hand reached out and caught the fleeing light in its palm.
The Green Lantern Ring sensed the restriction and immediately began to struggle incessantly, some energy starting to surge, attempting to break free from the grip of the hand.
"Keep quiet. It's just an energy converter, how dare it resist me?"
Xu Xiao only exerted a little force, and this powerful piece of equipment, which was said to be one of the most powerful in the DC Universe, stopped struggling.
Even after sensing the immense willpower emanating from Xu Xiao, the Green Lantern Ring in her palm seemed to want to slip onto his finger on its own.
"Ha! You actually have some taste, you actually want to choose me as your master."
Xu Xiao could sense the desire for union emanating from the Green Lantern Ring, but he chose not to wear it.
The ring was destined to belong to Hal Jordan, and he had no need to risk prematurely exposing himself for it.
Of course, the main reason is that he has already seen through the true nature of this Green Lantern Ring; it is just an energy absorber and converter.
"It has similar abilities to my Seed of Desire, but it's slightly weaker in controlling its host. Moreover, this thing can actually transfer the power of other hosts when the host's power is insufficient, making it a pretty good piece of equipment."
Xu Xiao played with the Green Lantern Ring for a while and basically figured out its function.
The Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena opened, revealing a golden causal thread connecting it to a distant male Earthling, signifying that it was a gift of destiny.
"This thing chooses its host based on the strength of willpower. Logically speaking, if I hadn't appeared, no one on Earth should have a stronger willpower than the protagonist Hal. So choosing him is both an arrangement of fate and a rule of the equipment."
"As for why they're clinging to me now, it's because my willpower is stronger Hal's —a very realistic piece of equipment."
Seeing the faint golden thread appear on the ring, it tried to wrap around Xu Xiao's body and form a connection with him, but Xu Xiao extinguished it without hesitation.
"You do have some discerning eye, but what's a divine artifact to others is just a slightly unusual trinket to me. Trying to connect with me through cause and effect is far too cheap."
A divine artifact is a divine artifact because it is used by God, not because the person who wields it is God; of course, there are also rare items that can instantly make an ordinary person comparable to God.
Unfortunately, the Green Lantern Ring is clearly not in this category.
Xu Xiao has witnessed the self-selection of the light ring and has also figured out the function of the Green Lantern Ring.
To be precise, this thing is simply a device that transforms willpower into Reality Interference.
Whether you're a human, a dog, or some other strange creature, as long as you meet a certain standard of willpower, you can use this Green Lantern to transform it into a force that can influence the world.
It's somewhat similar to the reality-manipulating abilities of Mutants, except one relies on genetic mutations combined with Superpower Dimension power.
The other is to collect the host's own willpower. Of course, if your willpower is strong enough, you can even temporarily borrow the power of others through the connection between the lamp rings.
Ultimately, the hosts of the Lamp Ring are mostly individuals who are inherently weak. If they relied solely on their own strength, they could at best become superheroes like Spider-Man.
The Green Lantern Corps is able to safeguard universal peace entirely because of the massive number of lantern rings they release.
These Green Lantern Ring routinely collect the unconscious willpower emanating from their hosts and surroundings, sending it to Planet Oa for storage as reserve emotional energy.
When certain Green Lantern encounter danger, their willpower, depending on its strength, can draw upon stored energy from Planet Oa to Kamui.
Because there is no limit to the power of willpower, both the users themselves and outsiders believe that the bursts of power from some Green Lantern users are entirely due to their own efforts.
Actually, that's not the case. Many so-called lucky breaks are simply because you don't understand how energy works.
Take Xu Xiao's main body and clones, for example. Most of the power Xu Xiao currently uses, even when fighting against beings at the creator level, is actually amplified by the Divine Power of Desire.
In terms of the power he wields in his own body, it's actually similar to Odin in Marvel, which means he can reach the Skyfather Level, and he can't even easily destroy a planet.
Most Green Lantern are like this; they believe they gained power through their strong willpower, unaware that they are merely borrowing a portion of the power that was previously sent to headquarters.
Ordinary individuals have their limits; no matter how powerful a mortal is, they cannot compare to beings of a higher position, unless another being stands behind them.
This is one of the core reasons why all living things pursue transformation; only by transforming and upgrading themselves can they raise the upper limit of their abilities in all aspects.
Humans are so fragile and ordinary, but because of this fragility and ordinariness, they also have the possibility of choosing many paths, which is an advantage that other species do not have.
"Go, go find your destiny. I won't waste my time here."
Xu Xiao released the Green Lantern Ring from his hand and then blocked its perception of him.
After sensing the disappearance of Xu Xiao's immense willpower, the Green Lantern Ring, like a heartless woman, quickly moved away, heading towards its chosen one.
Xu Xiao opened the Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena between his brows and saw a dazzling line of cause and effect.
"Since we're already here, let's head straight to Planet OA and take a look."