Chapter 360 Batman's Beauty Trap
Chen Tao felt a buzzing in his head, and he could hardly believe his ears: "Tell me again, what happened to the Green Lantern Corps?"
"You actually heard it clearly, but you don't want to believe it. Frankly speaking, I didn't believe it at first either."
Atrocitus said: "I understand your surprise, but that's the fact. In order to confirm this fact, I even went to the place where Oa was supposed to be. There was nothing there, not even a fucking insect's breeding eggs."
Atrocitus used an unpopular alien creature as the center of the circle and said a compound sentence of swear words, which caused some problems with the translation function of the red lantern ring, but Chen Tao understood Atrocitus's anger.
For Atrocitus, one of the important reasons for his survival was to avenge the guardians of Oa for the massacre in sector 666. At this time, he still didn't know that his real enemy was Caronna.
(Note: The story of DC villain Caronna is very complicated. Simply put, he is a crazy scientist and once a member of the Guardians of the Universe, the Blues. He was hunted by the Blues because he opposed the Blues' practice of abandoning emotions.
In order to prove to the Blues that things without emotions cannot protect the universe, he tampered with the data of the "Machine Hunters" under the Blues at that time, which directly caused the 666 sector massacre.
This incident forced the Blues to abandon the emotionless Machine Hunter Corps and create the Green Lantern Corps, and also created Atrocitus, the last survivor and Avenger of Sector 666.
In addition, Caronna also directly or indirectly caused many major events in the comics, including the Green Lantern War, etc. He even caused the famous DC Universe and Marvel joint event "Justice League vs. Avengers")
Therefore, without knowing who the real enemy is, Atrocitus has always regarded the Green Lantern Corps and the Blues of Oa as his real enemies and revenge targets.
Previously, Sinestro came to Earth on the orders of the little blue man, intending to arrest Atrocitus with Hal Jordan, but Chen Tao kept them for the Justice League under the pretext of protecting the Earth.
After Chen Tao got involved with Atrocitus, he never told the two Green Lanterns that Atrocitus had formed an alliance with him. Instead, he made a lie, making the two Green Lanterns think that Atrocitus had been imprisoned in Ismote again, instead of building the Red Lantern Central Energy Battery in his original cell.
Later, when Darkseid came to offer his warmth, Sinestro ran away. The red-skinned alien would not help the Earth to confront the Lord of Apokolips, and paid less and less attention to Atrocitus.
Therefore, for Atrocitus, the current Green Lantern Corps still did not realize that he had created a brand new corps under his nose. This period of time is a good opportunity for him to develop.
But he didn't expect that he was ready to fight and develop his subordinates. In order to make these subordinates regain their sanity, he even cleaned up the shit and pissed them every day and fed them. As a result, one day he suddenly told him: You are here to blast soldiers, but you have no enemies left! This is a cruel thing for an Avenger. The Atrocitus that Chen Tao saw when he came here was not like the decadent protagonists in the opening of the movie "The Return of the King of Soldiers" on Earth, who was drunk in the bar. Atrocitus was already tough. "Okay, are you sure you have searched every corner of the entire OA star domain?" Chen Tao asked. After calming down, he immediately noticed the first problem. Simply put, OA is not a ping-pong ball that can do whatever it wants. No matter what happens in the Green Lantern Corps' lair, it will always leave traces. Thousands of Green Lanterns and so many cosmic guardians, even the Black Death Emperor or the First Lantern, can't kill everyone silently. If there had been a battle, then there would have been...
"No, absolutely not. I know what you're thinking, Batman."
Atrocitus said, "There are no signs of explosion, and no fragments of OA. This proves that the planet just disappeared from where it was supposed to be for some reason we don't know, rather than being completely destroyed by something. Thank God."
Chen Tao stared at Atrocitus.
Atrocitus glanced at him and said, "Don't look at me like that. Although I wish the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lantern Corps would all die, I can't fight the Blackest Night without the complete seven emotional spectra. Of course, I hope my enemies will get the retribution they deserve, but it will never be at the cost of the complete destruction of the universe." He said, "Putting aside personal hatred, I always stand with life on real issues." He turned around and said, "Come on, I caught a lone Green Lantern in the place where OA Star originally existed. I imprisoned him in the dungeon under the Red Lantern Central Energy Battery. I will take you to see him now. Maybe you can ask him some information that I can't get." "You caught a Green Lantern?" Chen Tao immediately thought of a name: "Hal Jordan?"
"Of course not, I know Hal Jordan." Atrocitus looked at Chen Tao like an idiot: "What are you thinking about? I won't put him in the dungeon if I catch him." Chen Tao realized that he asked a stupid question. He was subconsciously thinking about Hal Jordan. This is a subconscious sense of dependence, just like he used to rely on Superman Clark Kent. Chen Tao was silent, silently examining himself in his heart. He hoped that Hal Jordan could return to the Justice League to help him share some of the burden, so that such thoughts distracted his judgment. He hoped that Hal Jordan would take charge of the Justice League instead of himself, and hoped that Superman Clark Kent would save the world instead of himself... Before such an idea is truly realized, you must not be too eager for it, so as to affect your thinking logic. The more a person wants to get something, the easier it is for someone with ulterior motives to target him with this kind of thing. Desire makes one blind, and Hal Jordan is this kind of "desire". Although this state of losing judgment in front of Atrocitus would not cause any terrible consequences, if he did not learn from it, he would suffer a great loss sooner or later.
Chen Tao suddenly tightened his slightly relaxed nerves, letting them groan under the heavy load.
He once again became the shrewd and wise Batman, as if the stupidity just now was just an illusion.
He listened to Atrocitus saying that while leading him into the building under the central energy battery.
They walked through the hall, through the many Red Lantern Corps members who were still barking like mad dogs. Chen Tao nodded to Talia who was sitting not far away, as a greeting, and then followed Atrocitus to continue moving forward.
Many members of the Teen Titans were sleeping soundly on the beds that Atrocitus had materialized.
Across the corridor was the dark dungeon.
As Chen Tao walked, he just wanted to complain: "Do you have to build the dungeon into this medieval style evil boss dungeon?"
He said: "You are obviously not a villain, why do you like to make it look like this..."
But he soon ran out of words, because he found that as they went deeper, the cells in those dungeons were no longer empty, but were filled with various Red Lantern Corps members.
"This is the dormitory for the Corps members." Atrocitus told Chen Tao: "Those who have the potential to awaken their self-awareness will be taken out for dinner by me, and try to make them remember the feeling of being alive. The rest of them are too crazy, so they are temporarily tied down."
They walked down for a long time, and Atrocitus said:
"We are here. This is the real dungeon."
In the depths of the prison, Chen Tao really saw an alien in a Green Lantern Corps uniform tied there by a huge iron chain. His skin was as rough as rock, and his body was full of scars, which were obviously caused by Atrocitus' torture.
"This guy is a tough guy who won't say anything." Atrocitus said, "He cursed at me when he got angry, but he didn't even tell me his name." "Han Nu." Chen Tao said. "What?" Atrocitus didn't understand. "He is from Sector 2 and is the Guardian Lantern of that sector." Chen Tao walked up to him and looked down at him. He seemed to be telling Atrocitus about the other party's intelligence, and he seemed to be talking to Han Nu. "His race has rock-like skin, tall and strong. It is a very strong, warlike, wild and honorable warrior race." His eyes lingered on the other party's body without the Green Lantern uniform. "Members of this race firmly believe that using weapons is the behavior of the weak, and truly glorious warriors must defeat the enemy with bare hands. So even if he holds the Green Lantern Ring, which is known as the "strongest weapon in the universe", Han Nu has never used the ring to fight. Among all the functions of the ring, the only useful ones for him are to maintain life and interstellar travel." "Who are you?" Han Nu spoke. It was no wonder that Chen Tao recognized him at first sight. After all, in the Green Lantern Corps, when everyone used the Green Lantern ring to make a set of Green Lantern uniforms to wear, a Lantern like Han Nu, who wore Green Lantern logo shorts, was quite different.
Especially when everyone else raised their rings to fire lasers, only Han Nu's fighting method was to punch others with his fists, which was even more impressive. Moreover, in terms of his status in the Green Lantern Corps, Han Nu was not an unknown person. In the comics, he was a member of the "Lost Green Lanterns". He was sent by OA to stop the crazy Hal Jordan, and was definitely the backbone of the Green Lantern Corps' combat power.
"I have never seen you in the Lantern Corps." Han Nu said, "And my information is too detailed, only those who have been in the Lantern Corps for a period of time will know. Even among my fellow Green Lanterns, you are the one who knows me more deeply. Who are you?"
(Note: The little blue men of the Green Lantern Corps during this period were afraid that the Green Lantern Corps members would unite to resist them, so they stipulated that each Lantern Corps member could not visit each other or interact, so the Lantern Corps members were quite unfamiliar with each other. That's why Han Nu was very surprised. Later, the restrictions were lifted and the Lantern Corps members became very familiar with each other.)
Can I tell you that I saw all your information in the comics.
Chen Tao skipped Han Nu's topic. He raised his hand, and as silver particles flashed across his body, he quickly turned into the Green Lantern Batman.
"You ask me who I am? I am a Green Lantern, the new Green Lantern. And my friends are Hal Jordan and Sinestro, who once told me who you are. So let's cut to the chase now. What about OA?"
Han Nu stared at Atrocitus next to him: "As a Green Lantern, you are actually with the prisoners on Ismote. Their empire is a resistance organization that the Legion has completely wiped out."
"None of this matters, right?"
Chen Tao said: "Or do you plan to ignore the disappearance of OA and want to arrest Atrocitus? Even if you catch him now, where can you take him?
He said: "Let's stop talking nonsense. "
He deliberately put the ring in front of Han Nu. He knew that the other party was still suspicious of his identity, so he was unwilling to give in easily. Therefore, Chen Tao planned to extend the ring in his hand closer. Such a close distance was enough for Han Nu to feel the real green light energy on the green lantern ring.
Sure enough, as the green light shone on Han Nu, his rebellious face softened a little: "Okay, for the sake of being a member of the Green Lantern Corps, you let Atrocitus go."
Although his appearance was as rough as a rock, he did not look as careless as he seemed. He was sure that Atrocitus was obviously under the control of Batman just by the attitude between the two. He could easily tell who was the mastermind between the two.
Chen Tao drove Atrocitus out.
Han Nu finally spoke after the burly fang alien left the dungeon.
"If you think I have a lot of information, you are wrong. "
Han said angrily: "That night..."
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Chen Tao walked out of the dungeon with a grim look on his face.
He ignored Atrocitus who wanted to ask what happened, but opened a burst channel. After ensuring that the signal could be connected, he called Nightwing immediately.
"Hello?"
"I need you to seduce Nightowl."
"?"
Nightwing on the other end of the phone was confused. He had just fought against crime in Gotham City for a long time, and was tired like a dog. For a while, he couldn't react to how the word seduction was related to himself.
"I'm afraid I don't have the heart to keep an eye on Nightowl anymore, so his affairs must be left to you."
Chen Tao said: "And I have to find a way to get the Green Lantern Corps back. "