Chapter 645 Dark Guardian
The universe, somewhere with unknown coordinates.
A figure floated in the empty vacuum.
The lonely, short figure breaks the silence like an inappropriate note. The loose robe seemed to be polluted by black turbidity. On the chest is a lamp ring mark that looks like it has decayed.
A guardian.
Founder of the Green Lantern Corps, one of the oldest races in the universe. Now supposed to have been put on trial by the Green Lantern Corps after a series of crimes were revealed.
But this one clearly doesn't.
And unlike the common images of little blue men in the Guardian clan, this one's skin looks black. Those eyes were as black as ink, and their empty gazes were like two black holes forgotten by time, and the entire galaxy reflected in them was swallowed up.
No one in this world can live forever.
Alongside them are a group of self-proclaimed Guardians of the Universe. He considered himself immortal.
Billions of years ago, the Guardians first determined that emotions were the ultimate cause of chaos. They abandoned all emotions and swore to protect and serve all intelligent life in the universe and fight against the darkest evil.
He went through a lot with his companions. The era of the Machine Hunter, the rebellion of compatriot Kalona, the Hunter's rampage and the Sector Massacre, and the birth of the Green Lantern Corps after the Hunter was exiled.
Times have changed, but only the guardians remain. As a loyal guardian of the universe, he has existed in this world for longer than most living creatures can imagine.
But not anymore.
Once upon a time, the Guardians did have their pure moments. A group of people with great power and good intentions vow to use their power and knowledge to benefit all people in the universe. They really fought for this idea at one time and would never accept wrong procedures even for a just result.
When did it start to change?
It seems that at some point, they began not to care about procedures, processes and means. As long as the outcome is "just", even dirty means and taboo power are acceptable.
Later, they may even begin to accept less just consequences. They began to "take the overall situation into consideration". As long as it was for the overall situation in their eyes, it was acceptable to sacrifice the few to save the majority.
At first, what they can accept sacrifice may be a few people or a city, but gradually it starts to become a planet or a sector.
Eventually they realized that if they could stop feeling guilty about the sacrifices and let their emotions influence their judgment, logic and reason would make the entire system more efficient. So gradually they no longer even feel that "sacrificing a few" is a mistake. To them, those sacrificed are just a number on the road to peace.
They will even begin to actively capture people of various races for physiological experiments against their biological will, and regard these as part of the "necessary sacrifices".
The Guardian knows that his compatriots on Oa have been taken down by the rebel Green Lantern Corps, but he hasn't yet. He had parted ways with his companions a long time ago.
He is conducting a major experiment that even his companions who are constantly lowering their bottom lines cannot accept. It is even more taboo and will rewrite the pattern of the entire universe.
"The unnamed darkness, the insatiable desires, the charred sentient beings will rise with the light." He murmured to himself.
This is a record of a forbidden chapter in the Book of Oa, called "The Blackest Night." The Guardian knew the coming darkness, which was why he turned his back on his compatriots so early.
He talked to the darkness, he worshiped it, he obeyed it. And finally, today, he received the call.
He could hear dark voices whispering into his ears, telling him that his time had come.
The first black lamp in the world is about to be born.
"Roar!"
A huge ferocious beast stepped into the border of an alien city. The majestic body is like a moving mountain, covered with thick scales, like wearing an ancient armor. Those eyes were sunk in a deep black aura of death, like two extinguished stars.
Like a giant beast incarnate of death, the spreading death energy enveloped everything. The city's defense lines have long been torn apart, and the local residents and defenders are helpless in the face of this terrifying existence.
The golden light fell from the sky at this moment.
Pure light dispels the darkness and pierces like a javelin from the starry sky. The dark giant beast paused for a moment, then raised its head sluggishly, as if a big word "death" appeared in its eyes.
Like a golden sword penetrating through the body, the giant beast paused abruptly. Endless darkness was blasted out from the breach behind it, and the death energy was transformed into golden light spots all over the sky halfway through its release, as if it had been purified from the inside out. Until the entire huge body gradually collapsed, turning into countless fragments and dissipating, each piece reflecting crystal light spots under the light.
The alien residents throughout the city raised their heads in surprise, looking at the giant of light descending from the sky in astonishment.
Someone even called out the legendary name spread among the stars.
"Ultraman"
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"Oh, it seems like you haven't been idle in this new universe these past few years."
Zero put his arm around Shen You.
"They have actually heard of our name."
"I really haven't had any leisure time in the past few years, but didn't my senior say that he wanted to give me guidance?" Shen You humbly asked, "So, is there anything that needs to be improved on the Xinarama light just now?"
Shinerama's beam is a powerful beam move that is more difficult than Specium's. It first appeared on TV and was used by Ultraman Jack. Its firing gesture is the same as Severn's beam beam, with both arms forming an L shape. It is said in the setting collection that it is an enhanced version of the beam beam.
It's just that Shen You didn't learn this trick very well and rarely used it in actual combat, so he took advantage of the fact that there were senior guards around him to ask for advice.
Zero looked at the big crater that was blasted on the ground, and thought to himself, you are so powerful that you can do miracles. You can blast it with energy even more powerful than me. What can I teach you about this?
After thinking for a while, he said: "Your energy base has reached a very terrifying level, and there is nothing to improve in terms of power.
But Shinerama is similar to the concentrated beam. In addition to its destructive power, it also has a variety of uses including 'form change'. For example, if you are interested in automatic tracking, large-area diffusion, dispersed point shooting, etc., I can explain it to you in detail when I go back. It is not considered a single light technology, but an experience in light application. "
"Thank you very much, senior."
Shen You smiled.
But having said that, what I found this time was obviously another zombie creature mutated by the power of the black light.
But the Book of Darkness is already in his hands and has not gone anywhere. So whose handiwork is it this time?
Could it be that the Black Death Emperor had unknowingly found some means to secretly arrive?
"It seems like you didn't find the person you were looking for?" Zero looked at him.
"Yes." Shen You shook his head, "Anyway, let's go back first. I have a few more ideas. I can check them when I get back, okay?"
He raised his arm and glanced at the bracelet.
He was connected to the system in his laboratory on Earth through the bracelet, and now he received a signal.
A signal he gave Kara and told her to activate only in an emergency.
It looked like Kara was in trouble.