Chapter 737: Howl, Seaside City
When the Senisto Legion fled in disarray, and the leader Senisto was imprisoned in OA again, another man who was supposed to be great but unknown because of all kinds of distances on the distant earth, was sitting on a ruined wall in a daze.
Hal Jordan, Yellow Lantern, former Seaside City resident.
He looked at the city that was rapidly being rebuilt, and felt a great sense of strangeness.
This is no longer his seaside city, no longer his city.
When Mongo and Superman destroyed Seaside City, eight million residents fell victim to innocent victims, but Hal was lucky enough not to die, and was possessed by a parallax monster from the depths of the universe, killing Superman in one fell swoop.
Despite the rapid rebuilding of the city, and despite the daily influx of residents, the utterly unfamiliar city has nothing to do with Howl.
"It's okay, at least I have Carol ......"
Hal sits on a dilapidated abandoned building, staring blankly at the seaside city, which is full of construction sites.
At least his lover Carol also survived, or in the way of being modified with super serum, he also became a superhuman.
But some things are lost forever.
Halmo held the yellow light ring on his finger, the power of fear lingering in his heart, and a silent cry was ringing, singing a symphony of low and gentle turns.
He took the ring that Donnie had given him and became a lampman.
Although this result is not very rosy, it is already the best option in the worst-case scenario.
Hal looked at the city silently, not saying a word.
When the night wind blows, the lights are lit up, like a candle in the wind, as if they will be extinguished at any time, compared with the metropolis of 8 million people in the past, the current seaside city is much worse.
Everything has changed.
Poof!
In the dim darkness of the night, arcs of electricity flickered and were moving rapidly, and Hal didn't even need to look to know that this cliff was being torn apart by a few speedsters in the middle city next door.
The Flash, the reverse flash, the smoke screen, the three of them are always like this, they have to tear up every three or five days, and the speed of the explosion is very amazing, thousands of times the speed of sound at every turn, and they can easily kill from one end of the earth to the other.
Although in Hal's eyes, the speed of sound is no different from that of slag, when he moves through space, he exceeds the speed of light in minutes.
"It's time to go back."
Hal hesitated, stroking the ring on his finger, the yellow luster penetrating people's hearts, the aura of fear jumping, and he finally did nothing.
He had a crazy plan to rebuild Seaside City with his all-powerful emotional energy, which he had done at one point.
He used the Yellow Lantern Ring and followed his memories to frantically build buildings of fear and streets......
But he didn't do it.
Carol is still alive and waiting for him on Cybertron, he has lost too much and doesn't want to lose Carol again.
The yellow beam of light rose, and Hal glanced back at Seaside City one last time, sighed silently, and flew lonely into space, towards Cybertron.
That's his home.
Many planets flew by, and Hal crossed countless galaxies, intersected with countless planets, and returned to Cybertron from Earth in less than half a day.
The first thing he did when he returned was to find Donnie.
"I've figured it out." Hal lowered his head and whispered.
"I've been waiting for you, Hal, and I'm glad you made this decision, you didn't let me down."
Donnie patted Hal on the shoulder and smiled, "Although I brought you out of the earth, I respect your decision equally, and time will prove that your choice is right." ”
Hal nodded silently.
Neither of them said what the specific "choice" was, but they knew each other.
Hal is faced with two choices, either to stay in Seaside City at all costs, or to continue with Carol and become a resident of Cybertron.
Perhaps even Hal himself didn't realize how unusual his decision was.
In the original book, Hal returned to Earth after getting the Green Lantern Ring, he lost everything, so he was crazy enough to use the Green Lantern Ring to rebuild the seaside city, because the energy was far from enough, so he did not hesitate to become a madman, and returned to the OA Star to snatch more Green Lantern Rings, and even snatched the central light stove.
He also went on a killing spree against the rest of his comrades in the Green Lantern Legion, killing many of them.
The thorn in Seaside City has been planted since the moment of destruction, and although Donnie can easily bring down the crazy Hal now, some things will always only matter about the result, and if you do it, don't try to hide it for the rest of your life.
Howl's choice to return to Cybertron is undoubtedly the best choice, and it is also the outcome that Downey wants to see.
"I'm very pleased, son, go and say hello to your Uncle Hal, he will cover you in the future."
Donnie slapped Duzun on the back of the head, which was completely the gesture of Lao Tzu beating his son, and ordered Duzun to greet Hal.
"What? Don't you want to humiliate Lao Tzu! Don't think that if you become Lao Tzu's father, you can do whatever you want! ”
Duzun was furious, shook the red cloak behind him, and straightened his waist proudly.
Hal frowned and glanced at Duzun, "You're not Clark?" ”
Clark would never be full of swearing, let alone be so grumpy, as for Dad or something...... Hal automatically ignored it.
"Lao Tzu is the only one! It's the great Antimatter Supermaster! The superman of your main universe is a piece of garbage compared to Lao Tzu! Duzun sneered and said arrogantly.
Bang!
Rumble!
Donnie remained silent, flew up and kicked Duzun away, and the huge force made Duzun fly out like a cannonball, easily crashing through the floor of the building and flying to the outside world.
"The children are not educated, and they make you laugh." Donnie smiled.
Hal: "......"
It seems that he is on earth reminiscing about the past days, and something amazing happened, very magical.
"There's one thing you need to do, Hal, I need more troops, and a yellow light legion alone isn't enough." Downey said.
"What needs to be done from me, just as told."
"Get more rings and build more Rings of the Rings. You're a genius and you've been born with a super sharp eye for the emotional spectrum, and there's absolutely no need to limit your future to a single yellow light ring. ”
Downey spoke, handing Hal the latest plan.
Hal quickly skimmed through it, revealing a surprised expression: "Spectral wars? A civil war of seven legions? ”
"If we don't do it, we will be preempted, and the best way is to get ahead of it and find a way to occupy more." Donnie said lightly.