"It fits Thanos' style very well."
After listening to Hal's story, the captain who had been staying obediently in the base said helplessly under the gaze of everyone.
"You knew this was going to happen?" Hal looked at the captain.
"No, I just remembered that he once destroyed my partner's home when he was collecting the Infinity Stones. Although he was a partner from another universe." The captain replied truthfully.
"The problem now is, he won't stop until he's collected the remaining five. This means tragedies like the one on Oa will continue to happen." Wayne interrupted Hal's questioning. In his view, what had already happened could not be undone, so the future tragedies had to be nipped in the bud.
"Do you know the murderer?" A human-like woman with slightly strange skin walked out from behind Hal.
"Didn't you tell them?" Wayne glanced at Hal.
"I don't know what to say." Hal shook his head with a heavy expression. "I've been traveling these days, and their energy has been completely plundered. I must protect them."
The Green Lantern Corps' greatest reliance is their rings. The energy granted by their green lights is so convenient that they no longer need to carry any other equipment. They can harness the properties of their green light energy to create the equipment they need. Of course, this requires a little training and skill. But the awkward part is that if the rings malfunction or run out of energy, and they can't return to recharge in time, they face all sorts of predicaments.
On Oa, which was on the verge of disintegration after being wreaked havoc by Thanos, if Hal had not arrived in time, the Legion members who had lost their energy might have been buried along with Oa.
"That was an invader. Our city was also destroyed. He took the yellow-light beast away from us." Wayne simply stated his camp and gave a corresponding explanation.
"For some reason, he's collecting the powers of the Light Beasts. According to the intelligence we know, he wants to gather the powers of seven Light Beasts. If we include the power of the Green Lantern, he should now have two powers in his hands."
"I want to ask, as the guardian of the Green Lantern, the user of that magical energy, how much do you know about other Lantern Beasts or Lantern Rings?"
"The power of other lantern beasts and lantern rings?" The woman frowned slightly. She certainly didn't think that Wayne was joking with her about some unfounded things. In other words, in addition to the green lantern ring that they knew, there were more lantern ring powers.
"Don't you know?" Wayne's heart sank when he saw the expression on the woman's face.
"We are not senior Green Lanterns and have not yet accessed this secret information. Perhaps only senior Green Lanterns and Guardians can answer your questions. But the Guardians were slaughtered by Thanos. He also destroyed Ouar, and all the information and intelligence backed up on Ouar was destroyed as well." The woman shook her head heavily.
Those who survived were surprised that Thanos didn't just slaughter them. Was it because they were too weak and that they were not to be feared without the Green Lantern power? Or was it because he wanted them to be destroyed along with Oa, witnessing the planet's death and their own death. Could it be that he spared them out of kindness?
"So, the intelligence is cut off?" Wayne was very receptive to this bad news. "If you don't know where the remaining Lantern Beasts are, then how will Thanos find them?"
"So, we still have a lot of time?" Hal raised his head.
"No, I don't think he will give you much time." The captain denied Hal's words. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said cautiously, "He was able to find Oa Star without knowing anything. It's obvious that he has some way to directly locate the location of the Light Beast, or he has the ability to read people's minds.
If these two assumptions are true, then Thanos may now know much more than we do."
"Those Guardians?" Wayne immediately understood the Captain's implication. Regardless of whether Thanos had a way to locate the Lanterns, if he had the ability to read minds and had obtained information about Oa and the Green Lantern from Hal, then as long as the Guardians knew information about the other Lanterns, then Thanos would also know it.
"I'm leaning towards the worst-case scenario, that he possesses both methods." The captain sighed. He had one final thought unspoken. While he didn't understand Thanos, he did understand Luke and the psychic energy he created. Given the emotional spectrum's close alignment and similarity to his energy, Luke's creations should possess similar emotional resonance and sensitivity.
Just like he was very sensitive to the incoming Sinestro. But there were so many people talking at the moment, there was no need for him to say this out loud.
"Hal said that you have a way to restore our strength. We can help you fight Thanos." Looking at the silent Wayne and the others, the woman couldn't help but speak.
Hal smiled awkwardly, then faced Wayne's gaze and explained, "I think they'll be a great help. I can't just abandon them, right?"
"The energy issue is not difficult to solve. We have stored energy in our base. But they alone are not enough. We also need to recruit more people to join us." Wayne didn't say anything to Hal. After all, if it were him, he might make the same choice as Hal.
"Does this count as us using Luke's power to defeat his messenger?" Hal said with a wry smile and spread his hands.
"I need some time alone," Wayne said, looking at Hal and the others. "I've traveled the world and come into contact with many people and secret organizations, some of whom I think might be able to help us. I'll tell you where these people and organizations are. Some of the addresses may be imprecise, so it will take you some time to search. While I'm alone, if you want to find more people to fight Thanos, you can try to win them over and get them to join us."
"Leave it to us." Hal nodded.
Ever since Thanos destroyed Oa and stole the Lantern Beast from the Green Lantern Furnace, he has been the mortal enemy of the entire Green Lantern Corps. Even though the Green Lantern Corps has shrunk significantly in size and its combat effectiveness has seriously declined, as long as it replenishes its energy, it can still be said to be a powerful armed force in the universe.
"I will stay in the base honestly and not go anywhere." Seeing Wayne's gaze turning to him, the captain raised his hands, indicating that he would still restrict himself.
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In the 2814 sector of the universe, on the planet Ismote, outside the base of the Red Lantern Corps, Thanos appeared.