Atrocitus and his men, under the constant influx of reinforcements and the dilution tactics, began to fall from the upper hand. Especially after Batman arrived and disarmed their forces with targeted restraining weapons, the situation on the battlefield became even more obvious.
"What did you do?"
Feeling that the red light power in his body had become inert and his strength had dropped significantly, even his will to fight and boiling emotions were suppressed. Atrocitus, who was wearing a pair of special shackles, looked at Batman in astonishment in a strange suit.
"Just to calm you down." Batman pushed them into the transport plane made of green energy. He hadn't expected the effect to be so good. The [Tranquility Blue] he extracted actually had the ability to make the Lantern Ring inert.
In other words, if other purified opposing emotions are used in the future, can the light ring automatically leave the user?
For example, could it cause the Green Lanterns to lose their courage and willpower? In this case, the wearer would no longer meet the Green Lantern Ring's selection criteria and would enter the selection process for the next one. By analogy, if this hypothesis holds true, then this technology truly would be the nemesis of all Green Lantern Rings.
Of course, Luke, who created this technology and energy, naturally became more threatening in Wayne's mind.
"Don't even think about taking off our rings. Once the Red Lantern is worn, it cannot be taken off. We have already formed a symbiosis with the Red Lantern." Atrocitus said coldly when he saw Hal trying to take off the ring on the Red Lantern warrior's hand.
"Let's talk." Wayne sat in the seat in front of Atrocitus and looked at him face to face.
"What are you talking about?" Atrocitus raised his eyebrows.
"Thanos." Wayne calmly read out Thanos' name: "Where is he now? What is he doing? Why are you working for him?"
"You will see the master soon." Atrocitus and Wayne looked at each other for a long time. He did not comment on his question. After answering the irrelevant question, he closed his eyes and remained silent no matter what Wayne said.
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The main base of the cave.
After throwing Atrocitus and the others into the specially designed emotional prison, Wayne and the others sat together in silence.
Although the previous battle ended with their victory and the damage was controlled to a very small area, apart from causing some riots and official troubles, other losses were minimal.
But no one showed any joy.
Because they realized a very serious problem from this battle, that is, they used Thanos as an independent individual as their imaginary enemy, but Thanos told them that he was not fighting alone.
If they had not prepared in advance and formed an alliance, the outcome of Atrocitus and his men's attack would probably not have been so smooth. Even if they could achieve the ultimate victory, the losses would have been uncontrollable.
It is so difficult to face a Red Lantern Corps. If Thanos comes with his men in the future, can they really stop him?
"Can you please take this thing off my hand first? Am I your prisoner?" A female voice, tinged with irritation, broke the silence. Carol Ferris placed her blue handcuffed arm on the table and grumbled.
"You'd better wear it before that energy comes out of your body. It can keep you calm. Instead of being controlled by the energy and becoming an extreme love-brained person." Wayne noticed Hal's pleading look, collected his thoughts, and said to Carol.
"Okay, but can you change it? For example, turn it into two bracelets? You make me feel like a heinous criminal." Carol coughed and asked for advice.
"It can be satisfied. But it will take time to wait." Wayne thought about it and did not refuse Carol's request.
"Another lamp energy. The lamp's hearth and ring are on her. It's clear Thanos has a way of detecting this special energy. He'll come looking for it sooner or later. I wonder if they can use their instruments to draw it out and protect it?" Hal looked at his girlfriend with some concern. He'd experienced the feeling of Thanos personally ripping the energy out of him before; it was worse than death! He'd experienced it once, and he definitely didn't want to experience it again. It felt like a painful death.
"Don't even think about it!" Carol glared at Hal and refused without hesitation.
"It's dangerous." Hal looked at his girlfriend anxiously.
"No, as long as it can be controlled, it's not dangerous. I can feel that it is very compatible with me. I need it, and I feel that only with it can I be more compatible with you." Carol refused.
"We can discuss this later. The energy can stay with her for now. Just protect her." Wayne interrupted the two people's argument. "Our problem now is how to face Thanos in the future. With our current strength, can we defeat him?"
"Although I don't want to dampen morale, from my personal feeling, if we don't make adequate preparations, the probability of us losing is very high." Hal thought of how powerful Thanos was back then and sighed.
"Is that man really that terrifying?" Aquaman Arthur frowned. He was somewhat dissatisfied with Hal's words that lowered his morale. He wasn't afraid of so-called powerful enemies, but he didn't like Hal's discouraging words.
"Being afraid doesn't mean you don't have courage. Look, at least my ring still chooses me firmly." Hal raised the ring with the lantern ring on it to show that he did not lack the courage to fight against Thanos.
"I think we need to strengthen ourselves before Thanos arrives." Superman also spoke at his table. "I need to absorb more energy, even if it may involve some risks. I also need to correct my weaknesses. For this, I need your help, Hal. I need you to condense and create some kryptonite for me."
"No problem, I'm available anytime." Hal was stunned and quickly raised his hand.
"I will also prepare more targeted weapons, even though they may not have any effect." Wayne was silent for a moment and said.
"I want to discuss this with the captain. I found that his energy has combined with my green lantern energy. This may be because the lantern ring has absorbed too much of the energy he mentioned, resulting in some changes. I think this change is good. I can feel that I have become stronger, but this state is not easy to grasp." Hal also said.
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"There are two more."
Thanos gazed at the five gems of varying colors on his gauntlet, each seemingly containing a pattern, and gazed into the depths of the universe. Within his chest, a strange, semi-biological energy core pulsed like a heart. The gauntlet continuously drew energy from his body, transferring it to his heart and distributing it throughout his body.