The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1111 A hastily created Knight System (not really)

Yang Le did not attend the meeting to confirm the official members of the Justice League because he had other things to do.

For example, creating a completely new set of equipment for Haimei.

After all, you can't just break someone else's toy and then shirk responsibility. To be honest, Yang Le originally had the ability to remove the scarab beetle without damaging it.

However, Yang Le, wanting to save trouble, chose the simplest and most direct method. In fact, he didn't expect the Blue Beetle to fight to the death, since in his view, the latter was a somewhat intelligent AI with independent thinking ability.

Even ants cherish their lives, let alone intelligent AI with intelligence that surpasses that of ordinary humans. It can only be said that the underlying logic of the scarab beetle is not that of a normal life form.

But since it's broken, there's nothing we can do. We'll just make another one for Haimei. The scarab isn't anything particularly advanced for Yang Le right now. Even a shapeshifter split could make something similar.

However, Yang Le, who had many ideas he wanted to realize, finally decided to take matters into his own hands.

However, since he handed over the scarab beetle, he had to find all the materials himself. Sigh! Fortunately, in the two years since joining the Justice League, he has used his position to obtain a lot of well-known materials from the DC Universe.

N-metal is unusable. Although he has replicated it, it hasn't reached the level of mass production yet. There's not even enough for Cassandra, let alone anyone else.

In the end, Yang Le chose to use an alloy made of relatively easy-to-obtain Intron metal and a small amount of promethium to create a large number of nanorobots. Finally, these nanorobots were combined to form a palm-sized stag beetle with a blue body and gold trim.

It looks similar to Gatack from Kamen Rider Kabuto.

Compared to the scarab beetle modeled after the Earth scarab beetle, Gatack's mandibles extending from the top of its head look quite intimidating.

Of course, Yang Le could guarantee that those two jaws were even more terrifying than they looked. Although they weren't quite at the level where Diana's Vulcan sword could cut through atoms, ordinary matter couldn't withstand its cutting power.

Just like the stag beetle's appearance, Yang Le was actually modeled after Gatack, so it has all the functions that the latter possesses, such as the autonomous combat capability, a byproduct of its highly intelligent AI.

Unlike the scarab beetle, the Gatack doesn't parasitize the user indefinitely; it can move independently. This allows Jaime, who had to say goodbye to her swim trunks for many days because of the metal beetle hanging on her back, to participate in water activities again.

With the last bit of data entered, Gatack was finally completed. Although it was still just a prototype, it was believed to be enough for Haimei to use, and there wouldn't be any hasty attempts to create a Knight System that would cause Haimei's body to suffer.

After being trained by aliens like Little Warrior, the Scarabs of the Reach will be no match for Gatack. It's like comparing a car to an airplane—there's no comparison.

Watching Gatack fly around him after it was activated, Yang Le decided to give it to Hai Mei at some time.

Just then, Yang Le received a text message on his work phone. Upon opening it, he discovered that the election results were in: Red Arrow and Wonder Girl were both elected, while Guy Flint lost once again.

Red Arrow's promotion also served as a wake-up call for Yang Le. Although his memory was hazy after so many years, he still vaguely remembered that the current Red Arrow was a true clone of Roy Hubble, seemingly an undercover agent planted by the Illuminati next to Green Arrow.

As for the real Roy himself, he was captured by the Illuminati and is now fast asleep in a jar filled with green liquid. Thinking about it this way, Green Arrow really is quite similar to Batman. Putting aside their basic backgrounds, just look at their sidekicks—they're both in pretty much the same miserable state.

As mentioned earlier, Roy's buddy Jason is also a well-known figure in the comic book world who is often executed by readers, although he later won the resurrection match in Hell with his powerful elbow strike technique.

Getting back to the main point, the Illuminati's planting of Roy's clone was obviously not for any good purpose, though he had genuinely forgotten what exactly they intended to do, but it certainly wasn't anything good.

However, there's no need to make wild guesses. As long as he enters the Justice League, he will reveal his true colors according to the program he has pre-set in his mind.

In short, as long as you know when Red Gold will go to the Hall of Justice or the Watchtower, you'll know when he'll make his move.

Thinking this, Yang Le called Green Arrow and first gave him a very formulaic congratulation. After all, Red Arrow was someone he had trained, so Oliver was naturally proud.

What's more, Red Arrow was among the first heroes to join the Justice League, which made Oliver even happier.

Oliver even planned to throw a small celebration party, a family-style party, and of course he invited his friends from the league, and also asked Yang Le if he wanted to come.

Being able to get a free meal was naturally a good thing, so Yang Le agreed without thinking. Afterwards, he asked Hongjian when he would be going to help.

Oliver remained silent in response to this question. The answer was obvious: he didn't even know where Red Arrow was living, let alone when the latter would report to the league.

For both superhero Green Arrow and billionaire Oliver Quinn, finding Roy's current residence is a simple matter.

However, out of respect for Roy, Oliver would only keep track of Roy's mission progress and wouldn't actively seek out more information.

He was terrified that his excessive worry would once again incur Roy's disgust, just as his family had treated him when he first returned from his monastic life.

Oliver acted like he didn't care at the time, but he was actually very sad. Fortunately, he's gotten over it now.

"Although I don't know the exact time, Roy is very keen on joining the Justice League. I reckon he's so excited he's practically rolling on the floor. He'll probably be reporting to the Hall of Justice soon, right?"

Oliver himself wasn't entirely sure; he was just making a basic deduction based on his understanding of Roy. However, Yang Le agreed with his guess.

After all, the clone itself carries a mission. Even if he himself doesn't think he's in a hurry, the suggestions given to him in his mind will urge him to act quickly within a reasonable range.

Yang Le glanced at the time and realized it was around 12 o'clock. This meant he had been sitting in the lab all morning, and it was still early. He guessed that Roy would arrive at the Hall of Justice in the afternoon.

However, Yang Le did not intend to interfere with Roy's actions in advance.

(End of this chapter)