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Chapter 673 He Has a Villain's Face

Planet Oa, headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps.

"So it's true?"

Green Lantern Khan floated beside his secretary Salak and said in a deep voice.

"I don't know. This sounds like a catastrophe. Even by the Legion's standards, it's an exaggeration."

"Not a catastrophe, Khan the Lantern, but annihilation," said Salak, the Green Lantern, gravely. "If what we're observing is true, and that thing is really coming, it will obliterate everything in its path."

At that time, the entire universe will be wiped out, and all existence will ultimately become nothingness.

"Like before the universe was born?" asked Green Lantern, who was shaped like a ball.

"Or worse," said Salak, the Green Lantern. "When matter is annihilated, everything will become a place dominated by antimatter, a universe ruled by darkness."

None of the life forms and civilizations we know today could survive in such an environment; nothing would even have the soil to start anew.

He paused, then spoke more solemnly.

"That would be utter destruction, even the cycle of life would be terminated. Endless antimatter would forever dominate everything."

"But why did we only notice it now? The Green Lantern Corps has been monitoring every ripple in the universe since its inception," Khan said. "Why did that fluctuation evade our detection for so long?"

"The instruments built by the Guardians can detect any anomalies throughout the universe from Oa. We discovered its existence twelfth cycle ago—a force that is invading our universe."

This force has already swept across many different planes of existence.

"That's what Green Lantern Salak said."

"If we cannot stop it, our universe will suffer the same fate as those fallen worlds. But before that, there is one more question."

He frowned, looking somewhat annoyed.

"Can anyone tell me where our light group leader is at this crucial moment?"

Hal Jordan has gone missing.

He hadn't informed anyone beforehand; even Salak had assumed he was still on Oa. But when he detected something amiss in the equipment and rushed to the control room to report to Hal, he found that Hal was gone.

"His light ring is still not responding?"

"No," Salak said in a deep voice. "And we scanned the control room and found a strange energy fluctuation that doesn't belong to the Green Light system."

Further reconstruction of the site suggests that someone may have used some form of space technology there.

"Space technology? Inside Greenlight Fortress headquarters!?" Khan exclaimed in surprise. "What do you mean? Someone brazenly abducted our leader from the Legion's central command, and we've been completely unaware of it?"

"It's just a possibility, but it's also possible that the leader left voluntarily," Salak said. "Considering it's the leader, Jordan, we can't rule out that possibility."

He did this all the time when he was a Green Lantern.

A whole search team is currently looking for him, but we can't just sit here and wait.

Salak took a deep breath.

"Leader Jordan once told me that if there were any unexpected situations and he happened to be away and unable to contact me, he would trust me to make any decisions on his behalf."

"Now it's time for me to fulfill this duty."

He walked to the control panel and used the light ring to connect to the light cluster's system.

"Contact all Green Lanterns. This is Green Lantern Fortress Headquarters on Planet Oa. This is Salak. Listen up, wherever you are now, whatever sector you're in, whatever case you're handling, immediately stop everything you're doing and return to Oa."

We are facing a situation beyond good and evil, and the law; it is a critical juncture for the survival of the universe. We need the power of every Lantern Knight. Please use it as soon as possible if you receive it.

He only had time to say that much before the communication abruptly ended.

Then came background noise.

A piercing, scratching noise blared sharply on everyone's ringtone channels.

"Communication lines are blocked!" a Green Lantern chimed in. "The system has been compromised."

"Impossible! This is Green Light Fortress!" Salak exclaimed in shock. "Who could possibly infiltrate it?"

"I can."

A deep, resonant voice rang out, as if it were right next to everyone's ear.

"It's too late, Green Lanterns. If your Guardians were still around, they would know this. And you just made a foolish choice they would never have made."

"You shouldn't have summoned your warriors, nor should you have hindered my plans. In that case, I would at least pretend to ignore you for the time being and allow you to live until the end of your world."

"And now, the cause of the Guardians, which began in the ancient times, will end in your hands!"

"It's the battery!" a Green Lantern shouted. "There's something in the central battery that's keeping all the Green Lanterns away!"

But it was too late.

Standing at the very center of the OAE, the majestic central battery, whose originally soft and bright green light suddenly twisted and became violent, as if an invisible dark hand had torn it apart.

The terrifyingly powerful dark force, like a caged beast, unleashed its fury the moment it broke free. It was an annihilating wave, capable of devouring everything upon contact; the sounds of collapsing buildings and exploding technological equipment were deafening. The alien-structured towers crumbled like dominoes, instantly turning into ruins and billowing smoke centered on the central battery.

Next up was Shadow Fiend.

Hordes of Shadow Demons, an endless army from the antimatter world, swarming everywhere.

Immediately, Green Lanterns recovered from the explosion and took to the air to retaliate with their rings. A burst of green light filled the sky, as various spaceships, mechs, cannons, and wild beasts flew through the air, clashing fiercely with the Shadow Fiend army.

"Resist! Struggle! But you rise up only to fall."

The voice continued to speak.

"Your resistance is merely to show the entire universe that it is meaningless."

"Once the Green Lantern Corps is reduced to ruins, the entire universe will understand how weak they were. No one could resist them."

But before he could finish speaking, light descended from the sky.

It was as if the sky above Oa had been torn open, as if the gates of heaven had been opened. Holy white light cascaded down like a waterfall, so pure and intense, like the radiance of the blazing sun, carrying an indescribable holiness and solemnity.

The moment the light shone down, swarms of Shadow Demons seemed bound by an invisible force. Their originally sinister and dark forms were so fragile in the white light, like shadows under the sun, instantly swept away. The Shadow Demons that were illuminated didn't even have a chance to struggle; they evaporated into nothingness in an instant, along with the darkness and oppression that had surrounded them.

A giant bathed in light descended from the sky.

Zero took the lead, swirling through the horde of monsters like a shooting star, his shadow demons exploding around him with deafening roars.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, the security force of this universe. If I understand correctly."

He floated in mid-air and wiped his nose.

"As expected, the real protagonist is always the one who makes the grand finale."

"Ultraman!" A surprise from Green Lantern.

But Green Lantern immediately warned, "Wait, calm down, this isn't that Ultraman. Look closely, this guy has a villainous face, he looks different!"

"Wow, it's true."

Zero: "."

(End of this chapter)