There are no traps in the black ball, only corpses all over the ground.
Hundreds of little blue men were lying on the ground in twisted postures, with expressions of pain and fear frozen on their faces.
They all suffered cruel torture and died miserably while struggling.
On the outside, he looks like he died from the star-absorbing technique. His muscles are shriveled up and his skin sticks to his bones, like a rat that has been dried for many years.
Only the five little blue men in a circle in the middle of the corpse were still breathing.
The one who used the power of his mind to cry out for help before was one of them.
"Palco, what's wrong with you?" Simon squatted next to a white-haired old lady wearing goggles and asked angrily: "Is it a disaster? What did he do?"
"He played crazily with our lives, choosing countless angles from the timeline to distort our reality." The old lady Blue Man looked at the corpses of her compatriots around her and said sadly: "He needs emotional energy to restore his own strength, so he distorts us
reality, stimulating our emotions to the greatest extent.
Our emotional energy has been drained, and our vitality has quickly dried up. That devil, woo woo woo..."
Simon Baz looked at the old man with pity and asked puzzledly: "But how long have you been away? Moreover, didn't you run away? How did the disaster find you so quickly?"
"The length of time has no meaning to Firong. He is above time, and all the secrets in the universe are in front of him like lines in the palm of his hand.
As long as we are still in the universe, it is useless no matter where we escape.
He came to us in the next moment, and in that moment, all of our lives were distorted by him." The old lady with the little blue man closed her eyes in pain, unwilling to look at the miserable scene in the field.
Simon Baz subconsciously raised his head to look at Harley, "Forong seemed to have been in a stalemate with Admiral Galaxy for a long time just now."
Harley said calmly: "Deducting the time it takes for him to recover from his injuries, the battle actually lasts only a moment.
Reality distortion occurs on the timeline. No matter how much time passes, it is only a moment in reality.
I held it, and he spurted blood the next moment. I couldn't hold it, and he killed me instantly.
The attack of modifying reality is so direct and cruel."
"Harley, you resisted attacks that modified reality because of the power of Manhattan to protect the timeline, right? In theory, your time guardian will stabilize the timeline of the entire universe. Why do they... you know
What's their situation?" Kyle asked, pointing to the body of the little blue man.
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Harley shook her head and said, "I only protect my own timeline.
The river of time that stabilizes the universe is a side effect.
Now I have twisted my timeline into a rope and separated myself from the river of time.
As long as they don't interfere with my history, Huirong can do whatever he wants.
For example, this group of little blue people used to stay in the Black Hole Sanctuary and had almost no interaction with me. When Firong went back in time to kill them, it only changed their reality and had an impact on me... I have a relationship with them.
A one-time relationship and changing their reality will definitely have some impact on me, but I can accept such minor modifications.
As long as I accept it, I can save a lot of effort and he will not encounter my counterattack."
"Ah, so the absolute guarantee of the river of time in the main universe is gone now? Why don't you continue to protect the river of time in the universe? Is it because the disaster is too strong?" Kyle exclaimed.
"What is absolute guarantee?" the little blue man's old lady opened her eyes and asked in confusion.
Kyle pointed at Harley and said: "She once obtained the power of Manhattan and has the superpower to stabilize her personal timeline.
And because she is part of the main universe and has great influence, once anyone interferes with the timeline of the main universe, it will affect her personal timeline and she will fight back.
In this way, the stability of the river of time in the entire universe is passively guaranteed.
Did you see it just now?
Fu Rong tried to modify her past and distort her present, but failed."
"It was a spurt of blood! The nose was spurting blood, and the ears, eyes, and mouth were all squirting. I was screaming and it was so painful to watch." Guy Gardner gloated.
"I didn't see..." The little blue man's old lady turned to Harley, a look of regret appeared on her old and shriveled face, "I thought Harley Quinn would be cruelly played by him, just like 3 billion years ago.
He did that to us."
"Since you know him so well and know that he has the ability to be almost omniscient, why do you still want to escape? Can you escape?
If you stay, and more than a thousand guardians use the power of the mind to cooperate with Harley to pull the troubled people out of the river of time, the crisis will be over by now." Kyle sighed.
"If he hides in the shadow space in time, where there is no time and no rules, he will not be able to play with our lives, and he may even be suppressed by us again.
It’s a shame that evil has been targeting us for a long time, and he has a time clone that has been guarding the edge of the super black hole in sector 0, so we have fallen into a trap.”
The old lady with the little blue man’s tone was full of regret, “I didn’t even know who Harley Quinn was before.
Even though I had a few chats with Simon and Becky, I thought she was just a once-in-a-century ‘contemporary hero’.
In our era, Chudeng Huirong was the strongest existence, and no one could compete with him head-on.
Gods and demons were no different from ants in front of him.
I would never have imagined that a mortal could now withstand his most powerful killing move..."
Having said this, she looked at Harry with complicated eyes, "You have been turning on the 'River of Time Stability Guarantee' before, why are you turning it off now?"
Harry said calmly: "Not today, it was closed after the multi-dimensional restart.
There are countless parallel universes in the multiverse, and each universe has entities that can interfere with the river of time, such as prophecies and time travel.
If I continue to turn on the "River of Time Stability Guarantee", I may be interrupted thousands of times per minute, which will be extremely annoying.
Now I only provide timeline stability guarantee for the earth.
My relationship with the earth is too close to be severed.
If it were an alien planet other than the Earth, what happens there would have almost no impact on me, and I wouldn’t care, and I don’t need to care.”
The old lady with the little blue man looked bitter, but said nothing.
Kyle asked again: "Harley, you just said that your timeline was twisted into a rope and separated from the river of time.
Does this mean the same thing as giving up the stability guarantee of the universe’s timeline?”
He previously thought that the timeline separation mentioned by Harley meant giving up stability, but now she said that she had given up security long ago. Apparently he had just understood it wrong.
"It makes no difference to you. I separated my timeline from the river of time in the main universe, just to prevent evil from touching my timeline.
In the past, he would fail and cause backlash.
Now don't talk about trying to distort my reality, he can't even see my timeline." Harley smiled.
Kyle was confused, "What's the point? He can't distort your reality anyway, just so that you won't be disturbed?"
"If it were anyone else, and they suffered continuous backlash, they would never dare to distort my timeline again. If they were rational people, they would not try it at all after knowing that I have the ability to stabilize the timeline.
But Fu Rong is a freak.
He is not the strongest enemy I have ever encountered, but he is the controller of white light, has extremely strong recovery ability, is also psychopathic, and loves to play with other people's lives..."
Harley glanced at the corpse of the little blue man on the ground, "Well, now I understand that distorting reality is not only a hobby, he can also extract emotional roots from it.
You need to gather the Seven Lamp Rings as an energy source to condense the white light.
He is somewhat similar to the lamp beast in that he can directly extract emotional power from the emotional activities of life.
Kyle, you have to be careful, his white light realm seems to be a level higher than yours."
Kyle hesitated and said: "Don't talk about the realm, I don't know how long it will take to master the full set of seven lantern skills.
Alas, now that I have lost your protection, what should I do?"
Harley lowered her head and glanced at the old lady, the little blue man, and said with certainty: "The disaster did not distort their reality.
If their history is changed, they will not continue to stay in the black ball, they will not leave corpses, and they will not remember to come back to me for help."
"Really?" Kyle squatted down and asked, "Palco, has your life been changed?"
Old Mrs. Palco hesitated for a while, then slowly shook her head and said, "It seems not."
Mrs. Palco smiled bitterly and said: "Judging from the results, it seems that he just pulled me into a time fragment, which contains my whole life, but my experiences and feelings in it are no different from the real ones."
"I can be 100% sure that his distorted reality has not replaced the real reality. As long as the reality is slightly distorted, I can at least detect it." Harley said.
"What does that mean?" Kyle asked.
Harley was unsure: "Maybe it's due to cost considerations, or maybe he really doesn't have enough strength.
In short, he is currently just torturing people with the illusion of time to gain emotional energy.
If you keep this in mind, even if you are targeted by him in the future, you can use your firm will to fight against his distortion of reality."
Kyle was lost in thought.
Guy Gardner forced a flattering smile and said, "Harry, can you add me to the 'timeline insurance list'?
You see, the little blue man's spiritual power is so strong, he has defeated him.
I'm not afraid of death, but I don't want to experience the humiliation of having my life played against me."
"Well, let's do this." Harley thought for a while and said, "When you encounter disaster, just stick to your thoughts and recall the scene with me in your mind."
"Then you can sense something and help us stabilize the timeline?" Gagardner asked.
"As long as he distorts your past, the scene where you get along with me will change. The change of scene means that my timeline is also touched.
When the time comes, I will take action selectively and decide whether to help you stabilize the 'real reality'." Harley nodded.
"Why do we need to be selective?" Gai asked doubtfully.
"If Firong plays with the Guardian's life, and the Guardian occupies a large proportion in your life, you will definitely be implicated... By the way, did you feel when Firong distorted my timeline before?
The fragmentation of reality?
Just like a mirror broken into millions of pieces, there is a different version of yourself in each piece." Harley asked curiously.
Kyle nodded quickly and said, "Yes, my life has also been twisted into millions of pieces."
Gai Gardner said awkwardly: "I just felt uncomfortable, I didn't see any broken glass."
"Me too." John said.
"I don't feel anything." Kilowog muttered as he scratched his head.
The expressions of the other old green lights became more relaxed.
Harley continued the previous topic and said: "If the evil had not taken action against you, your reality might have been slightly adjusted because other people's timelines were distorted.
I won't take action at this time, I just wish that those troublemaking little blue people would be unlucky.
If I try so hard and end up helping them indirectly, I will die from my heartache.
By letting you recall your experiences with me in your mind, I can pinpoint the period of my distorted reality and determine who was the victim of the disaster.
For example, if you were bitten by the Black Lantern female corpse, I would help you find a demon nurse.
When you recall this memory, in the picture of my life, the picture of "When the black light comes at night, I will take you to cure the disease" will become more vivid and eye-catching.
Among the many pictures of the lake, this one is the most conspicuous, and since there are only you and me in the picture, I immediately judged that something was wrong with you."
"Oh, I understand." Guy Gardner suddenly understood.
"The Guardians of the Universe are dead, so you don't have to hold grudges against them anymore." Old Mrs. Palco whispered.
Harry was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "They have no emotions, are not afraid of death or pain, and with Fu Rong's fun-loving personality, 80% will not kill them easily."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. After today, Maltus will be completely reduced to history." The old lady said painfully.
Harry endured it for a while, and then swallowed back the words "You deserve it, God has eyes, and you will not be punished" that rushed to your throat.
"Is this black ball a black hole? What is its relationship with the previous lantern prison?" she asked.
The old lady said slowly: "Its technical principle is very different from that of a black hole. If you are not interested in scientific research, you can simply understand it as a black hole compressed from the planet Maltus.
Together, we, the remnants of Maltus, form the 'Shadow Cabinet'.
As our residence, you can also call it the 'Shadow Cabinet'.
The name comes from the space we live in - the shadow dimension, an 'extra-universe space' located within the universe."
"If it's outside the universe, how can it be inside the universe?" Gai said in confusion.
"Using the analogy of your earthlings' painting art, on a piece of white paper, in addition to the painting itself, there must be blank space. It is impossible for the entire paper to be filled with paintings."
Kyle Rayner, an artist, painter, and master of comic illustration, immediately disagreed: "Many paintings have no blank space at all, such as oil paintings, which often require several layers of color."
The old lady said: "I'm just using a metaphor. Our multiverse is like a picture, drawn on white paper. The meaningless blank space on the paper is the shadow cabinet.
Even the meaningless blank space is part of the whole painting, so it is within the universe.
But it is also a blank white paper, with nothing in it, and it belongs outside the universe, without laws or matter."
After a pause, and after everyone had finished digesting this information, the old blue man continued: "In the 3 billion years of the shadow space, we have been living in the shadow cabinet, and the prison is placed inside the 'black ball'.
When the Guardians decide to create a third legion, they will put us in prison together with the 'Black Ball'.
The black ball is a black hole, and the prison is an energy state structure. They are not the same, but they are both space structures and can accommodate each other."
"It is indeed the technological crystallization of a super civilization. It can reach directly to the 'foundation of the universe'. It's really amazing." Harley praised it and asked: "What are your plans now?"
"What about you? Will you hunt down the bad guys?" The old lady looked at her eagerly, her eyes full of expectation.
"I want to return to Earth. The disaster is not my responsibility, and I can't catch him. Or, is there any way you can force him to have a fight to the death with me?" Harley asked.
The old lady's face changed several times and she said, "Can we go to the earth with you?"
"To take refuge?" Harry asked strangely.
The old lady nodded with difficulty, "The bad guys are hunting us, there are only five of us left..."
"Hey, Lord Guardian, you have gone to Earth to take refuge. Who will guide us to rebuild the Legion and fight against the evil? Stay, the Green Lantern Corps needs you, and we can't do without you." Chicken-headed Lantern Thomas Tucci said urgently
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Harley glanced at him. The twenty-five-year-old boy who used to be disgusted with looked at him now. He looked particularly lovable now!
"No, we are not the Guardians of the Universe." The old lady of the little blue man seemed to be particularly concerned about the term "Guardian", waving her hands to clear the relationship and saying: "Not all Martus people are 'Guardians of the Universe', we belong to 'Shadow Cabinet', we didn't cut off emotions, we still retained humanity."
"We just need a sage with feelings and humanity like you to be our guardian." Tomato even had a pleading look on his face.
"Of more than 1,500 of our clansmen, only five of us were killed by the bandits. What else do you expect us to do?" After scanning the circle of miserable-looking skeletons around her, the corners of the old lady's eyes became wet again.
John Stewart said: "Palco suffered a sudden change, and his mental and physical condition is very bad. We will talk about the Green Lantern Guardian later.
Besides, what can we do if we stay in Oa? Let’s go back to Earth to recuperate.”
Tomato thought for a while, but did not object, and just asked: "What about the central energy battery?"
"The central battery was destroyed by the Guardians long ago." Legion Commander Sarak sighed.
Tomato was surprised, "When? I didn't feel it..."
"You didn't feel it, but I did. After the central battery received the self-destruct command, I quickly used the authority of the legion commander to cut off the connection between the light ring and the central battery."
Speaking of this, Sarlac glanced at Harley and Kyle with a complicated look, "Fortunately, when the Green Lantern Corps was rebuilt, the Guardians were deprived of their absolute control over the central furnace.
Otherwise, we won't even be able to use the light ring and will be directly assimilated by the blue monster."
Speaking of the blue monster, Kyle thought of the tens of thousands of Green Lantern teammates who died unjustly. He turned to Harley and asked, "Have you been here long ago? Long before the Lantern turned into the blue monster."
"That's right, I arrived in Oa more than half an hour earlier than you all." Harley guessed what he was thinking, and before he could ask why he didn't show up in time to turn the tide, she sneered: "But don't expect me to come out. Rescue.
You have personally experienced what happened at that time.
The Guardians had already planned it, and their rhetoric to smear the blue monster as the submojo virus was very logical and clear, and even had hundreds of Green Lanterns as witnesses.
To stop their conspiracy, they can only rely on one thing - the trust of the Green Lantern Corps.
It’s a pity that they don’t even believe you, what can I do if I come out?”
"Hey, why don't they believe us?" Kyle sighed and said in a low mood: "I didn't completely deny the Guardians. I just took the potion to the earth for testing. Am I not willing to wait for a few hours?"
Sarak patted him on the shoulder, "We always trust you and Hal. They have just joined the Legion and they lack understanding of you."
Natu lowered his head, face flushed, feeling embarrassed and guilty.
She did not support Kyle at that time, but instead spoke for the Guardian as an "expert".