RNP Chapter 808 The Death of the First Lantern Man, but Not Completely Dead, Even Greater
Chapter 808 The Death of the First Lantern Man, but Not Completely Dead, Even Greater
Chapter 808 The Death of the First Lantern Man, But Not Completely Dead, an Even Greater Mystery
Superman the Supreme decided to end this farce. He shot a heat beam at the first Lantern Knight not far away, trying to stop him from rushing into the portal again and beginning his endless journey of suffering.
But Batman Dragon stopped him once again.
He turned his head and saw the other person grabbing his arm, then gave a dangerous smile:
"Let go. The first Genie is consuming the energy from the Cosmic Tuning Fork; that's all my energy."
"No, don't let yourself get carried away, Superman, take another look."
Chen Tao said, "The energy hasn't decreased at all, did you notice?"
Even the Supreme Little Superman calmed down for a moment.
He finally discovered the truth... it was true.
Just now, the first Lantern Knight went back once, but the old Calamity, not believing in evil, went back again.
Logically speaking, they must have all appeared at the right time and then swung their swords to strike. Even if nothing was accomplished in the end, their energy should have been depleted as well.
But no, nothing disappeared, everything still exists.
"This is……"
"The people of Earth 15 are dead," Chen Tao said. "They have returned to the embrace of death, do you understand? Eternal annihilation, they will never return."
He said, "I only now realize that I interfered with the history of Earth-15. I always thought that it was my existence that led to the possible salvation of Earth-15, thus triggering the paradox."
But in fact, the paradox wasn't caused by being "saved," but rather by the fact that "the original scourge died before it could escape Earth for 15 days."
"The death of Earth 15 is a done deal. No matter how much energy is used to cut it, it's impossible to sever this piece of history from the trans-temporal flow, because this history never existed in the first place!"
"It's like sharing oranges. You can share oranges with as many people as you want, but you can't share them with the air."
"So," Chen Tao said, "let him keep trying. He's trying something he can't do, and he'll never stop until he reaches the end of the road."
Chen Tao said, "He will die on the road of fighting desperately, on the road of chasing his hometown, until his death."
He pressed down on the Supreme Superman's shoulder: "You don't need to kill a dying man. Let him die on his way to his goal, otherwise all of this..."
“Otherwise, all of this would be too cruel,” he said. “Since he can’t change anything anyway, why won’t you show him some mercy?”
Supreme Little Superman stared at Chen Tao.
Chen Tao was genuinely afraid that Superman would become reckless and, in a fit of rage, insist on fighting Lampman No. 1 right now.
Come on, he's almost driven mad by his fate, and most importantly, even if he's insane, he still holds the reins of the universe's tuning fork.
If you push him too far, he'll use all his power to unleash the crisis energy of a tuning fork and make you behave. Who says the crisis energy of a tuning fork can only be used to restart the universe and not to hit people?
Since the Supreme Little Superman did not respond, Chen Tao immediately pressed his advantage and chose a slightly risky method of persuasion.
"He wants to go home. Even if that hope is slim, we should at least let him die with hope, right? Die with hope, rather than leave in despair."
"Chen Tao said. Then he looked at the face of the Supreme Little Superman, waiting for his response, hoping that the response would be the one he wanted.
Superman also wanted to go home; he wanted to return to the Origin Universe. But unlike Lantern Man Number One, Superman was able to return to the Origin Universe at the end of the Final Crisis if Chen Tao hadn't interfered.
As a world that was also destroyed in history but preserved in the timeline, the Origin Universe did not involve the Green Lantern Corps and the Time Trapped like Earth-15, thus avoiding becoming a crucial historical juncture. Therefore, it was not taken away by the Death Sister of the Infinity Family.
Even so, the desire to go home is shared, and Chen Tao hopes that Supreme Little Superman can empathize with him because of this, and he can be considered one of them.
Successful.
Supreme Little Superman slowly nodded.
"Okay," he said.
"Consider it an act of compassion on my part."
Chen Tao watched as the first Lantern Knight disappeared behind the portal of light, his shouts seemingly echoing in his ears.
This time, he didn't come back for several minutes.
Is this...right?
Chen Tao almost doubted his own judgment, wondering if the world they were in was about to collapse and the timeline was about to be reset.
He was a little stunned, but the next second, he saw...
One of the first Lantern Knights emerged from the portal once again.
He really is a bit too old. This time, he's not wearing the somewhat aged face of the future Batman, Terry, but rather his own original Lantern.
The once vibrant, seven-colored veins on his translucent body now appeared faded, and the translucent body could not conceal the wrinkles on his face.
He was utterly defeated.
Chen Tao stepped forward.
"Are you alright? You seem a bit off. Do you need any help?" ×2
Chen Tao had barely opened his mouth to speak when the other person immediately said the opposite, indicating that this scene had happened many times before.
But in the end, nothing changed, right? Chen Tao was a little unsure what to say, but before he could continue, he heard the old man, no, now he should be called the first Lantern Knight, the only first Lantern Knight, say:
"I understand. You want me dead."
Holy crap, you found it right away? That's amazing, that fast!
Chen Tao was still mentally preparing his response when he heard the First Lantern Knight say:
"Go to hell, you bastard! I will never give in to you!"
He stood up again, staggering as he did so.
He glared, his hateful gaze fixed on Chen Tao's face:
"You'll regret this, I curse you! You'll experience all the pain I'm going through now, you'll never get what you want, you'll always end up with nothing, just like me! Hahaha, hahaha!"
He let out several inhuman wails, and Chen Tao was horrified by his sudden curse.
He understood nothing. The first Genie hadn't revealed anything to him, and he had no idea what terrible things his future self might have done to the first Genie.
He was completely baffled; suddenly, the hatred that the first Genie felt towards him was about to explode.
And in the depths of his being, he always felt that fate, at this very moment, had also penned a poem, creating a future that was gradually beginning to solidify.
The first Lantern Knight flew into the portal again. Chen Tao couldn't understand why, even though he was so old, he was still so determined to run into the portal and utter such a curse.
Then he came out again.
This time, he looked even older and more frightening. He was almost paralyzed on one side. Chen Tao saw that his lower body had disappeared, indicating that he had suffered some kind of extremely serious injury.
In an instant, Chen Tao sensed all sorts of chaotic forces on the wound. There was everything, and he was overwhelmed by what he saw. The small wound was covered with the remnants of various forces left by others.
Do you pick up customers one by one, or do you serve multiple customers at once?
"My time is running out."
Chen Tao heard him say that.
"I've come to say goodbye."
You just scolded me, are you joking about saying goodbye now?
Chen Tao noticed that the sword in the hand of the first Lantern Knight was now wreathed in some energy.
This energy was somewhat attracting his attention, and it felt very familiar to him...
The World Forger? No, it doesn't seem like they stabbed the World Forger in the back directly. Although Chen Tao really hoped that would happen, the concentration of the World Forger's power here wasn't high enough.
If Genie A.E. really stabbed the World Maker, the surface should be filled with his sixth-dimensional energy.
There's another way that could create this kind of residual mark, like the blood left on a sword after someone has just been killed...
In other words, before returning with half his body severed, the first Genie killed at least one or more creations of the World Builder by swinging his sword, similar to...
Like Heroes' Day?
"Damn it, did you kill Hero Day in the future?" Chen Tao thought anxiously, but upon closer inspection, he felt it didn't seem likely.
Even if a world-forging creation as powerful as Hero Day were to be killed, the remaining mark should be a long, thin line, like a sword slit in the throat, leaving only a red dot on the tip of the blade after the kill. It wouldn't be so long, like something pulled from a pool of blood.
The more Chen Tao looked, the more he realized, "Wait, what kind of serial killer are you?"
The first Lantern must have slaughtered an entire planet-sized World Maker creation. But why would a World Maker create an entire planet of fake creatures for no reason?
From this, we can deduce that...
Chen Tao's mind raced for a moment, and his clever brain quickly came up with a guess. But this guess made him feel a chill, and even saddened him for the first Lantern Knight.
"etc."
He saw the First Lantern about to turn back into the portal, and Chen Tao felt a pang of pity. He had a vague feeling that no matter what happened to the First Lantern behind the portal, when he came out again, he…
He's probably really going to die.
"You don't need to try anymore," Chen Tao said. "What I mean is, I don't know what happened, but you don't need to go in there. Your pursuit of all this doesn't have to end in death."
Chen Tao said, "I don't understand. Maybe all of this isn't that important. It's not worth risking your life for!"
He knew as soon as he said it that it was useless. Chen Tao was good at manipulating others, but even so, he could not ignore the facts.
Fabricating and creating false facts takes time, and coincidentally, one of the things he lacks most right now is time.
"No need, Bat."
"The first Lantern Man said."
"I can't say too much to you, as that would cause history to fluctuate again, or even be changed."
"But... please accept my gift."
The first Genie said, "This is the last thing I can do for you."
He rushed into the portal once again, but this time he rushed out again after only three seconds.
Half of his body was rotten, but his lower body, which had disappeared before, mysteriously reappeared.
He stood there, sword in hand, a smile on his face that was both mad and divine, like a noble martyr.
"I'm going to die, bat, I'm going to die."
He said, "I am returning the sword to you specifically to complete the historical cycle."
He said, "I'm willing. You know what? I've found a way to see my mother. My real mother, not a fake one."
In an instant, Chen Tao knew what the first Lantern Knight was going to do, and he also knew what his so-called method was.
"Death," Chen Tao said.
"Embrace death."
Only the dead can meet with the dead...
Chen Tao slightly turned his head away.
He sensed that some eyes were secretly watching everything before him, but then again, it seemed like there weren't any.
He was filled with doubt.
Is this really just his imagination?
He then turned to look at the first Lantern Knight.
"Yes," said the first Lantern.
"I am going to die."
"I will drink a cup of coffee that will never be finished, I will read a book that will never be finished on the beach, and I will have unlimited time to reunite with my family in the eternal kingdom. This is my compensation, my reward for my hard work."
The first Lantern Knight spoke in a chant-like voice:
"And you, Batman Dragon. You only deserve to continue struggling in this mortal world." His eyes revealed a mocking look, which seemed to be both relieved and gloating.
"You can only push the boulder up again and again; this is my curse upon you. You can never and never want to be like me. You don't deserve it."
"Wait, what does this mean? Is Hero Day still alive in the future? Why did you die? What happened during the Multiverse Convergence? That thing that exists outside of all timelines—"
Chen Tao hated guys who would stop halfway through their sentences, but the death of the first Lantern Knight was inevitable.
His expression began to glaze over. He collapsed to the ground with a thud. Chen Tao rushed over and lifted his head slightly.
"Mom...I...I've come to see you...I've finally found...a way to see you."
As the first Lantern Man said this, his body began to crack inch by inch, witnessed by Chen Tao and the Supreme Superman.
Utterly and completely annihilated.
Chen Tao stared blankly at the dust on his hands.
Watching them drift away, dancing wildly in the wind like fish and dragons, in the empty space illuminated by unfinished words.
Dancing wildly.
The first Lantern Knight.
Your story.
This moment marks the end.
Fate has witnessed it.
In any case, the first Lantern was finally not separated from his mother and his hometown.
They are all dead.
In some ways, this is a good ending.
……
……
……
The World Forger stared intently at the sword that had reappeared in Batman Dragon's hand.
Hey, the sword is back.
So it's time to take it back into our own hands.
(End of this chapter)