Martin Variety in American Comics.

Chapter 601 Be Smarter in Your Next Life (Please subscribe, follow, and vote!)
"You've messed things up like this, and now you're asking me what to do? Is that reasonable?"

Martin almost laughed out of anger.

He had clearly warned the Green Lantern Corps of the dangers posed by the robotic hunters, yet they still let things escalate to the worst possible point.

Hal controlled the green light energy to create a turret, from which countless green light rays automatically spewed forth a dense barrage of fire.

"Sigh! There's nothing I can do."

"The members of the Green Lantern Corps are kind, enthusiastic, and quite capable, but they are a bit arrogant. They are used to looking at everything around them through the lens of the Green Lantern Corps' rules, and these rules do indeed work for most situations in the universe."

“Darkseid and his Book of Revelation have been among the very few in the universe since their birth, and they are at the very top of the pyramid.”

Martin placed his fighter behind the turret that Hal had built and offered a scathing critique of the Green Lantern Corps' tactics.

If anyone else had criticized Hal Green Lantern in this way, they would have argued with them to get to the bottom of things, and might even have resorted to violence.

But he had no confidence whatsoever in front of Martin.

Theoretically speaking, Hal is definitely not qualified, even though he is a proper university graduate and a pilot.

But American universities and the military don't teach this kind of thing, and the Green Lantern Corps' approach might not be convincing to Martin.

More importantly, Ion Shark, as the core of the Green Lantern Corps, is very close to Martin.

Even Hal was able to quickly become friends with Ion Shark thanks to Martin's introduction.

He cleared the surrounding robot hunters away and said helplessly, "The Green Lantern Corps has the word 'corps' in its name, but it doesn't actually have any soldiers. All Green Lanterns are equivalent to officers on Earth. Although they are equal on Oa, they also have many supporters and are leaders in the vast galaxy."

"Furthermore, the Guardians did not provide a detailed explanation of the Green Lantern Corps' ideology, only outlining moral guidelines. This has led to different understandings of how to enforce the Green Lantern Corps' order."

"No wonder Abin Sue and Sinestro, the two leaders of the Green Lantern Corps, both ran into trouble one after the other. It turns out the problem started with the Guardians."

The former secretly created the Green Lantern Tribe behind the back of the Rhythm Legion, while the latter directly launched an armed rebellion and established the Yellow Lantern Legion.

The Guardians who control the Green Lantern Corps are completely unaware of the former's actions and powerless to stop the latter's rebellion.

If Hal hadn't appeared out of nowhere and sent Sinestro into the antimatter universe, the Green Lantern Corps would probably have been embroiled in a long civil war.

Hal gave an awkward smile, unable to comment.

Martin didn't press Hal further, instead saying, "I, the Machine Hunter, am arrogant all day long, saying that the Guardians betrayed them. But that doesn't change the fact that these people are just robots."

"All their actions follow a fixed logic, passing from the core to the periphery layer by layer. As long as we find the original group of machine hunters and kill them, the outer tin men will naturally be paralyzed."

"So simple?"

Hal was quite surprised, not expecting the solution to be so simple.

Martin rolled his eyes: "Even if the Guardians destroyed all the data related to the machine hunters, didn't you study mechanical engineering? At the very least, you can turn on the artificial intelligence in your Green Lantern ring and let it assist you."

Hal made two "oh oh" sounds and then fell silent.

In this respect, he is an old-fashioned type, preferring to rely on his own experience rather than focusing his energy on using all sorts of novel things.

"Up!"

Martin roared, accelerating his fighter jet to near-light speed, unleashing full deflection shield firepower, and plunging headlong into the battlefield occupied by the machine hunters.

"Enemy detected approaching!"

"Deadly force use authorization activated. Eliminate the enemy! Eliminate the enemy!"

"Machine hunters, move out! Destroy the Intergalactic Court and avenge the Green Lantern Corps for betraying us!"

The machine hunter's system echoed with emotionally charged words that sounded no different from those of a human.

But the metal-clad people at the very front, like wild animals, will react to external stimuli, but that's about it.

"They dare to get involved in something like this. Apocalypse's new plan, they must be tired of living."

Martin remained unfazed as the machine hunters surged towards him, letting their beams strike the fighter's deflector shields, creating ripples of blue light.

Hal followed closely behind Martin, and seeing his audacity, quickly used his energy to create a new shield around the fighter jet.

"God, you're really reckless, charging ahead all by yourself. You didn't even bring the slightest bit of protection. What am I supposed to do if something happens?"

"Since I dared to do this, I have made full preparations."

Martin dismissed Hal's concerns and unleashed his full firepower, adjusting the fighter's four laser cannons to two sweeping surfaces, blasting all the tin men in his path to pieces.

He would go wherever there were many people.

The machine hunters frantically sent reinforcements to the front lines, trying to fill the gaps in the defensive zone.

El followed closely behind Martin, watching his frenzied offensive. His heart pounded as he tried to create a defense for Martin, while simultaneously clearing away the approaching robot hunters.

"You're clearly out of control, acting recklessly and only thinking about rushing forward. It doesn't seem like you have a plan at all."

Martin launched a proton torpedo, and in the violent energy impact, all the metal shields in front of him turned to ashes. He also took the opportunity to break through the outer defenses and enter the core of the machine hunter's defense system.

After completing the raid, he said to Hal, "The machine hunters always boast about how smart they are. But in reality, they are no different from humans, and all the technology they use is just inherited from the Guardians."

"They have the same flaws as humans, and even more so. They are so arrogant that they value their own lives too much, and when arranging troops, their first priority is to ensure their own safety."

"Therefore, we don't need to develop any high-tech detection methods. As long as the defense is strong, we can just rush towards it. The core of the machine hunter must be there."

Hal was stunned.

This is a very simple principle; anyone who understands the concept of "seeking advantage and avoiding harm" can grasp this point.

"How can a machine hunter, who is a well-known law enforcer in the universe, act so lowly?"

"If these people could think more advancedly, they wouldn't leave all the matters of sector 666 to the Guardians."

"These tin men claim to be intelligent beings, but they refuse to take responsibility for what they've done. Apart from the technology they possess, they are utterly useless."

Martin's view on artificial intelligence has always been that it is a useful tool, but if it can truly evolve some kind of self-will, it will only be a second human.

If humans can create things that are beyond their imagination, then all the questions in the universe will be explained.

But this is clearly impossible. Therefore, no matter how much artificial intelligence evolves, it will at most reach the same level as humans. "We've found them!"

Ma Ying charged into the core detection radar array of the Machine Hunter defense line and quickly detected a warship from Apokolips.

"Hal, use all your strength to attack that spaceship. We can't let them get away."

Hal answered "yes," raised his right hand, and the green light ring shone brightly, instantly materializing four or five warships that surrounded the Apokolips warship and launched a fierce attack, with various cannons, missiles, and beams raining down on it as if they were free.

Martin did not join the first wave of attacks; he remained on the perimeter, observing the situation.

Seeing the tin men on the outside begin to move inward, attempting to rescue the warship, they confirmed that the core of the machine hunters was on that side.

"Hal, in your name, summon all the military forces of the Interstellar Court to attack here and stop the Ironhide Men on the outskirts from returning to reinforce this place."

"Get ready, I'm going to storm this warship."

"and many more!"

Before Hal could react, he saw the X-wing fighter nimbly pass through the warship materialized by the green light energy while he was still contacting the people at the Economic Court.

Martin calmly controlled the fighter jet, and with a bang, he launched a proton torpedo directly through the opening in the deflector shield torn open by the green light energy on the warship.

Boom!

In the midst of the violent explosion, Xiang Zhizi came and tore a large hole in the hull of the Weather Starship, sucking out many machine hunters and directly crushing those spacemen into iron discs.

"Martin, come back quickly, it's too dangerous for you to be alone."

"The dangerous ones are those machine hunters, not me. I have no interest in playing games with them today."

Martin coldly replied, cut off communications, and piloted his fighter jet directly into the warship. The tip of the jet pierced through the hull and embedded itself firmly inside.

The machine hunters surrounded them, their batons firing countless beams that struck the deflector shield.

Although it did not cause damage to the fighter jet itself, it restricted the aircraft's range of movement, making it difficult for it to evacuate or go elsewhere.

"Brothers, give it your all! Use even more ferocious attacks and tear this fighter jet to shreds!"

"Who does this guy think we are? Well, he dares to intrude with just a fighter jet. He really underestimates us."

"We are machine hunters who roam the universe. We must take this bastard's head off and show the Intergalactic Court and the Green Lantern Corps what we are capable of."

The robot hunters inside the warship were much more emotional than the tin men outside. They surrounded the fighter jets and spoke through gritted teeth, filled with hatred.

Such an outrageous record reminded the robot hunters of the time they were abandoned by the Green Lantern Corps guardians.

Those high and mighty guardians also made such an arrogant definition, and then they were abandoned, and even all traces of their existence were erased.

"Go, go, go!"

Under the relentless attacks of the machine hunters, the X-wing fighter's deflector shield gradually faded in color.

At that moment, the hatch opened and Martin ejected from it.

Although he did not have a lamp ring on his hand, his outstretched arms emitted a dazzling green light, each ray of light sweeping across all directions like a sharp sword.

The biased shield of the Machine Hunter was instantly destroyed by the countless green light beams.

Under the barrage of beams of light, those bodies made of special alloys gradually developed dents, tore apart, and were eventually ripped into pieces.

"Damn it, it's that Martin, we've been tricked!"

The robot hunters learned of Martin's identity through various channels.

The scene of this mysterious figure using the Green Lantern energy to defeat the new god Steppenwolf is deeply etched into the Machine Hunter's system.

These robots, which have awakened self-awareness, would recall that scene whenever they were alone, and were deeply terrified by it.

They were in a hurry to launch a rebellion for two reasons: firstly, Hal was leading the Green Lanterns in a relentless advance, and secondly, they were worried that Martin might return at any time.

So they wanted to take advantage of Martin's absence and before Green Lantern realized the seriousness of the problem to preemptively rebel and destroy the Interplanetary Tribunal.

Despite their meticulous planning, they never expected Martin to suddenly appear out of nowhere.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat! Get out of here immediately!"

The machine hunter let out a terrified cry and immediately tried to get away from Martin, completely lacking the courage to fight him.

"How can you robots be more afraid of death than humans with flesh and blood?"

Martin let out a mocking sound, but did not chase after the fleeing machine hunters.

He continued to unleash green lights, illuminating beams of light like lines of latitude and longitude, surrounding the warship.

These lines of latitude and longitude were initially quite simple, but as Martin's will hardened, the crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude became increasingly dense, eventually sealing off the space around the warship like a closed gate, cutting off the machine hunters' opportunities to operate.

Close the door and beat the dog; catch the turtle in a jar!
The robot hunter was completely taken aback by Martin's attempt to teleport out. The robot hunter was compressed by the enclosed space and eventually turned into a fist-sized iron ball, which clattered to the ground.

“Mr. Martin, we have no past grievances or recent enmity, and we have no desire to covet Earth. Must we really settle this with a life-or-death struggle?”

Martin found it amusing to hear the robot hunter's pleas for mercy.

He doesn't need to do anything. Once the space is sealed off, everything inside will be gradually compressed, eventually turning into basic particles and disappearing into the universe.

"Don't you guys think it's too late and ridiculous that you're only now begging for mercy?"

"As for having no past grievances or recent grudges, that's blatant lying. Don't you know Darkseid's covetousness for the Anti-Life Equation, don't you know the Anti-Life Equation is right here on Earth?"

“If you don’t understand, then I’ll tell you that Darkseid wants to destroy the Earth, and you are cooperating with Darkseid, so you are my enemies.”

The robots have lived for so many years without thinking about how to advance the future of their race or atone for what happened in Sector 666. Instead, they are preoccupied with their petty squabbles with the Guardians.

It's clear they weren't exactly rare talents; they willingly degenerated into mere tools, so it's no pity they were eliminated by others.

"Be smarter in your next life, think about what to do in the future, and don't always dwell on the past."

Martin left behind his final sarcastic remark as the machine hunters' curses and pleas for mercy faded away on the warship.

(End of this chapter)