The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning
Chapter 279 The Demise of Oa
On the barren, rocky surface of the asteroid, Shazam briefly rested, leaning against the protruding rock edges.
Despite managing to suppress the nausea churning in her chest, her face remained deathly pale.
The blessing of the six gods can grant him strength, endurance, and magical resistance comparable to the gods, but it cannot make up for his lack of experience in deep space travel.
Shazam couldn't fathom how Li Zhen so effortlessly endured the irrational torment of faster-than-light travel that tore through spacetime.
Li Zhenli stood to the side, lightly tapping the mother box projection with her fingertips.
He glanced at the listless Shazam out of the corner of his eye and roughly estimated the other's limit.
"The next phase will be divided into three leaps."
Li Zhen retrieved the mother box and examined the asteroid's environment.
Extremely desolate; most places in the universe where one can settle down are usually like this.
"Land and rest after each section; don't push yourself too hard."
Shazam breathed a long sigh of relief upon hearing this.
"Thanks, buddy. I really doubt even Hercules could handle this kind of experience." The pace slowed down for the rest of the voyage.
Li Zhen precisely controlled the distance of each jump, without even demanding the jump speed at the extreme state.
Each time it lands, it selects a stable asteroid or meteorite belt as a resting point.
Two breaks allowed Shazam's condition to steadily improve, completely eliminating his initial dizziness and weakness.
During breaks, one can even curiously observe the dark, vast, and star-studded deep space of the universe.
This steady approach, though it took a little longer, kept both of them in good condition throughout.
When the final jump ended and he smoothly exited the time-space tunnel, Shazam was full of energy and no longer felt the same as he had at the beginning.
"This should be the star system."
For the last time, Li Zhen hovered Shazam in the void.
Raise your hand to activate the mother box, and a pale red light screen unfolds, rapidly refreshing dense coordinate data and star map.
According to all the records left by the Justice League, Oa is located in the center of the universe and is the headquarters fortress of the Green Lantern Corps.
The entire planet was enveloped in eternal green energy, its light stretching across the cosmos and clearly visible even from tens of thousands of light-years away, making it one of the most striking and iconic stars in the entire universe. But now, all that could be seen was boundless darkness, with scattered interstellar dust drifting coldly. Not only was the iconic, dazzling green light nowhere to be seen, but not even a single formed planet.
The entire star field was deathly silent, with no systematic energy fluctuations other than cosmic radiation.
It is completely different from the bustling and dazzling cosmic hub described in the documents.
Shazam's relaxed expression stiffened.
"Something's not right, where's Ou A Xing? Shouldn't the sky be filled with green light? Why is there nothing here?"
Li Zhen lowered his head and repeatedly checked the coordinates, star field parameters, and gravitational trajectory, making three consecutive calibrations, and the results were exactly the same.
"The coordinates are perfectly correct; we are not off-target."
"Search separately, keeping the search area within ten light-years, and maintain uninterrupted communication."
Li Zhen had a bad feeling, but she held back from saying anything until she saw it for herself.
"clear!"
Shazam nodded in response, his body crackling with electricity as he transformed into a streak of red light and sped off towards the star field to the left.
Li Zhen then turned around and explored deep space to the right. The two of them circled the vicinity, one on the left and one on the right. The universe was vast and boundless, with interstellar dust drifting slowly in the darkness, accompanied only by lifeless meteorites and cold celestial bodies.
Just as Li Zhen finished her search and was about to expand the search area, Shazam's urgent and terrified screams suddenly burst from the communication device.
"What the hell is this?!"
Li Zhen immediately turned around and headed towards Shazam's location.
What came into view next made Li Zhen's heart sink suddenly.
In the void ahead, a massive meteorite fragment floated silently, its size comparable to the moon. It was entirely gray, its surface covered with countless cracks and fissures, and its edges were jagged.
The entire fragment was dim and lifeless, but both of them possessed extraordinary eyesight and could vaguely detect what appeared to be some artificial traces on this meteorite that should have been wild.
Shazam hovered in front of the wreckage, his eyes filled with disbelief. He slowly turned his head, his voice trembling.
"...Do you think this thing could be Oa Star? There doesn't seem to be any bigger rock around here."
Li Zhen did not respond immediately, but flew straight toward the meteorite until she landed on the surface of the thick, hard fragment.
Some things were not very clear; there was a lack of starlight here, and he could not be sure what those angular marks were.
Boom! A slap was delivered towards the dark boulder in front, and a dull shockwave swept outwards along the surface of the fragments. Thick layers of rock debris exploded, and dust and rubble scattered and floated in the vacuum.
The surface rock was completely broken open, revealing the buried remains underneath.
After removing the soil and rubble, rows of neatly constructed architectural ruins are revealed.
With its angular alloy framework, unique building materials with residual energy patterns, and relics of a civilization far surpassing Earth's technological level, it boasts a distinctive style.
The truth is already clear to the two of them, unless they've gone to the wrong place.
Shazam landed beside Li Zhen, looking at the devastated ruins, his lips trembling slightly, unable to speak for a moment.
Li Zhen's face was ashen. He took out the mother box again and recorded the gravitational data, material composition, and spatial trajectory of the fragment into it.
The pale red light and shadow rapidly processed the data, and the pre-programmed compiler on the skeleton transformed the obscure cosmic parameters into intuitive text that the two could understand.
[Target celestial body: Oa (confirmed match)]
Damage level: 99.99%
[Structure Origin: Unknown Error]
[Current situation: The main body has completely disintegrated. This fragment is a remnant of the high-speed ejection after the explosion.] The entire Oa Star was blown to pieces by something unknown.
The once-mighty Green Lantern Fortress, the core headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps, has been completely wiped out from this sea of stars, leaving only this lonely remnant, silently telling the story of its destruction.
Shazam stared blankly at the text on the screen.
"Completely blown to pieces... Then, where did Hal go?"
Li Zhen stood silently on the ruins. After a few seconds, she looked up at the desolate starry sea, feeling equally confused.
First, he was ambushed and nearly perished; then Batman mysteriously disappeared without a trace; and now even Oa, which has stood in the universe for countless years and has never fallen, has been quietly destroyed and blown to ashes.
What puzzled Li Zhen the most was Tianqixing's attitude.
Before he conquered Apokolips and killed Wyman, he had a brief conversation with Disad, who, as Darkseid's core confidant, could not possibly be unaware of such a major operation.
If the destruction of Oa was caused by Apokolips, Desad wouldn't have remained silent about it before his death.
In her previous life, Li Zhen was the least interested in Green Lantern Corps publications.
He had no idea which events were involved, nor what far-reaching consequences would follow.
Even after arriving in this universe and living there for a while, he wasn't really that familiar with Green Lantern Hal, and they rarely communicated. But for some reason, seeing Oars's miserable state still made Li Zhen feel a bit depressed.
"Thinking about these things now is useless."
Shazam, on the other hand, was the first to lift his spirits and then persuaded Lee Jung, who had been depressed since discovering the destruction of Oa Star.
"The Green Lantern Corps members are scattered throughout the universe. The destruction of headquarters does not mean that everyone is dead."
"Let's search some more; there might be survivors nearby in this star field."
Li Zhen slowly came to her senses, suppressed the chaotic speculations in her mind, and nodded heavily.
There's no point in dwelling on conspiracies right now; finding the survivors and figuring out the exact time and truth behind Ou'a Star's demise are the most urgent tasks.
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