American comics: Praising the sun, starting from Gotham!

Under the expectant and seductive gaze of Gansena.

Xiu En remained silent for a moment.

"oh."

He uttered this simple, almost perfunctory word.

Hal, standing next to him, nearly choked on his breath.

Is this your response to destiny? One?

"understood."

"It's just about finding the other colors of light and then beating up that dark thing called the Darkest Night. No big deal."

He accepted.

This completely indifferent attitude was more perplexing to the guardians than any impassioned oath.

Their meticulously crafted grand script, filled with a sense of sacredness and mission, seemed to have no effect on this radiant being.

In fact, Xiu En was thinking quite a lot; he was currently communicating with Ivy telepathically.

This restaurant is no good.

The sunflowers were also quietly sending messages.

The decor is certainly opulent, but look at those little blue men; they've been scanning us with their mental energy ever since we walked in. So rude!

Xiu En felt a deep sense of agreement in his heart.

Indeed, their goodwill was mixed with too many ulterior motives.

[Like a beautiful cake base, but inside it's full of preservatives and artificial flavorings. They talk about prophecy and destiny, but I can smell calculation and manipulation in their words. They want to use me as a pawn.]

Why did you agree so readily?

Why not?

Whether they use guns or not doesn't matter, the direction they're pointing is towards the table laden with new dishes, so why shouldn't we agree?

【Oh!】

Aren't you afraid they'll end up serving you up too?

Then let's see whose teeth are better.

Ganser ignored Hugh's somewhat perfunctory attitude.

For him, as long as this key piece is willing to move, then the first step of the game has already been successful.

"Very good. The entire Green Lantern Corps will provide the necessary assistance for your great journey."

His gaze shifted to the unfortunate fellow at the edge of the hall who had been trying to make himself as inconspicuous as he could have been.

Hal Jordan.

"You will serve as the Guardian Council's special liaison, accompanying and guiding this Child of Light throughout his mission to balance the spectrum. This is your honor, and your duty."

Hal felt his world turn black and white at that moment.

Accompanying? Guiding?

His lips moved as if he wanted to protest, but when he looked up and met the identical gazes of eleven other guardians who seemed to be giving orders, he swallowed back all the words he wanted to say.

"Yes, Guardian."

"Great! Let's set off now!"

Xiu En seemed more enthusiastic than anyone else.

"Dear cafeteria managers, could you please give me a copy of the menu before we leave?"

"menu?"

"All light is dangerous in nature."

The little blue man tried to steer the conversation back on track.

"You'll have to taste them for yourself. Your guide will provide you with all the necessary assistance."

After the mission briefing inside the sanctuary ended, the Guardians stared at Hal Jordan in silence.

The message conveyed in that gaze was very clear: take this trouble away, now, immediately, right away.

Hal resignedly stood up.

Twelve faint green beams shot out from their thrones and converged on Hal's ring.

In an instant, a three-dimensional star map containing millions of coordinate points was input into his ring's database.

"This is an incomplete map of spectral anomalies."

Ganser's voice rang out for the last time.

"It will guide you to all the out-of-control light. Go forth, before darkness devours everything."

The star chart marked the locations where each spectral energy was concentrated. Hal quickly glanced at it and discovered that the coordinates of the Ion Shark, representing the purest form of willpower, were not too far from Star OA.

He made a decision instantly, after all, he remembered that his initial mission was to take Xiu En to find the Ion Shark.

Our first stop will be there!

Hal grabbed Shuen's arm, and with a flash of light from the ring, the two transformed into a streak of green light and rushed out of the sanctuary.

Xiu En originally wanted to teleport directly, but since someone was there to help him, he took a shortcut.

In the silent space tunnel, Hal flew ahead, his green light forming a shield, increasing his speed as much as possible.

Xiu En, on the other hand, was connected to his back by an energy lock constructed with his willpower.

"Hey, can't you fly by yourself?"

"You can fly too, right? And you're pretty fast! You can even teleport!"

"Your scenery is too monotonous."

Xiu En watched the stars rushing past.

"It's all green and black; my eyes will get tired if I look at it for too long. I'll close my eyes and rest for a bit. Call me when we get there."

Soon after, the sight before him made Hal forget all his troubles and anxieties.

They arrived in a verdant nebula.

This nebula contains boundless energy of will!

Soft green aurora borealis stretched and danced within it.

Any Green Lantern who comes here will feel like they've come home.

And in the deepest part of that green ocean, a huge creature was slowly swimming.

It looks like a giant beast that combines the features of a whale and a shark.

Its entire body is composed of green light, with flowing radiance, and each scale is like a tiny star.

Shuen could sense that it was watching them.

When its fins gently flap, countless green light particles fall like snowflakes, creating a scene that is both sacred and magnificent.

That is the Ion Shark, a living embodiment of the spectrum of will and emotion.

"Did you see that!"

Hal forgot his wariness of Shuen and stared in fascination at the miracle before him.

"This is the source of our strength. It's a belief in living."

He turned his head and looked at Xiu En beside him with a serious expression.

His ring shone brighter than ever before at that moment, as if it were ready to burn everything and fight to the death.

"Xiu En".

"Please, whatever you wish to do, do not touch it. It is the source of the Legion's power and our totem of faith."

As he spoke, he looked nervously at Xiu En, fearing that the monster might open its mouth and bite their god at any moment.

But Shuen simply hovered there quietly.

He gazed at the ion shark swimming leisurely in the Sea of ​​Will, his eyes filled with nothing but admiration.

"It's so beautiful."

After a long while, Xiu En finally spoke those words.

The sunflower on the shoulder also poked its head out, its small flower head facing the direction of the ion shark, swaying gently, as if it were greeting it, or as if it were imitating its swimming posture.

Hal was stunned.

The ten thousand sermons he had prepared got stuck in his throat.

He rehearsed the battle countless times, imagining how he would use his last breath to stop any possible blasphemy.

Is that all?

A simple "So beautiful?"

Aren't you going to eat?

Hal asked in disbelief.

Xiu En gave him a strange look, as if he were looking at an idiot.

"Why eat it?"

He asked rhetorically.

"this……"

Hal was completely dumbfounded.

"Don't you always want to try everything you see?"

"That depends on the items."

"A bunch of lifeless metal lumps, or a bunch of aesthetically unappealing energy constructs, are eaten up. That's waste utilization, that's called environmental protection."

"But this one in front of me is alive, unlike those little blue men; it's perfect."

"I'm just a connoisseur."

"Not a starving ghost who will eat anything."

Hal gave him a strange look, as if to say, "Aren't you one of them?"

Before Hal could even react, the Ion Shark swam right up to them.

Its enormous size obscured the brilliance of the entire nebula.

It lowered its head and gently touched Xiu's forehead with its own.

Within Xiu En's consciousness, the Ion Shark sensed a will also called protection.

Like the sun.

Xiu En also sensed the other person's emotions.

After a brief contact, the ion shark slowly retreated.

Where it had just touched Xiu'en's forehead, a small cluster of green energy particles remained, condensed and undispersed, like a cluster of emerald green flames burning quietly.

The ion shark seemed to have given him a gift that represented friendship.

Having done all this, the Ion Shark flicked its tail and once again plunged into the depths of the endless Sea of ​​Will, disappearing from sight.

Hal stared blankly at the small green flame on Shuen's forehead, then looked at the nebula that had returned to calm.

He suddenly felt that his understanding and beliefs about will, guardians, and power might be flawed.

And this mysterious luminous figure before him might be closer to the essence of this power than he himself.

Xiu En raised his hand, his fingertips gently brushing against the soft light.

He could sense a structure within the energy cluster, an underlying logic about existence and execution, a complete formula.

"So that's how it is."

Xiu En thoughtfully withdrew his hand, and the cluster of green flames obediently followed his fingertips, being gently picked up and condensed into a small dewdrop between his index finger and thumb.

"Willpower is not fuel; it's more like yeast."

He spoke to himself as he looked at the tiny orb of light.

"It cannot generate enormous energy on its own, but it can catalyze and shape another, much larger form of energy."

Hal listened from the side, completely confused. All he saw was Xiu En inexplicably starting to talk about yeast and recipes.

A faint light shone behind Xiu En.

A wisp of golden crow fire quietly flowed down his arm and into the dewdrop on his fingertip.

Gold and green, two completely different forces, met.

That wisp of golden crow divine fire domineeringly enveloped the entire green dewdrop, shaping it into a specific form!

"What is this?"

Hal's eyes widened.

Intertwined golden and green light swirled and rolled at Xiu En's fingertips.

Droplets of shimmering golden liquid were squeezed out from the ball of light.

Droplets of shimmering golden liquid were squeezed out from the ball of light.

Finally, the light faded.

A ring, clear and pure as if crafted from solid gold and glass, floated on Xiu En's fingertip.

"Done."

Xiu En blew a breath.

He put the new gold ring on his middle finger.

Not too big, not too small, just right.

"What did you do?"

"You created a golden ring using your willpower and your sunlight?"

This isn't scientific! This isn't the Lantern Hero!

"Well, I guess so."

Xiu En raised his hand, admiring his new toy with great interest. The formula given by Ion Shark was very useful; it allowed him to shape his energy into a more convenient tool.

It's like pressing bulk flour into a portable compressed biscuit.