What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 502: What exactly is the anti-monitor memory that Batman stole, and is he willing to release Lantern No. himself?
I am Chen Tao.

I once thought that the Guardians of the Universe were simply a bunch of idiots. A character as dangerous as Lantern No. 1 should remain a prisoner in the Shadow Cabinet forever, and should not be given any chance to get out of the cage.

And the Guardians of the Universe were so stupid that they couldn't realize this. In the comics, they tried to use their own flesh and blood and the power of the First Lantern to create the Third Legion, an army of monsters that could replicate themselves by assimilating other creatures in the universe, and each of them looked like a silver-white skinned frog.

This thing, besides being obedient, also wants to replace the Green Lantern Corps?

Not to mention that the birth of the Third Legion directly led to the escape of the First Lantern, which was like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. No matter how powerful the First Lantern was, trying to use it was like sitting on a barrel of explosives and trying to make a fire to keep warm.

Even if I, Batman, starve to death or jump off, I will never repeat the mistakes of the Guardians of the Universe and do something as stupid as them...

Really fragrant.

Well, actually things have changed.

Chen Tao had some seemingly unreasonable thoughts in his mind. At this moment, in the Hall of Justice, he had used the powerful enough power of the purple lamp to force the first Lantern Man hidden in the Ring of Disaster in the hand of the ventriloquist to show his true form.

After the Mongo incident, the first Lantern divided his power into three parts, and only a part of it still resided in the ring that he and the magician had conspired to forge. Therefore, at this moment, he looked at Batman without fear, his eyes full of hatred.

What if Batman found out? At most, he could destroy 1/3 of his power that remained in reality. Since he had already been discovered, didn't he even have the courage to do that? As long as he still had some power that wasn't completely trapped inside the Shadow Cabinet, he would eventually be able to escape. He had survived for tens of billions of years, so the First Lantern didn't need a little more time.

Since Batman has no ability to threaten him, why bother trying to persuade Batman like he did before?
Anyway, since we already know that the other party is hard-hearted and will refuse even mutually beneficial cooperation because they are afraid of us, there is no need for negotiation.

Chen Tao organized his words.

"Huorong, I need your help."

The First Lantern didn't say anything. He didn't seem to be in a hurry to refuse Batman, who once gave him the opportunity to finish all his requests, and then rejected him coldly and ruthlessly when he thought he had a chance.

So now, he plans to listen to Batman's difficulties as well, and then do the same thing as Batman in the end to satisfy his last little desire for revenge.

"The Anti-Monitor is going to destroy the universe."

What does this have to do with me, Lantern No. 1? The so-called Shadow Cabinet, as a prison, is of course not in the universe in front of us, but in a different dimension. In order to prevent Lantern No. 1 from escaping, the Guardians of the Universe took great pains. They even made a plan that if all the Guardians of the Universe were destroyed, Lantern No. 1 would still not be able to escape.

Batman thought that the destruction of the universe could threaten him, the first Lantern? Is he overestimating the moral standards of the first Lantern, or underestimating the power of the Guardians of the Universe?
"I need to master the Great Heart, a weapon that is stuffed with the emotions of all the guardians of the universe, a lamp that can give people the power to connect directly with the emotional spectrum. I also need the Origin Lamp Ring, the ring that was forged along with the Great Heart."

Lantern No. 1 almost laughed out loud when he heard Batman's request.

It's a nice idea. Is this some new kind of joke? Batman seemed to be completely unaware of how ridiculous his words were. He continued:
“Although the Great Heart is stuffed with a lot of emotions from the guardians of the universe, these emotions include not only positive things like blue hope and green willpower, but also more negative emotions like greed, fear, and anger. Therefore, the best choice is definitely not to stuff this thing into the body, like you did.”

"I have been deprived of the Great Heart." Lantern No. 1 said, "He is no longer with me at this moment. I can now master the emotional spectrum without external forces."

"But you can still feel the location of the Great Heart, right? You can bring the Great Heart to me."

The First Lantern agreed with Batman's statement. Although the Great Heart left him early, his mastery of the emotional spectrum enabled him to feel the Great Heart.

But the fact that he can do it doesn't mean he will do it for Batman. He keeps silent now and just wants to wait until Batman has said everything he expects, and then cruelly reject him.

He could almost guess why Batman was so fearless and condescending to him. Batman must have encountered something, so he decided to use his power to deal with the crisis.

He could almost guess that Batman would make him a promise, a promise to release him after the crisis was resolved, but such a promise would be nothing more than an outright lie, just like the Guardians of the Universe had once promised to help him find his homeland.

He once proposed to Batman to work together, but the other party refused. Now he wants to go back to him when he encounters problems?

Sorry, he doesn't believe any promises Batman made to him under external pressure. In this case, anything Batman says is bullshit. He will only destroy the bridge after crossing it. Don't think that Lantern No. 1 is the kind of person who will help him as soon as he hears that I am willing to release you. Do you think he is stupid?

Anyway, due to the incident with Mongo, he also had power outside, and he finally broke through the change from 0 to 1.

Since he couldn't leave the Shadow Cabinet quickly through Batman, he would slowly get out of the predicament through his own efforts. After being rejected by Batman, he figured out one thing after a brief pause. He had already escaped part of his power through the ring. No matter how long it takes, step by step, there will always be hope.

This was much better than his previous state of being trapped in the cabinet forever, without any resistance. He had survived for tens of billions of years, so why rush?

Batman is still talking ridiculously: "In addition to the power of the Great Heart and the Origin Lamp Ring, I also need you to teach me the skills to control the emotional spectrum."

"I have now become the host of the Purple Lantern Beast Plunder Beast purely with the help of others. My control over the power of the Purple Lantern comes entirely from the help of others. In fact, my understanding of the emotional spectrum is extremely limited."

Chen Tao said: "For example... how to connect to the Light of Creation through the emotional spectrum? How to use this connection to control the entire universe with the Light of Creation, reshape reality at will, and adjust the timeline?"

"Ha! Hahahahaha!" Lantern No. 1 couldn't help but laugh out loud. He laughed loudly, and then he heard Batman also laughed out loud, as creepy as an owl:

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..." Two people's laughter rang out in the Hall of Justice at the same time. On the ventriloquist's arm wearing the ring, every blood vessel lit up due to being filled with green light energy. Arnold's face was covered with sweat in pain, and the headband of his maid outfit was wet, sticking awkwardly to his bald bald head.

Then the first Lantern's smile disappeared. He looked at Batman with malicious intent on his face.

"Idiot." Lantern No. 1 sneered mercilessly: "You think you want to know the power of the emotional spectrum? You think you want to connect to the light of creation?"

He heard Batman's voice:
"You won't help me, will you?"

Lantern No. 1 could already guess what he would say next. He would definitely promise to help him escape from the cage, but these promises were all bullshit that would never be fulfilled.

He had to wait for a while, waiting for Batman to make the promises that he thought he would agree to before refusing. That way he could get a small revenge on Batman for his previous rejection of him. Under the lamp, No. 1 had already accepted the consequence that he would continue to be imprisoned in the Shadow Cabinet. This kind of revenge on Batman was one of his few small entertainment activities.

But Batman did not say what Lantern No. 1 had originally expected.

"For so many years, you have been looking for the coordinates of your hometown, Earth-15, right?"

The expression of the First Lantern turned cold. Batman was using his hometown to lure him, he admitted. This hit him in the heart, but he didn't show it on his face, but he became even angrier in his heart.

Over the years, he had tried to travel through countless worlds, gain powerful strength, travel around the end of the timeline and the past, and search for the location of his hometown at every node of the timeline, but to no avail.

He once possessed powers far exceeding those of Batman, and for a time became the living incarnation of the emotional spectrum. He possessed the shuttle light, an emotional spectrum creation that allowed him to travel through the universe as easily as eating and drinking, but even so, he still could not find his hometown. It was as if his hometown had disappeared on the timeline, leaving no trace.

How could a mere Batman know the location of his home planet Earth-15? He was just kidding himself, trying to play him for a fool, and although he had expected this, it still made him even angrier that Batman dared to use his mother and hometown as an excuse.

As soon as Chen Tao saw the expression of Lantern No. 15, he knew what he was thinking. He simply felt that since he couldn't find the location of Earth-15, no one else could find it either. But this is the saddest thing in the world. Anyone who carefully goes through the timeline and has the ability to travel through time can find Earth-. To them, this place is just an inconspicuous brick on the ground. If they look for it deliberately, they will definitely find it.

But for Lantern #15, Earth-15 is a place he can never find and cannot set foot in. He is like a fool riding a donkey to look for a donkey. In order to maintain the consistency of the timeline, to prevent the Green Lantern Corps from being wiped out by the time paradox, and to prevent Lantern # from changing history again, the timeline automatically blocks the possibility that Lantern # may find Earth-.

This shielding of the main universe's timeline is projected onto the Lantern No. 15 in every parallel universe along with the shadow of the light multiverse. In the myriad dark multiverses and infinite parallel worlds, no Lantern No. can find Earth and any of its dark multiverse versions. This is to prevent the collapse of the timeline. The self-selection caused by the timeline is definitely not something that the Lantern No. can defy.

unless……

Someone is willing to find the location and then share it with him.

This is exactly the bargaining chip that Chen Tao can offer.

Chen Tao gently pressed his temple, and then three pink spots of light flashed on his forehead.

In an instant, his mind connected with Lantern No. 1.

"I am Batman... I realize that our world is but a projection from the bright multiverse, a broken world doomed to sink and fall."

Lantern No. 1 held his head, and he felt a large amount of information appearing in his mind along with the transmission from Batman.

"A dark multiverse version of the Anti-Monitor has appeared in our world, destined to bring destruction. I am seeking a way to defeat him, and before I can do that, I believe I must understand my opponent. Therefore..."

"I chose to invade his mind, and I found a way to search for specific cosmic locations in the infinite multiverse and hyper-time stream."

"A risky move that cost me a lot of my Speed ​​Force and severely reduced the time I had to prepare for the Anti-Monitor, but it was well worth it."

"And you, Lantern No. 1, have you never thought that it is because of the time paradox that you cannot find your hometown?"

Lantern No. 1's eyes widened. The information Batman transmitted to it lacked a very important node, so he couldn't confirm how Batman came to this conclusion, but he instinctively felt that this was true...

He saw himself in the bright multiverse. He didn't care that he came from the dark multiverse. For him, he just wanted to find his home...

But Batman revealed to him that his and their world were just projections of the bright multiverse. If the ending of the bright multiverse was not changed, then he would always have to live under the shadow of the bright multiverse...

"And now, I can give you this opportunity, give you this opportunity to find your hometown."

"Besides that... why don't I give you a more realistic benefit. I guess you must be worried that I'll make you a promise without any promises, and you must be worried that I'll go back on my word like the Guardians of the Universe, but I want to tell you that there are very few species in the universe that are as arrogant and untrustworthy as the Guardians of the Universe. Once I make a promise, I will never go back on it."

Then the green shadow of Lantern No. 1 saw Batman raise his hand, and a large number of corpses of the little blue men, the Guardians of the Universe, were thrown to the ground by him.

"You can use their bodies to create avatars under your control. This way, even without my help, you will be able to escape much earlier."

"Is this sincerity enough?"

(End of this chapter)