The Death Knell

Soon, the three of them arrived at Binhai City.

The situation here is slightly better than in Washington. At least the buildings in the city are intact.

The reason for this situation is the various nightmares manifested by the strange lamp ring. The monsters manifested from the nightmares have high combat power and are endless in number. Almost all the residents have been tied up to the dark spire in the center of the city, and now it is an empty city.

"Ding...ding...Gululu..."

An empty can was blown off the trash can by the wind and landed on the ground in an alleyway where sewage flowed. It rolled a short distance away. In the empty city, the sound was surprisingly loud.

All three of them felt a strange sense of depression. This was because the strange light ring was embodying the emptiness in Batman's heart. This power of emptiness was so powerful that it seemed to be calling people towards death.

"That guy created a huge space underground in Binhai City and used it as his own Batcave. Let us find it." Su Ming pulled out his weapon and observed what was going on around him.

The surroundings were lifeless, and their current location was the back entrance of a small restaurant, but now even the 'Ratatouille' that was commonly found in the restaurant's trash cans had fled the city under the influence of the terrifying aura.

Cockroaches, flies, bed bugs, the little bugs that used to live here and run in the darkness, have all disappeared.

"Why do these guys always like to dig holes under cities? Now, there are bat caves everywhere in the United States."

Barry said helplessly, because in fact, it is mainly up to him to find traces of the enemy. He has to find the correct clues in the shortest time. There is a whole city here.

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The dark multiverse of unknown time, Earth minus 32.

"Bang! Bang!"

With two gunshots, the Waynes fell in the dark alley, their blood mixed with the sewage on the ground, and the life left their bodies.

"Kneel down, kid, I'm done." The robber who killed his parents pointed a gun at young Bruce, holding a blood-stained wallet and pearl necklace in his other hand: "Close your eyes and enjoy the darkness. , as long as you don’t look, I won’t kill you.”

After saying that, the robber turned around and ran into the distance, disappearing behind a certain building.

Young Bruce closed his eyes under the gun and turned his head so that he did not see the bats flying by under the light.

Hearing the footsteps fading away, Bruce opened his eyes and looked at the bodies of his parents. He felt the sky was falling and the earth was falling in his heart. There was no fear or despair, only an emptiness, and his heart died.

He felt powerless, and he felt that he was no longer human. He had lost all emotions in his heart, and nothingness occupied everything. He wiped away his tears and chased the prisoner in the direction of his escape. He didn't want to live anymore.

However, at this moment, a green light flew towards him at an alarming speed. In an instant, a ring emitting strong green light floated in front of him. It had an hourglass-like symbol on it, and a voice sounded directly in front of him. .

"Intelligent life has been locked! Bruce Wayne from Sector 2814 Earth, you have the ability to overcome great fear, welcome to join the Green Lantern Corps!"

Bruce knew he hadn't conquered his fear, he'd just lost it, and he felt empty inside.

But the ring's powerful power attracted him, and he put it on, and then the ring pointed him in the direction of the murderer.

He rose into the air, maybe if he killed this sinner, he could feel alive? No more empty?

"Kill him! Ring!" He finally found the murderer in a corner of Gotham. He was counting the stolen money. It was Bruce's father's wallet, which was stained with blood.

"Wrong! The first rule of the Green Lantern Corps is that lethal force is not authorized under the current circumstances."

The ring contradicted him.

Bruce looked at the prisoner huddled on the ground. His bullets were completely ineffective against the Green Lantern flying in the air. He could only kneel down and beg for mercy, just like Bruce just now.

"I don't care! I said kill him!"

"Wrong...willpower level is 100%, wrong...willpower level is 127%."

The ring didn't perform and just kept giving off the wrong warning tone.

The emptiness in Bruce's heart made him extremely determined. There was only one wish in his heart, the only wish.

"He deserves it! Obey me!"

"Wrong...willpower level 184%..."

The sound of the ring rang in his mind, and Bruce didn't understand the reported value, but he knew that his efforts had an effect. He believed in himself twice as much and embarked on this path firmly.

"Error...willpower level is 200%, exceeding...hiss, squeak, squeak, squeak..."

A strange sound came from the ring, and after a moment, it emitted some strange gray smoke, which looked like fog or special energy. Immediately afterwards, a ghost-like voice that changed its tone sounded.

"Deadly force authorized."

"ah!!!!"

In an instant, gray-green light spurted out from the ring, and the criminal bathed in the light instantly turned into bones.

He has one of the most powerful powers in the universe.

But this power could not resurrect his parents, and there was still an emptiness in his heart.

He began to hunt criminals in the city, without confusion or regret, he simply killed people. Why were so many criminals alive but not his parents?

Scarecrow, drag it into the sky and kill it; Penguin, drag it into outer space and dismember it.

Criminals disappear from Gotham one after another.

"Green Lantern, you have to stop. This is not justice."

Gordon saw him again on the roof of the police station, where he was supposed to be a hero.

"You don't know me." Bruce answered him coldly.

"I know who you are, don't you feel tired? Bruce, everything is the murder that happened in the alley a few years ago..."

Commissioner Gordon tries to convince him that too many people have died in Gotham.

"I said, shut up!"

A powerful gray-green light flashed, and Director Gordon turned into bones.

His parents are dead, so no one deserves to live.

At this moment, more Green Lanterns came to stop him. This crazy ring made them feel like a light on their backs on Oa.

However, even though there were many of them, and there were legion guardians to help, they were still no match for the lights-out procedure of the strange lamp ring. They were all killed. The nightmare created by Bruce in his heart was realized for the first time, overwhelming in the darkness. Sexual superiority eliminates opponents.

Among the corpses of the Green Lanterns, Gunther, the most powerful guardian, still had a breath: "Stop...stop...that darkness will destroy the universe..."

Bruce didn't answer him, and a huge nightmare monster pulled out Gunther's head like a mushroom.

He seized countless rings, and also obtained knowledge and intelligence. He went to Oua to eliminate the root causes, obtained the Legion's Green Lantern Total Energy Furnace and returned to Gotham City.

Commissioner Gordon was right about one thing. He was tired of it. He didn't want to be a Green Lantern anymore. Green Lantern was too weak.

At this time, he saw a group of bats flying past the shadows in front of the lamp. The flying little monsters made him squint his eyes unconsciously.

He recalled the cellar at home, which he had fallen into as a child, and the bats inside made him feel scared.

He no longer has any emotions, but he can make the world fear, he is the bat.

Powerful gray-green light poured into the huge lamp furnace, and the dozens of meters high lamp furnace instantly became filled with empty power.

He also threw himself into it.

When he walked out of the lamp furnace, he chose the bat as his new totem, put on a bat-shaped helmet, and the green light symbol on his chest changed into the shape of a bat. Endless gray light poured out from his ring and spread across the sky. In him, he became a strange light at dawn.

He created his own Legion of Lanterns and read out his own Legion oath:

The dark night extinguishes the light;

The day is gray, and the king is about to die;

The morning light flickers, and the midnight is long;

The strange lamp stays on and goes out at dawn!

The balance is destroyed, the green light no longer exists, and the emotional spectrum is forever missing.

He continued his killing spree.

Destroy all lights and all emotions.

The universe without the emotional spectrum was so conspicuous that it quickly attracted Barbatos's attention.

Barbatos took the opportunity to exert force, and the powerful dark force began to erode the entire world. The universe melted and collapsed like snow, and the Earth was destroyed...

The power of the strange lamp allowed Bruce to survive. In the broken universe, a man with a real smile invited him to join the Dark Knights. There was no other facial features visible on his face except a big smiling mouth.

He said that his master, Barbatos, was very fond of the dark warrior, that there was another universe far away, and that he needed the lights-out ring to extinguish the light of hope.

When this is done, Barbatos will give Bruce what his heart desires most - his parents will be brought back to life.

There is only emptiness in Bruce's heart. He doesn't know how he should react, but maybe resurrecting his parents can make him no longer feel empty?

"I'm joining."

This question is nothing to think about for Daybreak. The hole in his heart wants to swallow everything, especially light...