American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

"These devices have already been manufactured in Wayne Enterprises' factories with extra shifts. The first batch has been shipped to other cities and installed according to the locations you provided."

Inside the underground base of Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne was stroking a cylindrical device as he said to Rogers, "I don't know what kind of filtering and separation you're talking about, but I've made some improvements to the technology you provided, isolating the chaotic energy according to its different attributes. They are no longer colorful and mottled, and you won't have to waste time stripping and purifying them.

Now they are distinctly separated according to their own attributes, changing from mixed colors to single colors. Of course, I haven't found a way to make them harmless yet. Time is too tight, and the information you can provide is too little."

"It's already very good, at least it temporarily solves my energy replenishment problem," Steve Rogers said, looking at the ring that was being recharged. Although the speed and quality were far inferior to the purity and power from Luke's side, given some time, the ring could purify and compress the energy itself according to his needs. In Rogers's opinion, sacrificing some durability was not a big problem.

"This energy is amazing! It can even replenish the energy of the Lantern Ring! According to the Guardians, the energy of the Lantern Ring can only be replenished in the power battery," Hal Jordan said in surprise. He was amazed that this device could provide energy for the Green Lantern Ring. He believed that this not only exceeded his knowledge, but also exceeded the knowledge of other Green Lantern Corps members.

"You haven't passed this news back, have you?" Wayne looked at Hal seriously, his expression solemn.

"Of course not." Facing Wayne's serious expression, Hal surrendered and raised his hands, feeling wronged as he said, "You warned me in advance."

"This result is not good news for those Guardians. Although their actions to protect the universe are noble, we cannot be sure what they will do if they learn that the Lantern Ring has another charging mode. We don't have the time or energy to deal with their scrutiny and actions. So the best result is to not let them know for the time being," Rogers said, patting Hal on the shoulder.

"I understand. Although this may violate some Green Lantern regulations, it's still within my decision-making power," Hal shrugged. He had been quite busy lately.

Gotham had been almost a demonic dance these past few days. Even though Wayne had put on the Batsuit again and started his nighttime activities, even though Rogers followed him and split up to crack down on those active super criminals, and even though he later participated, it only curbed the momentum of those gang members' revelry a little. The three of them were still somewhat inadequate in number compared to those large numbers of active super criminals.

And the worst thing was that the so-called negative energy in Rogers's words was indeed taking root in Gotham. Scarecrow was the first to gain favor with this negative energy. In the days that followed, there had been multiple confirmed cases of people gaining affinity with some kind of energy, as well as more items suspected of being carriers of negative energy.

Rogers and the others were not afraid of those criminals who, like Scarecrow, had gained affinity with some kind of negative energy, but the trouble was those items that had become carriers of negative energy.

They could be anything, like a tattered hat? A discarded boot? A damaged mask, appliance, toy, etc. Anyone who picked them up would be affected by them and then embark on a path of causing trouble that matched the emotions carried by the item.

If no one found them, if they weren't chosen, then they wouldn't be found and would always be a big hidden danger. The longer they accumulated, the greater the danger. When the energy accumulated in this item reached a certain limit, it would be activated, turning from an inanimate object into a living thing. If it accumulated for a while longer, it would become a roaming and predatory source of radiation! A super infection source like a ghost, with no solution by ordinary means. It would replicate and derive like a virus, and its threat and difficulty would increase exponentially.

At that time, each item replicated by the radiation infection source could be said to be the main body or a separate body. If it was impossible to find a way to solve them all at once, leaving any one behind would allow this super infection source to be revived, becoming more and more powerful.

And when an independently activated infected object possessed a life, it was likely no longer the life using its power, but it manipulating the life to squander its own power, turning the possessed life into a puppet.

So don't think that the situation in Gotham seems to be curbed and controlled now, but neither Rogers nor Wayne dared to take it lightly. Especially Batman, who went out to clean up criminals at night during this period, simply relaxing his body and resting. He spent most of his time in his laboratory these days, preparing for the worst and manufacturing corresponding [infection source] scanning radar devices based on the information and energy provided by Rogers.

This radar could locate similar items based on the energy frequencies of Rogers and Hal, so that they could rush there and contain them before they caused big trouble to the surrounding area.

Without this device, they could only run around the city like they were relying on luck, waiting for trouble to appear before solving it. But at that time, Gotham might have a new title in addition to the city of chaos and sin, such as the city of magic and weirdness?

Of course, in Wayne's words, this radar could only scan some energy frequencies that were extremely obvious, and the scanning effect on some inert energy was not good. The technology still needed to be improved for more accuracy.

However, Rogers was already surprised by Wayne's creativity. In him, Rogers even saw the figure of Stark.

"Wow, a big guy is here!"

The radar's alarm suddenly sounded, and Rogers and the others looked at the radar screen. They saw an extremely obvious yellow light source approaching the inner area from the edge of the radar at an incredible speed. The detected energy frequency index made Hal Jordan couldn't help but exclaim.

"Judging from the energy spectrum, is it fear? Could it be that fear has a new carrier?" Rogers frowned slightly. This was not good news. This meant that the Scarecrow's mask in their hands would be of greatly reduced value.

"It's not from within Gotham City. It's like it's from outer space!" Wayne glanced at Hal, thoughtfully.

"Wait, you don't suspect that he was called by me, do you? I've been tight-lipped these past few days and haven't reported anything!" Seeing Wayne's suspicious eyes, Hal Jordan couldn't help but say.

"His goal is very clear, heading straight for our location. It's like he can locate us. Is there anything here that attracts him? The Scarecrow's mask? Or something else?" Wayne withdrew his gaze, ignoring Hal, whose face was a little red, while walking towards the nearby equipment area. He planned to stop him when he approached here.

"I'll go and find out first." Hal Jordan used the power of the Green Lantern, and after his whole body changed into a green combat suit, he was wrapped in green energy and floated in the air, hurriedly leaving a sentence before rushing towards the exit of the base.

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"Close, close, it's here! Strange energy! There's actually the power of fear here?" A ball of yellow light stopped in the sky above the city, the light slightly dissipated, revealing the person inside. Looking at the city below, Sinestro, who had rushed over with all his strength from another area of the universe, revealed a look of surprise in his eyes.

PS: Thank you to classmate Quiet Peak for the reward.