#665 - Hope that bears fruit

"That's right, just like you said, I made a green lantern ring."

Valeria seemed very calm, but the way she crossed her legs betrayed her, bouncing so much she almost kicked her shoe off.

"You're a genius, Little Val!" Yang Le praised Valeria again. To be able to create a lantern ring representing different emotional powers in such a short time, she truly deserved the praise of Reed and Doctor Doom as a genius.

"It's alright," Valeria said nonchalantly, playing with her long hair. "My dad also contributed a lot. If you're going to praise, you should include him."

"No need to be modest, Little Val. I know you. If Reed had really done it all, you wouldn't even mention your own contribution. The fact that you said you made it means Reed probably only offered some suggestions."

"You talk like you know me very well," Valeria pouted, giving Yang Le a glare in response to his puzzled look, then straightened up and sat properly, letting the hovering chair float her next to Yang Le.

"Don't get too happy yet. This thing is only a semi-finished product, just like the red lantern ring before. It doesn't have a stable energy source, so not only is its combat power not guaranteed, but even its range is a big problem."

Yang Le wasn't discouraged by this, after all, the energy problem of the lantern ring was a major issue that couldn't be avoided. He would have been surprised if Valeria had solved even that.

"So, what are its functions?" Yang Le's excitement didn't diminish. "Is it the same as I described to you?"

"If I remember correctly, it's the same," Valeria tapped a few times on the control panel outside the罩子, and the glass罩子 opened immediately.

She reached for the ring floating in mid-air. The green lantern ring was caught in her hand without any resistance, showing none of the pride of a lantern ring.

"If this thing has energy, it can create energy constructs at will according to the wearer's thoughts, but emotional energy is too complicated. I can only create a semi-finished product that eats everything first."

Yang Le understood Valeria's meaning. The current green lantern ring was just a showy thing. It could be green, or it could be red, blue, or purple.

Such a thing was far from being a lantern ring. As just a weapon, it couldn't achieve the miracles that only a lantern ring could achieve.

"But even so, it's still amazing," Yang Le sighed again. "You know, it's only been about a week since I asked you last time. It's already amazing to be able to do this."

"Actually, it's not accurate to say it's a semi-finished product," Valeria hesitated. "The reason why this thing isn't a real lantern ring is because it hasn't come into contact with real emotional energy. As long as it comes into contact with the emotional spectrum that truly contains courage and will, it can be turned into a real lantern ring."

Yang Le understood. Valeria meant that she had created a blank slate. To become a real lantern ring, the real emotional spectrum had to be injected into it, but where could such a mysterious thing be found?

Did he have to rely on X-Man to find a way?

Just when Yang Le was at a loss, the laboratory door opened again with a whoosh, causing Yang Le and Valeria to look up, just in time to see Franklin walking in, playing with his hair.

"What's wrong? What fun things are you two up to again? Hurry up and show me."

As soon as Franklin came in, he saw the lantern ring in Valeria's hand. Before the two could speak, he flashed to them, and the lantern ring that Valeria was holding fell into his hands.

Looking at Franklin examining the lantern ring, Yang Le slapped his frog leg and said, "That's right! Franklin can release any energy in any form. Let him try to inject emotional energy."

"Emotional energy? What is that?" Franklin asked curiously.

Valeria explained, "It's what I mentioned when I asked you to create that pocket universe before. That energy that you felt was very annoying was the power of the rage spectrum."

"You mention it like that, and I remember," Franklin said, tossing the lantern ring up and down. "What, do you still want that energy?"

"No, Little F, we want something else," Yang Le waved his hand. "Some more positive energy, more suitable for righteous characters' emotions."

"Something more positive? I'll try," Franklin said.

After Franklin finished speaking, he caught the falling ring. This time, he didn't toss the lantern ring up again but held it tightly in his hand, then closed his eyes.

Seeing Franklin like this, Yang Le and Valeria stopped talking and quietly waited for his next move.

After about tens of seconds, suddenly a blue light burst out from Franklin's palm. The soft light drilled out from his fingers, gradually filling the entire laboratory.

It was a soft light, soft but extremely strong. The blue light, the color of hope. When Yang Le and Valeria came back to their senses, a crystal clear blue ring was already lying in Franklin's palm.

"This… why did its color change?" Franklin opened his eyes and looked at the ring in his palm in surprise. He remembered that this thing should have been green before, right?

"That's because the color of the spectrum that you injected represents the emotion is blue, so it changed its appearance," Yang Le explained. He didn't expect Franklin to create a blue lantern ring.

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"Okay, so what does blue represent?" Franklin continued to ask.

"It represents hope," Yang Le said solemnly. "Blue represents hope that will never be extinguished. Those who give up halfway can never ignite the blue light."

"Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it?" Franklin was silent for a while, then brought the ring to his eyes, but this time he was much more serious.

Struggling to survive in a universe ravaged by the Brute虫族 and where zombies almost destroyed the entire universe, Franklin, who never gave up hope even after losing his powers, was indeed qualified to ignite the blue lantern ring representing hope.

"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger," Franklin murmured in a low voice. "Sometimes you have to admit that those seemingly useless words are actually very right."

Valeria didn't speak, just silently walked to Franklin's side and hugged him. Only as twins could she understand Franklin's difficulties. Franklin also knew that without Valeria, he would never have come this far.

This hope that supported them to move forward has now blossomed and bore fruit.