#829 - Asgard's funeral

With the Green Lanterns helping to maintain order, the countries of Earth were finally able to devote themselves wholeheartedly to disaster relief and reconstruction.

Of course, initially, many people didn't believe in weapons that could judge people's hearts. With the Squadron Supreme led by Hyperion as a 'precedent,' the general public, especially the surviving Americans, didn't have much faith in this new batch of vigilantes.

In the beginning, some of the younger Green Lanterns felt hurt, after all, they were risking their lives to protect Earth, but after Peter and Amadeus enlightened them, they let it go.

"The key isn't what we explain, but what we do," Peter said after thinking for a moment, explaining to the surrounding Lanterns.

"The reputation of the Squadron Supreme wasn't built up overnight, nor was it ruined in a single blow. As long as we keep doing the right thing, I believe the world will eventually change its view of us."

Peter didn't expect that what he said today would become one of the Green Lanterns' principles, but as he said, it depends on human effort. With the Green Lanterns' dedication, their reputation did improve bit by bit.

And along with their rising reputation, the conditions of the people of various countries also improved, because the Green Lanterns discovered that basically one Green Lantern could manage one country, and with substitutes, only three people were enough.

And they had a full five thousand people, which was a serious waste of manpower. Subsequently, under the planning of the brainpower faction led by Amadeus, the Lanterns' manpower was redistributed.

In order to cope with possible dangers, one thousand Green Lanterns were used for security and protection, and the rest were all put into the reconstruction work of Earth.

This plan greatly accelerated the speed of reconstruction. After all, the Green Lanterns were too comprehensive. One Green Lantern was equivalent to a renovation team.

The civil engineering guys who understood architecture were responsible for the professional stuff, and those who didn't understand went to work as laborers, responsible for clearing garbage, carrying heavy objects, and solving dangerous building problems.

By the way, it may be because of this people-friendly move that the Green Lanterns' reputation quickly improved.

In just two days, those countries that were originally destroyed by the war rebuilt cities that could accommodate their people. If the resources could keep up, the speed of reconstruction might have been even faster.

Speaking of resource issues, because of the Green Lanterns' suppression, coupled with the intention of various countries to maintain the status quo, the international exchange rate of money didn't change much, only the US dollar fell a little, but not much.

The economic system didn't collapse, and resources from all aspects could barely keep up. By the way, Tony Stark, after learning what his father had done, sold Stark Industries.

Of course, the company is not worth much now. What Tony sold were the truly valuable patents and design drawings and other miscellaneous things within the group.

Tony wasn't trying to make a fortune before his group completely collapsed. He then donated the money he got from the sale, plus all of his liquid funds. There was no way to sell the fixed assets because they were burned clean with America.

And Zheng Xian made a fortune at this time. That's right, Tony's buyer was him, or rather, S.H.I.E.L.D. Originally, Tony didn't want to find people from other countries, but the conditions Zheng Xian offered him were too generous.

S.H.I.E.L.D. was willing to take full responsibility for the treatment of Howard Stark. Yes, Howard was blown into the sky, but he didn't die. The steel armor blessed by the Celestial Hammer he was wearing saved his life, but he was still injured.

Now there are only a handful of countries on Earth that can provide the safest and most advanced treatment, but Tony can only trust this one, after all, his hometown is still a pile of ruins.

Of course, Tony is not a fool. He didn't sell the foundation of Stark's existence, he only bought some things that were not so important, but Zheng Xian was very content. Compared to before, what's the difference between these things and getting them for free?

The trauma brought to Earth by the War of the Realms is gradually recovering, and civilization is once again reviving on this blue planet. Yes, the first facilities to be rebuilt were hospitals, followed by schools.

Yang Le didn't expect that the saying 'you have to go to school even if it's the end of the world' was not a joke.

However, educational resources are limited, so even though schools have been rebuilt, they are useless. In the end, the government decided to let children across the country take online classes at home.

Gwen and Katie, who had been away from school for a long time, returned to the ocean of knowledge again, which is gratifying.

Gwen said it was nothing, after all, she had already taught herself all of the high school courses. Katie frowned, she was a learning disability.

But she didn't feel sad for too long, because Gwen promised to tutor her, but only after the funeral in Asgard.

Three days passed quickly. Gwen handed her online classes over to Xuebao to take care of, and then followed Yang Le onto Asgard's Rainbow Bridge.

The two had learned about Asgardian customs in advance and found that there was nothing special about the funeral, so they wore black suits according to Earth's customs to attend the funeral.

Thor did not agree to Zheng Xian's request, he said that he did not want to talk about irrelevant things in this scene, but the relationship with Earth would still be maintained as before.

The funeral in Asgard was similar to the court funerals of ancient Europe and America. After all, Odin had already returned to the land of Asgard, so this funeral was just a ceremony.

Solemn and dignified, this was Yang Le's impression of the Asgardian funeral. The usually laughing and carefree Asgardians all changed their faces at this time, but no one in the country shed tears.

This is not because they don't love the previous God King, but because in Asgard, dying gloriously in battle is something to celebrate. If you shed tears at this time, it means you look down on the soldiers who died gloriously.

The ceremony was proceeding in an orderly manner, but Gwen was a little out of sorts, always secretly looking around. Yang Le initially thought she was just curious, but after seeing her frequent movements, she asked through telepathy.

'Why didn't I see Loki?'

Although the two had only been in brief contact, the Asgardian princess who boldly asked for love still left a deep impression on her, so Gwen was the first to notice Loki's absence.

Yang Le decided to tell Gwen all about the love-hate relationship in the Asgardian courtyard after the funeral, so as not to startle her during the funeral. Now he can only fool her first.

Looking at Thor, who was presiding over the funeral, I wonder how he views his sister now.