The eting room was illuminated by distant stars, making it not dark, but everyone was waiting for the Martian Manhunter’s next question, and the atmosphere was sowhat heavy.
"Yes, Savage’s original plan was not what we imagined. In fact, he just wanted to reduce Earth’s mass so that it would deviate from its original orbit in the Solar System."
"For what?" Barry frowned.
"To avoid sothing coming towards Earth," answered the Martian Manhunter.
"What thing?" Clark asked, not believing Savage would do anything good.
Ron was forthright, projecting various images using his psychic abilities, which floated above everyone’s heads.
"After the war with the Dark Universe, the Origin Wall was shattered, and the Multiverse is leaking energy. Our universe is bleeding..."
"But not long ago, sothing gained life. It contains all the energy and power of the Origin Wall, like its core or battery. It contains all information. I call it the ’Totality’... and it will collide with Earth in about three minutes."
Batman squinted his eyes: "Three minutes? Victor, can you scan its paraters?"
Steeling never hesitated in executing Batman’s orders. His eyes emitted a strong red light, using the power of the Mother Box, and he probed the situation over there.
A massive golden cot was hurtling towards Earth.
"Oh my God, the energy it contains is older than the Multiverse. It’s coming for us, adjusting its phase," Steel Bone looked at Batman, wanting Batman to make a quick decision.
A cot hitting Earth did not seem like a good thing, let alone a cot containing the power of the entire Origin Wall.
However, Clark had an opposing view: "Wait, it’s not entirely physical. You said it contains information and energy, and also that our world is bleeding. Maybe this thing can help us solve the problem, such as how to repair the Origin Wall."
Sandra held her chin and looked down to the side, whispering: "Yeah, just like the Oga Giants, descending on Earth to ’liberate’ us."
Batman spoke, sharing his intelligence in a deep voice: "On New Genesis Star, there is a prophecy saying the Origin Wall is our ’incubator,’ and when our universe is ready, a ’ssenger’ will co, carrying information that can evolve the Multiverse."
"Uh, wait..." Barry extended a hand, signaling for a pause: "Although we just nonchalantly blew up the Moon..."
Everyone’s gaze turned to him, and a trace of embarrassnt flashed across Barry’s blue eyes as he looked at the Martian Manhunter again.
"Then you said the thing that might be the core of the Origin Wall is coming at Earth. It contains a piece of information, decoding it might grant unlimited power, but it could also kill us all?"
Ron nodded, calmly answering: "You’re right, but now there’s only two minutes left."
"Uh... alright, so what do we do?" Barry’s mouth twisted downward as he returned his gaze to Batman’s face, hoping the brain of the Justice League had an answer.
Batman does not disappoint; he was already prepared.
"I just notified Green Lantern John Stewart, who is standing by on the orbit between this thing and Earth. He has ford a super cannon with his Lantern Ring, and the key is he has a projectile wrapped in compressed space of the X tal, which can teleport the Totality outside the Origin Wall and destroy it."
Hal Jordan has already returned to Oa to lead the Green Lantern Corps. Currently, the other Green Lantern on Earth, John, acts as his deputy in the Justice League.
"Wait? Where did you get X tal? And how are you simultaneously holding a eting in thought and acting outside?" Barry asked in astonishnt at Batman.
Batman just looked at him silently without answering; now was not the ti for questions.
"I say we blow it up, I’ve seen evil gods, and this thing gives a bad feeling," Arthur demanded Batman give the order to blow the thing up as the golden cot projection flew over their heads.
But Wonder Woman opposed, having a completely different view: "Arthur, our universe is dying. We need information from the Origin Wall."
Barry rubbed his face and voiced his opinion: "Indeed, it is dying. If Hal’s ring readings are correct, we have only a year left before the world’s destruction. Our universe is like an egg, leaking egg whites, about to leak yolk."
Steel Bone supplented: "It’s not just our universe, it’s the Multiverse, and the Dark Multiverse as well."
"Yes, yes." Barry nodded, sighing as he rubbed his brow: "We need the information in that damn thing, it might be the key to fixing the egg, like how everything is unknown, just like the Divine Speed."
"One minute left," Ron reminded everyone of the cot’s landing ti on Earth.
"Could it be a map? A dinosaur-era treasure map?" Hawkgirl wasn’t too optimistic about these mysterious things; the ti-traveling cot reminded her of the night before her first reincarnation.
"It could also be an extinction-level crisis; we must be responsible for this planet." Sea King imdiately followed up on Hawkgirl’s words, both leaning towards blowing the thing up.
Ron nodded quietly, indicating understanding of their concerns: "I’d like to say a few words."
"I’ve been away from the League for a long ti, and during that ti, I’ve been searching for the truth, the truth of my mother planet’s destruction." With little ti, he hastened his ntal transmission: "I haven’t found the spark that ignited my people, but I learned why they burned, because in their final monts, they isolated themselves from possible assistance."
"Cutting off connections with others, so they all died lonely, my wife, my daughter, a part of myself..."
"When I t you, you accepted , and now, you’ve done it again, so I make maintaining the connections between us my mission."
"On my planet, there’s no word for ’justice,’ the closest is this symbol on the table now, representing ideals and transcendence... When I saw the Totality, my first thought was also to destroy it, to buy the universe a year. But this symbol reminded that as the Justice League, we’re not just heroes, but we must beco better people than before. This is the universe’s glimr of hope we should strive for."
Ron stopped speaking, knowing everyone understood his aning. Now they still had tens of seconds to make a decision, on how to deal with this cot.
"Let’s vote," Diana said without the slightest hesitation, as always with the Justice League’s usual thod: "Raise your hand if you agree to leave this thing, let it land on Earth."
Except for Sea King, Hawkgirl, and Batman, everyone else raised their hands. The majority vote decided to let this information-carrying thing appear before them.
"For justice," everyone except Batman said in unison. The decision had been made; now all that remained was to wait.
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