“Zod kidnapped my parents!”
Seeing Luke, Clark couldn’t help but rejoice, and quickly said so.
In his view, his older cousin must have a way to rescue his parents.
“I already know. Your parents are already on Zod’s ship.”
Luke threw the unconscious Kryptonian female commander to the ground.
He glanced at the scene of a battle that looked as if a violent explosion had occurred.
He couldn’t help but wonder if Superman’s fights would look like a demolition site, every time.
‘How much money does the Wayne Group have to support the Justice League’s various expenses?’
“Then what should I do? Destroy Zod’s ship and kill them all?”
Clark frowned. Defeating the Kryptonian soldiers alone made him feel confident.
‘Things were different now, and I am no longer the farm boy who couldn’t even fight.’
“Zod is more powerful than they were.”
Luke reminded him.
He didn’t want to see his younger cousin get defeated, and lose all his confidence in an instant.
General Zod’s overall quality was definitely better than Superman’s right now.
In the original story, the reason why he lost to Clark…
It was more because of he hadn’t had the chance to absorb the yellow sun’s radiation and improve his power.
Plus, there are no weapons with enough lethality to deal a fatal blow to Superman.
That’s what got his neck snapped.
From his battle sense, learning ability, and other aspects, it was obvious that Zod, who possessed a General’s genetic template, was stronger.
Clark had been on Earth for so long that he learned to control his senses, fly at high speeds, and had Heat Vision.
There was definitely an element of objective lack of training, but it only took Zod a few hours to master it completely.
This shows that Krypton’s genetic modification technology was also unique, or at least able to omit a lot of meaningless training time.
“Do I have to surrender to Zod?”
The young and energetic Superman didn’t listen to his older cousin’s friendly reminder.
The initial victory made Clark somewhat blindly confident, and fail to consider General Zod’s level.
“Don’t worry, Zod won’t hurt Jon and Martha for the time being.”
Luke caught his young cousin’s reaction in his eyes and didn’t say anything more. He just comforted, ” What he really cares about is the Growth Codex on you, that’s the key to rebuilding the planet.”
“A deal must have leverage, and your parents are the only leverage Zod has. He will value them more than anyone else, and wouldn’t allow any mishaps.”
‘Krypton?’
‘Growth Codex?’
Clark was a little confused.
Even now, the naive and innocent younger cousin still believes without a shadow of a doubt, that he was a lower-level warrior from the Saiyan’s planet.
This valuable trust made Luke feel a little guilty… for a fraction of a second.
Soon, he stopped his thoughts and whispered, “It’s a long story. I’ll tell you more about it when I have a chance.”
Luke raised his hand and took all the fallen Kryptonian warriors, as well as the female commander, into the Underworld.
General Zod took Clark’s foster parents, but two of his people fell into the other party’s hands.
Although the other side may not agree to an exchange, but at least they got the qualification to sit at the negotiating table.
The total number of rebels exiled from Krypton, plus General Zod himself, was only twelve.
Except for the female commander, the only woman, the others were men.
In other words, until the fertility code was available for genetic editing and breeding Kryptonians.
Trying to reproduce naturally and build up Krypton was an extremely difficult and unethical act.
Therefore, every Kryptonian still living was very important to General Zod.
“What about the military?”
As Clark walked down the street. Everywhere he looked, there was smoke and fire.
Steel cars reduced to wreckage, crashed and destroyed fighter jets, collapsed buildings and houses on fire …
The battle destroyed three blocks, two A-10 fighter planes and killed four elite pilots.
As for the buildings and shops damaged in the process, like cars, gas stations … they were even more difficult to count.
“Let Lex deal with it. As long as the President, sitting in the White House, is not a fool… He should know that the only thing that can fight General Zod right now, is only Superman.”
Luke smiled, not taking the government to heart.
Through Super Vision, he saw the giant spacecraft in orbit.
‘The next step is to negotiate.’
He always does things with courtesy first. Harmony was the most important thing, so it was best not to do go too far.
Of course, if Zod refused.
Then Luke didn’t mind showing the other party who the most powerful Kryptonian really was.
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…
“Umh…”
Faora opened her eyes and let out a soft moan that made people flutter.
The surrounding area was dark, damp and dirty, like an airtight, gloomy cell.
“You’re awake.”
The magnetic voice, containing a happy tone, came from not far away.
The female commander of Krypton, Faora, looked towards where the sound came from, but only saw a blurry figure.
The other person seemed to be sitting on a chair, only a dozen steps away from her.
“Where is this?”
Faora tried to mobilize the strength in her body, but failed.
Handcuffs and ankle cuffs inlaid with several green stones made her lose her mobility, and it was very difficult for to her stand up.
“You can think of it as a secret room.”
The man lightly said so.
“A secret room? Are you trying to imprison me? Interrogate me? Don’t waste your breath, Kryptonian warriors will never betray their leaders. We are completely loyal to our home planet, to General Zod!”
Faora lightly grunted and coldly said so.
The warrior genetic template had a setting similar to a doctrine, absolute loyalty to Krypton and superior officers.
“Madam commander, you seem scared …?”
The man said with a smile.
“Are you trying to convince me, or yourself? What are you afraid of? Are you worried that I will abuse you with cruel means?”
Faora’s forcibly composed expression turned slightly pale, but didn’t show any obvious emotion.
The valiant eyebrows twitched and her eyes were cold as she looked at the man in the darkness.
“Fear? We placed our lives on the line since we started following General Zod.”
Faora closed her eyes and calmed her heart, calming the trace of panic about the unknown.
“As long as I can dedicate myself to the noble cause of rebuilding Krypton, even if I should die, it would be a good death!”
After a long while, the expected flogging, and torture didn’t happen.
“You misunderstood, madam commander. I just want you to take a message to Zod.”
After a long silence, the man broke the oppressive silence and whispered, “He is determined to obtain Krypton’s Growth Codex, and I must help Clark get his parents back. We can negotiate.”
“Of course, if General Zod doesn’t want to, we can use another… more rude way of talking.”
“Does Krypton have a tradition of dueling, madam commander?”
Faora froze for a moment. She had expected to be captured in defeat and would surely be inhumanely tortured.
Unexpectedly, the other party’s attitude was this good.
Without even a word of threat, he was ready to let her go.
‘The weak-looking earthlings are a peace-loving race.’
“Why should I listen to your orders?”
Despite the gradual acceptance of men’s demands, psychologically, Faora still maintained the arrogant attitude of a Kryptonian warrior.
“Of course, you will listen to me, madam commander.”
The man slowly rose to his feet as he stepped out of the darkness and looked down at the female Kryptonian commander.
“Because it’s in your bones, it’s genetically coded and programmed into you.”
Faora was deeply puzzled. Then, she felt an involuntary sense of respect in her heart and a shocked expression in her eyes.
“Are you … Kryptonian, too?”
She asked in a trembling voice.
“Of course, I am Kryptonian.”
Luke smirked as he reached up and hooked Faora’s chin, smiling with satisfaction at the look of panic and defeat on her face.
“But madam commander, I’m afraid that’s not what you’re wondering.”
Faora’s brain seemed confused.
She didn’t understand why this strange man…
Wasn’t only Kryptonian, but he also had the ‘General’ gene template!
The natural awe, the innate psychological sense of obedience … could make Faora feel this way.
He could only be a Kryptonian general who was above the warrior template and in the leadership class!
