Compared to other Kryptonians, natural-born Clark is free.
Jor-El injected the central secret codex containing the genes of billions of Kryptonians into Clark's body, intending to place the hopes of the entire Krypton on this free Kryptonian.
This is the salvation plan that Jor-El came up with as the chief scientist when facing the destruction of Krypton.
But General Zod, who was equally eager to protect Krypton, had completely different ideas.
General Zod's full name is Dru Zod. He was born into the Zod family in Kandor City on Krypton. He possesses the top warrior genes and is a natural born powerful Kryptonian warrior and excellent tactical commander.
Therefore, he naturally inherited his father's position and became the new head of the Krypton Military Association.
However, when facing the desperate situation of Krypton's destruction, Zod, as a general and soldier, believed that this was entirely a mistake made in decision-making by the group of old stubborn people in the ruling committee.
As a result, he launched a rebellion with the intention of overthrowing the ruling committee and returning to power with himself and other Kryptonians with superior genes.
Unfortunately, the rebellion was stopped, General Zod was captured along with his troops, and sentenced by the committee to be imprisoned in the Phantom Dimension where even time is frozen.
It wasn't until Krypton was destroyed and the energy from the planet's nuclear explosion reached this area that Zod and his troops were freed.
It was for this reason that Lin Zhongtian was unable to detect the true location of the time traveler Danas when he traveled through time before.
Because at that time, Danas was trapped in the phantom space with General Zod and Fiora.
After regaining his freedom, Zod and his soldiers discovered the destruction of Krypton and, understandably, collapsed.
Except for Danas, who has a free soul, the shackles of protecting Krypton are engraved in the genes of all Kryptonian soldiers.
Losing Krypton meant they lost the meaning of life given to them by the secret code and genes.
Fortunately, Zod still vaguely remembered that Jor-El stole the Central Codex and input all the Kryptonian genes recorded in it into the body of his naturally born son.
With this only remaining hope, General Zod convinced himself and his soldiers.
They wandered aimlessly in the wreckage of Krypton, collecting various equipment and facilities that were not destroyed in the explosion, and transformed the cages that imprisoned them into lifeboats, relying on searching for those ancient Kryptonian colonies and outposts to continuously replenish supplies.
It was not until Clark accidentally activated an ancient Kryptonian reconnaissance ship on Earth in his search for the mystery of his own life that General Zod received the signal from the reconnaissance ship and discovered the location of the Earth.
Hearing Zod's words, Clark felt a little surprised and blamed himself.
He didn't expect that he was the one who brought General Zod to Earth...
But Zod obviously didn't care about Clark's attitude, he stated his purpose directly.
That is to use the Central Codex on Clark's body to continue the Kryptonian race, and use the World Engine to transform the entire earth's environment and atmosphere into the appearance of Krypton, so that the great Krypton can continue its glory on the wreckage of the earth.
If General Zod just wanted to continue the Kryptonian race, the kind-hearted Clark would naturally not refuse.
But Zod not only wants to resurrect the Kryptonians, he also has his eyes on the Earth, which Clark simply cannot accept.
He could not sit idly by and watch Zod kill all the people on Earth, so he decisively rejected Zod's invitation and refused to hand over the Central Secret Codex.
The talks between the two sides broke down, and Zod turned hostile on the spot. He used red sunlight and Kryptonian atmosphere to dissipate Clark's power, and decided to forcibly remove the Central Codex stored in Clark's body regardless of his wishes.
When Clark fell down unwillingly, a silver light flashed in Lin Zhongtian's palm and he took back the eavesdropping device placed on him.
Looking at Bruce, Diana and others who were silent in the Batcave, Lin Zhongtian asked with a smile: "What are you going to do now?"
"We can only fight." Bruce said calmly, "Mr. Lin, do you know the weakness of Kryptonians?"
"Yeah, Kryptonite and red sunlight."
"Kryptonite is a substance from Krypton, right?"
"That's right."
"Then we can only consider red sunlight. I can think of a way to make related weapons as soon as possible. Diana, you have the ability to fly. Can you fly to the Kryptonian spaceship to rescue Clark? We need his help..."
"No problem, leave it to me!"
Diana nodded, packed her equipment, and left with Steve.
After the two left, Lin Zhongtian asked curiously, "What about me?"
Bruce glanced at Lin Zhongtian and said calmly: "Excuse me, you don't care about humans at all, you only care about Diana's family. I won't ask you to stand on the side of humans, I just hope you can lend a helping hand when Diana is in danger..."
Hearing Bruce's straightforward words, Lin Zhongtian was not angry, but just looked at him with interest.
"How dare you talk to me like that, knowing that I don't care about humans?"
Bruce said calmly: "It is precisely because you don't care that I dare to talk to you like this..."
Is this Batman?
Much more interesting than Diana indeed!
Lin Zhongtian looked at Bruce with interest, and finally no longer regretted not interfering with Batman's fate.
It is precisely because of Bruce's flawed past that he has become the interesting Batman he is today.
After a little thought, Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "The Kryptonians are all superhumans. It is difficult for you to compete with them with your strength."
Before he finished speaking, a silver light flashed in Lin Zhongtian's palm, and a dazzling white light ball appeared out of thin air, instantly illuminating the entire bat cave.
Facing the holy white light emitted by the ball of light, Bruce was stunned, as if he felt a warm palm soothing his soul, making his tense nerves slowly relax.
But then, Bruce woke up from this abnormal power and looked at the white light ball vigilantly.
"What's this?"
"The power of the holy angel."
Lin Zhongtian looked at Bruce in surprise, and while praising his willpower, he explained with a smile: "With it, you can master the powerful power of angels - how about it, are you interested?"
“…”
Bruce fell silent and didn't reply.
Lin Zhongtian said regretfully: "It seems that he is not interested... What about this?"
Before he finished speaking, the white light in Lin Zhongtian's hand was replaced by a ring emitting green light.
As soon as it appeared, the green light ring began to vibrate violently, as if trying to escape from Lin Zhongtian's control.
But Lin Zhongtian just glanced at it, and a silver light flashed on the ring, and then it became completely quiet like a tamed beast.
"This is the Green Lantern Ring, which belongs to the Green Lantern Corps. It is an extremely powerful weapon in the universe that can be driven by willpower. With your willpower as Batman, it should be easy to gain its recognition..."
Lin Zhongtian had a smile on his face: "How about it, are you interested this time?"
Bruce was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked, "So what's the price?"
“Boring…”
Lin Zhongtian curled his lips, waved his hand, placed the white light ball and the green lantern ring on the table, and confined them with space.
"I've placed the Holy Angel Power and the Green Lantern Ring here. If you want to use them, try to get their approval. But remember, these two things are loaned to you by me, so you have to return them!"
Lin Zhongtian gave some serious instructions, then disappeared into the bat cave in a flash.
Bruce was the only one left, sitting silently in the chair, frowning slightly, looking at the two balls of light, one white and one green, in front of him.
…
At the same time, on a spaceship moving in the universe.
The Green Lantern with lavender skin looked at his empty ring in confusion.
"...Where's my ring?"
"Where's this big green lantern ring when I wear it on my hand?!"
…
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Low Earth satellite orbit, Kryptonian spacecraft.
General Zod and many soldiers gathered in front of the operating table, looking excitedly at Clark who was imprisoned on the operating table, and the Kryptonian scientist who was standing beside Clark and preparing to extract the Central Codex.
How many years have passed...
They finally got what they wanted, retrieved the Central Codex, and rebuilt Krypton.
No Kryptonian would want to miss such an important moment.
At this moment, a loud explosion suddenly came from the spacecraft.
General Zod's face darkened and he immediately shouted at the soldiers to check the situation.
The black armor on the Kryptonian soldiers automatically wrapped around their entire bodies, and then they rushed towards the direction where the explosion came from with gloomy faces.
But before they left for long, a tall and strong Kryptonian soldier came out from outside the operating room, quickly knelt on one knee in front of General Zod, and said in a hurried tone: "General, it's the powerful Earth creature that Adjutant Fiora mentioned!"
"She somehow managed to get on the spacecraft, and is now fighting with our people in the World Engine!"
"What?!" Zod's voice instantly rose eight degrees, his eyes widened, and he glared at the Kryptonian soldier in front of him, "World Engine?!"
The Kryptonian soldier lowered his head and said nervously, "Yes... yes."
The so-called world engine is Krypton's planetary transformer.
As the name suggests, it is a powerful machine that can transform the environment of an entire planet into a Kryptonian environment.
In Zod's plan, the World Engine is as important as the Central Codex and must not be lost.
Zod roared, "Where is Danath Earl, who is guarding the World Engine?"
The Kryptonian soldier lowered his head and said, "Captain...he has been defeated by that Earth creature!"
"waste!"
Zod cursed angrily, then suppressed his anger and called on all the remaining soldiers to rush towards the direction of the world engine.
During the march, Zod specifically instructed his soldiers not to use energy guns to avoid accidentally damaging the world engine.
As they turned a corner, the Kryptonian soldier following at the end quietly left the team and turned towards the operating room.
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Ten seconds later, Clark Kent, who was gritting his teeth and trying to break free under the red sunlight, suddenly heard a muffled sound.
He looked up in astonishment, only to see the Kryptonian scientist in front of the operating table roll his eyes and fall unconscious without a sound, revealing the tall black shadow standing behind him.
The black mask on the shadow's face quickly faded away, revealing a face that was very unfamiliar to Clark.
But the next second, the face quickly changed into that of Danas.
Clark still remembered the Kryptonian soldier who could call out his Earth name, and his face was immediately filled with astonishment.
"…Why is it you?"
"Why can't it be me?"
Danas smiled slightly, then threw a punch, instantly smashing the machine that could emit red sunlight.