29: Luther's suspicion, heading to the Indian Ocean

Half a month later!

In a certain area of the Indian Ocean, men and women wearing deep-sea diving suits emerged, and these people skillfully put on their full gear before leaping into the sea.

The citizens playing and enjoying the cool breeze on the nearby beach were already used to this sight. Ever since Li An subdued the three Deputy Supervisors and Dai Linna half a month ago, LexCorp's security personnel in the Indian Ocean had almost all secretly started working for Li An.

These employees tirelessly searched day and night for the kryptonite Li An wanted. Based on Li An's memories, the employees had continuously narrowed down the search area over the past half-month, and it was estimated that in a few more days, the location of the kryptonite could be pinpointed and found.

Li An naturally knew about this news, and he was very happy about it.

In the past half-month, he had thoroughly understood the plot's progression. He estimated that Superman Clark would likely return in the next two days, and when that happened, Zod would inevitably descend upon Earth.

Before that, he had to obtain the kryptonite first. Only then could he participate in the great battle between Superman Clark and Zod, and even achieve ultimate victory!

Of course, besides this matter, Li An had also recently discovered an interesting thing: Lex seemed to have some doubts about his identity and had even started secretly hiring people to investigate him.

Fortunately, the person Lex arranged to do this was Dai Linna, and Dai Linna had already been tormented by him into complete submission. As soon as Lex gave her the order, she immediately told Li An about it.

Li An naturally had Dai Linna fabricate some information. It wasn't time for him to openly confront Lex yet. Although LexCorp's employees in the Indian Ocean were already working for him, their salaries were still paid by Lex, so Li An was essentially getting free labor.

To maintain this relationship, Li An naturally had to make Lex feel somewhat at ease. Although Lex was being kept in the dark by him, he couldn't completely displease him, could he?

Actually, as one of the few highly intelligent criminals in the DC Universe, Lex wouldn't normally be so easily deceived by Li An. However, at this point in time, Superman Clark had not yet appeared.

And the methods Li An employed were almost beyond common sense, directly subduing Dai Linna, whom Lex had placed by Li An's side, and also forcing the three Deputy Supervisors to bow to him.

Although the actions of the several Deputy Supervisors and Dai Linna would eventually not escape Lex's notice, for the time being, Lex would not be able to discover what they were doing. After all, with Li An in charge, any actions or events that would interfere with his search for kryptonite would be nipped in the bud by him.

On the other side!

Lex also received the information about Li An, which Dai Linna had specifically fabricated. From the surface information, Li An was a hot-blooded young man who went from street fighting to later choosing to enlist in the army.

Furthermore, he later served in a special forces unit, but Dai Linna stated that with her current authority, she could not yet find more information about Li An and hoped Lex could give her some time to think of a solution.

Lex naturally would not refuse. Dai Linna had been with him for a long time, and Lex had great confidence in her abilities.

Two days later!

Somewhere in the Arctic!

Above the hard ice, a passage entirely excavated by hand was exposed. At the very bottom, in the deepest layer of ice in this passage, Superman Clark was inserting the Superman Key into the control hub of the Krypton spaceship.

The next second, as the key was activated, Superman Clark's biological father, Jor-El, appeared before Clark for the first time as an artificial intelligence.

Jor-El seemed to have anticipated Clark's arrival. Jor-El first told Clark the secret of his origins, then began to tell Clark about the origin, glory, and ultimate demise of Krypton civilization.

This reality was undoubtedly cruel. Facing the Death of his relatives and the destruction of his home planet plunged Clark, who had just found his family, into an even deeper state of confusion.

Fortunately, Jor-El also seemed to sense Clark's low spirits and immediately began to comfort him. Jor-El eventually also gave Clark a suit, and this suit would become Superman Clark's later iconic attire.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The moment Clark put on the suit, his azure figure immediately broke through the ice and appeared on the surface.

As Clark emerged from his confusion under Jor-El's guidance, he finally began to truly accept Earth as his second home.

And now, he had to master and familiarize himself with the power he possessed, and transform it into the confidence he needed to protect and defend Earth!

Metropolis · LexCorp Headquarters!

Li An sat in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the bustling traffic and the multitude of people below. A sense of realization suddenly came over him. Once upon a time, he too was one of these ordinary people.

Every day, all he could think about was how to survive, how to survive in brutal battles and bloody, murderous arenas.

Although he eventually died because of a villain, Paradise gave him a second chance at life. And this time, he would not give others the opportunity to harm him again. He would constantly evolve, constantly devour, until he reached the endpoint of evolution!

Beep beep beep ~

Just then, a sudden, urgent phone call interrupted Li An's contemplation, pulling him back from his thoughts.

"What is it?"

The next second, Li An casually picked up the phone and asked.

"Hmm?"

"Are you sure?"

"Good, protect it well. I will set off immediately and come to get it myself!"

With the call connected, Li An finally received the news he had been waiting for.

kryptonite had finally been found!

Without hesitation, the moment he hung up the phone, Li An immediately dialed an internal number, asking Dai Linna to book him a plane ticket to the nearest city in the Indian Ocean. He needed to go on a business trip.

LexCorp Headquarters · Twenty-eighth floor!

Lex sat at his spacious desk, looking at the image on the huge monitor. In the image, Li An had already taken the elevator to the first floor and was walking quickly towards the door, clearly heading to the airport.

"Who exactly are you?"

"And what is your purpose?"

"If I hadn't been careful, I really might have been kept in the dark by you, managing to secretly buy off three Deputy Supervisors and Dai Linna without a sound."

"Interesting! Truly too interesting!"

It turned out that Li An's unusual actions were eventually noticed by Lex. When he had Dai Linna investigate Li An's information, he had actually kept a backup plan. Besides Dai Linna, he also had others investigate Li An.

This wasn't because Lex was suspicious at the time; rather, he always conducted his affairs this way, never trusting one-sided accounts. It was precisely for this reason that he saw information about Li An that was completely different from what Dai Linna had fabricated.

Lex looked at Li An's moving figure on the screen, then turned his gaze to the file information on his desk. On it was just a very simple sentence:

"Li An, male, Asian, place of birth unknown, network of connections unknown, first appeared in Smallville, then came to Metropolis, and became LexCorp's Security Department Supervisor one day later."

If Li An were here now, he would surely be shocked by the professional competence of Lex's subordinates. The information they investigated was almost perfectly consistent, and they even managed to find out that he first appeared in Smallville. One must know that there were no surveillance devices or similar equipment in the outskirts of the town at that time.

It was truly incredible!