37: Second Krypton

In the boundless starry sky, a colossal Phantom Spaceship hung high above the heavens, and within the ship's control room, Clark, unconscious, lay on the floor.

Meanwhile, in Clark's mind, Zod stood not far from him, revealing an incredibly cruel truth.

“The rebirth of Krypton must be built upon a certain planet, and on this point, even your father believed the same.”

Zod's icy words echoed in Clark's ears. In his heart, protecting and establishing Krypton was his lifelong pursuit, and any price that needed to be paid was, in fact, worth it.

However, Clark fundamentally disagreed with Zod's philosophy. To create a second Krypton, to create his homeland, would require destroying his current second home, Earth, which he could not accept.

“No! Zod, I can’t do this!”

Clark immediately retorted. He could not help Zod establish a second Krypton, even if the codex was on him.

However, at some unknown point, countless heads appeared beneath Clark's feet. At the same time, Clark felt his body sinking uncontrollably. He tried to struggle, but found that no matter how much he exerted himself, he couldn't break free.

Ultimately, Clark could only stare with wide eyes, eventually being swallowed by an endless sea of heads.

Outside!

Clark abruptly sat up from the smooth platform, but then immediately felt a powerful restraint on his hands. It turned out that at some unknown point, his hands had been bound.

At this moment, Superman, being inside the Phantom Spaceship, could not adapt to the ship's ecological environment. Therefore, he was like a mortal, completely unable to break free from these shackles.

At the same time!

Just as Clark awoke, Li An, who had been imprisoned in a certain part of the ship, suddenly opened his eyes. He directly kicked the cabin door in front of him.

Boom!

The terrifying force instantly dented the cabin door, but Li An clearly had no intention of stopping. He continued to exert force, kicking the cabin door again and again. Finally, with the third kick, the cabin door was directly kicked flying.

Without hesitation.

The moment he kicked open the cabin door, Li An immediately walked out of his confinement cell. He didn't even glance at the control panel standing beside him. He did have the key, but once Jor-El was released, he would immediately change the ship's ecological environment, and then Superman's power would be restored.

Although he had now acquired the ability to counter Superman, why should he expend ten parts of effort on something that could be solved with three parts?

Was he so full he had nothing else to do?

Therefore, Li An did not intend to follow the plot and insert the key into the control panel to release Jor-El, who had already become an AI.

Superman Clark, who had regressed to a mortal! Zod, who had not yet discovered the secret of solar energy!

At this stage, wouldn't it be better to eliminate these two?

Woo woo woo~

At this moment, a piercing alarm sounded within the Phantom Spaceship. Due to Lois Lane's sudden escape, Zod's subordinate, Fiora, immediately led a squad of Kryptonian soldiers towards Li An's location.

“Hmm?”

A few minutes later, when Fiora and her soldiers encountered Li An, the previously tense atmosphere instantly became confused. Even Fiora couldn't help but rub her eyes, thinking she had woken up too early and was seeing things.

It turned out that they were looking for a human woman, but now standing in front of them was a man, and this man seemed unafraid of them, even wearing a smile.

“The location is correct, but the gender has changed.”

Fiora immediately frowned, looking at Li An with a puzzled expression.

“Never mind, capture him first, then search other locations.”

After only a few seconds of hesitation, Fiora decided not to dwell on it. At this point, she clearly didn't realize that Li An was Lois. Instead, she directly gestured for her soldiers to capture Li An first, and then go look for Lois.

However, just then, as soon as Fiora's words fell, before the Kryptonian soldiers behind her could advance, Li An made his move first.

【Fiora】 (Weakened Abnormal Status)

Level: lv.85

Health: 154500

Strength: 147 / 857 (Severely Weakened)

Agility: 151 / 843 (Severely Weakened)

Stamina: 143 / 833 (Severely Weakened)

Intelligence: 109 / 452 (Severely Weakened)

Abilities: Combat Expertise lv.85, Super Strength lv.85, Super Speed lv.85, Biology and Technology Specialization lv.85.

[Passive · Combat Expertise lv.85: Melee strength increased by 15%, neural reflex increased by 7%, with attack properties such as penetration, heavy strike, etc.]

[Passive · Super Strength lv.85: Strength +7 in normal attack state, hitting the same part three times in a row will cause a powerful strike effect, increasing attack damage by 30%.]

[Passive · Super Speed lv.85: Agility +70, neural reaction speed increased by 25%, visual perception increased by 30%, with a certain probability of dodging the next attack.]

[Knowledge-based · Biology and Technology Specialization lv.85: When creating biological or technological constructs, temporary focus increased by 90%, intelligence attribute +80, success rate increased by 20%, and there is a certain probability of causing advanced mutation in the construct.]

...Bang!

Fiora only felt a blur before her eyes, and Li An appeared in front of her. Before she could react, Li An had already punched her in the abdomen. Fiora immediately flew backward, her body crashing heavily against the inner wall of the cabin behind her, simultaneously spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Wah~

Suddenly injured, Fiora stared at Li An in shock while spitting blood. At this moment, she felt completely weak, unable even to stand up.

[Active · Energy Field lv.max: Forms an Energy Field with a radius of 50 meters centered on oneself. Within this field, all energy entry is temporarily blocked, with no cooldown time.]

It turned out that the moment Li An saw Fiora, he had already activated his newly acquired Energy Field. He planned to test the strength of this ability before fighting Clark.

With the expansion of the Energy Field, at this moment, not only Kryptonians, but all beings whose power came from external sources would be weakened to a certain extent. Even though Fiora was not illuminated by the young sun outside Earth at this time, the Kryptonian physique still made her unable to escape the suppression of kryptonite.

As for the other Kryptonian soldiers, they were even worse off. Without Li An even needing to act, they directly collapsed to the ground, finding even breathing extremely difficult.

“Damn, damn it.”

“Who exactly are you?”

“What did you do?”

Fiora leaned against the wall, raising her head with difficulty, looking at Li An with a terrified expression.