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Chapter 3446

~10 min read 1,947 words

"Lex, I've gotten into some trouble, I'm flying toward your manor now, get ready." Clark pressed the watch on his hand.

"Don't worry, I already saw it." Lex's voice came from the watch, "I found the information on the guy chasing you now, he comes from some Injustice universe."

"Injustice League?"

"Yes, in some universes, you used your force to rule the world, killed all opponents, established a Superman regime, and established an organization exactly opposite to the Justice League with the superheroes who surrendered to him—'Injustice League'."

"Childish enough." Clark snorted coldly and said.

"That evaluation is correct." Lex's tone was very relaxed, he said, "According to my observations, no Superman regime can succeed. But Batman doesn't win every time either, some are treated quite miserably."

"What about the other pair?"

"Not clear yet, but it looks like their relationship is good. You know this isn't good news."

In the blink of an eye, Clark brought Bruce to the sky above Luthor Manor. He descended slowly, and just as he landed on the roof of Luthor Manor, a blue protective shield rose slowly.

Injustice Superman's laser eye beam hit the protective shield, not even leaving a ripple. Clark gave him a mocking look and walked into the manor with Bruce.

And the other Superman stopped on the roof of a building nearby with Batman.

"Am I dreaming?" Batman said, "The Superman in this universe attacked us with heat vision, then brought the Batman of this universe to the home of the Lex Luthor of this universe, I can't help but ask, what is the relationship between them?"

Superman also scratched his head and said: "It looks like they didn't coerce Luthor... I mean, it doesn't look like they were coerced by Luthor either."

"That guy looked over." Batman said, "Let's leave first, figure out what our mission is before talking."

After the two of them left, Injustice Batman's figure appeared on the roof of the building next door, and Injustice Superman also slowly descended there.

"This universe is much more interesting than I thought." Injustice Superman said, "Maybe we should figure out who is ruling here. Would you be surprised to hear the name Clark Kent? I believe he has the potential."

"He is not you, Kal." Batman said.

"Don't call me that." When Superman stared at Batman with those light blue eyes, the dark pupils looked like a coiled venomous snake.

"Do you still know who you are? Clark or Kal?" Batman looked ahead, expressionless, and said, "You are always forcing others to think about this question, but we all know that you haven't figured it out yourself either. Is it that you don't want to or you can't?"

"Do you think that even if something like this happened, I should stay in the past? Be a good boy named Clark Kent?!"

"You can not be Clark Kent, but do you really want to be Kal-El? If you want to talk to me properly, then you should figure out this question first."

Superman turned his head back, also looking ahead, but the hand covered by the red gauntlet slowly clenched into a fist, using all his strength to suppress the uncontrollable nausea that surged in his stomach when he heard Batman call him Kal.

Humans shaped Clark Kent, then ruthlessly abandoned him. So he chose to become Kal-El, the Kryptonian who didn't care about Earth at all. It seems Batman chose to accept it, so what is he feeling nauseous about?

The skyline of Metropolis at night is always unchanging; the red light on the roof of Luthor Tower flickers, then the Metropolis Theater, the museum, followed by the traffic flowing out from the intersection of Emerald Street, a scene of peaceful prosperity.

Clark put Bruce on the bed, fed him a hangover pill, and then pulled the quilt over him.

Walking out of the bedroom door and downstairs, Lex was sitting at the table looking at the computer. When he walked over, Lex pointed to a box on the table; Clark walked over and picked it up, finding it was a phone.

"Didn't give it to you before because it wasn't fully developed." Lex said without looking up, "You know, Luthor Group has always not provided semi-finished products to users, even if it's an internal test version. Try it and see how it is?"

Clark took the phone out of the box, then found that this phone was square, but foldable. After opening it, a holographic screen popped up automatically, and the boot animation of Luthor Group appeared on the screen.

Lex turned around and said: "The latest Luthor phone is equipped with pupil tracking light technology, this screen can only be seen by yourself. This is the inspiration I got from Battleworld."

"Not bad." Clark evaluated very objectively, "If it goes on the market, I will recommend it to my colleagues. They really need such privacy features."

"Convenient for them to leak nothing when they are caught stealing photos and checking phones?" Lex smiled, "Then you think too much. Phone data has no anti-theft function, so you'd better not lose it."

"We are reporters, not paparazzi for third-rate tabloids." Clark didn't say much, put the phone in his pocket, and then said, "What's going on with the protective shield just now?"

"That's old news. After I graduated from college, I used the technology of the Gotham weather system on the manor. That thing is an energy shield, as long as the energy level doesn't exceed the protection range, it's safe."

Clark sighed and sat down, saying: "But we can't stay here forever. I estimate that the plot node mentioned in the news is coming."

"I just did some research." Lex said, "At this point in other universes, the most likely accident to happen in Metropolis is your relative coming to visit."

"My relative?"

"Yes, a Kryptonian named Zod. He was sentenced to exile in the Phantom Zone for many years due to various charges, and later Krypton was destroyed, and he has always wanted to invade Earth to turn this place into his second home."

"Absurd." Clark evaluated briefly.

"To be honest, haven't you thought about this?" Lex looked at Clark with some interest and said, "Don't you want to rebuild your home planet?"

"That should be rebuilt on Krypton, not on Earth." Clark shook his head gently and said, "Except for the spaceship that brought me here, I know nothing about that place. Maybe one day I can go back and mourn her a little."

"Why? Don't you want to know the truth back then, and don't you want to take revenge for her?"

"There are thousands of me on my home planet, but they still didn't avoid the fate of destruction. This proves that this matter is not something that one or two Kryptonians can change. Even if I want to do something, it's not that simple, this needs long-term planning."

"But Zod obviously doesn't think so." Lex pulled a document from the side and handed it to Clark, then said, "This is the information I collected from other 'me's in Battleworld, Zod is a dangerous person."

Clark picked up the document and flipped through it, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

The information Lex collected was very comprehensive, including the process of Krypton's destruction in most universes.

Although each universe is a bit different, it's generally about the same. In general, it belongs to self-inflicted, and it's just a microcosm of the destruction of thousands of civilizations in the universe.

Krypton's experience is similar to Asgard's; in a certain period, powerful Kryptonians were all over the universe, even in the range of the red sun, they were not as strong as in the range of the yellow sun, but their technological level was still not to be underestimated, and they were considered a fairly advanced civilization in the universe.

However, they inevitably embarked on an old path of class solidification, like the late Qing Dynasty, with vast territory and prosperous population, but the ruling class locked themselves on the home planet for the sake of the stability of their rule.

Although the final destruction also had the pushing of other civilizations and the little blue people, it is undeniable that if the Council did not exist, then even if multiple disasters and alien invasions were superimposed, the powerful Kryptonians would not have died almost completely overnight.

After a while, Clark opened his mouth and said: "Zod might not necessarily be aiming at Earth, it's also possible he's aiming at me. He seems to have placed the hope of reviving Krypton on me."

"This is the suspicious point." Lex tapped the table lightly with his fingertips and said, "He is also a Kryptonian, if he wants to rebuild Krypton, he can do it himself, why come to find you?"

"This proves that he might not just want to rebuild Krypton, but just want to invade Earth." Clark threw the document aside and said, "Maybe he was a hero once, but what he is doing now is just walking the old path of his people, and there won't be any good results."

Clark's movements paused, he turned his head to look upstairs, and then said to Lex: "Bruce is awake."

"Are you sure he's sober? If he acts crazy again, I'll throw you two out together."

Clark smiled and said: "Don't worry, according to the time, his crazy energy should have passed. It's just that you'll have to listen to his complaints later."

He hadn't finished speaking when Bruce walked out of the bedroom, clutching the back of his neck, shaking his head and saying: "Who put me on the guillotine while I was drunk? Why can't I feel the existence of my neck?"

"At least your head is still there." Lex said gloatingly, he crossed his legs, put his hands on the armrests, and looked like he was watching a joke.

"Alright." Bruce raised his hands, then placed them heavily on the railing in front, standing on the second floor looking at the two people below, saying, "Now, let the great Batman lead you through this crisis!"

"Now you remember you're Batman." Clark pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "It's truly unimaginable, now Metropolis has three Batmen, an unprecedented disaster."

"Now you can abandon me and find someone else to be your teammate." Bruce patted the railing hard again and said, "Go find your favorite Batman, you have plenty to choose from!"

After saying that, he turned back to the bedroom and slammed the door shut. Clark sighed on the spot.

"Why do I feel his spirit is not normal again?"

"When has his spirit ever been normal?"

The two couldn't help but look at each other.

"Do you have information on those two Batmen?" Clark asked.

"Are you really planning to find Batman?"

Clark rubbed his forehead and said, "If the one coming this time is really General Zod, Supermen won't sit idly by, they might cause a big mess. It's best if the Batman in the same universe as them can hold them back."

Lex sighed, turned back to face the computer, and while typing on the keyboard, said: "Why do I feel that your position and Batman's position are reversed? If it were another universe, the one sitting here sighing at me should be Batman."

"Stop joking. Batman wouldn't come to find Luthor, he'd rather find evil Superman to cooperate than come to find you."

"You're right about that. We two don't get along by nature. So the task of holding Bruce back is left to you."

Clark let out a long sigh.

(End of chapter)

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