Chapter 3517: The Study of Cats and Dogs (76)

Different versions of comics have different explanations for how Krypton was destroyed. Currently, there are two mainstream versions: the "self-destruction theory" and the "planet explosion theory."

The former roughly says that due to various social problems, the development of Kryptonian society almost stagnated. The social problems brought about by class solidification accumulated for a long time and finally erupted at a certain node. A genetic disaster swept the globe, leading to the extinction of civilization.

The latter version is simpler, which is that Kryptonians were living well on their own planet, and their mother planet suddenly had some problems, "bang" and it exploded, and then all Kryptonians died.

There are also some versions that combine these two: it was because of social problems that someone blew up the planet, and then Kryptonians became extinct.

However, after the investigation of Green Lantern Hal, at least in their universe, Krypton was not blown up. The planet is still in place, it's just that the civilization on it is gone.

And because Kryptonian technology is actually quite advanced, it left many traces in the universe. The destruction of this civilization is traceable and is not a secret.

After some investigation, Hal also roughly figured out how Krypton was destroyed back then.

Speaking of social problems, if you study it carefully, it is still the problem of their life form itself.

The Kryptonian race is not a natural race, meaning they are not the product of natural evolution. Every Kryptonian is born through strict genetic screening, and the core technology of their race is genetic modification technology.

That is to say, it is very likely that when they were born, they were as fragile as humans. But after countless genetic modifications and screenings, they finally became such a powerful race.

It sounds quite beautiful, and humans often fantasize about having such genetic modification technology, making everyone powerful and beautiful, and also possessing infinite lifespan.

But in fact, this evolutionary route is completely wrong. Kryptonians proved this with their lives.

First of all, because of the strict genetic screening technology, the vast majority of Kryptonians do not possess natural reproductive capabilities.

That is to say, they cannot reproduce offspring through mating like humans. Natural mating, this primitive and inefficient reproductive method in their eyes, had long been eliminated.

Their reproductive method is asexual reproduction, directly constructing embryos, injecting genes, and you can get a child.

This reproductive method is indeed quite efficient. And their genetic modification technology allows them to decide at the genetic level what a member of a group should do when they grow up.

Just like Clark Kent, or Kal-El, his father was a scientist, so he was implanted with scientist-matching genes when he was young, and he should have become a researcher when he grew up.

And Zod's father was a soldier, he was implanted with warrior-matching genes when he was young, and he should have been a general when he grew up.

I believe anyone with a little sociological common sense can discover that under this so-called efficient reproductive method, it is impossible for society not to produce class solidification.

Would the rulers of Krypton implant the genes of bottom-level laborers into their children?

Do bottom-level workers have the opportunity to implant the genes of social leaders or genius scientists into their children?

Of course not. They haven't evolved complete cluster consciousness yet, and everyone has their own selfishness.

Rulers will only implant various excellent genes into their children, letting them continue to be rulers; while bottom-level people can only implant the most ordinary genes into their children, letting them be bottom-level people for a lifetime.

With such a bottom-level logic, society will naturally have all kinds of problems. These problems are almost unsolvable.

If they want to solve them, it means completely overthrowing the evolutionary route that has been followed for so many years and starting over.

If you use humans as a metaphor, this is not letting humans go back to the trees to be monkeys, but letting humans choose whether to be vertebrates again.

The sunk cost is really too high, so even if they know there are many social problems, they really don't have the courage to start over, so they can only try their best to maintain the status quo.

In order to suppress various social problems, the parliament formulated many strict laws. And these laws further led to class solidification, producing a vicious cycle, until one day, the contradictions were completely ignited.

Hal didn't find out much, but he could roughly infer the scene at that time.

It should be that a certain worker who received unfair treatment tampered with the facilities used for reproduction by Kryptonians, amplified the radiation of a certain device used for genetic modification in some way, eventually causing all Kryptonians to have genetic disorders, and producing a fatal allergic reaction to the stellar radiation of this universe. All Kryptonians on the planet died overnight.

Because the planet was not destroyed, many historical documents were preserved. This also made Zod's activities in his youth traceable.

The crime for which he was exiled to the Phantom Zone is called "Illegal Revolution," and the full name is "Illegal Guidance or Organization of Revolution."

This is also one of the many strict laws formulated by the parliament.

Because of excessive exploitation of mother planet resources during external expansion, the living conditions on Krypton were actually not good enough. And because of genetic settings, Kryptonians who could only engage in bottom-level labor from birth to death were allocated very few resources, so riots occurred from time to time.

Within a certain period, various rebellions and revolutions appeared too frequently, and the high-level parliament faced serious threats to their personal safety, so they promulgated a whole set of "Anti-Revolution Laws."

This law probably stipulates that on Krypton, all behaviors that may cause revolution are illegal.

And it's not just behavior, but if you have the suspicion of making such behavior, you have committed a crime.

For example, people engaged in manual labor gathering to discuss politics belongs to having revolutionary suspicion, and can be sentenced to exile at the highest.

Disobeying management, talking back to superiors, or simply not working seriously, also depends on the severity of the situation, and can be sentenced to exile at the highest.

It even reached the point where just telling children about their work content belongs to illegal revolutionary education suspicion, and can also be sentenced to exile at the highest.

All of the above belong to "suspicion crimes." Although it is said that the highest can be sentenced to exile, as long as the situation is not particularly serious, generally they won't really be exiled.

But this "Illegal Revolution" that Zod committed is not a suspicion crime, but a real crime. It means he really did it.

The resume of Zod's life investigated by Hal shows that this guy was also a born revolutionary leader. He wasn't honest for a day from childhood to adulthood.

Comparing it to the human lifespan, it's probably that he organized a parade in elementary school before he was 10; just entered junior high school, he led a group of people to form a revolutionary society; he was directly expelled from high school because of gathering to fight and destroying government public facilities.

Because his father was also a general, his father put him into the army during his university stage. He triggered a mutiny at the squadron level in less than a year. Later, he transferred to the security group, leading the security personnel in that area to strike and parade.

By the time he was 25, he had been arrested 16 times, of which 11 were acquitted due to insufficient evidence, and he had been in prison 5 times, totaling about three years. Later, because of gathering to make trouble, he was sentenced for five years once, and was also marked as a dangerous person by the parliament.

Even as a key concern of the parliament, Zod didn't stop his path of resistance.

In his last appearance, he led his personal guards to surround the parliament building and forced the palace, fighting the parliament's forbidden army for more than 60 hours without falling behind.

It can be said that with this resume, he can completely open a "Hardcore Tough Guy" issue. If it weren't for bad luck, he should be a Kryptonian lord now.

Unfortunately, he was still one move short, and was unfortunately arrested. But he also skillfully used his legal knowledge to acquit himself, escaping more than 160 charges, and finally only one illegal revolution crime remained, and he was sentenced to the lightest punishment among all charges—exile to the Phantom Zone for 200 years.

To be honest, this punishment is like blowing up the Twin Towers and fin

Moreover, he didn't go alone. His beautiful and loyal female adjutant was deeply moved by his personal charisma and volunteered to accompany him to prison, and even bore him a child.

After finishing this resume, Hal was truly a bit impressed by this Kryptonian General.

Subsequently, he felt some confusion. Logically speaking, such a ruthless person shouldn't be so muddled as to insist on finding a substitute for Krypton in the universe, and must use military force to invade here.

Although humans see Kryptonians as aliens, so there is no need to hold back; Kryptonians naturally see humans the same way, and Zod couldn't possibly have any pity for humans.

But if Zod were such a person, then his so-called motive for reviving Krypton wouldn't make sense.

When Krypton was alive, you were causing chaos all over it; now that Krypton is dead, you've thought of reviving it. Isn't this contradictory?

Of course, it's possible that the Krypton he wants to build is a better Krypton. But the first thing he needs to solve isn't the issue of a habitat at all, because the planet Krypton didn't explode. Wouldn't it be better to rebuild it there? Why run all the way to Earth?

Discovering that there were too many things that didn't make sense, Hal realized that there must be something the Justice League didn't know.

Therefore, after discussing it with Lex, they urgently changed their plan, deciding to talk to Zod after subduing him to figure out what exactly happened back then.

After receiving the cryogenic pod from Gotham's underworld, Hal sent it all the way back to Metropolis and opened the pod's door in front of the Justice League members.

Logically speaking, Supermen from the other two universes should feel very relieved to see Zod's current miserable state. But looking at Zod, who was pricked like a hedgehog, the two of them really couldn't help but take a step back.

They had been Supermen for much longer than Clark, and various invaders had used all sorts of tricks to deal with this strongest combatant in the Justice League.

And their teammate, Batman, had also formulated countless plans to guard against superhumans like them.

But the most extreme among them was just burying them with large amounts of Kryptonite or simply building a Kryptonite prison.

However, the universe they are in now is different. They have taken an epoch-making step in the use of Kryptonite—changing external application to internal consumption.

Those sharp little thorns stuck into Zod's body dissolved directly into his blood, causing his skin to faintly glow green.

Superman really wanted to grab the collar of the person who invented this thing and ask—what is the difference between this and a lethal injection?!

(End of chapter)