Chapter 3525: This Man Comes from Krypton (3)

H'El is also a Kryptonian. And he is Krypton's Superman.

Meaning, he is the Superman among Supermen. Among a group of Supermen, he is also the most powerful one, and it can be said that he completely crushes other Supermen; he is a super-powered being among Supermen.

But actually, he is a clone created by Kryptonians.

Some people might find it strange; according to that way of breeding Kryptonians, isn't everyone a clone?

Actually, not so. Although genetic editing can be performed, every Kryptonian's genes are different. Stealing others' genes is illegal.

For example, you, a bottom-level person, steal a general's genes and inject them into your child, letting him possess the same martial power as the general. When trouble arises, how could the Council sit idly by?

Therefore, since the beginning of breeding descendants in this way, descendants born by stealing others' genes have been called clones.

H'El is a clone. It's just that he didn't just clone one person—his body gathered all the strongest genes of Kryptonians. Whether it was scientists, generals, or political leaders, his body used all the good genes.

These genes produced some chemical reactions, leading to the birth of the strongest individual in Krypton's history.

Of course, he doesn't know he is a clone, and he hates clones very much, feeling that they are thieves who steal genes.

In the comics, his identity is different, but they all have a deep connection with Jor-El, who is Clark's biological father. Either he was his good friend, or his adopted son.

And he also loves his home, Krypton, deeply. In the comics, due to some coincidences, he escaped the destruction of Krypton. After discovering that his home had been destroyed, he has been committed to rebuilding Krypton.

However, his method of rebuilding Krypton is slightly different from Zod's: Zod wants to restore the population on Krypton, while H'El wants to restore the energy on Krypton.

I said before that the conditions of the planet Krypton itself are not very good. Energy is not rich enough, and it has been monopolized by the upper class, and their unbridled exploitation has caused the planet itself to be in jeopardy.

Zod's method is to re-breed Kryptonians and control the population, while H'El's method is to plunder energy.

This is actually a technology that Krypton had before its destruction, which is devouring stars in other star systems to serve as its own energy supply. But because the technology was not very mature at the time, and the distribution of stars in the universe was not that dense, this technology was temporarily shelved.

And H'El perhaps felt that as long as energy was restarted, Krypton could be revived, so he set his sights on the sun of the solar system. In the comics, he also clashed with the Justice League because of this.

If there are no accidents, he should also be eyeing the sun this time. And destroying Mercury might be because Mercury was in the way.

Although it sounds absurd, as long as one is strong enough, one can indeed do whatever one wants. H'El is very likely to have discovered that Mercury was a bit in the way when setting up equipment to devour the star, so he blew up Mercury with one punch.

When this conclusion was passed back to the Justice League, everyone was speechless.

However, at the same time, they all breathed a sigh of relief—fortunately, they had long considered that the star of their star system might be targeted, so they had done quite a lot of security measures for the sun. This reckless guy couldn't succeed so easily.

Oliver immediately contacted Bruce and said: "The sun has a problem, he is very likely to go to check. You must avoid a head-on encounter with him. Absolutely not allowed to fight him! Do you hear me, Bruce?!"

Bruce sighed and reluctantly agreed.

He of course knew what Oliver meant. This guy is truly too strong; if Bruce fought him head-on, and it was a fight near the sun, and the sun was affected by the aftermath of their fight and exploded, then humanity would be finished.

So, although Bruce really wanted to meet this guy, he could only choose to hide.

Bruce's ability to fight head-on is actually not strong. His angel identity only has status but no ability, and the only skill he can use is to summon holy light to take him back to Heaven. Running away is quite useful, but it's hard to use for fighting.

He has a lot of Barbatos's dark energy, which can be used for fighting, but it is incompatible with his angel identity. He cannot use dark energy when using the angel form.

And if he only uses dark energy, his defensive ability is insufficient, and he doesn't have the ability to run away at any time, making it easy to be beaten to death.

In the past, he won fights using this identity purely because of status crushing, or relying on the fact that the opponent couldn't understand what an angel was and couldn't resist dark energy.

This time it's different; this time a tough guy has come. H'El is quite powerful.

The abilities he possesses as a Kryptonian are all enhanced versions; just the paper data is several times that of Superman, and he also possesses mental abilities, can read and modify others' memories, can master time and space at will, and can possess his own stellar projection.

The most outrageous thing is that he can exist at different time points at the same time like Dr. Manhattan. This basically belongs to the ceiling level in the DC comic ability system.

For him, blowing up a Mercury is basically a matter of flicking his fingers—it's similar to seeing a piece of debris in the way on the desktop and flicking it away with a hand.

Even if Bruce could use Barbatos's dark energy in the angel form, he wouldn't have much chance of winning against him. The only possibility is to open the dark gate and let Barbatos deal with him personally.

But the problem is that Barbatos can't come out now either. So, unless he can be lured to Barbatos's territory, the chance of winning is still not high. Of course, H'El can't kill Bruce either; after all, no matter how strong he is, he can't break into Heaven.

And Bruce wanting to meet H'El is of course not wanting to go head-to-head with him. Since this guy has reason, then he can talk. There are plenty of stars in the universe, why must he make things difficult for the sun?

However, Oliver strongly requested, so Bruce still decided to hide and see the situation first. See if this guy has any way to deal with the dark energy shield. If he has no way, then they will have bargaining chips.

Not only Bruce is paying attention to the situation of the sun, but people like Hal and Barry who have the ability to retreat quickly are also patrolling near the sun, searching for H'El's figure.

Just at this time, Injustice Batman found Oliver. He said: "If the other party shows up, what do you plan to do?"

"We want to talk to him," Oliver said, "the other party is also an intelligent life, naturally it can be communicated with. Communication is the foundation of everything."

Injustice Batman narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "The Justice League of your universe is very powerful, much more powerful than ours."

"Do you think we should use force?"

"He destroyed your most advanced base."

"Precisely because of this, we have to talk to him," Oliver said, "in the universe, it is the law of the jungle. His strength is unquestionable. He caused us losses; if we can occupy enough favorable conditions, of course we will make him pay the price, but the problem is that it won't work now."

"As long as you fight in the solar system, the one who suffers is Earth. Choosing peaceful means to solve it as much as possible is to better preserve Earth's property. If you rush up and fight directly, and break the sun or other planets, isn't the loss still Earth's?"

Oliver sighed and said: "When you are weak, no matter how you show your teeth and claws, it's just incompetent rage. It's better to calm down and choose a way that is more favorable to yourself to solve the problem."

"What if he doesn't cooperate?"

"We are not keen on war, but we are not afraid of fighting," Oliver tapped the table lightly and said, "if he firmly refuses to cooperate and causes losses we cannot accept, then we must fight."

"So now you don't intend to go to war with him head-on, because you think the probability of him cooperating is higher?"

"Yes, if he is really aiming at the sun, then we are fully confident to persuade him. And, if the Kryptonians on Earth come forward and let him see the hope of cooperating with humans to revive Krypton, he should choose to cooperate."

"Yes, this premise is—he is intelligent, to be precise, he must be rational."

Oliver frowned and looked at Injustice Batman and said: "What do you want to say?"

"Have you ever thought about why, among so many stars in the universe, he happens to target the sun?"

Oliver was silent, because he actually didn't know why. Reasonably speaking, there are plenty of stars near Krypton, even if some don't meet the standards, the remaining ones are definitely enough, why must he run so far to mess with the sun?

"Do you think he is directed by someone?"

"Think about it, a wanderer who deeply loves his home, after returning to his home, finds that his species has perished, and the former home is left with only a dead land. He will feel very angry, right?"

Oliver nodded.

"Angry people are very easy to manipulate," Injustice Batman glanced at Injustice Superman silently and said, "I believe you can also see that the destruction of Krypton was not that simple. Even if the Council brought it on themselves, there must be someone pushing behind the scenes. If there has always been an evil force lurking within Krypton, then would he also manipulate H'El?"

Oliver fell into contemplation; he knew what Injustice Batman meant.

The story about the destruction of Krypton brought back by Hal sounds quite logical: the Council oppressed the people, the people rose up to resist, and finally a victim seized the opportunity to drag everyone down with him. The whole logic is sound.

But actually, there are some loopholes. For example, under such strict class oppression, how did that worker manage to do all this?

Not to mention anything else, the core genetic coding facility is not something he could come into contact with, right?

Even if it's a professional scientist, Jor-El values the Codex very much, which proves that their genetic coding is very complex and must be recorded to be used accurately. How would an ordinary worker know how to adjust the code?

Oliver of course has doubts, but under the premise that Krypton has already been destroyed, pursuing these details is meaningless.

However, Injustice Batman saying this really connected everything.

If the destruction of Krypton was not an accident, but someone hiding behind the scenes manipulating everything, then H'El, who had returned to Krypton, appearing in the solar system was absolutely not an accident. This proves that the mastermind behind the scenes is very likely to have also targeted Earth.

Oliver pondered for a moment, then looked at Injustice Batman and said: "You are right, this matter is not that simple. To know who is making trouble, we must go to Krypton."

?? That's right! It's H'El!

? Actually, this character design is quite handsome, it's a pity that he doesn't have much screen time in the comics and hasn't appeared for a long time.

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