Chapter 4318

Superman's speech was very inspiring, revealing the truth to the public, but it didn't cause panic and well-calmed people's hearts. And because he solved the troubles of the Luthor Group, the military, and the federal government at the same time, he barely became a middleman that these three forces were willing to acknowledge.

But obviously, the trouble had just begun. Because that damn gem was successfully exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum and was prepared to stay in the United States for a long time.

When Clark heard that the federal government, the military, and the Luthor Group all didn't want the gem to fall into the other's hands, so they decided to put it in the hands of a safe middleman—that is, Clark Kent—he really used his lifelong willpower to hold back from scolding people.

Let me keep the gem? Are you serious???

They were indeed serious. Moreover, they also felt this was a plan to kill two birds with one stone. Because if Clark kept the gem, he could weaken Clark's strength while solving the hot potato.

"Okay," Clark stood in the conference room and said, "I can keep this gem and ensure it doesn't fall into anyone else's hands. But you also have to promise me not to abuse the remaining gem, okay?"

Clark said this because he and Bruce eavesdropped on the movements on the Kryptonian spaceship and learned that the two Kryptonians who had been in contact with the gem powder had mutated and possessed superpowers. So he thought that although this thing would make people feel a bit weak at first, it could actually strengthen Kryptonians.

So he felt there was no problem with taking this gem back and keeping it himself. Although it was uncomfortable at first, it was good to be able to increase strength later, and it didn't matter if it couldn't be increased, anyway, there were no sequelae.

And he warned others because he didn't want the military to take new weapons to fight Kryptonians. What if you make them stronger the more you fight them?

Seeing the other party's expression, Clark knew they hadn't listened, so he emphasized again: "Although that kind of gem will make them weak for a short time, it will eventually make them stronger. You'd better not use that thing to attack aliens."

As a result, this was also treated as wind in the ears, because this kind of talk was similar to "what doesn't kill me only makes me stronger." The military thought that this so-called "becoming stronger" meant having antibodies. But they didn't care about those. Whoever got a super weapon, didn't they want to enjoy it immediately? Otherwise, keep it in the warehouse waiting for it to be retired?

Clark didn't understand the principle, wouldn't use any professional terminology, and couldn't even be sure if that was the case. He had tried his best to make it clear. But it might be because his expression wasn't professional enough, sounding like plain-spoken chicken soup, which led to it not being taken seriously at all. So in the end, Clark could only leave alone holding the box.

He returned to the apartment, opened the gem, and then almost scolded people. No, did this gem also have regressive lesions?

That one photographed in the picture was so big, how come there was only this much left when it reached his hands? Where was the rest? Was it scraped out of the pot when cooking?

What Clark was holding was a gem the size of a thumb fingernail. But he remembered that when this thing was in Luthor's hands, it could fill an entire palm. If it had only been this big at the time, it would have been easy to get stuck on his chest muscles and not be able to be pulled out.

Clark sighed. He knew this group of people didn't have good intentions. One person scrapes a layer of skin, wouldn't there be only this much left?

When holding it in his hand, Clark was still very uncomfortable, with bursts of dizziness, weakness, and nausea. But as soon as he thought that this gem could increase strength, this discomfort could also be endured.

Plus, he had been injected with gem powder before, and the discomfort at that time was ten times more than now. And at that time, Martha was kidnapped, and he was anxious, and he was also suffering mentally. Compared with the situation at that time, now was just a sprinkle of water.

Therefore, Clark endured this discomfort and tucked the gem on his body. At worst, don't go out if there's nothing to do, endure it and it will pass.

On the Kryptonian main ship, Zod punched the table. He had almost lost all sanity.

The spaceship sent to land in Metropolis was blown up with one punch; the people sent to attack the US military base, three went and two fell; the people sent to intercept the military at the hotel also fled back in a sorry state.

He almost suspected whether Earth had some curse. Why had everything gone wrong since he came here?!

Zod took a deep breath, looked at the adjutant on the side with cold eyes, and asked: "How is their strength test going?"

"There are already results; strength has increased to 15 times the original, and it is still growing. Anti-strike ability and reaction speed have also greatly improved. It's almost like possessing superpowers."

"This is superpower." Zod looked at the tablet screen. On it was a picture of a gem, a gem embedded in a three-dimensional carving work, looking vicissitudinous and ancient, but also shiny, with a charming charm.

"Send the two of them down," Zod said, "Get the gem at all costs."

The adjutant hesitated and said: "But, we came to Earth to find the Codex..."

Zod turned around suddenly to look at him and said: "Good, then you go find the Codex. And then bring it back, can you do it?"

The adjutant stammered and didn't dare to speak. He also didn't expect that Earth wasn't a primitive civilization at all. Although their technology wasn't as advanced as Krypton's, thermal weapons could still suppress them with firepower. What's more, there was Superman, who could blow up their spaceship with one punch. Continuing to search for the Codex like this was looking for death.

Fortunately, there was the green gem, the adjutant thought. If this thing could make them possess superpowers, then there was a bit more hope. However, just relying on those two people who had just gained superpowers, could they really get the gem?

Obviously, the general's order couldn't be changed. The adjutant walked through the spaceship's corridor all the way, came to the training room, and said: "New mission. You two immediately cross the atmosphere, air-drop to the Metropolitan Museum, and must bring back the gem on the tail of the 'Serpent of Frine'."

"Yes, guarantee to complete the mission!"

When the small frigate appeared over Metropolis again, although it caused a certain amount of chaos, when they saw that red and blue figure appear in the sky almost at the same time, they felt much more at ease and fled back to their houses one after another.

Clark didn't even need to guess to know that it must be those big smart guys in low Earth orbit who came to grab the gem.

Although he didn't think these guys could beat him, he wasn't that arrogant to fight them while carrying the gem, so he first deposited the gem with Diana before coming over.

As soon as he approached, he found that the two unlucky guys had fallen on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum. He flew down in a sprint, grabbed one of them directly, and threw him far away.

Afraid of hitting the building, he threw him upward. Who knew that after this guy spun a few times in the air, he actually stabilized his figure and just floated in the air. Judging from the expressions of both sides, they were obviously very surprised.

Clark narrowed his eyes; it seemed that the strengthening effect of the gem was even stronger than he thought. It had only been a few days, and they had actually learned to fly. If given a few more days, wouldn't they be stronger than him?

Clark immediately had this sense of crisis in his heart. You know he only had one, and the other side had at least a dozen people; if they all had his level, then Earth would really be occupied by them.

"No, I'll take the gem and practice more when I go back." Clark thought a bit angrily in his heart, "I've lived on Earth for so many years, and I can still lose to these bumpkins who just left the village?"

Then he immediately apologized for his slightly impolite thought just now: "Sorry, Krypton can't be considered a village... suburbs, I guess."

Thinking this way, he didn't hold back his hands either. First, he beat the one on the roof with one punch, and immediately after, he grabbed the ankle of the one who flew back and swung him to smash him hard on the ground.

Their physical fitness didn't seem to be that powerful yet; the one who was beaten was dizzy, and the one who was smashed was vomiting blood. When these two saw that the situation was bad, they turned and ran.

Although Superman wanted to chase, as soon as he turned his head, he saw someone taking advantage of the fire to pry a car. Thinking that the two of them would probably flee back in a sorry state, he turned to stop other illegal crimes.

But in reality, these two people didn't dare to go back at all. They knew very well that Zod was already burning with anger. Since coming to Earth, they hadn't accomplished a single thing. If they dared to go back empty-handed like this, even if they had mutated, Zod would definitely use military law.

"What should we do?" one of them looked at the other and asked.

"What can we do? We can't beat that big guy," the other sighed and said, "And, the place he lives must not be far from the gem. He is guarding it strictly there, how can we grab it?"

"You reminded me. We can't grab the one in the city, but we can go grab the ones in other places."

"Other places? Where else are there gems?... You don't mean those that have already been made into guns, right?"

"That's still better to grab than the whole gem. Although that group of people holds guns made of gems, their physical fitness can't compare to this big guy. We have superpowers now, so grabbing them is generally simpler."

The other person had no choice either, so he could only sigh and say: "Then let's try it. Find their helicopters first."

These two people had attacked the US military base before, so they had a certain understanding of human military facilities. Plus, they had learned to fly now, and their speed wasn't slow, so after circling Metropolis a few times, they really found them.

In fact, humans didn't think about hiding. There was a special forces training base in the suburbs of Metropolis, and now there were a few special forces soldiers practicing there with new weapons. The military was obviously still dreaming of capturing aliens alive, and they even got a few dummies, practicing capture with nets, making quite a big commotion, and were discovered immediately.

These two Kryptonians watched from above for a long time and didn't wait for them to put down their weapons. These two didn't dare to go up and grab them hard, so they waited until dark, saw them put the weapons into the warehouse, and then used their superpowers to sneak over and steal one, taking it back to finish the mission.

Zod was also speechless when he got the weapon, staring coldly at the two people for a few seconds, but didn't say anything in the end.

He also understood in his heart that a newly mutated Kryptonian couldn't compare to Superman. Moreover, the gem in the museum wasn't authentic; the weapon that could actually hurt them was more likely to be useful.

After getting the weapon, Zod studied it, but didn't study anything out. Their group were soldiers exiled from the planet, with no professional scientists. Although the weapon could be taken apart, they were also afraid of breaking it, or that there was some special reaction device for triggering powder inside, so it wouldn't be easy to use if taken apart.

The more Zod studied, the angrier he got; all the setbacks since coming to Earth were converted into anger. He decided not to wait anymore and used the most stupid method, one shot for each, quickly creating super soldiers, letting that group of Earthlings know their power.

Krypton's medical system was very developed; even if a hole was punched in the head, one could live as long as they were sent to the medical pod in time. So although everyone was afraid, under Zod's pressure, they still obediently lined up waiting for bullets.

And the problem was that this thing was a weapon specifically developed by humans. Humans had no other characteristics, but they loved to study things that could kill their own kind, and the weapons were updated very quickly. Big is beautiful, more is good, caliber is truth, range is justice, focusing on not knowing life or death.

Plus, another layer of skin was scraped off from another gem, the ammunition capacity was added sufficiently, and the propulsion system was also improved. The size of a pistol, the power of a shotgun, the range of a sniper rifle. The initial version could punch a hole in Krypton's advanced armor with one shot, so one could imagine how fierce it was.

These Kryptonians on the spaceship weren't wearing armor. Although Zod didn't shoot directly at people's heads, he didn't expect that it could punch a hole in the other's chest with one shot.

With a "bang," a Kryptonian slowly fell down. He looked at his superior in disbelief, with a big hole in his chest and blood flowing all over the ground.

Zod was also stunned. He hurriedly helped the person up and shouted: "Quick, quick, send him to the medical pod!!!"

But it was already too late. The green powder drifted away, and everyone fell down weakly, including Zod himself. And the Kryptonian who was shot just closed his eyes in despair.