Chapter 4341

Clark believed that Luthor was such a person. Therefore, when he learned about the "Serpent of Frigga," his first reaction wasn't to verify, but to first fabricate some conspiracy theories based on this matter. This was why he accepted Schiller's ancient Egyptian mythology explanation so easily before, because he had already started to let his imagination run wild in his brain.

Then, after his guess was affirmed by Schiller, that was even more incredible. In his brain, things skipped many stages of development and entered the worst result directly, that is, the Earth was now full of aliens, and if he didn't do something, the planet would be destroyed.

So he started to use all his strength to resist aliens like Clark.

If things were really as he thought, then his reaction was indeed fast. But the problem was that he used all his energy to directly deal with the conjectures in his brain and didn't seek to verify whether the facts were as he thought at all.

Many people have such bad habits. First is anxiety; when hearing something ambiguous that seems harmful to themselves, they become extremely anxious, feeling that there is some monster chasing them behind, and if they don't think of a way quickly, they will die.

So, they use all their energy to think of ways, spend all their time imagining, and after getting the worst result, what else can be done, or even go to put it into practice and prevent it in advance.

However, there is a most critical link missing in this, which is to investigate what is going on with this matter.

It is possible that things are not that bad at all; it is possible that things are very bad, but have nothing to do with you; it is also possible that things are very bad and have something to do with you, but because of a lack of investigation and a lack of the most critical information, all the contingency plans made are useless, and the final result is even worse than estimated.

Many people mock Batman for always having countless plans, but in fact, those plans aren't made out of thin air; they are constructed after meticulous preliminary investigation and obtaining accurate information. And many people's plans are built on their own imagination and actually have no effect.

Moreover, "eagerness to save" also has many disadvantages. For example, drawing a line with someone too early, and finally discovering that things aren't like that, everyone is embarrassed, and it's possible to lose friendship or connections; for another example, because the reaction is too big, being considered making a fuss, not calm enough, and missing important opportunities.

The matter concerning God is the same. Facing the fact that God didn't come to save him, Lex Luthor chose to question first, then question, using all his strength to suspect, for a while feeling God isn't strong enough, for a while feeling God is too cold. But in fact, flipping through the Bible for two minutes, the answers are all there.

Clark now has only one feeling: go home, child. Go home, you are still more suitable to go back and be the silly son of a landlord. The water in the criminal world is too deep, you can't grasp it.

Although Clark hasn't been to Gotham much, he has heard a certain amount about the major cases that have happened there. There are many serial killers who like to use religion as a theme.

If they were all like Luthor, not reading the Bible, not going to church, squatting there, and opening their mouths to ask "Why didn't God come to save me," then Batman might as well not go to fight crime and just go to church to be a pastor and popularize religious knowledge. Don't write investigation logs either, just change to publishing joke collections.

Many people might feel it's not that serious, but in fact, in Western countries, religion, especially Christianity, can be said to be integrated into every aspect of life and is a thing that tends more towards common sense. Many daily idioms are religious metaphors; from the moment you learn to speak, you live in such an environment, and being completely insulated from religion is unimaginable.

Looking at it from another angle, there are many people suffering in these countries, and not everyone has no channel to speak out. Moreover, Christianity also has opponents; if there were such big loopholes in theory, it would have been scolded to death long ago.

But Lex Luthor seems like a person who grew up in an Eastern country, even the kind of Easterner who has almost no contact with Western culture, unable to understand why there are many people in foreign countries who are not doing well but still believe in God, and would have questions like "Since God doesn't save them at all, why are they still so devout." Little did he know, people had long used religious settings to block this kind of doubt.

Whether this setting is ridiculous or not actually doesn't matter. In the eyes of those who don't believe in religion, believing in religion is already very ridiculous. Conversely, people who believe in the existence of God will naturally believe in religious stories; as long as the story can justify itself, it's fine.

However, Clark soon realized again that God has stories set by Christianity to explain why God wouldn't come to save little Lex, but he himself doesn't. He can only say it's fortunate that he came today.

If he hadn't come, then Lex Luthor would have something to say in the future: you are either incompetent or cold, otherwise how could you watch me suffer and not come to save me?

But thinking of this, Clark felt a bit disgusted again; is evil having evil retribution also called suffering? Then he might as well not be a superhero and professionally go to jailbreak; after all, death row prisoners also have to suffer.

However, Clark couldn't help but think, what if he could stop all crimes? Wouldn't that nip the suffering of criminals in the bud?

Clark thought the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it felt. Suppose he had stared at Luthor fixedly at the time, and when he decided to kidnap his mother, he had directly intervened, then all these subsequent things wouldn't have happened.

However, Clark felt it wouldn't work. Because Lex Luthor committed crimes because his personality had problems, and the problems in his personality were because he was abused when he was little.

It's useless for him to just stop him from committing a crime this time, because his personality dictates that he will continue to commit crimes. If he wants to completely solve this matter, he has to find a way to save the young Luthor.

Or rather, he has to find a way to stop domestic violence globally. Just doing that might not be enough, because besides domestic violence, there might also be social violence leading to a child growing up crooked. Then he has to ban all persecution of children.

Just persecution isn't enough either; children's bodies and minds are very fragile, and they must receive good education to have a chance to obtain a stable, complete personality. That is to say, he has to provide perfect education to global children, which means ensuring a perfect society. But how can this be done?

Clark felt his head buzz again. He stood in place and calmed down for a moment, feeling that he had committed his old fault again, because he wanted too much and his power was insufficient, so he felt helpless; the next step was estimated to be anger.

Clark took a few deep breaths, calmed down, looked at Lex Luthor, and said: "No matter what you are like, anyway, I have nothing to talk about with you on topics like religion and art. How you view God, or how you view me, doesn't matter; what we need to solve now is a more practical problem."

"That lunatic woman, Amanda Waller, will definitely do what she says. Before long, she will throw you into the big prison. If you don't think of a way quickly, you won't be able to fight those bosses in prison."

After Clark paused, he continued: "Of course, I'm not trying to scare you either. I have a few solutions here; listen and see how they are. First, you are a criminal sentenced by the court; I can't take you flying out directly, otherwise, both of us will become fugitives. However, the door lock of this cell is slightly in disrepair, and because I was too excited when talking to you, I accidentally broke the door lock, and didn't notice when I left, unfortunately causing the prisoner to escape..."

"This won't work," Lex said, "I'm not a super-powered individual; even if I can walk out of this door, I can't walk out of the police station. Moreover, now the Luthor Group has been carved up; after going out, I have no place to stay at all, and I will be found by them soon."

"Alright, let's look at the next plan. I'll go negotiate with the military, saying there's something that must be done by you, and let them take the initiative to let you out..."

"No chance either. The military will only take this handle to negotiate with you and keep delaying your time. Because your needs don't have a reason that must be realized for them, instead, they will become your weakness. They think they have grasped you, which will only make them more rampant."

"Alright, it seems you aren't stupid either." Clark looked at Luthor with some surprise; his feet were off the ground, and his clever IQ had occupied the high ground again?

Of course, Clark was more inclined to think that he hadn't repented, but knew he was going to die.

This round was indeed a life-and-death game for Luthor. Currently, the Luthor Group only belonged to him in name; the actual power had likely already been handed over. Besides his scientific research ability, he really had no trump cards to take out; unfortunately, he also had no true friends. Now the only one who could fish him out was the opponent he hated the most. A rabbit will bite when forced; Lex Luthor also had to put down his habitual suspicion and save his life first.

"Alright, then only the last method is left." Clark sighed and said, "You'd better really be a sufficiently excellent scientist, otherwise, I will look down on you forever."

Metropolis, A. R. G. U. S. headquarters base, 7:00 AM.

At the dispatcher's workstation, the employee who had just started their shift was sleepy, checked the records left by the previous shift as usual, and then called them back one by one.

"Hello, hello, this is A. R. G. U. S. headquarters base. I'm inquiring about the rescue record from 2:00 AM yesterday, may I ask now... oh, it's already fine, is it? Alright, thank you for your hard work, goodbye."

"Hello, hello, this is A. R. G. U. S. headquarters base. You consulted about your work arrangement for today at 12:00 last night, may I ask if my colleague explained it clearly to you? Alright, I know. You're welcome, goodbye."

"Hello, hello..." The dispatcher's movements paused, because he heard the prompt tone of a call coming in. So he said: "Hello, this is A. R. G. U. S. headquarters base, this is a follow-up call, but we have a call coming in now, please wait a moment, don't hang up."

After putting the call he had actively dialed on hold, the dispatcher picked up the incoming call, listened for two seconds, stood up from the chair with a "swoosh," threw down the phone, and ran towards the door.

"Director! Director!!!"

When he rushed into the office, Amanda was still reading documents, sitting behind the desk, raised her eyes to look at him, and then said: "How many times have I said, don't be so hurried, work must have order..."

"Director, a call from Superman!"

Amanda stood up with a "swoosh," walked quickly out from behind the desk, and then said: "Clark Kent?! He finally has trouble he can't handle too?!!!"

"Yes, he called to report a crime."

"What did he say?" Amanda walked out quickly, joy already unable to be suppressed on her face.

"He said, a terrorist calling himself Lex Luthor kidnapped his mother and used this to threaten him to attack the A. R. G. U. S. base!"

"What??!!!"