Chapter 4503

"Brainiac!"

A voice echoed in low Earth orbit. A strong figure with gray skin was floating there, his brow furrowed tightly on his resolute face.

"What's wrong?" Brainiac's voice came from the satellite, "H'El, why are you back?"

"Why am I back? Of course, it's because it's still not dawn yet. When exactly will you be able to come up with a way to relight the sun?"

"... Perhaps it will take some time, it's not easy."

"But the Kent farm can't wait too long, and neither can Clark and Kara," H'El said. "Even if the Earth doesn't cool down anymore, without sunlight for photosynthesis, the crops will soon wither and die; that is our year's labor."

"I am arranging for rapid harvesting to help farmers reduce losses. Pamela is also working hard to slow down the rate of plant decay..."

"Of course, I know they are all working hard. But this is just a stopgap measure; we have to solve the problem from the root. The most important thing now is to relight the sun; do you have any clues yet?"

"This plan is also being pushed forward," Brainiac replied. "The Super-Body is researching how to restore life to the sun."

"You mean, we still have to rely on others?"

"Human technology currently has no way to reignite the sun. Either we change to another star, or we can only conduct research from the direction of mysterious power."

H'El crossed his arms and said: "Can the sun be resurrected using this method?"

"Still researching," Brainiac said. "The life force mastered by the Super-Body is very powerful, she will have a way. If the condition of other Kryptonians is not good, I can arrange for them to go to the nearest yellow sun to draw power. Any other questions?"

"Fine, then hurry up," H'El seemed to be trying his best to suppress his anxiety, "Although this won't cause me any harm, I hate this pitch-black environment."

"Has anyone contacted you?" Brainiac asked.

"Contacted me? Who?" H'El asked with some confusion, "Is someone looking for me for something?"

"It's best if no one has, of course. If possible, trouble yourself to travel through time and see how the sun was extinguished in the first place..."

"Fine. But I cannot easily move to change the timeline, it's too dangerous. If the sun changes from extinguished to exploding, no one can save the Earth."

"Yes, that's exactly what I was about to say. I hope you just go back to look, and absolutely do not easily get involved. Modifying time is too dangerous."

H'El nodded and said: "You've worked hard too. I know there are a bunch of troubles on Earth."

Brainiac didn't say much more. He couldn't care about this thread anymore, because just a moment ago, he saw Schiller go to find the Super-Body, and the Super-Body blocked him; he didn't know what the two of them talked about.

Brainiac's alarm bells rang loudly in his heart. In fact, ever since that Schiller said he wouldn't look for trouble with him, the alarm bells in Brainiac's brain were almost ringing through. He would rather Schiller go do something to threaten him; Brainiac was even prepared to take a step back, but he didn't expect that Schiller wouldn't play by the rules at all.

He didn't intend to negotiate with Brainiac; he just expressed understanding, made a guarantee, and then stabbed Brainiac in the lifeline.

The Super-Body is very important to Brainiac, but this is not because Brainiac really likes her, but because in this series of disasters encountered on Earth, the role played by the Super-Body is too important. Her life force is the only way to restrain the death force; without her, how can Brainiac fight the mastermind behind the scenes?

Brainiac is certain that the Super-Body will help him, not because he thinks the Super-Body might have any feelings for him, but because this is a multiverse-level disaster; helping him is also helping herself. If she cannot stop the infiltration of the mastermind, then once he completely infiltrates, the first to suffer will be the possessor of the life force.

Therefore, Brainiac has always felt that their interest alliance is unbreakable. But now he is not so sure.

Will Schiller go and say bad things about him to the Super-Body? Will the Super-Body believe it? Will she really give up helping this universe? Is she not worried about Batman?

Brainiac thought deeply about these questions and then reached a conclusion: their interests are highly consistent, and the Super-Body has no reason not to help herself. She cannot give up just because of Schiller's persuasion.

Thinking of this, Brainiac felt a little more at ease. But he still found the Super-Body and asked: "What did Schiller say to you?"

"Some old matters," the Super-Body said, "I was just about to tell you about this."

"What matter?"

"That little girl," the Super-Body continued, "I haven't seen her yet, so I can't judge whether she is a living corpse. If she is, what do you plan to do?"

"I am not so stupid as to believe her provocation. Even if she accuses Schiller of murder, I remain skeptical of her testimony. Because someone at the cliff restaurant blocked my signal, which proves that in addition to Schiller and the little girl, a third party was present. This third party is the one most suspected."

"It seems you are still clear-headed, but that's not what I want to tell you about," the Super-Body paused and said, "Did you find out any information about this little girl?"

"I went to ask many people," Brainiac said. "They seem to be victims of the Dark Ages. Very few survived among that batch of children, and she is the only one who has come back to life so far."

"Have you ever thought about letting her really come back to life?"

"What?"

"Schiller came to find me just to talk about this. Many people who were resurrected died unjustly. Children are undoubtedly the most innocent group. Unlike people of the new era, they suffered oppression and torture in the Dark Ages, and finally died silently in the dark night, without even seeing a glimmer of light. Their lives shouldn't have been like this."

Brainiac seemed to be shocked. The Super-Body could also understand why he was silent, she said: "I know you have always regarded me as your kind. But in reality, I can no longer be considered electronic life. I can empathize with emotional life. I cannot remain indifferent after hearing such a story. Do you understand?"

"So... so you are going to..."

"I want to try," the Super-Body said. "If it were just me alone, there would be no way to bring back people who have been dead for many years to be lively and active. Although I master the life force, life force alone is not enough. But the death force applied to the living corpses by the mastermind behind the scenes can do it. This proves that what I need to do is not to compete with it, but to integrate. If I can find that balance point, perhaps there won't be any living corpses anymore. They will become resurrected ordinary people."

"This is impossible," Brainiac said. "Only God can master the great power of resurrection. Any other life intending to make this attempt will pay a painful price; I do not agree to do so."

The Super-Body took a step forward and said: "I know. Whether it is maintaining social stability or fighting the mastermind behind the scenes, your goal is to save people. But humans only need two types of people: Satan who destroys the world, and the Savior who saves everyone. If you choose to save one part and abandon another, then you will never be able to be the Savior of humanity."

"I didn't want to abandon them," Brainiac said. "Otherwise, when you pointed out who was a living corpse, I would have killed them all. But now I just locked them up."

"What really makes humans question you isn't the accuracy of any psychoanalysis, or whether there is substantive evidence to prove they are aliens, but your wavering choices." The Super-Body's eyes looked at the empty room in front of her, but the data flowing in her eyes seemed to reflect Brainiac's figure.

"You could have killed them directly, said they were living corpses, said they would harm others, and that you had already finished them off. They wouldn't have any objections, because in reality, every time a dynasty changes in human civilization, they have always excluded dissidents in this way. You could also choose to release them, comfort them not to be afraid, that you have always believed in them, and would definitely find a way to save them. They would also gladly accept it, because the Savior who saves all humanity in the ideal should be so kind and powerful."

"But you choose to wander between reality and the ideal, neither integrating into humanity to be a ruler with great power, nor ascending to heaven, never giving up every glimmer of possibility, and dutifully saving every human being. Such wavering is what brings panic. Do you understand?"

Brainiac now finally understands why Schiller would emphasize to him that he is just an electronic life. This is not sarcasm, but just telling Brainiac that now there is only one electronic life on the whole Earth, and the Super-Body has long since left you far behind.

Because of this, Schiller wouldn't try to negotiate with him. Because Schiller understands that what can really influence the battle situation now is not Brainiac, but the Super-Body who has already evolved to another level and holds the life force. So he used this theory to persuade the Super-Body, and the Super-Body wants to use this theory to persuade Brainiac.

Brainiac was not persuaded, because this is not a matter of saving or not saving anyone. He just thinks that researching things like resurrection is too risky, and if it goes wrong, even superheroes and ordinary people will have to be dragged into it.

At that time, when he was fighting the cosmic coalition and the situation was most critical, he was already anxious, and he could only think of ways to increase the production of the mechanical army, rather than resurrecting humans. Or rather, it is precisely because he understands the special nature of humans too well that he understands this is a power that only God can touch, and all other people who make attempts will not have a good end. This is God's warning.

But he knows that what the Super-Body said is right, and he cannot stop the Super-Body. Because the life force is in the Super-Body's hands, she wants to make any attempt, and Brainiac cannot stop her at all.

And the bad thing is that the Super-Body has evolved enough to be advanced, and there is no difference from emotional life. She has the ability to empathize.

She thinks those children are too pitiful. They suffered oppression from birth, fell in the darkest hour before dawn, and didn't even see the sun once in this city. So she decided to try her best. Not because of interests, nor considering value, and not even caring about the risks, just for some kind of emotion surging in her heart. This is undoubtedly dangerous. If an electronic life like Brainiac were to diagnose it, then the Super-Body must be sick. And the name of this disease is—"Love."

Brainiac watched her back flying toward the hospital, not even having time to deal with the error reports that had doubled in the program. For the first time, he was somewhat unable to accurately judge his own state. All threads were running as usual, but it seemed that something had become different.

At this very moment, Lex, who was maintaining the Brainiac system in the Krypton server room, suddenly opened his eyes wide and threw himself in front of the screen. Those numbers and letters sliding past at extremely high speeds were reflected in his eyes, as tiny as an umbilical cord, as vast as a galaxy.