Back half an hour ago.
After Luke's in-depth communication with the female commander from Krypton, a consensus was reached.
Faora recognised him as Kryptonian and a General.
Promising to return to the giant spaceship to make a plea to Zod for a fair hostage exchange or to let Clark's parents go.
But things didn't go as smoothly as Luke expected.
After he came out of the underworld, he found that his little cousin was gone.
"Why didn't you stop Clark's recklessness?"
Luke slightly frowned at the innocent-looking godson.
"Uncle, you can't expect an ordinary unarmed person to stop Superman, who lifted a Boeing 747 passenger plane with his bare hands."
Lex shrugged his shoulders and looked aggrieved.
"Don't act pathetic. Only your dad would be fooled by that."
The corner of Luke's mouth lifted as he poked Lex's chest with his finger, half reminding and half warning, "I don't want to see anything like this happening again, got it?"
He was usually kind and gentle with Lex as well as others.
Being easily angered and angry wasn't the way a leader should behave.
But once in a while, he had to be stern.
"Lex, when I give you a task, I definitely wish you can handle it properly and complete it successfully, not to see you mess it up."
Luke lightly said so.
Lex, who felt the pressure, took two steps back.
"I know, Uncle."
He was sincere and had no excuse.
"You guys always manage to get me into some new trouble."
Luke shook his head and saw Lex admit his mistake, so he didn't say anything heavy.
His young godson had always been clever.
It was clear that Clark's boldness could have been stopped, but instead, he chose to stand by and watch.
'Is it because of his jealousy of Superman?'
'Or do you have something else in mind?'
Luke didn't dig deeper into it.
The fate of some villains was impossible to change.
For example, Gotham's Joker.
Obviously, Lex Luthor was also such a person.
Without his presence, Superman would be able to take half the year off.
"Originally, I wanted to get along with Zod and the others as a pacifist, but I didn't think I wouldn't even get an inch in progress ..."
Luke sighed. Superman's battle suit covered his body and flew up.
The dark red cloak violently fluttered, and his body passed through the atmosphere like a lightning bolt.
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Back to the present.
"Hello, General Zod."
The magnetic voice that contained a smile rang in Zod's mind.
The young man greeted him through the overlooking platform.
"You're a .... Kryptonian?"
Zod didn't issue alert orders and then activated the ship's turrets, conducting a round of fire bombardment.
Because, in his perception, the other party's vitality was quite familiar.
"You can say that."
Luke nodded, not denying it.
"Krypton ... General."
Zod went to the terminal and pressed a few buttons. He performed a life scan on the uninvited guest standing in the dark space.
But the results that he got made him fall into doubt.
The genetic template was a leadership class, a General!
"Surprised?"
Luke smiled.
After he fought with the Sentry, he used the reputation points to level up the template to LV4 General.
"Krypton has perished, and all the leaders died together! There can't possibly be another General!"
Zod was unwilling to accept the fact. Like Jor-El, those rotten Elders all choose to die with Krypton.
It was reasonable to assume that there couldn't be any survivors.
Kal-El was already an exception.
How could there be another one?!
"It would be hard to explain my origins to you, and there's no point dwelling on it."
Luke chuckled lightly as his psychic fluctuations travelled into Zod's consciousness.
"General, all you need to know is that I come with a sincere desire to work with you and to help you achieve your good intentions in rebuilding Krypton."
Zod's eyes were cold. How could he be easily persuaded with a few words?
"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I can rebuild Krypton without your help."
The Kryptonian general flatly refused.
"You mean getting the Growth Codex from Clark and then using the World Engine to transform Earth's atmosphere and surface environment, thus creating a new Krypton?"
There was a slight note of sarcasm in Luke's tone.
There were countless ways to rebuild Krypton, but General Zod had to choose the most difficult path to complete.
If he had a good attitude, he would have taken the initiative to explain to Clark what was going on.
According to Superman's nice personality, it would be impossible for him to refuse to hand over the Growth Codex to the Kryptonian people.
But Zod had to pick Earth and break into Kent's farm and hurt his mother.
He successfully turned Clark against him, leading to the failure of his grand plan.
Of course, this was inseparable from character defects at the genetic level.
Zod was a leader class Kryptonian, a General.
Stubborn and tough by nature, he would never compromise and easily give up.
"To tell you the truth, Earth is not as simple as you think."
Luke laughed. In the Marvel universe, Earth was Eternity's heart.
In this studio, Earth's origin was equally extraordinary.
It was the central channel of the multiverse. In the emotional spectrum, the White Lantern representing life was hidden here.
Of the eight planets in the solar system, Zod didn't take a fancy to anything else and just had to choose the earth.
Let's just say he had a good eye!
"Is that so? I don't think so."
Zod shook his head while his eyes had a hint of contempt.
After the Kryptonian spacecraft arrived on Earth, it quickly made a detailed analysis of its civilisation level and lifeforms.
It was backward, inefficient, complex social structure and numerous religious beliefs ...
All in all, it was a low-level civilisation with no hope of reunification for the next 100 years.
"Then it looks like there's no more room for discussion."
Luke shrugged his shoulders.
This result was within his expectation.
Zod, Odin, the Sentry; they were all alike.
To some extent, their personalities were similar.
They won't be swayed by others and won't retract their decisions.
Zod narrowed his eyes and opened the hatch on the bridge.
The strong airflow formed a suction and pulling force.
The Kryptonian General's strong body was as unshakable as a mountain.
One step, two steps ...
Zod walked over to the hatch, looked over at Luke, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you going to stop my great plan to rebuild Krypton, just like Kal?"
"Unfortunately, we didn't get to talk about it."
Luke nodded.
Listening to the reply, Zod's face fell.
He didn't want to waste time exploring and discovering new livable planets.
For Kryptonians, Earth was the most suitable choice.
Young, full of vitality, and in the radiation range of the yellow sun.
He only needed to start the World Engine to start the transformation project.
Krypton could be reborn in the shortest possible time.
"Your suggestion isn't suitable for the present situation. My people and I, can't wait for the rebirth of our home planet!"
Zod thought for a moment, shook his head and said so.
He wouldn't have been so impatient if he had been able to figure out Luke's strength for the time being.
"General, I personally would like you to reconsider."
Luke's mind fluctuated and transmitted it into Zod's brain.
"Believe me, conquering Earth isn't as easy as you think. Many creatures more powerful than you have tried, but none of them has achieved their goal."
He didn't get angry because of Zod's repeated refusals.
Most of the time, Superman's older cousin had a good temper.
"That's because they weren't strong enough!"
Zod's patience was exhausted. His cold voice said, "Now, get out of my head!"
The Kryptonian General's tenacious will instantly drove the voice out of his mind.
The black cloak fluttered hauntingly, and Zod took a step forward, suspended in the void.
Then, he clenched his fist with surging power like a volcanic eruption.
Zod, in black armour, like a huge beast, exuded a terrifying aura.
He coldly stared at Luke. Although he had some scruples in his heart because of the other party's Kryptonian General identity ...
But Zod didn't think he would lose. His innate fighting instinct was firmly imprinted in his genetics.
'Hmm. As I said, negotiating with a reckless man full of muscles is the biggest headache of all. Why can't you be rational?'
Luke thought silently and complained in his heart.
"Since you think you can speak with your fists, give it a try."
In the face of the furious General Zod, Luke had no fear.
On the contrary, deep down, there was a faint excitement.
This was an instinctive desire for a strong opponent.
In the dark and cold boundless universe, two strong and powerful figures stood above Earth.
A supreme showdown between Kryptonian Generals was about to take place!
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NORAD Joint Command.
General Swanwick stared at the images transmitted by satellite on the big screen with a shocked look in his eyes.
Although the image was slightly blurred and delayed...
However, everyone in the command room could clearly see that there were two figures standing in outer space without any breathing devices.
The harsh environment and extremely dangerous vacuum of space didn't have any influence on them.
General Swanwick clenched his fist. In the face of such inhuman existence, could he really rely on the army and human-made weapons to deal with?
His heart surged with worry. When the gap between the two sides' strengths was so great, then it would mean an oncoming war.
Because lions don't live in harmony with sheep!
"Send a message to the White House ... Forget it, I'll personally go and tell the President myself, this is a crisis for America ... no, the entire human race."
The general walked out of the command room with a gloomy expression. After he left, the images on the big screen changed.
The two figures facing each other abruptly moved!
At a speed beyond imagination!
As if two long-stored steel cannons were colliding violently!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Despite the vacuum environment of space, no sound was transmitted.
But everyone who witnessed the scene seemed to feel the vibrations of the collisions in their eardrums.
That invisible sense of power was directly and vividly displayed in front of them through the images transmitted by satellite.
"God! It's terrifying!"
An American soldier in the operations room couldn't help exclaiming.
General Zod, in his black armour, was like a tireless ferocious beast.
Rapidly attacking, again and again, launching ferocious continuous attacks.
His fist seemed like it was even harder than alloy.
Combined with the unparalleled strong explosive power in his body, it was enough to punch through everything in the world!
"Even the military's exoskeleton armour... I'm afraid it won't last a second under this monster's attacks ..."
They moved so fast that the screen could only show residual images, requiring several slow playbacks, frame by frame, freezing each frame to see each move.
They could only rely on imagination to understand what kind of fierce collision was taking place between the two figures.
Bang!
The screen shook violently, and a large number of snowflake dots flashed.
It turns out that the aftershock of the battle between the two sides had jammed the satellite, and the burly man in black armour was sent flying with a punch.
He crashed into the artificial satellite floating in orbit, and the violent explosion ignited a bright fire.
The images came to an abrupt end.
No one knew how the battle would end.
But just from the fight, it demonstrated the terrifying and destructive power the two non-human monsters had. It was enough to make people palpitate with fear!
"What are we going to do about such monsters?!"
Everyone in the command room had the same question arising in their hearts.
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Outer space.
The terrible battle continued.
General Zod, who was knocked away by a punch, had a face full of anger and aggressiveness.
He held the man-made satellite that exploded into a mass of scrap metal in both hands. The surging power violently erupted, throwing huge metal objects weighing dozens of tons directly at his opponent.
Bang!
The huge sound waves were swallowed up by silence.
Luke's expression didn't change. As if ripping apart a piece of paper, he tore open the strong and huge artificial satellite.
The infinite power in Superman's body erupted and propelled his body, rushing toward General Zod.
"General, Sir, you're not as strong as I thought --"
Luke's taunt reached Zod's mind, instantly stirring up his opponent's anger.
A violent killing intent came out of the Kryptonian general's eyes.
It was like a raging and violent tide of fury, causing people to develop fear involuntarily.
Luke smiled. He moved like a shadow to dodge Zod's hand, trying to slap down on him.
The Kryptonian general's combat skills were truly well-honed, and he had a beastly instinct.
No wonder he could defeat Superman in the original timeline.
If he wasn't relying on his prolonged life on Earth and his adaptability to the environment, no one really knew who would win in the end.
Zod stepped into the void. His fists swung, and like a cannon exploding, the invisible ripple of sound waves vibrated out.
Luke's hands blocked in front of his chest, withstanding the amazing force. His body was still involuntarily forced back.
Zod grinned with a cruel smile.
The successive high-intensity collisions brought him back to the old days.
The blood gradually boiled in his body like a roaring volcano!
Zod leapt up like a hunter who seized the moment. The armour-covered arm was raised high, like a sharp sword cutting down!
"I'm not one of those opponents you've encountered in the past."
Luke was calm while fiery energy erupted from his body.
Like a human torch, it released a huge amount of light and heat.
Zod, who was riding the wave of victory, suddenly felt a deep chill.
He quickly held his head with both hands, and the terrifying shockwave blew him away.
The dark and boundless space lit up a little bit and then quickly dimmed.
Luke walked into the void. His deep eyes gazed at the somewhat battered Kryptonian general.
Zod's imposing black armour was in tatters.
The fluttering cloak was also half destroyed. Luke's sudden attack just now obviously caused him a little bit of pain.
"Why continue this meaningless battle ... General, I came with a sincere intention to cooperate. Moreover, I've proven to you that I have enough strength and qualification to talk on an equal footing."
Hearing Luke's voice, Zod pondered for a moment.
The violent and fierce light in his eyes gradually dissipated, and the mountainous murderous intent disappeared.
The Kryptonian general wasn't a mindless, reckless man. He was a competent military leader.
In fact, he had a strong overall view and the ability to think calmly.
Luke had powerful strength, and if he must be his enemy...
Then, whether it was Zod or the followers around him, they would have to pay a great price.
Weighing the pros and cons, the Kryptonian general glanced at Luke and went back inside the ship in silence.
The latter followed closely behind and stepped into the bridge.
Two enemies, who had a fierce battle just now, suddenly sat back at the negotiating table in a matter of moments.
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