Darian failed as a matchmaker; General Zod refused the blind date, especially since the candidate was his own nephew.
Of course, even if it were a niece, it still wouldn't work.
It was not that General Zod was unaware of the possibility of natural reproduction.
But he was the most extreme product of the Kryptonian social structure. The two underlying codes of protecting Kryptonian and Kryptonian order had long been carved into his genes, just like a robot; no matter what, his will could not transcend this directive.
The core of the Kryptonian order was the pursuit of extreme stability and efficiency.
All Kryptonians were cultivated in the Genesis Chamber under the genetic blueprint of the codex.
Before every infant was even born, their social role and status were already set in their genes. From the moment they were born, they carried preset responsibilities and had no right to free choice.
General Zod was born for this order. The sole meaning of his existence was to protect this order with his life, and he firmly believed that this was the only correct path to continue the Kryptonian civilization.
Anyone who attempted to change or obstruct this order would become his enemy.
It was precisely for this reason that General Zod would go to such lengths to launch a military coup to overthrow the Kryptonian Council and kill Clark's biological father, all to protect the correct Kryptonian order.
Other Kryptonians were the same; they also had the unbreakable directive of protecting their home Planet carved into their genes. Even knowing that the Kryptonian core was about to explode, they were unwilling to leave their home Planet to relocate, preferring to perish with the Planet.
In the end, of the vast Kryptonian race, only Clark, the anomaly of natural reproduction, and General Zod and his group, who had been imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, survived.
So, never carve just any messy stuff into your genes.
"No one can stop the revival of the Kryptonians!"
General Zod's tone was firm, and his eyes released two thick heat rays that streaked across the sky, blasting toward Darian.
Darian raised his hand to release an energy beam to block it, but within seconds, it was directly overwhelmed by the heat rays, which continued with unabated force and slammed into his chest.
Accompanied by terrifying impact force, Darian crashed through several buildings and finally fell into an office building.
"Cheating dog, secretly adjusting parameters in the background, huh."
"..."
Darian climbed up from the ground, cursing; he could feel that General Zod's strength had increased again.
He finally understood why these Kryptonians chose to attack at high noon.
It wasn't because something would happen sooner or later, but because the sunlight was most intense at this time, which was an absolute home-field advantage for the Kryptonians.
Darian scanned his surroundings and discovered a huge Wayne Enterprises sign hanging on the wall; clearly, this was Bruce's branch office in Metropolis.
Darian: "Bruce, does your company's insurance cover extraterrestrial damage?"
Bruce: "???"
Before Darian could reply, two searing heat rays swept in from outside the window, directly cutting the entire Wayne Enterprises office building in half at the waist.
Reinforced concrete melted instantly under the high temperature, and the fractured floors began to tilt slowly.
Fortunately, the company employees had already left work early and run away, otherwise Bruce would have had to shoulder a huge amount of compensation.
The entire building then collapsed with a roar, smashing heavily into the ground and kicking up dust that filled the sky; the whole scene was like the end of the World.
Darian shook off the huge concrete block on his head and stood up from the ruins.
He looked up and saw General Zod hovering in mid-air, looking down at him.
"Look at everything here; it was all caused by Kal-El and your resistance. You are the sinners of this Planet; everyone died because of you."
As a warrior who had fought on the battlefield for many years, General Zod understood the effect of psychological warfare. As long as a person had misgivings, they would be restrained when acting, and wouldn't be able to exert even half of their strength.
So he used moral kidnapping on Darian, making the other party afraid to hold back in the following battle, so that he could get rid of this trouble as quickly as possible.
But his idea completely fell through.
Darian had no morals at all, so where would he find anything for him to kidnap?
"Evil Kryptonian, you only know how to distort facts."
Darian snorted coldly: "It is clearly you who invaded Earth, destroyed the Earth civilization, slaughtered Earthlings, destroyed Earthlings' cities, killed Earthlings' high-ranking officials, and seized their property, yet you push these faults onto us. You are the true sinners."
General Zod frowned slightly.
He could admit to the few points Darian mentioned earlier.
But when did he kill the Earthlings' high-ranking officials and seize their property?
Before General Zod could think it through, he heard Darian's tone suddenly become evil.
"However, you did remind me of one thing."
"Hmm?"
Listening to Darian's tone, a bad premonition inexplicably rose in General Zod's heart.
Darian pointed to the huge Kryptonian spaceship in the distance and grinned: "I remember that Kryptonian genetic engineering cannot be separated from the Genesis Chamber. Now that the Kryptonian is gone, this spaceship should be the last Genesis Chamber, right?"
"If I destroy it, even if you get the codex, you still won't be able to rebuild the Kryptonian, right?"
"How dare you!"
General Zod's expression changed instantly, and for the first time, obvious panic appeared on his face.
After all, he was just a pure warrior with brute force, not a scientist like Clark's biological father, who had both strength and intelligence and understood those complex Kryptonian technologies.
If the Genesis Chamber were destroyed, the only hope for the reconstruction of the Kryptonian would be completely shattered.
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
Darian chuckled, immediately changed direction, aimed his palms at the distant Kryptonian spaceship, and two thick energy beams were instantly shot from his palms.
General Zod didn't even think about it and pounced, using his own body to block the two energy beams in mid-air.
"Let's see how many you can block."
Having figured out General Zod's weakness, Darian was not polite at all and launched an indiscriminate bombardment toward the direction of the Kryptonian spaceship.
General Zod dared not dodge at all. Once he dodged, the spaceship behind him would suffer. He could only constantly fire heat rays to intercept; if he really couldn't stop them, he could only take them head-on with his body.
Darian let out a kindly laugh: "Hehehe, you better block steadily, otherwise the last hope of your Kryptonian civilization will be gone."
This posture combined with these lines was simply that of a living villain.
General Zod was so angry that he cursed: "You despicable and shameless villain!"
"Didn't you also use Earth to threaten me just now? Why can't you take it when it's your turn?"
Darian looked disdainful, then his tone changed, putting on a righteous look: "Besides, I do this to protect the peace of Earth. As a Superheroes, I am willing to bear all the infamy."
Before he finished speaking, he increased the output again, and countless enchanted miniature missiles roared and blasted toward General Zod.
General Zod still dared not dodge and could only choose to take these miniature missiles head-on; anyway, these miniature missiles couldn't cause him much damage.
However, the moment a few of these miniature missiles exploded on him, a cloud of green powder suddenly diffused.
"What!?"
General Zod was caught off guard and instantly felt a strong sense of weakness sweep through his whole body; the cells in his body seemed to be suppressed by something.
His originally surging power quickly receded, and he couldn't even maintain normal flight. His body swayed in the air, and he almost fell directly.
This move was learned by Darian from Batman in the comics. Batman was known as the master of Kryptonite application, using Kryptonite to create various peripheral weapons, which received many bad reviews from Superman.
Darian knew in advance that he had to deal with Kryptonians, so naturally, he wouldn't just prepare one piece of Kryptonite.
He had long anticipated that there would be a standoff, so he specially chipped off a large piece from the Kryptonite, then ground it into powder and hid it in the miniature missiles, just to catch them off guard.
After all, General Zod didn't have his dodge key removed like Clark, so Darian could only patiently wait for the best opportunity.
And now was the best opportunity for him to strike.
Seeing that General Zod had been hit, Darian didn't hesitate at all and rushed over at full speed.
General Zod tried to use heat rays to block, but he was affected by the Kryptonite powder, and the heat rays became intermittent like an old man going to the toilet, and the power was sharply reduced by more than half, which couldn't stop Darian's charge at all.
In the blink of an eye, Darian rushed in front of General Zod and raised his hand to punch him in the face.
Bang!!
A dull impact sound rang out, and General Zod, unable to dodge, smashed heavily into the Kryptonian spaceship below.
Darian followed closely behind and fell into the interior of the spaceship from the hole in the top.
He took out the Kryptonite emitting green fluorescence and placed it on the back of his right hand. The ultron armor immediately deformed automatically, generating a seamless groove on the back of the palm, firmly embedding the whole piece of Kryptonite inside.
General Zod, amplified by the Sun's energy, was the greatest among the Kryptonian legion, but correspondingly, the impact of the Kryptonite radiation on him was also amplified to the extreme.
The radiation energy of the Kryptonite constantly eroded his cells, bringing heart-piercing pain every second, making him lie on the ground unable to get up, without even the strength to lift his head.
"You lost, Zod."
"No, I didn't lose!"
General Zod let out a roar, actually enduring the Kryptonite radiation, and forced his body to stand up.
His face was twisted and deformed due to severe pain, but his eyes were filled with almost insane persistence.
"Kryptonian needs me! I will never fall down like this!"
"If you want to rebuild the Kryptonian, no one will stop you."
Darian curled his lips: "The Universe is so big, there are plenty of Planets suitable for you to transform, but you just had to set your sights on Earth."
The biggest mistake General Zod made was wanting to transform Earth into a new Kryptonian.
You know, Earth was the center stage of the Universe, and had long been eyed by various big shots.
Even God and Satan were among them.
The Kryptonians, on the other hand, wanted to tear down this big stage and rebuild it as soon as they arrived, performing a one-man show themselves. Even if Earthlings were willing, those big shots wouldn't be happy.
General Zod gritted his teeth and said: "If it weren't for this stone, we would have succeeded long ago."
In his original plan, Clark was the only one on the entire Earth who could pose a threat to them.
As long as they killed Clark and got the codex inside him, they could use the local resources, transform the Earth under their feet into a Kryptonian, and directly start rebuilding the Kryptonian civilization.
He never expected that so many super-powered beings would emerge on Earth.
Especially this guy Darian, who even had Kryptonite that could restrain them in his hand.
Darian shook his head: "No, even without Kryptonite, you are destined not to succeed. The fate of the Kryptonian is already doomed. If you repeat the original path, you will ultimately only head toward the outcome of destruction."
Before the words fell, he waved his hand.
The Shadow under General Zod's feet suddenly surged out, turning into a Shadow Soldiers, holding General Zod tightly from behind.
If it were normal times, General Zod could easily break free from this level of strength by moving a finger.
But now the Kryptonite radiation had eroded all the cells in his body, and he didn't even have the strength to support his body, so he couldn't break free from the shackles of the Shadow Soldiers.
Seeing Darian walking toward him step by step, the last madness erupted in General Zod's eyes, and his eyes suddenly lit up with red light.
But the energy circled in his eye sockets several times and could never converge into a heat ray, only able to emit a weak halo.
The next moment, Darian's right arm deformed rapidly, turning into a sharp cone, and the Kryptonite on the back of his hand emitted green light.
He didn't hesitate at all, raised his hand and stabbed the sharp cone out fiercely.
Under the enchantment of the Kryptonite, the sharp cone broke through General Zod's indestructible skin, pierced into his heart without any hindrance, and slowly pierced through from his back.
Zod's whole body trembled violently. He didn't look at Darian, but turned his head with difficulty, looking toward the direction of the Genesis Chamber deep in the spaceship.
There was no fear in his eyes, only intense unwillingness.
"Just one step away... the Kryptonian could have been rebuilt..."
This Kryptonian general was still thinking about reviving his civilization until his death.
His madness, his cruelty, his unscrupulousness were all for the Kryptonian.
For Kryptonians, he was a well-deserved hero.
But what does this have to do with Darian?
His faction was Earth, after all; who would be idle enough to put themselves in the enemy's perspective?
However, Darian still respected General Zod as a warrior.
He kindly comforted him: "Rest assured, the Kryptonian civilization is not completely extinct. Don't you still have Clark?"
"After you die, I will let him work harder and have a few more children, using the natural reproduction method to continue spreading the branches and leaves for your Kryptonian. You can go in peace."
General Zod turned his head to look at Darian, his face gradually turning black.
"FUC..."
Before the last syllable was uttered, his body lost its strength, and his head hung down heavily.
"What was he going to say? Why does it sound like a curse?"
Darian pulled out the sharp cone and scratched his head, looking at General Zod's corpse.
But he quickly denied it himself: "No, no, he is a Kryptonian, how could he speak Earth profanity? It must be a dialect from the Kryptonian side, wanting to say something to thank me. Yes, that must be it."
At the same time, the system's prompt tone sounded in his mind.
[Mission "Mad Kryptonian" settlement complete]
[Received rewards: EXP +25000, Free Attribute Points *8, Anchor Shard *3, Skill "Sin of Pride", Item "Superman's Red Underpants", Item "Clark's Glasses", Item "Electric Eyes", Equipment "Kryptonian Armor"]
[Skill: Sin of Pride (When the Sun appears, your physical fitness is greatly improved. The more intense the Sun is, the stronger the boost you get)]
[Item: Superman's Red Underpants (Superman fashion item, the first person to wear underwear on the outside)]
[Item: Clark's Glasses (After wearing it, no one can recognize your true identity by appearance)]
[Item: Electric Eyes (Your eyes can release high-voltage current, no one dares to look directly into your eyes)]
[Equipment: Kryptonian Armor (Individual combat armor built with the highest Kryptonian technology, capable of exerting strength equivalent to a Kryptonian. Of course, provided you are a Kryptonian)]
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