"Do you think the aliens will pick a fight with us after we hand over Superman?"
A white-haired old man with glasses and a receding hairline asked Lex Luthor.
Luthor didn't answer, instead countering with his own question:
"Dr. Emil, after the New World was discovered, do you know what our ancestors did to the natives living there?"
The old man fell silent.
He understood Luthor's meaning.
"So then, what do you think we humans should do?"
"It's simple. We just win, don't we?"
Luthor said confidently.
The old man wanted to ask Luthor what they would win with, but then his attention was drawn to a scene unfolding on the field.
A tall woman, completely covered in a high-tech combat suit, disembarked from the spaceship. She glanced at Superman a few times, then spoke briefly with General Vick, who was leading the military contingent.
A standoff ensued. Just as Dr. Emil was overcome with worry, Luthor quietly slipped his hand into his pocket.
However, a conflict didn't immediately break out. Lois Lane, protected by a group of soldiers, chose to board the spaceship with Superman.
Dr. Emil breathed a sigh of relief.
Luthor, on the other hand, looked somewhat disappointed as he took his hand out of his pocket.
"Go on, I need to use the restroom."
...
Meanwhile, on a small hill over thirty kilometers from the military base, a sunshade stood.
Qingshui held a cheeseburger in one hand and a soda in the other, his phone cradled between his shoulder and ear.
"Slurp!"
The cup was empty. The White Knight, standing by, immediately stepped forward at Qingshui's flick of a finger and refilled the cup with cola.
"No fight? I think that's just temporary."
Qingshui took a bite of his burger and said into the phone.
On the other end, Luthor stood in the restroom, unzipping his pants with his right hand while using his left to manipulate his phone, sending out a signal that tampered with the nearby cameras.
This was a military base; the security level was extremely high, and even the restrooms had such devices.
"Exactly, that's what I think too. If they learn from Superman that our solar system's star strengthens them, then they definitely won't abandon the solar system.
When two people ride one horse, one must ride behind."
Luthor's last sentence was a proverb, essentially meaning that two tigers cannot share one mountain.
"So what do we do now…?"
"Wait, and at the same time, have people continue searching for Kryptonite in Smallville. We only have this one batch on hand right now, and that will limit our effectiveness."
Luthor hung up the phone, shook his pants, and walked out of the restroom.
Qingshui glanced at the short sword that had replaced the High-Voltage Electric Sword on his right arm, and the mounted missiles on his shoulder.
They had only found one batch of Kryptonite, so they processed it into a short sword and ground the scraps into powder, filling them into the mounted missiles.
Luthor had designed these with Superman as the hypothetical enemy.
If Superman were affected by Kryptonite powder, weakening his strength, then it would be the moment for the Kryptonite short sword to take effect.
However, this strategy might work against Superman, but it might be difficult to say for Zod.
After all, Zod typically wore Kryptonian combat armor, so he wasn't without defense.
The hardness of Kryptonite was only so-so; it would likely be difficult to penetrate his exoskeletal armor.
Therefore, in Qingshui's conceived battle plan, the first step was to use the White Knight's firepower to destroy that layer of alien armor.
Then, the boss would enter its second phase.
If Zod couldn't quickly adapt to sunlight, it would naturally be a dead end.
If he could, there would still be Kryptonite weapons as a backup.
What Qingshui was most grateful for now was that after the Court of Owls incident, he had Cisco and Barry help him channel the Speed Force to re-charge the Speed Force Dagger, which had mostly been depleted.
Besides that, Qingshui had, of course, prepared a Plan B.
Batman and The Flash had already arrived in Metropolis several hours ago at Qingshui's invitation and held a secret meeting.
Luthor said there was only one batch of Kryptonite, but Qingshui could guess that Luthor definitely had at least one more batch.
And after Batman arrived in Smallville, he used his reconnaissance skills in conjunction with The Flash's super speed to conduct a sweeping search, virtually clearing out all remaining Kryptonite reserves there.
Zod didn't make them wait long.
When Qingshui finished his KFC and two comic books, he received new information from Luthor.
Two small alien spacecraft flew out from the main ship, arriving over Kansas.
"Time to get to work."
Qingshui rose from his lounge chair and folded up the parasol.
The White Knight automatically disassembled and enveloped Qingshui, then shot into the sky.
After being equipped with the Hall Thruster manufactured by Lex Luthor, the White Knight's aerial acceleration capability had significantly improved.
Furthermore, as time passed, Qingshui had made great strides in his control over Airflow Manipulation. Even without using the Speed Force, he could still fly at supersonic speeds.
Thanks to the radar stealth function designed by Lex Luthor, Qingshui wasn't targeted by US military aircraft while flying, unlike that "tin can" from next door.
However, it was also possible that the US Air Force's attention was currently focused on the Kryptonian spaceship.
"What! Superman just came down from the spaceship and is fighting those aliens, did you see him?"
Lex Luthor's voice came through Qingshui's earpiece.
"I saw him, but they're moving much faster than Mach 1. I'll have to go all out now, so I probably won't have time to chat."
Qingshui, who had followed the commotion all the way to the shattered farmhouse, hung up the call with Lex Luthor.
"Who are you?"
Lois Lane shielded Old Lady Martha behind her, holding a wooden stick, trying to remain calm as she stared at the white metallic figure that had suddenly flown down from the sky.
Qingshui briefly glanced at the two women, then ascended again and activated the Speed Force Dagger.
In an instant, a white lightning bolt streaked across the sky.
...
...
In Metropolis, two figures rapidly crashed through one skyscraper after another, finally creating a large crater in the ground.
"You dared to lay a hand on my mother!"
A punch, carrying power as immense as Mount Tai, slammed into Zod's helmet.
Fortunately, the Kryptonian armor was tough enough; even Superman couldn't completely break through its defenses.
However, cracks still appeared on the faceplate.
Zod, experiencing Earth's environment firsthand for the first time, painfully clutched his ears and curled up on the ground.
Superman clenched his fists and slowly advanced towards Zod.
Meanwhile, several fighter jets flew overhead, dropping missiles that engulfed the entire street in flames, enveloping both Superman and Zod.
*Bang!*
Two figures quickly fell from the sky, destroying two fighter jets.
And as Superman rescued the pilots of the crashed jets, Zod was also brought aboard the slowly descending spaceship by his adjutant, Faora.
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