Three months passed in a flash.
On this day, Krypton, which had been continuously mined for hundreds of thousands of years, could no longer maintain the stability of its planetary core.
Finally, after reaching a certain critical point, a massive explosion began to brew within Krypton.
A world-ending crisis was about to engulf all of Krypton, and the appearance of several harbingers of destruction sent countless Kryptonians into a panic, with cries and wails echoing endlessly.
"Jor, Krypton has finally reached this day. However, our child will live on, carrying the hope of Krypton."
Facing the signs of this apocalypse, Superman's birth mother, Lara, remained perfectly calm.
After all, she and Jor-El had long foreseen this outcome, ever since the Kryptonian Elder Council decided to abandon space exploration and interstellar colonization.
They knew that Krypton's entire social system, from top to bottom, had become completely rigid and corrupt.
The root cause of all this was genetic engineering.
Every Kryptonian's destiny was predetermined before birth, with genetic editing assigning them their respective professions and social value.
Whether they became a general, a scientist, or a lower-class worker, all of it was decided before they were even born!
This method of reproduction almost directly led to Kryptonian society losing its vitality; people were content with the status quo, lacked ambition, and technology began to stagnate.
Even now, Krypton didn't possess a single large-scale interstellar spacecraft capable of carrying more than a thousand people.
Facing this situation, her husband, Jor-El, had attempted to make changes, starting with Krypton's genetic coding project, to give the next generation of Kryptonians the right to choose their own lives freely.
Unfortunately, his efforts were deemed heretical by the Elder Council, and he received a stern warning from the Science Council.
At that point, they completely gave up on Krypton's future!
Jor-El also secretly built a small interstellar spacecraft at that time, an escape vehicle prepared for his soon-to-be-born child.
And everything unfolded as they had foreseen; Lara felt that perhaps perishing with Krypton was her best destination now.
It was just that not being able to see her child grow up left a lingering regret in her heart.
However, at one moment, Lara suddenly noticed a strange beam of light appearing in the sky, shooting towards Kandor City.
The next instant, the entire Kandor City vanished from its original location, leaving behind only an immeasurable, gigantic crater.
In a trance, she seemed to catch a glimpse of a bizarre figure flashing by, but it disappeared too quickly to make out its full appearance.
"Who was that? And why did he take Kandor City?"
Even Lara, who had already lost all hope, couldn't help but show emotion and feel a multitude of questions arise in her heart upon seeing this scene.
However, before she could ponder further, an intensely brilliant light appeared on the horizon, illuminating every Kryptonian.
This was followed by an earth-shattering explosion accompanied by terrifying destructive waves that swept across all of Krypton.
In an instant, a once-glorious living planet completely vanished from this universe.
Krypton was destroyed!
But amidst the destruction, a terrifying monster also successfully awoke from its seal.
At the same time, above Earth, a meteor streaked across the sky, finally landing in Kansas, USA.
More precisely, it fell into a cornfield on Kent Farm in the town of Smallville.
The still-young Kent couple heard their dog barking incessantly, so they immediately turned on their flashlight and went to investigate.
Walking into their cornfield, they saw large swathes of flattened corn, and a spaceship, clearly of alien technology, lay quietly there.
Both were astonished by the spaceship, and unable to suppress their curiosity, they slowly walked closer.
As if sensing their approach, the spaceship's hatch automatically opened, revealing a baby, only a few months old, lying inside.
Upon seeing them, the child instinctively reached out his hands towards them, a lovely smile on his tender little face.
Martha, who had long been diagnosed with infertility, immediately felt her eyes well up with tears at this sight.
"Jonathan, let's keep him. This child might be a gift from God to us."
Hearing his wife say this, Jonathan Kent's heart flickered with a hint of hesitation.
He then voiced his concerns: "Martha, you should know, this child is destined to be different from ordinary people. If we adopt him, we might encounter a lot of trouble in the future."
"But he's just a child right now!"
Hearing this, Jonathan immediately made up his mind and nodded in agreement!
So Jonathan took the child from the spaceship and handed him to Martha, saying to her:
"You take the child back first. I need to figure out how to bring this thing back and hide it too, otherwise it will cause big trouble."
Then, while Jonathan was still worrying about how to transport the large object back, the next moment, the spaceship seemed to possess intelligence as it flew up on its own.
This was, of course, because Superman's biological father, Jor-El, had created a segment of his consciousness into AI data and stored it in the spaceship's key, intending to be a guide to his child in the future.
Now, with the spaceship under his control, it naturally understood how to minimize trouble.
Seeing this, Jonathan was surprised but also breathed a sigh of relief.
They later named the child Clark Kent, raising him as their own son.
While Superman had already landed on Earth according to his predetermined trajectory, Zod and his companions in the Phantom Zone finally gained their freedom.
Because at the moment Krypton exploded and was destroyed, their stasis pods lost contact with the central control center on Krypton, and their hibernation state was forcibly terminated.
Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing the escape mission and regaining freedom. You have received one roulette draw. Would you like to use it immediately?
Hearing this voice, Zod didn't hesitate, silently thinking, "Draw."
Instantly, Zod felt his mind appear on a gigantic roulette wheel. On it, he saw countless worlds, and many names he was very familiar with from his previous life.
Without exception, these worlds all seemed to have appeared in various novels, anime, games, TV series, and movies from his previous life.
At this moment, his heart began to pray, hoping not to choose too crappy a world.
After all, he had seen world names like 'iPartment' and even 'Rural Love Story' on the roulette; wasn't that just pure nonsense?
As the pointer on the roulette stopped, he saw the words "Plants vs. Zombies" appear before his eyes, indicating the chosen world, and then the item he had drawn also began to manifest.
It was a sunflower with a smiling face.
Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a sunflower seed. This item comes from the Plants vs. Zombies world. Once planted, it will grow rapidly. After maturing, it will autonomously produce one pure solar essence every half hour. Using solar essence can cultivate new sunflower seeds.
Zod was initially a bit disappointed when he saw this world, but when he saw the description of the sunflower, he became excited again.