At this moment, several of Zod's most loyal subordinates also successively awoke from their hibernation.
Fiora, his second-in-command, walked up to him and asked, "General, our hibernation was forcibly ended. What exactly happened?"
"Krypton has been destroyed, and the central system controlling the hibernation pods no longer exists. We were forcibly awakened. In other words, we are free!"
Zod said indifferently.
He was not the original Zod, so he naturally didn't have such deep feelings for that decaying Krypton, unless it was his New Krypton.
Therefore, at this moment, all he felt was the excitement of regaining his freedom.
However, his subordinates had the responsibility and mission of guarding Krypton etched into them from a genetic level.
Upon suddenly hearing the news that Krypton, which they had sworn to defend with their lives, had been destroyed, every person's face revealed a look of sadness, and Fiora, the iron-blooded warrior, was no exception.
But being natural soldiers, she quickly composed herself and then asked with a solemn tone, "General, what should we do next?"
"Jor-El had also foreseen the demise of Krypton, so he stole the codex and, along with his child, sent it to a place called Earth, 27 light-years away from Krypton."
"What we need to do is find that child, retrieve the codex from him, and then rebuild Krypton."
"Also, that place has a healthy yellow sun. Bathed in its radiation, our true latent powers will awaken. By then, we will make Krypton great again."
Listening to Zod's confident tone, Fiora and the others, though not understanding what Zod meant by their own powers, showed fervent expressions in their eyes when they heard about rebuilding Krypton.
Their minds had already begun to imagine what that day would look like when it arrived.
As for the truthfulness of Zod's words, they had no doubt whatsoever; such was the standing of the original Zod in their hearts.
Then everyone shouted in unison, "Swear allegiance to the General, swear to defend Krypton!"
Listening to their words, Zod also had no doubt about their determination. After all, they were all products of Krypton's rigid system; genetic editing endowed them with the innate mission of loyalty and guardianship.
According to the original ending, they indeed paid the price of their lives for Zod's plan.
Zod knew that Earth was fraught with danger; not only were there a bunch of indigenous Old Gods hiding behind the scenes, but the eyes of many forces in the universe were also focused on Earth.
For example, Darkseid, the Dark Lord of Apokolips, had already arrived on Earth ten thousand years ago because Earth contained a power he desired—the anti-life equation.
It was a power that could easily corrupt the free will of any living being, turning life into unconscious puppets. Even gods would find it difficult to resist the corruption of this power.
However, at that time, all the indigenous gods and various races on Earth united to resist his Parademon army.
Moreover, he was too young at the time and was sent back home by Ares, the God of War, who had full war buffs, with a single axe strike.
But this tyrant has never given up, and he now also controls the Omega Effect, with his own strength reaching a terrifying level.
In addition, there are the Guardians of the Universe who created the Green Lantern Corps, a group of Little Blue Men who like to stir up trouble. Soon, the greatest Green Lantern in history will be born on Earth.
These were all just the known existences that Zod knew from his previous life. As for how many angels, demons, and the like were hidden in the dark, even he could hardly imagine.
In a word, Earth is a good place, and its position in the entire universe is crucial, but precisely because of this, it attracts so much attention.
"General, our transport spaceship does not have interstellar travel capability. To reach the area where Earth is located, we need to modify and upgrade the spaceship, preferably by finding a warp drive."
At this moment, Vana Leto, Zod's only scientist, pointed out their current predicament.
"Don't worry, although Krypton was destroyed because of those foolish and corrupt guys in the Elder Council, more than twenty thousand years ago, Krypton sent out a large number of colonial exploration ships throughout the universe."
"We should be able to find what we need on those ships."
Zod, combining memories from his previous life and his original body, immediately offered a solution.
"Yes, General. I will immediately search for information about those ships."
After hearing Zod's words, Leto immediately walked to the cockpit of the spaceship, opened the internally stored data, and then locked onto the nearest planet via the star map.
All subordinates began to perform their respective duties, preparing for the upcoming voyage.
Zod, however, was searching inside the spaceship, because for him, the most important thing at the moment was to find a place to plant the sunflower he had obtained from the roulette wheel.
As long as he absorbed the solar essence produced by the sunflower, he should be able to unlock the bloodline treasure of Kryptonians.
By then, not only could he officially begin cultivation, but it would also greatly enhance the safety of their interstellar travel.
Although the original Zod and his subordinates wandered in the universe for thirty-three years without anything happening, he was not sure if any unknown variables would occur when it was his turn.
Unfortunately, he searched the entire spaceship but found no trace of soil or similar things, so he could only wait until they found a planet for replenishment before making further plans.
However, thanks to Krypton's past glory, even this transport spaceship still contained the most detailed star map data.
Soon, Leto found the nearest planet to them, which Krypton had once sent a colonial ship to.
The spaceship sailed through the vast universe, and Zod couldn't help but feel awestruck looking at the dark and profound starry sky outside.
In his previous life, he could only see such a scene in sci-fi movies, but now he could see it with his own eyes, and in the near future, he could even traverse the cosmic galaxy with just his physical body.
Just thinking about it made his heart surge.
As he was feeling emotional, Fiora walked up behind him, and after some apparent hesitation, she softly spoke:
"General, please forgive my intrusion, but I've noticed you seem to have changed somewhat, ever since the trial on Krypton!"
As Zod's longest-serving second-in-command, she knew his personality and character all too well. She always felt as if the general before her was a different person.
Hearing this, Zod's face showed no unusual expression, his eyes still fixed on the boundless cosmic starry sky outside the spaceship.
After a long while, he slowly said, "Fiora, you are very intelligent. If Krypton hadn't been destroyed, and we hadn't launched an armed coup, you would have become the new commander after I stepped down."
Seeing Zod say this, Fiora immediately took a step back, clenched her right fist, placed it across her chest, and bowed slightly, saying, "No, I will always be loyal to the General."
"It's normal for you to have doubts. My change is because at that moment, I saw the future of Krypton, and I also saw our future. Everything happening now is a fulfillment of the visions I saw."
Hearing Zod say this, Fiora's heart trembled, and then she unconsciously asked with a somewhat nervous tone, "General, in the future you saw, did we rebuild Krypton?"
Zod did not answer, but Fiora already understood.
Clearly, in the future the General saw, they failed, and the fate of failures was very likely to be the loss of life.
The next moment, she suddenly knelt on one knee, her tone more solemn than ever, saying, "General, please lead us to a different future!"
Zod's voice faintly sounded, "Get up. Am I not changing our predetermined destiny right now?"