### Chapter 6: The Invasion Begins
"Isn't that Batman? Came out of your Batcave so quickly?"
Watching Batman descend smoothly on a zip line, Hal Jordan had a smile on his face.
Having heard so much about Batman's wealth from Ben, he was happy to see a problem Batman couldn't solve even with money.
While waiting for Batman to arrive, Ben used the Omnitrix to repair the DNA of the Parademon defeated by Superman.
After confirming that Parademons were indeed the victims of those kidnapping cases, Superman also agreed to accept Ben's invitation to fight Darkseid together.
The Mother Box carried by the Parademon defeated by Superman was wrapped by Hal Jordan using the Green Lantern ring's energy.
At this moment, the newly arrived Batman paid no attention to Hal Jordan's prickly words.
His attention was focused more on Superman and the Mother Box wrapped in green energy by Hal Jordan.
"It seems you guys discovered this thing too."
Taking out what he found on the Parademon's armor, Batman looked at Superman.
"According to tests, it's not a bomb, more like a special alien computer."
"It's not Kryptonian technology."
Hearing Batman's doubt, Superman understood what Batman meant. He could confirm that this thing was not a technological product from his home planet.
"We can testify to this point. Mother Boxes made by Apokolips are mainly used to open Boom Tubes to transport armies, and Parademons are biological weapons genetically modified from captives by Apokolips."
Echoing Superman's words, Ben explained the origin and main functions of the Mother Box and Parademons to Superman and Batman.
"Can you prove this?"
Judging from the micro-expressions on the boy's face when he responded, the boy was not lying.
Batman had similar guesses about those modified monsters being the vanguard of an alien invasion.
But what Batman couldn't understand was why a 15-year-old boy would know so much alien intelligence.
Perhaps the current boyish appearance was just a disguise, and that alien comparable to a speedster was his true form.
"I can try to see if I can control them."
In the prototype Omnitrix in Ben's hand, there was Upgrade, who could merge with any technological creation.
The Omnitrix's cooldown time had long ended, allowing him to transform again.
Ben also wanted to prove the superpowers of various alien heroes in his watch.
"It's Hero Time!"
Pressing the Omnitrix switch, Ben quickly rotated the dial to Upgrade's position and slapped it down hard.
Accompanying the flashing green light, the skin on Ben's hands, feet, and even his whole body began to turn gray, and his body rapidly shrunk until he was only about 15 centimeters tall.
His head was in an inverted triangular shape, pupils were slit-like, similar to the facial structure of a frog or amphibian.
The Omnitrix symbol on his wrist moved to his back, and the clothes on his body were reorganized from his original clothes by the Omnitrix.
"Grey Matter? Didn't I choose Upgrade?"
Looking at his transformed appearance, Ben slapped his head with his hand.
"Oh, annoying! I actually forgot that slapping the Omnitrix too hard causes it to randomly select a transformation hero!"
Seeing Ben turn into such a mini and cute little alien, Hal tried hard to hold back his laughter.
Squatting halfway down, Batman observed Ben who had completed the transformation.
Judging from Ben's reaction just now, he didn't turn into the alien he expected.
The alien resembling a velociraptor with speedster abilities, the alien he originally wanted to transform into just now, plus this one now—this boy could transform into at least three kinds of aliens through that watch.
"So, what abilities does this little frog-like alien of yours have?"
Facing Batman, Ben shifted his gaze to the Mother Box wrapped in green energy.
While observing and trying to understand the principles and usage of the Mother Box, Ben responded to Batman.
"Galvans, to which Grey Matter belongs, are the smartest race in the universe. Azmuth, the creator of the Omnitrix, is the smartest one on Galvan Prime and even in the entire universe. I should be able to understand Apokolips technology."
At this time, Superman also scanned Ben's body with his X-ray vision. This boy had completely changed into another species at the genetic level.
"Truly magical. That watch seems to change him into an alien. What is the principle?"
Accompanying the observation of Apokolips technology, a large number of formulas and technological principles poured continuously from Grey Matter's brain.
As a human, Ben's IQ and knowledge reserve were only at a normal level. Even after turning into Grey Matter, it would take a little time to digest this knowledge from scratch through observation.
However, being slightly distracted to answer questions while understanding knowledge was not a problem for Grey Matter.
"The Omnitrix is Noah's Ark created by Azmuth to promote communication among intelligent beings in the entire universe. It stores the DNA of almost all alien intelligent beings, allowing the user to turn into any kind of alien."
"So, you can use it to turn into my kind."
Ben's response surprised Superman. Ever since he learned about his life experience in the Fortress of Solitude, he had always thought he was the last Kryptonian in the world.
Unexpectedly, someone could turn into his kind.
"Yes, as long as I unlock the Kryptonian DNA. I haven't cracked the Omnitrix's master control program, so there are limits on the number of alien types for transformation and the transformation time."
Hearing Superman's question, Ben answered very frankly. He didn't hide anything about the Omnitrix's limitations.
Perhaps Batman was taking notes on the Omnitrix's limitations, but the Omnitrix had an active protection program.
In times of danger, it could directly transform him into the most suitable alien.
"Uh oh~ I think I should change back and get a little further away from here."
Crossing his fingers and stretching his hands forward, Grey Matter hurriedly ended his observation at this time.
It wasn't that Ben had thoroughly mastered the Apokolips technology on the Mother Box, but he noticed that the thing had been activated.
"Everyone be careful, they've been activated from the other end!"
While reminding the three heroes beside him to prepare for the enemy, Ben quickly jumped behind Superman.
"Hal, focus your attention! Try to see if you can control the number of them coming out. I'll use the Omnitrix to help them correct their DNA."
Just as he finished speaking, Ben reached out and patted the Omnitrix symbol on his back to change back to human form.
Hearing Ben's suggestion, Hal Jordan frowned tightly.
"Don't be noisy! I'm trying hard!"
The Mother Box was constantly expanding, opening a Boom Tube. He could only go all out to limit the size of the exit and control the number of Parademons surging out.
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