At that moment, Metropolis was still drowning in the aftershock of the spectacular scene from moments before.
Countless cameras remained fixed on Heisenberg's divine kingdom ship. Even though there was nothing to see at the moment, they still wanted to capture every possible frame.
After all, not long ago, a vessel two or three times the size of Metropolis itself had materialized in the sky. The experience had genuinely terrified them!
The largest ship they'd ever seen before this was during Zod's invasion a few days prior.
But Zod's ship hadn't been anywhere near the scale of the Fort Rozz!
In the preceding half-hour, after witnessing the majestic Kryptonian expeditionary fortress, the Rozz,
the citizens of Metropolis — and people across the globe watching video feeds —
every living being who had witnessed it had been utterly stunned by the magnificent mechanical beauty of the Fort Rozz.
Because of this, at least seventeen thousand streamers worldwide were currently broadcasting live coverage of Heisenberg's ship.
The number of people recording for later playback was beyond counting!
Even though the Fort Rozz had vanished over half an hour ago, they still lingered outside the ship, endlessly recounting what had just occurred with expressions and tones of sheer, unbridled shock.
Even the American news anchors, who fancied themselves as having seen it all, were running their programs with voices that sounded like they'd just seen a ghost.
"I am currently positioned no more than eighty meters from His Excellency the Sun God's vessel!
This is as close as we've managed to secure!
As you can see, there are hardly any civilians around me. Every other photographer and onlooker is gathered at the boundary line, at least a hundred and fifty meters away!
So keep your eyes on the screen. We are about to bring you the closest, most direct first-hand footage of the Sun God!
Just moments ago — twenty-three minutes by Metropolis time — a colossal cosmic fortress spanning over one hundred thousand hectares suddenly appeared above our city!
Of course, we all know by now that this was not an alien invasion, and we won't be living out a real-life Independence Day scenario.
But without question, before that magnificent ship appeared, I never imagined that scenes from movies could truly manifest in the skies above our city!
Honestly, the moment I saw that alien fortress, I felt like charging into the White House to ask our president if he was ready to fly a fighter jet!
Though I'm guessing the best he could manage is being ready to... shoot one down, if you catch my drift. Ha!"
The host on the television and mobile livestream laughed with wild excitement. He laughed for a full seven seconds before he barely managed to stop.
Clearly, being at the scene right now, he was utterly consumed by the thrill.
His legs trembled as he nervously circled near the ship, cautiously scanning his surroundings while struggling to steady his steps.
Even as he moved, he stared excitedly into the camera and continued addressing his audience.
"As you can see, even though the colossal fortress from earlier has disappeared, the Sun God's existing ship has undergone a distinct transformation.
Our experts speculate that the massive cosmic fortress the Sun God brought back earlier has somehow been integrated into his existing ship's systems.
Look — the damage the Sun God's ship sustained a week ago has long since been fully repaired. And with the fortress's disappearance, the ship's hull color has also changed.
Let's look at the comparison footage from the control room. Half an hour ago, the Kryptonian ship was still silver-white.
But after absorbing the colossal fortress, the Sun God's ship is gradually darkening toward black.
Experts estimate that the Sun God possesses certain abilities to enhance the particulate properties of his ship. As the giant fortress vanished, every particle of the original solar ship received special reinforcement.
But in my opinion, that's all nonsense. If you swallow an unbelievably massive cosmic fortress, even ordinary dirt would turn into diamond, right?
I'm still excited. My hairs are standing on end. I'm absolutely certain that fortress will be etched into my memory for the rest of my life.
I can't even begin to imagine what else the Sun God might stuff into his ship besides that fortress.
I don't think there could be a ship bigger than that fortress. Anything larger would practically qualify as a small planet.
But that's impossible, right? The Sun God couldn't just haul a planet back and cram it into his ship. Right?
So if I were you, I'd make sure to save every video from today onto my computer.
This is absolutely the kind of memory you will never forget — and the kind of footage you least want to miss.
I'm sure plenty of people are already doing exactly what I just said. So while you save those videos, let's maneuver the drone for a perfect overhead shot of the Sun God's ship as it continues to transform right now.
Everyone, join me in admiring this magnificent divine realm. If heaven truly exists in this world, then our camera at this moment is gliding just outside its gates!
After our lens has presented the most beautiful exterior of this divine kingdom to you all, our exploration program will officially begin!
Now, let's hold our breath and wai— MOTHERFUCKER!?
Fuck, fuck, fuck!!!
I... I... I-I-I...!!!"
In the instant his words dissolved into gibberish, countless citizens strained to open their eyes as wide as they possibly could!
They craned their necks with difficulty, desperate to glimpse the colors in the sky — colors so breathtakingly beautiful that no mortal could have ever imagined them!
But in the very next second, they all shut their eyes in agony!
In that brief moment, over two hundred million people across the Northern Hemisphere temporarily lost their sight.
A blinding, dazzling radiance of rainbow-hued light descended from the heavens.
No!
No, no, no!
It wasn't descending from the heavens — the rainbow light had simply blotted out the entire sky!
No one could calculate the width of that rainbow in that fleeting instant, because human eyes could not perceive the full extent of that light.
That radiance stretched across five thousand eight hundred kilometers. Bear in mind that the Earth's diameter is only about twelve thousand seven hundred kilometers!
Just its width alone had already shrouded nearly half the planet!!!
To say nothing of the rainbow light's utterly incomprehensible length.
The light seemed to surge forth from an infinitely distant abyss. Its blazing emergence rendered most astronomical telescopes effectively speechless.
The moon had long since been swallowed by the light. Countless satellites simply lost all orientation — because the colossal Bifrost had outright vaporized them!
A fortunate few, those wearing sunglasses, managed to catch a glimpse of the rainbow's lines.
But even their narrow field of vision could not grasp the full scope of that infinitely vast Bifrost's runic patterns.
All those lucky sunglasses-wearers could see, after the Bifrost had fully extinguished itself, was the thing that abruptly seized their entire field of view, filled the sky they beheld, and nearly triggered an instinctive collapse toward the ground beneath them...
A miracle!!!
"AAAAAAHHH!!!"
"I can't see! I can't see anything!!!"
"My eyes are burning!!!"
"My eyes are so hot, my head is throbbing! What did I just see?! What did I see?!?!"
"I'm blind! Everything's gone dark!!!"
"My eyes are bleeding! I can't take it! Waaaaah!!!"
"He said thou shalt not gaze upon God! Thou shalt never gaze upon God!"
"This is true punishment!!!"
"I'm blind! I was wrong! I confess! I confess!"
"No! I'll give my whole life, everything I have, to atone! Please, don't take away my sight!!!"
A chaotic chorus of wailing rose without end, and the more those pitiful, agonized voices cried out, the greater the pain and despair that spread to others!
Screams rose and fell in waves. Laments, confessions, prayers — even countless voices crying out their love to God — all mingled in an unbroken torrent.
Only those who had not looked directly at the sky in that previous instant, or the lucky ones who'd been wearing sunglasses, knew the truth.
It was not, of course, divine punishment.
God...
He had simply brought back a continent — one with no visible boundary, yet with clearly discernible land and vegetation — a continent that now occupied the entirety of the sky!
See, most humans are dull of heart. Mistaking the sky one sees from the bottom of a well for the whole of heaven is the easiest mistake for life at any level to make.
The lucky ones saw a continent, so they simply believed it was a continent.
As for Heisenberg, he had absolutely no inclination to explain anything to humanity.
He spread his arms wide, continuously maintaining the bio-energetic field that enveloped the entire planet Mogo.
At the same time, through the bio-field now gradually extending to Earth, he connected with the Bach scholar aboard the ship — the man who was already numb with shock.
"Bach!"
His tone was somewhat strained. Transporting a planet via the Bifrost had indeed placed a certain burden on him.
"Prepare the Divine Kingdom to receive a natural planet. Planet designation: Mogo. Diameter: five thousand seven hundred kilometers. Immediately assess the carrying capacity of the Divine Kingdom's Möbius space!"
"Received, Your Excellency. I am still deeply shaken by your magnificent feat.
Calculations complete. The Divine Kingdom's current space must expand by a minimum factor of sixteen thousand eight hundred forty-two just to barely accommodate the planet you've brought back.
However, for the planet's development and the stable operation of the Divine Kingdom, we must expand the Divine Kingdom by at least three million times in order to provide sufficient gravitational orbital space for the planet.
If we then factor in the space and distance required for your divine power to lift a sun to the zenith and provide comprehensive illumination for both planet and Divine Kingdom, then...
The internal volume of the Divine Kingdom ship must expand to at least two hundred seventy million times its current size!"
"Two hundred seventy million times."
Heisenberg pondered for a moment, then nodded decisively.
"The Möbius spatial belt surrounding the Divine Kingdom's space can expand infinitely — all it requires is sufficient energy.
Dispatch the Divine Kingdom's central intelligence to interface with me. Prepare to receive bio-energy divine power!
I will fully unlock the output threshold I established previously and expand the Divine Kingdom's space to the required volume in a single operation!
Notify all active clansmen within the ship. Prepare to welcome New Krypton, to welcome a new home, and to welcome the first planet under the banner of my sun."
"As you command, Your Excellency!!!"
Bach's voice instantly surged with even greater fervor. In the blink of an eye, he sprinted to the activity center a few kilometers away within the Divine Kingdom, and awakened the Divine Kingdom's central intelligence — the AI that had been guiding the Fort Rozz Kryptonians in adapting to solar radiation.
As the Divine Kingdom's central intelligence stirred, the Kryptonians who had been receiving faint solar radiation and gradually adjusting to the new upgraded circulatory system all froze in unison.
When one after another they turned their gazes toward the Divine Kingdom's intelligence, they too heard Bach's voice.
"Open the Divine Kingdom's dome! Align the energy reception system to interface with His Excellency Heisenberg! And prepare for the ultra-large-scale expansion of the Divine Kingdom's internal spatial framework!!!"
The Divine Kingdom did not hesitate for a single moment in the face of Bach's urgent voice. The ship's dome slid open in an instant.
In that moment, every Kryptonian could not help but look up toward the sky!
Their newly awakened vision allowed them to see far more clearly than any human could.
But precisely because of this, the world they beheld was all the more magnificent.
Astra stood there — dazed, lost, her mouth instinctively falling slightly agape.
Her gaze was locked dead onto the sky above!
"Those are trees... forests... plains... mountain ranges...
Beneath them are fertile soil, precious ores, and countless energy crystals.
I can't see it all. I still can't see through it!
My sight now extends at least eight hundred kilometers. I've only just begun to understand my own potential and the true meaning of the Kryptonian bloodline!
But even after piercing eight hundred kilometers, all I can see is rock and mineral veins. I can't even glimpse its core!"
Astra raised a trembling hand toward the heavens, her body quaking as she roared.
"This is a miracle that far surpasses anything Brainiac ever achieved!
Brainiac stole one of our cities.
But His Excellency has brought back an entire planet!
A real planet!
This is legend! This is the epic that deserves the very first page of Krypton's history!
This... is His Excellency's myth!!!"
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