Days as a Spiritual Mentor in American Comics-Chapter 4476 - 3560: Study of Cats and Dogs (71)

Ron still wanted to dissuade Lex, but at this moment, Lex asked an even more shocking question:

"Does this mental shock work on Kryptonians?"

Ron immediately realized what he intended to do. After careful consideration, he said, "Although Kryptonians have super brains, they don't have special defenses against psychic abilities. Otherwise, Malafax wouldn't have caused such a big mess."

Lex knew Ron was referring to the time when Malafax disrupted Injustice Superman's mind, making him go mad in Metropolis. Although Injustice Superman's mental state was not good at that time, Malafax was not as strong as Ron. If Malafax could disturb Kryptonians, Ron certainly could do it easily.

Lex speculated that Ron was quite strong among Mars people. Even so, the average level of Mars people was not weak. The devices they created could definitely interfere with Kryptonians.

"Drag Zod to Mars for a fight?" Lex pondered silently, "This plan could work."

In fact, Zod's attack had already completely failed even before it started. He didn't know that Earth had a Magical Defense Network and was misled by inaccurate information brought by Malafax from another universe. Then, he was provoked by Bruce and lost his spaceship. This battle was already hopeless.

But all intelligent beings fall into a trap of sunk costs. The sunk cost that Zod could not accept was the loss of his spaceship.

This was no longer just a sunk cost. Without the spaceship, Zod couldn't travel far beyond the Solar System. Traversing the cosmos with his physical body was too idealistic.

No matter how fast Kryptonians flew, without a faster-than-light engine, it would take forever to reach any destination. Their physical strength also had limits. Faced with large-scale cosmic disasters, they might survive but would suffer greatly.

So now, as long as Zod couldn't find his spaceship, he absolutely wouldn't leave. But without the spaceship, he couldn't launch a frontal attack either.

Usually, he might only fight Clark. But now there were three Supermen on Earth. If he showed up, he'd face six fists pummeling him. Even Doomsday didn't get such a treatment, and Zod couldn't evolve infinitely like Doomsday, so he dared not show up.

To use Superman's kindness, he could kidnap ordinary people to threaten him. But in this universe, Metropolis was controlled by Lex Luthor. Not only was his control over Metropolis far stronger than the usual government, but Lex was also not a good person. You can't threaten someone without a moral bottom line.

Ordinary people were not enough to make Superman compromise, let alone Lex. To find someone important enough, he had to look for that mysterious professor.

But if he personally went to the professor, it would be troublesome if Superman caught him. So he could only resort to hiring hitmen.

But now, the hitmen he'd hired were blocked outside Gotham City. He was almost at the end of his rope.

Now, Zod was staying just to find his spaceship. If he could get it back, he'd leave this sorrowful place without looking back.

Zod could guess that the spaceship was either at Luthor Manor or the Luthor Group. But attacking these places was as foolish as attacking Earth; it would be impossible and he'd be defeated instantly.

However, Lex also knew that Zod didn't have to retrieve his spaceship. There was more than one Kryptonian spaceship on Earth.

Clark and Kara also arrived in spaceships. Zod knew this. Although their baby ships couldn't compare to Zod's battleship, the immediate issue was just about having a spacecraft. Getting any functional ship was enough; the details didn't matter as much now.

The reason Zod hadn't taken such a step was because he still hoped to retrieve his spaceship.

So his hope was likely based on: humans got his spaceship but couldn't operate it, so they needed to study it. Research required specialized venues, meaning the spaceship had to be moved.

He wasn't there when the spaceship was last moved. He didn't believe anyone could move it under his nose without him noticing. So he thought he could seize the spaceship during another transfer.

No surprise, Zod should be busy watching Luthor Building these days. As soon as there was any movement, he'd definitely act.

If that's the case, they could actually manipulate Zod's actions. As long as they made Zod think the spaceship had gone somewhere, he'd target that place. Setting a trap there might allow them to capture him alive.

Lex Luthor wanted to capture Zod alive, otherwise, he wouldn't have engaged in this prolonged game.

Every Lex in different universes was similar. They both feared and were curious about Kryptonian life forms. This universe's Lex didn't plan to slice Clark for research. But then again, if he could slice Zod, he wouldn't refuse. The key was Clark likely wouldn't stop him.

Zod wanted his spaceship back, and Lex wanted to capture Zod alive. Both had a fatal greed. Now it depended on who was more skillful.

"Upstairs, meeting." Lex said.

Everyone returned to the conference room. This time, Lex sat at the head of the table. He had already devised the entire plan in his mind and laid it out to the Justice League members.

One had to admit, Lex naturally possessed a certain evil wisdom. When it came to scheming against others, setting traps, or doing other bad things, his mind was exceptionally sharp.

The "Mars Trap Plan" he proposed was astonishing to everyone.

Oliver, Diana, and Ron, those human guardians, agreed to this plan because bringing such a dangerous alien to another planet would prevent damage to Earth and better ensure the safety of ordinary people.

Hal was more interested in the legacy of Mars people. He thought they could use Zod to explore the reality of Mars City. Humans feared mental shocks, but the Green Lantern wasn't afraid. Mars City might be transformed into a real Green Lantern Corps base in the Solar System.

And Bruce, he strongly agreed with Lex's "Zod slicing plan." Clark, on the other hand, remained non-committal.

Clark sat at one side of the table, seeing Superman across from him frantically giving him signals to stand up and refute. He pretended not to notice and also pretended not to see Bruce's intense gaze.

Superman had no choice but to clear his throat and say, "Although Zod is our enemy, isn't it a bit too inhumane to slice him up for research..."

"Are you sympathizing with him as a fellow Kryptonian?"

"Uh, no, I'm not..." Superman certainly couldn't admit it. After all, Zod was an invader. By rights, the natives could use any means to deal with invaders. This is the deserved fate of evil invaders.

"Then you stand from the human standpoint, thinking this is bad?"

Superman didn't expect Lex not to point out his contradictions but rather try to understand him.

"I just feel this is a bit cruel," Superman said, "We shouldn't be slicing anything up. This is not good."

"Clark, 'slicing' is just a metaphor," Lex patiently explained, "actually, if you knew a bit about science, you'd understand that anyone causing the death of the unique live experimental specimen should go to hell."

"We care more about Zod's living status than you do. Krypton has already been destroyed. Kryptonians are rare species in the cosmos. Zod will be the first and the only live Kryptonian humans have ever captured. Even if you slice me up, we wouldn't slice him. Because once you slice, it's gone."

"We will conduct various experiments on him, but he will definitely be alive and living well. This way he can collaborate with us to complete experimental tasks and endless exploration. This is what scientists want and what I want. Do you understand?"

Superman pressed his lips together, thinking: The more you talk, the more I sympathize with Zod. Slicing might just hurt for a bit, but endless experimentation is endless torture.

But Lex's words really have no fault. Zod's act of invading Earth looks a bit evil, but in reality, it's quite ridiculous. It's like a giant panda invading human towns. He's tired of the wild and wants to mix into civilization.

In the entire cosmos, Kryptonians are considered physically and mentally strong. Some races want to capture them for research or even collection.

But Zod persistently, against all odds, wants to deliver a payload to humans. For a moment, Superman doesn't know if he loves Earth or hates Earth.

While he was thinking, Lex looked at him again, "Of course, if you uphold interstellarism, willing to stay here and help us with experiments, we might consider letting Zod go..."

"That's unnecessary." Superman quickly shook his head, "Zod is a resident of your cosmos, it's your call."

"Can I participate in the experiment?" A voice came from the other side. Superman turned to see Injustice Batman.

Superman instantly tensed his muscles. Because he felt once that was said, Injustice Superman would definitely go berserk.

Isn't this clearly saying you want to experiment on Kryptonians to find out how to deal with them?

Unexpectedly, Injustice Superman just glanced at Injustice Batman and then had no response.

This made Injustice Batman stare at Injustice Superman.

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Ron was genuinely curious about their conflict but didn't want to read their memories without their consent. But now was clearly not a good time to ask.

While Ron was curious, a data package suddenly came over. He couldn't help but look at Charles.

But soon, his attention was captivated by the content of the data package. After reading it, Ron couldn't help but sigh, "What a drama full of misunderstandings and missed connections."

Lex's "Mars Trap Plan" almost passed unanimously. So the next step was to perfect the plan and prepare its implementation.

At this moment, Oliver looked at Ron and asked, "Ron, can you establish a spiritual link between us?"

"Uh, unless necessary, I absolutely won't..."

"I mean, can you make a mind link between us, like forming a group that can communicate in real-time? Is it possible?"

"No," Ron said, "I can connect with each of you mind-to-mind simultaneously, but you can't link mind-to-mind. Your brains don't have such organs, nor do your brain waves have the intensity to maintain stable links."

"So you can be a relay station between us."

"Yes, if you have information to transmit to others, you can call my name in your mind, pass the information and data to me, and then I will pass it to them."

"Wouldn't that be too troublesome for you?"

"Isn't this why you invited me to join?" Ron smiled, "I said, psychic ability for Mars people is like an arm. Operating your own arm doesn't require extra effort. This poses no difficulty for me."

Ron was certainly confident. Because what he said was factual. This is an innate skill of Mars people. Among the Mars people, he is quite exceptional. He's always proud of it.

But soon, he found out he was too confident. Saying things too full, the result ends up with losing face and suffering.