After sending Wonder Woman away, Zod took Fiora and found Leto and Jor-El.
Zod didn't waste words and spoke directly, "You all clearly saw the battle just now, didn't you? Although we gained a body of steel under the sun's irradiation, this doesn't mean we are truly indestructible!"
"On the contrary, our bodies have fatal weaknesses. You already understand kryptonite as our biggest flaw, and today you've learned about another: divine power or magic."
"In her normal state, Diana is evenly matched with Fiora, but when she uses her divine power, she can easily injure Fiora, and this has been proven!"
"Therefore, before I come up with a better solution, I hope you can continue to improve the original Kryptonian battle armor, so that it can have a certain resistance to abnormal energies like divine power or magic."
"For this, I agreed to Diana's request to give her an opportunity to spar with Fiora again. At that time, you can use this to collect and analyze data on the divine lightning she emits."
After Zod explained his ideas to the two, Jor-El immediately said,
"There are records of magical knowledge in Krypton's database that can be used for reference. When Krypton undertook its great colonization outward, it encountered many different types of civilizations, and magical civilization was one of them."
"It's just that the arrogant Kryptonians at the time believed that technology was the right path and looked down upon such transcendent powers. Therefore, this knowledge was all relegated to the corners."
After Jor-El finished speaking, Leto also spoke up: "General, I think the improvement of the battle armor might be able to start with the bio-field that spontaneously generates on our bodies."
Hearing this, Zod gave him an appreciative look. He hadn't expected Leto to also discover the special nature of the bio-field.
In fact, for Kryptonians, the bio-field might be the core ability most worth developing in depth.
However, in the original storyline, the Kryptonian with the most focus—Superman—more often used this ability to catch various things, such as airplanes, buildings, and Lois.
And the bio-field's most brilliant moment was probably pulling a spaceship that was about to plunge into the sun back to safety!
But that was also largely because Superman's cells absorbed an excessive amount of solar radiation in a short period, causing his strength to surge, and he even thought he was going to die.
The result was that he spent tens of thousands of years in the sun completing his ascension, transforming into Golden Superman.
Of course, none of that matters. The key is that Superman probably never deeply researched his own abilities, at most he only developed many uses based on them.
Just as many people once discussed and joked online, saying that in most of the incidents Superman encountered, his super brain told him to directly use super strength to solve them.
When he encountered something he couldn't solve himself, his super brain would tell him to hand the problem over to Batman; he could always figure something out.
Now, Leto being able to notice the bio-field made Zod very happy, so he gestured for him to continue with an affirming look.
Receiving Zod's approval, a confident expression immediately appeared on Leto's face:
"General, ever since you had me absorb Sun Essence on the spaceship to awaken our talents, I have been researching the various abilities we gained!"
"I found that whether it's the seemingly indestructible defense, the super-high-speed flight ability, or the ability to remain unaffected in extreme environments, they are all closely related to this unique field on our bodies."
"The bio-field can distort the gravitational field or spatial curvature around us. This means that as long as our field is strong enough, then theoretically, we are capable of distorting any attack directed at us."
"Therefore, I think instead of enhancing the armor's defense, it's better to focus on researching how to use the armor to achieve a multiple amplification of our bio-field."
Hearing Leto's idea, Zod felt it was feasible, but it was undoubtedly a massive project. One could imagine how much time and effort it would take to research.
However, currently, Zod's only true scientists were Leto and Jor-El.
"Leto, your idea is very valuable for research, and it can even be said to be extremely important for the future of Krypton. But currently, we are extremely short-handed, so for now, we will gradually advance the armor's upgrade and modification using existing data."
"Once our first batch of kin have matured, they will become your best research assistants. I greatly look forward to you giving me a big surprise then."
Zod's words were very clear, and Leto naturally understood their current situation very well. So he bowed slightly to Zod and said, "Thank you for your affirmation, General. I will certainly live up to your expectations in the future."
So in the time that followed, everyone continued to perform their respective duties.
After Wonder Woman relayed the news about Zod and his group back to Themyscira, she did not bother them again for a short period.
However, after that battle, Fiora seemed to have unlocked some mechanism and began to frequently spar with other Kryptonian warriors.
Zod did not stop this; they needed to get used to this new fighting style, as they were no different from ordinary people back on Krypton.
And the combat techniques they learned back then were not suitable for them as superhumans who could now ascend to the heavens and descend to the earth at will.
Everything returned to calm again, and Zod continued to cultivate diligently.
Time slowly passed. One day, as his entire being was immersed in cultivation, a faint, heart-wrenching sob seemed to echo in his mind.
This instantly startled him awake, and he immediately activated his super hearing.
But the sobbing stopped abruptly at that moment, and no matter how much he concentrated, he couldn't hear it.
This made Zod very puzzled.
Because when he cultivated, in order not to be disturbed, he consciously filtered the sounds he heard in his ears.
He didn't have Superman's noble character, nor did he want to be a so-called superhero. He wasn't even very interested in being Homelander at this moment; he just wanted to improve his own strength first.
Therefore, according to common sense, it would be impossible for any sobbing to enter his ears and be heard by him.
Zod couldn't help but ponder: "I'm sure I couldn't be hallucinating, so the only possibility is that this sound didn't enter my mind through my ears."
Thinking of the telepathic ability he had previously gained through the tree of life seed, Zod suddenly seemed to understand.