After returning from Mars, Zod informed everyone that Martian Manhunter had joined Krypton.
He also handed the Kuru pendant Martian Manhunter had given him to Jor-El, instructing him to copy all the knowledge within it and store it in Krypton's central database.
Subsequently, Martian Manhunter returned home with Dr. Erd; Zod had previously promised him that he would live with him before they left Earth.
Back in his room, Zod immediately activated the Myriad Realms Dial.
As always, before he began drawing, he silently prayed in his heart, "I hope I can draw some good things!"
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining a Sun Stone! This item comes from the Pokémon world and is a magical stone that can promote Pokémon evolution!"
"What is this? Something to help Pokémon evolve? Where am I going to find a Pokémon?"
Seeing what he had drawn this time, Zod couldn't help but feel a little frustrated; it seemed useless. He couldn't possibly try to evolve himself like a Pokémon!
"It doesn't seem impossible. Let's see how magical it really is."
Zod looked at the irregularly shaped stone in his hand. He did sense a special power within it, but it didn't seem to react with his body.
"Sure enough, I shouldn't have had any expectations."
He casually put the Sun Stone into the Dial's space and continued with the next draw.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Senzu Bean * 10! This item comes from the Dragon Ball world. No matter how severe the damage to one's body, as long as there is still a breath left, eating one can fully restore you!"
"Senzu Beans. Although they might not be as useful for me, they're still better than that broken stone."
Zod, after all, possessed the superhuman physique of a Kryptonian. As long as he didn't suffer instantly fatal damage, he could recover quickly as long as there was sunlight.
But then again, in a sense, this item truly could be considered a miracle drug. Even if you only had one breath left, it could instantly make you full of life.
"By the way, is it possible to cultivate these Senzu Beans?"
Zod's mind had just entertained this thought, but he immediately shook it off!
This item was a bug-level thing in the Dragon Ball world. If it were that easy to cultivate, its numbers wouldn't have become so scarce after being wasted by armored Yasuo in the later stages.
However, it wasn't impossible to give one to Leto and his team for research. What if they could discover something? After all, the worlds are different.
Having completed the draw, Zod then got up, preparing to check on the embryos' development in the Genesis Chamber!
"General!"
The two Kryptonian warriors on guard immediately saluted respectfully when they saw Zod approach, then opened the Genesis Chamber's hatch.
Walking inside, Zod looked at the embryos, each not much larger than a newborn mouse, within the transparent artificial wombs, and sighed softly in his heart.
"To rebuild Krypton, it truly is a long and arduous journey!"
When he saw Leto and his team replace all the energy supplied to these embryos with Sun Essence produced by sunflowers, a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.
"If they absorb the purest solar energy from a young age, then their future starting point will be very high!"
"In the future, sunflowers might perhaps become New Krypton's planetary flower, blooming in every corner of the planet."
Zod seemed to already envision such a scene.
"Oh, right. Although the Sun Stone can't be used on me, I wonder if it can be used on sunflowers? After all, sunflowers really do have an evolved form."
Thinking of this, Zod instantly flashed out of the Genesis Chamber and arrived at the sunflower cultivation area.
He found the mother plant of all sunflowers. That was also the first sunflower plant grown from the sunflower seeds Zod had obtained through a draw.
When Zod took out the Sun Stone and brought it close to the plant, the surface of the Sun Stone immediately began to emit a faint glow.
"It really works!"
Immediately, Zod spread his hand, and the Sun Stone instantly flew up, then merged with the sunflower plant. A dazzling golden light lit up, enveloping the sunflower.
At this moment, the situation happening here quickly attracted everyone's attention.
Fiora was the fastest. Looking at the ball of light in front of her, she asked, somewhat bewildered, "General, what is this?"
The others also followed closely, all looking at Zod with curious eyes. They knew their General had brought out something good again!
They had already grown accustomed to this in their hearts.
Jor-El also asked, "Zod, did you have any other gains from your trip to Mars?"
Zod smiled mysteriously, "Just watch for now. You'll know soon enough!"
Half a minute later, the light dissipated, revealing that the original sunflower had grown nearly twenty centimeters taller, and from the same stem, two smiling flowers had emerged.
Seeing this scene, Leto eagerly walked over and observed it carefully.
Then, with an astonished tone, he asked, "General, what method did you use to make it evolve?"
To this, Zod casually replied, "A broken stone I obtained by chance. I originally thought it would help me, but I didn't expect it to benefit this little thing instead."
"I wonder what the differences will be between this evolved sunflower and the original."
Everyone waited for about fifteen minutes, and then each flower on the sunflower plant emitted a Sun Essence.
Zod retrieved the two Sun Essences, tossed one to Fiora and one to Leto, and both instantly absorbed them.
Subsequently, Leto said, "After the sunflower evolved, it can produce two more concentrated Sun Essences at once, and the time has even been halved. Where did this plant come from? It's truly amazing!"
To confirm his findings, Zod and the others did not leave. As soon as the next fifteen minutes passed, the sunflower indeed emitted two more Sun Essences.
Zod immediately issued an order, "Next, immediately begin cultivating the evolved sunflower plants."
"Yes, General!"
Everyone understood the significance of this.
Inside the Arctic Base, everyone once again became busy.
Once the new two-headed sunflower plants were cultivated, Zod directly placed the first sunflower plant into his own Bitter Sea.
"Others' Bitter Seas contain various divine objects. My Bitter Sea is probably turning into a botanical garden. First, a seed from the tree of life, and now a sunflower. In the future, this sunflower will even become a whole patch."
Looking at his current Bitter Sea, Zod also felt a little helpless.
Soon, Jor-El manifested a phantom to inform Zod that he had found information about the monster Zod had previously discovered on Mars from the Kuru pendant, which contained knowledge of ancient Martian history and civilization.
"Lava Dragon Lizard, it is rumored to be a monster tainted with demon blood, once summoned from hell, feeding on various energy-rich ores. The demonic fire it breathes can instantly melt steel."
Looking at the monster's description, Zod realized, "No wonder when I saw that guy, it was gnawing on ores. I just didn't expect it to be from hell."
"Since that's the case, I hope you can gain some insights from its scales. Of course, if you need any other materials from its body, just let me know."
Jor-El replied, "I understand!"
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