Ever since sensing Barbatos's terrifying mental fluctuation, Zod had been filled with a sense of urgency.
Although there was still a long time until the Super Hero era began, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to raise his strength to a level that feared no challenge within that time.
Especially since the future might involve multiverse-level existences.
"General, what's wrong? Why do you seem a little preoccupied?"
Fiora noticed Zod's unease, so she found an opening and approached Zod, asking.
Looking at his adjutant, Zod posed a question to her: "Fiora, if you knew that many powerful enemies would appear in the future, but you weren't sure if you had the strength to face them, what would you do?"
Fiora's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this; she understood what Zod meant by asking her this question.
Because Zod had told her before that he could see the future and had been trying to change it.
"General, perhaps I don't understand your worries, but as a warrior, I only know that no matter what kind of enemy we face, our will must never waver, and we must never show a hint of cowardice."
"I know my strength may not be able to help the General, but if that day truly comes, I will fight for the General and for Krypton until the very last moment."
Fiora very solemnly expressed her thoughts to Zod, the thoughts of a pure warrior.
Looking at her, Zod realized that although he had inherited everything from his original self, he lacked the true warrior's spirit.
Immediately, he fiercely slapped himself twice in his mind: "What a damn waste! Just a mental fluctuation made you so restless."
"It's true that I got used to being a timid workhorse in my previous life. Now that I'm in this world, why think so much? Who cares if it's a god or a ghost coming, just do it!"
After understanding all this, Zod's demeanor suddenly changed, and a sharp glint appeared in his eyes.
Zod's face regained its composure and confidence, and he said with renewed vigor: "You're right, Fiora, I almost forgot that I am also a warrior!"
...Four years passed in a flash.
During these four years, Earth was almost completely calm, with no further events that could stir Zod's emotions.
And during this period, he spent almost ninety-nine percent of his time on cultivation, essentially in a long-term secluded cultivation state, only briefly interrupted when Leto and the others had something to report.
Perhaps due to the different rules of this world, this realm had no suppression on cultivators like him; in fact, there was even a feeling of being uniquely favored.
His cultivation also soared; not only did he break through the Dao Palace and Four Extremes in a very short time, but he is now at the Consummation of Dragon Transformation, just one opportunity away from stepping into the Immortal Platform.
Of course, his rapid breakthroughs were also largely due to the blood origin crystal he obtained from the roulette draw earlier.
More than two years ago, he felt that the speed of improvement from absorbing solar radiation into his body began to slow down, and his cultivation was stuck at the Four Extremes Realm.
In fact, according to the normal growth rate of Kryptonians, even if they didn't eat or drink for ten years and only sunbathed, this situation wouldn't occur.
But he possessed the Sun True Scripture, and his efficiency in absorbing and converting solar radiation was many times stronger than that of ordinary Kryptonians, so he had reached the bottleneck period ahead of schedule.
At that time, he thought of the blood origin crystal, which could optimize and enhance genetic levels.
After taking a Spirit Stabilizing Pill to stabilize his mind and soul, he first fused five blood origin crystals in one go.
Afterward, in order to seek further breakthroughs, he tried flying into the sun, which allowed him to fuse two more, but he seemed to have reached the limit of his current body again, and further fusions ended in failure.
However, he could clearly feel that his body seemed to have completed some kind of sublimation after absorbing seven blood origin crystals; the cells in his body seemed to have been reborn.
At this time, when absorbing solar radiation, the feeling of rapidly becoming stronger reappeared, and the rate of improvement was even several times faster than before.
Zod understood that his own genes might have evolved to the level of super genes!
However, he didn't have time to go into the cosmic starry sky to find other stars like the sun to test it out.
Moreover, due to the breakthrough of his physical bottleneck, his cultivation in the Four Extremes Realm also became incredibly smooth.
The fragments of the Gold Law in the blood origin crystal also allowed him to gain some enlightenment. This was a powerful offensive law, and he integrated it into his hands and feet.
A Kryptonian's body was already considered indestructible, and now with the integration of the Gold Law, the increase in strength goes without saying, and it can also cause special law damage during attacks.
And the bigger surprise was that, with the help of another spatial law fragment contained in the blood origin crystal, his understanding and application of the dimensional wall had reached a very high level.
Waking up from the sky, Zod's mind stirred, and a dimensional wall instantly flashed, the next second he had already appeared inside the Arctic Base.
"General, you're back!"
Fiora couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised to see Zod return.
After all, in these four years, Zod had hardly come down from the sky more than a few times.
"I've temporarily completed a stage of cultivation, and some things can now begin to be put into motion!"
Fiora knew what Zod meant, and her heart was also greatly excited; the official rebuilding of New Krypton had begun!
Although they had done a lot of preparatory work over the years, the most crucial decisions still needed Zod's word.
After her, many new faces appeared, dozens of them, big and small. They were all nurtured through the Genesis Chamber technology over the years.
Moreover, perhaps because they started absorbing solar energy from a young age, their growth rate was faster than originally estimated.
The first batch of twenty Kryptonian scientists with high-level genetic templates had now grown into youths of fifteen or sixteen!
Upon seeing Zod, all of them looked fanatical, because their genetic sequences were imprinted with the underlying logic of absolute loyalty to Zod and absolute loyalty to Krypton.
For this, Jor-El and Zod had a considerable dispute, because he felt that Zod was going to implement autocratic rule.
Unfortunately, Zod showed no room for compromise on this matter.
If the New Krypton he single-handedly rebuilt could not be decided by his sole word, then what was the point of rebuilding it, after all, he was not some selfless saint.
For Zod, New Krypton would only need one voice in the future, and that voice would be his.
"Good, very good. The future of New Krypton is in your hands. Next, there will be plenty of time for you to show your talents."
Listening to Zod's words, pairs of eyes, big and small, gleamed with fanaticism, and then they all went about their own tasks!
In these four years, under the field surveys of Leto and his team, a relatively suitable planet was identified as the foundation for rebuilding New Krypton.
It was one of Jupiter's moons; although its volume was far less than even one-tenth of the original Krypton, it was sufficient to support their current situation!
Moreover, once their strength reached a certain level in the future, let alone a mere planet, even a galaxy or a universe would be within their grasp.
"Zod, what you're doing will turn you into the next cosmic tyrant, and our compatriots will all become tools for your ambition. I see no meaning in rebuilding Krypton this way."
"Krypton has already made one mistake in the past, and it shouldn't make another mistake now."
Walking into the spaceship, Jor-El's projection immediately appeared before Zod, once again earnestly trying to persuade Zod.
He chose not to become an intelligent life form, because he found that his ideals and Zod's had come into conflict again.
Unfortunately, he no longer had the ability to stop any of Zod's decisions; the only thing he could do was not to abet him.
"Jor, your perception and vision are constrained by the past. You are unwilling to become an intelligent life form, and you are destined to not keep up with our evolutionary pace in the future. So from now on, you will stay on your House of El's spaceship and peacefully be your son's guide!"
After speaking, Zod no longer paid him any attention and walked away directly, and Fiora did the same.
For him, if Jor-El had chosen to become an intelligent life form, then he might have some use in the future, but if he remained as he was, he could only be an intelligent butler in that spaceship!
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