Soon, Fiora and the others gathered the remnants of the Genesis Chamber.
Zod flew over the ruins and covered the very top with the time cloth.
Moments later, the remnants vanished, and the Genesis Chamber was restored to its original state.
Everyone who witnessed this scene couldn't help but shout, "Excellent!"
Zod, however, felt some pity for the life embryos that were originally gestating within it; they would have been born into this world in just a few more months.
Unfortunately, they all perished due to Hel's sudden arrival.
Shaking his head to cast aside these distractions, he then began to busy himself, little by little using the time cloth to restore the buildings and important facilities on Krypton that Hel had destroyed.
At the same time, on Oa, although the Guardians' faces, like those of the dead, showed no expression, a sense of melancholy could still be felt from some of their actions.
"I never expected that Kryptonian General named Zod to be so powerful. What kind of secret is hidden within him that even Hel, whom the book of oa considers a monster, couldn't eliminate him?"
In fact, the book of oa sensed Hel the moment he appeared in the spatio-temporal turbulence.
After all, he returned because of the spatio-temporal turbulence caused by the explosion of another universe's Green Lantern Central Power Battery.
And the Guardians knew of Hel's existence immediately through the book of oa.
However, this time they did not act rashly, because the book of oa had given a prophecy about Hel: a terrifyingly powerful, special Kryptonian clone.
After that, they closely monitored Hel's movements, and after seeing him destroy Brainiac's doppelganger, he went straight to Sector 2814.
The Guardians even thought he had joined New Krypton.
New Krypton already had Zod, who was a big problem they couldn't deal with; if a monstrous Hel was added, what was there left to play?
Just as they were worried, the outcome greatly exceeded their expectations; they discovered that Hel's purpose in going to New Krypton was to destroy it.
This greatly invigorated the Guardians, who thought they had found an opportunity to destroy New Krypton.
However, events did not unfold as they wished.
Although they did not witness the battle between Zod and Hel, the continued existence of New Krypton indicated the outcome, which greatly disappointed them.
"Ordinary Kryptonians are already terrifying enough. If, after obtaining Hel's corpse, they use his genes as a template to create a large number of identical monsters, then they will be even more unmanageable."
"Now, for some unknown reason, the situation between Apokolips and New Genesis has suddenly become tense again. It is likely that the Dark Tyrant will temporarily have no time to attend to other matters."
"It seems that the rise of New Krypton is an unstoppable trend!"
Listening to his compatriots analyze the current unfavorable situation, Ganthet remained unmoved.
After a series of events, he no longer believed that the rise of Zod and Krypton was a bad thing.
The universe is vast; since it can accommodate Apokolips, New Genesis, and Oa, it can naturally also accommodate a New Krypton.
His only concern now was Zod's attitude towards Oa.
If he truly intended to engage in an endless war with Oa, as Sinestro's message conveyed, then a major conflict in the future would be unavoidable.
He did not want to be drawn into such a meaningless war with his compatriots, who had already fallen into obsession; before that, he had to find an opportunity to leave with his wife.
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Zod was unaware of the Little Blue Men's petty actions, or rather, even if he knew, he wouldn't pay too much attention for now, as it wasn't time to settle accounts with them.
Only after he had managed to restore everything to its previous state did he have time to deal with Hel's corpse.
"General, should he be hung at the very top of the tree of life as a deterrent?"
Hearing this, Zod couldn't help but shake his head. This showed that even now, Fiora's thinking remained at the level of a pure warrior.
Her first thought for dealing with an enemy's corpse was still to hang it up to deter evildoers.
"Fiora, from now on, you need to change your way of thinking. You are no longer just a pure warrior of the old era, but a builder of New Krypton."
"The corpse of a powerful enemy is not merely a trophy to declare our victory; it is also a rare strategic resource."
Hearing this, Fiora, with an enlightened look, said to Zod, "General, I understand. You want to transform him into a semi-mechanical lifeform to serve as a guardian of New Krypton, right?"
Zod nodded at first, then shook his head, saying, "You're only half right."
"General, what's the other half?"
Zod pointed at Hel's corpse and said to her, "Do you know what makes this guy different from you?"
"He is more powerful than us."
"Have you thought about the reason for his power?"
"This... perhaps he absorbed solar radiation for a longer time than us?"
"You're only half right again. He did absorb radiation for a longer time than you, including but not limited to solar radiation, as well as various other types of radiation from different stars and even black holes."
"General, but didn't we try it before coming to Earth, and our bodies couldn't absorb radiation from other stars?"
"This is another reason for his power: his genetic level is a super gene, stronger than advanced genes. Therefore, he can absorb different types of radiation to strengthen his body and even gain some special abilities."
Upon hearing this, even Fiora understood the true value of Hel's body!
She said with a hint of barely suppressed excitement, "General, do we also have a chance to acquire super genes?"
"Of course, this is a crucial step for the complete rise of New Krypton."
"In my initial plan, even if Hel didn't appear on his own, I would have found him. I just didn't expect the future to diverge, causing him to arrive so suddenly, and his strength far exceeded my estimation."
Only then did Fiora realize that her General had already charted the future development path for New Krypton from the very beginning.
The reverence in her eyes was almost overflowing!
Next, Zod personally removed Hel's brain and heart; these two items were the keys to ushering in a new era of Kryptonian genes.
The remaining work was to replace Hel's major internal organs with mechanical components, a task Zod entrusted to others.
Because he was going to Earth to retrieve the mother box, which he had long considered his own.
With a single step, and a ripple of spatial distortion, he appeared above the United States on Earth.
The mother box was currently in the hands of the American government. He closed his eyes, concentrating to listen for any sound related to the mother box.
Soon, he heard what he wanted. Opening his eyes, he murmured softly:
"S.T.A.R. Labs, huh? It seems the butterfly effect caused by my arrival has accelerated some things!"
Originally, according to the normal timeline, the mother box should still have been gathering dust in some storage room of the American government.
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