Under the repeated scouring of the Speed Force, a glimmer of understanding gradually emerged in Zod's mind.
When a spark of inspiration flashed, Zod decisively seized it, and instantly, his body vanished from the real world.
This immediately caught everyone's attention, and they instantly flew to where Zod had disappeared.
"Where did the General go!"
"I can't sense any mental fluctuations from the General."
Fiora eagerly asked Martian Manhunter, "Mr. Jonn, your psychic power is stronger than ours. Can you sense where the General is?"
Before Martian Manhunter could speak, Hope interjected, "Father is no longer in the current reality; he must have entered the Time Dimension!"
"The Time Dimension? Will the General be in danger there?"
Fiora's face was filled with worry, completely losing the calmness expected of a warrior.
"I'm not sure, but Father has been studying the mysteries of time recently. He probably just had a breakthrough, so there's no need to worry too much."
Having inherited a vast amount of knowledge stored within the mother box, Hope could be said to be more knowledgeable than anyone else on New Krypton.
Therefore, regarding Zod's state, he immediately revealed the key.
"I agree with what Hope said. With Mr. Zod's abilities, he will definitely be fine. What we need to do now is continue building New Krypton and wait for him to return."
Martian Manhunter was calm and collected, knowing that Fiora was worried and therefore confused, so he comforted her with words.
And just as they said, Zod had now entered a special time dimension, or more precisely, perhaps it could be called the Hypertime Stream.
This was equivalent to the River of Time that Zod often heard about in his previous life, where all possibilities of the entire DC world were contained.
Before him now appeared countless temporal branches, and each branch represented a different story progression, but now they were like a series of stop-motion animations.
"I never thought that one day, a conceptual existence like time would appear so clearly before my eyes."
Zod couldn't help but feel an infinite sense of emotion as he looked at everything before him.
But when he tried to reach out and touch these temporal branches, he found his body seemed to be bound by an invisible force.
His movements were slowed down countless times, so much so that he appeared to be in a state of stasis.
However, fortunately, only his body was affected; his consciousness did not become equally sluggish.
It was just that he found his divine sense was also firmly confined within his glabella by a terrifying temporal force, unable to leave his body.
"It seems that without the protection of a special ability like the Speed Force, my body simply cannot move normally in the Hypertime Stream. This is really troublesome!"
Zod couldn't help but feel a bit tricky facing such a situation.
Facing the comprehension of laws, especially the most mysterious law of time, he felt he had been somewhat rash and aggressive!
Even when he wanted to summon the dimensional wall to escape from here, he found it was also blocked by a powerful temporal force.
"It seems that to regain normal movement in this place, I probably need a deeper understanding of the law of time."
Zod began to calm his mind and compose himself.
He carefully experienced the suppression of the temporal force on his body, and then began to enter a special "enlightenment" state.
After an unknown period, Zod was already able to slowly blink his eyes, but he suddenly discovered a figure enveloped in blue lightning rapidly approaching him from a distance.
"Is that... the Speed Force?"
The moment he saw it, this conjecture popped into Zod's mind.
After all, in such a temporal domain, only those speedsters associated with the Speed Force could maintain high-speed running!
However, he couldn't temporarily determine whether this speedster was Flash or someone else.
In the blink of an eye, the figure had appeared before him.
The person was wearing a red tight-fitting battle suit with golden lightning stripes around his waist and a pair of small golden wings on his ears. There was also a white lightning symbol on his chest.
Seeing Zod, he seemed a bit surprised and couldn't help but greet him, "Hey! Who are you?"
And the moment he saw him, Zod immediately understood: "Flash, Barry Allen, but it doesn't seem to be the Flash from his universe, but the TV series version of Flash."
At this time, Barry also noticed the abnormality in Zod's body and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
"..."
Zod slowly opened his mouth, but he couldn't make any sound.
Seeing this, Flash instantly understood Zod's state; he was clearly being repelled by time, and his Speed Force could save him.
However, after experiencing many things, he was no longer a naive rookie!
He already understood what the Speed Force on him meant, and without confirming Zod's identity, he couldn't help but hesitate.
Nevertheless, his kind nature prevented him from watching Zod in such a state.
The next moment, he placed his hand on Zod's body, and instantly, the Speed Force immediately enveloped Zod's body.
Immediately, Zod found that his body had recovered, and there was no longer any sense of sluggishness.
He couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of this power.
After moving his body for a bit, he said, "I didn't expect us to meet in this way, Barry Allen, or should I call you by your hero name—Flash!"
As he spoke, Zod was also subtly observing him.
"You know me?"
Barry was a bit surprised. With the Speed Force's enhancement, he had a super memory; he would never forget anything he had seen.
But after carefully recalling in his mind, he found that he had indeed never had any interaction with General Zod.
"Although we haven't met, in my world, there is another you."
Zod still remembered that during the Crisis on Infinite Earths in the TV series, the two of them had met.
Hearing Zod say this, a look of surprise appeared on Barry's face.
So, with a surprised expression, he asked, "Another Barry Allen from another universe, has he also become Flash now?"
Considering the time period he was in, Flash's parents might not even be married yet, so he directly said, "No, it's still too early for him to become Flash, because he hasn't been born yet."
"?"
Barry was a bit confused by these words, but thinking that Zod could come to this place, he guessed that he might have seen future events.
At this point, he remembered that he had forgotten to ask Zod's name, so he asked, "Oh right, I haven't asked your name yet!"
"My name is Zod. If you know Supergirl, she should know my identity."
Zod didn't hide it and directly stated his name.
He wanted to prolong the time he spent talking to Flash as much as possible, because he was currently trying to absorb some of the Speed Force into his body.
Originally, he had planned to get involved when Flash in his own universe gained his abilities.
His goal was naturally to master this power, as it was the best way to avoid being rebooted.
However, he hadn't expected that his accidental entry into the Hypertime Stream this time would lead him to encounter the creator of the Speed Force.
Although it was Flash from another universe, the Speed Force was no different. Adhering to the principle of 'if it's available, why not use it,' he intended to directly acquire the Speed Force from him.
He didn't need too much, just a small portion, like a seed, to integrate into his body.
After that, this Speed Force would grow stronger with each of his runs.
"You know Kara? Are you from the same world?"
Barry hadn't expected Zod to know Supergirl, which surprised and delighted him.
Previously, when he ran at full speed, the Speed Force had taken him to an unknown world, and the first metahuman he encountered there was Supergirl.
It was also with her help that he was able to return to his own universe.
"No, we don't belong to the same world, but we have the same origin. We are both Kryptonians. Speaking of which, in my world, the father of her cousin, Kal-El, is also a good friend of mine!"
At this moment, Zod was simultaneously dedicating a portion of his mind to answer Barry's questions while imperceptibly absorbing the Speed Force.
Barry was engrossed in his surprised expression, completely oblivious to this.
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