Following Clark's official arrival on Earth, Zod had initially intended to land his spaceship directly on Metropolis's most prominent square, as they represented the face of Kryptonian, even if it had been destroyed.
To sneak around was not his style, but he was directly stopped by Clark!
No kidding, Zod's arrival on Earth had already caused global panic; if he were to brazenly land in Metropolis square, it would be tantamount to putting himself on Fire.
However, Zod did not agree with Clark's statement.
After all, they had already announced their arrival to the entire Planet when they landed on Earth, so how could they be timid now?
"Kal-El, have the years you spent growing up on Earth only taught you cowardice?"
Zod's attitude was unyielding, and he tried to provoke Clark with a challenge.
But in the end, after Clark brought up Kytheron, Zod compromised!
So, the final result was that Zod's spaceship activated its field barrier and quietly landed in the North Pole, becoming neighbors with the nascent Fortress of Solitude.
During this time, Clark instructed Zod and his group to open the protective visors on their heads and accept the Sun's gift.
Zod had previously learned from Kytheron that the Yellow Sun would unlock their true Kryptonian talents; he didn't fully understand the specific meaning of this statement.
Now, upon hearing Clark's words, he prepared to open his protective visor as instructed.
"General!"
One of Zod's subordinates prepared to be the first test subject, but Zod waved him off.
The moment the visor opened, Zod felt a blur before his eyes, a dizzying sensation surged through him, and his body couldn't help but stumble; his adjutant, Fiora, immediately stepped forward to support Zod.
Because he had complete faith in Kytheron, Zod did not harbor any undue suspicion towards him, even though he felt extremely unwell at that moment.
However, the painful expression on Zod's face made the surrounding Kryptonian somewhat alarmed, and they immediately stepped forward to inquire with concern: "General, are you alright?"
Although the discomfort still tormented Zod, he could still feel a miraculous transformation happening within his body, so he told his subordinates: "Don't worry, I feel an incredible transformation occurring in my body."
Gradually, more than ten minutes passed, and Zod's spirit suddenly jolted; a terrifying red glow erupted in his eyes, and his entire body involuntarily floated into the air.
Countless sounds reached his ears—the breathing and heartbeats of those around him, these originally minuscule sounds were now magnified countless times in his ears.
Having been mentally prepared, Zod was not alarmed by this; instead, he focused his mind and began to control the appearance of these sounds.
As the Kryptonian commander, over hundreds of years, the training he had undergone was naturally hundreds or thousands of times more extensive than that of Clark, a child who grew up on a farm.
Therefore, even after nearly thirty years of absorbing solar radiation on Earth, Clark was still suppressed by Fiora and Zod.
At this moment, in just over ten minutes, Zod had already begun to control his current body!
"I never thought the Yellow Sun would be the most precious treasure for us Kryptonian!"
After Zod landed back on the ground, he looked at his hands with a complex expression and murmured to himself.
When their Kryptonian dispatched spaceships for interstellar colonization, they had seen Yellow Sun before, but they had never imagined that the radiation from the Yellow Sun could grant them such immense power.
"Everyone, open your visors!"
At this point, Zod ordered all Kryptonian to open their visors and receive the Sun's baptism.
Then, he himself followed Clark into the explorer spaceship.
Looking at Jor-El, who appeared before him as only a consciousness projection, Zod's heart was filled with various complex emotions.
This was his close friend, but also the person he had personally killed.
"Zod, I never thought we would meet again in this way."
As a deceased person, Jor-El no longer cared much about the past; his current purpose of existence was his son.
"Did you discover the secret of the Yellow Sun long ago?"
In silence, Zod asked Jor this question.
"Yes!"
Jor-El did not deceive Zod and answered him directly.
"If so, why didn't you inform the Elder Council? If this secret had been known, Kryptonian would not have been so thoroughly destroyed, and our people would not have perished."
"Tell me, as Kryptonian's most outstanding scientist, why did you conceal this secret?"
Zod sternly questioned Jor-El.
"It's useless; the destruction of Kryptonian was interfered with by a power beyond our reach."
Jor-El had learned some inside information about Kryptonian's destruction from Kytheron; although it differed slightly from his own thoughts, it provided him with another relatively plausible reason.
His own belief was that Kryptonian's system had become utterly corrupt and everything had become rigid.
Everyone's life was predetermined before birth, with no possibility of change.
Clark was the first naturally born child in Kryptonian for tens of thousands of years, unconstrained in his growth direction; he could become Kryptonian's new hope.
To give him infinite possibilities, Jor even integrated the Life Codex into every cell of his body.
"Is that why you stood by and watched our compatriots die tragically before your eyes?"
However, Zod did not buy his explanation.
"Zod, let bygones be bygones. With Lord God now, everything will get better in the future, won't it?"
At this moment, Clark, who was standing by, couldn't help but speak out.
Hearing this, Zod said nothing more.
"Zod, actually, there are other survivors among our compatriots, not just one person, but an entire city! That city is Kandor, which disappeared many years ago!"
At this moment, Jor-El revealed a shocking piece of news.
"What!"
Not only Zod, but Clark also widened his eyes.
"Jor-El, you're not joking with me, are you! I saw Kryptonian turn into ruins, how could there still be a large number of other survivors?"
Zod's face was filled with disbelief, yet also a hint of anticipation.
"It's Brainiac, that legendary super-intelligent life form with twelve-level intelligence, another dark hand behind Kryptonian's destruction. Kandor was shrunk by him using some technology and became part of his collection."
Jor-El's words did not immediately convince Zod; instead, he doubted how Jor had obtained this information.
"Because Brainiac has already set his sights on Earth, and I intercepted a robot's thought signal from him, from which I deciphered this information."
Seeing Jor say this, Zod had no choice but to believe; regardless of its truth, this was another ray of hope.
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