After Bruce, Lex, and Clark had left the hollow space, Schiller swept his gaze around the underground cavity, ignored the half-pound of tiny cameras Bruce had left behind, and prepared to get to work.
Though it was called an experiment, it was actually very simple. Schiller directly transformed into Gray Mist and drifted above the monster egg. The instant the Gray Mist touched it, the monster egg vanished.
Next, Schiller focused on the ring on his hand. In an instant, he appeared on the floating island in that familiar Gray Mist space. Turning around, he saw the enormous monster egg sitting beside him.
Schiller circled the monster egg and found that although the heartbeat inside the shell had quickened somewhat, it remained steady. There was no sign whatsoever that it was about to hatch.
Since that was the case, Schiller decided to leave it there for now and deal with matters outside first.
After returning to the manor's basement, the Gray Mist let out a cheerful "Yay!" and began feasting.
Gray fog spread out, covering the entire hollow space. The sound of crunch, crunch, crunch rang without end. Within minutes, all the Kryptonite on the equipment had been devoured.
"Burp... I'm so full!"
The Gray Mist gave a satisfied sigh, then fell silent, apparently focusing on digestion again.
Schiller looked at the empty underground cavity. Just as he took a step to leave, he seemed to remember something and muttered, "Oh, right. Didn't Lex say that the previous me left something here?"
"All right, let's see. Where could it be hidden?"
He first examined the cavity, then decisively turned and left.
First, there really was nowhere in this cavity to hide anything. Second, if the previous Schiller had been an ordinary person, the radiation here could have killed him in