Saiyans Arrive

Metropolis!

The enormous World Engine descended from the sky. Supported by a triangular frame, the colossal machine resembled a steel beast as it hovered in midair. On the other side of Earth, an identical behemoth traveled along the planet's orbit before finally landing on a remote island somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

The World Engine General Zod spoke of was actually the product of planetary terraforming technology. Kryptonians had many outposts throughout the universe, each one a planet. In order to transform those planets into places suitable for Kryptonian survival, they had developed terraforming technology.

Kryptonian technology was extremely advanced. The World Engine flew at nearly Mach 30, and Earth's weapons simply could not intercept it.

As the machines took their positions and their energy activated, the entire Earth trembled almost imperceptibly.

Bzzzz—

In the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the two colossal machines finished calibrating and simultaneously released translucent pale-blue plasma pulses. The Impact Waves pierced through Earth's core and exchanged back and forth.

In central Metropolis, the ground around the colossal machine suddenly sank. Skyscrapers collapsed, the earth caved in, and cars and people were crushed flat. The terraforming process had begun, altering the gravity in the surrounding area.

At the U.S. military base closest to Metropolis, rows of computers in the Command Center ran at high speed, displaying their analyzed data on the big screen. The lead general's face was livid. Though he made no excessive movements, the whitening knuckles of his clenched fists showed just how far from calm he was.

Nearby, more than a dozen experts argued around the data, bickering so fiercely that they were practically about to come to blows.

"Gentlemen, the military did not bring you here to conduct academic research!" The general drew his pistol, and the experts immediately calmed down.

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