The Kryptonians' fatal weakness

A weakened Superman was caught by Zod around the neck, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free.

General Zod said smugly, "Don't bother struggling. The difference in strength between you and me isn't that great. Now, with your strength weakened by at least half due to the Star Ring, you're no match for me."

"You think Krypton's Airship can be destroyed so easily?"

"Last time you broke through from the inside, and we couldn't do anything about it. But if you want to break through a Krypton Airship from the outside, even Research Transport Ship, it will have strong Electromagnetic Shielding and defensive Heavy particle beam."

"It was me who ordered these weapons and protective gear to be shut down in advance, just to let you in, then reseal you, so you could experience the pressure of the Star Ring again!"

"Kal-El, have you noticed that the spot where you crashed into is the same hole you made when you escaped last time?"

Superman's pupils contracted slightly as he finally realized he had fallen into General Zod's carefully laid trap, and he became extremely anxious.

But at this moment, his body was suppressed by the simulated Star Ring inside the cabin, and he was no match for General Zod. He was dragged into a bright Compartment without any ability to resist.

Vale Tomé, Kryptonian scientist, was waiting there with several assistants. They held strange Restraint Device and Green-edged knives, looking as if they were about to dissect Superman.

General Shazo pressed Superman down onto the large platform, grinning maliciously as he said, "Next, I will extract the Codex from your body and begin breeding more Kryptonian to rebuild Krypton civilization, using Earth as a base."

"We Kryptonian will become even stronger, and Krypton civilization will become even more prosperous and glorious!"

"But all of this has nothing to do with you, you traitor!"

"Oh dear, you Kryptonian, you treat your own people so cruelly." Shazo's voice suddenly rang out.

Superman, Zod, Valé Tome, and the other Kryptonian all looked at Shazo, who was wearing a NASA spacesuit and awkwardly waving to the Kryptonian.

"Hi everyone, I came in through the hole Superman smashed open. Hope you don't mind."

Then he chuckled mockingly, "Hehehe, but Superman is my friend, I can't allow you to treat him like this."

General Zod roared, "Grab him!"

Several Kryptonian dropped their tools and pounced on Shazo.

Wearing a heavy spacesuit, Shazo had no intention of fighting the Kryptonian and instead turned and charged towards the wall.

He imitated Superman, smashing a large hole in the wall, then the next wall, and then another, until he crashed through the outer wall of the Krypton Airship.

With the outer shell of the Krypton Airship Shattering, the basic conditions for maintaining the Star Ring ceased to exist.

Superman instantly regained his strength and threw General Zod away.

Superman then looked at Valé Tome and the other Kryptonian, but in the end he didn't attack them. Instead, he chased after General Zod.

The battlefield shifted inside the Krypton Airship, leaving General Zod feeling constrained, fearing that the two's outburst would destroy the Krypton Airship.

He didn't even dare to face Superman, and kept running towards the outside of the Airship.

Just as Superman was about to give chase, Shazo had once again crawled back in, shouted, "Stop chasing! This is the Kryptonian ' weak point. Let's go to the Engine Room or the engine, or something similar. I bet General Zod will come back soon."

Superman immediately Satori, "Shazo, you're right. The battle was so intense, I was completely confused."

"That bastard Zod has taken countless citizens hostage in Gotham City, forcing me to fight him head-on. Now it's time for him to taste that bitterness."

Shazo laughed heartily, "That's right! In battle, you must take the initiative and never follow the enemy's lead. You must never fight on a battlefield where the enemy has an advantage."

Superman asked curiously, "How did you get here? Is the battle in Metropolis over? Were the losses significant?"

Shazo replied, "The battle in Metropolis is over. I killed two Kryptonian and defeated two others, the strongest of whom was that female Kryptonian named Faora."

"You know how badly your Metropolis was destroyed by the World Engine, right? This time, there certainly wasn't much more damage, at least no one died—right?"

Shazo clicked his tongue. "Okay, someone must be dead."

"But you can't blame me for this. The army and police fired warning shots to keep people away, but they just couldn't stop those people from sneaking into the ruins and looting the buildings."

All I can say is that they're courting death; I can't afford to worry about them.

Superman sighed and said, "Shazo, you're right. These people's deaths aren't your fault."

"My Battle in Gotham ----"

Superman suddenly couldn't continue. With Shazo's reminder, he suddenly remembered that he had fought with General Zod in Gotham City, which may have caused huge casualties.

His face gradually turned pale.

Shazo naturally guessed Superman's thoughts and immediately comforted him, "Don't think so much. If it weren't for your bravery in blocking General Zod, how much damage could he have caused?"

"Without you, Earth would most likely have been conquered by the Kryptonian. They have no pity or compassion for humanity, and they don't even treat humans as intelligent beings."

"Who knows if, after Earth is conquered, the Kryptonian will come up with some other plan to exterminate humanity, perhaps not specifically targeting humans, but rather wiping them out as a side effect."

"For example, Kryptonian wouldn't only have one method for plans like using World Engine to terraform Earth, would they?"

With Shazo's encouragement, Superman's guilt subsided, and he regained his fighting spirit, pointing in a direction and saying, "I've found the Airship's Engine Room."

Superman had figured out the Airship's structure. As he approached the Engine Room, General Zod obediently turned around and took a shortcut, blocking Superman and Shazo's path.

At this moment, General Zod's face was extremely grim. He gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and pleaded, "Can you please leave the Krypton Airship? This is the last hope of Krypton civilization—"

Superman thought of the towering buildings of Gotham City, and the horrific casualties he had been forced to fight, and his eyes reddened as he said, "It's too late. You were the one who first caused the Carnage on Earth, in Gotham City —it's too late."

The red in his eyes intensified, clearly indicating that he was entering the state before the emission of Heat Vision.

General Zod was terrified and rushed forward to shield Superman from the Heat Vision with his body, because Superman was looking towards the Engine Room of the Krypton Airship, and if the Heat Vision penetrated it, it would inevitably cause a terrifying explosion.

By then, all the Kryptonian on the Airship will perish. Even if they are not killed instantly by the explosion, these flightless Kryptonian will fall into the atmosphere, and death will be their inevitable fate.

General Zod also possessed the Heat Vision. He knew that even if he stood in front of it, he couldn't stop the Heat Vision from destroying the Engine Room, but he still instinctively stepped forward.

Because protecting Krypton civilization was an integral part of General Zod's own Thought Imprint.

Just as General Zod was painfully awaiting destruction, Shazo suddenly reached out and blocked Superman's view, his hand easily burned through by the blasting Heat Vision.

Superman was startled and quickly turned away, closed his eyes, and stopped emitting the Heat Vision.

This action was also extremely damaging to Superman. His eyes were steaming as he looked at Shazo in confusion and asked, "Why did you stop me?"

Shazo sighed, "I consider myself a madman, but you, this kind old man, are even crazier than me when it comes to the crucial moment!"

"Superman, why did you destroy the Krypton Airship? Was it to avenge General Zod's Carnage on Earth?"

"If you want revenge, just kill General Zod. Why implicate all Kryptonian and destroy any hope of Krypton's revival?"

When did you become so cruel?

Superman: "----"

His mind was in turmoil. Shazo's words deeply shocked Superman, helping him break free from the self-blame for failing to protect Gotham and escape from his completely out-of-control extreme emotions.

Superman, as if waking from a dream, sincerely thanked Shazo, saying, "Thank you, Shazo, thank you for stopping me from making a terrible mistake."

"Are you alright with your hand?"

"No, how could I be alright? I... I deserve to die!"

Just as Superman was painfully about to slap himself, Shazo suddenly reached out and blocked his slap.

He smiled and showed Superman his severed hand; the wound had stopped bleeding and was rapidly twitching, Self-Healing itself at a visible speed.

"Hehehe, I'm an immortal man. Losing a hand or something won't affect me at all."

"I fought Batman before, and he blasted a huge hole in my head with Laser cannon, boiling my brains, but I was still completely fine."

Shazo became more and more smug as he spoke, and then he put his hands on his hips and burst into laughter.

Superman was finally completely relieved. He looked at General Zod and said, "General Zod, if the Kryptonian stop attacking Earth, we will stop attacking the Kryptonian too."

"Stop!" Shazo quickly stopped laughing, interrupting Superman: "You're such a Binary thinker guy, either you're extremely ruthless in destroying Kryptonian, or you unconditionally give up the advantages you've worked so hard to gain."

"Superman, get serious! We're at war!"

"Not attacking Krypton Airship is our basic human decency, but that doesn't mean we should tie our own hands!"

Superman was dumbfounded and stammered, "Then, what should we do?"

Shazo sighed and said, "Sigh, I'll do it."

He looked at General Zod and said, "General Zod, what conditions will you offer in exchange for us abandoning our attack on the Krypton Warship?"

"Please think carefully before you answer me. After all, we now hold the Krypton civilization by the throat, and it's fatal."

"I know the Kryptonian will soon be ready to escape, but what about this Krypton Airship? Can Airship escape too?"

"Even if Superman's Codex is still intact, without this Human Body Krypton Airship, does the Krypton civilization still have a chance to revive?"

General Zod's eyes widened suddenly, staring at Shazo as if he had seen a ghost. "You, how do you know the Codex?"

"Kal-El, you traitor! How could you tell such a top secret to the people of Earth!"

Superman was speechless, wanting to say something but unsure what to say, and even more afraid of saying the wrong thing and causing serious consequences.

After much deliberation, Superman decided to shut up and leave the bickering to Shazo, because Xia Zuo really knew how to hit a nerve.

Didn't you see how contorted General Zod's face was?

Zod's "I want to kill you, but I can't do anything about it" attitude gave Superman a great feeling.

Shazo jumped up, pointed at Zod's nose, and cursed, "Are you an idiot?"

"You're allowed to shout and kill Superman, deceive him, imprison him, and even dissect him, yet you have the nerve to ask Superman to keep your secrets? How can you be so shameless?"

"Have you figured out that you and we are now enemies, in a life-or-death war?"

"You deliberately used Earth's cities as battlefields to gain an advantage for yourself. You've already reached such a shameless level, so why should you expect your enemy to have morality?"

"Yes, I stopped Superman from destroying Krypton, but that's because even a madman like me has a bottom line of humanity; I can't just so casually destroy the hope of an intelligent civilization."

"But I am human! A human being of Earth! My premise for maintaining humanity and principles is that humanity will not perish because of my principles!"

"If you're still standing there, trying to use moral blackmail to coerce me, I can destroy this Airship without Superman lifting a finger, believe it or not?"

General Zod's momentum suddenly crumbled; his voice lowered as he asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Shazo's smile faded, and he said seriously, "From our perspective as humans, the Kryptonian attacked Earth first, deliberately provoking battles in Metropolis and Gotham City. These are unforgivable war crimes."

"General Zod, as the leader of the Kryptonian, you orchestrated and executed all of this, making you an unforgivable criminal."

My demand is your life!

General Zod's expression remained unchanged, his eyes fixed on Shazo like a hawk's, and he asked, "I'd rather trade my life for the survival of Krypton civilization, but how can I trust your promise?"

"If I die, and you and Kal-El join forces to attack the Krypton Airship, we won't be able to resist, and we'll still perish, won't we?"

"If you cannot give me a credible guarantee, I would rather lead my people to fight you to the death, even if it means my own demise, to make the earth pay the price."

Shazo nodded and said, "Strength is the key to guaranteeing this. If you agree, I will release Faora. Together with that Super-sized guy who attacked New York, that should be enough to protect the Krypton Airship, right?"

General Zod closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, saying, "Alright, I accept your terms."

"I'll give my life to ensure the survival of Krypton."