"Mr. Luthor."
At Star Labs in Metropolis, Lex Luthor hurried over as soon as he got the news.
Professor Silas Stone told him that the Mother Box had suddenly stirred not long ago, seemingly transmitting a message.
Afterward, Lex Luthor compared the timing and found that it coincided exactly with the Kryptonians' arrival.
The coincidence was too great to ignore, and Lex Luthor was thrilled.
His arrival also excited some of the scientists at Star Labs, who all wanted to make an impression on him.
After all, these days, scientific research was all about making money...
If Lex Luthor took a liking to someone, they wouldn't have to stay at Star Labs. They'd have a steady stream of funding from then on.
Of course, even more scientists couldn't stand Lex Luthor. They felt that Star Labs wasn't his territory, and he shouldn't keep showing up.
Bruce Wayne was much better. He hardly ever came by.
"Professor Stone."
After entering, Lex Luthor sent everyone else out and asked Silas Stone about the situation.
"What about the message from the Mother Box?"
"It's all here. I tried to decipher it, but..."
Silas Stone shook his head.
He still didn't understand any of it.
Lex Luthor nodded.
He didn't want Silas Stone to actually figure out what the message said.
After all, LexCorp could decipher it.
So he took the transmitted message with him and returned to LexCorp.
His office took up an entire floor, and aside from his bodyguards, there was no one else around.
Lex Luthor sat by the window and fed the message into a computer to decipher it.
Before long, the Mother Box's message had been decoded.
"Kryptonians... Their weakness is Kryptonite."
Lex Luthor looked over the message, and his eyes lit up.
The Kryptonians really did have a