436. Influence and New Alien Visitors

Impact and a New Extraterrestrial Visitor

The Kryptonian invasion had turned once-peaceful, sunny Smallville into a dead town no different from one devastated by a nuclear blast.

Fortunately, the evacuation had been carried out in time, so not a single American citizen had died in humanity's first direct confrontation with extraterrestrials.

Of course, there were still brain-dead idiots who took the opportunity to spread rumors online, but the rumors were crushed by the Superpowered Guard Team's fans before they could stir up even the slightest breeze.

There was no other reason: the Superpowered Guard Team had won a complete and utter victory for Earth.

The Kryptonian invasion had shown Earth's people that they were not alone in the universe, and it had also shown them just how fragile humanity was in this world. The aliens' world-shaking attacks with a mere wave of the hand were utterly beyond human interference. That was power belonging to myth, power only gods could contend with.

And now, after the Superpowered Guard Team had successfully beaten down fifteen absurdly powerful aliens, they had become gods in the hearts of Earth's people. Compared to the countless "false" gods who never answered prayers, even if the Superpowered Guard Team could not hear those prayers, they were far more reliable than those "false" gods worshipped all day long. After all, when humanity had faced a crisis, it was the Superpowered Guard Team that solved the problem.

Likewise, thanks to the Superpowered Guard Team, Sullivan Enterprises' stock soared, and as its largest shareholder, Dilos naturally made a considerable sum.

With money in hand, Dilos naturally did not spend it elsewhere. Since he was going to keep building up the Superpowered Guard Team's reputation, he might as well make it big. Besides, Smallville was ultimately where he had grown up,