The energy within Chu Hang was already full. He could feel that if he absorbed even a little more, he would not be able to bear it.
He patted his stomach and looked around.
The city had been turned into a complete mess. Ruins and soaring pillars of light were everywhere, while two Kryptonians were still fighting in the distance, their battle deafening.
He turned his gaze toward the energy beam that was still operating, raised a hand, and made a grasping motion in that direction.
The World Engine stopped operating.
The beam of light that had been disrupting the city's gravity vanished with it.
The metal parts and screws that made it up broke down into their most basic particles at the same time, dispersing into the air.
Cars and building debris that had been swept into the sky lost their support and rained back down onto the ground.
The battle in the distance also came to a stop.
Zod and Superman both stopped fighting and looked this way uncertainly. They had both felt it—the massive source of energy had disappeared.
Chu Hang took a single step and appeared between Zod and Superman.
His sudden appearance made the atmosphere even more tense.
Both Zod and Superman were injured and breathing heavily. Yet this man was spotless, with no energy fluctuations detectable from him, like an ordinary person.
But an ordinary person could not have made the World Engine disappear.
"Who are you?" Zod asked warily, his voice hoarse.
Chu Hang did not answer immediately. He first glanced at Superman beside him, his gaze lingering briefly on the "S" emblem on his chest. Only then did he turn to Zod and speak calmly.
"Someone here to end all this."
That answer made Zod's expression darken. He could not sense any