Grodd was a gorilla, but a big body came with big brains. As the king of Gorilla City, he was not much less intelligent than that other homeless little gorilla who could only run a bar.
Of course, most of that intelligence went toward figuring out how to torment The Flash.
Grodd had some objections to Luthor's words. "You keep saying there are worlds beyond the multiverse, yet you cannot produce any evidence to prove it. Our past experience tells us that beyond the Source Wall lies only the Sea of Chaos, that 'zone of conceptual disorder' that destroys everything."
Luthor shook his head, already losing interest in the conversation. "The wisdom of apes... Heh. Have you never wondered what lies beyond the ocean? History tells us that there is always a new world across the sea."
"But we do not have a 'ship' capable of resisting chaotic concepts, and this is not the Age of Exploration." The gorilla got to his feet and tossed the healing spray gun back to Luthor.
"The ship is beneath our feet. The reborn multiverse after the coming Destruction will be our harbor. Great voyages, great colonization, great expansion—call it whatever you like."
Luthor's gaze grew distant, as though it could see through the entire universe. The green lighting in the chamber made him seem especially sinister.
"The current transformation of our multiverse is only because I lack sailors and crew who are invincible in battle. Evolving every human within the multiverse into a state better suited for expansion is merely the first step of the grand strategy. In Earth's eastern regions, this is called 'Intensive Cultivation'—carefully tending one's own fields, weeding and fertilizing them promptly so they may flourish. Forget it. Even if I explained it, you would not understand at your current