Back in China, building a house depended mainly on a bricklayer's skill. How to lay bricks and mix cement all had their particular techniques.
In the United States, however, housebuilding was mostly carpentry work. The architectural style here was quite similar to Japan's. Aside from the reinforced concrete skyscrapers in cities, the small homes people lived in were often wooden structures.
The same went for Su Ming's own villa in the woods. After all, building a brick house deep in the mountains and forests would not look very good, would it?
He was not some animal or plant conservationist. His stance was that humanity and nature should coexist in harmony. The broader environment determined the shape of human society, while humans also possessed the ability to alter the environment. A balance was needed between the two.
Just like what Blank was doing now. If eliminating Superman and hunting down Batwoman before had been an attempt to change the "characters," then sending over a second Superman now and involving the alteration of countless memories connected to Superman was an attempt to change the "environment."
As had been said before, Earth-0 after the "Rebirth" event had been deduced and shaped by Doctor Manhattan based on the "best" Superman story. The so-called Rebirth Superman might not necessarily have been the strongest Superman, but he was undoubtedly the Superman most steadfast in his belief in hope.
As for Blank, she was trying to use a Superman from the past to replace Rebirth Superman's position. It was like digging up a house's foundation.
There had to be someone capable at her side, someone smart and sinister. Su Ming had previously wondered whether Blank's plan had been devised by Adam Warlock or Ebony Maw, but those two were dead now, while Blank could still adjust her