He must unleash a reverse thrust of hundreds of billions of tons within those short thirty-seven seconds.
This is a starship that is four kilometers long and weighs 230 million tons.
While preserving the integrity of its internal structure, it was forcibly brought to a stop at an altitude of one thousand meters.
If you're even a second too slow, the earth's crust will crack.
Even a second too fast, resulting in uneven core stress, could lead to premature detonation.
"This is fucking..."
John's tense lips slowly parted to form a smile.
"If Krypton's engineers were caught and brought to court, gunfire would be going on for at least a year..."
Since there's no hope for any "emergency measures" from this ship.
Well... I'll do it!
John gritted his teeth, stepped into the center of his body, and twisted his waist and hips!
His body suddenly crouched down, his spine taut like a drawn crossbow.
"Thump!!"
With this kick, the over 100-square-meter slag he stood on instantly turned into dust that filled the sky!
John, carrying the shockwave that shattered the barrier, advanced instead of retreating, like a lightning bolt breaking through.
Go in the opposite direction through the air intake pipe under the chassis!
A sudden, explosive outburst!
"Boom!!"
He smashed a ten-meter-diameter hole through the three-layered alloy shell!
Not enough!
Speed, even faster!
A fierce wind howled from ten thousand feet in the sky, and scorching smoke whipped at your face.
In that instant, all perspectives were stretched to an unparalleled breadth.
The Metropolis's skyline was partially obscured by the mist tens of thousands of feet below.
And directly above his head, the enormous millstone, as large as a continent, rolled down with overwhelming divine might!
The person was below.
As insignificant as a mayfly beneath the dust.
"Whoosh--"
The swirling air currents caused the nano-fabric on the suit to scatter and spread out.
"..."
Seeing this, John lowered his head slightly and tapped the watch bezel on his wrist with one hand.
But only microseconds.
The battle suit that had always been disguised as a custom-made suit began to change.
The coarse gray-black weave texture spreads like mercury across the ground, creating layers of dense white ripples.
The collar, cuffs, and hem are visibly and rapidly tapered and restructured inwards.
Billions of nanounits flowed and intertwined wildly along John's outline.
In the blink of an eye.
The suit jacket was removed.
Instead, a deep blue dress tightly hugged her skin.
On either side of the collar, in the center, the "S" shaped ring, dyed with an electric-like pattern, gleamed with a cold, dark light under the scorching sun.
Behind the double eagle shoulder armor, a crimson cloak, as dark as a prison, exploded violently in the raging Stormfront.
Fluttering wildly, like blood-red wings!
" Zod..."
John slowly raised his head.
Looking at that world-destroying millstone that blots out the sky.
Within his pupils, two pools of intense, savage crimson began to boil!
Although I don't know if I can hold on to the limit...
But, let's give it a try.
"Stop!!"
Immediately afterwards, all the energy within John's body erupted in that instant, like a supernova collapsing!
Sink your shoulders and drop your elbows, then strike out with both palms simultaneously!
Two seemingly thin palms bravely pushed up against the scorched bottom that resembled a collapsing mountain!
"Boom------!!!!"
The palm touches the bottom.
The force field, which was originally hidden, instantly crossed the microscopic threshold and poured out like a tidal wave from the edge of the palm!
film?
No.
It was a vast expanse of white, almost tangible, that blotted out the sun.
The force field, like a spider web spanning the sky, travels at near the speed of light.
It spread and infiltrated inch by inch along the massive chassis of Black Zero.
Ten meters, one hundred meters, one thousand meters, four kilometers!
A warship that is four kilometers long and weighs over 230 million tons.
Within just ten seconds, they were tightly "combined" into a uniformly stressed whole by this invisible, semi-transparent force field!
A complete physical unit.
All of its descent energy was violently channeled into John's arms, spine, and torso through this force field.
"Creak----!!!!"
The bow of a warship.
John pressed two deep indentations, several meters deep, into the tens of thousands of tons of deck with his bare hands!
Kinetic energy doesn't disappear into nothingness; it only transfers.
The terrifying, immeasurable fall, the instant it was brought to a halt, suddenly erupted into a sweeping, violent cataclysm.
"Boom boom boom boom boom!!!!"
Soon, a solid ring cone, hundreds of meters thick and spanning a diameter of seventy kilometers, was formed.
Centered on John's palms.
It blasted open horizontally, right next to the Metropolis's stratosphere!
"Thump!!"
The sea of clouds shattered!
The billowing black smoke was instantly dispersed!
All the gloom within a 50-kilometer radius was swept away in the blink of an eye by this shock, revealing its original clear blue color.
Below the warship.
The entire inner bay of the Metropolis was caught in the recoil.
"Boom!!"
An incomparably violent force pressed down like a tidal wave.
Several tons of seawater in the bay didn't even have time to create waves before being submerged by this terrifying force—
Sink, push away!
The seawater is receding!
The entire inland sea receded dozens of miles outward amidst a roar.
It revealed the seabed, silt, shipwrecks, and jagged rocks that had accumulated over thousands of years!
for a long time.
The kinetic energy has returned to zero.
Gale-force winds, raging fire, on the verge of death.
Birds chirped, beasts roared, and a building collapsed halfway.
This made the entire Metropolis seem even more desolate.
The camera pans across the swirling clouds and continues downwards.
Eight million.
Everyone with their heads tilted back, or standing stiffly on the street, on rooftops, or on car roofs.
His eyelids didn't blink, and his pupils were dull.
In the sky.
It's less than a kilometer above the spire of the tallest building in the financial district.
That colossal beast, covered in ferocious scales and radiating billowing Heat Wave...
Incredibly, he was suspended in mid-air.
Below the hull.
That blurry, backlit figure still stood there.
He braced himself with his arms straight out in the grooves of the giant ship.
At that moment, the blazing sun silently shone down from above.
A golden corona shone behind his head, and slender blue spots of light radiated a dreamlike glow in the air.
It didn't fall an inch.
It didn't shake at all.
He was just that kind of person, with only a pair of thin palms.
Less than a kilometer above the Earth's surface, the overturned world was lifted back into the heavens.
"Splash..."
The Lasso of Truth in Diana's hand swayed slightly.
She looked up at the miracle hovering overhead, her chest heaving.
His eyes were filled with a speechless bewilderment and shock.
And in the depths of light and shadow that block out the sunlight.
Exhausted and bleeding profusely, John slowly withdrew one of his hands.
He closed his eyes, rotated his wrist—which had been fractured in several places due to the impact—and the crimson light in his eye socket slowly faded.
The entire ship, weighing a staggering 230 million tons, stood frozen in mid-air.
The white cone that stretched across the stratosphere slowly dissipated at the horizon.
The only sounds in the air were the faint hum of the warship's hull as it cooled down and the large plumes of steam rising from it.
"Quack--"
In the middle of an intersection littered with shattered glass, stood a family of three.
Anna trembled all over, gripping her husband's arm tightly. Tears streamed down her dusty face, leaving two clear streaks.
Donnie held his daughter's small hand tightly, his palms were covered in cold sweat, and his whole arm was trembling uncontrollably.
Heart palpitations, lingering fear, and...
After the revolving lantern, there was that invisible, irresistible paralysis.
Only the little girl, nestled between her parents, was holding a dirty doll in her arms.
Then, with a bewildered look, she tilted her little face up and gazed at the sky.
In the innocent eyes of a child.
All she saw was the sun, which had been so bright it was blinding, now blocked behind the shoulders of a figure suspended in mid-air.
The sunlight flowed along that red and blue line, spreading out in magnificent and dazzling coronas behind his head.
"Dad..."
The little girl gently shook the hand that was being held tightly.
"Who is that older brother in heaven...?"
My father looked up, his pupils reflecting the towering figure that blocked out the scorching sun.
His eyes reddened involuntarily, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on his daughter's hand.
A trembling reply slowly rolled out from his throat:
"My darling... perhaps he is a god... the true... god among men."