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Chapter 453: Steppenwolf vs. Kryptonian Refugees

At the same time, on the small landing craft detached from the Kryptonian Exile flagship.

General Zod stared silently as his adjutant Fiona opened the hatch.

When the earth's wind blew onto their fully enclosed defensive armor, Zod's gaze also passed through the layers of buildings and fell accurately on the Steppenwolf on the ground.

When Zod saw Steppenwolf, he was stunned for a moment.

"That's... a New Apokolips-style weapon. Could it be that Darkseid is also interested in our Life Codex?

Otherwise, why would they come to such a remote place like the solar system!"

After he finished speaking, General Zod looked at Steppenwolf again with a ferocious look in his eyes.

He just glared at Steppenwolf fiercely, and then asked Fiona without turning his head.

"Fiona, are you sure the spaceship that Jor-El left for Kal-El is right under our feet?"

"That's right, General. The signal of that spaceship is right below us. I'm afraid it's being hidden underground by humans."

Fiona responded simply, and then they both looked down at the Steppenwolf below.

To be honest, neither Zod nor Fiona could understand why Steppenwolf would be interested in the Codex of Life.

After all, the Code of Life is the genetic code of the Kryptonians. Even if other people obtain the Code of Life, the life strengthened by the Code will be classified as Kryptonian life.

So, if someone really makes extensive use of the Code of Life to create life.

That would actually be a further step towards expanding the Kryptonian community!
Therefore, Zod and the others really couldn't understand why Steppenwolf and Apokolips behind him would be interested in this damn thing.

But no matter how absurd the reason is, the facts have proved a lot of things.

Zod never believed in coincidences, but the situation before him was that Steppenwolf indeed appeared at the location where the Code of Life was most likely to appear!
That is near Jor-El and Kal-El’s spaceship!

You know, after Downton and his friends salvaged Clark's spaceship and brought it back to the manor, Lex and Bruce wanted to study the spaceship themselves.

But in the following days, Lex and Bruce had to admit that they had no time at all!
So, on the third day after the spaceship was brought back, Lex and Bruce transferred the Kryptonian spaceship to the group.

That is to say, the authorization for spacecraft research was handed over to Lex's scientific research team and Fox and others from the Wayne Group.

In this process, Star Laboratory joined in.

After all, Star Laboratory is one of the top three large scientific research institutions in the world today, and they don't want to miss out on treasures like alien spacecraft.

Therefore, the head of Star Labs opened up a series of high-tech technologies of their organization to Wayne Group and Luthor Group, and finally gained the opportunity to jointly investigate the Kryptonian spacecraft.

This raises a further question, which is...

Wayne Group's headquarters and scientific research center have been demolished by Downton and are still under reconstruction.

The old research center of the Luther Group was located around Metropolis, and their group's new experimental institution in Gotham has not yet been completed.

Therefore, after Star Labs joined, Fox and other scholars simply placed the Kryptonian spacecraft in the research site of Star Labs.

After all, Gotham is also an important scientific research center of Star Labs, and they have enough space to accommodate a huge spaceship.

Anyway, at this moment.

The Gotham branch of Star Labs has more than just extremely precious treasures like the Mother Box.

They also house Clark's Kryptonian ship.

So, the Steppenwolf who was looking for the Mother Box ran here.

General Zod and his group, who were following the signal from the Kryptonian spaceship, also came here.

General Zod looked at Steppenwolf on the ground fiercely, then jumped off the landing ship.

Boom!
With the ground cracking, General Zod landed in the middle of the traffic.

Looking at the car rushing towards him, he tried to avoid him in a panic, but because he was too nervous, he continued to sway from side to side.

General Zod exhaled contemptuously, then casually raised his right foot and kicked the car towards Steppenwolf's position.

Steppenwolf was already very nervous because he was holding a treasure like the Mother Box in his hand!
He had just found the Mother Box when the Kryptonian landed precisely next to him.

Even if Steppenwolf uses PY to watch it, he can see the shameless Kryptonians' coveting of the Mother Box!

In particular, the Kryptonian had just landed when he kicked an Earth vehicle towards him!

"Damn it!"

After cursing, the Steppenwolf swung the axe in his right hand and chopped the flying car into two halves.

The driver of this car could be considered lucky. He was only frightened for a moment before Zod kicked him unconscious. Then he and the car were chopped off their heads by Steppenwolf.

The death was so peaceful.

The cars flew to both sides, just avoiding Steppenwolf's body. Steppenwolf raised his battle axe and pointed it at General Zod, who was only about sixty meters away from him, while shouting.

"Stupid Kryptonian exile, I heard that your planet has been destroyed. I didn't expect that there are still rubbish like you still alive!"

"Ha ha……"

When Zod heard what Steppenwolf said, he burst out laughing on the spot.

Zod just sneered and turned back to give Fiona a cold look.

The next moment...

Teng! ! !
The ground next to Zod exploded instantly, and at the same time as the tar road was torn apart, Fiona stabbed at the Steppenwolf like lightning!

Steppenwolf quickly raised his giant axe.

Boom! ! !
After a loud bang, Fiona's fist stopped on Steppenwolf's giant axe, and Steppenwolf took a step back uncontrollably.

“Nice strength.”

He sneered and murmured, then protected the Mother Box with one hand and held the axe with the other, and fought with Fiona.

Fiona is extremely strong, even Steppenwolf cannot underestimate her. The war between the two immediately created a vacuum zone in the center of Gotham City that no one dared to approach!
The shock wave generated by the collision between the two alone shattered all the glass within a kilometer radius, and the eardrums of countless people were easily broken by this shock wave.

The center of Gotham City was suddenly filled with grief and sorrow. Countless people poured onto the streets as if fleeing, and rushed towards the area outside of Burnley.

At the same time, the people in the Star Laboratory were completely confused.

Especially Fox, this guy was originally working with the scientific research team of Luthor Enterprises to investigate the Kryptonian spacecraft located underground in the Star Laboratory.

Before he could finish his research, he heard from his subordinates that two ferocious aliens were fighting above their heads!
When he first heard the news, Fox was about to explode with anxiety, until he learned that the Mother Box research team in the ground building area of ​​the Star Laboratory was raided by aliens and the Mother Box was stolen, he felt relieved.

Although he knew that the Mother Box was a good thing, it was not his after all.

Fox felt that he could only pray for the guys in the Mother Box Team while dodging.

But his gloating didn't last long.

After he checked the surveillance camera and saw what was happening on the ground.

The Kryptonian that Steppenwolf spat out immediately made Fox completely paralyzed! Just now, when General Zod hacked into the global communication equipment, Fox also heard General Zod's declaration.

This Kryptonian general was obviously coming for Clark, and he even exposed Clark's Earth identity!

In DC's original plot, General Zod, who had just arrived on Earth, should not have known the name Clark Kent.

After all, Clark had always hidden himself very well, and his story had not yet spread on Earth.

but now……

Downton has changed so many things, and Clark, who debuted early under Downton's influence, has already become a superhero who saved Washington with his true appearance!

As for now, including Clark, all the information about this group of bobcat beasts in Downton Abbey in Gotham City has been circulated on the Internet!
Because of this, as soon as Zod arrived on Earth, he had already hacked into the Internet and obtained Clark's relevant information.

Even if there was no such thing as the Kryptonian spaceship, even if Clark did not take the initiative to step forward, General Zod would actually come to Gotham to find Clark.

Anyway, when Fox learned that the Kryptonians had appeared in Gotham.

He began to worry about his safety.

So he quickly took out his phone and nervously called the manor.

After a while, the call was connected.

Alfred spoke hurriedly into the phone.

“Fox, I already know that the Kryptonians who suddenly came to Earth and an unknown alien are fighting fiercely near the Star Lab!
I think, whatever they're fighting for, they'll never miss your Kryptonian ship over there!
I have sent Floyd and Victor, as well as the assassin teams they lead, to provide support in your direction.

Fox, you must protect yourself, stay away from the alien battlefield, and hold on until the killer team arrives!"

"I know, I know, damn it, but why did all these aliens come in such large numbers?

Damn, I can hear them fighting even from underground, they are so strong!

Alfred, if I die today, please remember to merge the supercomputer in my safe house into the Wayne Network. I have left a few projects in there that I am personally interested in.

Those projects are risky and not suitable for large-scale implementation by enterprises, but I don’t want my final results to be lost in the tide of the times.”

"I know. Don't worry. Even if you don't tell me these, Bruce will never let any of your outstanding achievements go unnoticed."

"Then I'm relieved, but damn it, when will Boss Donton come back?

If I am lucky enough to survive today, I will definitely advise them to keep at least one or two strong men from their group, no matter when and where, to prevent things like today from happening again!"

“You’re right, Fox, but Miss Enchantress and Miss Zatanna are here, and they’re already heading your way!

Fortunately, Miss Zatanna is at home. She contacted Miss Enchantress. Fox, I'm afraid you won't die!"

After Alfred said this, he quickly hung up the phone and nodded to the witch in front of him.

After receiving Alfred's signal, the enchantress Danzamo quickly turned into a ball of gray mist.

The mist dissipated in an instant, and the next moment, she returned and brought Fox back.

As soon as he landed, Fox looked at the people around him, only to smile helplessly at Falcone.

"Hello, Carmine Falconet.

I never thought that our first meeting would be in this kind of environment."

"I didn't expect that either, but your safety is the most important thing. Once the alien issue is dealt with, please allow me to buy you a drink, Mr. Fox."

After Falcone and Fox exchanged greetings, they looked towards Alfred.

Alfred quickly explained to everyone around him.

"The original plan remains unchanged. Floyd and Victor will lead the Revenant to evacuate traffic and ensure that all major roads in Gotham are not blocked.

At the same time, the Ghost Party must urge and drive away the citizens, asking them to rush to the metropolis or further places for refuge!

Master Tang, Master Bruce, and Master Clark are not here, so the manor is not absolutely safe at this time.

If the citizens come to the manor for shelter again, we may not be able to take good care of them. They must flee further!"

"Wait, Mr. Butler."

Suddenly, Zatanna raised her hand and said to Alfred.

“Although the big guys like Tang are not here, I think I’m not bad either.

I can try to banish them to another world. Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"

"and many more!"

As soon as Zatanna finished speaking, she wanted to teleport away.

But as soon as she disappeared into thin air, Danzamo let out a scream.

“Don’t go, damn it, that guy is a bastard from Apokolips!
They had fought with the gods before, and they had ways to deal with most of the magic on Earth, at least they could make most of the banishing magic ineffective!
Don't just go like this, damn, you're going too fast!

Dear Butler, I must go chase and support Zatanna, so let my brother guard the manor for the time being!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Danzamo turned into air and disappeared in the living room.

Watching the two figures disappear one after another, Alfred sighed slowly, while Falcone on the side rubbed his chin with a wry smile.

“Oh, it’s incredible.”

I only heard Falcone say this helplessly.

“Not long ago, after Tang appeared in front of me, I had already guessed that the world situation would change.

I have also realized the advent of the extraordinary era.

But this time is a bit too fast, isn't it? How come the guys I have to face have gone from the FBI and the Court of Owls to dangerous aliens in such a short time? "

At this point, Falconet rubbed his face again in disbelief, while Alfred nodded to the witch's brother with a serious expression.

"I'll leave the manor to you!"

"Well, I'll try my best..."

The younger brother replied nervously and continued to look at the real-time projection on the living room wall.

He should have been able to see the battlefield between the Kryptonians and Steppenwolf clearly, but after the war was reflected on the projection, the satellite images could not keep up with the speed of the two battles, resulting in a blurry and unclear picture!

Based on the scattered images, the younger brother made a careful judgment and pursed his lips with difficulty.

"Honestly, both of them are not simple guys, I think any one of them can kill me at least three times.

But... in order to repay Lord Downton's kindness, even if I die, I will die before you.

Of course, we'd better pray that they don't call us..."

(End of this chapter)