The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1046 The Complete Kryptonian
Connor's expression was uncertain, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally turned on his phone.

There was only one app on the phone. When Connor opened it, he found it was a map navigation app. There were no buttons on the map page, and the only function was navigation.

Connor had just put his phone away when he turned around and was startled to find someone standing next to him. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was someone he knew.

"Mr. Yang?" Connor felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest. "What are you doing here?"

“I guess you wanted to ask me when I arrived.” Yang Le rolled his eyes. “I can tell you plainly that I saw the entire conversation between you and Luther.”

After Yang Le became a Miniature Human, he sat on the roof of Luther's car because he thought they were talking too loudly. Otherwise, he could have sat directly on Luther's shoulders.

I'm not exaggerating, but there are definitely no more than two people on Earth who can discover nanoscale humans without any external assistance.

There are indeed many powerful superhumans on Earth, but very few people possess the microscopic vision that Superman has.

"I..." Connor felt his mouth go dry, his heart pounding, and he felt as if he had fallen into an abyss.

At this moment, Yang Le slapped Connor on the shoulder, which startled the latter.

"Don't be afraid, Connor. I know what kind of person you are and I know you have something you can't say. I won't do things like in TV dramas, where I deliberately create conflict and make people think the screenwriter is brain-dead."

"I believe you, you know, Connor?"

Yang Le's words were like a warm current that flowed through Connor's entire body. To be honest, even Superman had never given him this feeling.

"Mind if I take a look at that?" Yang Le pointed to the box in Connor's hand, and the latter handed it to him without hesitation.

Having watched the entire thing, Yang Le didn't ask Connor any questions. Instead, he pressed the side button to open the box, revealing a shield that looked like a red sticker.

Using his right hand, Yang Le picked up a shield sticker and examined it closely. The sticker didn't seem particularly special.

With Yang Le's enhanced vision thanks to N-metal, he saw that the Aegis was actually covered with a lot of electronic components, and that the seemingly ordinary sticker was actually a high-tech marvel.

"Lex Corporation does indeed possess world-leading technological capabilities. Even the scientists at Star Labs would have needed a considerable amount of time to create something like this Aegis."

As Yang Le spoke, he placed the shield on Connor's forearm, who was completely caught off guard.

"Do you feel anything?"

Connor looked at his forearm, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I don't feel anything special, but the area that was pressed against feels a little warm. I don't know if it's just my imagination."

No, Connor noticed a subtle difference. He found that he could see things much more clearly, not just the electronic components on the surface of S.H.I.E.L.D., but even the smallest things.

"Buzz!"

"Ah!" Connor cried out in pain, covering his ears. Countless noises had flooded his ears in an instant, and more and more information was pouring into his brain, making it difficult for him to process it.

"Tear!"

Before Connor could break down, Yang Le preemptively ripped off the shield from his forearm, which improved Connor's condition.

“That was just a typical day for Superman.” Yang Le helped Connor up from the ground and let him sit on the back of the motorcycle-turned-Ball. “Now you know, being Superman isn’t so easy.”

"Normally, Superman doesn't fully activate his senses, but even if he did, he wouldn't be in as much pain as you are. Do you know why?"

Connor wiped his sweat, remained silent, and simply stared at Yang Le, hoping for an answer.

"That's because Superman was born with this ability. He takes it all for granted, just like how a normal person wouldn't get hurt by raising their arm. Of course not."

"Just like breathing, Superman's body silently handles all of this for him. But you are different from Connor. You don't treat this ability as your own. You are more like using a tool than Superman."

Connor looked at the shield in Yang Le's hand and said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. This power doesn't belong to me. I'm just using a 'tool'."

“This might be what Luther is thinking.” Yang Le waved the Aegis in his hand. “He wants you to become dependent on this tool, then stop trusting yourself, and gradually come to hate what you’re part of Earthlings.”

Connor thought about it and realized that if he frequently used Aegis of the Immortal to achieve his goals, he might really become like Yang Le said, because he was just too weak.

Despite being a clone of Superman, he was no match for the artificial Amazonian demigod, let alone Megan, who was a Martian. Among the entire team of superhumans, he was practically the weakest.

It can't fly, doesn't have heat rays, doesn't have microscopic vision, and its X-ray vision is weakened. Its super strength, super speed, and so on are almost halved.

Honestly, Superboy had several moments when he felt ridiculously weak, a thought that was most intense when Happy died in front of him.

Unlike Superman, whose joining the Justice League was like adding wings to a tiger, he was more like someone who banded together for warmth.

He can't step up like Superman in crucial moments; without the team, he's likely nothing.

"Luther may very well be trying to control you with S.H.I.E.L.D., just like a drug dealer uses ice to control an addict."

As Yang Le spoke, he put away the Aegis. Just when Connor thought that Yang Le wanted to keep it for him, Yang Le took something out of his pocket and threw it to him.

Connor caught what Yang Le threw at him and took a closer look to find that it was a wristwatch-style device that looked similar to the Omnitrix that Yang Le was wearing.

"what is this?"

"This is a super bracelet." Yang Le had no idea how many times he had used this meme, but whenever there was a tribute, that man was always involved.

"As I said before, I might have a way to help you solve your genetic problem. This is my solution for you. Try wearing it."

Connor, unsuspecting, promptly put the bracelet on his left wrist. The moment he fastened the watch, the dial lit up.

"Intelligent life locked, Connor, codename Superboy, matches the pre-set criteria, binding successful."

"After activation, the Super Bracelet can generate a genetic code that will transform you into a complete Kryptonian during the activation process."

Yang Le smiled and said something that shocked Connor.

"Furthermore, the Super Bracelet has virtually no usage time limit. As long as you want, you can remain a complete Kryptonian. Isn't that much better than Lex Luthor's S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

(End of this chapter)