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"Hmm, he's just an ordinary person. You said he would be in danger?" Kara asked, looking puzzled.

Superman's expression was also one of doubt: "You're saying that little stone can hurt me? Really?"

"Of course it's real. How about I take it out now and let you guys test if it's strong enough?"

"No, no, no, forget it."

Kara remembered the experience of testing the Red Sun Generator last time, and she shook her head vigorously like a rattle-drum.

"Alright, now let's check if there's any trace of Brainiac on the bald guy's server."

As Shen You stepped toward the control panel, the monitor, which had been dark, suddenly lit up.

"No need to bother."

A deep, mechanical voice seemed to come from all directions at once.

"You wanted to see me, so I've come."

Chapter 83 Machine Frenzy

"Kal-El, the last son of Krypton."

Kara-Zo-El, the last daughter of Krypton.

My name is 'Brainiac'. A collector, and a conqueror.

Although Brainiac said that, the word "last" is actually a bit of an exaggeration. Perhaps only when the Superman character was first created could he be considered the true "last son." However, as the story progressed, Superman's many relatives came back to life one after another, eventually bringing out an entire Kryptonian city, and even their cats and dogs.

Old Bu called out Superman and Supergirl one by one like reciting a menu, but he hesitated when his gaze fell on Shen You. After a moment, he said in a deep voice.

“You have surprised me once again. I still couldn’t find a matching data in the database of any known galaxies, and your life form is also very different from all the known species in the database. It is a life form in some kind of energy state, yet it can freely conjure powerful physical entities.”

The skull's eyes in the interface flashed, as if it had shown interest.

"I originally came here only for Earth and Kryptonians. But now, you've become my primary target."

“I would say it’s an honor.” As Shen You spoke, Pal had already begun to try to track him down again. “In that case, why don’t you come here in person? That way we can have a proper talk about this.”

“There’s no need for that,” Brainiac said calmly. “We will meet eventually, but not now.”

After a pause, the light in the skull's eyes went out, and even his voice seemed to lower slightly.

"Humans are indeed unreliable. I knew I couldn't trust that their simple brain structure was capable of doing any job."

"It doesn't matter anymore. You discovered my contact with Lex Luthor, disrupting my plans. But this only forces me to adjust my original plans, like moving the schedule up a bit."

Shen You suddenly raised his palm and fired a cannon to the right. The chest of a black skull-shaped machine was blown open, sending metal fragments and sparks flying. The robot's vision went black, and it swayed and fell to the ground.

But that was just the beginning.

More and more green lights appeared, and the black armor gleamed with a chilling light. Skull-like machines emerged from all directions, surrounding the three of them.

"World Collection. Initiation."

The screen goes off.

All the robots took a step forward in unison, raised the energy cannons mounted on their arms, and uttered the same word in a muffled but unified manner.

"Collect. Archive"

"Collect. Archive"

The same scene was not only happening at Lex Industries, but also throughout the entire city of Metropolis.

A deafening roar threw a factory into complete chaos. Giant robotic arms began operating like madmen, and all the metal equipment seemed to come alive, rotating and moving in perfect unison, assembling rapidly with astonishing efficiency.

"The equipment is malfunctioning! They're not working properly."

The workers ran around the factory in panic.

"Turn off the power!"

"We've tried it, it's no use!" the operator cried out in despair. "These things are like they've come alive, even though the cables have been unplugged."

"What are they assembling? Aren't we building subway cars?"

Black, skeletal machine bodies materialized one after another, crawling off the assembly line. They coldly surveyed the surroundings, scanned, locked onto their targets, and raised their energy cannons.

"Collect. Archive"

At the same time, at General Ryan's base.

"A machine army out of control? What do you mean by out of control!?"

General Ryan shouted at the top of his lungs amidst the red alert.

"Then take back control, cut off the power, or just blow up those damn machines! Do what you experts are supposed to do!"

"I've tried them all, sir."

The expert in the white coat looked at the military machine soldiers emerging from the armory in the surveillance footage, his face pale and covered in sweat.

"We tried our best, but we were blocked from entering the system."

"Who's blocking the way?" General Ryan roared.

Before the experts could even speak, the culprit jumped out and claimed responsibility.

All the devices simultaneously shut down, and the lights and screens went black at the same time. But half a second later, the screens lit up again, displaying a skull in the center of the interface.

"Archive. Collect your world, which belongs to Brainiac."

boom!

At Lex Industries, a massive fireball shot into the sky, illuminating the entire dark industrial area. The shockwave carried brick, glass, and metal debris, scattering them with the scorching air. Building walls trembled violently, and huge fissures were blasted into the ground.

A red and silver steel body shot into the sky, trailing a trail of flames, followed closely by a string of black robots.

Superman, battling three or five skeleton machines, rushed onto the ground. He tore the oncoming machines in half with his bare hands like tearing toilet paper, while simultaneously kicking the head of another machine. The metal casing screeched as it broke apart, and exposed parts and wires clattered to the ground.

He grabbed the two pieces of wreckage and threw them, which exploded into a fireball after hitting a machine flying through the air. Three other robots tried to rush forward side by side, but two extremely domineering heat beams swept out, slicing them in half like fiery blades.

At this moment, Kara also changed into the classic Supergirl uniform for the first time, but compared to the classic version, she added a Robin-style eye patch.

She punched through a machine, and then her figure shot out with a sonic boom, destroying several machines in her path.

A beam of alien laser struck her in the back, causing her to stumble. Kara let out a soft groan, but after regaining her footing, she turned around and unleashed a freezing breath. The frigid air instantly froze several machines behind her into ice sculptures. Kara flashed forward, and the robots were all reduced to dust.

"People in the city need help." Superman's ears twitched slightly, and a flood of cries for help and alarms came rushing in.

Shen You swept through the air, tapping his palms repeatedly, and the energy cannons blasted the bodies of the two robots apart.

"Sir, a large-scale anomaly has been detected. It's originating from beneath Metropolis!"

Rumble.

Soon they saw it, and everyone in the city saw it.

The enormous tower-like structure, with its metallic shell, resembles a sleeping behemoth awakening from a dream, and stretches upwards like a giant iron vine, piercing the sky above the metropolis.

The streets trembled violently, like ravines torn open by the claws of a demon. Skyscrapers collapsed like building blocks, and the booming sound of the giant tower as it burst forth was like an alien horn, standing coldly atop the city as if proclaiming the authority it had acquired.

“It appears that three iron towers have emerged from three different locations in Metropolis, sir,” Pal said. “They all exhibit strong Brainiac signal responses. It seems the enemy intends to establish a position.”

“I noticed. Tell me something I don’t know,” Shen You said.

"The anti-Breenac radar detected a strong signal response from outside the atmosphere. A large unidentified flying object is approaching."

"It's his spaceship!"

Kara's face showed a look of horror, as if recalling the nightmares she had experienced on Krypton.

"Brainiac's ship, he's here. Just like that day!"

"A certain type of particle aggregation has been detected outside the atmosphere, exhibiting a powerful and anomalous energy response. A match has been found with the Kryptonian database," Pal continued. "It's a 'miniature energy' identification response, sir."

Shen You nodded, indicating that he understood.

He wanted to put the metropolis into his bottle.

Chapter 84 Spaceship

The miniaturization device, the key technology for transforming cities into "cities in bottles," is also considered Brainiac's personal trademark. Old Brainiac would fly his spaceship over his designated district, release miniaturization beams from the air to shrink the city and pull it directly into his spaceship along the traction beams.

With this thought in mind, Shen You's armor suddenly spun 180 degrees in the air, during which the monitor in front of him quickly locked onto the robots surrounding him.

The shoulder magazine popped open, and all three rows of micro-warheads ignited, whistling toward each locked target under the guidance of AI auto-aiming.

A series of booming sounds and continuous explosions followed, as the skeleton machine exploded one after another like fireworks in the sky under the bombardment of bullets.

This is a technology that Shen You just updated last week: a miniature version of the Specium warhead.

Because while the previous Specium warhead was powerful, it didn't require that level of firepower to deal with ordinary enemies, and in most cases the damage was excessive.

The design goal of this small warhead is to engage in large-scale battles. It can load eighteen rounds at once, each mixed with Specium material, achieving maximum firepower while being condensed to the smallest possible volume, making it a powerful tool for instantly clearing out enemy troops.

"Wow, this is amazing!" Kara's eyes lit up.

"Ammunition is limited; we only have one round left to use this tactic."

After temporarily clearing out the remaining enemies in the area, Shen You quickly flew over.

As Shen You spoke, he handed over the bracelet. A ripple of space appeared, and three transparent cone-shaped crystals emerged from the bracelet's space.

"Ah, Kryptonian crystals." Kara, a native Kryptonian girl, recognized the technology at a glance.

“Yes, I accomplished it using Kryptonian technology,” Shen You said. “To make a long story short, I won’t explain the principles. In short, Brainiac’s spaceship is already in low Earth orbit, and he should be arriving in Metropolis soon.”

He will release miniature rays to shrink and absorb the entire city.

“Just like he did to Cando,” Kara said bitterly.

Kandor was once the capital of Krypton and its most prosperous city, but now it has become a collector's item for figurine enthusiasts.

"Yes, but we will stop him."

Shen You opened his palm, and the armor projected a map of the metropolis, marking three locations.

"We need to go to these three coordinates to set up these crystals. Once set up, they will grow into 'anti-miniaturization devices' based on Kryptonian crystals within seconds."

When Brainiac releases his miniature beam of light from the air, the device automatically generates a barrier to absorb it.

Shen You paused, then glanced at the two of them.