I, the younger brother of Superman, ended up with a Thanos template.

With a click, the lamp was switched off, and Lex Luthor emerged from the shadows, resting his chin on his hands and looking at her with amusement.

"Impossible! You...you're already dead!"

Mo Xi retreated in terror, her back against the wall.

"The Beyonder killed you, and everyone saw that video!"

"What died was just another version of myself."

A glint of hatred flashed in Luther's eyes.

"I have come here to avenge this blood debt, and a blood debt must be repaid with blood!"

Lex Luthor is indeed dead; strictly speaking, he was a clone spontaneously created as part of the Lex Luthor backup plan.

"But what does it matter who is whose clone? Whoever succeeds in taking control of the Earth is the real Lex Luthor."

He leaned back in his chair, looked at the trembling Mo Xi, and spread his hands.

"Don't be afraid, you've managed my Luther Group very well during this time."

"Lex..."

Mo Xi stammered as she tried to explain.

Lex Luthor must have heard what she said when she came in earlier, and she didn't think it was a compliment, even though it sounded like one.

"Although it's a bit too good, you own 38 percent of the shares in the Luther Group, making you the sole major shareholder."

These words terrified Mosie so much that she tried to flee, fearing that Luther would pounce on her and strangle her, as she had swallowed up the Luther family's wealth that was equivalent to two generations of a nation's riches.

"It doesn't matter."

Looking at Mosie, who seemed like a lab rat in the mouth of a snake, Luther waved to comfort her, as if he didn't care about her actions at all.

Actually, I should thank you.

"Thank you...?"

"Before you took over the Luther Group, I was forced to disappear from the public eye for a long time. Some people in the group had ulterior motives and began to secretly embezzle the group's assets. Before I died, the Luther Group was riddled with problems and on the verge of collapse."

Luther spoke eloquently, a glint of hatred flashing in his eyes.

"Fortunately, after my death, you took over it, purged the internal parasites, and revitalized the Luther Group, making it flourish again. You did me a great favor."

"You haven't let me down; you've been promoted to a senior management position in the group at such a young age, second only to me."

“Lex, I am willing to sign the share transfer agreement immediately and return the property that belongs to your family to you.”

Mo Xi knew clearly how vicious and terrifying the person in front of her was. She was just a bat that had temporarily occupied the snake's nest. Even if she was driven away, it wouldn't matter, as long as she could survive the snake's bite.

She also remembered that Luthor displayed superpowers before he died, and held out for quite some time against the Beyonder before finally succumbing.

"Don't rush this yet."

Faced with assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars, Luther waved his hand dismissively.

"I have something more important to do: Where is Professor Ivo?"

Even if he gets back the group's assets, Lex Luthor is already a dead man in the eyes of the world. In fact, he is indeed dead, and the person sitting here now is one of his clones.

Moreover, his enemies wouldn't be happy to see him crawl back from hell, and things would go back to the way they were before.

"Ivo, Anthony Ivo?"

Mo Xi thought back for a moment.

"Exactly. Which laboratory did Professor Ivo work in, assigned to him by the group?"

“I fired him two months ago.”

"What?" Lex Luthor was clearly taken aback.

"You fired him?"

"He was one of the best scientists we had at Lexcorp, possibly even one of the best on the planet, and you fired him!"

He stood up, and Luther's expression was one of disbelief.

“I have been saving on the group’s expenses and have cut a number of unnecessary expenses. He is a typical example. He is a laboratory all by himself. The projects for which he applies for experimental funding are never fixed. His research direction is far-fetched and he has never produced any decent results.”

Mo Xi was puzzled; even when she had just suggested returning the Luther family's assets, Luther hadn't reacted this strongly.

"I take back what I said before."

Upon hearing this explanation, Luther straightened his suit, the admiration in his eyes vanished, and his expression changed to that of someone who had seen an annoying fool. He frowned and said coldly.

"You may not understand that the course of human history has never been driven by ordinary people like you who only have a little bit of cleverness, but by geniuses that the world cannot understand."

After speaking, Luther disappeared into the darkness, leaving behind a final sentence.

"Remember what you should and shouldn't say. Tonight, you've never seen a ghost named Lex Luthor."

With a pale face still showing signs of shock, Mosie only began to breathe deeply, as if she had survived a near-death experience, after confirming that Luther had really left.

……

Inside a secret underground laboratory.

Luther looked at the news on his computer, browsing the headlines.

"The global catastrophe of death was resolved in time by the Justice League led by the Beyonder."

"Steelbow reveals that the mastermind behind this incident is actually Hades, the god of the underworld in Greek mythology?"

"The Transcendent One has driven Death, who sought to conquer the world, back to hell!"

On the screen next to it, several video clips were playing, all of which were limited footage of the battles of the strongest superheroes in the public's mind.

"The Beyonder kills the lightning monster who caused the explosion in Fawcett City, the Beyonder defeats Black Adam who caused global turmoil, the Beyonder and the Alliance fight against an ancient demon that conjures volcanoes, and the Beyonder and the Alliance battle against extraterrestrial mercenaries from outer space..."

"A series of achievements, brilliant and dazzling."

No longer needing to hide his feelings when no one was around, Luther's face was grim, and he clenched his fists tightly.

It's unbelievable that the Beyonder saved the Earth several times during the time he was dead.

"Why does this damned planet have to suffer so many disasters!"

What a joke! During the time he died, one global crisis after another intensified and unfolded one after another.

The last Lex Luthor who tried to use the Beyonder to kill him live before his death, instilling global stigma and fear of the Beyonder, undoubtedly failed.

The initial dissenting voices were completely drowned out and forgotten after the Transcendent One saved the world countless times.

It was as if God was working against him, using a series of crises to give those superheroes a stage to fully display their abilities!

"What a clown."

The laptop was violently swept off the table, and Lex Luthor was furious, mocking the previous Lex Luthor and annoyed by the ultimate mess he had been left to deal with right from the start.

“That’s right, Lex Luthor is still alive.”

But what's the use?

The enemy has become stronger, but he remains in the same situation as before his death, with the same cards he can play.

"The enemy that Lex Luthor couldn't handle, can be handled by another Lex Luthor?!"

Gone is the powerful composure he once displayed in front of Mo Xi. Faced with the transcendent, he is helpless. Now he can only hope to seek the wisdom of others, like a gambler on the verge of despair searching for the card that can help him turn the tide.

Take Dr. Anthony Ivo, for example!

The memory left to him by the previous Luther told him that he was an unparalleled technological genius.

……

[Template integration is 89% complete]

On an autumn morning in the sunlight, David sits on a fisherman's stool and fishes by the lake.

The last time the sun was nearly sucked dry by the celestial body, it triggered a global panic and brought him some unexpected emotional gains.

"The greatest source of human fear is the unknown."

His gaze swept across the emerald green lake, where ripples danced on the surface, but the light beneath was dim and indistinct, leaving no one knowing what lay beneath.

The most terrifying disasters are those that you can see, touch, and know are happening. The most terrifying disasters are those that you don't know when they will happen, or even if they will happen at all.

"On an ordinary day, without the knowledge of the world, the sun was almost sucked dry, and the earth nearly faced the end of the world. Even though the Justice League informed the world that the crisis had been resolved, the seeds of unease had already been sown."

For a long time, people around the world were on edge, feeling uneasy on their way to work, at work, while eating, and even while sleeping, fearing that the same thing would happen again. They kept a close eye on all the movements of the Justice League, which provided David with a lot of emotional triggers.

"During this period, template integration increased very rapidly."

Before the downward trend even began, the world was once again conquered by Hades summoning an army of the dead, which further accelerated the speed of David's fusion template.

"Although the fusion stage of the new abilities brought by each template is different, I have a feeling that after 90% fusion, I should obtain Hyperion's strongest healing ability."

David's eyes flickered.

After all, there are only two nodes left, 90% and 95%, and choosing one of them will definitely give the ability to heal without dying.

A sonic boom echoed from the sky, and Clark, dressed in a suit and wearing square-framed glasses, landed next to David after checking that no one was nearby.

“How was the interview?”

David glanced at him.