American comics: I became a god at the beginning, I chose to practice both science and magic

Although Luthor is an intelligent man, he has flaws in his character that can be exploited.

Although Steppenwolf promised him to help him complete the technical cracking of the Kryptonian spacecraft, Luthor did not stay in the laboratory all the time.

He is a capitalist, not a researcher, and his intelligence is used to meet the needs of the former. But what kind of creature is a capitalist?

They are a group of misers who constantly suppress new technologies in order to gain absolute control over limited resources.

When Steppenwolf learned the news, he almost laughed to death. With Krypton's technology, there are almost countless resources in the solar system for all mankind to enjoy.

What Lex Luthor was thinking about was how to extract energy from the core of the earth in order to surpass Umbrella's technology and eventually become the energy giant of this planet and the hegemon of an energy industry!

This is also the reason why Steppenwolf looks down on humans. Before Apocalypse began to enslave this planet, they were already thinking about how to enslave their own race. How could such a race not perish?

On the surface, he was helping Luthor crack the technology of the Kryptonian spacecraft, but in fact, he had already been familiar with the technology of this ship, and this was a very long time ago.

In fact, long before Luthor decided to launch the "Apple Core" project, Steppenwolf carefully selected the Kryptonian spacecraft that sealed Doomsday for him.

He had found the spaceship in advance with the help of someone, and extracted Doomsday's tissue cells from it, and then he destroyed the original rigid structure of the ship.

Otherwise, a sealed chamber that seals a super biological weapon like Doomsday would actually be punched with a hole by humans' drilling machines. Think about it, is this reasonable?

Moreover, this spaceship has been buried under the rock for tens of thousands of years. Superman and Dane couldn't find it when they searched here. However, when Luthor needed to launch the "Apple Core" plan, he discovered the radiation in this place.

Isn't this all too coincidental?

The truth is, all of this was Steppenwolf's plan, and every step Luther took to get to where he is today was part of his plan.

Or maybe he thought it was in his plan, but Steppenwolf, whose mind was only filled with fighting and killing, was actually incapable of formulating such a complex and sophisticated plan.

Before he found Lex Luthor, he had another, even more astute collaborator, his name was "Vandal Savage"! .

Chapter 285 Vandal Savage

In the vast land of Siberia, there lives a group of Inuit people.

They are also called "Eskimos", but they don't like this name because it comes from the language of their enemies, the Algonquin Indian tribe, and means "people who eat raw meat."

"Inuit" is their self-proclaimed name, which means "human beings". They believe that they are the first civilized humans in the world.

And the evidence is right here, in the form of the world's longest-lived human being, an ancient Neanderthal.

He was the first civilized human being and the first sage to bring wisdom to primitive people.

He has had many names, including Marduk, Napoleon, and Jack the Ripper. Most of the time he appeared as a conqueror. He even joined the Nazis. His only pursuit in this world was to become the master of mankind.

He is Vandal Savage.

He is a man worshipped as a "god" by the Inuit people here, an ambitious man who has survived for at least 50,000 years.

Throughout his long life, Savage has accumulated an astonishing amount of wealth, technology, and experience.

Why did Steppenwolf know where Doomsday's spaceship was?

Because that was what Savage told him. He saw with his own eyes the spaceship carrying Doomsday crash into Canada, but at that time he did not have the ability to crack the technology of the Kryptonian spaceship, so he just recorded it.

In this land shrouded in cold winds, there is an underground base. It is Savage's fortress and his palace.

It is also the place the Inuit call "Temple"20.

This "temple" is constructed using the world's most advanced material technology. Even the N element that Eagle Man Carter Hall holds tightly in his hand can be found everywhere here.

Of course, what exists here is still only secondary N metal, and pure N attribute cannot be obtained with Savage's ability.

He also has some reserves of Eternal Metal, which he purchased from international gangs before Kandak was taken over by Dane.

At this moment, Savage was standing on his fortress, peeking at the outside world through the large central screen.

This is not an Internet-connected projection device, and Savage doesn't really trust the Internet.

He believes that anything put into the online world is likely to be exposed eventually, and he doesn't want to take that risk.

So he would ask his men to regularly collect some major events that had happened recently and bring them to him.

Although this caused a delay in intelligence information, it also ensured the security of his own information. With this method, neither Cortana nor Dane was able to discover him.

But Savage has been hiding in the darkness and spying on the world.

Especially in recent years, there have been more and more signs of natural or unnatural increases in superhumans around the world, which has attracted his great attention.

Savage looked at the big screen seriously, trying to find useful information from the limited intelligence.

Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and looked up at the ceiling.

The next second after his eyes fixed on that place, a blue sonic explosion channel opened and Steppenwolf emerged from it.

"You should connect this place to the outside world's communication network, instead of asking me to go there in person every time." Steppe Wolf said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

However, Savage simply said, "This is the safest way. It ensures that our conversation will not be eavesdropped on by the Justice League in any way."

"I still don't understand how they were able to obtain such accurate intelligence in such detail. It never hurts to be cautious."

"But the global network is now in the control of the Mother Box!" Steppenwolf retorted.

Savage simply replied, "It's just temporary."

Steppenwolf was too lazy to continue speaking. There wasn't much time left anyway, so it didn't matter what happened.

He turned to business: "The Mother Box will be fully activated in three days. How is your work going?"

Savage immediately replied: "Don't worry, they are ready for combat at any time!"

It turns out that it was Savage who had been providing technical support to Steppenwolf all along, and the Doomsday that stopped Dane from hunting Steppenwolf near Cyborg's house was his work.

"It's a pity that I still can't change the cognition of these monsters. They can only slaughter all living things without distinguishing between friend and foe." Savage said with regret.

If Doomsday could act according to his will, he would not only dare to confront Steppenwolf in front of him, but even the Justice League.

Savage never really wanted to cooperate with Steppenwolf. He wanted to become the master of mankind, but relying on his own strength was obviously far from enough, so he made today's plan when he accidentally came into contact with the Mother Box.

人类守护的母盒，代号为“6-1-9-8-2号”物品一开始是保存在德意志帝国秘密研究所之中的。

He happened to have a pseudonym in this country at the time, so he came into contact with and studied this thing much earlier than the Star Laboratory.

But Savage was not an outstanding scientist, so he did not achieve much success in his research on the Mother Box. However, he did record the radiation data of the Mother Box.

The Mother Box was briefly activated for the first time when Silas Stone used it to resurrect his son, Victor Stone, and Savage quickly picked up the Mother Box's radiation signature.

It was also at that time that he, with the help of the Mother Box, made contact with Steppenwolf, who called himself the New Gods of Apocalypse, and formulated a bold plan.

He plans to use Steppenwolf to deal with the increasingly powerful Justice League. For this purpose, he does not hesitate to cooperate with it and crack Krypton's technology to extract the genes he wants from the sealed Doomsday.

It is precisely because of this that he was able to clone something as incredible as Doomsday.

Dane's worries at the time were correct. The spore virus in Doomsday was discovered and used by Savage, making it extremely easy to clone Doomsday.

As long as he treats humans as consumables, even if the success rate is not high, he can still rely on a steady stream of population to build an army of Doomsday.

And because Doomsday is also a Kryptonian, Savage accidentally learned Superman's weaknesses.

Superman's ability to see through everything with X-rays has always been a headache for him, because although Savage's base is underground, it cannot block Superman's sight.

He was afraid that one day when Superman learned his identity and what he had done, he would use his eyes that could see through everything to find him.

But Savage discovered from his research on Doomsday that Kryptonians cannot see through lead, which is their visual weakness!

He therefore suspected that Superman might have some weaknesses that he didn't know about, and that these weaknesses might be fatal.

"I need to confirm one thing before we begin our plan." Savage turned and looked at Steppenwolf. "After you transform this planet, it will become the world I rule, right?"

Apocalypse has plundered many worlds. Except for those planets that were eventually destroyed due to their tenacious resistance, most of the remaining planets still practice the principle of autonomy.

After all, Darkseid himself cannot manage so many worlds at the same time. All he wants is for these worlds to believe in him and abide by the laws of Apokolips.

As for him, he has always stayed on Apocalypse and rarely left there.

After figuring this out, Savage immediately proposed a deal to Steppenwolf.

He can help Steppenwolf get the planet at the lowest cost, but he hopes to become the governor of the new world and the ruler of all mankind.

Steppenwolf agreed to his request. This kind of thing was very common in Apocalypse.

Don't ever think that Apocalypse will only use force to occupy other planets. Supporting separatist forces in these worlds is also their usual method.

In the movie, Steppenwolf once said that the free will of the rebels must be deprived, which shows that Apocalypse has high requirements for obedience, so splitting local forces is their usual style of behavior.

Force serves this purpose.

Originally, Steppenwolf did not want to break the agreement between him and Savage, because he felt that Savage was a man who knew the current affairs.

Therefore, it is not a problem to hand over the transformed Earth 047 to him.

However, he changed his mind when he learned that the anti-life equation was hidden on this planet.

But he would not let Savage know about this. After all, Doomsday was still in the hands of this human, and he needed those monster soldiers.

So Steppenwolf said calmly: "Of course, this is what I promised you, Apocalypse never breaks his promise!"

Savage seemed to believe his words, "In that case, I will always support you as I promised!"

After Steppenwolf left, Savage took out a paper document from his hidden safe and decoded the information contained in it through a complex code.

When he finished reading it, he burned the information and sneered into the void.

"Damn alien evil god, just continue to indulge in your beautiful dreams. The earth will not be handed over to you. It belongs to me!"

Just as Steppenwolf was hiding something from him, so too was Savage.

For example, the number of Doomsday clones, for example, he had no intention of helping Steppenwolf transform the earth, and for example, he knew that Luthor was actively contacting the military and political governments of various countries, preparing to bring together the world's power to deal a heavy blow to Steppenwolf.

As an old man who has lived for tens of thousands of years, there is no country in the world whose history is longer than his lifespan, so when Lex Luthor first activated those hidden hands, it didn't take him long to find out.

But not only did he not stop it, he also fanned the flames.

Although he does not hate superhumans as much as Luthor, he also believes that superhumans are an obstacle to his rule of the world.

So as long as Steppenwolf can help him eliminate those superhumans who may endanger his rule over the world, he will immediately destroy Steppenwolf!

He already knew that even a creature like Steppenwolf couldn't physically withstand a large-yield nuclear bomb, and Savage had already prepared a great gift for this guy who claimed to be the New God of Apocalypse.

Chapter 286 The war begins!

Although Steppenwolf told Savage that it would take three days for the Mother Box to be fully activated, just as he lied to Luthor, he did not tell Savage the truth.

In fact, two days later, the mother box was only one step away from activation.

Cyborg, who had the closest connection with the Mother Box, was the first person to discover the abnormality of the Mother Box, and he immediately told Dane about it.

"Shazam! I feel the power of the Mother Box is more active than ever before. It has reached critical mass!"

Dane immediately summoned Cortana. "Cortana, now, immediately lift the iron curtain set by the Mother Box! Let this world's network be restored to your control!"

Cortana immediately said, "I need Cyborg's electronic consciousness to cooperate!"

Cyborg immediately responded: "I'm always on call!"

Then Cortana's eyes lit up, and countless streams of data flashed in her eyes.

Under the influence of electromagnetic waves, Cyborg also entered the cyber world at the same time, and joined forces with Cortana to attack the "Iron Curtain" left by the Mother Box in the digital world.

Now the Mother Box is in the process of the "Trinity" agreement and has no spare energy to resist the attacks of the two top electronic consciousnesses.

Thus, the electronic warfare lasted for three days and three nights in the dream world, but only took five minutes in the real world, and the "iron curtain" set up by the mother box was officially broken!

The moment the "Iron Curtain" was broken, Cortana immediately took control of Gotham's power network and cut off the power supply to the area where the Mother Box was located.

"Do not--!"

The Steppenwolf was furious. It was almost there, just a little bit, but in the last few minutes, the energy supply was cut off!

But he still has a way!

Steppenwolf can temporarily supply its own energy to the Mother Box to complete the final touch.

But the difficulties he needs to deal with have just begun, because the Justice League is coming!

He felt the fluctuation of space, which was a sign that the teleportation device was starting up.

Steppenwolf's expression changed immediately, and he immediately yelled at the Mother Box: "Summon our army!"

The light on the Mother Box flashed, and a sonic boom channel descended from the sky, bringing a steady stream of demons to the Star Laboratory.

He himself entered the passage with the mother box without hesitation.

At the same time, Dane and the Justice League also appeared in the Star Laboratory. As soon as he came out, he saw Steppenwolf trying to run away again.