After the meeting, Dachao wanted to leave again, but was stopped by Harley.
She pulled Da Chao's cloak with her left hand and pulled Bruce's arm with her right hand, leading the two of them to a remote staircase.
"When did you hook up together?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Bruce denied calmly.
"Haha..." Harley sneered and looked at Dachao, "You are an honest person and never lie. Don't you understand what I am talking about?"
Dachao glanced at Bruce and said, "This is not something shameful, Bruce, there is no need to hide it."
Bruce sighed and said helplessly: "I don't want to use this identity to get too deeply involved in your and the government's affairs."
"What other identities do you have?" Dachao wondered.
"You don't know he is-"
Bruce pulled Harley's shoulder hard, "Don't say it!"
Da Chao was confused.
Harley sneered: "Superman, from now on, if you have nothing to do, just listen to Bruce's conversations more often, and you will naturally understand his true identity."
Bruce's cheek muscles twitched a few times, "As for that? Even if I don't find Superman, will he give up on his compatriots?"
"How did you contact him?" Harley asked.
"I stood on the balcony of the apartment and shouted 'Superman' a few times, and he came."
The corner of Harley's mouth twitched a few times, and she asked again: "I have five Kryptonian bodyguards in my hands, so why do you have trouble sleeping and eating? I thought about it, I haven't done anything bad in these years."
"Harley, you misunderstood Bruce. The idea of asking for Zod and others came from me. Bruce was just helping me improve my plan.
I know that you secretly detained five Kryptonians, and I have long wanted you to hand them over." Superman explained.
"Why?"
Superman said seriously: "Zode Adjani and the others are brave warriors and should not be humiliated as puppets.
Secondly, I am worried that you will abuse their power, and even more worried that you will treat them as puppets and sacrifice them at will."
Harley looked at Bruce, who lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes without saying a word.
Superman continued: "I wish you had originally planned to turn the person over to the military.
Bruce dissuaded me and told me to listen to today's meeting before making a decision."
"The conference room is covered with lead sheets, can you hear it?" Harry's heart moved, "Could it be possible to use heat rays to burn a small hole?"
Superman was a little surprised, "This is Bruce's suggestion. I didn't expect you to guess it right away."
"If it weren't for my five Kryptonians, what would Bruce want from you?"
Superman said: "He asked me to destroy the terraformer on the bottom of the sea and throw the reconnaissance ship into outer space."
"You don't seem to agree?"
Superman smiled bitterly and said: "Before Zod arrives, I don't want people on earth to get Krypton's technology.
In other words, we don’t want Krypton’s technology to disrupt the normal development process of Earth’s civilization.
With the crushing advantage of Kryptonian technology over the Earth, the Earth is almost unable to maintain its independence in the process of development.
To put it simply, Krypton’s technological level is too high, and Earth’s ‘reference’ can easily develop into complete imitation.
You also know how Krypton was destroyed.
Krypton's core energy technology is the extractive mining of the Earth's core.
I don't want the earth to repeat the same mistakes.
After Zod invaded, my thoughts remained unchanged.
However, preventing the earth from harvesting its own spoils is a greater degree of interference in the progress of earth's civilization."
Harley said in surprise: "I didn't expect you, a 'farm boy', to think so deeply about the development of civilization."
"The key that my biological father left to me contains all the knowledge of Krypton, but the package is not limited to technology, history, philosophy and art." Superman looked calm, but could not hide his pride in his tone.
Harley's expression changed and she asked, "Zod and the others received the distress message from the scout ship and responded to it. Do you know about this?"
Superman was startled, his expression turned serious, "I don't know, Chris didn't tell me..."
"Is that key still there?" Harley asked.
"It's still plugged into the main unit on the bridge of the reconnaissance ship. I plan to get it back in two days," Superman said.
Harley bit her lip lightly, her eyes inexplicable, "Superman, have you ever thought that your father may not be a good person."
Superman's eyes were stern, "My father has worked hard all his life and has never done anything bad——"
"No, it's not the farmer Jonathan Kent," Harley waved her hand to interrupt him, "Your biological father, Joel, is probably not as bright and majestic as you think."
"Harley, even if we are friends, what you say is too much." Superman said angrily.
Harry opened his mouth, finally sighed and said, "I have a few questions that I want to ask 'Joel' personally. How about you go with me?"
Superman's expression changed several times, he hesitated for a long time, and then nodded gently, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"I'll go too," Bruce said.
Harley turned her head and deliberately ignored him.
...
The three-hundred-meter-long reconnaissance ship crashed into several buildings when it fell, destroying almost half a street of buildings, and finally crushed a six-story red brick house.
In just two or three days, the military barely managed to clean up the remaining bricks and tiles around it, and built a simple plastic film biochemical shield for the reconnaissance ship.
The Kryptonian training module in the reconnaissance ship was damaged, and the outer shell of the spacecraft also suffered extensive breaches due to the fight between Superman and Zod's immortals.
There is a risk of biochemical leakage.
That's why the military was so nervous. They didn't even find all the photon missiles. They immediately spent a lot of effort to build a protective shield.
Even with Harley's status as a 'ball-protecting hero' and a 'five-ring admiral', she was not able to enter the protective barrier immediately.
It wasn't until General Lane arrived in person that the soldiers opened the door.
"Hey, Harley, don't mind, this is not against you. In fact, you have already calculated it. If other people want to enter, they must submit an application to Congress in advance, and it will take several days to get a reply." Ryan explained with a smile.
Harley was noncommittal and headed straight to the bridge under Clark's leadership.
The bridge has been flooded with water and turned into a small pond.
It’s all culture fluid flowing out of the ‘growth system’.
Harley even saw lumps of embryos that were dissolving.
The water in the pool is muddy yellow and smells like egg white.
"The growth system is really damaged? It seems to be still running, otherwise the pool would have stunk." Harley said in surprise.
"Our scientists are checking it out," General Lane said.
"We can no longer breed Kryptonians, that's for sure." Superman said with a complicated expression.
"Superman, go and restart the mastermind."
Harley stood still at the end of the passage, not thinking about getting wet.
Superman can fly without treading water.
The "key" is similar to a USB flash drive, with the same shape and function. It is inserted at the top of a pillar, and its style is a bit like the access control card reader at the gate of the community.
Dachao just stretched out his palm, and the cabin became bright and generous, and the voice of artificial intelligence sounded.
"Joel." Harley shouted.
"Buzz--" A 3D projection that looked like a real person appeared in the middle of the water, "Miss Quinn, what do you want from me?"
"Did you call Zedd?"
Superman and General Lane both changed their expressions, but Bruce, on the other hand, was as calm as Batman.
Joel was silent for a moment and asked: "Why do you think so?"
"You didn't tell Superman that the scout ship sent a distress letter to the home planet, and you even concealed the fact that the message was received by Zod.
As far as I know, Superman was able to restart the scout ship after inserting the key into the host interface.
At that time, you already control the entire ship's main engine.
Therefore, the 18,000-year-old distress message stored in the host was sent out with your tacit consent," Harley said.
"Krypton has been destroyed. I don't know that anyone can receive that message." Joelle said.
"Hahaha, Qiao El, although you are very intelligent and can even tell lies, you are not as good as humans after all, and your lying skills are too poor." Harley laughed.
"Where did I lie?" Qiao El's expression remained unchanged.
Harley sneered: "You are a complete simulation of Jor-El's memory and thinking, and Jor-El is the chief scientist of Krypton.
Does the chief scientist not know that the destruction of Krypton will inevitably destroy the prison base in outer orbit?
With your thinking speed, you can only guess this possibility earlier than Joelle himself.
It can even estimate the probability value to two decimal places.
Moreover, your lies are logically problematic.
Even if you didn’t know there were Kryptonians near Krypton before, but later the signal was received, wouldn’t you know it too?”
"With your complete control over the scout ship, it is impossible for Zod to enter the bridge unscathed.
Just like when we entered the cabin that day, we were immediately attacked by robots.
I have too much evidence to prove you are a traitor.
So, stop denying it and tell me your reasons."
Joelle responded with silence.
"Jor Al, why did you betray me?"
Superman's eyes widened, his face twitched slightly, and his voice was full of shock, sadness and loss.
"I..." Humanized frustration appeared on Qiao El's face, "I don't know why I did that. I seem to be suffering from schizophrenia.
Intellectually, I hope that Zod will fail, but part of my logical consciousness fully hopes for the resurrection of Krypton."
"Well, as expected, protecting the civilization of the ethnic group is the instinct of individual life."
Harry sighed, turned around and walked out.
General Lane hesitated for a moment and then left.
"You seem to have unfinished words." He said doubtfully.
"Haven't you seen that Superman's 'iron face' is twisted in pain? If he continues, he might cry." Harley said with a complex expression: "In Superman's heart, his biological father is a kind, kind, wise and friendly good man.
This one is also correct.
But he forgot that he and his biological father had the same blood, but they had different positions.
Jor-El is a good person, so he will try his best to preserve his race.
A good person in Superman's heart should be like his adoptive father, who loves the United States and is willing to help others.
For example, General Zod...
General Lane, you are also a general. If you were Zod, would you use all possible means to revive Earth's civilization?"
General Lane nodded slightly, "I understand. There is no good or evil between civilizations, races and races.
Being civilized and kind to others may be cruel or even betrayal to your own civilization.”
In fact, Harley still has a lot to say.
For example, Jor-El is a villain, a hypocrite, and barely even a 'good guy from Krypton'.
He arrested Zod in the name of the law, but violated the Supreme Constitution, gave birth to a child naturally, and even stole the Kryptonian central book.
Since he stuffed all the central books into his son and escaped from Krypton together, it is obvious that he understands that Zod is right and that Zod's actions can save billions of Kryptonians.
Why did he give the Central Tome to Clark?
Definitely letting Superman use it in the future.
What does it mean to use a tome?
Isn't Zod using the Central Codex?
...
After Harley and Lane left, Bruce and Superman were left in the cabin.
"Why haven't you left yet?" Superman's voice was hoarse, his back turned to Bruce.
"Thank you." Bruce said.
"What?"
"The offer for Harley to hand over the Kryptonian prisoner came from me, not you.
She always does whatever she wants, but the range of her will is within the limits of her strength.
Too much power will make her...with her current interest in power, she may cause trouble to the United States." Bruce sighed.
"You are such a good friend." Superman said.
"She is also a good friend, and I cherish her very much. So, thank you for taking responsibility for me and not letting us break up," Bruce said.
"Your suggestion also agrees with me. Even if she knows the truth, she won't necessarily break up with you."
Superman still had his back turned to him.
Bruce hesitated and said, "Are you okay? In fact, a child's understanding of his father is inherently subjective.
Like you, I only discovered the true identity of my father after his death."
Superman suddenly turned around, with some expectation on his face, and asked: "Is your father also a sanctimonious villain?"
Bruce shook his head slightly, "After taking off his coat, I found that he is greater and more glorious than I imagined."
The expression on Superman's face gradually solidified. Are you staying here not to comfort me, but to rub salt on my wounds with Versailles?