American comics: Random transformations

However, the flames from the explosion inevitably affected Superman. The high-temperature air currents washed over him repeatedly, providing an extremely effective sterilization effect.

The bats in the sky all fell to the ground. Now, the rat swarms on the ground are the real danger!

Superman chased after them, using his freeze breath on the rat swarm.

A cold wind swept through, and large swaths of rats were frozen solid. Even in death, they maintained their running posture.

Superman flew and blew, and wherever he passed, the rats were frozen into ice sculptures.

The previous heat vision had already proven that it couldn't kill them. Even if they were cut in half, they wouldn't die, but would instead multiply!

Therefore, Superman felt that the best way to deal with them was to freeze them! This could inhibit their cell activity and prevent them from splitting into more individuals.

Although it still wouldn't kill them, it could limit their numbers and restrict their movement.

However, these rats were not ordinary rats. After discovering the deaths of a large number of their companions, their claws began to strengthen!

Metal-gleaming claws frantically clawed at the ground. In just a few minutes, they could dig an entrance large enough to squeeze themselves into.

Superman also noticed. He used his X-ray vision to look at the ground and saw that there were quite a few rats that had already burrowed underground.

His freeze breath was blocked by the ground and couldn't reach underground, but his vision could.

Superman used heat vision to target and shoot, penetrating the ground to attack the rats.

However, the injured rats split into more individuals. This… there were just too many rats.

Moreover, those rats would cooperate, with five or six rats digging a hole together. Their digging speed was faster than a machine.

"Damn it!"

Superman really couldn't do anything about the rats that had burrowed several meters underground. He couldn't possibly turn the entire LexCorp upside down to find them.

Helpless, Superman glanced at Lex's location and saw Lex Luthor talking to a penguin.

He recognized that penguin. He had participated in a chase with it before. With a whoosh, he flew over.

The fake penguin, who was originally mocking Lex Luthor, suddenly flashed and narrowly avoided Superman's grab.

"That ability again. How do you do it?"

The fake penguin said confidently:

"It's simple. Who told you to release your bio-field all day long? As long as I turn myself into an electromagnet, I can use the same magnetic field to avoid your attacks!"

Superman: "Alright, Kowalski, you truly are a genius. Can this farce end now? Luthor has already been beaten by you!"

The rat swarm outside, the unconscious generals and soldiers, and Lex Luthor with his unwilling and aggrieved face. After all this commotion, not a single person died.

Superman had already guessed that the penguin just wanted to give them a show of force.

"My part here is already over. The arrogant idiot Lex has been successfully defeated by me. However, you seem to have forgotten someone else."

"Are you talking about that strange fellow who can turn into a raven? What is his purpose?"

"Uh, his purpose is to cover for me. Also, he just likes to play!"

"Likes to play!" Lex Luthor exclaimed in shock. "So many of my missiles, and they still didn't kill him!"

"That's normal. If the ultimate creature at the top of the food chain could be easily killed, then what would be the point of calling it the ultimate creature? Unless you send him into space and let him fend for himself in that extreme environment, you simply can't kill him on Earth!"

The way Superman heard it, it sounded strange. It felt like this penguin was teaching them how to kill the ultimate creature!

"Aren't you guys a team?"

Penguin: "A team doesn't mean that our personalities are compatible. If there's a monster by your side who wants to eat you all day long, wouldn't you want to kill him?"

Superman pondered for a moment and said:

"I'll consider it… Alright, I'm not sure! In my understanding, creatures that are too dangerous need to be locked up. In my opinion, you also belong to the category of dangerous creatures. Why don't you come to the Arctic with me? I'll take good care of you."

Suddenly being labeled as a dangerous creature and being told that he was going to be taken care of?

The penguin thought that Superman had become arrogant. Could it be that he couldn't hold a knife anymore?

He tried to clench his fist, but found that his flippers couldn't make a fist, and he couldn't become tough.

"Alright, I won't cause you trouble for now. Who told you to be Superman, with your inexplicable protective instincts.

Stop! Don't say anything about taking me away, I don't want to listen!"

Among the rats outside, his main body is there. The one with the green mark is the one. If you want to catch him, go catch him!"

After the fake penguin finished speaking, he used Dragon Tooth and teleported away in a flash of light.

Superman was stunned for a moment. From what the other party meant, he was supporting him in capturing that guy who could eat his body?

"Heh, I never thought that I would be saved by you! Superman."

Lex Luthor got up from the ground. The annoying penguin had left using a method he couldn't understand, probably some kind of spatial technology.

But that wasn't the point. The point was what the penguin had said.

"The ultimate creature at the top of the food chain!"

Lex had never heard such an arrogant title in all his life. Even "Superman" didn't have a title as frightening as "ultimate creature"!

Superman asked with concern: "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I was just beaten up by a penguin. I'll get him back next time. And my gun, how dare he steal my things! I'll remember this!"

Lex Luthor wasn't as generous as he seemed. He was already starting to plan how to deal with the penguin.

Superman: "Take care of yourself. Look after the soldiers and generals on the first floor. I'm going to deal with that 'ultimate creature'!"

"Wait, Superman, can you get some of his body tissue for me?"

Superman warned with a serious expression:

"Luthor, no! He's very dangerous! His cells can devour the cells of normal people. It's a very dangerous thing. Even a small piece of tissue could eat you whole! I won't give you something so dangerous!"

Superman was genuinely worried, which was why he said those things.

However, in Lex Luthor's ears, it automatically translated to: How could I possibly give you something so dangerous? If you used it to deal with me, that would be terrible!

Lex Luthor put on a regretful expression and said, "Alright then! I hope you don't get eaten by him!"

Superman shook his head speechlessly and bent his legs.

Bang!

He flew out of the window, leaving behind a sonic boom that shattered the glass.

Lex Luthor patted the shards of glass off his body and started moving. He went to the elevator entrance on the fifth floor to wait for the elevator to go downstairs. Running down the stairs was out of the question; he didn't have the energy. Taking the elevator was the better option.

Arriving on the second basement level, Lex Luthor went straight to the edge of the parking lot, completely disregarding the soldiers lying dead on the first floor.

He arrived at his equipment vault on the second underground level of the parking lot.

As a professional villain, having multiple backup plans was a necessary skill. To prevent any unexpected situations, these equipment vaults were essential.

He walked to the dust-covered equipment vault, wiped the dust off the device, and entered the access code, followed by an iris scan and voice input.

The anti-theft system, comparable to a bank vault, opened.

Inside was a pile of weapons, with backups of everything from kryptonite guns to freeze guns.

However, this time, he took an electric capture net and a metal box for collecting samples. The middle layer of the box was lined with lead, making it impossible for Superman to see what was inside.

These items were originally prepared for Superman, but he didn't expect to use them so soon.

He slung the bag over his shoulder, held the gun, and rushed up the elevator to the first floor to catch some rats.

… … … … … … …

Superman was frantically eliminating rats outside. Knowing that extreme environments could destroy these monster rats, the cleanup operation became more purposeful.

He fired both his freezing breath and heat vision, turning a rat into an ice pop before shattering it, then freezing it again.

In this extreme environment of alternating hot and cold, the cells of the ultimate creatures couldn't adapt to the wildly changing conditions, and they finally died.

In just a few minutes, Superman had cleared almost all the rats from the ground.

Superman was stumped by the rats underground. If he only used heat vision, it would be difficult to kill them. Was he supposed to dig down there himself?

Lex Luthor didn't know when he had come out. He didn't seem to be carrying anything, only saying to Superman:

"Don't worry about LexCorp. This damage is nothing! We can just renovate!"

With Lex Luthor's permission, the Superman drilling machine began its work!

He spun wildly in place, drilling downwards at an unbelievable speed.

Seeing Superman drill underground, Lex Luthor immediately grabbed the capture net and box to catch the remaining rats nearby.

Most of them had turned to ash, but some claws and tails remained.

"See, all it takes is brains to get these things! Hehe, these are the real treasures!"

… … … … … … … … … …

On the roof of the building, Kaz Xiaoban, posing strangely, planned to bring this spectacle to an end!

Under the guidance of his mental power, the largest rat underground suddenly mutated.

A round object grew out of the rat's waist, emitting a green glow.

This was a green light-emitting organ made using genes from fireflies, enough to fool Superman.

Superman fearlessly drilled underground, killing many rats, and finally found the one with the mark on its belly.

He knew that the creature's cells had the characteristic of devouring organisms, and he was also afraid that it would suddenly spit out kryptonite to disgust him.

He unleashed freezing breath and heat vision without reservation. The thermal expansion and contraction caused an explosion, shaking the entire underground and collapsing all the tunnels.

Superman spun again, drilling and flying out of the ground.

Seeing Superman come out, Kaz Xiaoban immediately used the Dragon Tooth Key to teleport back to his 'Living Dead Tomb', ordering the animals he had created to "die" before leaving.

Naturally, Superman didn't look up at the sky. The first thing he saw when he came out was Luthor carrying the box.

"Luthor? You didn't listen to me after all!"

"Oh, don't be nervous. I just picked up some rat claws."

Chapter 53: Bug Fix, Minion Partner +1

"Listen, Luthor, these things are very dangerous! Every remaining piece of tissue needs to be destroyed!"

"No, no, no, these are very valuable experimental materials!"

Seeing Superman's eyes starting to turn red, preparing to destroy the remnants with heat vision.

Lex Luthor had no choice but to try to salvage them, first taking some data and preserving it.

He opened the box he was carrying, the lid of which was inlaid with a display screen, and inside the box was a complete set of tools for collecting genes.

He quickly took some flesh tissue from the claws and began analyzing it on the spot.

Superman began to eliminate the surrounding remnants until only the last bit remained in Lex Luthor's hand.

After the test results came out, he shouted at Superman: "Stop—! Superman! Look at this, it's just an ordinary rat leg!"

Comparing the newly tested data, it was identical to the genes of the white mice in his laboratory!

Superman flew to the box and looked at the computer screen. As Lex Luthor said, the gene data was exactly the same as that of the white mice.

Superman was silent for a moment, then thought of the ultimate creature he had killed.

Could it be that as long as the main body dies, there will be no changes in form? Not all of those rats were necessarily simulated from his genes, some may have been modified.

"I still suggest you burn it."

Lex Luthor hid the rat claws and tail behind his back.

"Oh, don't be like that, Superman! Are you afraid I'll be injured by these rat claws! You turned my LexCorp into this, is it too much for me to collect some interest?"

Superman frowned, his heart starting to struggle again. Should he stay? It's not that he looks down on Earth, but the current Earth technology can't clone organisms independently, nor can it crack special genes.

He turned on his X-ray vision and scanned the entire area. In a hidden corner, he found the half-remaining 'dead' rat.

Superman went to find a piece of iron nearby, bent it into a box, and took the thing away in Lex Luthor's envious eyes. He also needed to study it and develop some weapons against this kind of cell tissue.

"Luthor, you can study it, and I will take this back to study as well. But I want to warn you, Luthor, you are absolutely not allowed to do human experiments! Otherwise, I will personally send you to prison!"

"Don't worry, don't worry. I will definitely not break the law," Lex Luthor patted his chest to assure him.