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The tempered glass was exposed, and inside the glass was a corpse.

But this corpse made Lex Luthor stare wide-eyed.

If Rowe or Bruce were here, they would definitely recognize that the corpses were those of the Titan-like monsters they killed on the outskirts of Gotham City!

It was precisely these corpses that caused Lex Luthor to let out a barely perceptible, eerie smile.

[PS: I suddenly realized that I can't change chapter titles on Qidian.com. Several chapters have incorrect chapter titles and numbers that I can't correct.]

Chapter 76, Section 75: The Mother Box (Part 3)

In the morning, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was bathed in clear blue skies and bustling with activity. Outside the Austin Concert Hall, cars were coming and going, including many small passenger vehicles with the Four Seasons Hotel logo. These were clearly the hotel's private buses, and many young men and women boarded them one after another.

On one of the buses, Luo Wei sat in the last row, next to teacher Chen Kaile. Since yesterday's bus hijacking, he has been choosing to sit in the back because the front and middle are the most vulnerable positions.

"I almost fell asleep during the more than one-hour opening ceremony."

Chen Kaile stretched, revealing prominent dark circles under his eyes. The other students in the car also had dark circles; they were still not used to the American lifestyle.

"What a pity, I thought I would see Lex Luthor today. He is the future of Metropolis."

Director Huang was also sitting in the back row, looking at the Lex Luthor poster outside with a regretful expression.

Anyone familiar with the business world has heard of Lex Luther's reputation as a self-made man, and the scientific research products developed by the Lex Group are changing the world.

"He's a very busy man, but he said he would come, and then he stood me up. I had to wait so long and hold my pee for an hour."

Chen Kaile was somewhat speechless, then said, "But the host mentioned Lex Luthor, saying he's busy with research. Could it be that he has some new technology coming out?"

When Lowe heard this, he didn't think much of it. Given Lex's status, he didn't need to attend the opening ceremony of the competition. He only needed to let others know that he sponsored the competition and almost took care of everything. That was enough. At that time, the Daily Planet of Metropolis and other major media outlets would mention Lex Group and praise his support for academia. Lex only cared about his reputation. He liked the feeling of being admired and the center of attention.

However, he was somewhat curious about Lai Tu's scientific research. A little over a month ago, Lai Tu had taken DNA from him, the purpose of which was self-evident. Now, he was most likely worried about researching DNA.

That DNA sample is of no help to Levi. If Levi can decipher the blood sample someday, he will no longer need the ability to clone Superman.

"There may have been a major explosion in the suburbs of Gotham City last night."

Beside him, Chen Kaile was browsing social media on his laptop. It was the most popular forum in the United States. One post mentioned that a huge explosion was heard outside Gotham City last night, and someone went to the scene and found that the ground had been cleaned up, but it still couldn't cover up the scorched soil. However, so far, the official departments have not mentioned it, obviously trying to cover it up.

“Xiao Chen, that’s Gotham City. It’s normal for there to be some explosions. About ten years ago, several high-ranking officials there died within a few days. I heard it was done by a guy who called himself the Riddler, and Batman took care of him in the end.”

Director Huang was clearly very knowledgeable about some things in the United States, and he spoke with great enthusiasm. Many students gathered around him, mainly because it was something that happened more than ten years ago. At that time, internet communication was not well developed, and many things could not be transmitted to China. Batman has only become well-known in China in recent years.

"What happened to the riddle-maker in the end? Was he killed by a bat?"

"If Batman is caught, shouldn't he be sentenced to death?"

Chen Kaile said, "Batman is Gotham's Dark Knight. He has caught a lot of criminals. I didn't expect that he started carrying out justice more than ten years ago."

"You mean the Riddler? He's not dead. He's probably still in an asylum, I think it's called Arkham Asylum, and Batman has arrested him more than once."

After Director Huang finished speaking, he also felt it was outrageous. It was unbelievable that such a heinous criminal could still be alive.

"Gotham has a lot of lunatics."

Upon hearing this, everyone unanimously gave the same assessment: a madman. Gotham City has been plagued by a series of insane crimes, each more outrageous than the last.

"If I were Batman, I would have killed the Riddler long ago. Anyway, nobody knows who Batman is. It's been over ten years and nobody knows."

One student couldn't help but interject.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Everyone, sit back down."

Director Huang angrily rebuked the group and made them all sit back down.

"Batman is a madman too."

Lowe listened the whole time, but he didn't say anything. He just muttered to himself, "Only by becoming a madman can you better deal with the madmen of Gotham, just as only by understanding the corruption of Gotham can you govern that city well."

After the opening ceremony, Director Huang led everyone back to the Four Seasons Hotel. Due to the carjacking yesterday, they were basically unable to go out and move around freely, and the original activities were canceled. Everyone could only study and exchange ideas in the hotel. However, since all the contestants were staying in the same hotel, and the hotel was large with many facilities, there were many activities in the hotel. As long as they did not leave the hotel and did not violate the rules, the teachers turned a blind eye.

However, Lowe was the only one who didn't follow the rules. While everyone else went to participate in the hotel's activities, he made an excuse to stay in his room alone and then left the hotel for Gotham. He hadn't forgotten about the Mother Boxes. There were still two other Mother Boxes missing. It would be best to find them before the Apocalypse People made their move, otherwise things would become troublesome.

“Mr. Luther, this guy is not a creature from Earth. I have compared the genes of all the organisms stored in the database and have not found any matching species.”

"I think it might be an extraterrestrial life form, and its brain, after being dissected, shows that its intelligence is not low. The armor it wears is also enough to indicate that it may live on a planet with an extremely advanced technological civilization."

Inside a laboratory at Lex Luthor's Research Institute, a man in a white lab coat and oval glasses is explaining to his boss, Lex Luthor, the monster corpse displayed in the center of the laboratory.

"You mean, it's a species from an extraterrestrial civilization?"

Lex Luthor frowned, realizing that things seemed more serious than he had imagined. He turned to Eve and asked, "Eve, where did you get it?"

"According to US officials, a massacre occurred yesterday on the outskirts of Gotham City. When officials arrived at the scene, the ground was littered with the corpses of monsters. These species, which have never been seen before, are giving the authorities a headache."

Eve truthfully stated that Lexcorp's position in the United States was far greater than outsiders imagined; it was not an ordinary business enterprise, but rather involved in other connections. Obtaining an alien corpse was also...

It is precisely because of this relationship.

Lex Luthor remained silent, staring at the monster's corpse. He recalled that when the mysterious red dot appeared in the Arctic, he had said it was some strange species on Earth, not an alien creature.

But the monster before them, after a series of verifications, proved that extraterrestrial beings really exist and that they have already arrived on Earth.

Unbeknownst to humanity, they arrived on Earth, and a fierce battle took place in the suburbs of Gotham last night.

Why did they come to Earth?

Or something else?

Lex Luthor frowned even more deeply and asked, "Who killed these freaks?"

"Batman, Green Lantern, and another unfamiliar figure."

Eve thoughtfully took out a tablet, which displayed a blurry video with three indistinct figures. She explained, "Most of the surveillance cameras in Gotham City had some problems last night, due to signal interference, which made the video a bit blurry. However, you can still tell from this video that these two are Batman and Green Lantern."

"They are both exceptionally gifted superhumans."

Lex Luthor took the tablet, examined it carefully, and finally his gaze fell on the tall figure of the mysterious man. He vaguely felt that the man looked familiar, "I feel like I've seen this man somewhere before."

“Luther, you’ve met too many people, there will always be overlaps.”

Eve put the tablet away, pointed to the monster's ugly corpse, and said, "How are you going to deal with it? Just a heads up, the authorities are currently worried about alien species. They don't want to wake up one day to find aliens descending from the sky."

She paused and then said, "However, I think those superheroes will step up and solve these problems."

"Those superhumans?"

Lex Luthor rarely refers to Batman and Green Lantern as superheroes in private; he prefers to use the term "superhuman."

He said coldly, "If they can be the saviors, why can't I be one?"

Eve was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting her boss to say such a thing.

“Mr. Luther, I have a bold idea.”

The middle-aged man standing nearby seemed rather excited upon hearing this.

“Say it, Madison.”

Lex Luthor looked at him and said.

"Perhaps we can make good use of this monster's genes; they can make us stronger."

Madison, the middle-aged man, stroked his beard, his expression full of excitement.

"Make good use of genes"

Lex Luthor looked at the alien creature's hideous corpse, a thought popped into his head, and he smiled, saying, "Genes + genes, good idea, Madison."

[PS: Just to clarify, there will be no cloning involved. I will absolutely not clone a Superman to cause trouble for the protagonist (I'm saying this in advance to avoid getting flamed)]

[Also, thank you to "Novel Reader Wants to Try a Hundred Herbs" and "miss飘零" for their generous donations. I haven't been checking the data much lately, and I was surprised to see such generous donations. Thank you all so much!]

Chapter 77, Section 76: The Mother Box (Part 4)

In Gotham City, at a secret underground base, a black-clad figure takes an elevator directly to the basement. When the door opens, two figures are already waiting in the preparation hall.

"You're too late. It's lunchtime for middle school students."

When Bruce Wayne saw Rowe finally arrive, his deep voice revealed his dissatisfaction, clearly feeling that Rowe didn't take the Mother Box incident seriously enough.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting."

Luo Wei was also somewhat helpless; he couldn't just abandon the competition.

"Let's get down to business quickly."

Hal Jordan yawned, feeling bored and sleepy.

"After numerous tests, I discovered that the Mother Box contains unimaginable energy. It's like a compressed star, and if all the energy inside were released, it would probably be enough to destroy the entire Gotham City."

Bruce Wayne led the two to the computer, listing his research and tests on the Mother Box. His tone was one of astonishment. After a pause, he said, "The Mother Box is exactly as you said; it's a supercomputer. In my comprehensive analysis of the Mother Box, I discovered that its external structure alone is unimaginably complex. The civilization that created this thing is technologically far ahead of Earth."

He paused, his tone becoming even more incredulous. "Three or four civilizations. Excuse me, but to be clear, the alien civilization that created the Mother Box might be at level three or four. This is because the Mother Box possesses space jump technology. It can open a teleportation channel in some way, but I don't understand how it works yet. However, understanding this is enough."

"You really are a scientist."

Hal Jordan was stunned. He had spent the whole morning with Batman and hadn't figured anything out, but Batman had said a lot of things.

After listening, Luo Wei frowned, inwardly marveling at Batman's wisdom. After all, analyzing the Mother Box was no easy task. Thinking about it, he nodded and said, "You're right. The civilization that seized the Mother Box is far more powerful than we imagined."

"Since they are already so powerful, why don't they just attack Earth directly instead of choosing such a low-level method? There's only one possibility: the civilization that seized the Mother Box is facing restrictions, and they can't teleport their powerful army to Earth."

Bruce Wayne continued his analysis, revealing that he was actually afraid when he learned of the alien civilization's invasion of Earth, as it was an unknown existence and brought unknown fears. However, he was even more worried that Earth would be destroyed.

"I don't know the current situation of the Apokolips, but their goal now is to find all three Mother Boxes. Those monsters from yesterday may appear all over the world today, searching for the whereabouts of the Mother Boxes."

Luo Wei dared not draw any conclusions hastily, because the universe he was in might be different from what he had previously understood. If he made a wrong judgment, he might suffer more losses than gains.

"We need to find the Mother Box before the Apokolips, but where are the other two Mother Boxes?"

Hal Jordan, standing nearby, was puzzled. As the head of the sector, he knew nothing about the history of the Mother Box, not even the location of the Lamp Ring. Finding the Mother Box globally was much more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.

Batman

"When you were testing the master boxes, didn't you find any connections between them? I remember there were connections between the master boxes."

Luo Wei looked at the stored mother box. After a long period of settling, the square mother box no longer emitted light and returned to calm, looking like an ordinary work of art.

"No, only by deciphering the mother box can we find the whereabouts of the other two."

Bruce Wayne shook his head. "I tried to decipher the Mother Box, but unfortunately, I couldn't. It's too complicated. If I had more time, maybe I could give it a shot."

The Mother Box is far too advanced for Earth at this stage. With current technology, we haven't even explored the solar system, let alone completed space jumps. Mars remains an inaccessible territory for humanity. In the universe, humanity is undoubtedly like a lone ship adrift on the ocean, where a single giant wave could capsize it at any moment.