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Chapter 398 It's common knowledge that the US government would betray China.

"General Zod!"

"General!"

"stop!!"

"You damned Earthling, you're asking for it!"

Seeing his general being sent flying, the Kryptonian warrior instantly flew into a rage, completely forgetting the fear and pain of his broken arm, and desperately lunged at Shazo.

This is a program etched into their genes, a mental imprint that soldiers must use at all costs to protect their general, an absolute shackle that cannot be violated.

Xia Zuo was very satisfied with this.

He loves it when others attack him, especially enemies weaker than him who he can kill.

So Shazor temporarily forgot about General Zod, turned around, and faced the four Kryptonian warriors who each had only one hand left.

But just then, Xia Zuo heard a sharp "whoosh!" sound as the wind cut through the air. He instinctively jumped backward, avoiding a distance of over a hundred meters.

Among the Kryptonian warriors charging towards Xia Zuo, the one standing at the very front was nearly shot in the neck by an arrow, but he managed to catch it with his left hand beforehand.

Boom!

Before the Kryptonian warriors could do anything, the arrows they had grabbed exploded with a deafening roar. The massive flames and shockwave engulfed all four Kryptonian warriors, completely neutralizing the attack.

Xia Zuo looked to his left with a puzzled expression. He saw Batman's familiar cat-ear helmet, a female warrior in ancient Greek-style armor with an extremely bright color, Green Arrow holding a longbow triumphantly, and Green Lantern flying in the air with his whole body glowing green.

Without saying a word, they stopped the Kryptonian warriors and started playing ping-pong, instantly bringing the atmosphere to a climax.

Xia Zuo:

"————"

It has to be said that the superheroes who manage to make it in the United States may not be the strongest, but their ability to show off and steal the spotlight is absolutely off the charts.

"Forget it." Xia Zuo turned around indifferently: "These weaklings are no challenge at all. I'm not in the mood for playing these low-level games."

He strode toward General Zod: "Hahaha, I'm such a conflicted guy."

"I find it boring to fight enemies I can defeat, and I only want to eliminate threatening enemies in advance. I try to avoid conflict with enemies I can't defeat. Ah, I'm so conflicted."

"You agree, General Zod."

With this period of respite, General Zod had stood up. Although the contortion on his face indicated that his pain had not lessened, his strength had recovered considerably.

But he couldn't care less about the changes in his body at that moment; he was completely focused on Xia Zuo, gritting his teeth as he said, "Come on! Zod is no coward!"

"Great! I like tough guys!" Xia Zuo gave a thumbs up: "Men like that are the most exciting to fight with."

Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and the four Kryptonian warriors were having a fierce fight when suddenly they were all blown away by a gust of wind.

Accompanying the storm was a ferocious aura that terrified everyone.

Shazor and Zod fought wildly and fiercely, like two hundred-armed giants from the mythical age, completely disregarding their own defenses and focusing all their attention on attacking each other.

The two men rained down their fists on each other like a storm, the blows making a loud banging sound, like the continuous rumble of thunder.

Neither of them was willing to dodge the other's punches, but the difference between them was significant.

Xia Zuo relied on his body's energy to defend himself. Whenever Zod's heavy punch came, a burst of energy would counteract it, negating most of the damage.

General Zod, on the other hand, endured the excruciating pain caused by the Earth's environment, completely oblivious to the mere pain from being hit.

So Xia Zuo became more and more excited as the fight went on, and even started laughing strangely with amusement.

General Zod was beaten until he coughed up blood, and gradually blood began to flow from his ears, nose and eyes. He was on the verge of death, but he continued to fight fiercely, and in terms of momentum, he even surpassed Shazo.

In fact, General Zod had already begun to adapt to the Earth's environment, and his body had begun to strengthen due to exposure to the sunlight from the yellow dwarf star, which is why he was able to perform so tenaciously.

Xia Zuo is also getting stronger. As the battle continues, he is becoming more and more proficient in controlling his own qi. He is rapidly transforming from a novice who can only rely on brute force into a powerful warrior.

Overall, Xia Zuo grew stronger faster and more consistently, gradually putting General Zod at a disadvantage and causing him to suffer increasingly severe injuries, on the verge of complete defeat.

The Kryptonian warriors, jolted awake from their shock, once again tried to aid their general, only to be stopped by the equally awakened superheroes.

The eight people started fighting again.

New York military base command post.

Watching the superheroes' heroic performance on the screen, General Samsung felt a pang of guilt and asked, "Are the nuclear missiles ready?"

The communications officer looked bewildered and instinctively replied, "It's ready."

Without hesitation, the general gave the order: "Launch! Initiate the second nuclear strike!"

The communications officer looked completely bewildered: "Huh?"

The general's adjutant was equally bewildered and couldn't help but remind him, "General! Our heroes are still on the battlefield, and our citizens haven't evacuated yet!"

The general, however, firmly ordered: "Conduct a second round of nuclear strikes. That's an order!!"

Only after the communications officer, pale-faced, issued the order did the general, as if he had lost all his energy, slowly walk back to his position and sit in the large command chair.

Faced with the adjutant and experts' eyes that looked at him like he was a devil, he explained dejectedly, "Don't blame me for being ruthless, those strangely dressed weirdos are no match for the Kryptonians at all."

"Look closely, they're fighting so fiercely, but have any Kryptonians been injured?"

"From the time the Kryptonians appeared until now, it was that strange guy who suddenly appeared that broke the Kryptonian armor and made the Kryptonians bleed."

"But he was alone, while there were four Kryptonians on the other side of the Indian Ocean, and they were rushing over."

"If we don't take this opportunity to demonstrate American violence and completely destroy that massive machine that's destroying the Earth's environment, we'll never have another chance."

"Regardless, I still have the right to use nuclear weapons, and I am destined to be despised by all mankind. Let me bear all the sins."

Having already learned from two previous experiences, the Kryptonian ship completed detection and trajectory calculations the instant the missile was launched, and issued a warning to all Kryptonian warriors.

Upon hearing this, General Zod opened his blood-soaked mouth and laughed maniacally, saying, "Human, you are truly a pathetic creature! Your own people have betrayed you!"

"Huh? Betrayal?" Xia Zuo scratched his head. "Isn't this normal? What bad thing did you find out they did this time?"

"Let me guess, did they launch another nuclear missile?"

Seeing General Zod's stunned expression, Xia Zuo shook his head dismissively and said, "Honestly, you're the ones who came to invade Earth, so why do you give me such a sense of pure stupidity?"

"Look at your eyes, so clear yet revealing a stupidity, just like a human college student."

"Naive, so incredibly naive!"

"Huh? It really is a nuclear missile—"

After confirming with his [Mind Network] repeatedly, Xia Zuo turned around, strengthened his lungs with his breath, and roared, "Hey, the US government has launched another nuclear missile! Those who can handle it, keep going; those who can't, run!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Batman and Green Arrow turned and ran, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Green Lantern is a cute fool; it took him a while to realize what was happening before he hurriedly flew away.

Wonder Woman, now even more confident, gave Xia Zuo a charming smile, and before running away, she didn't forget to throw a kiss, saying, "Thank you, I'll treat you to French wine sometime."

General Zod watched the human super soldiers run away skillfully, showing no anger or even reaction to being betrayed by his own comrades; he only felt his head buzzing.

He stammered, "Don't you all feel sad?"

Xia Zuo found it strange: "Why be sad? The US government is best at stabbing people in the back. That's common sense. Anyone who didn't know that wouldn't be alive today."

"It's your reaction that's off, General Zod."

"A nuclear missile is coming, why aren't you worried?"

"Aren't you afraid your world engine will be destroyed?"

General Zod sneered, "You humans underestimate our Kryptonian technology. The World Engine was fragile before it landed, but now it is invincible."

During their argument, 24 nuclear missiles flew over the metropolis.

The World Engine reacted immediately, with shimmering silver liquid "flowing" from its top, shooting upwards against the direction of gravity, and swallowing and digesting the nuclear missiles one by one with lightning speed.

Xia Zuo exclaimed in surprise, "A devouring nanomachine?"

"So that's how it is. Only by penetrating to the Earth's core can we extract enough energy and metal resources to create and drive the torrent of nanomachines."

"It's truly invincible. This defense is impossible to penetrate from the top or the sides; the only way to break through is from directly below."

"Or, with an energy output efficiency exceeding that of the World Engine, overwhelm the defenses of the nanomechanical torrent and forcibly destroy the World Engine."

General Zod asked in surprise, "What's your name?"

Xia Zuo countered, "Why do you ask my name?"

Zod said, "I didn't expect you to be so powerful and knowledgeable. You don't seem to be from an inferior civilization. I underestimated you before."

"I acknowledge your strength and knowledge, which are enough to make you my equal. Naturally, I should know your name as a sign of respect."

Xia Zuo laughed happily: "Hahaha, I'm very satisfied with your attitude."

"My name is Shazo, hello General Zod."

Zod straightened up, wiped the blood from his face, and bowed respectfully, saying, "Mr. Shazo, hello!"

"From now on, I will regard you as Krypton's greatest enemy, fight with all my might, and destroy Mr. Shazo!"

Xia Zuo was overjoyed: "Hahaha, this is great! My confidence is about to explode! Bring it on!"

General Zod raised his hand and swung it downwards with a fierce motion. A dazzling beam of light shot out from the Kryptonian ship in orbit and accurately struck the Metropolitan battlefield.

Numerous electric arcs erupted from the electromagnetic shield of the World Engine, and electric arcs of varying sizes also appeared on the surrounding ground, building wreckage, and all other objects.

This powerful attack caused no damage.

But Xia Zuo's smile vanished instantly. He felt his familiar "Heart Network" blur, as if it had been covered by a translucent but opaque veil.

General Zod said, "I've discovered that you're using electromagnetic induction to observe the battlefield, and your observation range is extremely wide. Only by blindfolding you can I possibly defeat you."

Xia Zuo gave another thumbs up: "Well done! As expected of the last leader of the Kryptonian civilization, you are observant and quick-witted."

"But—even if you successfully blindfold me, you are no match for me—"

Before Xia Zuo could finish speaking, he suddenly disappeared from the spot, and the place where he was standing was also covered by the torrent of nanomachines.

Four unrestrained Kryptonian warriors also rushed forward, following General Zod and, in coordination with the nanomechanical torrent of the World Engine, ganging up on Shazo.

But Xia Zuo was incredibly cunning and flew up to a height of 100 meters. The Kryptonian warriors, who couldn't fly, could only jump to attack him. Not only was their attack rhythm slowed down tenfold, but their trajectory after jumping was also simple and very predictable.

Shazor grinned smugly and unleashed an energy blast on each of the Kryptonian warriors, blowing off their helmets and letting them experience the same pain General Zod had suffered.

A few seconds later, General Zod, isolated and helpless, was once again defeated by Shazo, and crashed heavily to the ground like a meteorite.

Xia Zuo flew down and pinned General Zod to the ground.

At this moment, the influence range of the World Engine is constantly expanding, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

As the supergravity zone closed in, Shazor smiled and asked, "General Zod, Kryptonians are incredibly strong. Can you withstand the supergravity you've created?"

"I'm very curious, and I want you to verify it for me yourself."

General Zod remained silent, but his struggle was so intense that the hard ground became as soft as sand in his hands, quickly turning into a pitted mess.

But Shazo was stronger, and no matter how badly General Zod damaged the ground, he kept him pinned to the ground and unable to get up.

As the supergravity zone closed in on General Zod's head, he unleashed a terrifying burst of power, letting out a defiant roar: "Ah!!"

However, Xia Zuo, who was well-prepared, unleashed his pent-up energy and forcibly suppressed General Zod's outburst.

Overjoyed, Xia Zuo couldn't help but burst into maniacal laughter—the characteristic laughter of a villain: "Hehehehehe—"

"Screaming your head off won't do any good!"

"Nobody's coming to save you! Hehehehe!"

"what!"

As the saying goes: Be humble, or you'll get struck by lightning.

While Xia Zuo was feeling smug, he was punched hard in the face, sending him flying off General Zod.

The one who hit him was the petite but valiant Kryptonian female warrior, Zod General's lieutenant, Fora.

She came all the way from the southern Indian Ocean to save the day.

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