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Chapter 399 Xia Zuo's Revenge Never Lasts Overnight

General Zod's first words upon regaining his freedom were: "Retreat!"

"Everyone retreat!"

His second command was: "Fora! Remove your mask and do not resist the Earth's environment!"

Among this group of Kryptonian remnants, General Zod's authority was unparalleled.

Upon hearing his order, the four Kryptonian warriors who were following Fuora immediately called for support aircraft, and at the same time, they picked up four Kryptonian warriors who had been defeated by Shazo and began to retreat.

Fiora immediately obeyed General Zod's orders, closed her mask, and exposed herself to the Earth's environment.

Her face turned pale instantly, her muscles went limp, and she collapsed backward.

General Zod rushed over, embraced his wife and his most trusted subordinate, and quickly retreated with the other Kryptonian warriors.

His current condition is terrible; he is no longer able to protect the World Engine and can only leave it on Earth, hoping that its own defenses can withstand human attacks.

If humanity is incapable, the World Engine will naturally be able to complete its work, transforming Earth into a Kryptonian environment. It would be perfectly feasible to rebuild Kryptonian civilization here, and even rename it Krypton.

Even if humanity becomes powerful enough to destroy the world engine, it doesn't matter.

Based on his own experiences, General Zod had a completely new perspective on Earth.

He found that after getting through the most difficult initial stage, his strength had improved significantly. Even though his body had not fully recovered, he was able to unleash fighting power no less than that of his prime.

This was even after General Zod's armor was damaged by Shazor, leaving him without powerful support.

He has reason to believe that Earth's environment may not be a fatal predicament for Kryptonians, but rather a test to unleash their potential.

That's why General Zod ordered Fiora to remove her mask and expose herself to the Earth's environment.

This gave him a total of six real samples, including himself, Fiora, and four other Kryptonian warriors.

These six Kryptonians included people of different ranks and genders, enough for Vale Tomé to make a definitive judgment.

Zod trusted his judgment and now actually hoped that the world engine would be destroyed so that he could make a decision.

Xia Zuo wanted to stop them, but he had to at least kill General Zod.

But the Kryptonian planes, having received orders, fired wildly, using a dense barrage to cover the Kryptonians' retreat.

More importantly, the World Engine was also ordered to make Xia Zuo its primary target, sending out eight torrents of metal to besiege him.

This is where the advantage of sheer size comes into play. Each torrent of metal can fill a road. Although its defense can't withstand a punch from Xia Zuo, and its speed can't keep up with Xia Zuo's flight, it can still effectively block the way.

Shazo was already having trouble escaping the metal torrent of the World Engine, but the obstructed vision and the electromagnetic interference caused by General Zod's previous orders made it impossible for him to dodge the Kryptonian aircraft's fire.

The Kryptonian heavy particle weapon, while hitting Shazo, couldn't tear his skin, but it did cause considerable pain.

Because heavy particle streams have extremely strong penetrating power, they can directly penetrate the skin and damage internal muscles, blood, and nerves.

In particular, it affects the nerves, generating false pain signals and causing severe pain without any serious damage.

Xia Zuo is a reckless madman, but not a pervert who seeks pain.

He would scream in pain if hit by a stream of heavy particles, thus missing the opportunity to intercept the Kryptonian aircraft.

Krypton's technology is extremely advanced; their aircraft, used within the atmosphere, are incredibly fast, far exceeding Shazor's flight speed.

Once the initial one-minute acceleration is completed, Xia Zuo can only watch as his opponent flies away.

Shazo's frustration lasted for 10 seconds, then he threw away all his negative emotions and flew to New York with great enthusiasm, where he was going to take revenge on the military base.

Although he's used to the US government stabbing him in the back, Shazo isn't a superhero; he's somewhere between a supervillain and an anti-hero, and it's only natural that he would retaliate against those who betrayed him.

Xia Zuo's revenge never lasts overnight.

What?

The general was carrying a heavy responsibility, commanding the entire U.S. military in an attack on the Kryptonian world engine.

What does this have to do with Xia Zuo?

Since that bastard stabbed us in the back, he has to face Xia Zuo's revenge.

Even if Steelbone, which considers New York its own territory, stands up to stop it, it won't work!

"Get out of my way, or I'll beat you up!"

Xia Zuo spoke harshly, but at the same time, he observed the steel skeleton in front of him with a look of amazement.

Cyborg is the product of the combination of alien technology and Mother Box energy molecules from the "Red Room Laboratory," and is the first cyborg on Earth to be half-human and half-machine.

He is not the kind of life form that replaces limbs or even some organs with machinery, but rather a strange life form that truly achieves the fusion of machinery and flesh by deeply integrating with alien technology at the cellular level.

Cyborg explained seriously, "Shazo, the general didn't intend to kill you and the other superheroes; he also feels very guilty—"

Steel Bone didn't expect that Xia Zuo's expression would change immediately after hearing "I also feel guilty".

He flew into a rage, his face contorted with rage as he roared, "Shut up! Shut up now! You damn robot bastard with all that female-centric logic!"

"If I disagree, will you say the general is already in great pain, so stop making a scene and be more sensible?" Huh?

Steelbone was taken aback. The words he had planned out were not like this, but logically they were exactly the same, so he nodded obediently.

Xia Zuo got even angrier, pointing his finger at Steel Bone's nose and yelling, "He can hurt me all he wants, but I can't retaliate? What kind of bullshit logic is that?"

"What gives him the right to do that? Just because he's a US general?"

"This is your last warning. Get out of here, or I'm going to beat you up."

This time, Xia Zuo's words carried an undisguised killing intent, a sharp and pure killing intent.

The killing intent was so sharp that even Cyborg, a cyborg who had lost most of his emotions, felt it and even felt a long-lost sense of dread.

At the same time, a huge data fluctuation erupted in Cyborg's brain, and almost all the calculation processes produced a "dangerous" conclusion.

However, unlike the proactive attack judgment when Superman was resurrected, Cyborg's calculation result this time was "dodge", so his body betrayed his will and autonomously sprayed flames to make way.

"Hahaha, what a strange fellow, such a rigid mind, yet with such a clever body."

Xia Zuo laughed as he rushed toward the military base in New York. As his confidence grew, he laughed more and more, and his laughter became more unrestrained than before.

Perhaps they knew they couldn't stop it, perhaps the bases at home had already relaxed their guard, or perhaps all their attention was focused on fighting the aliens. In any case, when Xia Zuo approached the military base, the US military did not launch any counterattack.

He landed safely in front of the base's central building and, following the flow of electromagnetic signals, found the army's command center.

When Xia Zuo pushed open the door, a cacophony of noise rushed out. The soldiers inside were shouting and coordinating with their units to attack the Kryptonian world engine in the city center.

Xia Zuo ignored the messy junior officers and immediately spotted the general with three stars on his shoulder, who in turn spotted him right away.

The next moment, Xia Zuo stood in front of the general and said with a smile, "Hello, General."

"You stabbed me in the ass with a nuclear missile before, and twice."

"So, I'm here to get my revenge on you. Are you ready?"

In any country, a three-star general is an absolute high-ranking officer in the military, and naturally has elite guards protecting him.

Upon seeing Xia Zuo, the two guards immediately raised their assault rifles.

But playing with a gun in front of Shazo is the same as playing with a gun in front of Magneto. If he doesn't want to, the soldier's gun will not be able to fire, or even be loaded.

When the guards dropped their rifles and drew their pistols, they were horrified to discover that their rifles were floating in the air and cocking themselves.

The next second, the guards' pistols were also snatched away by a strong force, loaded, and aimed at their respective owners.

With the dark muzzle of a gun pointed at them, the guards dared not make any further moves.

The general closed his eyes helplessly, and after a moment asked, "How do you intend to take revenge?"

Xia Zuo replied with a grin, "Since those nuclear weapons weren't detonated and I wasn't injured, I won't kill you."

"But you attacked us without regard for our lives, and your malicious intent is beyond doubt, so I will not let you off easily."

As Xia Zuo spoke, he moved closer to the three-star general and continued, "Given that you are a general, and are still commanding troops in a war against alien invasion, even though what you are doing is futile, I have decided—"

Xia Zuo pointed a finger at the general's face: "I'll take one of your eyes, one of your hands, and one of your legs as punishment for daring to murder me."

As Xia Zuo spoke, he reached out and gouged out the general's left eye, ripped off his left hand from his wrist, and broke his left calf 20 centimeters below the knee.

Strangely, despite having such a large organ removed, the general did not feel any pain, did not bleed, and did not even have any wounds.

The skin of the left eye socket, left wrist, and left leg below the knee is smooth and intact, as if the corresponding organs were not born.

"Hahaha, I think this lesson should be enough to deter those cowardly and shameless humans from retaliating against me."

"Of course, I don't care if they retaliate, I don't care, because next time I'll kill their whole family, hehe."

After doing all this, Xia Zuo disappeared from the command room.

The guns that had been hanging in front of the guards and pointed at their heads fell to the ground, one of the pistols accidentally firing, causing a commotion.

Instead, it was the general, who had lost his left eye, left hand, and left foot, who spoke up and asked, "Where did he go?"

The general's composure impressed the soldiers, who quickly regained their composure and continued with their work.

Soon, the base's radar operator reported, "General, that person is heading towards the Kryptonian ship in orbit!"

The general stared in astonishment, speechless, before finally asking in bewilderment, "Could he possibly fly into high-altitude orbit?"

Xia Zuo is not capable of surviving in the near-vacuum of high-altitude orbit, and even if he were, he wouldn't be foolish enough to take on a Kryptonian spaceship alone.

He simply sensed that Superman was falling from a high-altitude orbit to meet Earth's strongest force.

After all, General Zod, Fiora, and many more Kryptonians had already come into contact with Earth's environment, and General Zod, in particular, had shown signs of beginning to adapt.

Before long, General Zod will appear in an even more powerful form, and it would be best to let Superman take the lead then.

Xia Zuo had no idea that if he put on his spacesuit and directly attacked the Kryptonian ship, he might actually achieve a great victory.

Because General Zod had not fully adapted to the Earth environment, he relied entirely on mental fortitude when fighting Shazor.

After he carried Fiora into the Kryptonian aircraft, he fell into a coma due to mental relaxation.

At this moment, all the high-ranking Kryptonian soldiers were unconscious, and four of the low-ranking soldiers were also unconscious, leaving them with less than half their original combat strength.

It was precisely because of the severe shortage of manpower that no one noticed Superman's abnormality.

After initially adapting to the Kryptonian environment, Superman broke free from his restraints while no one was watching, pierced the outer shell of the Kryptonian spaceship, and escaped to safety.

The naive Superman was still thinking of going to Washington to warn the U.S. government, but he was stopped by Shazo halfway there.

After hearing Shazor's account of what happened next, Superman was shocked. "What did you say? General Zod has already started a war with Earth?"

Xia Zuo: "Yes."

Superman: "How's the battle going? Have we encountered any danger?"

Xia Zuo: "Of course, Earth suffered a great loss in the battle."

Superman said regretfully, "It's all my fault. If only I had escaped earlier and given a warning sooner."

Xia Zuo, however, dismissed it, saying, "Come on, do you think those politicians are as naive as you? They've already made preparations for war long ago."

"The moment the Kryptonians turn their backs, the region's counterattack begins immediately."

"Unfortunately, Krypton's technology is too advanced. Humanity's warfare technology is vastly different from theirs, and so far we have not achieved any meaningful results."

Xia Zuo laughed loudly, pointed to his nose, and boasted smugly, "I was the only one who ambushed and injured Zod, and also injured the other four Kryptonian warriors."

Superman finally breathed a sigh of relief upon discovering that his arrest had not caused any major impact.

Hearing Xia Zuo boast about his achievements, he sincerely praised him, "Mr. Xia Zuo, you are truly amazing."

Xia Zuo laughed with satisfaction. Superman's praise was absolutely heartfelt, which pleased Xia Zuo even more than Batman's praise.

After showing off enough, Xia Zuo finally took Superman and flew to Metropolis.

On the way, he introduced the intelligence about the World Engine, because thanks to the protection of the nanomechanical torrent and electromagnetic shield, no one can destroy this machine that is destroying the world.

Xia Zuo sighed, "What I'm most worried about is the US government; they might launch a third backstabbing."

"For example, launching a saturation nuclear attack while the military and superheroes are on the offensive."

Before Xia Zuo could finish speaking, a nuclear flash powerful enough to blind people erupted in front of him.