The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Chapter 182 Past Past

"In that case..."

Li Zhen relaxed, turned around, picked up the kitchen utensils and started tinkering again, asking questions calmly.

"What would you like to talk about?"

Kara ignored Li Zhen's low emotional intelligence remarks. She leaned against the wall like a normal, weak girl, her eyes slightly unfocused, as if she was thinking about the topic.

"When I first woke up on Earth, a feeling of utter helplessness and sadness enveloped my heart."

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"Because my memory is still stuck on the moment before my family members died—"

In the aftermath of Krypton's destruction, Kara's city was completely uprooted and thrown into space.

Thanks to the scientific research of Kara's father, Zoe El, the isolated island city retained a small amount of air, allowing the city's inhabitants to survive for a short period.

Everyone knew this was not a long-term solution, and since Zo El was the only scientific talent among the survivors of the entire island, everyone's hopes were pinned on him.

The brief escape, the fact that they didn't perish instantly with Krypton, was not a stroke of luck for these survivors.

The ever-increasing pressure to survive is causing people's hearts to change every minute.

Zor-El's kindness was not enough to be remembered for long. The only surviving Kryptonian scientist not only had to work himself to the bone in his lab every day, but also had to regularly step in to comfort the other tense survivors.

Li Zhen's attention shifted slightly; the background stories of her previous life's artistic creations couldn't compare to the emotionally charged firsthand accounts of those who had experienced them.

What happened next was predictable: the remaining resources on the city island were simply insufficient to protect everyone.

Even the most skilled cook can't cook without rice. Zoe's final choice was to secretly launch his daughter into space, keeping it a secret from everyone else.

Good heavens, those who desperately wanted to survive watched helplessly as Zo El used up all his last resources on his daughter's solo spaceship, and watched as that ship carrying their hopes sank into deep space.

What will Kara see as she cries and peers back at the city through the spaceship's window? What will she be thinking?

Karl's (Superman's) success inspired Zoe El, who set up a signal device on his daughter's spaceship to track Karl's spaceship. If Kara's cousin survived, Kara would also have a high chance of surviving.

However, Kara's spaceship encountered a slight accident. The girl was intercepted by some strange region in the universe and unconsciously remained frozen in time for more than twenty years.

Before sending Kara away, Zoe told her that her cousin was too young and that once Kara caught up with Kara, she must take it upon herself to protect her cousin for life.

Before Kara fell into a coma on the spaceship, the only thing that kept her going through endless loneliness and sorrow was the belief her father had instilled in her: to protect her cousin Karl.

Kara's spaceship finally escaped its predicament and arrived on Earth. The presence of Superman, who was much older than her, threw Kara, who was still grieving the loss of her race due to the time freeze, into complete chaos.

No one knows what Kara went through in her inner world after arriving on Earth.

Superman didn't have a good solution either, so he could only tell Kara again and again in his strangely accented Kryptonian language that Earth was safe, that it was their second home, and that Kara didn't need to take on any responsibility anymore, and that her cousin could protect her now.

Kara gave a sneer that seemed both ambiguous and ambiguous, but in a daze, it also looked somewhat like relief.

"Karl is a fraud; he almost died right in front of me."

This is the final chapter of Kara's story.

This probably corresponds to the time when Li Zhen was in Kandak, Egypt, having just resolved the Black Adam issue, when she heard that sentence coming from Shazam's communicator.

"Superman is seriously injured."

When Li Zhen descended from the sky and crashed down on Doomsday, who had just almost killed Superman, with absolute ferocity and power, Kara, who was in mid-air with Flashpoint Superman and was in a state of utter confusion, was somewhat dazed at that moment.

She recognized Lee Jung, just as she recognized all the other members of the Justice League.

But it wasn't from the children's picture book that Superman brought her back; it was Clark himself who told her that it was Lee Jung who personally pushed her spaceship back to Earth from the edge of the solar system.

Carl tells Kara to remember his kindness in saving her life, but after the Doomsday incident, he tells Kara to be careful of Lee Jung.

Superman, of course, was unaware that Lee Jung had been replaced by the Emperor. He only knew that Batman had repeatedly emphasized and implied to him that Lee Jung was still in danger.

At that time, Kara didn't quite understand, but her emotions hadn't yet moved on from the past. That little bit of rebellion that should have belonged to someone her age was temporarily suppressed well by familial affection.

Of course, when Kara later visited the seaside villa with Zatanna, she learned that Lee Jung was already living with another girl.

In addition, the emperor gave her a somewhat strange feeling, so Kara refrained from mentioning the matter.

"Since I arrived on Earth, everything has been so busy that I only now have time to stand before you—"

And then you tell me there's no need to thank me at all.

Li Zhen picked up a tablecloth and wiped the knife in her hand.

There had been no movement for a moment. He rinsed the knife, dried it, and put it back in the knife holder before looking at the Kryptonian girl who had her arms crossed.

"It sounds like you're just sharing your past experiences, while I feel like I've told people about my past a thousand times over on this earth."

"Probably. I've seen and heard it many times, but today is the first time I've told someone my whole story. You, on the other hand, shared your past with everyone without any reservations."

Kara shrugged.

She already knew about Li Zhen's past from Superman's narration.

Moreover, not long after Kara learned Earth's language, she was also officially a member of the Justice League. During the time when Superman was helping Kara adapt to life on Earth, the two even visited the now defunct Hall of Justice.

Superman excitedly told Kara about how the Justice League members used to gather in the Hall of Justice, but Kara's attention was completely scattered at the time.

At that time, she was figuring out how to get Superman away so she could check Lee Jung's information on the supercomputer in the Hall of Justice.

Before the Doomsday incident, Kara didn't even know what Lee Jung, whom she had rescued, looked like.

Li Zhen turned around, turned on the tap, and began to wash her hands.

"So curiosity is too important. At first, I thought you were here to settle scores with me for what happened today."

Kara suddenly lowered her head and laughed, her loose hair on her shoulders began to shake.

The starting point of this joke was so bizarre that even Li Zhen was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't ask any further questions.

Asking is unnecessary concern, and many ridiculous things happen because of this one unnecessary question.

"Since I came to Earth, I've heard your name everywhere. Superman talks about it, Batman talks about it, even the Superman from another world that you saved talks about it, but I didn't even have a basic impression of you at the time."

Logically speaking, Li Zhen should have asked at this point, "Now that you see me, how do you feel?"

But he didn't. Instead, after turning off the tap, he naturally changed the subject.

"By the way, what's the other Superman up to lately? I haven't seen him at all."

"You mean Ruhr (Flashpoint Superman's pseudonym)?"

Kara quietly watched Li Zhen, who hadn't been drawn into her conversation at all. After a long while, she pushed herself away from the wall she had been leaning against with her elbow.

"He said he couldn't really understand the meaning of the title Superman. Everyone in the world shouts 'Superman' after meeting Clark, so he left the Fortress of Solitude, saying he was going to travel around the world to experience and think about some things."

"I see."

Li Zhen glanced at the table.

"I've prepared all the side dishes I need for tomorrow, and I'll have to turn off the lights here soon."

Kara nodded and turned to walk down the corridor first.

Goodnight, instructor.

Li Zhen did not respond. Only after watching Kara's figure disappear around the corner did she finally show a somewhat puzzled expression.

Kara's mood gave him a very strange feeling.

It's that kind of strange feeling, like you've seen it somewhere before, but you never really thought about it before.