The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Li Zhen really didn't have much of an impression of this guy.

Seeing the other person's suit, which was extremely similar to Superman's, Li Zhen could only ask indirectly.

"Superman's friend? What mistake did you make that led to you being locked up?"

Li Zhen had assumed that the only people who would appear here were particularly troublesome supervillains or war criminals from the time when Krypton still existed.

Mon El's answer surprised him greatly.

"I didn't do anything wrong. I was just dying, so Karl put me here to use the Phantom Zone's ability to freeze time and prolong my life."

Li Zhen raised an eyebrow slightly, not easily believing it.

Although the other person looks just like a Blue Scout, with a righteous and upright face and thick eyebrows and big eyes.

However, Li Zhen still felt that there were many unreasonable aspects to the other party's answer.

Try asking a few more questions; if they give themselves away, kill them.

"To exile your friends to a place like this? Do they think they'll never die here?"

Li Zhen lowered one hand and pointed to the red desert beneath her feet. "Even if I don't actually die, becoming one of those phantom creatures would be worse than death, wouldn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Mon El's expression did not show the fear that Li Zhen had expected; instead, it became filled with helplessness.

"Normally, that's how it should be..."

In theory, no matter should exist in the Phantom Zone.

Whether it was the first criminal, Phantom King, who was thrown here, or Mon Al, who was kindly sent to be frozen by Superman.

They should all become like that blue phantom from before, mindless and unable to move phantom creatures.

But that's not actually the case.

It seems that the Phantom King found a way to restore physical form a long time ago, and using the technology he obtained from who-knows-where, he continuously restored other blue phantoms to physical form and recruited them as his subordinates.

Mon El was also awakened by the Phantom King in the same way.

Furthermore, due to Krypton's highly developed social system in its early years, the Phantom King immediately recognized that Mon El was not a Kryptonian.

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Li Zhen interrupted when she heard this. "You're not a Kryptonian?"

"In terms of citizenship, no, but if we only look at genes, the genetic difference between me and Kryptonians isn't that big."

Li Zhen was confused by Meng's answer.

"So where did you come from?"

"Dakosam - Daxing".

Meng said a word, which Li Zhen thought was probably "Daxingren" because the pronunciation was similar to that of Kryptonians. Just like if you pronounce the full name of Kryptonian slowly, it sounds more like "Kryptonian".

Similarly, Li Zhen occasionally refers to Wittrum as "Wistar".

Later, Mon El, a Kryptonian, briefly described his origins, saying that in ancient times, after Krypton developed space travel technology, they discovered Krypton, which was in the same star system as them.

Krypton later colonized Dale, but over a long period of time, as Krypton itself developed into a peace-loving society, it relinquished some of its rights to colonize the main planet.

This allowed Daxing to establish an equal and mutually beneficial cooperative relationship with Krypton.

However, as early as the colonial era, the genes of Kryptonians had already mixed up the genes of Dassians.

In addition, Krypton experienced a period of expansion in ancient times, and Darnassus served as a pioneer and enforcer for Krypton as a colonized planet. Similar to the enslaved planets like Vitrum, Darnassus's inhabitants did not become extinct due to social changes within Krypton itself.

However, due to the huge population gap between the two sides, even though Krypton later gave up its status as a high-ranking colonist, the indigenous bloodline of Dalmatian itself became increasingly diluted, with Kryptonian blood accounting for more than 97% on average.

As a result, the Daxing people also gained superpowers similar to those of the Kryptonians, which could be activated under the radiation of the yellow sun.

Then, the galaxy where Krypton was located was destroyed, and Dall was also affected. However, because Dall had a longer orbital period, more people survived.

The remaining Kryptonians spent some time finding a new habitable planet to rebuild their civilization and began sending search ships abroad in an attempt to find Kryptonian survivors.

It can only be said that the hatred from ancient times has not affected the present, and given that the two sides are of similar blood, their relationship is still quite good.

Mon Ayr is the prince of New Dale. He approaches Earth while searching for remnants of Kryptonian signals, but his spaceship crashes in Smallville, Earth.

The young Superman saved him, and because he could speak Kryptonian, he mistook him for one of his own kind and was happy for a long time.

The two soared through the sky together, talking about everything, but the Kryptonians had a weakness similar to that of the Kryptonians: their fear of Kryptonite.

What the Daxing people fear is lead, which is found everywhere on Earth.

Lead was far more deadly to the Dassians than Kryptonite was to Superman. After being poisoned by lead, Mon El was rapidly heading towards death. Young Superman, with tears in his eyes, locked him in the Phantom Zone to save his life.

After listening, Li Zhen made a rough assessment. The events were all interconnected, making it highly unlikely that the story was fabricated.

So he landed and shook hands with Mon Ayr.

During this time, he discovered something even more interesting.

"Your strength is greater than Superman's?!"

Of course, Li Zhen is referring to the superman of the unjust world here; Mon Al is probably about 1.5 times the size of the other.

Mon El smiled shyly.

"After the Daxing people were mixed with Kryptonian genes, they also discovered the advantages of Kryptonian genes. Therefore, the direction of technological development has always focused on research into gene optimization, especially how to absorb more yellow solar radiation."

Li Zhen nodded, then discovered another blind spot.

"There is no yellow sun here."

Mon El sighed.

"The Phantom King discovered my identity as a Daxing person. He knew that Daxing was outstanding in some scientific research, so he ordered me to help him develop a bracelet."

As he spoke, Mon El raised his hand and showed off his wrist. "This bracelet can simulate the radiation of the yellow sun and inject a measured amount into our bodies, thereby giving the Phantom King and his subordinates greater construction and operational capabilities."

In other words, the purpose of Phantom King having Mon El develop the Yellow Sun Bracelet was not for conquest or anything like that.

Kryptonian prisoners with the Yellow Sun Bracelet have at least greater survivability and mobility in the Phantom Zone.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhen knew that, given this premise, the Phantom King must have established a rudimentary form of civilization on this red desert.

Mon El didn't intentionally want to aid and abet evil; he simply had to do so to save his life after just waking up.

Sure enough, Meng spoke up the next second.

"I've been out of the game for a long time, but the Phantom King has been hunting me down, trying to capture me and take me back to study more of his stuff. Now that he's solved his survival problem, he's focused on figuring out how to escape the Phantom Zone."

The purpose is self-evident.

Mon El's awakening has made the Phantom King aware of Krypton's destruction, and his current desire to leave is most likely for the purpose of invading Earth.

Moreover, based on what we just saw, and combined with what Mon El said, this Phantom King would specifically select Kryptonian criminals with strong aggressive desires and give them physical forms.

Those who were easily scattered by Mal, though also criminals, only had feelings for Krypton. Upon learning that Krypton no longer existed, their consciousness collapsed.

The Phantom King clearly didn't want these kinds of guys, so his current forces must all be those interested in conquering new planets. Li Zhen originally intended not to interfere too much with Mal and Mia, but simply to secretly protect their safety and look for traces of the Kryptonite jewels.

The Phantom Zone turned out to be more dangerous than he had imagined.

A group of unconscious phantoms, no matter how vicious their consciousness, are just a training exercise for Mal and Mia.

But the Phantom King's group, with its discipline and organization, and the fact that most of them were formerly Kryptonian criminals, made them far too dangerous.