Superman from the comics: Starting with the Black Robe

Chapter 87 Kryptonian Creations

Chapter 87 Kryptonian Creations

After resolving his "dispute" with Captain Atom, Joey sent Cyborg ahead to locate the more than 3,000 people who were originally hiding in the underground lead-plated civil defense fortifications, and then he himself moved these bugs to their designated places.

The bunkers hidden beneath secret military bases throughout North America were dug out by Joey, who had burrowed underground. These bunkers, built before the Cold War, were of high quality and could withstand nuclear weapons attacks.

But there's nothing that can stop a Kryptonian who can fly and disappear into the ground.

Joey first dug out the largest one from underground, then carried the extremely sturdy structure of the entire bunker directly out of the ground and transported it to the open ice field of Alaska.

It's as simple as moving a cage of pre-packaged hamsters.

When Joey took off again to search for a second underground bunker, the four F-22s that had hastily taken off from the Central Air Force Base finally arrived.

While the pilot in the cockpit was still asking his superiors via radio whether to fire, Joey accelerated and disappeared from the fighter jet's field of vision.

Then came the second, the third, and so on, until the last bunker.

When Joey was flying through the air carrying the underground bunker, the fighter jets were hesitant to attack, and when Joey dropped the bunker and left, the fighter jets' outdated targeting systems couldn't even detect any opportunity to lock on and fire.

Sometimes, while Joey was carrying things, he could hear the commanders inside the bunker cursing angrily, as one proposal after another was quickly rejected.

Captain Atom's sudden disappearance left them somewhat bewildered. Even the "lethal weapon" they had been talking about was no longer enough to turn the tide of the battle. Without Captain Atom, who could simulate the red sunlight, they couldn't defeat Superman with that thing alone.

The secret weapon?

Joey scanned the entire Earth once more, but found no units that posed a significant threat to him.

To be honest, he really couldn't see through lead objects. The number of people behind the bunker was calculated by working backward from the defensive information outside the bunker and the number of other people that could be observed.

But even if there are some mistakes that allow some to slip through the net, it doesn't matter, because unlike Joey, these people have real social identities, which is a fatal weakness for Cyborg.

A single thought from the sole ruler of the cyber world is enough to render them unable to move an inch in today's modern society, which depends on the Internet.

Just as Cyborg joked before, he can easily wipe out a person's bank account and even their identity information.

However, I have already driven these insects to the brink of despair. I will soon be able to find out what other secret weapons the other side has.

Now it's time to open the blind boxes.

Let's start with the big picture—according to Joey's process of elimination, this fortification dug out from underground in Southern California likely houses the main team responsible for supporting this operation.

It wasn't the commanders, but the entire logistics industrial organization providing technical support; if the "secret weapon" those staff officers mentioned really existed, it was very likely right here.

The thick walls of this three-story duplex structure, spanning over a thousand square meters, were no different from a sheet of paper to Joey.

Floating gently forward, a human-shaped hole was directly chiseled into the nearly half-meter-high reinforced concrete wall.

As the icy winds of Alaska suddenly rushed in, the already tense security personnel inside the shelter opened fire on the breach, unleashing every last bullet they could muster.

"Kryptonite ammunition? What a waste of extremely rare strategic resources. Everyone who fired that shot will have their prison sentence increased by 300 years."

Amidst a thick cloud of smoke, Joey used his thermal vision to melt away the weapons and armor of everyone present, and slowly floated into the interior of the fortifications. Now he was able to get a full view of the entire shelter.

Judging from the layout and personnel composition inside this underground fortification, it looks more like a research facility. The overall layout is exactly the same as what Joey saw in the laboratory where he imprisoned Kara in the Metropolis.

Countless lamps capable of projecting red sunlight, and a cluster of cylindrical biological culture chambers standing around.

Under Joey's superhuman vision, the Kryptonian DNA mixed in with the deformed bodies of the various alien creatures inside these biological culture chambers was clearly visible.

They have imprisoned and studied Kara for twenty years, and have obviously obtained enough genetic samples. Even though Joey burned everything in the secret research base underground in Metropolis to ashes, it did not stop this group from pursuing supreme power like the Kryptonians again.

Even if the pursuit of power requires continuing through these disgraceful biological experiments.

Ethical guidelines and bioethics for scientific experiments are not just constraints, but also protections. Truly rational people will recognize this and thus avoid researching forces that they clearly cannot control.

The problem is that truly rational people are generally not found in this research facility.

"This is the same old story, completely unsurprising! You bunch of bastards are only alive today because you're incredibly lucky."

Looking at the researchers in white coats and the fully armed security guards on site, Joey couldn't help but marvel at the good fortune of these beasts.

To date, they have achieved nothing but these dubious and deformed clones, which proves that this group is clearly not cut out for this. For them, no results are probably the best outcome.

If they were to actually research something, it would be good if they just created a Kryptonian clone. But if they created a mindless creature with Kryptonian traits, Earth would probably be completely wiped out long before they arrived.

Wait a minute—Joey's gaze suddenly noticed an anomaly: on the third floor of the facility, in the very center, stood a biological culture chamber connected to countless cables and pipes.

Judging from the wear and tear on the cable and pipe connections and the scratches on the floor, this biological culture chamber was recently moved to the center of the room and connected to more resources.

What worried Joey even more was that the incubation chamber was empty.

This situation points to only one possibility—whether it's pure luck or the result of years of accumulated technology exploding overnight, these people have created an individual worthy of a large amount of resources.

Moreover, this individual was not previously within Yang Yi's sight.

A gust of wind swept through the laboratory, and Joey grabbed the bald man whose name tag read "Research Supervisor" and took him outside the building.

Joey glanced at the other person's name tag again and read out the scientist's name:

"Thedis Sivana, what's with that empty culture chamber in the lab?! Where's the stuff inside?!"

At this moment, the two were hundreds of meters above the ground. Joey was holding the other man by the collar, letting the thin, withered, bald old man shiver in the biting cold wind of Alaska.

"Speak! Don't make me throw you down here!"

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Just as Shazam had many similarities to Superman in his original design, so did his adversary.

The bald, mad scientist in front of Joey, often referred to as Dr. Sivana, is like Lex Luthor, Superman's nemesis, who was one of Shazam's main enemies in the normal universe.

In the mainstream universe, Black Adam was able to break free and seek revenge on Shazam because Shazam was secretly pulling the strings.

At this moment, Dr. Sivana simply grinned and laughed wildly:

"Hahaha! You'll soon be black Adam and my most perfect creation..."

The F-22 fighter jets in the distance finally received clear orders to attack, and their Vulcan cannons spun.

The 20mm depleted uranium round instantly tore the Shivanabotu in Joey's hand to pieces.

At this moment, Joey was no longer in the mood to listen to Dr. Sivana's next ramblings. Since the F-22s hovering around him like flies wanted to attack, Joey simply let them fire and turn this scum in his hands into real human scum.

These hastily launched fighter jets were not equipped with kryptonite munitions, making it virtually impossible for them to cause damage to Yangi.

From the distant horizon, near the sun, a figure that could actually harm him lunged at Joey at a speed faster than the light particles radiated by the sun could reach Earth.

After Joey locked onto the other person's figure and saw their face clearly, even though he had expected it, he still couldn't help but be slightly stunned:

"Kara?"

Joey knew the other person wasn't Kara, but she clearly had a face that was exactly the same as the Kryptonian Kara Zo El.

The difference is that the other person looks older than Kara, and their hair is white instead of blonde.

Their attire also differs significantly from Kara's; both Kara and Joey wear red and blue, which carries diplomatic connotations in Kryptonian culture.

The other person was also wearing a bright red cloak, but the main part of the outer garment was white, with gold, red and blue decorations in the rest.

At this moment, Kara's face revealed undisguised hostility and murderous intent towards Joey.

This must be the "secret weapon" that those people have been talking about all along—a Kryptonian creation born on Earth.