Man of Steel in the comic world

Scott opened the door to the apartment with a dozen beers in hand.

Since arriving in Washington, this place has been his temporary base.

After sitting on the sofa, Scott opened a can of beer. He took a big gulp of the fragrant liquid, faced the dark corner of the room, made a confident expression, and said: "Come out, I know you Will come."

After a long time, when no one responded to him, he felt relieved and relaxed his sitting posture on the sofa.

"It seems they haven't found me yet."

During this time, he has done this many times, because both Eric and Carl have the ability to easily find this place.

Scott rubbed his temples and said to himself, "Did that guy from the locomotive not tell anyone? He shouldn't have."

Although he repeatedly warned the locomotive not to expose his whereabouts, based on his understanding of the locomotive, once the guy was out of his coercion, he would definitely bite him back.also

In other words, Carl and Eric must know that they are in Washington now.

What Scott didn't know was that while he was muttering to himself, on the roof of an office building opposite his apartment, Karl, dressed in casual clothes, was also holding a can of beer and drinking it slowly.

Yes, Carl was already staring at Scott when he came out of the store, and his embarrassing performance after entering the apartment was also exposed by Carl's X-vision and super hearing.

Scott muttered a few words to himself, then closed his eyes and rested on the sofa with his clothes on.

Karl watched for a long time and didn't get any useful information, so he simply used a more direct method.

He took out the Mind Stone.

Scott felt like he had a very chaotic sleep.

The intimate image of Jean and Carl appeared in his mind for a while, and then the vague shadow of "Under Everything" appeared in his mind, interspersed with the resentful face of his brother Alex.

He felt very mentally exhausted, and he desperately wanted to escape, but there was always a figure chasing him behind him. That figure was Alex for a while, Karl for a while, and Charles for a while.

The whisper "under all things" seemed to ring in my ears again: Do you long for power?

Do not!

I don't want anything anymore!

Scott woke up sweating.

He rushed into the bathroom and rinsed his face with cold water.

When he opened the bathroom door and returned to the living room with water stains on his face, he noticed that on the other side of the sofa, Karl was sitting there leisurely.

Scott's muscles all over his body tensed up suddenly.But he quickly relaxed again and comforted himself in his mind: "What are you afraid of? He doesn't know anything. I have nothing to be afraid of."

"You must want to ask me why I left without saying goodbye."

Scott found a seat on the sofa and sat down. "My brother died in the battle. I watched him die in front of me. At that moment, I only felt a deep sense of powerlessness."

Scott covered his face in grief and continued: "I don't want to stay in the academy anymore. I just want to live a normal life. In the game of you big shots, I am just a pawn. You can move your fingers. He can crush us to pieces... I quit, I want to live..."

Carl watched Scott's performance indifferently.

When I used the original stone of the mind to enter Scott's spiritual world, I was blocked by an invisible barrier. This is obviously not a power that Scott can possess.

Moreover, under the influence of the Mind Stone, Scott unconsciously said some messy words in his sleep. From these fragments of words, although Karl was not completely clear about what Scott had done, he could still guess what Scott had done. It has nothing to do with the death of Alex and others.

Karl stared directly at Scott and suddenly asked: "Where is under everything?"

Scott was stunned.

"Answer me!" Karl emphasized his tone.

Scott's back was dripping with cold sweat, but he still argued: "What are you talking about, Mr. Carl, what is under everything?"

In Karl's eyes, Scott's performance was almost self-inflicted, which made him more certain that Scott was connected to everything underneath.

"When I asked you for the first time just now, your heartbeat accelerated a lot, and your voice became unnatural. If you don't know everything under the sun, why are you sweating so much?"

Karl stood up and walked towards Scott step by step.

Scott tried hard to restrain his violent heartbeat and said solemnly: "Your power is too strong. You may not notice it, but the aura you exude really puts a lot of pressure on me. gentlemen."

"Really?" Karl lowered his eyelids, as if he recognized Scott's statement, but then he put his hand on Scott's shoulder and pushed gently.

Scott instantly hit the wall hard along with the sofa behind him.

His shirt was torn apart by this force, revealing his metallic-glossy skin. Although it only flashed past and immediately returned to normal skin color, in Karl's eyes, it was indeed extremely clear.

"This is the ability of Colossus..." Carl had already guessed who killed Alex and others, "I don't know what deal you made with All Things Underneath, but it must have something to do with you taking away other people's abilities. Bar?"

Scott's eyes were gloomy, and he knew that he had been seen through by Karl.

"Alex is your brother, and you can actually do it." Carl was full of shame for Scott's behavior, "Is power so addictive to you?"

Scott didn't speak, he raised his head, and the laser rays in his eyes shot towards Karl.

Karl did not dodge, and even his own biomagnetic field could not penetrate this level of attack.

Facing Scott's laser attack, Karl walked up to him and punched him in the face.

Even though his skin was instantly metalized, Scott was still punched away by Karl, making a big hole in the wall of the apartment.

If Carl hadn't wanted to kill him like this, Scott's life would have been lost.

Scott struggled to get up from the ground, and threw the arc shock wave in his hand towards Karl.

But Karl appeared in front of Scott instantly and kicked him back into the hole in the wall.

"Enough!" Scott raised an arm and stretched out his palm to block it in front, "You ask me why I am obsessed with power? Then I will tell you!"

"If the person with stronger power is me, then you are the one getting beaten now! If the person with stronger power is me, then the person Qin likes now is me! If the person with stronger power is me, then as people's hero now That person is me!”

"You are born with great power, you don't understand it at all! Without power, I can't even control my own abilities. I have to wear those ugly quartz sunglasses all day long, like a blind man. And what about you? You can use your power as you wish in exchange for the admiration of others." Scott roared, "You tell me why I long for power!"

Carl laughed angrily at Scott's unreasonable sophistry, "A bastard with a deformed mind like you will only do evil even if you get power. To be a hero, you must be able to control power, not let it go." Control you!"

Scott smiled self-deprecatingly: "You're right, but so what? Having reached this point, I can no longer look back."

Karl lifted Scott's collar and pulled him in front of him: "If you are still a man and don't want me to look down on you, just tell me what you and the universe are planning, and I will send you to hell. From now on, you can at least let that bastard who dragged you into the water keep you company."

Scott glanced at Karl with contempt: "In the final analysis, you all want to use me. This is the case among all things, and the same is true for you."

"I actually want to play a game with you. Haha, no amount of tricks can make up for the gap in strength." Scott smiled a little bitterly. "Originally, I planned to stay between you and look for opportunities. Unexpectedly, One step and it failed.”

"You saw through the trick so easily. I must have been full of flaws in the eyes of all things at that time, right?" Scott seemed to have remembered something, "In vain, I thought I had won his trust with my careful plan. , I could play with him in the palm of my hand, but I didn’t expect that I would end up becoming his pawn.”

"Tell me, you have focused your attention on me recently, and you have now personally come to find me. Where do you think it is most likely to be under all things?" Scott finally understood now. Why did everything under the universe agree with his plan so much in the first place?

The plan at that time seems stupid and ridiculous now: Scott planned to pretend to be disheartened by his brother's death in the war, leave the academy, and then enter Eric's sight through the pickets' eyes. After properly showing his strength, After being recruited by Eric, he got the opportunity to fight alongside Carl and Jean. In the end, he counterattacked during the battle, taking advantage of Jean's unpreparedness, and used the predatory ability given to him by all things to seize the Phoenix Power.

Under the Ten Thousand Things never thought that this plan could succeed at first. He just thought that this fool could be used as a pawn to attract the attention of Karl and the others.And Scott was too self-righteous, and he happened to be taken advantage of by the Underworld.

After Scott could not get any more useful information, Carl handed Scott over to Eric. Based on the crimes he committed, Eric's style would never forgive him.

Now, Karl is only thinking about one question, what is it that is worth putting so much thought into among all things and spending time on it?

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Arctic.

Fortress of Solitude.

This is a base built by Clark using Krypton's crystal technology after he came to this universe.

The towering crystals and glaciers are perfectly integrated into one, making this place seem inaccessible to strangers.

Clark finished today's high-power sunlight exposure and was preparing to rest.

The cell energy in the body has been saturated, and the body needs to be adjusted before it can continue to receive radiation.

But when he lay in the hibernation cabin exhausted, a familiar voice came to his ears.

"Long time no see...my old friend..."

Clark's heart sank.

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main universe.

sanctuary.

Thanos wiped his double-edged sword while walking towards his floating throne.

Ebony Throat followed behind him and reported the new results achieved by the army.

"The Strohu are simply vulnerable, and our armies have pushed them to the borders of the galaxy... The Kree's supreme intelligence is a problem, but after Ronan's death, they lack a decisive military leader. They are not our opponents in combat... As for the Nova Corps, they are lambs to be slaughtered, and we can harvest their lives at any time..."

"Where is the Kryptonian?" Thanos suddenly asked, "I heard that he is not dead. Where is he now?"

"Our informant reported that he went to another universe and seemed to be lost. It is very likely that he will not come back." Ebony Throat replied.

"I hope he can come back," Thanos walked to the throne and caressed the armrest of the throne. "Tell me when he comes back. Before that, don't do anything to the earth."

"But sir..." Ebony Throat was a little embarrassed, "Your daughters, Nebula and Gamora, are all on Earth. They betrayed you. If we don't take action, I'm afraid it will cause criticism below..."

Thanos' eyes darkened: "Criticism? Tell me, what does criticism mean?"

Ebony Throat quickly lowered his head: "I will handle this matter, sir."

Thanos nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand, signaling Ebony Throat to retreat.

Ebony Throat bowed slightly and left the hall.

Thanos stroked the power stone on the Infinity Gauntlet, turned around the throne, and said to the endless darkness behind the hall: "Friend, when will our deal be honored?"

Darkseid's gloomy laughter came from the darkness, "Your great cause of killing half of the universe is indeed in my taste, but you haven't brought those undead to me yet, so you want me to pay you in advance. Isn’t it a little too early?”

"You gave up your body and split your soul, and you still need so many undead souls... If I guess correctly, you want to get rid of your body and be completely reborn." Thanos grinned. "You are really courageous."

Darkseid in the darkness snorted: "You don't have to worry about it anymore. Omega energy and the anti-life equation are no longer important to me in the future. They will be given to you. I will gain new power. You don't have to." Worried that I would break my promise.”

"On the other hand, that Kryptonian, you borrowed my power and didn't kill him. What a failure."

Thanos was not angry because of Darkseid's sarcasm. He replied calmly: "It's just the preference of the goddess of death. I will ask her for details."

Darkseid didn't take it seriously and continued: "I heard that you also admired her?"

Thanos's face suddenly turned ugly.