amaotonovel Chapter 3606 Edge of Tomorrow (52)
Chapter 3606 Edge of Tomorrow (52)
Chapter 3606 Edge of Tomorrow (Fifty-two)
Brainiac was devastated.
In the comics, Brainiac is a purely logical creature with no emotions. But in fact, if he really has level 12 intelligence, then he can fully understand emotions and simulate them.
Although this is not necessary most of the time, if you want to understand the behavioral logic of intelligent life with emotions, you can't avoid considering the influence of emotional factors. So he knew that if he used words to describe human emotions to describe his current situation, it would probably be collapse.
If he were to describe the Justice League that put him in this situation, he would not hesitate to use insulting words that were originally meaningless and filled with angry emotions. He even felt that human vocabulary was too scarce to describe this organization well.
But no matter how upset you are or how much you curse, you still have to think of a solution, or else these bastards will succeed.
Brainiac's first solution was certainly not to follow the Justice League's plan. He wanted to solve the problem fundamentally, which was to break free from this time loop.
But unfortunately, no matter which universe Brainiac is from, he does not have the ability to manipulate time. To be precise, he belongs to the third generation of creation and is far away from the rules and origin.
Rao, the god of Krypton, created the Kryptonians, and the Kryptonians created Brainiac. By the time the Kryptonians came to this generation, they were already far away from the original power; by Brainiac's time, he couldn't even touch the edge.
What is the source and power of rules closest to him? It is the Mother Box.
The Mother Box itself is actually just a supercomputer, not necessarily as advanced as Brainiac. But the difference is that the Mother Box is closer to the origin of the universe, and it can bring Brainiac closer to the origin of the universe. And compared to carbon-based creatures, Brainiac, who is also silicon-based, can make better use of the Mother Box.
After finding out that the Mother Box might be left on Earth, he took great pains to sneak into the Earth to find the whereabouts of the artifact. Then he fell into the trap of the Justice League.
The problem now is: if he wants to escape the trap, he has to find the Mother Box. If he wants to find the Mother Box, he has to sneak into the Earth. If he wants to sneak into the Earth, he will encounter the trap - isn't this an endless cycle?
He also didn't think that the Justice League would let him go if he didn't sneak into Earth. He could see that this group of evil Earthlings had been holding back for a long time, and if they had a chance to catch a sheep, they would never let it go until they had plucked it out.
After some attempts, Brainiac found that he had no way to break free from the control of the time flow before the point of time rewinding. He could not find the mother box, nor could he force himself to break free. This path was definitely not feasible.
Since you are not as skilled as them, just admit defeat. But admitting defeat is not so easy. They will not let you go just because you bow your head and admit defeat. Brainiac has already seen clearly that they are here just to torture him.
After countless arguments and calculations, Brainiac came to a conclusion - if he continued according to the original process, there would be no way he could defeat the invaders recruited by the Justice League in more than a month.
There are hundreds of millions or even trillions of possible speculations, and the success rate is 0%. There are thousands of roads, and none of them are feasible.
So Brainiac had to choose to admit defeat, because this would at least buy him some time. Darkseid's army and the Yellow Lantern Army were both recruited by the Justice League, which means that when they would come basically depends on the Justice League. As long as the Justice League can be persuaded to give in and let them come later, there will at least be some room for maneuver.
When Brainiac contacted the Justice League, they were in a review meeting. It was through this meeting that Brainiac learned of their entire plan.
The current time point of the reset timeline was about a day ago, not long after Hale was dealt with. Clark went to find his brother.
The other person was lying in a life support capsule, with a layer of ice outside. Although this safety measure was of no use to this super Kryptonian, the Justice League was just trying to be lucky and had no intention of trapping him.
In fact, for a person who can travel through time, nothing can really trap him. He will stay here purely because Clark is here - Hale will not refuse to see him.
Clark pushed the door open and walked in, and immediately felt a burning gaze. Hale's eyes flashed scarlet light, and he stared at Clark blankly, with an expression more complicated than ever before.
Clark came to the life support cabin and looked at him. Hale's body was covered with scars, even on his face. The S-shaped mark on his chest was even carved, as if silently telling of the tragic tragedy he had encountered at some point.
"You look a lot like Joe," Hale said. Surprisingly, he spoke English very fluently, with hardly any foreign accent.
"Really? I thought we had different temperaments." Clark smiled and said, "He seems like the kind of person who goes to the library every day in college, and me? I'm just a small-town youth."
"They're not like each other in that respect," Hale said. "He's a scientist. They both are. Most of the time they're very careful, but there are times when they're confused and mess up a lot of things."
"You seem to love them very much." Clark sighed, "So you don't believe that they had foreseen the destruction of Krypton but did not stop it."
Hale put one hand on the surface of the life support capsule, tightened his fingers slightly, and said: "Before I left, the planet was already rotten. I don't care whether they are destroyed or not. I am just angry that they destroyed themselves."
"I don't know if I should say this, but for them, death doesn't mean the end." Clark shook his head slightly and said, "They may be more willing to see this as a new and better beginning."
"You are indeed their child." Hale looked at Clark and said.
"Don't bring up the past," Clark continued. "What did Brainiac tell you?"
"Zod." Hale sighed and said, "I didn't find them after I went back, and I learned the news of the demise of the Kryptonians. I couldn't accept this fact, so I started looking for clues to figure out what was going on. In the data control center, I found a signal record of a Kryptonian spacecraft. The time displayed was the most recent, and the source of the signal was on a planet in the solar system."
"I looked up the information about this spaceship and found that it belonged to the former Kryptonian General Zod. Zod and Joe don't get along. To be precise, they are two completely different people. And Zod is a lunatic. I thought he destroyed everything. I had lost my mind and followed the signal to the solar system. I wanted to find this damn bastard immediately, so I blew up the big ball of light."
"Don't you know it's a planet?"
"I thought it was some kind of man-made artifact," Hale said. "It was obviously not a planet formed naturally in the universe. I thought it was Zod's fortress."
Clark sighed - it turns out that being too advanced is also a mistake. The equipment obtained from another universe and the transformation of the Green Lanterns made Mercury basically no longer look like its original appearance. When the angry Hale came over, he thought it was made by Zod, so he punched it to pieces.
"Of course, I started to lose my mind, and I didn't know what was going on. I've always had mental problems, but I didn't expect them to erupt at this time."
Clark also saw that the recovered Hale was normal, not the kind of emotional violent maniac. So he might have just been stimulated at the time.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Clark pressed the button next to him to thaw the ice on the life support capsule, then opened the hatch. He then extended his hand to Hale and said, "You are my parents' adopted son, and you are my brother. But I'm sorry, we may have to wait a while before reminiscing about the past. Now we are facing another problem."
"You mean the artificial intelligence?" Hale put his hand on his, jumped out of the life support cabin and said, "When my father and mother were still alive, I heard them talk about the mechanized transformation plan. This is no secret on Krypton, but I didn't have the ability to participate at that time.
"From the moment he showed you the signal of Zod's spacecraft, it was clear that he had bad intentions. According to our investigation, although he had the connivance of my parents, he was definitely the culprit for the destruction of the Kryptonians." Clark said.
"You want to deal with him?" Hale frowned slightly. He walked to the seat next to him and sat down. He shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult. The civilization on the planet under your feet is pitifully weak, much worse than the late Krypton civilization. That artificial intelligence has inherited all the virtual heritage of Krypton and has completed a thorough evolution. Even if you can defeat him, the price you have to pay will be terrible."
"Of course, they can't do it on their own, but we're still here. In fact, we already have a plan. If it works, not only can we defeat him, but we might even be able to bring down the other guy who caused the destruction of Krypton."
"another?"
Clark briefly explained to him what the war was about. In general, because of the war for the Mother Box, Darkseid's Apokolips and the Kryptonian Alliance had a feud, which eventually led to the destruction of the Kryptonian Alliance.
After the destruction of the Kryptonians, Darkseid was still worried and colluded with members of the Kryptonian Council to set a genetic trap for the Kryptonians, which eventually led to the destruction of Krypton. Although it was Brainiac who did it, the genetic virus released by Darkseid doomed Krypton to destruction, so he is also one of the culprits.
Hale's face was a little gloomy, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he looked at Clark and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I heard from Barry that your ability with time is comparable to his?"
"That's a tough cookie," Hale admitted. "He travels through time differently than I do. If that's the speed you want, I'm afraid I can't do it."
"No, this time it's all about time."
Hale heard some danger in Clark's tone. He looked at Clark and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"We want to go back in time across the entire universe."