Marvel: Son of Tomorrow

The metal door opened, revealing a staircase leading to the underground. Clark tried to look through it with his x-ray vision, but found that every part of the entire passage was evenly covered with lead elements, blocking Clark's x-ray vision.

Obviously, Luthor never thought of exposing the existence of this secret passage to Superman.

"Is it really okay for me to know about this place?"

After all, he is also Kal-El. Luthor has been so defensive against Superman, why would he bring himself to this place?

"But you are not Superman yet, are you?"

With a simple rhetorical question, Clark was speechless. Although he hoped that he could become a hero like Superman, he also knew that his ideas in many aspects were actually different from this Superman.

Perhaps this is why Luthor is willing to contact Kal-El himself, but not Kal-El, the Superman of this world.

"Actually, everything here is prepared by me for Superman."

The two went down all the way, and various display screens lit up after sensing Luthor's entry.

Clark instinctively covered his eyes. After living in this world for so long, it has almost become instinct to miss the display screen.

But Luthor looked indifferent, and even took the initiative to move up and operate some data on the display screen that Clark couldn't understand.

"Don't worry, the entire underground base uses a closed-circuit network, and the virus that Cyborg spreads to the Internet can't invade here at all."

But even though Luthor explained this, Clark still said with some worry.

"What if? What if there is a virus lurking in the network here?"

"No, the closed-circuit network designed by me, Luthor, has no shortcomings. Even if Batman is resurrected, it is still impossible to break through head-on."

Still so confident, but unlike Superman, Luthor's confidence does not make people feel at ease.

Clark also relaxed a little, and his eyes were still vaguely avoiding the display screen.

Luthor did not explain much about this. He knew what kind of person he was and was destined not to have the terrifying infectious power like Superman.

Soon, the two came to the depths of the base. Along the way, Clark found many kryptonite creations.

Kryptonite bullets, kryptonite spears, kryptonite swords, kryptonite energy guns.

These weapons were stored in special display cabinets that could prevent radiation leaks.

But to be honest, this scene also made Clark terrified. What kind of Kryptonian hell is this?

Although in theory, kryptonite is just an ordinary stone from Krypton, for Kryptonians living on Earth, isn't this hell?

"Don't I remember Damian told me that the natural kryptonite reserves on Earth have been almost consumed in many incidents. Except for the little kryptonite stored in Batman's hands, there is no kryptonite left?"

Even the ones in Batman's hands were specially given to Batman by Superman.

However, Luthor just smiled at this question, and then asked directly.

"Then guess what is the reason that the energy that came to Earth with Superman is consumed at such an alarming rate?"

"Uh..."

Clark was silent. This question seemed to be a rhetorical question, but in the current situation, it was basically Luthor's answer to Clark's question.

Why is kryptonite rare? Because there is a wealthy guy who is secretly buying kryptonite for experiments.

Batman only keeps a small piece of kryptonite, but Luthor in front of him relies on kryptonite energy for his armor.

"Let's not talk about these nonsense."

Luthor smiled, ignoring the shocked Clark, and after a complicated process, he opened a safe and took out a piece of red stone from it.

"This is..."

Clark, who didn't know why, stretched out his hand to the red stone, but when he was about to touch it, the fingers close to the stone became transparent, followed by severe pain.

"Ah!!"

Although it was just a finger, Clark felt a pain worse than death. The solar power in his body seemed to riot and gather in the middle, as if the whole finger was about to explode.

Seeing Clark's painful cry, Luther immediately put down the stone in his hand.

Then... he turned around and started to operate on the computer.

No one really thought that Luthor would take the initiative to care about Clark who was not in danger of life.

"As I expected, red kryptonite can make Kryptonians' skin transparent and remove the body's restrictions on solar energy. However, it seems that Kryptonians' physique is completely kryptonite and can withstand the riot of solar energy in their bodies, which will not be fatal."

After saying that it would not be fatal, Luthor breathed a sigh of relief, as if this result made him most satisfied.

"Have you recovered?"

At this time, Clark's pain had disappeared, but he did not dare to approach slowly until Luthor put the red kryptonite back into the box that isolated radiation.

Although he was not injured, Luthor also said that it would not be fatal, but it hurt, and he did not have any masochistic tendencies.

"That thing is..."

"It was a product that appeared accidentally when I was trying to synthesize artificial kryptonite, but now it seems that this congratulations is just right for now."

As he said, Luthor clapped his hands, and the floor under Clark's feet rose, revealing a set of black metal armor.

And judging from the size of the armor, it seems that Luthor has made adjustments to make the entire armor stand suitable for Clark's current body.

"To be honest, these things were originally prepared for Superman, but for now, I think our biggest threat is not the unknown enemy, but Superman."

Then Luthor told Clark his thoughts.

In his opinion, as long as Superman keeps the idea of ​​saving the world instead of going to other planets for refuge, it is very likely that Superman will be infected one day in the future. As the Martian Hunter was infected, this idea became more and more certain in Luthor's heart.

"Red kryptonite will indeed bring you pain worse than death, but at the same time, after the absorption restrictions are lifted, the body will become stronger at a very fast speed under the irradiation of the yellow sun, and the energy of the riot is enough to allow you to surpass your own limits in a short time. If one day, Superman loses control and Wonder Woman is defeated, then I hope you can stand up and protect the survivors."

"Me?"

Clark never thought that the person who had the most hope for him was not Superman, who was the same person as him, nor Wonder Woman who had trained him, nor Jonathan and Damian, who had the best private relationship with him, but Luthor in front of him, who had only communicated with him a few times.

"Why me? If everyone failed, wouldn't Jonathan be the one closest to Superman? He is much stronger than me now."

For Clark's question, Luthor chose to answer it with another question as always.

"Does it hurt after removing the red kryptonite?"

Clark was stunned, but still nodded.

It hurts, even if it's only one finger, but if the whole body is affected, it's really not bad to describe it as a life worse than death.

"So, only you can do it. Little Jonathan may indeed become stronger than Superman in the future, but Superman protects him too well. If that happens, I guess just punching his father will use up all his strength."