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Chapter 3528 Research on Cats and Dogs (Seventy-Six)

Different versions of comics have different explanations for how Krypton was destroyed. There are currently two mainstream versions: one is "self-destruction theory" and the other is "planet explosion theory".

The former probably means that due to various social problems, the development of Kryptonian society has almost stagnated. The social problems caused by class solidification have been accumulated for a long time, and finally suddenly broke out at a certain point. A genetic disaster swept the world, leading to the extinction of civilization.

The latter version is simpler. The Kryptonians were living well on their own planet, but suddenly something went wrong with their home planet, and it exploded with a "bang", and all the Kryptonians died.

There are also some versions that combine the two: because of social problems, someone blew up the planet, and then the Kryptonians became extinct.

However, after investigation by Green Lantern Hal, at least in their universe, Krypton did not blow up. The planet is still there, but the civilization on it is gone.

Since Krypton's technology is quite advanced, it has left many traces in the universe. The destruction of this civilization is traceable and is not a secret.

After Hal's investigation, he roughly figured out how Krypton was destroyed.

It may sound like a social problem, but a closer look reveals that it is a problem with their life form itself.

The Kryptonian race is not a natural race, which means that they are not the product of natural evolution. Every Kryptonian is born after strict genetic screening, and the core technology of their race is genetic modification technology.

That is to say, it is very likely that when they were born, they were as fragile as humans. But after countless genetic modifications and screening, they eventually became such a powerful race.

It does sound wonderful, and humans often fantasize about having such genetic modification technology to make everyone strong and beautiful, and have unlimited lifespan.

But in fact, this evolutionary path is completely wrong. The Kryptonians proved this with their lives.

First of all, due to strict genetic screening technology, the vast majority of Kryptonians do not have the ability to reproduce naturally.

In other words, they cannot reproduce through mating like humans. Natural mating, which seems primitive and inefficient to them, has long been eliminated.

Their method of reproduction is asexual. They directly construct embryos and inject genes to get a child.

This method of reproduction is indeed quite efficient. Moreover, their genetic modification technology allows them to directly determine at the genetic level what a member of a group should do when he grows up.

For example, Clark Kent, also known as Kal-El, has a scientist father, so he was implanted with scientist genes when he was a child and was supposed to become a researcher when he grew up.

Zod's father is a soldier. He was implanted with the warrior gene since he was a child, so he should become a general when he grows up.

I believe that anyone with a little common sense in sociology can realize that under this so-called efficient way of reproduction, it is impossible for society not to have class stratification.

Would the Kryptonian high-ranking officials implant the genes of the lower-class laborers into their children?
Do low-level workers have the opportunity to implant genes of social leaders or talented scientists in their children?
Of course not. They have not yet evolved a complete collective consciousness, and everyone has their own selfish desires.

The rulers will only implant various excellent genes into their children so that they can continue to be rulers; and the lower class people can only implant the most ordinary genes into their children, so that they will remain lower class people all their lives.

With such underlying logic, society will naturally have all kinds of problems, and these problems are almost impossible to solve.

If we want to solve it, it means completely overturning the evolutionary path of all these years and starting from scratch.

If we use humans as an analogy, then this is not about letting humans go back to the trees and become monkeys, but about letting humans choose again whether to be vertebrates or not.

The sunk costs are too high, so even though we know that there are many social problems, we really don’t have the courage to start over again, and we can only do our best to maintain the status quo.

In order to suppress various social problems, the parliament enacted many harsh laws, which further solidified social classes and created a vicious cycle until one day, the contradictions were completely ignited.

Hal didn't find out much, but he could roughly guess what the scene was like at that time.

It seems that a worker who was treated unfairly tampered with the facility used by the Kryptonians for reproduction, and somehow amplified the radiation of a certain device used for genetic modification, which eventually caused all the Kryptonians to have genetic disorders and a fatal allergic reaction to the stellar radiation in this universe. All the Kryptonians on the planet died overnight.

Because the planet was not destroyed, many historical documents were preserved, which also allowed Zod's activities when he was young to be traced.

The crime for which he was exiled to the Phantom Zone was called "illegal revolutionary crime", the full name of which is "illegally guiding or organizing revolution".

This is one of the many stringent laws passed by Parliament.

Because of the excessive exploitation of the mother planet's resources during external expansion, the living conditions on Krypton are not good enough. And because of their genetic settings, the Kryptonians, who can only do low-level labor from birth to death, are allocated very few resources, so riots often occur.

During a certain period, various rebellions and revolutions occurred too frequently, and the senior members of the parliament were seriously threatened with their personal safety, so they promulgated a complete set of "Counter-Revolutionary Laws."

This law probably stipulates that on Krypton, any behavior that could cause a revolution is illegal.

It's not even just the behavior, but if you are suspected of committing such behavior, you have committed a crime.

For example, if people engaged in manual labor gathered to discuss politics, they would be suspected of being revolutionary and could be sentenced to exile at the most.

Disobeying management, talking back to superiors, or simply not doing one's job seriously can all be punished, depending on the severity of the situation, with the maximum possible penalty being exile.

At one point, it even reached the point where anyone who told their children about their work was suspected of illegal revolutionary education, with the potential penalty of exile.

All of the above are "suspected crimes". Although the maximum sentence is exile, it will not be carried out unless the circumstances are particularly serious.

But the "illegal revolutionary crime" that Zod committed was not a suspected crime, but a real crime, which means he really did it.

The life story of Zod that Hal found out showed that this guy was once an extraordinary revolutionary leader. He had never been honest since he was a child.

To make an analogy with the human lifespan, he organized a parade in elementary school when he was less than 10 years old; when he was just in junior high school, he led a group of people to form a revolutionary society; and he was expelled from high school for gang fighting and destroying government facilities.

Because his father was also a general, his father sent him to the army when he was in college. Less than a year later, he caused a mutiny at the squadron level. Later, he transferred to the security corps and led the security personnel in that area to strike and march.

By the time he was 25, he had been arrested 16 times, 11 of which were acquitted due to insufficient evidence, and he was imprisoned five times, for a total of about three years. Later, he was sentenced to five years for rioting, and was labeled a dangerous person by the parliament.

Even though he became a key focus of the parliament, Zod did not stop his struggle.

In his last appearance, he led his guards to surround the parliament building and forced the emperor to abdicate, fighting with the parliamentary guards for more than 60 hours without losing the upper hand.

It can be said that his life experience is enough to open a separate issue of "Hardcore Ruthless". If it weren't for his bad luck, he should be the Lord of Krypton now.

Unfortunately, he was caught in the end. However, he used his legal knowledge to exonerate himself, escaping more than 160 charges, and finally only one illegal revolution charge remained, for which he was sentenced to the lightest sentence of all charges - exile to the Phantom Zone for 200 years.

Honestly, this punishment is like being sentenced to 200 hours of community service after blowing up the Twin Towers.

Moreover, he did not go alone. His beautiful and loyal female adjutant was deeply moved by his personality charm and volunteered to go to prison with him and even gave birth to a child for him.

After reading this resume, Hal really admired this Kryptonian general.

Then he felt a little confused. Logically speaking, such a ruthless person would not be so confused as to find a substitute for Krypton in the universe and invade here by force.

Although humans see Kryptonians as aliens and therefore do not need to hold back, Kryptonians of course see humans the same way, and Zod cannot possibly have any mercy on humans.

But if Zod is such a person, then his so-called motivation for reviving Krypton doesn't make sense.

When Krypton was alive, you were messing around with it; now that Krypton is dead, you want to revive it. Isn't this contradictory?
Of course it is possible. The Krypton he wants to build is a better Krypton. But the first thing he has to solve is not the problem of living, because Krypton is not blown up. Wouldn't it be better to rebuild there? Why come all the way to Earth?

Hal found that there were too many things that didn't make sense, and he realized that there must be something that the Justice League didn't know.

So, after discussing with Lex, they urgently changed the plan and decided to talk to Zod after subduing him to find out what happened that year.

After Hal received the cryogenic chamber from Gotham's other world, he sent it all the way back to Metropolis and opened the door of the cryogenic chamber in front of the members of the Justice League.

Logically speaking, the Supermen from the other two universes should feel relieved when they saw Zod's miserable state. However, seeing Zod being pricked like a hedgehog, the two of them could not help but took a step back.

Both of them have been Superman for much longer than Clark, and various invaders have used all kinds of tricks to deal with the strongest force in the Justice League.

And their teammate, Batman, has made countless plans to guard against superhumans like them.

But the worst that could be done would be to bury them with a large amount of kryptonite, or simply build a kryptonite prison.

But the universe they are in now is different. They have taken a revolutionary step in the use of kryptonite - changing from external application to internal consumption.

The sharp thorns that pierced Zod's body dissolved directly into his blood, causing his skin to glow faintly green.

Superman really wants to grab the person who invented this thing by the collar and ask - what's the difference between this and lethal injection?!