I get stronger by sunbathing, just like Superman.

However, I will take responsibility and explain to them that none of this has anything to do with you!

He had barely finished speaking and before he could turn around, Connie grabbed his arm.

"Max, you were right before..."

We shouldn't compromise. They just want to use Superman's death to deceive and even manipulate the ignorant masses. We are just tools they use to achieve their goals.

Lei understood this a long time ago, which is why he chose to leave us... and has always kept his distance from us..."

Connie then looked at Anko and the others and continued:

"Now I understand why he hid his true face and even faked his own death..."

Perhaps he believes that... rather than him telling us the truth, he would prefer us to witness it with our own experiences and eyes, so that we can truly understand that everything we have done and everything we possess is just a fairy tale woven by 'them'.

And we were all numbed by this fairytale-like dream.

"Now...it's time to wake up."

After Connie finished speaking, Max hesitated for a moment, then stood back beside her. Lyle, Anchorana, and Leona also gathered around, the implication of which was self-evident.

Connie was touched. She wiped the dust off her face and the tears from the corners of her eyes and raised her fist at them!

"We must never compromise!"

Encouraged, the crowd responded loudly in unison, then stood shoulder to shoulder in a row and marched towards the dark mass of soldiers…

Colonel Calvin, who was watching from a distance, immediately realized that there was no need to waste any more words.

He suddenly raised his right hand, and in an instant, the sound of guns being cocked echoed throughout the open space!

Whether it was the rifles, tanks, and individual rocket launchers on the ground, or the Gatling guns in the air and the snipers in the distance... they all aimed at the six people in front of the Capitol building the moment Calvin raised his hand!

Colonel Calvin's gaze was grave, and he was silently counting down the days until he gave the order...

Max and the other six also quickened their pace, none of them showing the slightest fear!

On one side were six men with overwhelming momentum, and on the other side was a steel torrent of fully modernized armed forces!

The world's most powerful superhuman! Against the modern U.S. military, which possesses the world's most advanced military technology!

An epic battle is about to begin...!

Wait.

Just a second before Calvin was about to wave his hand to give the order, and before Max and the others were about to unleash their flames.

A figure silently approached...

He was dressed in ordinary casual clothes, and slowly floated down from the sky, finally hovering above the central area between the two opposing sides.

Max and his six companions slammed on the brakes and came to a stop, their faces filled with surprise!

Colonel Calvin remained motionless as if his pressure points had been frozen, cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

"It's been a long time, Colonel Calvin, no... I should call you General Calvin now."

This should be our third formal meeting...

Lei Ming floated slowly above the tank with his hands behind his back, and greeted Calvin calmly.

As for the group of soldiers beside him who had turned their guns on him and the long guns and short cannons they were carrying…

He didn't even glance at it.

Glug...

General Calvin swallowed hard, seemingly recalling the oppressive feeling he had when he first encountered Superman.

And now...

The man before him was giving him more than just a sense of oppression…

Instead, it was 'destruction'... 'despair', and...

Endless fear!

Even though he was just floating motionless in mid-air, and even his expression was relaxed and indifferent...

But out of the corner of his eye, Calvin could clearly see that the wrists of all the soldiers around him were trembling uncontrollably as they held their guns... Even his own lower body and legs, hidden inside the tank, were shaking incessantly.

This wasn't because he and his soldiers lacked willpower...

Rather, it stems from the biological instincts exhibited by weak creatures when facing predators at the absolute top of the food chain who are hundreds or even thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger than themselves.

……

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Chapter 85 Two Choices

Lei Ming floated slowly through the air to the front of the army formation, then landed steadily on the tank gun barrel in front of Calvin. The dazzling sunlight overhead cast Calvin's entire body into his shadow...

"I remember…

Our first two meetings went quite well, how did the third one turn out like this…”

Lei Ming looked at Calvin, who was stunned, and spoke calmly.

"Super...Superman! You really didn't die..."

After a long pause, General Calvin finally stammered out a sentence.

"Of course..."

Lei Ming nodded slightly and said in a calm tone:

"Those birdmen in heaven can't kill me, but what or who can kill me is..."

At least not on Earth yet.

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the army behind Calvin and the group of cyborg warriors, his eyes showing no emotion, as if he were looking at ears of wheat in a rice field.

"Superman, are you really going to get involved in this...?"

Calvin swallowed hard, glanced at Max and the others in the distance behind Lei Ming... and forced himself to speak:

"They massacred officials of the American government and countless soldiers! They caused enormous losses and impacts to the country and its people, and they should be punished!"

If you try to stop our military because of this, you are making an enemy of the entire United States... and even the entire world!

Do you understand, Superman?

You will become the enemy of all mankind!

"Do not…"

Lei Ming calmly shook his head...

"Stop trying to glorify yourselves; you can only represent yourselves."

As for becoming the enemy of all mankind... do you think I would care?

I'm an alien, so if I want to... there's no need or obligation for me to talk to you about moral bottom lines or any other high-sounding platitudes...

We both know in our hearts that these are just excuses made up by the people behind you.

Lei Ming's gaze gradually turned cold as he looked at Calvin and continued:

"I can be the guardian of the Earth..."

It can also become a destroyer at any time...

Therefore, I hope that you and those behind you clearly recognize one fact, which is...

You have no leverage to blackmail me.

Calvin was speechless for a moment, feeling that he should say something, but he dared not and did not know what to say, and was caught in a dilemma.

I absolutely loathe those bastards who only dare to hide in the White House and point fingers...

Lei Ming naturally understood that Calvin was merely a scapegoat pushed out. If he was lucky, he could be reused when he returned; if he wasn't... then all the blame would be shifted onto him...

The United States has never lacked talented people.

This time, he stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point:

“General Calvin, you are a sensible man. I know you also hate those people in your heart, but out of loyalty to the United States, you can only obey orders.”

So I'll help you out... I'll give you two options...

1. If you wage war against me, you will bear the consequences.

Second: Return to the white house immediately…

I don't care what methods you use, kill everyone involved in this operation, including the real masterminds behind the Superpower Bureau, even the president...

Don’t leave any one behind!”

Calvin's pupils dilated instantly upon hearing this, almost unable to believe what he was hearing, but before he could speak, Lei Ming continued:

"I suggest you think about it for a while longer and don't make a decision so quickly."

After speaking, Lei Ming turned his head away and stopped looking at him. Calvin, who hadn't yet recovered from his shock, subconsciously followed his gaze and realized that he was looking at something burning in a corner of the ruins...

Stars and stripes.