I get stronger by sunbathing, just like Superman.

Their intense gazes clashed for a full minute!

Ultimately, Clark ran out of steam, was the first to withdraw his thermal vision and leap to the side.

"Max!"

There's no need to resort to violence; I just want to have a proper talk with you!

"I told you... I have nothing to talk to you about!"

Max's eyes were bloodshot, his fists clenched! He charged at Clark through gritted teeth!

He hasn't fought with anyone for a full ten years!

Now that Clark has come to him, it's a good opportunity for him to vent the pain that has been building up in his heart all these years.

"what!"

With Max's roar, a fist the size of a sandbag landed squarely on Clark's chest!

Boom boom boom!

Sonic booms echoed one after another! Struck by the punch, Clark was instantly sent flying backward, a blur of motion, piercing through countless skyscrapers!

The shockwaves along the way destroyed countless buildings!

The consequence was that the city was plunged into panic, and its citizens were in danger!

Fortunately, several years ago, the Justice League established dedicated rescue divisions, located in various parts of the city, composed entirely of second- and third-tier superheroes and ordinary people.

We will be mobilized as soon as there is a crisis warning.

In the ruins of a collapsed building, Clark carried a mother and daughter and leaped out, landing in a safe place.

the other side,

Seeing the destruction he had caused and the harm it had inflicted on so many people, Max instantly came to his senses and was overwhelmed with deep remorse…

"I told you, don't bother with me anymore!"

With red eyes, he shouted angrily at Clark, then turned and flew into the sky, disappearing into the dark night sky in the blink of an eye.

“Max…”

Clark, lying on the ground, frowned as he watched his departing figure, inwardly blaming himself for being too impatient and for not giving him more time.

at this time,

A huge, bat-shaped aircraft descended from the sky, and several figures jumped out of it.

"You found Max!?"

Where is he?!

Connie, who was at the front, asked Clark a question the moment she saw him, while anxiously looking around.

Behind her followed Lyle, Molly, and other members of the Justice League.

Clark shook his head with a hint of guilt and said:

"He didn't want to talk to me, and he's already left..."

"gone……"

Connie froze upon hearing this, her expression turning blank.

Then she looked around at the mess and asked incredulously:

"Did he do all of this?"

"Feel sorry…"

Clark sighed. "I pushed him too hard. It wasn't his fault."

“No…” Connie gently shook her head, her expression filled with extreme guilt: “It’s my fault. I failed to fulfill my responsibilities as a family member…”

Molly and the others standing nearby also looked rather grim.

After all, they had been searching for Max for so many years, trying to help him get out of his trauma, but unfortunately, he had been deliberately avoiding them.

With his current abilities, unless he himself is willing, no one in this world can find him.

Except for that person…

Connie, Lyle, and the others slowly turned their heads and looked up at the night sky.

Unfortunately, it's nighttime now.

The sun is not visible.

...

...

10,000 meters in the air

Max was frantically speeding through the clouds, leaving a long trail behind him…

He kept accelerating! Accelerating! Accelerating again!

at last,

He broke through the atmosphere and flew across most of the Earth until the edge of a fiery red sun appeared before him…

A giant yellow star

sun.

It continues to illuminate the entire solar system with endless light and heat, just as it always has…

However, the sun today is able to maintain its current state only because thunder acts as fuel within it.

They also knew that

Superman is still alive.

But even if all of humanity on Earth knew this fact, they couldn't do anything useful to change it...

Including the Justice League, including Clark.

Max floated silently in space, gazing at the sun before him, his eyes filled with dejection.

Countless emotions were intertwined.

Actually,

This wasn't his first time here in the past ten years.

Whenever he felt lost and helpless, trapped in a cycle of painful self-blame...

He will come here.

Even if you do nothing, just stand here and watch,

It will also calm him down temporarily.

Occasionally, he would confide in his heart, hoping to receive a response from Lei Ming…

Even though I never heard his voice again.

'thunder……

How much longer are you going to stay inside?

Gazing at the boundless sun before him, Max murmured to himself…

'Don't answer me...'

Is it because seeing me like this disappointed you?

'I know... I'm a useless piece of trash, I can't protect Betty,'

It won't save you either.

'But I tried my best, I really tried my best…'

'But I really can't do it...'

It seems like everyone in this world, except me, can look forward.

'It seems like I'm the only one... still living in the past.'

Max looked up, his eyes fixed on the sun's corona, as if trying to see through the raging flames to its deepest depths...

"Ray, what should I do?"

what should I do?

Where should I go?

The doubts in my heart,

There was still no response, as silent as the vacuum of space he inhabited.

Nothing is heard.

Tell me!

Max suddenly opened his mouth, and in the pitch-black universe,