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Chapter 51 Redefines the Concept of "1 Day"
Chapter 51 Redefining the Concept of "Day"
Aboard the Kryptonian spaceship, which had already begun its tiered acceleration, Connors looked at the flight speed displayed on the screen in the cockpit and couldn't help but sigh:
"This isn't just a matter of a thousand miles a day, it's practically ten thousand miles a day!"
"Catwoman" Selena didn't care whether it was thousands of miles away or tens of thousands of miles away; she was completely captivated by the seamless fit.
Even without Connors taking the initiative, Selena was already pushing her luck.
On Earth, after Connors piloted his spaceship away, "Superman" Clark, General Zod, his lieutenant Fiona, and Sergeant Namek (the tall guy in the movie) were all stunned.
General Zod mistakenly believed that Connors's Kusama Stand was actually a fellow human with the Kryptonian gene center, while Superman thought that Connors died too easily.
After a brief, intense stare-down between the two sides, they clashed once again.
At this time, General Zod had not yet adapted to the Earth environment and was once overwhelmed by "Superman" Clark, fighting his way from Kansas all the way to Metropolis.
However, Zod's heavy armor shielded him from a lot of damage. He was also a Kryptonian character defined by his combat role, and Clark only wanted to subdue him without killing him.
After a while, although the battle between the two caused considerable damage, it was not easy to determine a winner in a short period of time.
Female adjutant Fiona and sergeant Namek faced off against fighter jets in the air and tanks on the ground, and they were in a one-sided situation of crushing the enemy, with human weapons not proving to be of much use.
Even so, the other Kryptonians who disembarked from the landing ship that Connors had taken were still injured to some extent because their professions were not related to combat.
General Zod was in immense pain, having to endure both the changes to Earth's environment and the furious punches from "Superman" Clark, and was now powerless to fight back.
After dealing with the fighter jets, tanks, and numerous military soldiers, Lieutenant Fiona and Sergeant Namek quickly arrived to provide support.
Just then, the undamaged "GG" sign on the street, the cell phone that someone had dropped on the ground, and the rustling sounds coming from all directions made them stop in their tracks.
"Superman, Zod, stop fighting, wait for me."
"If all else fails, go get some sleep."
Connors' voice came from space, leaving "Superman" Clark, who thought he was dead, somewhat bewildered.
But Connors only said that the battle with General Zod would be later, without mentioning the other Kryptonians.
Moreover, at this moment, Lieutenant Fiona and Sergeant Namek were already walking side by side toward "Superman" Clark. Clark had no time to think, so he abandoned General Zod, who was lying weakly to the side, and went to meet his other comrades.
Having disembarked from Krypton's piling machine ship aboard a landing craft, Connors manually increased the speed of his vessel to maximum.
The piling machine spaceship had its trajectory set by "Catwoman" Selena and would reach the sun in about half an hour.
Kryptonian spaceships are equipped with "Phantom Drive," which allows them to fly in a teleportation-like manner.
But Connors dared not increase the power, after all, from a cosmic perspective, the Earth is far too close to the sun.
After taking one last look at the pile driver, Connors looked away and began piloting the landing craft to orbit the Earth against the sun.
With the first phase of the space mission successfully completed, Connors is now ready to tackle the system's bugs.
Redefining the concept of "day"!
There are 24 hours in a day, but the gossip system only records the gossip of the day and has never had any countdown or similar settings.
Although there was an element of taking shortcuts, Connors decided to take a gamble and see if the gossip system would also be updated if he flew around the earth against the sun and artificially shortened his subjective "day".
So, on the landing ship with its flight speed set to maximum, Connors looked at the system with some anticipation.
The spacecraft then orbits the Earth in the direction of the sun, artificially "welcoming the sunrise and bidding farewell to the sunset."
"Krypton's spaceship technology is really advanced."
Connors once again expressed this sentiment: aside from the seats not being very comfortable and not being able to recline, and the lack of a bed, tea room, toilet, private cinema, bar, and any other facilities for enjoyment, the spaceship's performance was quite good; at least it flew fast and steadily.
After flying around the Earth, only three hours had passed.
During the journey, in order to exploit the system's bugs to the greatest extent possible, Connors even used hypnosis to force himself to believe that "a day is less than five hours long."
Of course, he didn't forget to have Catwoman remind him to reverse-hypnotize afterwards.
After the spaceship circled the Earth once, the "watching system" indeed responded.
[Today’s big melon: Krypton’s remnants]
[Reward for watching the drama: Healing magic]
[Healing Magic: Heals by absorbing the pain of the other person into oneself. One will bear an equal amount of pain, but can recover on their own in a short time.]
The bug was successfully exploited!
Although this ability doesn't sound very friendly, does it mean that if I use this ability to save people, I will have to endure the same pain again?
"I will not use this ability lightly unless absolutely necessary," Connors secretly vowed.
Although it might seem a bit redundant, Connors doesn't mind it; after all, strictly speaking...
This ability, obtained by exploiting a system bug, is essentially free.
Why would anyone complain about something that's free? Even if it weren't free, Connors wouldn't consider having an extra ability a burden; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Take today's project to send a piling machine spacecraft into the sun as an example. "Kusama Man", "Human Limit", "Master Pilot", "Master Locksmith", and "Little Trick" are all indispensable.
Moreover, he now has ideas on how to make the most of this healing ability.
Prompted by Catwoman Selena, Connors re-hypnotized himself with the idea of "24 hours in a day."
He then grasped the concept and piloted the nearly fuel-depleted spaceship toward Metropolis.
The landing ship lacked the necessary communication equipment, preventing Connors from locating the location of the Superman vs. Zod battle.
But that doesn't matter; he just needs to find the most severely damaged areas, with the metropolis as the center.
The place wasn't hard to find; in fact, when Connors arrived, he was pleasantly surprised.
Superman vs. his lieutenant Fiora, the battle between Namek and the chieftain continues!
By this time, Fiora was panting heavily, Namek's armor was mostly torn, and Superman, apart from being filthy from somewhere, was otherwise fine.
"Are you going to join their fight too?" Selena asked with some concern, looking down at the neighborhood that was almost completely destroyed.
"No rush, I need to go find Zatanna." Connors said, then directed the spaceship toward Gotham.
Gotham's news reported on Zatanna's magic show being ruined. Selena knew the magician, but she didn't understand why they would ask Zatanna for something like this.
In Gotham, Zatanna practiced all the magic she knew over and over again, and even mastered many spells she didn't know before, such as telekinesis, apparition, and reverse casting.
But right now, the spatial magic she needed most could only open a small opening, not enough for her to squeeze through.
She wanted to go to Metropolis, where it was now a wasteland due to the battles between Superman and Zod, and later, between his lieutenant Fiona and Master Namek.
On television news, the military was able to broadcast footage around the world, but it was powerless to carry out rescue operations.
Although Zatanna knew she couldn't get involved in a battle of that level, she felt that simply rescuing people...
My magic should come in handy.
Just as Zatanna was anxious and helpless about the matter, the sound of an engine came from above the apartment, and then the flowers in her room began to grow strangely.
The engine sound gradually faded away, then returned, finally stopping in front of Zatanna's apartment building.
"What is this?" Zatanna wondered, but the shape of the spaceship made her recognize that it was a product of Krypton, after all, related footage had been broadcast on television not long ago.
Just as she picked up her magic wand and rushed downstairs to greet the Kryptonians, Connors emerged from the spaceship with "Catwoman" Selena.
"???" Zatanna doubted her own eyes and withdrew the spell she was about to cast.
"Zatanna, I'd like to learn from you how to reverse magic," Connors said bluntly, recalling that Zatanna had used it a few times in the comics.
"How could you know about the magic I just learned?" Zatanna stammered.
It wasn't that she was afraid of Connors, but the moment she saw his face, the scenes of her spying on him twice using spatial magic, only to find that he was busy getting his hair cut, naturally came to mind.
"That's good—" Connors breathed a sigh of relief and offered, "How about we make a deal?"
"I'll help you find your father, and in return, you teach me reverse magic, how about it?"
Zatanna breathed a sigh of relief, clearing her mind of the explicit images.
The moment she heard the word "deal," she almost thought Connors had come to see her in broad daylight.
Fortunately, it seems to have been a misunderstanding.
"Okay, but there's one more condition: you have to take me to the metropolis." Zatanna composed herself, her tone gentle yet firm. "I want to go save people."