Chapter 46

After a trip to the children's hospital, the baby's condition finally had a more definitive diagnosis.

The previous diagnosis of bronchitis was purely a misdiagnosis, no wonder a bunch of medications and intravenous drips were ineffective.

Currently, the only option is to continue with medication, although it might take a longer time, the baby is already in the recovery phase, and Xiao Bao can finally feel relieved.

In the next two days, Xiao Bao will spend some time thinking about how to write the subsequent plot, and there will only be one update for now. However, please rest assured, the updates will not be interrupted.

Starting from Monday, there will be at least two updates per day. I would like to request your support once again, thank you.

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As the small spaceship with the S-shaped pattern streaked across the sky and finally crashed into the farm, Jonathan Kent, the farm owner, after calming his wife Martha Kent, drove his pickup truck toward the crash site.

However, the car had barely driven fifty meters when he saw an Asian man with yellow skin standing on the road ahead.

Liu Rui, who did not want to waste time, did not hesitate after intercepting Jonathan Kent, the adoptive father of Superman. He directly used his abilities to control the man, making him stay in place, while he drove the pickup truck to the crash site.

After the pickup truck stopped not far from the small spaceship, the person who got out was still Jonathan Kent.

Of course, this person, who looked no different from the Jonathan Kent who had been in the cornfield both in appearance and genetically, was none other than Liu Rui, who had just arrived in the "Man of Steel" world.

"Oh my God!!" Liu Rui, who had walked up to the small spaceship, made the sign of the cross on his chest and exclaimed in feigned shock.

It was unclear whether the intelligent program on the spaceship had detected Liu Rui or if it was a pre-programmed sequence, but shortly after Liu Rui approached, the originally sealed cabin door slowly opened with a hiss.

Soon, a clearly newborn baby appeared before Liu Rui.

As the saying goes, life is a stage, and acting is everything.

Since Liu Rui had a well-prepared plan, his reaction to such an unusual situation was quite "normal," perfectly portraying a human encountering an alien object for the first time.

In theory, with the point of entry for Liu Rui's arrival, there was no need for such trouble.

However, in the original plot, when Superman and Lois Lane were taken into General Zod's Kryptonian spaceship, the former inserted a black "USB drive" into the latter's hand.

Given the situation at the time, even if this "USB drive," which should have been a control key, contained an AI created by Jor-El based on himself, it should not have known about this.

But when Lois Lane, who was imprisoned in the Kryptonian spaceship, accidentally uploaded Jor-El's AI using the control key, the AI was clearly aware of this.

This left only two possibilities.

One, the AI control key was not just a "USB drive" but could monitor the outside world.

The other possibility was that after Jor-El's AI was uploaded to the Kryptonian spaceship, it directly accessed the relevant surveillance records.

However, if this were the case, the Kryptonians invading Earth should have also discovered the small actions between Superman and Lois Lane.

In reality, the Kryptonian survivors led by General Zod did not notice this, otherwise, they would not have allowed Superman and Lois Lane to find a way to turn the tables.

Liu Rui was not particularly concerned about which of these possibilities was the truth.

After all, it was just a bit more troublesome, and being cautious was better than placing himself in unknown danger.

After wasting a bit of time, Liu Rui, in the guise of Jonathan Kent, picked up the baby from the small spaceship and "curiously" examined the black "USB drive" with the S-shaped pattern attached to the baby.

At this moment, with the roar of an engine, a farm trailer drove up.

A young woman with blonde hair, a curvaceous figure, and a luscious body got out of the vehicle. If someone who had seen "Resident Evil 3" were present, they would recognize her as Claire, a key female supporting character, except she was younger and more beautiful.

Although he had transformed into Jonathan Kent, Liu Rui did not want the unattractive and plain-looking Martha Kent to act alongside him, regardless of whether she was the real one or a "knockoff."

"Dear, what is this?" The artificial human Claire, also acting, looked at the baby in her husband's arms and the small spaceship nearby, and exclaimed in shock as she approached.

"I don't know, I just know we have a child," Liu Rui said, his face filled with joy after the initial tension and shock.

After a series of acting performances, he handed the coughing and seemingly sick baby to his wife and then used the farm trailer to load the small spaceship onto the pickup truck.

Fortunately, he had prepared the trailer in advance; otherwise, moving the small spaceship, which weighed 17,000 pounds (about 7 tons), would have been quite troublesome.

The pickup truck and the trailer did not head to Jonathan Kent's home but to an open field not far from the farm.

If there were outsiders present, they would have been startled by the sudden disappearance of the two vehicles.

In fact, the two vehicles had simply entered the cargo hold of a large spaceship that was in optical camouflage.

After the small spaceship was placed in a box that could shield all radiation, pulses, and electronic signals, and the black "USB drive" was also secured, the Starling revealed its body.

"Welcome back, my master."

Taking the still coughing baby, Liu Rui, who had returned to his normal form, instructed:

"Starling, analyze these two items, be careful, safety first."

"As you command, my master."

Following Starling's response, the two boxes containing the small spaceship and the black "USB drive" were quickly taken away by the activated intelligent robots.

"Prepare the laboratory and the training room; I will be using them soon."

After giving another instruction, Liu Rui walked toward the laboratory.

"Already prepared, my master." Starling, following its master, looked at the baby in a "sick" state and asked curiously:

"Master, is this our target? He looks no different from a normal human."

"Indeed, Kryptonians and humans may look similar on the surface, but they are vastly different races," Liu Rui said, nodding as he looked at the blood droplet he had condensed above the baby using his abilities.

In no time, the three of them, or rather, two people and an AI hologram, arrived at the laboratory on the spaceship.

Due to the different environment, Kal-El, also known as Superman, who was in an extremely weak state, was even more fragile than a healthy human baby.

Knowing that Kryptonians become stronger the more solar radiation they absorb, Liu Rui had Starling move the large spaceship to the Arctic region, which was in a state of polar night, to better study the Kryptonian.

Since the Kryptonian had just been born and was in a very vulnerable state upon arriving on Earth, the research did not last long.

After simply drawing an appropriate amount of blood and cutting some hair, Liu Rui placed Superman in a cryogenic storage pod.

After conducting a preliminary study of the Kryptonian's blood, Liu Rui handed over the further research to the intelligent robots and took the blood sample to the training room.

The spacious training room was very empty, with a floor made of special alloy that was both shiny and not too slippery.

Liu Rui, standing in the center of the training room, did not activate the training equipment but instead suspended the blood droplet from Superman in front of him and said:

"Starling, seal the entire training room, activate the protective field, and turn off the lights."

As Liu Rui spoke, two airlocks instantly dropped on both sides of the training room door. The room then fell into complete darkness as the lights went out.

Sitting cross-legged and floating a meter above the ground, Liu Rui did not rush to absorb the blood droplet but closed his eyes to calm himself.

There was no choice; Kryptonians were indeed powerful, but due to the different environment, they still needed time to adapt.

In the original plot, whether it was Superman, who was sent to Earth as a baby, or General Zod and his followers, who escaped from the Phantom Zone after Krypton's destruction, they were all quite unaccustomed to Earth when they first arrived.

In this situation, Liu Rui did not think he would be an exception after "transforming" into a Kryptonian.

And indeed, that was the case.

After completely calming down, Liu Rui opened his eyes and absorbed the blood droplet into his body.

He then began to transform himself using the genetic material from the blood droplet as a sample.

With his previous experience in "transformations," this transformation went smoothly.

However, after the transformation was complete, Liu Rui, now a Kryptonian, could no longer maintain his floating state and fell to the smooth floor of the training room with a "thud."

Fortunately, he had anticipated such a situation and made arrangements, otherwise, becoming a Kryptonian would have resulted in more than just a fall and difficulty breathing.

No one knew what Liu Rui experienced in the training room, but after almost two hours, Starling, who had been monitoring the situation, received the order to open the training room.

Liu Rui, who walked out of the training room, looked no different from usual, but in reality, things were far from that.

"Starling, how is the search for the Kryptonian scout ship going?" Liu Rui asked as he left the training room, without any unusual behavior.

"U** spy drones have been dispatched and have been exploring the Arctic ice cap region for one hour, fifty-two minutes, and thirty-eight seconds," Starling reported, instantly projecting a holographic image:

"Due to the polar night and the harsh environment affecting the drones' operations, no traces of the Kryptonian scout ship have been found yet."