Zero Armor

Chapter 105: Zero Armor

A deafening roar echoed, and shattered stones flew through the air.

A figure, with a shocking presence, forcefully broke into the base. His younger brother's voice, laced with anger, sounded, followed by a familiar voice.

"Are you alright?"

David looked at Clark, drenched in sweat and appearing weak, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.

He suspected this was a premeditated plan by the military, aimed at capturing and apprehending Clark.

"Clark had just passed out when the military, as if they'd foreseen it, arrived and sealed off the area."

"I'm fine."

Clark shook his dazed head forcefully. He mustered a smile, trying to convey that he was alright, but it was merely a pale, strained grimace.

Riiip!

A grating sound of metal deforming echoed.

David effortlessly tore apart the shackles, which were like solid steel balls, without showing any strain. The shattered restraints, weighing over ten tons, were tossed aside like garbage.

Watching through the screen, Sam Lane and Lex Luthor's faces paled. Another monster whose strength exceeded human imagination.

Coupled with the speed at which he appeared.

Could he be Superman's alien kin?!

If one mutated individual was understandable, the sudden appearance of two such beings defying all logic made people think of their species. Could Superman truly be an alien?

Even Sam Lane had to harbor doubts at this moment.

"Can you walk?" Despite storming into a heavily guarded military base, David, apart from exuding a gloomy and stern aura, showed no signs of anxiety. It was as if this place was his personal backyard, where he could come and go as he pleased.

"I can manage."

Supported by his younger brother, Clark staggered to his feet. Even though he was at his weakest, walking was not a problem.

"I'll get you out of here!"

David said, preparing to carry him out of the base. Clark, whose eyes were blinded, hesitated and then spoke.

"If possible, brother, try not to kill anyone."

"As expected of the hero in the eyes of Metropolis citizens.

Truly kind."

David, carrying him with an arm around his shoulder, raised an eyebrow.

Clark forced a bitter smile. Being captured by the military and brought here today was humiliating enough.

If his brother hadn't come to save him, considering the sonic weapons he'd just felt, he had little confidence in escaping this base on his own.

However, considering all factors, Clark didn't want his brother to go on a killing spree. With his brother's abilities, any engagement would be a one-sided slaughter, and who knew how many would die.

"Don't worry, no one will die in this base today."

If the circumstances were different today, David wouldn't hold back. But since his kind and elderly parents knew he was here, he decided not to go overboard with the killing.

As he spoke, he raised his palm and unleashed an energy blast.

A hole large enough for a person was blasted through wall after wall by the rampaging cosmic energy, penetrating nearly half a mile. Everything in its path was obliterated.

A dozen base personnel, who happened to be behind the wall, were vaporized, leaving no trace of their bodies.

Without any bodies as evidence, David felt he couldn't be considered to have killed anyone.

If too many people went 'missing' in the end, it would surely be the military's smear campaign.

He believed his father and mother would trust their son more than the military, who wanted to capture their eldest son for experimentation.

Clark, who thought he had just convinced his brother, wore a momentary smile that quickly froze on his face.

Within the range of his super-hearing, a dozen heartbeats had ceased.

"Brother?"

"They were just teleported away, to another world."

Soldiers, armed with guns and cannons, reacted swiftly and rushed over. A roaring metallic torrent was unleashed. David raised his hand, and a purple energy blast erased person after person from this world.

Hearing David's perfunctory and emotionless response, Clark grew somewhat frantic, as if he were dealing with an eight-year-old child.

"David, let's get out of here quickly." His voice was hurried.

Clang clang clang!

The middle section of an armored vehicle, equipped with a heavy machine gun that had been blocking the distant wall opening, was melted and vaporized by a high-concentration energy beam, making the vehicle and the people operating it disappear.

"I can handle it, don't worry about me."

David replied calmly, appreciating Clark's concern.

Clark wasn't worried about his brother; missile attacks wouldn't even tickle David.

David clearly had the ability to get him out of the military base in an instant, yet he was walking out step by step like an ordinary person, clearly venting his murderous intent.

If this slaughter continues, who knows how many people will be left in this base by the end.

Clark gritted his teeth, wanting to leave quickly on his own. However, his body was weak, the strong anesthetic drugs hadn't worn off, and it was night. He had no strength and could only be supported by his brother as they walked.

Bang!

On the base's surveillance screens, bullets were seen bouncing off David and Clark. Soldiers were annihilated by the purple lasers shot from the other's eyes as he advanced, their bodies disintegrating without a trace.

"If this keeps up, he'll kill every soldier in my base!"

Sam Lane, a mix of shock and fury, slammed his fist onto the control console and opened a channel.

"Dr. Ayres."

"What's happening at the base? Was there an earthquake? Why do I hear gunfire inside the base!"

Before he could speak, a middle-aged doctor in a white lab coat appeared on the screen, looking flustered. Dust rained down from the ceiling of the underground room he was in as he spoke first.

This base wasn't just any ordinary base.

Sam Lane had chosen to bring the unconscious Clark to this base because it was one of the military's top secret research facilities, housing many talented individuals and expensive research equipment.

Superman was supposed to be another top-secret research project at this base, but things had taken an unexpected turn.

Someone had appeared out of nowhere, a guy who might be even more troublesome than Superman.

"The base is under attack by a terrifying lifeform, possibly an extraterrestrial hostile species. We need to enact Project Prometheus now. Have John ready, connect his neural interface to the Zero Armor immediately, and deploy him to subdue the opponent and recapture the experimental subject."

"Extraterrestrial hostile species?"

Dr. Ayres's expression was bewildered, as if listening to a fairy tale.

"But according to the project schedule, we still need at least six months for debugging before the Steel Warrior can be completed safely. If the General activates the armor rashly, Sergeant Coben could die from brain overload during the neural connection process."

He snapped back to reality and spoke rapidly.

"He's been training for this project for five years. Qualified soldiers never fear battle or death. I've already sent John over."

Sam Lane roared back in an unrefutable tone.

On the base's surveillance screen, a tank aimed and fired a shell at the two. The massive projectile whistled through the air, only to be intercepted and detonated by a laser from David's fingertip.

He and Clark were unharmed. The missile exploded, and a group of soldiers were blown to pieces, their mangled limbs scattered amidst the carnage.

As the smoke cleared, severely wounded soldiers lay groaning and screaming on the ground, their bodies covered in blood.

The armed soldiers looked at the figure that finally emerged from the base rooms, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, filled with terror.

"Monster, help me. Save me, I don't want to die!"

A soldier with weak resolve yelled, wishing he had been born with stronger legs. He turned and fled into the distance.

"This is a monster that no human can defeat!"

It was as if death itself followed wherever he went. In just a short while, nearly a hundred people had fallen by his hand. Their guns and cannons couldn't even slow him down.

Fear and despair spread through everyone's hearts.

In the control room, Lex Luthor raised an eyebrow after listening to the conversation between Sam Lane and the doctor.

"Steel Warrior?"

"Lex Luthor, what you just heard is top-secret military information. I will have you sign a non-disclosure agreement shortly. If anything from today leaks, you will be arrested for treason and espionage."

Sam Lane shot him a cold glance.

"General, I understand the stakes. But this guy's physical body seems to be no weaker than Superman's, and his energy projection abilities are clearly stronger than Superman's."

Luthor raised his hands in mock surrender, smiling unhurriedly.

"Can your Steel Soldier match a heavy tank in single combat?"

On the screen, a heavy tank weighing over a hundred tons, with steel armor up to 200 millimeters thick, had just been effortlessly pierced by a single energy laser cannon, reduced to scrap metal flowing with molten iron.

"Just wait and see. Neither he nor Superman will be leaving here."

As more soldiers fell, the fury in Sam Lane's eyes seemed to physically erupt, his gaze fixed on the figure glowing purple on the screen.

The Zero Armor was entirely constructed from the expensive and highly classified Prometheus Metal, the hardest metal in the world, unknown to the outside. The meaning of Project Prometheus was to be the first line of defense against potential alien invaders.

It also bore the crucial mission of preserving the spark of human civilization against overwhelming alien assaults, an ultimate weapon that the White House and the military placed immense hope in!

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