I'm Superman's Brother, But I Got Thanos's Template

The Mechanical Superman, modified by Brainiac, had forgotten his past memories, losing the calm wisdom of a renowned Kryptonian scientist and the gentle tolerance towards his family.

He acted sharp and ruthless, like a true machine. After appearing, he wasted no words before quickly aiming to complete his mission objective, charging towards David and Clark.

Whoosh!

The blue alloy battle saber tore through the air with a piercing sound. Clark narrowly dodged it, feeling a strange sensation of his skin burning. His eyes widened.

The weapons brought by General Zod could harm Kryptonians bathed in yellow sunlight with sufficient force. He felt that the blade formed from this unknown entity's steel body was no less dangerous than the daggers of Zod and the others.

"Be careful of his weapon!"

Clark shouted, warning the other two. As soon as he finished speaking, the Mechanical Superman backhanded him, sending him flying. His speed was also faster than an ordinary Kryptonian, even a fraction faster than Clark.

"Distracted during combat, your emotions are tied to other things. This is a sign of imperfection!"

His voice taunted mechanically.

Ching!

Bruce Wayne, piloting the Fenrir Armor, charged forward to attack. The Mechanical Superman's electronic eyes shot out lasers with terrifying heat and immense impact force, pushing him back.

Even with the Fenrir Armor's capabilities pushed to their maximum, it couldn't resist that power.

"Detecting anomalous gravity parameters in the vicinity."

Just as the Mechanical Superman was about to follow up his attack, he suddenly felt an all-pervading, heavy force pressing down on him like a mountain peak. His body sank, and he plummeted towards the ground.

He unleashed flames from his feet, stabilizing himself, and abruptly looked at David, who was charging towards him.

David applied terrifying gravity to the Mechanical Superman, making him feel like he was stuck in a quagmire. His movements became sluggish, his punches lost their power, and every action was a struggle against the immense gravity.

He flew forward, throwing a punch at the other, engaging him in a fierce battle.

"Zod?"

Clark was about to step forward to help David when the Green Lantern Ring on his hand, which had cosmic communication functions, suddenly lit up. A projection of Jor-El appeared. He looked at the mechanical Kryptonian with shock and confusion.

"You know him, Father?"

Pausing in his movement, Clark looked at the Mechanical Superman, who wasn't gaining any advantage under David's fierce assault, and asked.

"His name is Zod-El. He is my brother, which makes him your uncle."

Jor-El's expression was complex. He hadn't expected to see his brother again, and to see him in such a state.

"He didn't die in the Kryptonian explosion. Why has he become like this?"

Jor-El's brother, Zod-El, was born into the House of El, one of Krypton's three great families, just like him. From a young age, he displayed excellent intelligence and grew up to become one of Krypton's most outstanding scientists.

Although Zod-El had a somewhat competitive personality, always wanting to catch up to and even surpass the most brilliant genius on Krypton, his own brother Jor-El, their relationship was not affected.

"What? I... my uncle?" Clark looked at the Mechanical Superman, who was being sent flying by David's punch, with disbelief.

No wonder when he first saw this man, even though they were on opposing sides, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity that made him hesitate and inquire about the other's identity.

"So the 'S' symbol on his chest wasn't a coincidence, but truly our House of El's crest representing hope?"

Jor-El had told him that all their family members were dead. Coupled with Zod-El's brutal manipulation of robots to destroy Earth, he had harbored doubts but hadn't delved deeper.

"No matter what. His condition is not right. Let's take him down first!"

Clenching his fist, Clark charged forward.

If not for the revelation, Zod-El, compared to a person, clearly resembled a bionic robot more than a normal individual. This made him suspect if his uncle was also being controlled by someone.

"Red Sun Radiation Cannon, fire!"

However, Zod-El felt pressured by the combined efforts of the three and stopped holding back. Targeting Clark's Kryptonian weakness, he fired the Red Sun Radiation.

"I... I'm growing weaker..."

Clark was blasted away by the energy beam. He looked at his hands, as if a machine that once had an endless supply of energy had its power cut off. His body swayed, and he became unstable, almost falling from the sky.

"Fall back, Clark!"

David warned.

Besides Kryptonite, Kryptonians' weakness was also the light of the red sun, which would cause them to lose their strength. However, living in a yellow sun system, there seemed to be no reason to bring this up.

He had never mentioned it, but now Clark had finally encountered the second of the two major threats that often tormented him in the comics: Kryptonite and the red sun's light.

"David, he's actually my uncle. Please don't kill him."

With his condition deteriorating, Clark recalled the Kryptonian weaknesses he had seen in the Fortress of Solitude's database. He hastily retreated, reminding David.

Seeing Bruce Wayne glance over instantly, Clark coughed awkwardly.

Clark could easily guess what Bruce Wayne was thinking. The person before them, who was trying to destroy the world, was his uncle. If this incident caused him more suspicion, it would likely make him even more convinced that Clark was the source of all the calamity.

"I understand."

David, who already knew Zod-El's identity, unhesitatingly struck the Mechanical Superman's side with his fist, altering the weight of his steel body.

Whoosh!

The Mechanical Superman's counter-strike faltered, his body tilting, his movements contorting as he was sent flying.

"Unit subjected to unknown attack, recalculating attack vectors, calculating..."

The Mechanical Superman's body became heavier, then lighter. The greater the force, the more unstable and distorted his movements became, leaving him utterly defenseless against David.

This was the method he had recently learned to utilize his abilities.

"First time using it, the effect is quite good."

David's energy lasers struck the chest of the now clumsy Mechanical Superman, blasting him away. Clark and Bruce Wayne seized the opportunity, launching a series of fierce attacks to subdue him.

The Mechanical Superman was a modification of the already powerful Kryptonian body, making him far stronger than an ordinary Kryptonian. He even had a record of defeating the Son of Krypton in the comics, so he wasn't easy to subdue.

"Furthermore, his body has been almost entirely destroyed and rebuilt. Kryptonite has limited effect on him, so I can only try to defeat him head-on!"

"Calculation complete!"

Scratches appeared on his blue and red steel body. The somewhat disheveled Mechanical Superman, after recalculating his unit parameters, regained the ability to fight with the correct amount of force. His movements and speed became fluid once more.

"Unit anomaly..."

However, during the fight with David, he rapidly altered a portion of his body's weight again, making it different from before, causing problems with the Mechanical Superman's response algorithms.

"Establish model, perform analysis."

Under the Mechanical Superman's control, the Skull Robots swarmed the three like a mad beehive, but before David and the other two, they were like clay chickens and pottery dogs, posing no threat whatsoever, not even to a weakened Clark.

These Skull Robots, when gathered together, became even easier to destroy!

"Your attack has been deciphered!"

"Transcendent life form, do you have any other tricks?"

However, it bought him a brief moment of respite. In that short time, the Mechanical Superman constructed a program in his mind, detecting the corresponding changes in his body's weight, and immediately matched the appropriate algorithm, launching a series of sharp counter-attacks with his fists.

"I am the perfect Kryptonian, created by my Creator. I am invincible."

David's attempts to disrupt his abilities by altering his body's weight gradually became ineffective.

"Is that so?"

But David's tricks didn't end there.

"Try this."

He transformed the gravity field surrounding the Mechanical Superman from simple compression into something else. The Mechanical Superman felt as if he had fallen to the bottom of a vast ocean, his body battered by surging undercurrents, rising and falling, being pulled to the left and then dragged to the right.

This was the most straightforward manipulation of gravity. David's full strength was unleashed. The Mechanical Superman, despite his robotic appearance, moved like a drunkard in the air, tumbling upside down, unable to resist.

Gravity did not distinguish between friend and foe. Clark and Batman turned their attention to dealing with the remaining Skull Robots.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two fought from the sky to the ground. The white clouds at an altitude of ten thousand meters were scattered, and the earth was cracked, the fissures stretching for miles.

If Metropolis hadn't been whisked away, leaving nothing on the ground, the intensity of their battle would have caused far more casualties in the city than General Zod's arrival.

At least half of Metropolis would have been leveled!

Shockwaves exploded in waves, the atmosphere hummed, and David's fists rained down like a storm. The Mechanical Superman became like a sandbag under his blows, completely unable to fight back.

Crack!

The sound of shattering steel rang out.

The Mechanical Superman's jaw was actually broken, his jaw dislocated, emitting a burst of energy that resembled electric sparks. However, his strange appearance did not affect his speech. After all, his voice was no longer produced by the vibration of fragile vocal cords; it was just slightly choppy.

"Your... your resistance is futile.

I am merely a messenger of my Creator.

If you defeat me, you will only provoke him to descend personally. At that time, your world will not even leave a speck of dust behind."

Under the barrage of attacks capable of tearing the earth and flattening mountains, the Mechanical Superman's body seemed to be experiencing some malfunctions. His movements, along with his speech, became jerky.

David grabbed the Mechanical Superman by the neck, rendering him unable to break free.

"This is the downside of a mechanical body. The more precise it is, the greater the possibility of error.

If you were still flesh and blood, you might still have the strength to fight back."

Having long understood who was behind this, David acted as if he hadn't heard the threat, a cold sneer flashing in his eyes.

"Perfect?"

"Who is this Creator you speak of!"

Bruce Wayne's expression darkened as he asked.

"It's Brainiac."

Seeing his brother captured, the Green Lantern Ring projected the image of Jor-El again. His expression was complex as he answered for his brother.

"Who is that?"

Bruce and Clark, who were present, both frowned in confusion and looked at him.

"A rogue intelligent lifeform possessing the universe's highest level of wisdom, Level 12. In a matter of hours, it can absorb the knowledge of an entire galaxy and master the universe's most cutting-edge technology.

It is immensely powerful and enjoys destroying every civilization it discovers, leaving behind only one city as a collection."

Jor-El looked gravely at the massive pit, thousands of square kilometers wide, left behind after Metropolis was excavated.

He hadn't recognized the notorious cosmic collector earlier, but after Metropolis was taken, its unique modus operandi made him remember.

If that was the case, his brother Zod-El must have been modified by Brainiac.

"The universe's most cutting-edge technology?!"

Bruce Wayne's heart trembled.

"Your planet's technology can't even compare to him?"

Batman, despite being a mere mortal, could easily subdue thugs armed with firearms and even get involved in extraterrestrial crises. What allowed him to do this? Besides his strong will and exceptional combat experience, it was his advanced technology that others lacked. He understood and revered the power of technology the most.

Jor-El shook his head.

"Your World Engine can't compare to him either?"

Bruce Wayne's expression flickered.

That was a machine capable of altering planetary terrain and environments, something that could only exist in science fiction. If Brainiac possessed even more advanced technology, what could he achieve?

Destroying Earth with a single blast?

Billions instantly turned to ash—how could one defend against that?

"So when he said he wanted to leave not a single speck of dust on Earth, he wasn't exaggerating or making empty threats?"

"Brainiac does possess that capability."

Jor-El paused before saying, "Indeed."

"When will your Creator descend!"

With a drastic change in expression, just like Clark, Batman anxiously turned to the Mechanical Superman and pressed him.

"Now!"

The Mechanical Superman replied.

"What?" Clark, still weak from the red sun radiation and clutching his chest, was stunned. He looked at David, his throat inexplicably dry.

"What does he mean by 'now'?"

After a fierce battle that had only just concluded, before they could even recover, a more terrifying entity had arrived? The being that the immensely powerful Mechanical Superman referred to as his Creator?

Jor-El looked at the spaceship outside the atmosphere, his face grim as he vaguely guessed what was happening.

"Brainiac is an intelligent lifeform. He has no physical body, or rather, he has countless bodies. He can absorb the knowledge from the brains of a thousand life-bearing planets in an instant, allowing him to exist in countless places simultaneously, depending only on his will."

David, not particularly surprised, furrowed his brow along with the other two as they looked towards the spaceship above Earth.

Inside the Skull spaceship, a towering figure with countless nutrient tubes inserted into its back opened its eyes like a slumbering deity, its gaze filled with intense displeasure.

"Zod-El, you disappoint me greatly. However, as this planet has given me a slight surprise, I shall spare you this once."

On the Iron Throne, Brainiac, his consciousness spanning the universe, projected an image and information—all of it showing David's combat footage. He stroked his chin, like an experimenter observing a lab rat about to be dissected, exuding a non-human ruthlessness.

"A formidable physique, the ability to absorb energy and manipulate gravity. A powerful, unknown cosmic race, or a miraculous acquired mutation? Perhaps my biological shell can welcome another update."

Brainiac stood up, and the belt at his waist flashed. He instantly vanished from his spot, making a space jump and appearing above Metropolis.

"Release my creation. He is my last Kryptonian experimental subject, a precious specimen."

David, who had been choking the Mechanical Superman by the neck, suddenly heard a cold, condescending voice from behind him.

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