Clark was cornered by Lois's words; he was almost about to reveal his identity.
But suddenly, Sam Lane's image appeared in his mind, making his just-opened mouth close again.
Sam Lane, as one of the typical representatives of the authorities, has always been hostile towards metahumans. This is no longer a secret in the United States.
Ever since the video of his conversation with the Admiral disguised as a parasite was made public, he simply stopped hiding his political views and instead openly declared them.
And he repeatedly and extensively publicized the dangers of metahumans in public, gaining the support of a portion of the population.
It is obviously impossible to make everyone in this World like superheroes; they may not even like themselves.
Although Sam Lane's position at the CIA was revoked due to public pressure.
However, the Justice League has intelligence indicating that he did not leave the power structure but secretly transferred to Checkmate, becoming one of the real power chairmen.
And because of his friendship with Amanda, the prevailing ideology within Checkmate was also dominated by the equation "metahuman threats must be controlled."
So, it can be said that General Lane is very likely an enemy for metahumans.
Clark himself could bear this danger, who made him love Lois, but what about the other members of the Justice League?
He couldn't selfishly only care about himself and ignore the potential harm to 08 other members.
So, even though he deeply wished to confess to Lois Lane, his reason stopped him immediately.
Lois saw that he still remained silent and suddenly felt very disappointed.
She had already said so much, which actually meant she had guessed Clark's secret and now only wanted him to admit it himself.
Although she didn't know how Clark managed to maintain two identities and two completely different faces, a woman's sixth sense made her firmly believe that this was the truth.
"I'm sorry, Clark, I think it's best if we separate for a while. Perhaps we both need to cool down and carefully consider our relationship."
With that, Lois covered her mouth and left.
Clark raised his hand as if to hold her back, but despite his super speed, he didn't make it in time.
Even if he could keep Lois, what then?
As long as he couldn't give Lois the answer she wanted, no matter how he tried to keep her, Lois would eventually leave.
Clark could only remain in the room alone, feeling sad.
Meanwhile, the monster that emerged from the mine in Canada killed every living thing it encountered, leaving countless corpses of creatures in its wake.
Among these remains were both humans and animals.
The areas where this monster traveled were basically primeval forests and uninhabited zones, so it had not yet attracted the attention of the Canada authorities.
This gave LexCorp time to handle the aftermath; they were the first group of people to arrive here.
"Have you found any trace of that monster?"
The person carrying out this cleanup mission was Anatoli Knyazev, formerly an excellent Officer of the Navy SEALs.
He was the audacious man who dared to kidnap Martha in 'BVS'.
After the United States Military's power waned, he was the first to notice the situation and decisively retired to join a private armed force.
Now he is one of the operations managers for LexCorp's armed division.
His subordinate, hearing his question, quickly replied, "According to our satellite tracking, it went south. We suspect... it might be entering the United States!"
Anatoli frowned slightly; this was going to be troublesome.
After all, this was within another country's borders, and they couldn't employ many of their usual methods and measures, making it difficult to stop that monster.
"What's the situation inside that mine shaft?"
The subordinate's face turned green upon hearing this, as if he had thought of something nightmarish.
"It's a hellhole in there, boss. No one can piece together a complete body. And they've smeared it all over the rock walls; there's no way to clean it up."
Mainly, no one had the psychological fortitude for it. Most people just glanced into the mine entrance and then retreated, squatting outside to vomit profusely.
Many experienced "cleaners" had already developed severe psychological problems from seeing the hellish scene inside and were now completely unable to work.
Anatoli's brows furrowed even deeper upon hearing this. He made a snap decision: "Since we can't clean it thoroughly, then burn it all. Oh, and before that, get that spaceship out!"
His subordinate immediately sent people to work. Cranes and transport helicopters swiftly moved the spaceship out.
Since the spaceship was relatively small, their operation was generally smooth.
Following this, they led a group of people in fire-resistant suits with incinerators into the shaft, using Fire to eliminate all the flesh and blood inside.
But even so, many subtle remnants of tissue remained uneradicated.
In response, Anatoli waved his hand, instructing his demolition team to prepare to blow up the mountain.
With several loud bangs, the mine shaft collapsed in the explosion, ensuring no one would discover the anomalies there.
After a final cleanup, they returned to the United States with the spaceship.
As for that monster, well, there's still the Justice League, isn't there?
In Kahndaq, at Hawkgirl Shayera's home, Dane woke up with a start from his sleep.
He rubbed his eyes and found Cortana standing by the bed.
He said, somewhat exasperated, "When did you pick up this bad habit?"
She could have called Dane in his dreams, but she insisted on standing by the bed in the middle of the night like Sadako. How cheeky!
"Dane, I have important intelligence."
As she spoke, Cortana's gaze subtly shifted to Dane's side, to the fair shoulder and red hair.
Dane frowned slightly, carefully withdrew his arm from under Shayera's head, then got dressed and walked out to the balcony with Cortana.
"What is it?"
Cortana's eyes lit up, and a 3D holographic image was projected into the air, showing an anomalous energy spike signal.
"This is a Kryptonian spaceship that was not previously marked. I cannot access its key, and it seems to contain some technology from other Worlds."
Dane pondered for a moment, then asked, "Where did it come from?"
"From a mountainous area in northern Canada. I found from satellite data that LexCorp's private armed forces had appeared there, but a section of the satellite data was lost."
"Can you recover it?"
"Yes, but it's not very meaningful. I've already detected an extremely powerful energy source that escaped from that location.
That satellite wasn't equipped with a high-definition imaging device, so we currently cannot deduce the truth through video or pictures."
Dane, however, said, "Are you sure it's LexCorp?"
Cortana nodded.
"Then let's see what new and interesting thing this little genius, Luthor, has conjured up for us."
Luthor was a frequent visitor in Dane's dreamscape, so many of his technological innovations had always been under Dane's observation.
Not long ago, he had seen Luthor envisioning a project called "applecore" in his dreams, knowing that he ambitiously wanted to spark an energy revolution.
The early development of this "applecore" project seemed to be in that mountainous region.
If something truly went wrong with "applecore," Dane believed that with Luthor's need for control, he would definitely be overseeing it personally.
So, it's possible that there are some backup data or video files related to it in the LexCorp Tower's servers.
And that kind of place is Cortana's backyard; she can access it whenever she wants.
Thus, data streams flashed in Cortana's eyes, and she quickly found videos related to this incident from LexCorp Tower's servers.
Although it had been deleted, Cortana could restore it even from a physical deletion through magic, let alone mere data deletion.
So she quickly restored the video and projected it for Dane to see.
When Dane saw the monster that broke free from the spaceship, he immediately knew what it was.
"Doomsday!"
Unlike in the movie 'Batman v Superman,' this Doomsday was not created from Zod's corpse through genetic experiments; it came from Kryptonian.
Dane searched his memory and found the origin of this Doomsday.
From its manner of appearance, it should be the Doomsday from the animated movie 'Superman: Doomsday,' specifically the 2007 version, where Superman still had the 'underwear on the outside' and 'dot-eyed' look.
This Universe has integrated quite a lot of things, even this Doomsday has appeared.
"Can you find out where he went?"
Cortana immediately replied, "Based on his projected path, his target is the United States. His speed is extremely fast, and he has already entered United States territory!"
"Who is the closest member to him?"
"It's Superman."
Dane hesitated, but quickly realized he was the God of Death!
With him around, it would be difficult for Clark to die, and he also had the dreamscape, a versatile tool. So he immediately said:
"Notify Clark to intercept that monster first, and simultaneously notify other members to rush to help! Wait!"
Cortana remained in place, awaiting his command.
Dane thought for a moment. He considered the sinister nature of the Power of Fate and still felt a bit uneasy: "I've changed my mind. Have Clark rendezvous with us. The Justice League must act together!"
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