"General Zod, you have committed the grave crimes of murder and treason. By the judgment of the Kryptonian Elder Council, you and your subordinates are sentenced to three hundred years of imprisonment. Do you have anything further to state?"
As Zod's consciousness was in a chaotic state, an emotionless voice reached his ears.
At this moment, two memories echoed in his mind: "I am Zod, the supreme military commander of Krypton. No, I am Zod, from Earth, just an ordinary person."
Hearing that voice, he suddenly became somewhat clear-headed.
But in the next moment, these two memories began to intertwine and merge frantically in his brain, making him unable to utter a single word, so he could only lower his head.
Facing the silent Zod, everyone present was somewhat surprised.
Especially Superman's birth mother, Lara-El. Her husband, Jor-El, and Zod were once the best partners, so she naturally understood Zod's temperament perfectly!
In her impression, Zod was an extremely strong-willed person. As Krypton's military commander, he had always believed in the law of iron and blood.
Even if his coup failed this time, he should not be so dejected, or even seem somewhat dispirited.
Under normal circumstances, he should be cursing at her now, or even issuing furious threats.
Unfortunately, at this moment, he didn't say a word, just quietly bowed his head.
What everyone didn't know was that the Zod standing before them now had a different soul inside.
"No way, I actually transmigrated to the DC Universe, and became General Zod, Krypton's military commander."
"If I go by my memories, I transmigrated into the movie universe where Zod had his neck snapped by Superman, and his corpse was even later transformed by Lex Luthor using Kryptonian forbidden technology into a Castrated version Doomsday."
"Fortunately, this is all in the future. Everything is still salvageable now!"
Zod, with an uncommon surname, was just an ordinary office worker on Earth before his transmigration, but a DC movie fan.
He still remembered that before his transmigration, he was rewatching "Man of Steel," a Superman movie released years ago.
This was because DC had rebooted the Superman IP and filmed a new Superman movie. He had originally walked into the cinema with anticipation but left utterly disappointed.
With many complaints about the new Superman, he chose to rewatch the old movie.
However, during the viewing, he only felt a moment of daze before completely losing consciousness, and when he woke up again, he found himself as General Zod, who was currently on trial for a failed coup.
At this moment, a million alpacas were galloping in his heart.
Although he yearned for the universe in the movies, it didn't mean he actually wanted to transmigrate!
After all, he wasn't without attachments in his original world.
Moreover, and more importantly, transmigration was one thing, but to transmigrate as Zod, well, that wasn't entirely unacceptable, but the timing of this transmigration was just too inconvenient.
If the timing had been just a little earlier, he would have had room to maneuver. At the very least, he could have fled Krypton with his subordinates. Then, with the vastness of the universe, there would be nowhere he couldn't go.
But now, Zod's military coup had failed, and he had fallen from his position as Krypton's supreme military commander to a prisoner, making escape hopeless.
Moreover, the original Zod had directly killed an Elder of the Council. He wasn't executed directly this time because Kryptonian law did not have the death penalty, so he was only exiled.
Although he knew he would eventually escape that place, he would still be imprisoned for an unknown period for nothing.
Zod desperately sent out various calls in his mind, hoping to hear the voice of his golden finger to help him out of this predicament, but everything was in vain.
Just as his heart was caught in an internal struggle, he heard the Elder of the Council who announced his judgment speak again:
"General Zod, it seems you have realized how foolish your act of rebellion was, but the Elder Council's judgment will not change. You and your subordinates will still be exiled to the Phantom Zone for three hundred years."
At this moment, Zod knew he could no longer escape his fate of exile!
However, as if thinking of something, he immediately looked up and said to the Elder of the Council in front of him:
"Your Excellency, Elder of the Council, Zod has committed an unforgivable crime and is willing to accept the judgment, but as Krypton's former military commander, I love this planet beneath our feet just as much as you do."
"Now that I am about to be exiled, I hope you can grant me a small request."
Hearing Zod's submissive words, everyone couldn't help but have a strange thought: "Is this still Zod?"
Even the ten subordinates who were also on trial behind him showed unusual expressions: "Is this still our General?"
However, the Elder of the Council was clearly very satisfied with Zod's submission and spoke indifferently: "General Zod, if your request is to change the judgment, then there's no need to say more; that's impossible."
"No, Elder of the Council, I merely wish to take some kryptonite from our homeland as a memento, nothing more."
With things already set in stone, he could only consider future developments.
Since he had become Zod, and without knowing if he would awaken a golden finger, if he wanted to possess absolute power, he would certainly aim to become the strongest Kryptonian, and in the future, he would inevitably go to Earth.
Because the codex, which contained the entire Kryptonian gene pool, was injected into his son's body by Jor-El, who would become the future Superman.
To avoid the original ending, he had to prepare for the worst. If he couldn't obtain the codex peacefully and had to confront Superman, then kryptonite would be the best weapon against him.
Krypton was destined for destruction. Rather than searching all over the universe later, it was better to collect some now.
Hearing Zod's request, the Elder of the Council seemed somewhat surprised.
He looked at the other Elders of the Council, exchanged glances, and communicated with their eyes, ultimately deciding to grant Zod's last request.
After all, it wasn't an excessive demand, and Zod's former status was undeniable.
"Your request can be granted."
As the Elder of the Council's words fell, several soldiers soon approached with a box.
Inside were various polished pieces of kryptonite.
Before being exposed to yellow sun radiation, kryptonite was just ordinary rock to Kryptonians, even polished and carved into ornaments.
Having obtained these kryptonite so easily, Zod's mind calmed down: "Thank you for your generosity!"
To this, the Elder of the Council showed no emotion, remaining indifferent.
"General Zod, your request has been fulfilled. Now you must go. However, once your period of exile is over, Krypton will still welcome your return."
As the Elder of the Council's words fell, streaks of cold air were released from the stasis pods beneath Zod and his ten subordinates, then spread over their bodies.
Hearing this, Zod merely sneered inwardly: "He will certainly return, but by then, these pedantic fools won't see it, because they are about to be destroyed along with this planet."
As the ice crystals completely froze him, the stasis pods ascended one by one, sending them into Krypton's last transport spaceship.
The spaceship launched, instantly passing through the teleportation device. The eleven of them, along with the transport spaceship, were immediately teleported to the Phantom Zone, Krypton's prison for serious criminals.
At this moment, Zod felt his consciousness gradually sinking into boundless darkness.
And just as the last flicker of light in his consciousness disappeared, a cold system prompt finally sounded belatedly in his mind:
[Ding! The Myriad Worlds Roulette System has been bound. Detecting that the host's current world is extremely dangerous, initial rewards are being changed!]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the "Sun True Scripture" and the Holy Emperor Dao Seed inheritance. This scripture originates from the Shrouding the Heavens world, created by the Human Race's Imperial Dao Supreme, the Sun Holy Emperor, during the Primordial Era. It is the path of ultimate Yang in heaven and earth. Do you wish to receive it immediately?]