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

"Mom's raspberry pie is always so delicious."

In the afternoon, David and Clark, having saved Earth, returned home and devoured their meal. Clark, taking a big bite, gave a satisfied thumbs-up.

"Eat slowly."

Martha smiled, filled with relief, as her two grown children had just returned safely after saving a city.

Father Jonathan watched from the side, holding his black tea, an unhidden smile on his lips.

He was proud of the two sons he had raised; his sons were heroes who had repelled alien monsters and saved the city.

"Mom, Dad, take these two rings."

After the battle with Parallax, David's mind was exhausted. After a meal at home, he finally recovered. Leaning back and patting his stomach, he remembered something and placed two Green Lantern Rings on the table.

"Are these your alien rings?"

"No, these are different rings..."

He briefly explained the situation.

The couple exchanged glances, unsure of what to say, when their son, upset about being used by those hypocritical Guardians of the Universe and having over a dozen rings stolen from them.

As farmers, they had to deal with all sorts of people and knew that sometimes "official personnel" didn't represent justice or the right side.

Like the American military who wanted to abduct their eldest son for experiments.

"David, won't they cause trouble if you take their rings?"

Jonathan sat up straighter, frowning slightly.

Anything involving the entire universe made one worry if Earth would be implicated.

"They won't dare to start a war easily. Those Guardians have already compromised."

David comforted his parents, telling them not to worry and that they just needed to learn how to use the rings for self-defense.

After dinner, in the small yard.

Watching his parents wear the Lantern Rings, one using Willpower to simulate a tractor and a weeding machine, the other simulating a watering can and scissors, they played with them with great novelty, like office workers who haven't had a chance to go to an amusement park in a long time.

"These rings are so magical, like a universal toolbox."

Father Jonathan, using the Lantern Ring to conjure various models of wrenches and screwdrivers, marveled at the rings his son had brought back.

"Whatever you need, you can conjure it up instantly. No need to rummage through the attic, it's just too convenient."

"Yes, it would be great if this ring could be used so freely."

Martha, with a regretful expression, carried a physical energy-formed sprayer and was spraying the fruit trees on the farm.

"The farm will save a lot of expenses this year."

"Mom, Dad, these are weapons for you to defend yourselves."

David scratched his head, looking a bit stunned.

One of the most powerful weapons in the universe, used by the Green Lantern Corps to maintain universal order, was being used like this.

In reality, it was mainly because the couple's personalities were kind, and they had no intention of harming anyone. They had no understanding of firearms or weapons, so what they conjured with the infinitely potent Willpower were various tools.

"But it's okay. The power of the Green Lantern Ring can easily lift a hundred tons, and it can also fly quickly. With these two points, even if Mom and Dad don't know how to create weapons with the Green Lantern Ring, it's enough."

He thought to himself.

Clark seemed preoccupied and pulled David aside.

"David, you mentioned last time that you encountered an ancient, high-tech underwater nation—the legendary lost Atlantis?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

David looked at Clark, who seemed to want to ask something but was hesitant, and gestured for him to speak freely.

"My people and the Green Lantern Corps don't seem to get along well. The information database carried by the Lantern Ring has very little information about Kryptonians. Does Atlantis have more information on this?"

Finally learning where he came from, the starry sky he often looked up at, finally learning about his race, Clark was eager to learn more.

He could only trouble his younger brother.

Why would those little blue men record detailed information about powerful enemies who had once made them retreat in embarrassment?

"Atlantis history records that many years ago, a spaceship landed in the Arctic."

David looked at Clark, who was slightly nervous and excited, and mused.

"The style of the spaceship is very similar to the advance exploration ships of the Kryptonian Empire."

Krypton once nearly colonized the entire known universe. At its peak, planets were discovered and conquered every moment, but eventually, it retracted its vast, immeasurable dominion.

This was because Krypton's high council grew fearful. Any ordinary citizen who absorbed the light of a yellow sun could resist the powerful technology Krypton had developed over countless years. If things continued this way, the foundation of their rule would likely be shaken. Furthermore, the Green Lantern Corps and other cosmic forces were wary of, and even hostile towards, Krypton.

"They used this as an excuse to pull back their tentacles to Krypton, forbidding their people from exploring and absorbing the light of a yellow sun. There are probably countless abandoned Kryptonian exploration ships like the one in the Arctic."

"A Kryptonian ship in the Arctic?

Really!"

Clark's eyes lit up. Out of curiosity, he asked, and to his surprise, he actually received news related to Krypton from his younger brother.

"David, are you sure you remember correctly?"

"Would I forget something like an alien spaceship on Earth?"

David countered with a smile.

"I know, I'm just too excited." Clark seemed unable to contain himself and immediately flew towards the Arctic.

David remembered that according to the plot, if the Kryptonian Empire's exploration ship in the Arctic were activated, Zod would detect the signal and come to Earth.

"The son of Krypton must embark on the journey to find his origins."

He couldn't stop Clark from meeting the deceased Jor-El.

"Even if it's not the real Jor-El, but an artificial intelligence with a replicated personality and consciousness."

Having grown up with Clark, David knew the loneliness, confusion, and even pain Clark experienced regarding his special identity during his growth.

"But Jor-El can provide Clark with answers to all his questions, allowing Clark to learn about his origins and his mission, so he will no longer be lost and can become whole to face the world."

David's eyes flickered.

As for Zod and his troops, they were just a few Kryptonians. Although powerful, they weren't powerful enough to make him wary.

Among all the combat abilities of Kryptonians, only speed surpassed his. However, in front of his gravity field, let's see if Kryptonians could even run first!

"Besides, Zod and his Kryptonian soldiers are another source of emotional points."

From the newspapers, David also saw his newly acquired nickname.

Transcendent?

In another system's universe, the Transcendent represented almost invincible power.

He was still far from that.

"I wonder if I can possess the power of the Transcendent by continuously merging templates."

...

Jonathan and Martha spent a few days familiarizing themselves with the Green Lantern Ring. They marveled again at the convenience of the Lantern Ring, but they adapted easily back to their ordinary farm life, as it was the familiar life they had lived for decades.

People are always nostalgic and prefer familiar lives and environments.

After continuing to fight crime in the city for a few days, Clark couldn't help but fly to the Arctic.

David rested at home for two days before visiting Atlantis again.

"Take these few rings and select a group of scientists to study them. I need a stable method to recharge them."

At the bottom of the deep sea, within the Atlantean royal palace, David ascended the long-vacant throne and summoned Mera.

Several Green Lantern Rings floated towards her.

"On a side note, you seem different somehow?"

Although only a few days had passed, for some reason, upon meeting again, Mera gave off a different impression. Despite the unconcealable fatigue in her brow, she seemed to have experienced much, giving off a more mature and sharp aura, somewhat like a true regent capable of balancing the situation.

"After difficult choices, people often grow."

In these past few days, Mera had almost initiated a purge in Atlantis.

She had to personally order the imprisonment of some of her own people in the deep-sea prison, all to maintain the rule of someone who had conquered her people.

"Growth is a good thing, isn't it?"

David seemed to not catch the deeper meaning in her words, merely countering with a smile.

Before returning to the royal palace, he had learned about the situation in Atlantis and was very satisfied with what Mera had done.

It wasn't that she was maintaining his rule, but because she had simply and brutally suppressed a group of people, like damming a river. The water flow downstream became weaker, but in unseen places far downstream, it became even more turbulent.

The popular resentment towards him in Atlantis intensified, providing him with ample emotional points.

"Of course, it's still far from time to stage a scene of boiling public resentment and overthrowing a tyrant."

After all, since David became the King of the Seven Seas, he hadn't done anything. Apart from the fact that the people of Atlantis now had a king who was likely not Atlantean, there were no other changes, and he intended to keep it that way.

"This... this is a Lantern Ring from the Green Lantern Corps?"

Mera exclaimed in surprise, looking up.

"How do you have them, and three of them!"

"You actually recognize it?"

David's eyelids fluttered open.

"The ancestors of Atlantis once joined forces with Lanterns to repel invasions from powerful enemies beyond the stars."

Right, he'd forgotten about that piece of history. When an eight-year-old Darkseid led his army to Earth, the gods, Amazons, humans, and Atlanteans united to drive Darkseid back.

A Lantern was among them.

He was simply killed by Darkseid in two moves.

"A Lantern Ring automatically flies away from a Green Lantern Corps member after their death, seeking out the next Lantern. You forcibly intercepted a Green Lantern Ring; that's very dangerous," Mera warned.

"The Green Lantern Corps divides the universe into thirty-six hundred sectors and has maintained peace across the entire cosmos for billions of years. Their power is beyond your imagination."

After saying this, she felt a pang of regret, her eyes flashing subtly.

If she hadn't mentioned it, would the Green Lantern Corps come looking for this guy and take him away?

Although, for now, it was better for Atlantis if David was king than Orm.

"Atlantis truly is isolated from the world," David said, a hint of disappointment in his voice.

The arrival of space monsters on Earth had caused a huge uproar for the entire human world.

Atlantis, however, had no knowledge of it. If they had, they would have recognized him.

Seeing him save the land would have made them even more suspicious of his identity.

Mera looked at David's words with some confusion. Had some world-shattering event occurred in the outside world?

Otherwise, why would he say that?

At the same time, she was somewhat shaken, finally realizing.

"Three masterless Lantern Rings mean three Lanterns who maintained cosmic order have died. What happened on the surface?"

"You don't need to worry about those cowardly cosmic Guardians. Just have the Atlantean scientists study the Lantern Rings."

Ignoring Mera's question, David issued an order.

While the Lanterns had plenty of energy, if possible, it would be best to master the technology to recharge the rings.

The Emotional Spectrum was one of the fundamental origins of the universe, present everywhere, though not as concentrated as in places with Parrots.

"Having Atlantis study Lantern Rings isn't like asking apes to study electric lights, a pipe dream..."

Even if those little blue beings possessed the most advanced technology in the universe, one should never underestimate Earth.

"Atlantis mastered infinite energy technology thousands of years ago, their technological level is also quite considerable. By studying the Lantern Rings with authorized access, even allowing destructive disassembly for reverse engineering and research, there's a high probability of achieving results."

He even recalled how in the comics, Batman used Earth technology to hack Hal Jordan's Lantern Ring, eavesdropping on his communications with other Lanterns without his knowledge.

"Cowardly?"

Mera's eyes widened. Could that word truly describe the cosmic Guardians, who were rumored to have lived for billions of years, single-handedly established the Green Lantern Corps, and maintained cosmic peace to this day?

The information hidden behind those few words was chilling.

"He had no prior contact, how does he know those cosmic Guardians are cowardly..."

If this was based on personal experience, the implications were too terrifying to contemplate further.

"I... I understand," she said, lowering her head, her voice a little hoarse.

At this moment, Mera felt like she was walking on thin ice. She absolutely could not let her people rebel. This man who had conquered Atlantis effortlessly might be more powerful than anyone imagined.

She recalled David saying he would leave for a while, only to return suddenly a few days later, proving her guess correct.

"He was indeed fishing."

Mera's face turned pale, as if standing on the brink of an abyss.

He left for a few days, allowing her people to lower their guard and reveal their disloyalty, then suddenly returned to catch evidence and purge Atlantis.

This time, it was fortunate that she had sensed it beforehand and, with a heavy heart, confined those tribesmen who wanted to stir up opposition.

"That man must be disappointed he didn't get the chance to purge them," Mera thought secretly, glancing at the man on the throne, clenching her fists.

David was completely unaware of Mera's extensive internal monologue. He looked out towards the royal palace and stroked his chin.

"At this time, I wonder if Clark has activated the ship and seen his deceased father."

...

"System activated, diagnostics complete, operations normal, guide imagery authorized..."

The Arctic, thousands of meters beneath the ice.

Inside a colossal spaceship frozen in ten thousand years of ice.

At the central control room's console, Clark swallowed hard and removed the necklace from his neck. The hand that had effortlessly lifted a warship now trembled slightly. Grasping the black, seal-like object, he took a deep breath and inserted it into the matching indentation.

A series of mechanical female voices chimed to life.

A middle-aged man, dressed in a black noble robe, exuded a calm and wise aura, like a scholar, a scientist. He appeared from outside the central control room, walking slowly. His eyes scanned Clark with a touch of sadness, and he paused, stunned.

"You've grown into a man, Kal.

If only Lara could see this moment."

"Who are you?"

"I am your father, Kal-El."

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