"Eric, listen, I don't know if you saw me, but that wasn't me, that was my father Lionel."
The person on the other end of the phone said in a hurried voice.
"You are Lionel?"
Eric frowned and said.
"No, I am Lex, but the body I am using right now is Lionel's, you must believe me!"
Lionel coughed violently into the receiver.
"I don't have much time, Eric, you must be careful when approaching your Lionel using my body. He, he has ill intentions towards you and Clark. No matter what he says, you cannot believe him. Trust me, he is a person who is eager for his goals and will stop at nothing!"
Lex, using Lionel's voice, warned Eric, "Also, meteorites will impact Smallville tonight. You and Clark must leave there!"
After saying the last sentence, the other party hung up the phone directly.
Eric silently put away his phone, then, a moment later, looked up at the sky.
The impact of meteorites?!
Before the principal could call out the next student to come on stage to receive their graduation certificate, the roar of vehicles suddenly sounded outside the school.
Countless military vehicles stopped outside the campus, and fully armed soldiers jumped out of the cars and quickly moved into the school.
Jonathan and Martha, sitting below the stage, stood up and looked in surprise at the American soldiers who suddenly burst in.
Pat and Courtney also stood up together, their brows tightly furrowed.
"Attention!"
"Stay calm!"
"An emergency order has been issued by the Alliance Government: all personnel within a 50-mile radius must evacuate. Smallville is expected to be impacted by meteorites within six hours!"
The sergeant major in charge announced to the crowd in the school using a walkie-talkie.
Hearing that the meteorite impact might happen again, the crowd immediately panicked.
Smallville had suffered a meteorite impact eighteen years ago, and many people in the school had previously been injured by the meteor shower.
Parents and students, with terrified expressions in their eyes, immediately rushed out of the school.
"Oh my god!"
Martha looked at the panicked crowd, covering her mouth, "The same thing won't happen again, will it?!"
The military officer, while evacuating the crowd, broadcasted: "Please do not panic, please lock your rooms and take necessary items before leaving!"
Eric and Clark immediately moved to Martha's side, preventing the panicked crowd from accidentally harming their pregnant mother.
Chloe and Lana also gathered over at this time. Chloe, who had taken off her academic gown, said to them, "Twice in eighteen years, this is too strange. Has Smallville become an alien target? There must be some coincidence here, just like the same lightning rod won't be struck by lightning twice."
Chloe, speaking very quickly, rattled off a long string of words.
"Hey, Eric, Clark."
Courtney, standing next to Pat, smiled and greeted Eric, "If you're going to temporarily move out of town, maybe my house can work. Blue Valley isn't far from here."
"Right, Pat?"
She said, turning her gaze to Pat.
Pat had already greeted Jonathan and Martha. Hearing his daughter's words, he shrugged, "Of course, if Mrs. Kent and Mr. Kent don't mind."
What could he say?
He could only say yes with a wry smile.
Before Eric left school, Lex, who had been sitting in the back row, walked towards the two of them.
"Lex, you suffered serious trauma in the last meteor shower. I think it's best if you leave quickly."
Eric said to him while looking at Lex's bald head.
Clark, standing next to Eric, didn't know that the soul of the Lex in front of him had been replaced by someone else. Hearing Eric's teasing words, he thought Lex would get angry.
Unexpectedly, Lex just smiled and didn't care.
"I do have some shadows regarding the meteor shower now, but it's far from being a stage where I fear it like a tiger."
The bald man, whose appearance was Lex but whose soul was Lionel, smiled and said, "There are some things in this town that are completely irreplaceable. The Indian caves here, and those strange writings on them, are the unique existence of this town. I know, Clark, you have entered these caves before."
Lex said words that stunned Clark.
"That's not the point. The point is that my research team once discovered a space behind the caves. Clark, have you discovered anything?"
"I…"
Clark glanced at Eric, "Sorry, I don't know. I just accidentally went in and out two or three times. I don't know why you're bringing this up, Lex! The meteorites are coming soon!"
"Clark, if there's anything irreplaceable in this town, it's those caves. They've been here for thousands of years, they're going to be destroyed—"
Lex hadn't finished his sentence when Eric interrupted him, "It won't be destroyed, Lex, you need to go."
Looking at Eric's burning gaze, Lex was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Then, good luck, Clark, Eric!"
He said, turning to leave.
Eric watched Lex's disappearing back, looking at the crystal he was carrying, and his eyes narrowed.
Kent Farm.
Martha and Jonathan were packing, and Jenna and Bart were helping nearby.
Everyone was busy with great enthusiasm.
"Go quickly to your room and pack everything, Clark!"
Jonathan said to the dazed Clark as he walked out carrying a suitcase.
"I…"
Clark looked into Martha's eyes and said, "I feel like I have to do something."
Hearing Clark's words, Jonathan and Martha immediately stopped what they were doing.
Courtney, who was helping to carry the suitcases, straightened up and looked at Clark.
"Clark, don't think the second time is your fault. This has nothing to do with you."
Martha comforted him.
"No, Eric and I came here during the meteor shower. Everything that's happening now is because of me!"
Clark leaned on the table, saying with a heavy expression.
"There's no time left, Clark, you must leave with us!"
Jonathan came over to dissuade Clark.
"Sorry, Dad, Mom, I have no choice! I can feel that this is what I must go through!"
Jonathan looked at Clark helplessly, then looked at Eric.
"I'm staying!"
Eric said to Jonathan, "Dad, I know what to do."
"Even if you and Clark are Men of Steel, you will get hurt."
Jonathan came over and patted Eric's shoulder, "Are you really sure about doing that?"
Eric smiled slightly at his father, "Of course, I know what I'm doing, Dad."
After Martha and Jonathan left by car, Eric looked at Clark standing next to him and shook his head, "You must be hiding something, aren't you, Clark?"
"I…"
Clark moved his lips, looking at Eric who stayed to accompany him, he was a little touched.
"Thank you, Eric, thank you for being willing to stay with me. Last night I went to the cave I blew up before. There are many connected similar caves nearby. Many people think they are a group of caves carved by Native Americans. In one of the caves, I heard Jor-El calling me."
Clark was very touched that Eric could stay with him, and directly confided his experience to Eric.
"He told me that I must combine three magic stones. The three combined magic stones contain knowledge about everything in the universe. As long as I combine them, I will gain knowledge about everything and fulfill my mission."
"So you refused, and then Jor-El became angry and summoned a meteor shower to destroy the entire town?"
Eric frowned and asked.
"No, he told me that he didn't do that. Instead, one of the elements was defiled by human blood, thus awakening a huge crisis from the darkness of the universe."
Clark's face was full of bitterness, "I can't stop what has already happened, but I can piece together the three magic stones to prevent the earth from being burned by the fire from the sky. The problem is, I have no clue at all, I've never even seen that kind of crystal."
"Is that so?"
Eric pondered for a moment, then showed a crystal in his hand to Clark, "The crystal you're talking about, is it this kind?"
"?"
Clark looked up at the silver-white crystal in Eric's hand, completely stunned.
Immediately, an astonished expression appeared on his face, "How… how is that possible? Eric, why do you have a crystal in your hand?"
"Bart, as a professional thief, once paid a grand visit to Luther Manor, and among the stolen valuables was this crystal."
Eric casually threw the crystal to Clark, "Although I'm not interested in saving the world, at this stage, I'm quite concerned about the destruction of the Earth."
Eric said, standing up and walking outside.
"By the way, this thing has been sought after and obsessed over by countless people since ancient times. Lana's ancestor, the witch who possessed her, was also burned by the church because of these three crystals."
"The so-called crystals may represent ill omens in human terms, but for Kryptonians, they hold great significance, especially for you, Clark."
"I will find the three crystals as quickly as possible!"
Holding the crystal in his hand, Clark, looking at Eric's disappearing back, held the crystal in a daze.
"Great significance?"
Boom!
After leaving the farm, Eric immediately soared into the sky.
Suddenly accelerating forward in the air, a series of booming air sonic explosions sounded.
With a supersonic impact, Eric moved to Luther Manor in an instant.
Bang!
Landing on his feet, Eric looked at the manor in front of him and walked straight inside.
"Eric!"
Seeing Eric's sudden visit, Lex was exceptionally surprised.
"I thought you and Clark had left Smallville."
Lex walked over and said to Eric.
"There are still some things to deal with for now."
Eric faced Lex, stretched out his hand, and in an instant, the crystal he was carrying was in his grip.
Watching Eric simply reach out and take the crystal from him, Lex, whose soul was already Lionel, showed a shocked expression on his face.
"You… how did you do that?"
Then he shook his head, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face, "I should have known already, Eric, you are an extraordinary human, no, you are someone who will shock the whole world and change the world in the future! From the moment you suddenly made me blind, then restored my sight, I knew of your incredible nature!"
"I know you are not Lex!"
Eric had no intention of beating around the bush with him and directly asked, "Where is the remaining crystal?"
"You are the Child of Destiny Dr. Swann spoke of! I know the origin of the magic stone must be related to you."
Lex's eyes flickered with a crazy look,
But before he could finish speaking, Eric used his super speed to push him away.
With a thud, Lex fell heavily on his back to the ground.
"I won't ask a third time. Now, for the last time, where is the other crystal?"
Facing Eric's aggressive questioning, Lex, lying on the ground, did not struggle much and directly led Eric to a bookshelf.
After pressing a switch, a hidden space appeared before Eric.
The hidden space was filled with green kryptonite. The green glow emitted by the kryptonite shone into Eric's eyes, causing him to instinctively close them.
The subconscious resistance to green kryptonite that had been planted in his body earlier caused him to react.
Taking advantage of Eric's reaction, Lex pushed hard, shoving Eric into the space filled with green kryptonite.
After pushing Eric in, he immediately closed the metal security door of the secret room.
Watching the metal door close, Lex, who thought he had succeeded, sneered.
However, before he could be happy for too long, he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his head.
With a thud, Lex, struck on the back of his head by a billiard cue, stumbled forward and fell heavily to the ground.
He looked back and saw his own son, "Lex."
At this moment, Lex, in Lionel's body, launched a counterattack against his father.
Having just escaped from being bound by ropes, Lionel gasped for breath, looking at his father groaning on the ground.
Taking the key from Lex's body, Lionel opened the secret room.
"Lex?"
Before Eric was pushed into the secret room, he had already discovered the "Lionel" who appeared behind the two of them.
The reason he let the other party push him into the secret room was simply to see how the father and son would turn on each other.
In addition, he did indeed find the third crystal in the secret room.
Looking at Lionel in front of him, Eric frowned and asked him, "You are Lex, aren't you?!"
"Yes, I am Lex, Eric, you must leave here! Immediately! The meteor shower is coming soon!"
Lionel gasped for breath, with streaks of blood seeping from his forehead.
"No, it's too late!"
Eric looked at countless fireballs breaking through the atmosphere above his head and said, "Your timing was wrong, the meteorites are three hours early!"
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