A new idea I got after watching Black Adam
The Ambitions of Lex Luthor (DCEU/MCU SI)
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Chapter 1
I simply stared outside the window, staring at the flaming wing as panicked shouts of my fellow passengers reverberated around me.
A slow realization of what was about to happen filled me with dread as I dropped my phone, the game of Minecraft that I was playing on it to pass time long since forgotten.
I didn't bother to put on the mask that descended from the roof because I knew the chances of us surviving were very low.
Even if we did survive the initial impact, which was highly unlikely due to the fact that we were in economy class, the weakest structure of the flight, we would be stranded in the middle of the Atlantic with even the quickest rescue taking at least a few hours at the bare minimum.
With my inevitable death in front of me, the only thing I could think about was my family.
What would Adrian do when he finds out that his elder brother died in a freak accident?
I just hope he can hold himself together for the sake of Mom. She already had to witness the death of Dad and became mentally weak to trauma, now she will have to bury her eldest son as well.
As I watched the ocean approach through the window, I closed my eyes and waited.
It was only a few seconds of wait as I felt the plane jolt with the impact, as the sound of metal bending nearly blew out my eardrums I felt the rust of salt water envelop me.
The screams and cries of my fellow passengers were silenced in an instant as everything faded to black.
Hmm, you will do.
What? Where did that voice come from?
Rejoice Mortal, I have decided that you will be my puppet to fix the mess that my companion had created
Did I end up with brain damage? Wait, can dead people have brain damage?
The voice returned, this time with annoyance clear in its arrogant tone.
While you are indeed dead, your soul has yet to reach the afterlife mortal, and I am giving you the privilege of becoming my tool.
……Okay, the voice in my head. Let me get something straight. I am no one's puppet.
This time, the vice had an amused tone.
That is not up to you to decide. Humans are nothing but tools to us Gods, so you should just shut up and do as I say.
Fuck you, I aint no one's puppet!!
WARNING: BREACH IN THE SYSTEM DETECTED. UNAUTHORISED DIVINE PRESENCE DETECTED
Shit! The others found me! I need to get you to the target immediately.
Then I felt it, a force pulling on me from all directions, causing no small amount of pain as the robotic voice from before resounded again.
UNAUTHORISED DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORTATION PHENOMENON DETECTED.
SCANNING THE SOUL OF THE TRANSPORTED BEING.
UNWILLING HUMAN SOUL DETECTED.
ACTIVATING REALITY ANCHORS.
Oh no you don't, you damned stupid machine
The pain intensified as I tried to scream but there was nothing for the sound to come out from.
WARNING: REALITY ANCHORS ACTIVATION FAILED.
UNAUTHORISED DIVINITY HAS DISRUPTED THE TASK OF THE SYSTEM.
REGISTERING THE DIVINITY
IDENTITY CONFIRMED. REPORT SENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION
Shit! I will never hear the end of it from the administration for this. You better make this worth it human.
Then, the pain finally stopped as the light returned to my eyes, but all I saw was a swirling vortex of colors.
UNWILLING HUMAN SOUL IN TRANSIT.
ACTIVATING MORTAL PROTECTION PROTOCOL.
INITIATING GIFT INTEGRATION.
GIFT INTEGRATION COMPLETE.
That was the last thing I heard as I passed out from all the stress.
"…He is coming to…"
"What that's impossible, he was-"
I woke up to the noise around me.
Ugh, I must have had one too many drinks last night.
"Doctor! We are not able to inject him with anything, the needles are breaking when they come in contact with his skin"
"What? Is he enhanced??"
What the hell is going on here? And can you stop shouting already?
I slowly opened my eyes but I closed them again due to sensory overload.
Wait, something is wrong.
I slowly opened my eyes despite the overload and started looking around.
I spotted the ECG which I was somehow able to tell that it used the electrical impulses in my heart muscles to evaluate my heartbeat.
I looked towards the defibrillator nearby and could easily tell the precise amount of electricity required to jump-start a heart.
What is going on? Why can I understand exactly how these machines are supposed to work despite not having any training?
What am I doing in a hospital in the first place? Shouldn't I be on a crashing plane? Ready to die? What is going on? Was I rescued?
In my panic, I tried to push myself off the bed, only for the bed to disappear and a miniature version of it to float on the ground that was awfully familiar.
All around me, the commotion ceased as the doctor and the nurses stared in stunned silence at the comically floating miniature bed. On instinct, I reached out with my hand as I felt something stir in me and the bed disappeared from existence.
……Well, this is the weirdest dream I've ever had.
As I moved to get up, the doctor and the nurses came to their senses and tried to hold me down, only to end up getting dragged by me as I easily hauled them in my hysterical attempt at escaping this dream.
I ignored the gawking looks of the other doctors and nurses in the corridor as I tried to escape this place, but then I heard one of the doctors call me with a name that I was sure did not belong to me.
"Mr.Luthor! if you don't stop right now I will be forced to call security!"
The moment I heard the name, it was as if a wall was broken as memories that were not mine flooded in.
Memories of a life filled with torment at the hands of my own father who acted like a saint in front of the world, only to become the devil himself when behind closed doors.
Memories of a life where I was forced to hire mercenaries to kill off my own father to finally escape the torment.
Memories that ended when the same mercenary group was hired by the rest of the board to get rid of me so that they could gain full control of Lexcorp after tiring of keeping up with my shit for the past decade.
In the time it took me to digest and come to terms with the traumatic flood of memories, the doctor and the nurses had already hauled my body to another room with a bed.
I stared blankly as the doctors used a titanium-tipped syringe to inject anesthetics as I drifted into unconsciousness.
Somehow, someway, I was transported from my homeworld and ended up becoming Lex Luthor, the big bad of the DCEU, and frankly, the DC series as a whole.
……What the hell is going on here?
As I passed out, I started to relive the memories of this body, of Alexander Luthor Jr.
A slow realization of what was about to happen filled me with dread as I dropped my phone, the game of Minecraft that I was playing on it to pass time long since forgotten.
I didn't bother to put on the mask that descended from the roof because I knew the chances of us surviving were very low.
Even if we did survive the initial impact, which was highly unlikely due to the fact that we were in economy class, the weakest structure of the flight, we would be stranded in the middle of the Atlantic with even the quickest rescue taking at least a few hours at the bare minimum.
With my inevitable death in front of me, the only thing I could think about was my family.
What would Adrian do when he finds out that his elder brother died in a freak accident?
I just hope he can hold himself together for the sake of Mom. She already had to witness the death of Dad and became mentally weak to trauma, now she will have to bury her eldest son as well.
As I watched the ocean approach through the window, I closed my eyes and waited.
It was only a few seconds of wait as I felt the plane jolt with the impact, as the sound of metal bending nearly blew out my eardrums I felt the rust of salt water envelop me.
The screams and cries of my fellow passengers were silenced in an instant as everything faded to black.
Hmm, you will do.
What? Where did that voice come from?
Rejoice Mortal, I have decided that you will be my puppet to fix the mess that my companion had created
Did I end up with brain damage? Wait, can dead people have brain damage?
The voice returned, this time with annoyance clear in its arrogant tone.
While you are indeed dead, your soul has yet to reach the afterlife mortal, and I am giving you the privilege of becoming my tool.
……Okay, the voice in my head. Let me get something straight. I am no one's puppet.
This time, the vice had an amused tone.
That is not up to you to decide. Humans are nothing but tools to us Gods, so you should just shut up and do as I say.
Fuck you, I aint no one's puppet!!
WARNING: BREACH IN THE SYSTEM DETECTED. UNAUTHORISED DIVINE PRESENCE DETECTED
Shit! The others found me! I need to get you to the target immediately.
Then I felt it, a force pulling on me from all directions, causing no small amount of pain as the robotic voice from before resounded again.
UNAUTHORISED DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORTATION PHENOMENON DETECTED.
SCANNING THE SOUL OF THE TRANSPORTED BEING.
UNWILLING HUMAN SOUL DETECTED.
ACTIVATING REALITY ANCHORS.
Oh no you don't, you damned stupid machine
The pain intensified as I tried to scream but there was nothing for the sound to come out from.
WARNING: REALITY ANCHORS ACTIVATION FAILED.
UNAUTHORISED DIVINITY HAS DISRUPTED THE TASK OF THE SYSTEM.
REGISTERING THE DIVINITY
IDENTITY CONFIRMED. REPORT SENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION
Shit! I will never hear the end of it from the administration for this. You better make this worth it human.
Then, the pain finally stopped as the light returned to my eyes, but all I saw was a swirling vortex of colors.
UNWILLING HUMAN SOUL IN TRANSIT.
ACTIVATING MORTAL PROTECTION PROTOCOL.
INITIATING GIFT INTEGRATION.
GIFT INTEGRATION COMPLETE.
That was the last thing I heard as I passed out from all the stress.
"…He is coming to…"
"What that's impossible, he was-"
I woke up to the noise around me.
Ugh, I must have had one too many drinks last night.
"Doctor! We are not able to inject him with anything, the needles are breaking when they come in contact with his skin"
"What? Is he enhanced??"
What the hell is going on here? And can you stop shouting already?
I slowly opened my eyes but I closed them again due to sensory overload.
Wait, something is wrong.
I slowly opened my eyes despite the overload and started looking around.
I spotted the ECG which I was somehow able to tell that it used the electrical impulses in my heart muscles to evaluate my heartbeat.
I looked towards the defibrillator nearby and could easily tell the precise amount of electricity required to jump-start a heart.
What is going on? Why can I understand exactly how these machines are supposed to work despite not having any training?
What am I doing in a hospital in the first place? Shouldn't I be on a crashing plane? Ready to die? What is going on? Was I rescued?
In my panic, I tried to push myself off the bed, only for the bed to disappear and a miniature version of it to float on the ground that was awfully familiar.
All around me, the commotion ceased as the doctor and the nurses stared in stunned silence at the comically floating miniature bed. On instinct, I reached out with my hand as I felt something stir in me and the bed disappeared from existence.
……Well, this is the weirdest dream I've ever had.
As I moved to get up, the doctor and the nurses came to their senses and tried to hold me down, only to end up getting dragged by me as I easily hauled them in my hysterical attempt at escaping this dream.
I ignored the gawking looks of the other doctors and nurses in the corridor as I tried to escape this place, but then I heard one of the doctors call me with a name that I was sure did not belong to me.
"Mr.Luthor! if you don't stop right now I will be forced to call security!"
The moment I heard the name, it was as if a wall was broken as memories that were not mine flooded in.
Memories of a life filled with torment at the hands of my own father who acted like a saint in front of the world, only to become the devil himself when behind closed doors.
Memories of a life where I was forced to hire mercenaries to kill off my own father to finally escape the torment.
Memories that ended when the same mercenary group was hired by the rest of the board to get rid of me so that they could gain full control of Lexcorp after tiring of keeping up with my shit for the past decade.
In the time it took me to digest and come to terms with the traumatic flood of memories, the doctor and the nurses had already hauled my body to another room with a bed.
I stared blankly as the doctors used a titanium-tipped syringe to inject anesthetics as I drifted into unconsciousness.
Somehow, someway, I was transported from my homeworld and ended up becoming Lex Luthor, the big bad of the DCEU, and frankly, the DC series as a whole.
……What the hell is going on here?
As I passed out, I started to relive the memories of this body, of Alexander Luthor Jr.
GamingandReading
Browses and Replies With Haste
- Pronouns
- He/Him
*Hands clasp in front of face in a thinking position* I'm unsure. You'll have my interest. So long as this doesn't turn into a power fantasy mary sue, in this case Gary Sue. With out of nowhere love interests showing up.
- Location
- United States
If this doesn't become Canon, it should be. Hopefully she did the same thing to Nekron though...
Chapter 2
When I woke up from the strain of having two lifetimes of memories merged, I had already started to realize that I was no longer the same as I was before in either of my lives.
A single look was enough for me to deduce how something is made and what its purpose is.
A once-over was enough to read the body language of any human I came across to see if they were a threat to me or if they were lying to me.
My emotions were now enhanced even further, making me a much more chaotic person than I ever was.
For two days, I struggled with coming to terms with these new changes in my memories and body.
It was also during this time that I finally saw a familiar face which became a recurring theme in this new life.
Now, it had been more than two weeks and the time had come for me to leave and take care of something quite urgent.
I walked out of the hospital in an expensive suit, something that I never thought I would ever wear in my previous life due to how much such a suit would cost.
Waiting for me was a limousine that had its door held open by a bodyguard, revealing my secretary and friend, Mercy Graves, was already inside and waiting for me.
"Let go, Mercy, we have a lot to do. But first, about the mercenaries?"
"Anatoli already took care of them over a week ago. We also got all the proof we would need to evict the board from the company for good"
I smiled internally as I watched her work on her datapad.
Ever since she started visiting me in the hospital, I could not help but be appreciative of the woman beside me.
From what I learned from the old Lex's memories, Mercy was once training to join the JSDF back when she was a teenager, But circumstances out of her control forced her to adopt a different career path and a different country from her origin.
This did not dissuade her from training physically and mentally to achieve the heights she has now achieved.
She has been my secretary and my bodyguard for more than 10 years now and she was the most loyal person I had alongside Anatoli Knyazev, my bodyguard when I was a kid and nothing like he was portrayed in the movies.
This leads to another discrepancy from the movies that I remember.
In the movies, Lex Luthor Jr. was in the later part of his twenties during the events of Man of steel, but here, I am already over 35 with my birthday coming up in a few months, but the year was still 2004, eight years before Man of steel takes place.
Then there is the fact that Anatoli was not just a psycho who was a Russian trafficker, he was actually my bodyguard since my childhood and is fiercely loyal to me and me alone. The same goes for Mercy. She is not just some yes man. She is an intelligent and cunning woman who will openly question me if she thinks I am doing something stupid. She has also been my best friend ever since we first met ten years ago.
"Mercy, Have Anatoli prepare his men, the moment we reveal the crimes of the board and they are arrested, I want them dead before they make it to prison"
She simply smirked as she called Anatoli's number and conveyed my orders. If it were anyone else that smirked like that at the thought of killing someone, I would have long since distanced myself from them. But I knew better than anyone just how vindictive Mercy is towards those that would harm those she holds dead. One only had to look at that stupid terrorist group from Afghanistan that tried to kidnap her mother to make her do their bidding within Lexcorp to understand that fact.
I cannot have any threats towards my person remain in this world. Especially with how jumbled my memories and emotions are right now, threatening to snap my sanity.
That and with how dangerous this world is from the memories of Lex Luthor.
Looking out of the moving car, I spotted various office buildings and skyscrapers. But four names were spotted more often than anything else.
Wayne Enterprises.
LexCorp.
Stark Enterprises.
Hammer Industries.
Yes, I was in a universe that was some kind of an amalgamation of Marvel and DC. To what extent, I did not know.
But that was a problem I will have to take care of at a different time because I had something else to focus on.
My new powers.
Thanks to the little experimentations I did during the past few days, I know just what I have.
The powers of Minecraft.
The enhanced strength to punch down stones. the storage space where I can store anything. The ability to turn anything I wish into little cubes for me to carry easily.
But the true boon of these powers and the possible cause of my current mental conditions was the mind of the builder species of Minecraft.
The already impressive IQ that my body had was boosted even further by the powers of the builder species that I inherited. This combined with the enhanced senses and the alien thinking process of the builder species might be what has caused my emotions to be in such a flux.
As I looked on, the car slowly arrived at the LexCorp tower situated in New York.
I got out and inhaled the fresh air as Mercy got to work on talking with the police that had already arrived and were already in the process of arresting the board members, unaware that it would be a futile effort in a few minutes.
Honestly, if it was my old self, I would have already run for the hills and dug myself an underground shelter to escape all the bullshit that I knew from DC and Marvel universe. And even now, those instincts to just run away were still tugging at me.
But the Luthor in me refused such an outcome and so did the builder.
So here I am, planning to commit murder and not even feeling anything from it, showing just how broken my current psyche is.
"Sir, Anatoli's team is in place. The Board members are currently being taken to NYPD headquarters."
Another interesting fact was that there was no such thing as Metropolis. Instead, Daily Planet, Lexcorp, and various other relevant things situated in Metropolis call New York home.
Although, Gotham was still a thing. Located south of New York near Philadelphia.
The central city was also a thing. Located in Missouri.
Although Star City does not exist. Instead, there were reports of a hooded vigilante in Seattle. Where Star city was supposed to be in the comics.
I gave a simple nod to Mercy and headed into the building ignoring the reporters that were swarming me.
I had shit to do and had no time to play with reporters.
The first order of business is organizing the timeline of events for this ridiculous world I found myself in.
A single look was enough for me to deduce how something is made and what its purpose is.
A once-over was enough to read the body language of any human I came across to see if they were a threat to me or if they were lying to me.
My emotions were now enhanced even further, making me a much more chaotic person than I ever was.
For two days, I struggled with coming to terms with these new changes in my memories and body.
It was also during this time that I finally saw a familiar face which became a recurring theme in this new life.
Now, it had been more than two weeks and the time had come for me to leave and take care of something quite urgent.
I walked out of the hospital in an expensive suit, something that I never thought I would ever wear in my previous life due to how much such a suit would cost.
Waiting for me was a limousine that had its door held open by a bodyguard, revealing my secretary and friend, Mercy Graves, was already inside and waiting for me.
"Let go, Mercy, we have a lot to do. But first, about the mercenaries?"
"Anatoli already took care of them over a week ago. We also got all the proof we would need to evict the board from the company for good"
I smiled internally as I watched her work on her datapad.
Ever since she started visiting me in the hospital, I could not help but be appreciative of the woman beside me.
From what I learned from the old Lex's memories, Mercy was once training to join the JSDF back when she was a teenager, But circumstances out of her control forced her to adopt a different career path and a different country from her origin.
This did not dissuade her from training physically and mentally to achieve the heights she has now achieved.
She has been my secretary and my bodyguard for more than 10 years now and she was the most loyal person I had alongside Anatoli Knyazev, my bodyguard when I was a kid and nothing like he was portrayed in the movies.
This leads to another discrepancy from the movies that I remember.
In the movies, Lex Luthor Jr. was in the later part of his twenties during the events of Man of steel, but here, I am already over 35 with my birthday coming up in a few months, but the year was still 2004, eight years before Man of steel takes place.
Then there is the fact that Anatoli was not just a psycho who was a Russian trafficker, he was actually my bodyguard since my childhood and is fiercely loyal to me and me alone. The same goes for Mercy. She is not just some yes man. She is an intelligent and cunning woman who will openly question me if she thinks I am doing something stupid. She has also been my best friend ever since we first met ten years ago.
"Mercy, Have Anatoli prepare his men, the moment we reveal the crimes of the board and they are arrested, I want them dead before they make it to prison"
She simply smirked as she called Anatoli's number and conveyed my orders. If it were anyone else that smirked like that at the thought of killing someone, I would have long since distanced myself from them. But I knew better than anyone just how vindictive Mercy is towards those that would harm those she holds dead. One only had to look at that stupid terrorist group from Afghanistan that tried to kidnap her mother to make her do their bidding within Lexcorp to understand that fact.
I cannot have any threats towards my person remain in this world. Especially with how jumbled my memories and emotions are right now, threatening to snap my sanity.
That and with how dangerous this world is from the memories of Lex Luthor.
Looking out of the moving car, I spotted various office buildings and skyscrapers. But four names were spotted more often than anything else.
Wayne Enterprises.
LexCorp.
Stark Enterprises.
Hammer Industries.
Yes, I was in a universe that was some kind of an amalgamation of Marvel and DC. To what extent, I did not know.
But that was a problem I will have to take care of at a different time because I had something else to focus on.
My new powers.
Thanks to the little experimentations I did during the past few days, I know just what I have.
The powers of Minecraft.
The enhanced strength to punch down stones. the storage space where I can store anything. The ability to turn anything I wish into little cubes for me to carry easily.
But the true boon of these powers and the possible cause of my current mental conditions was the mind of the builder species of Minecraft.
The already impressive IQ that my body had was boosted even further by the powers of the builder species that I inherited. This combined with the enhanced senses and the alien thinking process of the builder species might be what has caused my emotions to be in such a flux.
As I looked on, the car slowly arrived at the LexCorp tower situated in New York.
I got out and inhaled the fresh air as Mercy got to work on talking with the police that had already arrived and were already in the process of arresting the board members, unaware that it would be a futile effort in a few minutes.
Honestly, if it was my old self, I would have already run for the hills and dug myself an underground shelter to escape all the bullshit that I knew from DC and Marvel universe. And even now, those instincts to just run away were still tugging at me.
But the Luthor in me refused such an outcome and so did the builder.
So here I am, planning to commit murder and not even feeling anything from it, showing just how broken my current psyche is.
"Sir, Anatoli's team is in place. The Board members are currently being taken to NYPD headquarters."
Another interesting fact was that there was no such thing as Metropolis. Instead, Daily Planet, Lexcorp, and various other relevant things situated in Metropolis call New York home.
Although, Gotham was still a thing. Located south of New York near Philadelphia.
The central city was also a thing. Located in Missouri.
Although Star City does not exist. Instead, there were reports of a hooded vigilante in Seattle. Where Star city was supposed to be in the comics.
I gave a simple nod to Mercy and headed into the building ignoring the reporters that were swarming me.
I had shit to do and had no time to play with reporters.
The first order of business is organizing the timeline of events for this ridiculous world I found myself in.
Chapter 3
Looking at the history of this world was a learning experience in and of itself, although I also found several red flags that caused me no small amount of terror.
Captain America existed, and the pictures and videos of him showed that I was in some version of the MCU.
Because there was no way I was not going to recognize Chris Evans.
And neither was I going to fail to recognize Gal Gadot who were in a picture together with the actors for Howard stark and Peggy carter from MCU.
From World War 2.
Yeah, something was seriously wrong in this picture.
Then there is the fact that Hydra is a thing which is a whole another headache when you realize that Intergang from the modern day can find its connections all the way back to the nazi group that originated from a cult worshipping Inhumans.
These things, combined with a few other things like the local news from Kansas from years ago, talking about a school bus accident with zero casualties, and the news about the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark from years ago cement the fact that this world is a fusion of MCU and DCEU.
Now that I know where I am, I need to start preparing contingencies and prepare for the apocalyptic shit that is about to happen.
My inner Lex Luthor is appalled at the thought of how many humans would die in the coming conflicts due to alien beings while my Builder half is already starting to work through the logistics of acquiring enough resources to build something to protect the normal people of this world.
And I couldn't agree more with my inner-selves. Although listening to the old lex could prove fatal since he is a bit crazy. But there is no denying the fact that his goals have always been to uplift all of humanity to a better future. This goal was only tarnished by his own ego which made him believe that he alone has the right to decide what direction said uplifting should take.
"Mercy, have the head of R&D bring the old schematics for the Fusion reactor prototypes from the nineties that my father was working on"
"But sir, the fusion reactor was shelved for a reason. While it was easy to create a sustained fusion reaction, we failed to generate more power than it took to run it. Besides, we already have a huge influence in the consumer market with our LexCorp phones, our consumer products, and our oil business. If we started to diversify now into the energy business, we would be the first ones to run out of money since we hold the largest oil reserves in the world besides Wayne Enterprises"
"Mercy, I have had a lot of time to think about the future during my recent trip to the hospital, and I believe that we have much more to offer humanity as a whole than just consumer products and oil. Bring out the plans and have the R&D meet me."
She simply looked questioningly at me before leaving to do what I said.
If this world is going to follow in the footsteps of both the MCU and the DCEU, then there are many things I need to prepare humanity for.
That reminds me.
I quickly dialed Mercy's number.
"Mercy, inform Mr.Killian that we are willing to fund his research as per his request in our last meeting, but the research must be done under my terms"
I remember from Lex's memories that Aldrich Killian had asked support from LexCorp for his think tank A.I.M so that he could "Upgrade the human genome" which is just a cover for his extremis project.
The real kicker is that he was already walking on his legs with an impressive physique. But he was not supposed to inject himself with extremis until 2007.
This world is completely out of whack and I can't really predict events as well as I thought.
But his also has a silver lining.
With Killian's Extremis, I can work out the kinks in it and then have it spread across the entire populace.
In this way, by the time of the invasion of New York or the arrival of the Kryptonians, Instead of ordinary squishy humans, they will find a population of superhuman beings.
But this is a plan for later. First I need to start looking through all the books I can find on any subject that I can.
A superhuman mind is useless without the knowledge required to sharpen it.
Captain America existed, and the pictures and videos of him showed that I was in some version of the MCU.
Because there was no way I was not going to recognize Chris Evans.
And neither was I going to fail to recognize Gal Gadot who were in a picture together with the actors for Howard stark and Peggy carter from MCU.
From World War 2.
Yeah, something was seriously wrong in this picture.
Then there is the fact that Hydra is a thing which is a whole another headache when you realize that Intergang from the modern day can find its connections all the way back to the nazi group that originated from a cult worshipping Inhumans.
These things, combined with a few other things like the local news from Kansas from years ago, talking about a school bus accident with zero casualties, and the news about the deaths of Howard and Maria Stark from years ago cement the fact that this world is a fusion of MCU and DCEU.
Now that I know where I am, I need to start preparing contingencies and prepare for the apocalyptic shit that is about to happen.
My inner Lex Luthor is appalled at the thought of how many humans would die in the coming conflicts due to alien beings while my Builder half is already starting to work through the logistics of acquiring enough resources to build something to protect the normal people of this world.
And I couldn't agree more with my inner-selves. Although listening to the old lex could prove fatal since he is a bit crazy. But there is no denying the fact that his goals have always been to uplift all of humanity to a better future. This goal was only tarnished by his own ego which made him believe that he alone has the right to decide what direction said uplifting should take.
"Mercy, have the head of R&D bring the old schematics for the Fusion reactor prototypes from the nineties that my father was working on"
"But sir, the fusion reactor was shelved for a reason. While it was easy to create a sustained fusion reaction, we failed to generate more power than it took to run it. Besides, we already have a huge influence in the consumer market with our LexCorp phones, our consumer products, and our oil business. If we started to diversify now into the energy business, we would be the first ones to run out of money since we hold the largest oil reserves in the world besides Wayne Enterprises"
"Mercy, I have had a lot of time to think about the future during my recent trip to the hospital, and I believe that we have much more to offer humanity as a whole than just consumer products and oil. Bring out the plans and have the R&D meet me."
She simply looked questioningly at me before leaving to do what I said.
If this world is going to follow in the footsteps of both the MCU and the DCEU, then there are many things I need to prepare humanity for.
That reminds me.
I quickly dialed Mercy's number.
"Mercy, inform Mr.Killian that we are willing to fund his research as per his request in our last meeting, but the research must be done under my terms"
I remember from Lex's memories that Aldrich Killian had asked support from LexCorp for his think tank A.I.M so that he could "Upgrade the human genome" which is just a cover for his extremis project.
The real kicker is that he was already walking on his legs with an impressive physique. But he was not supposed to inject himself with extremis until 2007.
This world is completely out of whack and I can't really predict events as well as I thought.
But his also has a silver lining.
With Killian's Extremis, I can work out the kinks in it and then have it spread across the entire populace.
In this way, by the time of the invasion of New York or the arrival of the Kryptonians, Instead of ordinary squishy humans, they will find a population of superhuman beings.
But this is a plan for later. First I need to start looking through all the books I can find on any subject that I can.
A superhuman mind is useless without the knowledge required to sharpen it.
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Definitely Insane
Giving Luthor a tinker power seems redundant.
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Awesome chapter.
Barry will be eternally grateful to Luthor.
If so, maybe he can get his brother or cousin in SHIELD/HYDRA to tells us things about both groups.
Now this is something I wish to see.
Speaking of Central City, one thing your SI could do to get superhumans on his side, here he has his first candidate. He would need to see which version of Barry is there and if it's one that has his dad in jail, unleash the lawyers on his case and set him free.
Barry will be eternally grateful to Luthor.
Does Anatoli still look like his movie counterpart?
If so, maybe he can get his brother or cousin in SHIELD/HYDRA to tells us things about both groups.
I didn't give him tinker powers, it is a side effect of having received Minecraft powers. They just boosted his IQ through the roof.
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Definitely Insane
Luthor is already one of the smartest in the DC universe.
Chapter 4
As I walked into the meeting room, I watched the man waiting inside who looked just like Guy Pearce but buffer and taller.
My powers allowed me to deduce the man's attack strength and threat level without my conscious effort while several plans to defeat him started to form in my mind immediately.
"Mr. Luthor! I am glad that you decided to accept my proposal"
I gave a polite smile
"Mr. Killian. After going through the file that you gave me, I saw the potential that your project had so I decided to accept your proposal. However, as my secretary must have already informed you about me having a few conditions"
"Of course. That is why I came here personally"
As we sat down, Killian started to first present his project just like what I remembered from the movies and I must say that I was impressed. Both with the device that he used to project his brain's real-time scan and the Extremis sales pitch.
"I am impressed Mr. Killian. I am willing to fund A.I.M to further this research. However, I have a few conditions"
"One. This new drug must not be used for human testing until its success rate has reached 100%. Two, while you will have full control of the project, I want to oversee its progress as LexCorp will be the one to release it in the market when it is ready for commercial use"
Killian looked started to stare off into the distance, thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of this deal while I gave a silent signal for Mercy to prepare the legal documents required for Killian to sign. My powers already allowed me to see that he would agree to this deal based on his body language.
And sure enough, just like I thought, he agreed.
As we signed the agreement, I also started the negotiations to acquire the blueprints and manufacturing rights for the brain scan device that Killian used.
The medical applications for such a device are truly astonishing and even if I sold it at a cheap price I would be making a killing through it.
While he drove a hard bargain, we settled on the price of 10 billion USD for the blueprints and 30% royalty from the sale of the device. I also added a condition to have the creator of the device as well as the researcher responsible for Extremis, Maya Henson, come to LexCorp to oversee the setup of factories for the manufacturing of the device.
With the deal closed, I headed back home with Mercy when I got an idea.
"Mercy, how much foothold do we have in the north?"
"Are you talking about the Oil platforms we have in the north or the continent proper?"
"The continent. I want a place where I can test a few things without any prying eyes. Especially a certain secret organization"
Mercy immediately understood my meaning and immediately got to work and contacted Anatoli.
Fun fact, Anatoli had a twin brother who was adopted when they were kids. The same brother who is now an agent in SHIELD, working undercover as a HYDRA agent. Jack Rollins.
Yeah. It was a surprise when I learned that his situation is completely the reverse of the movies. He is not a HYDRA agent undercover at SHIELD. But a SHIELD undercover agent in HYDRA. Unfortunately, his boss, Secretary Pierce, is even more cunning than in the movies and made Jack believe that the Secretary is part of SHIELD when he is in fact one of the leaders of HYDRA.
Fortunately, the two brothers still keep in contact without anyone knowing. This allowed me access to certain classified info that no one else aside from the director of SHIELD should know.
"It is done. While SHIELD is active in Greenland due to the discovery of a certain someone, we should be able to buy a few acres on Greenland without any trouble"
"Do it. I want a base ready within the next week and keep it a secret"
"Got it"
With most of the things on my human side taken care of, I need to take care of things on my builder side.
Specifically, just what kind of Minecraft powers did I get?
The regular ones? Modded ones?
I will need to test these powers to their limit, only then will I know the full extent of my powers.
That is why I needed a place where no one would find me or disturb me.
As far as I remember, there should be no major events happening this year from both the Marvel side or DC side. But given the way this world's timeline is completely jumbled, I can't put my faith in my previous knowledge. That means that I will have to make a few contingencies.
First target: Bruce Wayne/ Batman.
I don't know if he has already begun his vigilantism yet. I will need to put a few feelers into Gotham as soon as possible.
Priority should be to make peaceful contact, but if he proves to be hostile to me, I need to eliminate him immediately.
I do not want to die again or be confined in some dungeon of a mentally unstable man. That is why Batman is threat number one. Despite being a human being, he is someone who can contend with godlike beings based on his intelligence and planning alone.
Second target: Tony Stark/ Iron Man.
Another human who can rival the gods and has the same potential as Batman when it comes to his threat level towards me.
Fortunately, he is still in his idiot phase so he is not much of a threat to me yet. But it is better to be safe than sorry.
Third Target: Clark Kent/Kal-El
This guy is a straight-up god among men. I need to figure out a way to artificially create Kryptonite as soon as possible if I end up becoming his enemy by some twist of fate. My upcoming projects might prove useful in this endeavor.
As for everyone else from MCU and DCEU, I have yet to come up with a plan for them. But given the time, I am confident I can find a few counters for them.
I really need to figure out the limits of my power as soon as possible.
Especially since things are going to kick off next year.
My powers allowed me to deduce the man's attack strength and threat level without my conscious effort while several plans to defeat him started to form in my mind immediately.
"Mr. Luthor! I am glad that you decided to accept my proposal"
I gave a polite smile
"Mr. Killian. After going through the file that you gave me, I saw the potential that your project had so I decided to accept your proposal. However, as my secretary must have already informed you about me having a few conditions"
"Of course. That is why I came here personally"
As we sat down, Killian started to first present his project just like what I remembered from the movies and I must say that I was impressed. Both with the device that he used to project his brain's real-time scan and the Extremis sales pitch.
"I am impressed Mr. Killian. I am willing to fund A.I.M to further this research. However, I have a few conditions"
"One. This new drug must not be used for human testing until its success rate has reached 100%. Two, while you will have full control of the project, I want to oversee its progress as LexCorp will be the one to release it in the market when it is ready for commercial use"
Killian looked started to stare off into the distance, thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of this deal while I gave a silent signal for Mercy to prepare the legal documents required for Killian to sign. My powers already allowed me to see that he would agree to this deal based on his body language.
And sure enough, just like I thought, he agreed.
As we signed the agreement, I also started the negotiations to acquire the blueprints and manufacturing rights for the brain scan device that Killian used.
The medical applications for such a device are truly astonishing and even if I sold it at a cheap price I would be making a killing through it.
While he drove a hard bargain, we settled on the price of 10 billion USD for the blueprints and 30% royalty from the sale of the device. I also added a condition to have the creator of the device as well as the researcher responsible for Extremis, Maya Henson, come to LexCorp to oversee the setup of factories for the manufacturing of the device.
With the deal closed, I headed back home with Mercy when I got an idea.
"Mercy, how much foothold do we have in the north?"
"Are you talking about the Oil platforms we have in the north or the continent proper?"
"The continent. I want a place where I can test a few things without any prying eyes. Especially a certain secret organization"
Mercy immediately understood my meaning and immediately got to work and contacted Anatoli.
Fun fact, Anatoli had a twin brother who was adopted when they were kids. The same brother who is now an agent in SHIELD, working undercover as a HYDRA agent. Jack Rollins.
Yeah. It was a surprise when I learned that his situation is completely the reverse of the movies. He is not a HYDRA agent undercover at SHIELD. But a SHIELD undercover agent in HYDRA. Unfortunately, his boss, Secretary Pierce, is even more cunning than in the movies and made Jack believe that the Secretary is part of SHIELD when he is in fact one of the leaders of HYDRA.
Fortunately, the two brothers still keep in contact without anyone knowing. This allowed me access to certain classified info that no one else aside from the director of SHIELD should know.
"It is done. While SHIELD is active in Greenland due to the discovery of a certain someone, we should be able to buy a few acres on Greenland without any trouble"
"Do it. I want a base ready within the next week and keep it a secret"
"Got it"
With most of the things on my human side taken care of, I need to take care of things on my builder side.
Specifically, just what kind of Minecraft powers did I get?
The regular ones? Modded ones?
I will need to test these powers to their limit, only then will I know the full extent of my powers.
That is why I needed a place where no one would find me or disturb me.
As far as I remember, there should be no major events happening this year from both the Marvel side or DC side. But given the way this world's timeline is completely jumbled, I can't put my faith in my previous knowledge. That means that I will have to make a few contingencies.
First target: Bruce Wayne/ Batman.
I don't know if he has already begun his vigilantism yet. I will need to put a few feelers into Gotham as soon as possible.
Priority should be to make peaceful contact, but if he proves to be hostile to me, I need to eliminate him immediately.
I do not want to die again or be confined in some dungeon of a mentally unstable man. That is why Batman is threat number one. Despite being a human being, he is someone who can contend with godlike beings based on his intelligence and planning alone.
Second target: Tony Stark/ Iron Man.
Another human who can rival the gods and has the same potential as Batman when it comes to his threat level towards me.
Fortunately, he is still in his idiot phase so he is not much of a threat to me yet. But it is better to be safe than sorry.
Third Target: Clark Kent/Kal-El
This guy is a straight-up god among men. I need to figure out a way to artificially create Kryptonite as soon as possible if I end up becoming his enemy by some twist of fate. My upcoming projects might prove useful in this endeavor.
As for everyone else from MCU and DCEU, I have yet to come up with a plan for them. But given the time, I am confident I can find a few counters for them.
I really need to figure out the limits of my power as soon as possible.
Especially since things are going to kick off next year.
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With a bald complex and great dislike of Superman whom he sees an alien with godlike powers that humanity came too dependent on.
And that he refused to believe Clark Kent is Superman and he stole 40 cakes as well.
And that's terrible.
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Awesome chapter
Nice to see this back.
Nice to see this back.
One easy thing would be to check in on Jessica Jones and if she is under our purple bastard's control, save her and get a grateful meta under his employment.
Kryptonian Steel
Insects, unworthy of such attention.
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- Alone
Isn't Antarctica where Savage Land is located?
Thanks for pointing it out. Since I have not worked on this story for a long time, some things from before the final were left in the chapter
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Great work hope to read more of this