"Lord Loki, we have already witnessed Thanos's power, and I do not believe we possess the ability to resist him," Charles demurred.
This was both an attempt to gain the upper hand in negotiations and a statement of the truth in his heart.
On the surface, Earth indeed currently lacked anyone proven capable of holding off Thanos.
"You underestimate your own power too much," Wang Ming said.
The abilities of Magneto, Professor X, and their kind were quite buggy; used well, they would definitely be a major asset.
Wang Ming had been disgusted by Thanos's swarm tactics, so now he also intended to find some lacklings to go disgust Thanos right back.
Just as Wang Ming was about to continue discussing things with Magneto and the others, Magneto's expression suddenly changed drastically.
Magneto shouted loudly, "No, humans are going to wipe all of us out!"
The distant US and Soviet armies had already received orders from the higher-ups in the rear—eliminate all mutants on the island.
The existence of mutants was not conducive to the stability of the ruling order.
The upper-class elite had spent generations formulating rules for the lower-class commoners, keeping people trapped within those rules to toil away until death as mere wage slaves, forever unable to stand at the same height as them.
Yet,
the existence of mutants was breaking those very rules.
The power of capital came from authority, and the power of authority came from armies and monopolized knowledge.
Mutants like Magneto, who were enough to match an entire army, clearly broke that balance.
No!
This was directly flipping the table and refusing to play by their rules.
It was paving a brand-new track.
How could they possibly agree to such a thing?
And so,
thousands of missiles were launched toward the island, an