Chapter 454
For humans, God is the most terrifying thing.
Isn't it terrifying to have a god who has no flaws, no hobbies, yet can easily annihilate all of humanity?
"By the way, do you know why Esme wanted to recruit you into the Hellfire Club?" Su Quan suddenly asked.
Lorna casually remarked, "Because of my abilities? Because I'm the leader of an underground organization?"
"Both, but the main reason is that you are Magneto's daughter, and Magneto is also a member of the Hellfire Club." Su Quan said with a smile, "In this world alone, you are the true second-generation member of the club."
Lorna shrugged noncommittally. Magneto and the Hellfire Club were both unfamiliar to her, so silence was the best response to this topic.
Su Quan killed the conversation.
Speaking of which, Su Quan has always been curious about where Magneto and Professor X went in this world.
They disappeared after the Mutants Riot. When Su Quan had nothing to do, he used his Psychic Abilities to scan the entire Earth, but found nothing.
Although they were all 'old acquaintances' and Su Quan already possessed all their abilities, the combined power of their abilities would still be quite impressive. However, it seems they vanished into thin air, leaving no trace whatsoever.
The female lawyer and Mutants Evangeline who rescued Lorna from the mental hospital was also X-Men, but all she knew was that Professor X had chosen Lorna to establish an underground organization to help Mutants.
As for where the professor and the others went, she had no idea either.
Su Quan has two guesses.
First, they left Earth to explore the universe, hoping to find a new home for Mutants.
Second, they left this world.
Both of these guesses are highly probable.
With Beast Hank's talent, creating an interstellar spaceship in this era would not be difficult. Professor X and Magneto are also very rich and can easily afford it!
Similarly, if Jean Grey hadn't experienced the Dark Phoenix incident, or had successfully transformed into the White Phoenix Dark Phoenix it, she would have been fully capable of taking them across Parallel Universe.
Moreover, Jean Grey isn't the only Mutants with the ability to travel through the universe. It's also possible that there are native Mutants in this world or Mutants like herself who have traveled from other worlds!
Su Quan is more inclined to believe that they left this world. The reason is simple: even in a star system far away from Earth, he can sense Jean Grey using the Phoenix Force.
But so far.
He didn't receive any signals!
The Trask Industries maintains a Mutants file that records various Mutants with special abilities. Once these Mutants are captured, they are sent here and transformed into hunting dogs.
Su Quan used his Psychic Abilities to 'attack' all the imprisoned Mutants. Most of Mutants had already become qualified hounds under the influence of 'Kik,' leaving only a small number still struggling to survive.
Inside the kennel, the hunting dogs, having lost their sense of self, collapsed and stopped breathing almost simultaneously.
The guards rushed forward to check, but suddenly heard a loud bang. The tightly closed gate slammed to the ground, revealing the figures of a man and a woman.
Intruder?
The guard drew his gun in disbelief, ready to fire, but the gun suddenly generated a tremendous force, flew out of his hand, and landed in the woman's hand.
Lorna pointed the gun at him, a slight smile playing on her lips, and said, "Don't move, or the gun might slip..."
Before the word "fire" was even uttered, the guard's expression had already become quiet and obedient.
Lorna looked at Su Quan with displeasure. "Can you let me finish what I have to say?"
Su Quan smiled and replied perfunctorily, "Okay, next time... next time for sure..."
"Snort."
Lorna threw down her gun and looked at the individual glass cells on either side. Only about one-fifth of the Mutants were still alive in the cells, roughly twenty people.
In other words, only these twenty people, who have not yet been turned into hunting dogs, still have value in being saved.
"My name is Lorna, and his name is Su Quan. We are from an underground organization. If you want to live and escape from here, you'd better listen to our instructions quietly, understand?"
The Mutants still alive in the cell nodded frantically, their previously despairing, numb, and gloomy eyes regaining a glimmer of hope.
Some of them had heard of Lorna, some had heard of Su Quan, and some had heard of the underground organization.
But they never dreamed that the rumored big shot would actually storm into the Trask Industries and rescue them, complete strangers.
"Click-click-click—"
A series of crisp sounds.
The prison cell door was opened one after another by the guards.
Before the Mutants could even feel joy or express their gratitude to Su Quan and Lorna after emerging from the cell, they hurriedly followed Su Quan as he waved goodbye.
The group of twenty-odd people returned to the laboratory in a grand procession. Lorna explained the current situation to them. Upon hearing their purpose for coming here, the rescued Mutants all settled down in Bengbu.
They actually controlled the researchers at Trask Industries and made them conduct experiments for them in Trask Industries' laboratories?
This is just too intense!
They knew better than anyone what the Trask Industries was—a hell for Mutants. Even though Su Quan had Psychic Abilities and the power to Teleportation, this action still shocked them immensely.
Since the experiment would take some time to produce results, Su Quan simply summoned Friday and had her hack into the Trask Industries's system, copying down the experiments related to the Hound Project and Kik's formula.
If the former were made public, Trask Industries would surely be disgraced and forced to close down, because some things, like racial discrimination, can be done in private but not discussed in public.
The latter had no practical value to Su Quan, and he disdained using drugs to control Mutants. However, this formula had many similarities with Otto's research, only with opposite effects.
One is to suppress the ability to mutate, and the other is to amplify the ability to mutate.
Su Quan suspects that Dr. Campbell created Kik through Otto's research, which led to the Hound Program.
"Knock knock knock..."
A series of rhythmic footsteps approached from outside the laboratory. The rescued Mutants changed immediately upon hearing the footsteps; some panicked, while others remained calm...
Overall, I remained relatively calm!
The agents surrounded the laboratory with guns. Dr. Campbell, his face grim, spotted Su Quan at first glance.
There's no way around it; some people are like gold glittering in the sand—they just stand out from the crowd.
It's you again!
"Su Quan!"
Su Quan had barely finished filling the hole left by his last rampage at the Sentinel Special Services Bureau when he came to his company again and killed all the carefully raised hunting dogs. Dr. Campbell's attitude towards Su Quan can be summed up in four words: gnashing his teeth!
Su Quan smiled and waved, "What's that saying again? Oh, there's always a reason for every encounter, it's either a blessing or a lesson, which do you think it will be this time?"
Dr. Campbell said menacingly, "You're threatening me?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Su Quan said with a grin, "If you don't want threats, do you still want a greeting? I'm afraid you can't handle my greetings..."
Dr. Campbell said coldly, "Speak, what is your purpose in coming here?"
He killed all the hounds and rescued the Mutants, but he didn't leave with them. What was he planning to do?
Etc!
Dr. Campbell narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Otto, who was being controlled by agents behind him.
Could Su Quan's purpose in coming here be to conduct research on suppressing Mutant Gene?
As luck would have it, Su Quan and Lorna had just left Otto's antique shop when Dr. Campbell found Otto.
The two feet are positioned in front of and behind each other, perfectly staggered.
Dr. Campbell's purpose in seeking out Otto was not to suppress research on Mutant Gene, since this research was unverified within the company, and he also did not know that Reed was Mutants.
He sought out Otto because he was worried that the underground organization would use him as a lead to find the location of the Trask Industries.
But Otto didn't know that.
The underground organization members who came for this research had just left, saying they were there to rescue him and that he should take care of himself. Then Dr. Campbell arrived with his men.
Logically, Otto naturally assumed that Dr. Campbell was also there for this research, and thus confessed without being asked.
Although he did not acknowledge the validity of the study, Dr. Campbell was so familiar with it that his unusual mention of it naturally aroused Dr. Campbell's suspicions, and he planned to ask him about it when he returned.
There's no need to ask now. Dr. Campbell is 90% certain that this research was successful, and... it has been successful before!
When Dr. Campbell looked at Otto, Su Quan naturally noticed him as well. How could this old man have been arrested so quickly?
Tsk tsk tsk, he got arrested as soon as I left. Does he think I tipped him off?
Dr. Campbell looked at the researchers in the laboratory who were "oblivious to everything else and focused solely on their experiments."
With piercing eyes, he said, "Su Quan, you controlled them to verify Otto's research, right? Because the experimental results haven't come out yet, that's why you didn't leave!"
"Yes."
Su Quan did not deny it.
Judging from the current situation, Otto's experiment back then was definitely successful, but it was not reported to the company, nor was further research conducted in this area.
Why is he intentionally concealing his achievements?
Dr. Campbell recalled that this study mainly focused on Mutants who had not yet awakened their mutant abilities. Analyzing based on time and motivation, he thought of someone, someone who fit the criteria yet was unexpected.
Reed, a former prosecutor and now a fugitive!