After leaving Stark's villa, Tim could still hear Stark's words echoing in his head, especially what he had said about the Radiance Alliance's meeting place and the fundamental reason the organization could rise above all the others.
Both involved one key figure—Professor X.
Mind-reading had always been what people feared most and desired most. In Tim's universe, no one could truly read minds. Even what Professor Schiller had displayed only came close to telepathy.
But from Stark's description, Professor X's power was no longer merely mind-reading. He was more like the God of Thought.
He could alter the thoughts of everyone in the world in an instant. The sheer power of that ability surpassed Tim's imagination.
Now he understood why the Radiance Alliance could suppress organizations like Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. while ensuring every detail was carried out flawlessly and nothing went off track.
Because Professor X could peer into and manipulate anyone's mind at any time.
Tim could not help seriously wondering how humanity on this Earth had managed to survive.
Hydra alone was already outrageous. A global terrorist organization on that scale should not have been able to exist in the first place, yet S.H.I.E.L.D. still kept it firmly suppressed.
A worldwide organization like S.H.I.E.L.D. dealing with supernatural incidents was absurd enough, especially with the Avengers backing it up, yet it was still tangled up with the KGB.
The KGB could run rampant on United States soil despite S.H.I.E.L.D. having so many powerful superheroes. That was already insane, but there was always something greater beyond it—the Radiance Alliance was even more terrifying.
The Radiance Alliance had already reached such a ridiculous level of power, and its most important core members belonged to a special group: Mutants.
Tim had just learned online that there were several Mutants as powerful as