Could It Really Be Such a Coincidence?!

After obtaining the exact location from the middle-aged black man, Chen Mo led the X-Force back into the elevator. Under Bradley's control, they rode the elevator back to the first floor, stepping over the scattered corpses and disappearing into the narrow alleys of the slums.

The middle-aged Black man watched the elevator indicator light go from the twelfth floor all the way down to the first floor before he finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped back into his chair.

Looking at his men lying on the ground, the middle-aged black man was still shaken. What a close call! These people were ridiculously strong. Fortunately, they only wanted to find out the origin of that strange stone and had no real grudge against him. So, although they killed all his men, they didn't steal a single diamond from him, nor did they harm him.

This made him feel fortunate.

However, looking again at the empty tray on the table, where the stone that had been taken away had originally been placed, it was this very stone that had attracted this group of powerful uninvited guests.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged black man couldn't help but look at the other oddly shaped stones on the table, fearing that they might attract other enemies again. This time he was lucky enough to escape with his life, but he only lost some men. Next time, he might not be so lucky.

Upon thinking this, the middle-aged man's expression changed. He quickly picked up a few stones, walked to the window, and without hesitation threw out all the decorative items that he usually loved.

Watching the stones disappear outside the building window, the middle-aged black man finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Now, surely those inexplicable, powerful, and perverted people wouldn't come to him asking about the origin of a broken stone anymore!

In the Nigeria interior, a secluded and underdeveloped village three days' journey from the capital, Lagos.

Night had fallen, and a bonfire was burning in an open space in the center of the village.

This place is less like a village and more like a small tribe. The villagers live in simple thatched huts, and the entire tribe has fewer than a hundred members.

In the movie, after William Stryker led the X-Force to this place, in order to force them to reveal the origin of the strange meteorite, he ordered the Carnage of the villagers. Everyone else obeyed William Stryker's orders, but Wolverine chose to resist.

It was here that he broke with them and left X-Force alone, while Sabretooth chose to stay with X-Force and serve William Stryker. The two brothers broke off their relationship, Sabretooth once believed that Wolverine had betrayed him.

However, the situation is now completely different. Victor and James have an unbreakable bond, and without William Stryker's interference, Chen Mo has no intention of using such an extreme method as Carnage to force him to reveal the location of the meteorite.

Everyone in the village was fast asleep, with only the campfire in the center of the village crackling and popping.

Outside the village, in a place where the campfire's light couldn't reach, Chen Mo and the members of X-Force were hiding in the shadows, spying on the tribe.

"James, go and kidnap a villager."

Chen Mo whispered to James beside him.

James nodded slightly upon hearing this, then crouched low and quietly slipped into the village.

In fact, John Wraith was originally the best choice, but his teleportation ability has significant limitations. Not only is the teleportation distance not far enough, but he can only teleport short to medium distances. Moreover, he cannot carry people during the teleportation. So, he is fine for solo combat, but it is impossible to teleport other teammates to infiltrate or relocate, or to bring prisoners out of the enemy's territory.

So Chen Mo simply sent James.

James did not disappoint Chen Mo's trust, and soon carried a forty-year-old black man out of the village.

In the movie, Wade, who had been a mercenary in Africa for many years and was fluent in their tribal language, conducted the interrogation. This time, however, Chen Mo took matters into his own hands.

Learning a language wouldn't take him long with his brainpower, so communicating with the abducted villager wasn't a problem for him.

However, when Chen Mo saw the face of the black man James had grabbed, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

There were about a hundred people in the village, and James randomly picked one, who, by sheer coincidence, was the tribal chief in the movie who refused to surrender!

Chen Mo originally planned to interrogate an ordinary villager, since their sacred site couldn't possibly be known only to the chief; most villagers should know its location.

In Chen Mo's view, William Stryker's act of interrogating the chief and then ordering Carnage was nothing short of idiotic, which explains why Wolverine chose to rebel.

Although William Stryker eventually found the "holy site," it was only through a massive, thorough search by a large number of people.

It must be said that William Stryker's command ability was extremely poor. He was only suitable to be a researcher, or at most the head of a research project, but not suitable to directly participate in the command of operations.

Although William Stryker is an army Major, his true identity is that of a researcher. Before forming X-Force, he had never participated in any combat and was an academic officer from a research department.

In fact, any officer skilled in interrogation would have fared much better William Stryker.

At least besides the fearless chief, many other tribesmen must have known the location of the holy site.

However, James just happened to capture that indomitable tribal chief. Although Chen Mo knew he was not easy to deal with, he still planned to give it a try first. If it didn't work, he could try someone else.

Chen Mo immediately gave James a wink, signaling him to wake up the black chief.

The black chief had been knocked unconscious by James while he was fast asleep. Now, awakened by James, he was still unaware of what had happened and stared blankly at the group of strangers in front of him. Shouldn't he be sleeping in the thatched hut? And who were these tall, burly men in front of him?

Chen Mo didn't give him time to think carefully. He handed the meteorite in his hand to the black chief and asked in a cold, deep voice.

"Where did you find these stones?"

The black chief's pupils contracted as soon as he saw the various firearms that John Wraith and his men were holding. Just then, he heard Chen Mo's question, and the black chief knew that Chen Mo and his men had come with ill intentions.

Meeting Chen Mo's icy gaze, the black chief felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.