Return, Harvest!
The loyalty Chen Mo's subordinates showed him was genuine and unbreakable. It was something they had built up little by little under Chen Mo's guidance and training, and it couldn't be compared to the violent control that mental control abilities could provide.
Mental control can be broken down and eliminated, and sometimes the controlled person can even break free and regain consciousness on their own. However, this will not happen to Chen Mo's subordinates because they are already conscious!
Therefore, even with the ability to control minds, Chen Mo only uses it temporarily to deal with enemies. For his subordinates, he still uses the original method, which, although time-consuming, is more reliable and permanent, to cultivate their loyalty.
However, with the ability to read consciousness, Chen Mo was able to understand the other party's thoughts more clearly, making it easier and more skillful to train them.
Besides the First Special Operations Team and the X-Force, Chen Mo also didn't forget Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln, who stayed behind at the manor to manage his businesses and influence. Although they had been modified by vampire blood and Pure Blood and had gained Eternal Life, they could still die from fatal injuries. So Chen Mo had them enhance their self-healing abilities. As for the rest, he left it to them to choose.
While arranging the reinforcements, Chen Mo also informed them that he would be leaving for a period of time, and instructed the two of them to stay in New York to continue managing the vast industries and influence he left behind.
As for Logan and Victor, Chen Mo handed the base over to them. This secret base, originally used for Mutants research, has now been completely transformed into a "Mutant School." The research on Mutants has ended, and Chen Mo has also lifted the imprisonment of the ordinary Mutants. As long as they submit an application and are verified to be able to control their abilities and not cause harm to ordinary people due to loss of control, they can leave the base and return to their homes.
However, after finally gaining their freedom, not many of the hundreds of Mutants chose to leave. Before being captured, they had already experienced the hardships of Mutants surviving in ordinary human society. Even with their powerful abilities, they could not change the fear and rejection of ordinary people towards them. Compared to human society, this "Mutant School" composed entirely of Mutants made them feel the warmth and beauty of home more.
If William Stryker had been in power, they would have fled without hesitation if given the chance, because he didn't treat them like human beings at all. But Chen Mo was different. Under his management, this place was a paradise for them.
Therefore, although Chen Mo allowed them to leave, they did not want to return to that unfriendly world outside.
Their choice was within Chen Mo's expectations, but hiding in the base all day wasn't a good idea, so Chen Mo simply assigned the more capable members of them to X-Force, led by veteran members like Logan, to be specifically responsible for going out to carry out missions against evil Mutants.
When they encounter New Mutants who have awakened their mutant abilities but cannot control them well, they will bring them back to the school for education.
Young Annie is now in control of her abilities and knows she shouldn't reveal them to ordinary people, so Chen Mo sent her home. Such a young child still needs her parents' love and care.
Finally, after arranging all the remaining matters and giving instructions to Logan and Victor, Chen Mo disappeared in the office in front of the two of them, turning into a white light and returning to the real world.
"Master!..."
Logan and Victor already knew that their master was no ordinary person. Although they didn't quite understand Chen Mo's words about leaving temporarily, they knew that Chen Mo wouldn't be back for a while, based on Chen Mo careful arrangements and instructions.
This made Logan and Victor, who had followed Chen Mo for more than a century, feel somewhat lost and reluctant to part.
In their hearts, Chen Mo was like their father, protecting, teaching, and loving them. It was because of Chen Mo that they had a home to return to and were not left to wander the streets in a miserable and desolate state.
Now that they've left, they feel empty inside, filled with reluctance. However, they can only obey Chen Mo's decision. Fortunately, Chen Mo said that he's only leaving temporarily and will always come back in the future.
They possess Eternal Life; time is merely a number to them. If Chen Mo doesn't return for a year, they'll wait a year; if he doesn't return for ten years, they'll wait ten years; even a hundred years! A thousand years! Ten thousand years! They will always wait for the day Chen Mo returns!
With a flash of white light, Chen Mo reappeared in the underground laboratory of the manor castle.
Scanning the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings, the advanced equipment from the world of Iron Man was still neatly arranged in the laboratory, and the flashing indicator lights were no different from before.
But all of this gave Chen Mo a feeling that things had changed and people were no longer the same.
This time he was gone for far too long, so long that he had forgotten some of the less important details. For example, Chen Mo memory of the layout of the laboratory, which had not been used much except for Spatial Travel, was somewhat hazy.
This is normal, though. Ordinary people will feel a little out of place when they return home after a few months of going to school or working, let alone Chen Mo, who has been away for over a hundred years.
However, Chen Mo was no ordinary person. Those memories were not actually forgotten; they were just covered up by a large number of new memories in the past hundred years. Chen Mo stood there, gently closed his eyes, and focused his consciousness into his mind, recalling the memories before he transmigrated, including all the details, which quickly surfaced in his mind without missing a single detail.
The murder and escape, the plane crash, the survival on a deserted island, the establishment of a company, the recruitment of Su Wan, the release of the Knight, the chance encounter with An Ran, and everything that followed—all of it is vivid in my mind, as if it happened yesterday.
Opening his eyes, Chen Mo's lips curled into a slight smile. I'm back!
After getting into a good mood, Chen Mo began to take stock of what he had gained from this trip to the "Wolverine" world.
The biggest gain was finally finding a way to safely revive Grandpa Chen Jingde; the second biggest gain was a huge improvement in strength.
The enhancement of the four variant abilities transformed Chen Mo from a warrior who primarily relied on physical attacks into an all-around powerhouse with complete ranged, melee, physical, energy, and mental attack capabilities.