Chapter Summaries

Wade killed the last of the gunmen attacking him, while Chen Mo and X-Force arrived and subdued the middle-aged Black man. Chen Mo rejected the man's diamonds and demanded to know where he had found the rock ornament.

• Wade deflected bullets with his blades and killed the remaining gunmen in the room.
• Chen Mo led X-Force out of the elevator, and Wade noticed Agent Zero glaring at him.
• John Wraith teleported beside the middle-aged Black man and stopped him from reaching for a hidden shotgun.
• The middle-aged Black man offered Chen Mo his diamonds, but Chen Mo said he wanted the rock ornament on the desk.
• The middle-aged Black man said he had found the ornament in a small village about three days away.

Chen Mo and X-Force tracked the meteorite to a remote Nigerian village, where James brought back the tribal chief for questioning. The chief recognized the armed strangers’ threat but faced Chen Mo’s demand to reveal where the stone had been found.

• Chen Mo led X-Force away from the middle-aged man’s building after learning where the meteorite came from, and the man threw out his other unusual stones to avoid attracting more enemies.
• Chen Mo and X-Force watched the sleeping village and sent James in to bring back a villager.
• James returned with the tribal chief, whom Chen Mo recognized as the stubborn man from the movie.
• Chen Mo showed the chief the meteorite and asked where it had been found.
• The chief saw the group’s firearms and met Chen Mo’s chilling gaze as he realized they meant him harm.

Chen Mo forced the Black Chief to reveal the location of the sacred ground, and X-Force headed there through the night. Wade learned that Chen Mo had only threatened the tribe to make the Chief cooperate, while Victor took the opportunity to chokehold him.

• Chen Mo threatened to kill the Black Chief and his tribe unless he revealed the sacred ground's location, and the Chief eventually agreed.
• X-Force left the village without alerting the other villagers and traveled northwest toward the sacred ground.
• Wade asked Chen Mo whether he had truly planned to wipe out the village if the Chief refused to talk.
• Victor explained that Chen Mo could have interrogated someone else in the village, easing Wade's concern that Chen Mo was as ruthless as William Stryker.
• Victor choked Wade as the other members of X-Force watched with amusement.

After Victor overpowered Wade, the X-Force members recognized that Victor and James were far stronger than they had realized and came to appreciate Chen Mo’s restraint and leadership. Chen Mo then led the team to a concealed valley and entered its narrow mountain crevice passage.

• Victor released Wade from a chokehold after taunting him, and Wade hurried to Chen Mo’s side.
• Agent Zero realized Victor and James could overpower the X-Force but had held back to preserve the team’s dignity, and he accepted Chen Mo as his captain.
• John Wraith, Bradley, and the others also understood how strong Victor and James were, and their regard for Chen Mo grew.
• Chen Mo led the eight X-Force members to a hidden valley three kilometers from the village.
• Chen Mo guided the team into the valley through a narrow crevice passage that would be difficult for him, Victor, James, and Fred to traverse.

Chen Mo led X-Force to a hidden valley and discovered a massive Vibranium meteorite, confirming his suspicion that the Wolverine and Iron Man worlds were separate. After returning to the base, the team celebrated at a bar, where Fred resumed searching for women after learning his favorite gymnast had left.

• Chen Mo widened the narrow mountain passage with the King's Sword and led X-Force into the hidden valley.
• Chen Mo examined the giant meteorite and concluded it contained Vibranium, while reasoning that the Wolverine and Iron Man worlds were parallel worlds with no connection.
• Chen Mo had Bradley send the valley's location to headquarters and led X-Force back to the US Army base.
• Chen Mo took the team to a bar, where Fred mourned the gymnast's departure until Wade pointed out other women to look for.
• Fred scanned the bar for slim women, while James imagined Fred eventually covering his body with tattoos and Wade sought someone new to talk to.

After completing their mission, Chen Mo and X-Force celebrated together, showing that they had become a more cohesive team. Back at the secret headquarters, William Stryker prepared to launch the next stage of the X-Weapon Project by assembling its research team.

• Wade tried to interest James in finding a doctor, then went dancing with Fred and returned after learning the woman played piano rather than using knives.
• Chen Mo watched X-Force joke together and felt pleased that the team had grown closer after the mission.
• Chen Mo and the other seven returned by helicopter to headquarters, where the First Special Operations Team had already collected and transported the Vibranium meteorite and its fragments.
• William Stryker praised Chen Mo’s successful mission and decided that the recovered Vibranium would allow the next stage of his plan to begin.
• William Stryker gave General Munson a list of scientific candidates and had him use military influence to transfer them into the X-Weapon Project’s research team.

With General Munson’s support, William Stryker assembled the X-Weapon Project’s research team and began capturing mutants for study. Chen Mo and X-Force brought in mutants with a wide range of abilities, while General Munson’s oversight kept Stryker from exercising the unchecked control he had in the movie.

• General Munson approved William Stryker’s requests and took charge of recruiting the researchers for the X-Weapon Project.
• The research team gathered at the secret headquarters and began work on developing Adamantium from the Vibranium meteorite.
• William Stryker sent X-Force and the First Special Operations Team to capture mutants, and his ability to locate new targets kept the teams busy.
• Chen Mo and the teams captured mutants from varied backgrounds, many of them young people who had exposed their abilities by failing to hide or control them.
• The researchers began studying mutants with abilities ranging from fire control and flight to useless traits such as excess skin or flightless wings.
• General Munson’s attention and authority kept William Stryker from controlling the base alone or conducting his mutant research as recklessly as in the movie.

Chen Mo observed the X-Weapon Project’s imprisoned mutants, including Silver Fox and her sister, while the researchers successfully developed Adamantium but made little progress on mutant ability replication. William Stryker sealed away the scarce Vibranium ore for future use, leaving the only two Adamantium blades in Wade’s hands.

• Chen Mo saw Silver Fox and her diamond-skinned sister among the mutants imprisoned for research and chose not to rescue them.
• The research team developed Adamantium from Vibranium meteorites and confirmed that it matched the material found in the Iron Man world.
• The researchers continued to struggle with mutant ability replication, the central technology William Stryker needed for the X-Weapon Project.
• William Stryker conserved the world’s limited Vibranium ore and sealed it away after two Adamantium blades were forged for testing.
• Wade ended up with the secret base’s only two Adamantium weapons because he was the only person there who used twin blades.

Chen Mo gave Wade Adamantium long blades, greatly increasing Wade’s combat power, and began teaching Agent Zero the full Gun Fu after the agent recognized Wade’s improvement. The chapter left Wade practicing against Victor, who prepared to fire an M60 heavy machine gun at him.

• William Stryker gave Wade the two Adamantium long blades after Chen Mo declined them.
• Wade used the blades and his improved Gun Fu swordsmanship to defeat Agent Zero, becoming even more loyal to Chen Mo.
• Agent Zero asked Chen Mo to teach him marksmanship, then requested the swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat techniques that completed Gun Fu.
• Chen Mo agreed to teach Agent Zero the complete Gun Fu while X-Force had no capture mission.
• Wade practiced blade techniques in the Training Room as Victor faced him with an M60 heavy machine gun and a large ammunition crate.

Wade showed off his skill by deflecting Victor’s machine-gun fire with his Adamantium blades, while Victor teased him about trying an even more powerful Gatling gun. Agent Zero arrived carrying katanas, and Wade’s boast about teaching him swordsmanship faltered when Agent Zero compared Wade’s skill to Chen Mo’s.

• Victor fired a heavy machine gun at Wade, who deflected every bullet with his twin Adamantium blades and split the final bullet in two.
• Victor suggested borrowing Chen Mo’s Vulcan cannon, and Wade nervously dodged the idea by joking about shell casings.
• Agent Zero entered the Training Room carrying two katanas, prompting Wade to boast that he could teach him swordsmanship.
• Agent Zero asked whether Wade’s swordsmanship surpassed the Commander’s, leaving Wade speechless because Chen Mo had taught him.

Agent Zero challenged Wade to a rematch with his improved Gun Fu, and Wade adapted to the tricky gunfire and pushed forward. The fight grew more difficult as they closed the distance, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Victor interrupted Wade and Agent Zero's bickering and urged them to start their fight.
• Wade accepted Agent Zero's challenge and taunted him before taking a stance.
• Agent Zero drew two pistols and fired bullets aimed to counter Wade's likely blade movements.
• Wade analyzed the attack patterns and blocked the bullets with his twin blades, then adapted and charged toward Agent Zero.
• Agent Zero kept calculating angles while Wade closed in, and the fight intensified as both had less time to react.

Wade and Agent Zero tested their Gun Fu and swordsmanship in the Training Room, ending their duel in a draw after Agent Zero held his own against Wade’s blades. Wade realized Agent Zero’s talent could threaten his standing as the Sword Saint and resolved not to let him surpass him.

• Wade charged through Agent Zero’s rapid pistol fire, deflecting bullets with his twin blades.
• Agent Zero dropped his pistols, drew matching blades, and blocked Wade’s attacks as they fought at close range.
• Wade’s superior experience pushed Agent Zero onto the defensive, and their blades clashed until both of Agent Zero’s weapons were knocked away.
• Wade recognized that the Training Room and Agent Zero’s choice to test his swordsmanship had shaped the duel, which therefore ended without a clear winner.
• Wade worried that Agent Zero’s talent and training would soon let him match or surpass the Sword Saint, and resolved to prevent that outcome.

After his spar with Agent Zero exposed the limits of his swordsmanship, Wade decided to learn all of Gun Fu, including marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat. He set off to seek Chen Mo’s guidance and discovered Agent Zero was heading there too.

• Wade realized that learning marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat could cover the weaknesses of his swordsmanship.
• Wade taunted Agent Zero, who left the Training Room determined to keep improving and eventually surpass him.
• Victor teased Wade about losing his Sword Saint title, and Wade agreed that he needed more training from Chen Mo.
• Wade left to find Chen Mo and noticed Agent Zero heading to Chen Mo’s quarters, then decided not to let that stop him.

Chen Mo taught Agent Zero more Gun Fu swordsmanship and assigned Wade to spar with him. Agent Zero benefited from Wade’s guidance despite his constant taunting, but as he tried to leave, someone entered and blocked the doorway.

• Wade followed Agent Zero to Chen Mo’s quarters after realizing Agent Zero had come to continue learning swordsmanship.
• Chen Mo demonstrated swordsmanship techniques to Agent Zero while Wade listened and gained new insights.
• Chen Mo asked Wade to guide Agent Zero’s practice and spar with him, and Wade eagerly agreed.
• Wade pointed out Agent Zero’s mistakes during training, improving his practice while irritating him with constant teasing.
• Agent Zero finished training and headed for the exit, where a tall figure entered and blocked his path.

Wade asked Chen Mo to teach him all three disciplines of Gun Fu, and Agent Zero realized he needed the complete training too. Chen Mo began teaching Wade firearms techniques and had Agent Zero lead his practice.

• Wade asked Chen Mo to teach him firearms techniques and hand-to-hand combat as part of the complete Gun Fu.
• Agent Zero recognized that combining Gun Fu’s three disciplines would eliminate the gaps in their specialized fighting styles and asked to learn the complete system too.
• Chen Mo agreed and began teaching Wade firearms techniques while Agent Zero reviewed the material.
• After giving Wade a foundation in firearms techniques, Chen Mo told Agent Zero to lead Wade in practice.

Chen Mo developed Gun Fu training for Wade and Agent Zero, while improving the other mutants’ combat abilities with guidance and specialized equipment. Wade and Agent Zero kept training as each other’s instructors and sparring partners, while the rest of the team gained new battlefield roles.

• Agent Zero teased Wade about teaching him marksmanship, and Chen Mo told Wade to learn properly before leaving them to begin training.
• Wade and Agent Zero traded lessons in swordsmanship and firearms, then practiced close-quarters combat together until both regularly left battered and limping.
• The others grew wary of Chen Mo’s training sessions, and Chen Mo focused instead on helping each mutant make better use of their individual abilities.
• John Wraith practiced irregular consecutive teleports and attacking while teleporting to make his strikes harder to predict.
• Fred replaced his machine gun with a modified 20-millimeter rifle, giving him powerful attacks against fortified positions and turning him into a mobile gun turret.
• Bradley trained to extend his control range and used two camera-equipped flying devices armed with miniature Submachine Guns for reconnaissance and attacks.

Bradley trained with aircraft built by Chen Mo and turned his signal-processing ability into a powerful combat skill, earning a place as an official X-Force fighter. Meanwhile, Wade and Agent Zero continued to draw in their Gun Fu duels, Bradley improved his control of multiple aircraft, and John Wraith trained by teleporting everywhere.

• Bradley used aircraft to receive video feeds and fight at range, developing his control until he could operate them as naturally as his own limbs.
• Bradley's new combat abilities surpassed ordinary fighters, ending his role as support personnel and making him an official X-Force combatant.
• Wade and Agent Zero trained in Gun Fu and gradually merged their fighting styles, but their battles still ended in draws.
• Bradley trained to control four aircraft at once and realized he could use them to distract enemies before taking control of nearby vehicles.
• John Wraith abandoned walking during training and teleported wherever he needed to go, startling people around the base.

After six years of missions and training, the X-Weapon Project developed a serum that could transfer mutant abilities by fusing an activated X factor with a recipient’s genes. Dr. Carol Foster injected the first serum into an unconscious mutant as William Stryker watched, and the results remained unknown.

• John Wraith honed his teleportation by flashing around the base, while Fred mostly ate and slept and Victor and James served as sparring partners.
• Six years passed, William Stryker became a colonel, and the X-Weapon Project completed its method for replicating mutant abilities after hundreds of captured mutants died in experiments.
• The researchers discovered they could extract an activated X factor from a mutant’s blood and create serum that gave its recipient the donor’s ability.
• Dr. Carol Foster explained that the serum contained the X factor from a mutant with petrified skin and injected it into an unconscious mutant with poisonous spikes as William Stryker watched.

William Stryker witnessed the X-Gene Serum successfully replicate a mutant ability, bringing the X-Weapon Project close to its next stage. Dr. Carol Foster said they still needed James Howlett, an X-Force member, to create the X-Weapon, leaving Stryker facing a difficult choice.

• The X-Gene Serum caused a mutant on the operating table to transform into a massive, rock-skinned figure.
• William Stryker celebrated the success of the mutant ability replication technology and turned his attention to starting the X-Weapon Project.
• Dr. Carol Foster told Stryker that the technology was ready but they needed one more person to create the X-Weapon.
• Stryker offered to have X-Force capture the person, but Dr. Carol Foster named James Howlett, a member of X-Force.
• William Stryker realized he could not command X-Force as freely as he once had.

William Stryker considered Dr. Carol Foster’s request to use James as the subject for Adamantium reinforcement, despite the military restrictions and James’s status as a decorated officer. After hearing that James’s bone spurs made him more suitable than Victor, Stryker accepted the plan and expected the completed X-Weapon to make X-Force unnecessary.

• William Stryker weighed the military scrutiny of the X-Weapon Project against Carol Foster’s request to use James for enhancement.
• Carol Foster explained that liquid Adamantium could destroy ordinary mutants and that James had the best chance of surviving the procedure.
• Stryker questioned why Victor could not be used, and Carol Foster said James’s bone spurs were better suited to Adamantium modification.
• Stryker accepted James as the subject and planned to brainwash the completed X-Weapon, which he believed would surpass X-Force and even Chen Mo.