Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo compared John Wraith’s instantaneous teleportation with the Demon-type Spatial Jump used by Nightcrawler and Nightcrawler, weighing their combat risks, carrying limits, and range. He chose to enhance John Wraith’s ability, then focused on the final characteristic that had decided him.

• Chen Mo determined that John Wraith moved instantaneously, while Nightcrawler and Nightcrawler passed through another space before reappearing.
• Chen Mo concluded that Spatial Jump’s brief delay left its users vulnerable to quick-reacting opponents, while John Wraith’s ability was better suited to combat.
• Chen Mo found that John Wraith could choose whom or what to take when teleporting, whereas Demon-type users carried anyone or anything connected to them through the portal.
• Chen Mo noted that Demon-type Spatial Jump offered greater range and easier transport of others at lower strength, while John Wraith’s ability improved as he grew stronger.
• Chen Mo chose to enhance John Wraith’s teleportation ability and considered the final characteristic of Demon-type Spatial Jump that had settled his decision.

Chen Mo searched for versatile mutant abilities and discovered that Annie, the kindergarten’s only child, could communicate telepathically and had been imitating other mutants. The chapter ended when Annie’s eyes lit up as a mutant girl used her ability while playing with her.

• Chen Mo rejected Demon-type teleportation because he did not want to risk transforming into a demon, then decided to seek psychic abilities.
• Chen Mo reasoned that some mutant abilities occupied only one gene slot while providing a broad range of effects.
• Chen Mo found Annie’s telepathic ability among the mutants living at Mutant School and learned how she had been captured.
• Annie spent her days playing at the school and trying to imitate other mutants’ abilities, though everyone assumed she could not learn them.
• While a mutant girl played with Annie and used her ability, Annie’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Annie discovered she could move objects with her mind, revealing that her power was psychokinesis rather than simple telepathy. Chen Mo brought her to the laboratory to test her ability, and the chapter ended with Annie reassured that he meant to reward her for attending kindergarten.

• Annie copied an older mutant girl's telekinesis and made a piece of candy float.
• Dr. Carol Foster tested Annie and determined that her telekinesis extended from her existing power, which could affect both minds and physical objects.
• Chen Mo considered Annie's broad psychokinetic potential but decided to examine her ability before using a precious ability slot.
• Annie's teacher led her to the laboratory, where she hid from Chen Mo and begged him not to spank her for skipping school.
• Chen Mo assured Annie that he wanted to reward her for being well-behaved, and she eagerly waited to hear what the reward was.

Chen Mo used a remote to make William Stryker blow colorful bubbles for Annie, who mistook the imprisoned colonel for a Bubble Dragon. After Annie eagerly asked Chen Mo to teach her how he did it, the story left him facing her request.

• Chen Mo pointed out William Stryker behind the glass and told Annie he was a Bubble Dragon who could blow bubbles.
• Annie called Stryker a weird old man with wings and refused to believe Chen Mo until he secretly triggered a remote that made Stryker involuntarily blow colorful bubbles.
• Annie praised Chen Mo and watched the bubbles fill the cage, while Chen Mo reflected that the mutant children saw him as their protector.
• When the bubbles disappeared, Annie grabbed Chen Mo's hand and asked for more, so he triggered the remote again.
• Annie delighted in the renewed bubbles and asked Chen Mo to teach her how he made Stryker blow them.

Chen Mo guided Annie as she experimented with using her powers to control William Stryker. After repeated attempts, Annie finally took control of his consciousness and made him blow bubbles, leaving him blankly filling his cage with them.

• Chen Mo told Annie to enter William Stryker's mind and control him into blowing bubbles.
• Annie's telepathic commands and telekinetic pokes only irritated William Stryker, who resisted and insulted her.
• Chen Mo clarified that Annie needed to control William Stryker's consciousness rather than talk to him or move his body.
• Annie repeatedly tried to wrap her thoughts around William Stryker's consciousness until his glare grew dull.
• Annie's command finally made William Stryker blow bubbles, and he continued until his cage was full while Chen Mo smiled.

Annie demonstrated that her telekinesis could read thoughts and control another person, convincing Chen Mo to replicate her ability. With that power covering his psychic plans, Chen Mo named an unexpected choice for his remaining ability slot, shocking Dr. Carol Foster.

• Annie controlled William Stryker and made him blow bubbles, confirming the strength of her mental abilities.
• Annie read Stryker's thoughts, became angry at his insults toward Chen Mo, and agreed to receive another gift from the principal.
• Dr. Carol Foster discussed Annie's potential with Chen Mo, who decided to prepare X-Gene Serum and replicate Annie's telekinesis.
• Dr. Carol Foster asked what ability Chen Mo would choose for his remaining slot, and his unexpected answer left her stunned.
• Chen Mo considered Professor X and Magneto but ruled them out because their powers posed too great a threat to him.

Chen Mo ordered Dr. Carol Foster to test whether the Mutant Buster could withstand more than two copied abilities, leaving William Stryker at her mercy. After she sedated him and opened his cell, Stryker suddenly awakened and flew out through the open door.

• Chen Mo explained why he did not want to confront Professor X or Magneto and said Magneto's ability had little use to him now that he had telekinesis.
• Chen Mo asked Dr. Carol Foster to test whether the Mutant Buster could exceed its limit of two abilities, and she agreed.
• Dr. Carol Foster planned an experiment for William Stryker while he waited helplessly in his cell.
• Dr. Carol Foster released anesthetic gas into Stryker's cell, then returned with two soldiers to move his unconscious body.
• Stryker suddenly awakened, beat his butterfly wings, and flew through the open cell door to escape.

William Stryker escaped his cell by pretending to be unconscious and revealing his hidden ability to fly, but Chen Mo stopped him with an anesthetic dart and had him returned to the laboratory. The failed escape left Stryker tied to the experimental table as Dr. Carol Foster realized Chen Mo had rescued the situation.

• William Stryker pretended to be unconscious during Dr. Carol Foster’s anesthetic procedure, then flew past the soldiers and escaped the laboratory.
• William Stryker flew toward a hidden passage, but Chen Mo shot him with an anesthetic dart, causing him to fall unconscious.
• Chen Mo ordered two soldiers to carry William Stryker back into the laboratory.
• Dr. Carol Foster watched the soldiers restrain William Stryker on the experimental table and felt self-reproach for allowing his escape attempt.

Chen Mo and Dr. Carol Foster began preparing X-Gene Serums for William Stryker’s experiment, while Chen Mo took personal control of the process to protect his own safety. By the end, they had made three wing-ability serums, and Chen Mo had mastered the serum-making method.

• Chen Mo reassured Dr. Carol Foster that Stryker’s escape attempt was not her fault and revealed that J.A.R.V.I.S. had been monitoring him.
• Dr. Carol Foster restrained Stryker face-down and proposed fusing mutant abilities of the same type by giving him more wings.
• Chen Mo took out four syringes of his blood and explained why he would personally oversee the serums intended to enhance him.
• Dr. Carol Foster identified blood samples from three flying mutants, and she and Chen Mo made Dragonfly Wings and Feather Wings serums.
• Chen Mo and Dr. Carol Foster separated Bat Wings from a mutant’s serum, and Chen Mo learned how to make X-Gene Serum.

Chen Mo and Dr. Carol Foster tested whether X-Gene abilities could be combined in William Stryker. His feather wings fused with bat traits, and the chapter ended as they injected the final serum to test whether the fusion was complete.

• Dr. Carol Foster prepared William Stryker for the experiment while Chen Mo made and set aside four X-Gene Serums.
• Dr. Carol Foster injected the Angel serum, causing a new pair of white feather wings to grow alongside Stryker's butterfly wings.
• Dr. Carol Foster injected the bat serum, and the feather wings broadened and developed membranes and bony spikes instead of new wings emerging.
• Dr. Carol Foster suspected the feather and bat abilities had fused, and Chen Mo ordered her to inject the final serum to verify it.
• William Stryker's face began to show pain almost immediately after Dr. Carol Foster injected the last serum.

William Stryker died when the fifth X-Gene Serum experiment failed, and Chen Mo prepared to enhance himself with a serum containing Logan's healing ability. After securing his office and activating his Vibranium Nanotech Combat Suit, Chen Mo injected the serum.

• William Stryker's body swelled and burst apart after the attempted fusion of his feathered wings and Bat Wings failed.
• Chen Mo left Dr. Carol Foster to clean up and returned to his office with four completed X-Gene Serums.
• Chen Mo summoned X-Force and the base's armed forces to guard his office while he underwent enhancement.
• Chen Mo activated his Vibranium Nanotech Combat Suit and kept his Adamantium Iron Man Suit in storage.
• Chen Mo injected the X-Gene Serum infused with Logan's healing ability into his arm.

Chen Mo tested the X-Gene Serum’s self-healing ability and discovered it had already reached Level Eight, making ordinary injuries and even severe internal damage unable to kill him. He realized the serum might also heal his comatose grandfather, Chen Jingde.

• Chen Mo injected the X-Gene Serum and sensed that his cells had become more active and full of vitality.
• Chen Mo cut his finger and then deeply slashed his palm, watching both wounds heal completely in about a second.
• Chen Mo concluded that his self-healing ability had reached Level Eight and that his other acquired mutant abilities would likely reach that level as well.
• Chen Mo realized that only decapitation could kill him, but his fully enclosed combat suits made that difficult.
• Chen Mo recalled that his grandfather, Chen Jingde, remained unconscious and hoped the X-Gene Serum could heal him.

Chen Mo enhanced himself with John Wraith’s teleportation ability and learned to control the condensed mental power it used. He confirmed that he could teleport himself and remembered locations, then continued preparing to enhance his other abilities.

• Chen Mo injected the serum containing the X-gene for instant teleportation and sensed his mental power become more condensed and controllable.
• Chen Mo spread his mental power over his body and found it could reach only one meter beyond him.
• Chen Mo teleported several meters ahead, leaving behind a handcuff that was not covered by his mental power.
• Chen Mo concluded that teleportation consumed mental power according to the volume he covered and decided to test its range after completing his enhancements.
• Chen Mo teleported in front of the sofa using only his memory of the location.

Chen Mo injected Annie's psychic power serum, which transformed his mental power and made it faster, more precise, and easier to control. He discovered that his teleportation became nearly instantaneous while its range stayed the same, then began testing his new ability by sensing everything within ten meters.

• Chen Mo injected Annie's psychic power serum and waited for the genetic modification to finish.
• His mental power compressed from dense white fog into a clear, spring-water-like sea, becoming easier to control.
• Chen Mo found that his mental power spread through his body almost instantly during teleportation, but still only bound space within one meter.
• He teleported from the sofa to the chair behind the desk and confirmed that the teleportation's other properties had not changed.
• Chen Mo extended his mental power ten meters and sensed objects, writing, and the X-Force members in vivid detail.

Chen Mo tested telekinetic manipulation, mental control, communication, and thought-reading, then prepared to enhance his final mutant ability by injecting the last vial of X-Gene Serum. The enhancement began, leaving Chen Mo focused on sensing its effects.

• Chen Mo used telekinesis to lift, maneuver, and write with four pens at once.
• Chen Mo mentally controlled Logan and made him roll his eyes and stick out his tongue.
• Chen Mo communicated with Victor through mental perception while Victor stood watch.
• Chen Mo read Agent Zero's thoughts and learned that he was determined to protect Chen Mo and kill any intruder.
• Chen Mo injected the last vial of X-Gene Serum and focused on the changes in his mind.

Chen Mo enhanced himself with electromagnetic control and discovered that his new brain region could process information like a computer. He tested the ability by making an unconnected bulb light up and considered how it could let him control machines and signals.

• Chen Mo completed his psychic enhancement, activating a brain region that performed rapid calculations and data processing.
• Chen Mo used telekinesis to float a desk lamp’s bulb, then made it light without a power source.
• Chen Mo revealed that he had chosen Bradley’s electromagnetic control ability for his fourth enhancement.
• Chen Mo recognized Bradley’s precise control of electricity and magnetism as useful for powering devices, controlling machines, and transmitting signals.
• Chen Mo’s newly activated brain region served as the processor for electromagnetic signal analysis and control.

Chen Mo had Bradley develop his electromagnetic abilities from controlling electronics to attacking with metal and explained why Bradley’s electrical control made him a natural counter to machines. The chapter left Bradley newly capable of fighting with coins and revealed how valuable his powers could be against the advanced technology in Chen Mo’s future worlds.

• Chen Mo trained Bradley to use magnetic fields to control coins, giving him a combat ability beyond his drones.
• Bradley could only attack with small pieces of metal, so he carried coins and earned the nickname "Little Treasury" from the X-Force members.
• Chen Mo valued Bradley’s precise electrical control more than his metal attacks because it could counter the machines and weapons common in science fiction worlds.
• Bradley could infiltrate electronic devices, rewrite their data, destroy their components, or cut their power directly.
• Chen Mo concluded that Bradley’s abilities made him a natural nemesis of robots and even more formidable than J.A.R.V.I.S. against electronic machines.

Chen Mo reflected on Bradley’s electromagnetic abilities and how they could counter Sentinel robots, then began testing his newly enhanced mutant powers. He teleported upward from a mountaintop platform and used telekinesis to keep himself aloft.

• Chen Mo considered how Bradley could control Sentinel robots by taking over their electrical systems and communications.
• Chen Mo concluded that Bradley’s electromagnetic control would be highly useful in technologically advanced worlds and had considerable potential.
• After completing his enhancements, Chen Mo dismissed the soldiers and X-Force members and began testing his abilities.
• Chen Mo decided to measure the range of his teleportation and compared it with John Wraith’s shorter-range power.
• Chen Mo teleported straight upward from the mountaintop platform, then used telekinesis to hold himself in the air.

Chen Mo tested his telekinesis, discovering he could teleport a hundred meters and fly by controlling his own body. By shaping telekinetic force into a solid, invisible air shield, he reduced drag and reached Mach 2, then began experimenting with a more aerodynamic shape.

• Chen Mo asked J.A.R.V.I.S. how far he had teleported and learned he had covered one hundred meters.
• Chen Mo practiced flying with telekinesis, then put on his Vibranium combat suit and asked J.A.R.V.I.S. to record his speed.
• Chen Mo accelerated to 475 kilometers per hour but realized that air resistance was limiting his speed.
• Chen Mo shaped telekinetic force into a solid, invisible cone around himself, reducing drag and discovering that telekinesis could materialize into a barrier.
• Chen Mo broke the sound barrier and reached Mach 2, then tried reshaping the barrier to reduce air resistance further.

Chen Mo refined his telekinetic flight technique and combined it with the Iron Man suit to push his speed to Mach 8. The chapter ended with him flying at nearly 9,800 kilometers per hour.

• Chen Mo shaped his telekinetic shell into a flattened spindle and reached a flight speed of Mach 3.
• Chen Mo released and equipped the Iron Man suit in less than a second.
• Chen Mo used telekinetic force to position the suit and combined it with the suit’s thrusters to reach Mach 7.
• Chen Mo formed a streamlined telekinetic layer around the suit, raising his maximum speed to Mach 8.