Lynn suddenly grabbed with both hands, and a terrifying force erupted as he ripped open a corner of the base.
Then he crawled along the ceiling and deeper inside.
The ionization between the electric current and the air generated a force that let Lynn cling to the metal ceiling.
As he crawled, he looked down below.
Iron bars surrounded the area, and the place where he was happened to be a cage.
Many mutant children who looked to be around ten years old were locked beneath it.
With his Observation Haki, Lynn could sense that most of the mutant children were Level One or Level Two mutants.
Perhaps they were the people Logan was trying to rescue.
Just then, a scolding voice from below interrupted Lynn's thoughts.
He turned his head and saw a white prison guard with a look of disgust on his face coming down the corridor.
"Damn mutant beasts, time to eat your slop!"
The white prison guard simply dumped the food on the ground, not caring whether the mutants ate it.
He didn't care that it was slop made from leftover bread crumbs and other scraps of food.
He just dumped it on the ground, casually trampling the mutants' dignity.
After all, test subjects who entered the base could live for only a month or two at most. After that, they would die no matter what.
Giving them proper food was a waste. This slop could provide the test subjects with enough nutrition anyway.
And the mutants would eat it.
As he watched this scene, Lynn suddenly remembered his own experience as a prisoner at Base 23.
The anger in his chest erupted like a volcano.
For a moment, his blood-red eyes gleamed with a bone-chilling light.
"Right here!"
Black Widow jumped straight out of a Quinjet with Bruce Banner.
Using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s satellites and energy-detection equipment, they had located their target.
"Are you sure this will work? I'm afraid he'll come out again halfway through..."
Bruce Banner glanced at Black Widow beside him, looking hesitant.
"What are you afraid of? You're an Avenger, and so is the Hulk. You're one and the same."
Before Bruce Banner could react, Black Widow pulled him down with her as she spoke.
Their parachutes opened quickly, and the two of them landed about a kilometer from the hill.
"Up ahead. We've detected several types of mutant energy there."
"Wait, this mutant energy... It's Subject 52, the mutant criminal! We've found that damn demon!"
Hearing the message through his earpiece, Captain Locke immediately stood up.
He spoke to the armed personnel on the other end of the line. "You detected Subject 52's mutant energy?!"
Generally speaking, every mutant had their own unique mutant energy.
This energy was related to their abilities. The stronger the energy, the stronger the mutant.
And just like the stars in the sky, every mutant's energy signature was unique.
There couldn't possibly be two mutants in the world with the same mutant energy.
The devices used to detect mutant energy had been developed based on the mutants' X-Gene and DNA.
They were one of the methods used by the base and the military to distinguish mutants from ordinary people.
"Move faster. Capture every mutant." A savage grin appeared on Locke's face.
He'd never imagined that Subject 52, the mutant criminal he'd been searching for so long, would be among that group.
"Captain Locke, do you think we can capture all the mutants?"
The armed man beside him turned to ask.
Locke looked over and laughed. "Shit, Jeremiah, we've already got all the information on Subject 52.
We put together our battle plan before we even left the base headquarters. How could these damn mutants get away?"
Before they set out, everyone present had repeatedly watched the footage of Lynn's battle against Cavan's team.
They'd even dug up some videos of Lynn escaping Base 23 and watched them over and over.
They'd brought in fighter jets, as well as CIWS capable of firing over ten thousand rounds a minute with an effective range of more than three thousand meters, and the Patriot Anti-Missile System.
The think tank had also come up with several different battle plans.
They had overwhelming firepower and thorough plans.
How could they possibly lose to Subject 52?
Hearing Captain Locke's words, Jeremiah also smiled with confidence.
That was right. Subject 52 had destroyed Cavan's team.
But the firepower they'd brought this time was enough to make even Level Four mutants avoid them.
Subject 52 could only generate electricity, start fires, and boast an exceptionally strong physique.
At the end of the day, he was only a Level Three mutant. What was so hard about dealing with him?
"Even if Subject 52's abilities have grown stronger, and those Level Three mutants join forces with him against us, they still won't escape."
As he looked toward their steadily approaching destination, Locke smiled.
"Even if he's hiding one or two abilities and still has some strength in reserve, he can't escape our grasp.
As long as he's still in America and still a mutant, he'll never escape the control of our base."
"The captain's right." The other armed personnel all smiled when they heard Locke's words.
America had already passed laws targeting mutants.
If ordinary people encountered a mutant, all they had to do was report it to earn a handsome reward.
And after years of government propaganda, mutants had become even more despised than Black people in the eyes of the public.
As long as Subject 52 was still a mutant and still in America, he'd never escape their grasp.
Soon, Locke's armored unit reached an open area a few thousand meters from the base.
"Jeremiah, activate the Sentinel Robots. Wenlai and Deli, take Jack and put on the powered exoskeleton combat armor."
Locke issued orders through his communicator.
"Get the CIWS and the Patriot system ready. The moment you see a mutant, fire.
Snipers, get into position. Get the fighter jets ready as soon as possible."
As Captain Locke issued one order after another, the entire armed unit and the military personnel near New York began deploying at once.
The First Sentinel Robots, clad in metal armor and covered in gun ports, activated in an instant and flew toward the base ahead.
The CIWS guns also began to turn, aiming at the hill where Base 10 was located.
At Locke's command, tens of thousands of bullets would pour out of their barrels in an instant, reducing the hillside ahead to flat ground.
The armed personnel wearing powered exoskeleton combat armor led a fully equipped squad toward the base.
If the mutants hadn't destroyed Base 10, Locke and his men would naturally have to rescue it.
The black flames gradually reduced the white prison guard to ashes.
The surveillance cameras on the cage ceiling had also been blasted to pieces by Lynn.
He jumped down from the ceiling. When the mutant children around him saw him arrive, a glimmer of hope appeared in their eyes.
"Are you here to save us?"
Several mutant children went up to the bars and asked.
Like Lynn before them, they wore metal Mutant Controllers around their necks.
If they dared to use their mutant abilities, the Mutant Controllers could deliver a powerful electric shock and make them wish they were dead.
Shadows covered Lynn's face, hiding his expression.
"I'm here to bring you hope."
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