The Missing Logan

Early in the morning, Qin Yi stretched lazily as he walked out of his room.

Just yesterday, his senior sister Jean Grey had successfully graduated from Kamar-Taj after completing her studies.

Having suffered from amnesia since 1992, she decisively moved into Qin Yi's new home.

She directly took over the private world Qin Yi and Wanda had shared.

When it was time to sleep, she even kicked Qin Yi out of Wanda's room and into the living room.

Qin Yi looked toward Wanda's room and complained helplessly.

"Who did I offend by sleeping with my own girlfriend?"

Feeling utterly bored, Qin Yi lay on the sofa and began contemplating life.

At that moment, the crisp voice of the household AI rang out.

"Master, today's work schedule is as follows.

"Sales of the company's new Intelligent Butler product continue to rise. Mr. Stark recommends segmenting the market and launching more specialized artificial intelligences.

"Additionally, Mr. Charles of the Illuminati has sent you an email.

"Also, the company reception desk has just received a mysterious invitation."

Half-reclining on the sofa,

Qin Yi directly ignored the invitation and spoke listlessly.

"Let's see what the email says."

A virtual screen suddenly appeared before Qin Yi.

Charles's grave voice came from the image opened from the email.

"Qin, Logan has disappeared. Around a few months ago, Logan went to Afghanistan to rescue Stark and never returned. I can't find him even with the Cerebro."

Qin Yi frowned and vanished from the living room amid a spatial vortex.

Illuminati headquarters.

Charles stood before the surveillance screens, searching for a long time.

Over the past few years, the Illuminati's satellites had basically achieved coverage of the skies above Earth.

However, Charles found it very strange that

there had always been several regions where the satellites could not transmit clear images.

From the spatial vortex that appeared beside Charles,

Qin Yi stepped out in his pajamas and asked the worried-looking Charles,

"How long has Logan been missing?"

Charles pointed at the region of Afghanistan on the screen and answered,

"About half a year, from the time news of Stark's kidnapping reached us until now."

Qin Yi looked at Charles curiously and asked,

"Why didn't you mention this earlier?"

Charles awkwardly touched his nose.

In his impression,

Logan was the kind of Mutant who often disappeared for a long time without any news.

Over the decades they had known each other, he had long grown accustomed to Logan's sudden disappearances.

He could no longer remember how many times it had happened.

If they started with the first half of Logan's life,

after World War I, Logan's longest disappearance had even lasted more than ten years.

"I thought he'd gone looking for an old flame."

Qin Yi curled his lip.

Leading a team of Mutants was not easy.

"Can you find the location where Logan was last seen?"

Hearing this, Charles pointed to a spot on the continually magnifying screen.

"Here. This was the last location where Logan appeared on surveillance."

At first, Qin Yi did not pay much attention to the location Charles indicated. He only felt that it looked familiar.

Until the vague outline of a village surfaced in his mind.

"I'll take a look. By the way, is that guy Magneto still refusing to join the Illuminati?"

Charles raised a hand to rub his bald head and answered awkwardly,

"He said he was tired..."

Qin Yi nodded, then vanished before Charles.

Tarot Village.

More precisely, it was located within another space.

In the cinematic universe, the earliest records of Tarot Village

dated back to 1977 BC, when the Tarot Secret Realm was discovered by some ancient Chinese people, who settled there.

Their descendants had continued living happily and prosperously in this secret realm universe.

Until many years later,

Tarot Village was attacked by the Soul-Eating Demon, and their largest city was also destroyed by the Soul-Eating Demon.

To stop the Soul-Eating Demon from traveling through Tarot Village's portal to Earth,

the surviving people of Tarot rose up under their leader's command. However, the outcome was not good.

Their weapons were not enough to kill ordinary Soul-Eater Beasts, and just as they were about to lose,

the great guardian Divine Dragon arrived, granting the people of Tarot magical power. Weapons forged from dragon scales could also completely kill the Soul-Eating Demon.

In the end, they successfully repelled the Soul-Eating Demon's invasion and worked together to seal the demon behind the Dark Gate.

After that,

the villagers of Tarot became guardians of the Dark Gate, protecting the world from attacks by the Soul-Eater Beasts beyond it.

The real Tarot

should have been Great Luo Heaven from the comics, a place in another dimension where the immortals of Ancient China lived.

However, it had not appeared often in the comics, and Americans did not know much about traditional Chinese culture, so its setting was rather chaotic.

Based on the information the system had left behind about this greater universe, Qin Yi searched his memories for a long time.

When he arrived before a vast bamboo forest, he was still muttering to himself,

Could this really be Great Luo Heaven? That would be a little beyond my understanding.

But how did Logan get here from Afghanistan?

Could he have been lured here by the Soul-Eating Demon behind the Dark Gate, just like Wenwu later was?

Qin Yi rubbed his head and walked toward the bamboo forest before him.

When Qin Yi faced the bamboo forest and was preparing to search for the correct path through it,

the bamboo forest, which resembled a shifting maze, suddenly quieted down before slowly forming a passage.

Qin Yi watched in surprise for a while before stepping forward.

After passing through the bamboo forest,

he curiously examined the waterfall that appeared at the end of the passage.

At that moment,

an Eastern woman dressed in ancient clothing walked out of the waterfall and looked at Qin Yi with equal curiosity.

After a moment, the woman spoke.

"Ying Nan."

Qin Yi nodded.

"Qin Yi."

It was a somewhat awkward opening.

The two fell silent for a while.

The woman named Ying Nan said to Qin Yi,

"Come with me. Lord Divine Dragon is waiting for you."

Hearing this, Qin Yi frowned.

That direct?

According to the usual process, shouldn't they first reject my intrusion, then we fight it out,

and finally I slaughter them all,

forcing them to submit to my overwhelming might and let me enter?

They're not following the script?

Shaking his head,

Qin Yi followed Ying Nan toward the waterfall.

After the two passed through the waterfall and entered the water, the entire underwater space seemed to freeze.

A massive bubble appeared around them, enveloping them as it sped forward.

A moment later,

the two entered a suddenly open cavern.

Qin Yi pointed at the firebird soaring through the air. After staring blankly for a long time, he asked Ying Nan,

"A fire phoenix?"

Ying Nan smiled and explained,

"A descendant of the Vermilion Bird."

On the hillside, several nine-tailed foxes strolled gracefully.

Qin Yi stared at the large and small nine-tailed foxes for a long time.

He really wanted to ask,

Can they take human form, like Daji?

However, under Ying Nan's strange gaze, Qin Yi ultimately did not say anything.

In this valley that resembled a paradise, Qin Yi wandered about leisurely.

Thinking of an advertisement for some scam game from his previous life, Qin Yi really wanted to tell them,

This was the real Classic of Mountains and Seas.