More than ten minutes later.
Washington, White House, underground shelter.
The pungent smell of disinfectant mixed with the strong smell of dust mixed in the air, making it so dull that people can't breathe.
"The communication has finally been restored... Damn it, what was that just now? My head still feels like a drill has been drilled through it!" The chief of staff rubbed his temples, his palms trembling slightly.
"No doubt! It's those Mutant! They paralyzed the entire country!"
"Crazy! They are a bunch of complete lunatics! We should never have had any illusions about them from the beginning!"
"They must pay!"
Roars, roars, and the sound of cups being smashed occurred one after another in the conference room.
Not long ago, the unreasonable global electronic storm and the Mind Stone attack that spread almost across the country made everyone in the country's highest power center feel unprecedented fear and powerlessness.
Only now, after experiencing it personally, do they deeply understand that everything they own, including their own lives, has never been under their control!
"Quiet!!"
The president's deep voice was not loud, but it instantly suppressed all the noise.
He unbuttoned his collar, as if it would make breathing easier.
Then, he looked around at the faces that were either angry or frightened, and slowly spoke.
"You are all right. Mutant is a cancer and a sharp sword hanging above our heads. Like you, I am always looking forward to their complete disappearance from this world. Project ATHENA is born for this..."
At this point, the president paused and his tone became serious.
"We can indeed mobilize all our strength to fight against them, but... don't forget, they have 'Charles·Xavier'..."
As the name was slowly spoken by the president, the entire venue fell into a moment of unspeakable embarrassment and silence.
The feeling of splitting headache and soul being torn apart just now appeared in everyone's mind again.
In the face of that god-like power, is the torrent of steel that mankind is proud of really useful?
No one dared to speak anymore.
In this suffocating silence, the thick steel door of the conference room was violently pushed open.
ATHENA office director, Ms. "Ritts Joel" hurried in.
"Mr. President, I have brought you a message." Ms. Ritts said.
"Say." The president said, obviously trusting this newly appointed lady.
"I received the news that Xavier Institute has just been attacked." Ritts said, "Charles·Xavier was seriously injured and unconscious."
As Ritts finished speaking, the whole room instantly fell into dead silence.
For a long time, a cold, relieved light gradually flashed in Mr. President's eyes.
"Is the news true?"
Soon, after learning that "Professor X" was temporarily unable to act, a counterattack plan to deal with the crisis was unanimously approved by everyone.
No more arguments, no more hesitations.
After the terrifying shadow named "Charles·Xavier" temporarily dissipated, the country's most powerful War Machine began to operate with unprecedented efficiency.
Encrypted instructions passed through the newly restored communication network and arrived at the terminals of various high-level military commanders in just a few minutes.
On the screen, the bright red title is extremely eye-catching.
"Mutant Eradication Plan."
Orders were issued one after another, and large numbers of troops began to be mobilized.
East Coast, West Military Base.
The young Air Force lieutenant pressed the launch button, his lips silently chanting. "For the Federation."
The next second, the missile took off, its tail flames piercing the sky!
Target: Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
In a secret room, the cold light on the surveillance screen reflected the pale face of Ritts Joel.
On the screen, another "she" was talking to the president and his staff.
She knew she was finished.
"Oh, my dear Ritts. You see, you are actually much easier to deal with than Obadiah."
Mr. Sinister didn't know when he was standing behind her, with his hands behind his back, his posture was leisurely, as if he was walking in his back garden.
"Your biggest mistake is to place your hope in the so-called 'government' and 'authority'. All your power has never truly belonged to you. So you see, I only need to use a Clone exactly like yours to turn everything you have into mine."
Mr. Sinister's voice is elegant yet cold, with a hint of mockery.
"...Nathaniel."
It seems that she has accepted her fate. Ms. Ritts's attitude towards Mr. Sinister was unexpectedly calm, and the "♥" sign on her forehead was still faintly flashing.
"Don't forget, you just inherited the craziest and most chaotic side of your 'father'." Ritts said slowly, "Monsters like you may never understand what 'order' is."
"It's not that I can't pursue power, but the reason why I do it is because I know that a civilized order... requires everyone's 'restraint'! Only from the perspective of the weak can I truly understand what I want!"
Ritts slowly turned around, looked directly into Mr. Sinister's eyes, and said word for word, "I am proud to be an ordinary human being!"
"Boom!!"
As soon as she finished speaking, her body was shattered into pieces by Mr. Sinister, turning into spots of light that filled the sky and dissipated in the air.
"No, Ritts, I know exactly what you mean by 'order'."
Mr. Sinister looked at the dissipating light spot and said to himself in the air, "But your biggest mistake is to try to restrict the 'strong' with the order of the 'weak'..."
"In this regard, you are simply more naive than that old guy Charles..."
At the end of his words, Mr. Sinister stopped staying and drew a hand in front of him, and a twisted space door appeared out of thin air.
Then he stepped in and left here.
More than ten minutes later.
Ritts The mobile phone left in the room suddenly lit up.
"The goods have been dispatched."
Essex Corporation, underground base.
The space door opened, and Mr. Sinister slowly walked out.
"Who are you?!"
Ms. Reyes was startled and instinctively stretched out her hand towards him.
At the same time, other researchers were also startled and retreated in panic, calling for the guards.
However, as Mr. Sinister looked around, their expressions calmed down again and returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, their cognition had been completely distorted by Mr. Sinister with the power of Mind Stone. Now in their eyes, the Mr. Sinister in front of them is their real boss.
As for who "Obadiah" is, they don't know who it is.
"Let's get started."
Mr. Sinister sat on the Gene Conduction Device that once belonged to Obadiah. With a wave of his hand, precious genetic test tubes floated out.
These are the special collections of Obadiah. Because there are not many in stock, even Obadiah himself mostly uses them for research and rarely uses them directly.
And now, these samples will serve as the final puzzle piece for Mr. Sinister to lead to "perfection"...
To ascend to the throne of God.
"Ororo·Monroe (Storm)",
"Jamie Metro(Multiple Man)",
"Bobby·Drake(Iceman)"...
Underground base, medical room.
Charles was lying on the hospital bed, and the vital signs monitor made a monotonous and steady beep sound.
"Mr. Charles's vital signs are basically stable, but his nervous system has fallen into deep depression. He should have suffered huge psychological trauma."
After the communication was restored, Aurora, who had just returned, spoke out through the base host.
"..." Logan, who was leaning against the wall, was silent for a while, and then looked at Miles and others on the other side of the screen and asked, "How long do you need to come back?"
"Ten minutes." Miles replied, and then whispered, "I'm sorry, Logan... Although I realized that there was danger in Xavier's School, I didn't expect that things would turn into this..."
"No need to say anything unnecessary." Logan shook his head, "Miles, tell me, who is the enemy?"
"Nathaniel. Essex... or '♦'..."
Miles replied slowly, "Clarice just told me that not long ago, Erik took Obadiah to Mind Control Room, so I probably You can guess what happened...'♦' pretending to be Erik plotted against Obadiah in some way. The two of them should have fused, and then attacked Charles..."
"Pretending to be Erik?" Logan was stunned, "You mean, that old guy before was fake!"
"That's right."
"Xiete!!" Logan cursed, "What on earth is going on?"
"This matter is a bit complicated to explain. I'll contact Clarice first to see if she can take us back directly." Miles said, "In short, Logan... protect Charles!"
"I will." Logan looked at the teenagers outside the ward, "Everyone is watching here."
Outside the ward, several teenagers who had arrived were discussing what had just happened.
"Damn it! What happened just now?!" Richter said, covering his head.
"Where is Mr. Erik? Why can't he be seen?" Bobby was a little confused.
"Professor Charles Xavier Did you lose control just now? I feel like I almost died..."
"Quiet the hell!"
Logan, who was leaning against the wall, shouted, making everyone quiet down.
"Don't think so much, the enemy will definitely appear again." Logan said, "If you have the energy to quarrel, you should save it until then... huh?"
Logan said, his expression suddenly changed!
He felt an unprecedented sense of fatal crisis envelope his whole body!
"Get down!!"
Logan roared with all his strength!
"Boom--!!!"
The next second, the earth shook!
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
At the same moment, more than a dozen tactical missiles from Long Island Base, naval base, Smith Base and other important military locations landed accurately near Xavier Institute!
Two of them hit the campus, one landed in the front yard without any movement, but the other shot straight towards the main teaching building!
"Boom--!"
The main building, which had not yet been repaired, was swallowed up by fire and Shockwave in an instant and turned into ruins!
This is the anger coming from human civilization, direct and cruel.
Minutes before the explosion.
"Hey, Clarice!" Miles contacted "Flash" Clarice through Telepathy, "Can you open a space door and take us back?"
"No, Blackbird is too big." Clarice shook his head, "I can't open such a big door... The blackbird will be chopped into pieces by the space rift!"
"Okay..." Miles sighed, "Then we'd better... wait..."
In Clarice's ears, Miles's voice suddenly disappeared, as if interrupted by something.
She was confused for a while, and then a few seconds later...
"Boom!!!"
The next moment, a violent explosion interrupted the Mind Stone call between the two.
In the lounge, Clarice suddenly looked out the window. A ball of fire rose on the street in the distance, and the violent vibration made the whole building shake!
Danger!
Clarice suddenly turned pale and opened a space door without thinking, "Let's run away!!"
Everyone screamed and rushed toward the portal in a chaotic manner.
"Wait! Where is Mona?!" Bobby suddenly shouted.
"She seems to have gone to the toilet!" Rebecca replied.
"Is there anyone else?"
Amidst the commotion, everyone rushed into the portal.
"Wait a minute, Sam hasn't woken up yet!"
Jonah shouted, turned around suddenly, and looked at "Cannonball" Sam who was still sleeping on the sofa on the other side due to exhaustion from the battle!
Then he rushed over without hesitation!
"Come back!!" Clarice shouted.
The next second, the ceiling and the entire roof crashed down!
She could no longer see those two people in her sight.
"Damn..."
After one round of bombing, Logan came to the front yard from the underground base and looked at the dilapidated ruins in front of him in horror.
Xavier's School is gone.
"Mona!!"
"Sam, Jonah!!"
"Delia!!"
Bobby and Richter rushed out immediately, and then rushed towards the ruins desperately.
Not everyone was in the underground base just now, there were still people in the main teaching building!
"Delia... You fucking promise me nothing will happen..."
Richter rushed towards the ruins like crazy, muttering to himself, "Don't let anything happen..."
"Look to the sky!"
Gideon on the side suddenly looked at the sky and shouted.
Everyone raised their heads subconsciously.
"Huhu..."
The scream that ripped through the air sounded again!
Above the sky, black dots trailed behind each other and quickly enlarged, as if they were precision Javelin dropped by the god of death.
After experiencing the first round of tactical test firing, the second round of precision strike has arrived!
"..."
Joshua's pupils reflected the gradually enlarging black spots, and he slowly opened his mouth.
"Here we go again..."
At this moment, everyone looked desperate!
Even when fighting against such a terrifying enemy as "Obadiah. Apocalypse", they have never been so afraid.
Because what they are facing this time is human civilization!
"Shua..."
At this moment, a purple space door opened out of thin air in front of everyone, and "Flash" Clarice staggered out with several survivors.
She was about to say something when she looked up and saw the sky fire gradually enlarging in the sky!
At the same time, it was dozens of kilometers away.
Inside the rapidly speeding Blackbird, Miles suddenly opened his eyes wide and trembled all over!
Through the weak Mind Stone link with everyone in Xavier's School, he "sees" everything.
The ground shook, the flames rose, and the desperate cries... were like countless steel needles, piercing into his mind!
Xavier's School was bombed?!
"Damn it!"
Miles stood up without thinking. At the same time, the cabin door of the rapidly speeding Blackbird suddenly opened, and violent air flow poured in instantly!
"Huhuhu..."
A strong wind blew in, and the others were knocked upside down for a while.
"Wait!" Madeleine suddenly said, "Miles, what are you going to do?"
However, Miles had no time to answer Madeleine's question and rushed out of the plane without hesitation!
His whole body was like a stone, falling from a height of thousands of miles!
"Clarice! Open the door!!"
Miles, who fell from a high altitude, gave orders and at the same time, all the images of the rapidly changing sky and ground in front of him were poured into Clarice's mind through Mind Stone transmission!
Seeing this scene, Clarice, who was far away in Xavier's School, subconsciously stopped breathing!
"... You are crazy!!" Clarice subconsciously said, and then struggled to open the space door!
"Buzz--!"
A purple space rift opened out of thin air in front of her!
At the same time, the MGM Cruise Missile in the sky was about to fall to the ground!
[Finished!]
Everyone closed their eyes in despair.
"Boom!"
The missile landed and made a dull sound as it hit the ground.
The expected explosion did not come.
Everyone stared blankly at the missiles falling to the ground as if they had misfired, and slowly turned their heads.
I saw the purple space door twisting, and a figure who had just emerged from it climbed up from the ground in embarrassment.
"Huh..."
Clarice felt a burst of exhaustion and instinctively sat down on the ground.
"Damn..."
Miles looked at the ruins of Xavier's School in front of him, gritted his teeth, and raised his trembling hand to his forehead.
"These bastards... die!!!"
At this moment, his mental power finally broke through the invisible shackles and reached a new realm!
"The second round of bombing failed."
Inside West Base, an officer looked at the satellite observation data and said, "Preliminary inference is that they took action!"
"... Something's wrong." The base general muttered to himself slowly, "Didn't the action plan say that Mutant, who could trigger a nationwide electronic storm, has left..."
The words have not yet fallen.
"Zila--"
All the screens in the command center were instantly occupied by snowflakes, and after the harsh sound of electricity, everything fell into darkness.
All passages in the entire base were instantly cut off, and no one was allowed to move!
"What's going on?!"
"Is the control system malfunctioning?"
Amid everyone's confusion, the entire base fell into an eerie silence.
More than ten seconds later.
All weapon systems suddenly began to operate "spontaneously"!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!!!"
The tactical missiles that were on standby just now started on their own, rose into the sky in horror, and then scattered everywhere!
"That's..." the base general looked pale, "The enemy is taking action!"
Tens of seconds later, he saw several black spots falling from the sky, flying towards his command center!
"Boom!!!"
A few seconds later, West Base, Long Island Base, the naval base... was declared paralyzed.
The missile offensive is temporarily over.
A few minutes later.
"Huhu..."
The harsh roar of the engine gradually subsided, and Blackbird landed smoothly on the unrecognizable playground of Xavier's School, raising a cloud of choking dust.
The hatch fell and the group of people walked out quickly.
Everyone was stunned when they saw the ruins in front of them, with not even a complete wall to be found.
Miles's eyes were bloodshot, and there was still blood on his face that had not been wiped dry. He looked at the ruins in front of him without saying a word.
There were three corpses placed in the open space in front of the ruins.
"Ice Woman" Mona, "Puppeteer" Jonah, "Silverlight" Delia.
On the other side, there was "Cannonball" Sam who had just been rescued from the ruins and was lucky enough to save his life but looked confused.
"No... still not working..."
"Elixir" The light all over Joshua's body shone to the extreme. He pressed his hands firmly on Jonah's bloody chest, and his lips trembled and he could not speak.
His ability is to heal and restore living organisms, but it cannot truly reverse life and death.
"It's a lie..." Little Fatty Bobby stared blankly at the cold things in front of him, "They just... died?!"
"Miles!"
"Quake" Richter suddenly looked at Miles, "We want revenge!!"
"Take revenge on them!" "Ivy female" Rebecca also looked at Miles with red eyes.
"Wait a minute!" Miles stretched out his hand to stop him, "Listen to me, we just discovered something..."
"I don't want to hear it!!" Richter asked through clenched teeth, "Mona and Jonah are dead... our family members were killed! Besides revenge, what else do we need to consider!"
"Miles..." The embarrassed Rebecca couldn't help but ask Miles, "What are you hesitating about!"
"..." Sam, who was gradually returning to his senses, was also looking at Jonah's body in a daze, muttering something to himself silently.
Seeing everyone's emotions starting to get out of control, Miles gritted his teeth and his eyes suddenly became cold.
"Shut up!"
The next moment, everyone fell silent.
The terrifying power of Mind Stone was released with all its strength, freezing everyone in place!
"What on earth are you..." Richter looked ferocious. He was about to say something, but suddenly his expression was startled.
Under the power of Miles and Mind Stone, the scenes in Vorgan Building's basement slowly emerged in all of their minds...
Soon, Miles released the restrictions on everyone.
"What is this?!" Logan's eyes widened with anger, and veins popped up on his forehead.
He has always had a bad relationship with Magneto, but after witnessing the tragedy of Magneto with his own eyes, his feelings for Impact are stronger than ever before!
"So... this happened?!"
Richter's face turned pale, and he sat helplessly on the ground, trembling and asked, "Miles... Is this... really?!"
"Mr. Erik is dead. All of us have been taken advantage of?!"
"Yes." Miles nodded, and then said hoarsely, "Richter, if you are really ready for revenge, I will not stop you, and I even want to join you... But before that, we must first kill the bastard who lied to all of us!"
He took a deep breath, looked around everyone and said, "Mr. '♦', Nathaniel... must die!!"
"..."
Richter took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and stood up again, "Okay!!"
"Nathaniel..." Rebecca gritted his teeth and chewed the name slowly, and a few wisps of darkness gradually appeared on the weeds under his feet.
"Ho ho..." "Sharkman" Gideon looked at the corpse on the ground, and his body began to tremble strangely.
"Hey, kid." Logan came to Miles's side, patted his shoulder, and said hoarsely.
"No matter what... next time you act, take me with you!!"
After settling everyone, Miles found Joshua.
At this moment, he was like a lamp that had run out of oil, and the light around him was dim. He was kneeling beside the cold corpses of Mona and Jonah, his hands hanging feebly by his side.
Miles squatted down next to him, not looking at him, his eyes fell on the two faces that would no longer have expressions.
"Joshua, are they... hopeless?"
Miles looked at the corpses of Mona and Jonah and asked softly.
"No..." Joshua shook his head weakly, "I have... tried my best."
"I can heal their wounds and restore their bodies to their original state... but their souls are gone and they will never wake up..."
The air was deathly still.
"Soul..."
Miles took a deep breath, and then continued to say to Joshua, "I have one more thing, Joshua..."
"If a body has been dead for months, can you still revive it?"
Joshua was stunned and asked in confusion, "Is it just to restore the corpse?"
"That's right." Miles nodded.
"Theoretically... as long as the body has not completely decomposed and the main tissues are still intact, I should be able to do it." Joshua said, then frowned, "But what's the point? Without a soul, it's just a living body, not even a walking corpse."
"It's enough to recover to this point." Miles said, "I'll figure out the rest."
Saying that, Miles looked at Clarice on the other side.
"Clarice, please take Joshua to Vorgan Building first, which is the place I showed you just now." Miles said, "If your impression is still unclear, I can let you see it again... please!"
"Going to Vorgan Building?" Clarice was stunned for a moment, then gradually realized something, and looked at Miles in disbelief, "Miles... are you going to..."
"That's right..." Miles nodded.
"I want to resurrect Magneto!"