Two hours later, Essex Corporation, underground laboratory.
"Click--"
The last glowing tube fell off his spinal joint.
Mr. Sinister slowly stood up from Gene Conduction Device, his flawless figure reflected on the metal floor. He clenched his fists gently, feeling the new strength rushing under every inch of muscle fiber.
The residue of Obadiah's consciousness has been completely crushed and digested, turning into the final nourishment for his soul. "Apocalypse Body" and his self-proclaimed perfect soul have finally become one.
"This feeling... is really good."
Mr. Sinister stretched out his palm and thought.
An invisible force of thought gathered in his palm and instantly compressed into a sharp blue-purple psychic blade. The arc on the blade jumped and made a subtle buzzing sound.
The next second, the sharp blade collapsed into a howling miniature storm, and the temperature at the core of the storm suddenly dropped, condensing into a fierce cold air.
Wind, fire, electricity, ice... all kinds of powerful Mutant's iconic abilities were switched in his hands like arms and fingers, and finally all returned to nothingness.
This is "Perfect Apocalypse", permanent plunder and unlimited control.
Then, Mr. Sinister closed his eyes, and the "Electronic Signal Manipulation" ability integrated from Miles was like an invisible giant net, instantly covering the entire New York city.
The rushing energy in the power system, the massive data flowing through the network world every minute, the faint hum emitted by countless electronic devices... everything turned into a clear and perceptible torrent and poured into his consciousness.
All the secrets of the entire city were laid bare in front of him.
"It's... incredible."
Mr. Sinister subconsciously sighed, "Based on Telepathy's electronic control, you can freely operate all devices within the sensing range... There is no doubt that this is the 'power of God' in the information age!"
"But... there seems to be something wrong?"
"This ability seems to have further potential..."
As he carefully realized this new power, Mr. Sinister frowned slightly and muttered to himself.
He could feel that there seemed to be something more essential and core hidden in the depths of this power. It was like the outline could be seen through a layer of frosted glass, but could never be touched.
Suddenly, Mr. Sinister had a thought in his mind and looked through the broken memory fragments of Obadiah.
Then he remembered the strange and pure "data consciousness" that Obadiah perceived outside Mind Control Room of Xavier Institute.
"Is this it?"
Mr. Sinister vaguely felt that he had caught something.
After pondering for a while, he stood up from Gene Conduction Device and waved to Ms. Reyes who was standing respectfully at the side.
"Reyes, come here."
"Okay, Mr. Nathaniel."
Reyes walked forward obediently and shouted respectfully.
However, for some reason, she felt that the title "Mr. Nathaniel" seemed a bit wrong.
Then, Mr. Sinister took out a syringe, inserted it into Reyes's arm, and began to draw blood.
Reyes said nothing.
"Your abilities are pretty good too."
Mr. Sinister chuckled.
Then, he put away the genetic reagent of Reyes, and then his body suddenly split into two, turning into two identical "Mr. Sinister".
This is the ability that belongs to Mutant Jamie Metro (Multiple Man).
"The power of the clone seems to have declined? Forget it, it's enough." One of the Mr. Sinister muttered to himself, and then ordered Reyes, "Take me to the Chimera laboratory and prepare for action."
"Okay." Ms. Reyes nodded respectfully, "Where are we going?"
"Go to Xavier Institute and bring Mr. Miles back. I need to supplement some of his genetic samples."
Another Mr. Sinister said gently, "By the way... I just want to visit my dear Mr. Charles again."
Xavier Institute, underground base.
On the screen of the main control computer, rows of waterfall-like data streams flashed crazily. Aurora was integrating the massive data brought back by Miles, trying to find a path to a miracle from Obadiah's research records on the "Metempsychosis" technology.
Obadiah is worthy of the name of genius.
Even though he failed to master the complete "Metempsychosis" technology, he still deduced most of the core theories by reverse engineering from some of the results and theories left by Dr. Nathaniel, which was also the foundation of his "Apocalypse Plan".
Now, what Aurora is doing is to conduct an in-depth analysis of the incomplete "Metempsychosis" technology, and then combine it with the unique parameters of "Magnetic-Field Wraith" collected from Vorgan Building to try to formulate a brand new plan - a plan to re-integrate the "soul" into the "body".
At the same time, inside the medical room.
Miles stood quietly in front of Charles's hospital bed.
"Charles, are you okay?" he asked softly.
The person on the bed did not respond, his eyes were closed tightly, as if he had fallen into a Eternity long sleep.
"I know you can hear it." Miles's voice was very calm, "With your Mind Stone ability, even if your body dies, your spirit will not dissipate easily... So, you just don't want to wake up."
Charles still has no response.
"I know that Erik's death has been a big blow to you." Miles continued to talk to himself, as if he was talking to the air, "I understand the feeling of losing an important person... so, I am going to resurrect him."
Charles is still very quiet.
"Tsk, there's no reaction yet?" Miles shook his head, seemingly helpless, "Forget it, I'll explain it directly. You have to listen carefully, Charles."
Miles said, sitting beside Charles's bed, and spoke slowly.
"Although Mr. Erik is dead, his abilities seem to have mutated in ways that none of us expected, which affected his spirit. After his death, his consciousness, his soul, everything about him... turned into a 'chaotic magnetic field', or 'Magnetic-Field Wraith'. So, to a certain extent, he can also be said to be not completely dead."
"So I had a plan."
Miles said quietly, "You should know the little guy Joshua. His ability can repair living organisms to the maximum extent. Although Mr. Erik cannot be directly resurrected, it should be enough to simply restore his body that has been dead for several months."
"Then there is the problem of the soul... Aurora is studying the information left by Obadiah and formulating a plan to redirect the soul back to the body... But this is not enough!"
"For us, the 'Metempsychosis' theory can only be used as a reference, because we cannot manufacture equipment that can be used for the 'Metempsychosis' technology in a short period of time, and I think that with Mr. Erik's special situation, normal mechanical equipment cannot operate at all in a strong magnetic field environment."
"So... there is only one way." Miles spoke slowly and clearly, "Use the powerful Mind Stone ability to guide the consciousness of 'Magnetic-Field Wraith' and perform this 'soul surgery' manually."
"You must think I'm crazy, but I have my own ideas." Miles said thoughtfully, "The source of the 'Metempsychosis' theory is Apocalypse's 'consciousness reincarnation', which itself is a mutant ability. Therefore, it should be completely feasible for us to replace the machine with another mutant ability in theory!"
"But then we have to face another problem." Miles turned around and said, "Mr. Erik's remaining consciousness is chaotic and repulses all outsiders. Normal Telepathy cannot communicate with him at all. So..."
Having said this, Miles paused and said seriously to Charles,
"Charles, you are the only candidate..."
"Mr. Erik's remaining consciousness instinctively rejects everyone... but I don't think he will reject you. And it just so happens that you also have the Mind Stone ability that is powerful enough to accomplish all of this."
The moment the words fell.
Miles clearly saw that Charles's always steady breathing had a slight tremor.
"Haha..." Seeing this scene, Miles couldn't help but smile, "The old thing is quite interesting..."
A few minutes later.
"Zizzi..."
The harsh sound of electricity suddenly sounded, and all the lights in the base dimmed suddenly. The backup power supply did not even have time to start, and the entire underground hangar fell into deathly darkness.
"Buzz--"
The air seemed to be torn open by a pair of invisible hands, the space was distorted, and a huge purple portal opened out of thin air in the center of the hangar, emitting an ominous light.
Mr. Sinister, who was wearing a black striped cloak, took the lead. Behind him, Ms. Reyes followed closely, and behind him, there were a group of ferocious-looking Chimera Mutant.
"Start Second Escape Protocol..."
"Huh?"
Mr. Sinister just stood firm, he let out a light sigh, and raised the corner of his mouth with a playful arc.
He could clearly feel that the interesting "little thing" in the base's central system wanted to escape again.
Then, his ability was activated, and the invisible will instantly enveloped the entire base.
In the virtual electronic realm.
Aurora's consciousness turned into a stream of light and was escaping crazily along the preset route. But the next second, the entire data world was frozen by an unrivaled will.
The conscious body of Mr. Sinister descended and admired Aurora who was imprisoned in place with great interest.
"It seems that the idiot Obadiah reacted too slowly last time and actually missed your beautiful lady..."
While admiring the pure data form of Aurora with great interest, he sighed, "A natural, pure digital life... I bet that it is impossible for the current level of human science and technology to create such a beautiful thing like you... So, is this the truth about Mr. Miles's ability?"
"I... refuse to answer..." The core of Aurora's consciousness fluctuated violently, and the data form was painfully distorted under the suppression of Mr. Sinister, resisting his mental invasion.
"What a bizarre life form!"
The fanaticism in Mr. Sinister's eyes grew stronger and stronger, "You are composed of electronic information, but you can resist the manipulation of electronic information... You are not a cold 'artificial intelligence', but a real 'digital life'! It's perfect!"
Having said this, Mr. Sinister was thoughtful, and then began to effortlessly read the data that Aurora was processing just now.
"Okay, let me see what you were doing just now...Magnetic Field Ritual...Metempsychosis... Oh, I get it!"
Mr. Sinister patted his head and suddenly realized.
"You are preparing to resurrect Mr. Erik!"
The expression on his face was wonderful, a mixture of mockery and excitement.
"Use Charles's Mind Stone ability as a guide, and use that boy named Joshua to repair the body... What a genius and crazy plan! To be honest, I think the possibility of your success is indeed not small, but unfortunately, I have already discovered..."
"Boom--!"
Mr. Sinister Before he finished speaking, a violent and unrivaled will erupted like a volcano, descending on this data space!
"Nathaniel!!!"
The moment Miles's figure emerged, the power of Mind Stone was like a sharp sword, instantly cutting off Mr. Sinister's restraint on Aurora!
"Aurora, follow me!!"
After Miles said that, he attacked Mr. Sinister's consciousness without hesitation!
"It seems that you have grown up a lot, my dear Miles..."
Mr. Sinister smiled and was about to forcefully suppress the young man like last time, but as soon as his spirit came into contact with the other person's spirit, the smile on his face instantly solidified.
That's the breath of Phoenix Force!
Weak, but pure.
"Wrong!"
Mr. Sinister's face changed slightly, he decisively gave up control of the data world, and his consciousness returned to reality in an instant.
Real world, in the hangar.
Mr. Sinister opened his eyes suddenly.
"Start taking action, Mr. Nathaniel?"
Reyes took a step forward and keenly noticed something was wrong.
"Action." Mr. Sinister nodded, "I can feel it, Charles is here, Miles is also nearby..."
"Right in front?" Chimera "Seraph" on the side licked his lips, and his wings made a slight friction sound.
"Let's go." The clone "Colossus" at the front of the team nodded muffledly, and Metalization's body glowed with a faint black light.
However, as soon as they finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near from the depths of the dark corridor in front of them.
"Da... da... da..."
In everyone's sight, Miles walked out slowly alone.
There was a dazzling, golden-red fire burning in his eyes.
"We finally meet, Nathaniel." Miles looked around, "Chimera Mutant... It seems that you have taken over everything Obadiah?"
"These were my things originally." Mr. Sinister replied, "Obadiah was just a temporary custodian. Now, he is laid off."
Obadiah?
The moment she heard this name, Ms. Reyes's heart moved slightly.
"Get him!"
Seeing Miles appear, Mr. Sinister ordered coldly.
"Roar!!"
Following his order, the clone Juggernaut wearing a heavy helmet roared and rushed out first!
He does not have the Mind Stone ability, nor is he afraid of the Mind Stone attack. In his opinion, the alone Miles in front of him can be smashed into a blur of flesh and blood with just one head.
Crush him!
"Heh."
Facing Juggernaut's charge, Miles sneered.
Facing the charge of Juggernaut, he suddenly raised his hand and took out the "X0-Reaper" which was completely black and had been fully charged!
"That's..." Mr. Sinister's pupils shrank slightly. The moment he saw the gun, he recalled this terrifying weapon from Obadiah's memory, but before he could issue a warning -
"Boom!!"
An explosion that was so dull that it seemed like it could suck away a person's soul.
A dazzling white light flashed away.
Immediately afterwards, Juggernaut's helmet flew high, drew a parabola in the air, and hit the ground with a clang in the distance.
Along with it, there was also a smashed head inside the helmet.
"..." Dead silence.
The huge, headless corpse rushed forward for more than ten meters under the huge inertia, and then fell to the ground, making no sound again.
In the hangar, the only sound left was the rolling sound of the metal helmet, which was particularly harsh in the dead silence.
The terrifying lethality of "X0-God of Death" made everyone present secretly take a breath.
At the same time, Miles, who almost fell to the ground under the huge Impact force, regained his balance.
"Next."
While loading the second bullet of "X0-Death", he glanced at the group of monsters in front of him with cold eyes.
One person, one shot.
He stood here, and for a moment, no one in this army of genetic monsters dared to take another step forward.
So Mr. Sinister took action.
"It's a very good toy." Mr. Sinister smiled and grabbed it casually from the air, "Unfortunately, you are really too early for the legal gun-carrying age."
The next moment, the "X0-God of Death" in Miles's hand suddenly trembled violently and uncontrollably, and then "clicked" and fell into pieces.
Magnetic control of Magneto.
"Tsk." Miles curled his lips and threw away the gun handle in his hand.
He knew very well what kind of monster the enemy in front of him was, and he never expected to be able to defeat him with an electromagnetic gun from the beginning.
"Do it." Mr. Sinister ordered again.
After receiving his order, numerous Chimera Mutant roared and rushed over again!
Facing the charge of this group of monsters, Miles's eyes flashed.
"Buzz..."
A Mind Stone power that was more terrifying than before came instantly, and all Chimera's movements stopped in mid-air!
"The power of Alpha-level's Mind Stone... is really surprising."
Mr. Sinister whispered to himself, and then, an even more majestic and vast will descended, instantly smoothing Miles's spirit Impact, freeing all his subordinates from their restraints.
But at the same moment he took action to resolve the mental control, Miles suddenly waved his hand!
A torrent of blazing golden-red energy, like a spear of divine punishment, had already blasted towards his face!
"Phoenix Force?!" The smile on Mr. Sinister's face finally faded a bit, and he opened a purple Psionic Barrier to firmly block the energy in front of him.
"Chi chi chi..."
The golden-red Phoenix Force and the light blue Psionic Shield collided with each other, annihilated and dissipated.
Mr. Sinister is thoughtful.
"Strange, is this also Phoenix Force? It's really weak, it seems like it's not even half of Miss Madeleine..."
Just before Mr. Sinister finished speaking, Miles moved again!
He reached out and grabbed it, and the telekinesis from Phoenix Force was activated!
"Kakaka..."
Several parts on the ground floated silently, and then were quickly assembled and integrated by invisible hands!
In less than a second, the "X0-Death" that had been dismantled into parts was reassembled in mid-air and was caught in Miles's hand!
Then, he raised the barrel of the gun and shot Mr. Sinister!
"Bang!!"
The projectile shot out at a speed of Mach 6!
At the same time, Miles stumbled again and fell to the ground.
Then it suddenly stopped.
"Buzz..."
The special tungsten-core armor-piercing bullet stopped a few centimeters in front of Mr. Sinister. It could no longer move forward. It trembled and hummed unwillingly, and then fell to the ground feebly.
Mr. Sinister looked up and looked at Miles again.
"So, is this how you dare to face me? This Weakened Phoenix Force?"
His tone was very natural, and it was obvious that in Mr. Sinister's eyes, this little power was not enough.
Facing Mr. Sinister's question, Miles stood up again and shook his head slowly.
"Of course not."
"I'm just waiting for someone."
As soon as he finished speaking, a roar of suppressed endless rage fell from the sky!
"Nathaniel!!!"
Logan is like a predatory beast, its claws pop out and stab Mr. Sinister on the head!
However, facing Logan's surprise attack, Mr. Sinister did not even raise his head, but simply raised a hand lightly.
"Stop."
The invisible magnetic force exploded instantly, and Logan's figure stopped abruptly and was fixed in mid-air, with his sharp claws only a few inches away from Mr. Sinister's scalp.
"It's you again, old Logan..." Mr. Sinister sighed, "Frankly speaking, I really have no interest in your genes at all. In the Essex Corporation sample library, the reagent tubes with the label 'Wolverine' are almost piled up on the wall..."
"Shet... shut up!!"
Logan stared angrily and tried desperately to struggle, but in vain.
Mutant, who controls magnetism, is his natural nemesis.
"Boom!!"
At this moment, a blazing red energy that was more powerful and purer than the one Miles had released before suddenly descended like a divine punishment!
The will to destroy contained in that energy made the smile that had been hanging on Mr. Sinister's face finally disappear.
Mr. Sinister's expression changed, he threw Logan away, then tore open a space door and swallowed the energy attack in!
Almost at the same moment, another space door suddenly appeared behind Logan!
The energy that was swallowed up just now spurted out completely, heading straight for Logan, which had just been imprisoned by the magnetic force!
"Watch out!!"
A giant bear made of pure fear energy roared and jumped out of the shadows, its huge body blocking Logan!
"Ho--!"
The blazing red energy instantly penetrated Demon Bear's body, and it let out a shrill scream, then exploded and dissipated into a ball of pure black smoke.
"Moonstar" Dani fell to the ground and looked at Mr. Sinister with a cold expression.
"Boom!"
Immediately afterwards, Richter also fell down, and the ground beneath his feet hummed slightly.
Laura fell silently, and the steel claw on the back of the hand popped out with a soft "swish" sound.
Rebecca walked slowly, and as she approached, a fishy-sweet aroma slowly rose from all around.
Gideon, Bobby...
One after another figures walked out of the surrounding shadows and fell.
In addition to "Elixir" Joshua who went to Vorgan Building to perform tasks, "Flash" Clarice, "Warpath" Prosta, and "Sunspot" Roberto, who was taken home by his father. Except for a few people who were temporarily absent, all other survivors of X-Men were present.
"Huh..."
The hot air flow rolled around, and Madeleine slowly landed on the ground, his eyes red.
The endlessly burning Phoenix Flame was like a blazing red cloak, stretching out behind her.
"Come on, Nathaniel..."
Miles slowly raised the "God of Death" in his hand, and pointed the cold muzzle at Mr. Sinister again, his voice full of suppressed anger and murderous intent.
"You and I... can only live together today!!"