Apocalypse's Fury

Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, medical room.

The pungent stench of disinfectant mingled with the smell of blood, and the atmosphere was heavy as lead.

Chu Hang was about to speak and comfort the mentally exhausted Jean Grey when his expression abruptly sharpened. He suddenly looked up toward the window. Within the perception of his Mental Law, a vast energy fluctuation, like a collapsing sea of stars, was approaching at a terrifying speed.

Three hundred kilometers was an unreachable distance for ordinary people, yet that sovereign, world-ruling pressure had already crossed space and settled heavily upon everyone's hearts, making even the air feel viscous.

Apocalypse. Not only had he come, he had also brought his strongest Horseman—Magneto.

"Charles!" Without turning around, Chu Hang's voice went directly through the communicator into the depths underground. "Wake all the students immediately and evacuate them to the emergency shelter on the third underground level! Activate the highest-level defense protocol! Apocalypse has arrived early!"

Almost at the same moment, in the underground Brainwave Amplifier chamber, Charles Xavier, who had been unconscious from mental backlash, abruptly opened his eyes amid a violent headache. Hank McCoy immediately steadied him. Charles ignored his dizziness; Chu Hang's urgently frantic warning had already reached his mind.

Everyone in the medical room went pale at once.

Scott Summers struggled up from the pile of rubble, stubbornly wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. His voice was hoarse from his injuries. "How long do we have?"

"At most, two minutes." Chu Hang's voice was terrifyingly calm, like a frozen glacier. "He brought Erik. The mark Apocalypse branded into his Soul Law is deeper and more firmly rooted than those of the previous three Horsemen combined."

Bang! Hank slammed his fist into the remaining half-wall. The sturdy bricks cracked at once,