On Earth in the Cancerverse, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, took the elevator to the top floor of the Baxter Building.
This was where the Fantastic Four usually gathered. Reed's laboratory was one floor below.
Reed's eyes glowed red as he activated the Fantastic Four's communicator.
"Susan, Johnny, Ben, are you all there?"
After a moment, Johnny, the Human Torch, was the first to answer.
"Something's wrong. Everyone's turned into monsters!"
"Come to the Baxter Building first."
"Okay!"
Without question, the Fantastic Four's leader was their cleverest member, Mister Fantastic, Reed. Johnny and the others had long since grown used to following his orders.
So, upon receiving Mister Fantastic's instructions, the other three rushed to the Baxter Building without hesitation.
Even after being corrupted by the Elder God, Mister Fantastic remained the smartest of the four. He froze Johnny, the first to arrive, with the Liquid Nitrogen Sprayer. Then Johnny, the Human Torch, also fell to the Elder God's corruption.
When Susan, the Invisible Woman, arrived at the Baxter Building, Reed had an even easier time getting close enough to infect her. She was his partner, after all.
Ben, the Thing, arrived last, but he did not escape either.
The Fantastic Four could not avoid falling one and all, while the X Academy was also suffering an unprecedented catastrophe.
With Jean Grey and Wanda working together, almost no one in the entire X Academy could withstand even a single exchange. Countless mutants were corrupted by the Elder God's magic and became an army of puppets under its command.
But when those infected approached Professor X, they were all immobilized.
Professor X put on his brainwave amplifier and unleashed his mental powers at full strength, heedless of his own life. He actually managed to hold off the combined assault of Phoenix and