When Li Ge finished speaking.
Just as he had expected, everyone present was astonished.
Clearly, they had all fully grasped how powerful Li Ge's ability was and realized what was truly incredible about it.
This time, however, the most excited person was not Phoenix, but Li Ge's father, Li Chuang.
Ignoring the X-Men's presence, he sprang to his feet and thrust his face right in front of Li Ge's.
"Brat, tell me, what did you mean when you said you could Design Manifestation even imaginary things?"
"Can other people use the things you design?"
"And, and, you can design things like superpowers too, right?"
Li Ge was startled by his father's reaction. He had not expected him to get so excited.
But then he thought about how his father was a true son of China, who had grown up surrounded by all sorts of myths and legends and had an instinctive yearning for powers beyond the ordinary.
Li Ge immediately understood his excitement.
The Professor and the others swallowed the questions they had been about to ask.
After all, compared to strangers like them, Li Ge's father was undoubtedly the most suitable person to ask such questions.
At that moment, they were all filled with anticipation for Li Ge's answer, while intense fear kept welling up within them.
If Li Ge's ability really could grant extraordinary powers to others!
Once people learned of something like that...
Then Li Ge would become a treasure and a wishing stone that everyone in the world pursued and coveted, something they would spare no cost to get into their hands.
When that time came, if he could not satisfy them, the situation for mutants would grow even worse. Mutants with infinite possibilities would draw out the world's most frenzied desires!
Countless ambitious schemers would turn their attention to those weak mutants, attempting to gain powers as mighty as Li Ge's by studying them.
Of course, there were benefits as well as drawbacks!
Their mutant community would also have hope of strengthening itself, making humans afraid to persecute their fellow mutants too openly.
The smile had already vanished from the Professor's face. He had always wanted to coexist peacefully with humans.
He did not want anything to throw the situation into chaos.
This would shatter the balance he had always worked so hard to maintain!
Li Ge had no idea what the Professor and the others were thinking, and even if he did, he would not care.
After all, he had long since decided to overturn this world.
The mutants' original fate had already made it abundantly clear that continuing to deal with humans the way the Professor and the others did would only make tragedy repeat itself endlessly.
Only by overturning everything could they seize control of their own destiny.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... don't get too excited!"
"Dad, you're my dad, all right. You got straight to the point!"
"That's right! I can freely use Design Manifestation to create whatever abilities I want, and grant those abilities to other people!"
"Any ability at all~"
"There's just one tiny little requirement~"
His father Li Chuang's face turned red, and his breathing grew somewhat rapid.
"Out with it, brat!"
"What exactly is the requirement?"
"I'll help you figure something out!"
At that moment, his father Li Chuang could not help recalling the excitement he had felt when he first read a xianxia novel as a child. Everything in those stories had utterly fascinated him.
As he grew older, he had also left China and settled here.
He had already buried those fantasies deep in his heart.
Though when he learned that mutants existed, he had once wondered whether he might be a mutant whose ability had yet to awaken.
But after meeting Alice, falling in love, starting a family and a career, and having a child, he no longer entertained those thoughts. He only wanted to take good care of his family.
He had never imagined that several people who were clearly anything but ordinary would visit his home today and openly reveal their identities as mutants.
Still less had he imagined that his son, who had shown genius throughout his childhood, had actually awakened his mutant ability at some unknown point.
And had even resolved the mutants' flaw!
Though he did not say so outright, he was very proud of his son's accomplishments.
As for Li Ge keeping it secret, he had no negative feelings about it. After all, people in this country generally rejected mutants.
Though he did not mind, fewer people knowing about something like this meant fewer potential mishaps.
What surprised him most was that Li Ge's ability could be so powerful, allowing him to design abilities however he pleased and even grant them to others!
It was as though a wolf was howling inside his heart!
With an ability like that, wouldn't my childhood dream be able to come true?
As for what Li Ge thought?
Hmph!
Could he possibly refuse a request from his own dad?
Besides, their father-son relationship was very good. He believed that even if he said nothing, Li Ge would take the initiative to offer to design an ability for him.
But he had not expected there to be a requirement for designing abilities!
How could I stand for that?
I had to help Li Ge sort it out!
"Dad, my ability may be powerful, but it doesn't become limitlessly powerful right away."
"After all, designing things takes some materials too."
"Although all I need is my imagination and energy, while I don't lack imagination, energy won't just come running to me on its own."
"Even though I'm already designing a new ability for that, it won't produce results anytime soon. I still need time to accumulate energy."
"If you only want a weak ability, or an ability seed that lets you slowly accumulate energy, develop it, and grow stronger yourself."
"I can design it for you right now!"
"What do you think, Dad?"
"Do you want it now, or would you rather wait until the near future, after I've solved the energy problem, so I can use Design Manifestation to create an ability at the strength you want all at once?"
Li Ge did not beat around the bush. He stated his greatest current need right then and there.
The Professor and the others were also very surprised. They had not expected Li Ge's ability to have such a requirement.
But when they considered how powerful his ability was, such a need for energy was perfectly reasonable.
"Hmm... I see!"
"Then I'll wait until you've solved the energy problem before having you design an ability for me. We'll have to include your mom too."
His father Li Chuang was no longer in a hurry. He only needed to wait a while to fulfill his childhood dream. He still had that much patience.
As for giving him an ability seed, as Li Ge had suggested, and then having him slowly develop it and accumulate energy himself?
What a joke!
With a genius son like this, why wouldn't I enjoy getting everything in one go?