The girl's eyes instantly reddened, and she rushed to him, her voice trembling, " Vitas... what happened to you? Does it hurt?"
In her eyes, if someone is even using a wheelchair, they must be severely injured, perhaps like Professor X, completely losing sensation in their lower body and confined to a small space for the rest of their life. It's too difficult.
Chen Xiao was speechless for a moment, then could only soothe her gently, " Clarice, you're really fine, just a little exhausted."
Tears trembled on her eyelashes, and she blinked suspiciously. "Really?"
"Really. Think about it carefully, when have I ever lied to you?"
She looked down and thought for a moment, realizing he hadn't; he had never broken his promise. Relieved, she patted her chest and playfully scolded, "You scared me to death!"
Chen Xiao smiled.
While Storm and the others went to handle school affairs or had other arrangements, Clarice would take the initiative to push him and walk slowly around the campus.
Actually, everyone has already retreated to air-conditioned rooms to cool off by now. With the afternoon Heat Wave raging, who wants to wander around aimlessly in the sun?
It just so happens that only Chen Xiao needs sunlight, so he deliberately chooses this time to come out.
"It's so comfortable to bask in the sun," he sighed contentedly, tilting his head back in his wheelchair.
What's the point of fighting and killing all day? Can't we just eat properly, sleep peacefully, and live a peaceful life?
He clearly felt that the moment the warm light fell on his skin, the empty meridians in his body were rapidly filling up, and streams of warm and powerful energy were surging in from all directions.
Just like Superman back then, he was severely injured by a nuclear explosion in the Land of Destruction and floated in the depths of space on the verge of death;
Bathed in starlight, it recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and ultimately returned to Earth with even more astonishing power.
Of course, Chen Xiao has not reached that level yet. He has not been exposed to the light of day for decades, and his foundation is far less profound than that of Superman.
But that almost instinctive, powerful resilience and unbreakable endurance have already quietly emerged in him.
" Vitas... are you really alright?" Clarice couldn't help but ask softly from behind the wheelchair.
He turned his head and smiled at her, "I'm really fine. Clarice, I'm the most resilient one. This time, I was just really weak."
"Oh..."
She drawled out her reply, and even subtly pursed her lips, clearly not believing it.
He thought to himself: If you're really that amazing, why are you the one who ends up in the worst state?
Everyone else was full of energy, but you came back in a wheelchair, which almost scared her out of her wits.
Chen Xiao didn't turn around, but it was as if he heard the voice in her heart. He snorted softly, " Clarice, believe it or not, if I hadn't covered for you, no one would have come back standing yesterday."
"Yes, yes, Vitas is the best."
Just as Chen Xiao was being pushed out for some fresh air by Clarice, on the other side of the world, Magneto and his crew, after several transfers, finally arrived in southern Africa at dusk.
The following morning, a bombshell news story swept the globe, accompanied by a shocking video.
In the scene, Magneto, without his helmet, stands on a high platform with his arms outstretched, his voice loud and firm:
"Brothers and sisters of Mutants, I am Erik, known to the outside world as Magneto. Many of you have heard of my name before."
"The night before last, I led members of the Brotherhood in a raid on Alcatraz near San Francisco, which used to be a prison and is now Worthington Labs."
"Our goal is clear: to retrieve the core experimental subject of the ' Mutants inhibitor,' the key individual capable of suppressing all mutant abilities."
"Unfortunately, during the operation, our colleague codenamed ' Leech ' was killed by a new type of combat unit deployed by the US. It wasn't an ordinary soldier, but an intelligent robot with Mutants abilities, and even capable of rudimentary simulation of other people's abilities."
"That's right, you heard me correctly: a killing machine capable of unleashing mutant abilities and copying the talents of others."
"This is clearly an anti- Mutants weapon secretly developed by the America government. That alone is enough to tear off their mask of hypocrisy."
"They shout slogans like 'No discrimination against Mutants ' and 'Give us equal citizenship,' but behind the scenes they're ramping up the development of deadly equipment targeting us."
"They never intended to coexist with us; what they really planned was to eliminate and eradicate us, just like they did with the Native Americans."
"We are human beings too, and we represent the next stage of human evolution."
"Therefore, we must rise up in resistance and never sit idly by and wait for our doom."
"Today, I want to announce a momentous decision to the world: on May 3rd next month, we will officially establish the first Mutants sovereign nation in Narnia, South Africa."
"There, no one will question your existence, no one will humiliate you because of your abilities; all Mutants can hold their heads high and bask freely in the sunlight."
Magneto paused briefly at this point. "Of course, some people will ask: Can this country really stand?"
"Rest assured, we have the strongest fighting force, Jean Grey, who possesses the Phoenix Force."
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed into the distance.
The camera then zooms out, switching to a helicopter aerial view: the scene slowly zooms in, revealing a wide plain where Magneto and the others are standing on a high platform.
Below the stage, the area was densely packed with local high-ranking officials and fully armed soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, the screen split into four signals, three of which focused on the same wasteland: two long-range missile launchers stood silently, while Jean Grey, with red hair and a red dress, and a solemn expression like a deity, floated in the air.
As the camera panned, the two launch vehicles slowly erected their launch pads.
The next second, as countless people held their breath in suspense, two giant long-range missiles, each eight meters long and two meters in diameter, roared into the sky, their exhaust flames blinding and deafening.
This live broadcast was clearly meticulously planned; after the missile was launched, the camera continuously switched to precisely capture its entire journey through the sky.
Ultimately, the missile traversed tens of kilometers, heading straight for Jean Grey.
Just as the Negasonic Teenage Warhead approached within ten meters of her, it exploded with a deafening roar!
Boom! Boom!
Two blazing white fireballs suddenly exploded, each tens of meters in diameter, instantly illuminating the entire twilight. The Havok swept across the sky, tearing apart the clouds thousands of meters above; the ground trembled violently, air currents surged, and dust billowed into the sky. All four split-screen images shook simultaneously, creating a terrifying spectacle.
This is the sharpest spear in modern warfare, its power is terrifying.
However, at the very moment when the flames were at their peak, the fire suddenly froze, then rapidly contracted, and in the blink of an eye, the flames vanished, leaving the zither unharmed and suspended in place.
She held a dazzling ball of energy in her palm, the full energy released from the explosion of the two missiles.
Everyone was stunned.
Not only did she withstand such a terrifying blow, but she also firmly imprisoned and compressed the destructive energy, finally transforming it into a beam of light carrying crimson power, which shot towards a small mountain several kilometers away...
boom!!!
The world lost its color.
A blinding burst of light erupted from the ground, like a miniature nuclear explosion. In an instant, all three split-screen feeds were interrupted, leaving only the wide-angle shot from the helicopter overhead. On the distant horizon, light tore through the sky, the earth shook violently, and billowing dust surged and rose like giant waves.
What followed was a deathly silence that lasted for more than ten minutes.
Then, one of the scenes was restored: the camera zoomed out and showed that the hill that was originally a hundred meters high had completely disappeared, leaving only a deep pit several hundred meters wide. The ground within several kilometers was cracked and a layer of the surface had been forcibly shaved off.
If we exclude the additional effects such as high temperature and radiation, and only consider the physical destructive power, this explosion is almost equivalent to a megaton-class nuclear bomb.
Is this... truly within the reach of human beings?
Such a breathtaking scene left audiences worldwide speechless, unable to listen to Magneto's subsequent remarks, only filled with awe and unable to recover for a long time.
Such a big thing naturally caught the X-Men.
But compared to the White House's emergency response, the overnight consultations among world leaders, and the massive uproar in the global Mutants community, Storm and her team remained unusually calm.
Even when White House envoy personally conveyed a message inviting representatives from the X-Men to participate in a closed-door meeting to discuss Magneto, they resolutely refused.
They also made it clear that unless the U. S. provides a true and credible explanation for " Sentinel Program," the X-Men will completely withdraw from all negotiations with the Brotherhood of Mutants.
In response, the US stated that the " Sentry " missile was developed without the knowledge of the military industry and the government had no prior information about it.
Storm, of course, didn't believe it.
While the outside world was in turmoil, Chen Xiao remained completely unmoved.
On the morning of the third day after my return, the sun was shining brightly.
Chen Xiao sat in a window seat in the library, the warm sunlight shining on his shoulders, as he quickly flipped through a biology monograph.
There was a thick stack of books next to me, all about molecular biology, genetic mechanisms, and gene regulation.
Over the next few days, the sunshine continued to nourish his body, and his strength continued to steadily increase. Although his progress was slowed down a bit by his old injury, his single-arm explosive power had steadily broken through the 1,000-ton mark.
This data only reflects the current state of injury; once the wounds heal, the growth momentum will undoubtedly accelerate again.
Not only strength, but other abilities are also quietly evolving: the penetrating power of thermal rays has been significantly enhanced, and the coverage and stability of the Bio-Force Field have also been improved simultaneously.
But what truly shocked Chen Xiao was another unexpected breakthrough.
After the battle on Alcatraz, his Mental Perception seemed to have been thoroughly tempered by some kind of burst of energy, allowing him to delve deep into the cells and clearly "see" the dynamics of every microscopic structure.
This leap in his life greatly excited him.
His long-term research goal was to witness firsthand the evolutionary trajectory of Krypton cells under sunlight catalysis, and the true operational logic beneath the mysterious veil of X-Gene cells.
If we can truly master this deep observational ability and further intervene in gene expression pathways, we may be able to guide mutations on demand and customize the extraordinary functions we desire in the future.
As he was completely absorbed in the miniature universe within his body, analyzing organelle activity frame by frame and comparing energy metabolism data,
In the underground base ward, Scott had been in a coma for over a week, gently opened his eyes as his eyelids twitched.