American Comics: BOSS Invasion

“After experiencing so many things, I thought you guys would have a lot to say!”

Alice pushed a cart over, seemingly surprised by their silence.

“I’m just a little confused!” Charles forced a smile.

Compared to their side, the Red Devil’s side, who had lost their boss, was doing much better.

After all, Tomie, who had taken over Shaw's position, was originally a member of the Doomsday Self-Help Organization. They now had a bit of home-field advantage, giving them a psychological edge over the others.

In the original storyline, Erik personally killed Shaw and protected them during the missile attack.

He demonstrated his power and inherited Shaw's ideals.

So, he naturally took over Shaw's position and became the leader of another faction of mutants.

Now, the plot had become completely unrecognizable. Shaw had essentially killed himself through recklessness, and while everyone was bewildered, Tomie seized the opportunity to take over.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the Hellfire Club was likely to merge into the Doomsday Self-Help Organization.

Erik was now stuck in the middle, unable to go up or down, which explained his vacant stare.

He had lost his future direction.

His and Charles's ideals clashed, and they were destined to walk different paths in the future.

However, now that the environment had changed drastically, their ideological conflict seemed insignificant.

“Is it because you can’t accept the sudden arrival of the apocalypse? We can understand, it’s all happened so suddenly!”

Alice nodded and said, “But the situation is urgent, and we don’t have much time. Charles, we have something important we want to ask you to help with!”

Charles nodded and said, “Tell me!”

“I’ve heard about the process of forming your team. I must say, Hank is a genius. The Cerebro he created can amplify your mental power without loss and cover the entire globe.

We hope to use this method to find as many mutants as possible. The apocalypse is coming, and we need more seeds!”

Before Charles could say anything, Moira suddenly said, “Wait! Do you only want to save mutants? What about humans? You have such advanced technology, you could cooperate with the American government and work together with all of humanity to overcome this crisis.”

Tomie said coldly, “I can’t sense any ATM field. You’re not a mutant, are you!”

Agent Moira retorted forcefully, “That’s right, I’m a pure human!”

“Then you should shut up. We are the Doomsday Self-Help Organization, not the Doomsday Savior! This disaster is the result of humanity’s own actions; destruction is karmic retribution.

We are the protagonists of the next great era, and there’s no need to risk our limited resources for the sake of humans who are about to be eliminated from history.”

Moira was incredulous. “You clearly have the ability, are you just going to ignore the deaths of humans?”

Tomie smiled coldly, not even bothering to answer her question.

Alice said gently, “Miss Moira, there’s no need to get agitated! We’re just a group of pitiful people, gathering together to keep warm, because human society ostracizes us, doesn’t recognize us, and even wants to eliminate us out of unknown fear.

Although it’s not a perfect analogy, we should be considered enemy nations during wartime.

There’s no reason or obligation to care whether the enemy lives or dies, right!

Moreover, agreeing to Charles's request to bring a human into our base is already the limit. Please don’t interfere with our conversation, okay?”

Alice’s tone wasn’t as cold as Tomie’s, but her words were still sharp.

Moira rolled her eyes, unable to say a word.

She turned her head and stared intently at Charles, who smiled wryly and said, “Although what Alice said makes some sense, it’s too cold-blooded. We’re all humans, just one step ahead in evolution.

Is it too much to abandon the entire human race for the sake of some petty grievances?”

Qi Shan suddenly interjected, “How can you say we’re abandoning them? We’re clearly saving ourselves!

There’s a saying in the East: ‘When poor, cultivate your own virtue in solitude; when successful, help all the people.’

Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the Doomsday Self-Help Organization has already passed the stage of ‘cultivating our own virtue in solitude,’ but it’s not yet capable of ‘helping all the people.’

If we have some spare capacity, isn’t it right to use it to save our own kind? Besides, human history is long, and humanity has overcome countless natural and man-made disasters. Although the doomsday disaster is terrifying, it won’t reach the point of exterminating humanity.

I think this is fine. Everyone takes care of themselves; if you have the ability, you live; if you don’t, you die. There’s nothing to argue about.”

Qi Shan’s sudden words attracted everyone’s attention.

They all knew that Qi Shan had special abilities and was valued by the Doomsday Self-Help Organization.

But this kid rarely spoke, and even at gatherings, he mostly hung out with Salvador.

The two of them were like high school sweethearts glued together, not wanting to separate for a moment.

Now, suddenly saying such things surprised everyone.

“Why are you looking at me? Am I wrong?”

Alice smiled and said, “Completely correct, that’s exactly our philosophy. And haven’t we strayed from the topic? Charles, what’s your answer?”

“Of course, no problem, even if it’s just saving mutants, it’s still saving people!”

“Thank you! Then we’ll have to trouble Hank to rebuild a Cerebro, can you do that? Just make a list of what materials you need and give it to Mike, he’ll find someone to get them all for you!” Alice looked at Hank.

Hank nodded shyly, indicating that it was no problem.

Charles looked at Qi Shan in surprise, not expecting him to integrate into the group so quickly.

“Since we’ve held a pessimistic view of the coming apocalypse for many years, most of the organization’s members have already entered hibernation.”

Alice gently smoothed her hair and said, “I accidentally discovered Mike, and decided to invite him to join to make up for potential future material shortages.

I didn’t expect so many new members to join. It seems the plan needs to be slightly adjusted!”

Tomie said, “There’s no need to make it so complicated. Just add the rest of the people to the action team. Charles finds the target, and we’ll go out and save them.”

After speaking, without waiting for the mutants to express their opinions, she said directly, “Don’t worry, we’ll be using remote control technology to control dummies to walk around outside. You yourselves will stay in the base, there’s no danger!”

Tomie looked at the Red Devil, “Of course, after finding people, bringing them back to the base will be your trouble!”

The Red Devil nodded, this little thing was nothing to him.

Qi Shan raised his hand and said, “I also need a resource collection team here, mainly to locate the coordinates of some ports and warehouses. After finding the needed resources, Red Devil and I will take care of everything!”