Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible

"save……"

Rescue, as the name suggests, has the specific meaning of recovering losses and saving lives from danger or distress.

Just from this simple word, the professor was able to imagine that the final outcome of the mutants in the future may not be happy.

Although he had expected it, this answer still silenced the atmosphere in the room for a moment.

"Can you show me a story that happened in another timeline?"

"certainly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible spiritual wave slowly penetrated into the professor's brain, which contained a large amount of memory information.

The spiritual communication that the ants have gradually perfected over hundreds of years is of course not limited to transmitting sounds. In addition to basic communication, pictures and even memories are also within the scope of transmission.

After it is developed to a certain extent, it can even awaken promotion skills similar to spiritual illusions.

Feeling the spiritual fluctuations coming from Xu Yue right in front of him, the professor's eyes flashed, and then he took the initiative to cancel his own spiritual defense.

Soon, scenes of clear memories began to echo in his mind. Through these memories, the professor saw an older and more embarrassed version of himself, and Wolverine Logan, who depended on him for life.

He saw himself torn apart by illness and guilt, and was devastated and miserable; he saw Logan with white temples, lame legs, and bruises all over his body after his self-healing ability hit rock bottom; he saw his group of people fleeing in embarrassment under the pursuit of human forces. .

I saw myself dying in a pool of blood, I also saw Logan reborn in the fire, and the fate of mutants who could hardly see the future.

Through Xu Yue's perspective, every picture in his memory is full of sad and lonely tones. As the top psychic ability user, he can easily determine that these are not false illusions, but extremely real. , a memory of reality that has never been changed.

In addition to these coherent memories, the information is also mixed with some fragmented and scattered images: including him being torn to pieces by his students, Logan holding Qin's body in grief in a ruins, and piles of people under the sky full of Sentinel robots. Countless mutant corpses...

Compared with the former, the latter image is obviously not a real memory. If there was only the latter, perhaps the professor would treat it as an alarmist illusion. After all, he suffered a big loss at the hands of a mutant who was good at illusions just three years ago.

But with the guarantee of mental barrier and detailed memory, he quickly accepted the authenticity of these images.

After a long time, the spiritual connection was severed, and the professor opened his slightly closed eyes, his eyes full of complexity. After all, in the scene just now, he died twice in succession, and what made him more sad than his own death was the message. The revealed ending of the mutants.

"This is the future of mutants in another timeline. Genes are suppressed and sentinels are extinct. It seems that fate has never favored our species. It is always so cruel."

The words are lonely, but not scary. No matter how desperate the future in the picture is, it is just a reverberation that happened on another timeline. The fate of the current time and space has never been destined.

As soon as Xu Yue stepped into this room and revealed these memories to him, the established ending had been disrupted. As a future student, he brought not only prophecies, but also a pen and ink to rewrite the future. This point The professor saw it very clearly.

Recalling the memories that had been rolling around in his mind, the professor rubbed his temples, which were slightly swollen from receiving too much information in a short period of time, and said in a deep voice:

"So the future of gene suppression comes from the Worthington Group, and the sentinel extinction comes from Trask Industries. Is this the main driver of our two apocalyptic destinies?"

Facing the professor's summary, Xu Yue's face turned pale and he shook his head slowly. The large-scale transfer of memories also consumed a lot of money on him, and he also had to accurately eliminate scenes in his memory that might reveal information about the paradise. This It takes more effort.

"It's true that they are pushers, but the main root cause of the mutant apocalypse is not here. To put it bluntly, these two are just pawns charging forward. Even if we deal with them in advance, we can only delay the final apocalypse. Time, without Trask Industry, there will be another Stryker Industry or West Freewater Industry, endlessly..."

While speaking, Xu Yue turned over and took out two small teacups and a black gourd. He tipped the gourd in his hand, and royal jelly like liquid gold immediately flowed into the teacup from the mouth of the gourd. At the same time, a strange sweet fragrance spread to the entire room in an instant.

One cup was delivered to the professor, and the other cup was drunk by him directly. He brought back a lot of royal jelly from the mysterious island, and he also had two channels for subsequent replenishment, so he could naturally be a little extravagant.

Royal jelly is soft in the mouth, and its taste is still mellow. Not to mention, his originally pale complexion quickly returned to rosy. Feeling the stinging and chaotic thoughts returning to peace under the nourishment, Xu Yue breathed a long sigh of relief and continued:

"To be precise, the root of the mutant apocalypse comes from humans who occupy a dominant position in society. Human beings are naturally extremely hostile to aliens. Just like the paper you published when you were young, Professor, 60,000 Years ago, Neanderthals were replaced by Homo sapiens, and the extinction of Neanderthals allowed Homo sapiens to gradually enter the stage of history.”

"This is very similar to the historical situation of mutants and humans today. The only difference is that Neanderthals lacked intelligence, but humans are different, so they recognized the threat of mutants in advance and were vigilant."

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest, and the process of racial replacement are always cruel and bloody, especially in this country. The American continent under our feet is the territory they gained after massacring tens of millions of native Indians. They know better than anyone how cruel racial change is."

"Professor, you can't integrate into humans by relying on peace and compromise. They are naturally xenophobic. No matter how harmless you act, they always have the deepest malice and vigilance towards aliens."

"What's more, from the day they were born, mutants have automatically mastered powerful weapons such as extraordinary abilities. This is a characteristic of our race, but it is also the source of trouble that causes human beings to covet and fear. This is a fundamental contradiction and is inexcusable. avoid."

"This country won the land under our feet by raising a butcher knife to the outside world, so they will be afraid, afraid that the same fate will come again, and they will never allow the second butcher knife to fall on their necks. In order to prevent this possibility, they will do whatever it takes, even if it triggers another genocide.”

"Whether it is the Gene Suppression of the Worthington Group or the Sentinel Arms of Trask Industries, they are all manifestations of this fear consciousness. Human beings do not care about the camp and position of the mutant race. This is a battle for the survival of the race. It has nothing to do with good or evil, but human beings are already blowing the trumpet.”

………

Xu Yue's tone was not passionate. He was just stating the facts calmly, but the facts themselves were full of power.

Under this bland explanation, the professor's expression, which had gradually soothed after taking a sip of royal jelly, began to change again. He frowned slightly when facing Xu Yue. The other party's argument was very similar to that of an old friend of his.

"It sounds like you are more supportive of Magneto's proposition."

The figure of an old friend appeared in his mind. The professor sighed softly and said slowly:

"I know the malice of humans, and their greed and fear are clearly visible in my eyes, but Xinhuo, we are not strong enough to confront humans head-on. Once a war is initiated, we may be able to severely damage humans, but mutants will also be on the verge of extinction. , both destruction may be the only result.”

"Magneto can be radical, and he will let humans maintain appropriate restraint and restraint against mutants, but I can't. The X-Men must act as a link to ease the conflicts between the two parties in order to maintain today's fragile peace. Moreover, my ability It's too dangerous. Ideological manipulation is far more fearful to those in power than physical destruction. As long as I show any signs of losing control, the government will immediately launch the most complete destruction of this area. "

"I founded Xavier's Academy for Gifted Youngsters and formed the X-Men. I protected them, and they also protected me. Part of the reason why humans recognize the legitimacy of the academy is to reconcile conflicts, and others Part of it is to limit my abilities. Every mutant here is my student and also my prison. Professor X, or the X-Men, cannot take risks..."

As the conversation progressed, the professor gradually revealed a more real side. His kindness and gentleness were true, but he was by no means the good old man in the movie who only had illusions about human beings. Having awakened his spiritual abilities since he was a child, he was more powerful than anyone else. They all know how deep the darkness of human nature can be, and they also understand how far humans can go for the survival of the race.

In the professor's era, mutants were far less powerful than humans, so he chose to establish a college and put his hope in the future.

But now, Xu Yue brought him quite unfortunate news. The future of mutants is still gloomy, even more miserable.

Looking at each other, Xu Yue did not deny the professor's point of view. In fact, no one can deny the old man's contribution to all mutants in the first half of his life. Without him to mediate, perhaps the war between the two sides, or one-sided massacre, would have been long ago. It has already unfolded.

Mutant bipolar, this title represents more than just strength.

However, things have changed, and today is different from the past. The professor's path may have been quite effective in the past, but now the mutants have no way forward. If they are poor, they will change, and if they change, they will succeed. They must find another way to have a chance of survival.

"Professor, it's not that we want to initiate a war, but that the war has already begun, and the doomsday future in our memory is close at hand."

"There is an old saying in the East, don't let others snore on the side of the bed. The activity of Worthington Group and Trask Industries shows that mankind is ready to destroy mutants. Now only by attacking in advance can we get out of this desperate situation , and even gain the opportunity to become completely independent.”

"As long as we are still parasitic in human society, we can only face the endless planning and oppression. Magneto's approach is too extreme. The current mutants cannot completely replace humans, and I have a more suitable one. method."

"independent?"

This special vocabulary quickly attracted the professor's attention. Coupled with Xu Yue's Chinese identity, it was difficult not to think about it.

However, recalling the two desperate doomsday scenes of mutants in his memory, the professor still restrained the strange emotions in his eyes. He took another sip of the royal jelly in the tea cup, and after relaxing the somewhat stagnant atmosphere, he asked:

"Do you have a detailed plan for this goal?"

"Of course, that's what I'm here for."

……………

Outside the door, after leaving the room, Storm and Scott did not go far, but invariably stood guard at the door of the room.

Storm was out of pure curiosity, but Scott was desperate for answers.

After waiting for a moment, Storm first glanced at the closed door in front of her, and then looked sideways at Scott, who was staring at the door motionlessly.

The other person's mood has become very abnormal since returning to the academy, with excitement and anxiety mixed together. This is the first time she has seen Scott in this state.

"Scott, you're feeling weird today. What happened?"

"Also, what is the identity of that Xinhuo just now?"

Two consecutive questions were thrown at Sitting Scott. After a long silence, he replied in a dry voice:

"According to him, he was teaching future students who seemed to be from another timeline."

"What? The future?!"

In extreme surprise, Storm's voice began to rise unconsciously. After noticing the abnormality, she quickly lowered her tone and turned to look at the door in front of her again. As for whether this statement was true or false, she did not ask too much. Since the professor If you can talk to the other party alone, you can basically verify the authenticity of his statement.

Since the dam incident three years ago, even with the government's cover-up, the overall situation in the outside world is still extremely unfavorable to the mutant community. The current college can be said to be plagued by internal and external troubles, and now a professor from across the timeline suddenly appears. student.

This kind of situation made her feel uneasy, as if something big was about to happen soon. Thinking of this, she thought of the abnormal mood that Scott had shown after picking up the man, and she couldn't help but frown.

"So is your abnormality related to this fire? What happened in the future? Or what did he say to you? Scott."

After saying this, Scott finally stopped staring at the door and turned his head to look at her. Even through the dark red goggles, Storm seemed to be able to see the other person's bloodshot eyes.

"He said that Qin is not dead, and he can save Qin."

"Wait, are you sure he is talking about Qin? But we clearly saw that Qin was completely swallowed up by the flood, and the professor also..."

Before Storm could finish her words, she was loudly interrupted by an excited Scott.

"But we didn't find her body. I looked for it many times, but I didn't find even a rag."

"Since the professor agrees with him, it means he didn't lie to me and Qin is not dead!"

Scott's hoarse but confident tone echoed in the corridor. Before he finished speaking, a figure suddenly sprang out from the end of the corridor. He grabbed Scott's lapel and pushed him directly against the wooden wall on one side. He let out a thick sound. muffled sound.

"Jin's not dead?! Scott, what exactly happened? Tell me!"

In the entanglement, the two figures hit the wall not far from the door. Upon seeing this, Storm quickly stepped forward and pulled the two away.

After a while, someone who figured out the situation pushed away Storm who was holding him, and then raised his foot to kick the closed door.

"Get out of the way, I want to ask what's going on and where is Qin!"

"Logan, calm down. The professor is talking to him. He will know the answer soon. You can't just barge in."

"Get out of the way, Ororo!"

…………

The noise from the outside gradually amplified, and soon spread into the room, causing the two people who were talking in the room to stop talking.

The professor smiled apologetically at Xu Yue in front of him, pressed his forehead with a headache, and then telepathically informed Storm at the door.

"Ororo, let Logan in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was kicked open with a loud bang, and a strong figure suddenly entered, followed closely by Scott, who was about the same speed, and Storm, who was at the rear.

"Charles, this guy said that Qin is not dead. Is that true?"

As soon as the figure entered, excited inquiries began to buzz and reverberate in the room. After the sound waves stopped for a while, the professor pressed his hand to signal them to calm down.

"Yes, Qin is not dead, but her condition is very bad now. I will explain it to you in detail later."

"Now, there is another thing that you need to witness, Xinhuo, are you willing to join the X-Men?"