Chapter 334 Kill them all
Chapter 334 Kill them all
Chapter 334 Kill them all
Zhang Parker was wandering around this massive underground cloning facility, busily searching for the 'person' Professor X needed. "Seriously, isn't there any automated equipment in this base?"
He complained because he was the only one doing the work out of the three people present!
As a prominent capitalist in the future timeline, Kang, a major entrepreneur, was even less willing to do such menial work.
The first thing Professor X did after his consciousness transferred from his mind to his body was to 3D print out a wheelchair and sit down!
How could Zhang Parker, who was doing the hard labor, not feel resentful?
"Seriously, since you've already got a new body, why do you still insist on sitting in that old, broken wheelchair?!"
Faced with Zhang Parker's complaints, Professor X seemed somewhat lost in thought, but still managed to reply:
"My abilities put a burden on my body, either telepathy or a pair of legs that can move freely. Sometimes I have to make a choice."
Having gone through all of this, Professor X would certainly not give up his abilities.
Right now, he's using his telepathic abilities to monitor the battlefield outside. Superman has already engaged the enemy and is locked in a fierce battle with an adversary from another Earth.
While distracted by talking to Zhang Parker, Professor X felt a loud bang in his mind, as if he had been hit squarely on the temple with a sledgehammer, so much so that he even bled a little from his nose. "Interesting."
He then noticed that, besides the members of the Dark Order fighting Superman in the center of the battlefield, there was someone with similar abilities wandering around on the sidelines.
Maximus, an Inhuman, and Black Bolt's brother.
Maximus and his brother Black Bolt have always been hostile in their relationship and stance, similar to the antagonism between Magneto and Professor X, but even more so.
Even within the Inhuman race, Maximus, who possessed telepathy, was generally considered a complete madman.
He was the one who detected his own consciousness scan and immediately used the same telepathic ability to launch an attack on the unsuspecting Professor X, even causing the latter to suffer a minor loss.
In the realm of the mind, the mad Maximus, entrenched in a corner of the battlefield, revealed a wanton smile before launching a frenzied attack on Professor X:
"There are other survivors hiding on this planet!"
Seeing this, Professor X couldn't afford to be careless; he had to give it his all and no longer had the leisure to chat with Zhang Parker.
"Please do what you should do, and do it as soon as possible. There are enemies outside who are similar to me, and I must be fully focused."
The battle of minds was commonplace for both sides. In the silent realm of thought, Maximus, dressed in a trench coat, magnified infinitely and broke through Professor X's defenses in the first exchange.
He laughed wildly and charged into Professor X's mind first, ready to attack the mental barrier that the other party had already built, as he always had, and then completely tear it apart and dominate the other party's mind.
The outward manifestation of a mental barrier depends on the personality and character of its builder. As for Professor X, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should be a well-organized and absolutely tranquil library.
Each book in there represents a human mind that Professor X has passively or actively read through through his telepathic abilities, and it is archived deep within the mind, perhaps never to be actively opened again.
Maximus is so familiar with the event because dozens of collisions have already occurred in the past few months.
He followed the Dark Order and Namor, and every time he went to another Earth, he would first slaughter all the so-called heroes there.
He's lost count of how many Professor Xs he's killed.
With this in mind, Maximus easily entered Professor X's mind. Just as he was about to use his usual methods to control Professor X again, he realized that this time seemed a little different.
He was no longer in a museum displaying collections of minds and memories; it had nothing to do with a library at all.
"What?!"
Looking out, all Maximus could see was a wasteland, and the view beyond was shrouded in thick fog.
Amidst confusion and panic, an aged voice came from behind Maximus:
"You must be thinking—this all seems different from what you expected, am I right?"
The blood moon hanging high in the sky stained the pale mist crimson, and Professor X slowly pushed his wheelchair out of this blood-red mist:
"No, I didn't guess, I saw you."
The clash between minds is a two-way process. Maximus thus intruded into the thoughts of others, which was equivalent to exposing his own thoughts to the outside world.
With the appearance of his master, a chilling breeze swept through the mental world, dispersing the blood mist that had been obstructing Maximus's vision.
What lay before him were one grave after another.
Max Eisenhardt, Scott, Henry, Jean Grey—
Each tombstone is engraved with the name of a X-Men member or a mutant.
At the grave closest to Maximus, the tombstone bearing the name "Logan" trembled, and a steel claw burst from the ground.
Look, a nearly decayed adamantium skeleton crawled out of the grave, kneeling and rushing towards him step by step.
"What the hell is going on—"
Maximus, who was always known as a "madman," was so horrified by this strange occurrence that he staggered backward, his previous arrogance completely gone: "What on earth happened?"
"They are all dead, and I have stored everything about them in—"
The professor pointed to his head: "Here."
Maximus, who was used to bullying the weak in other worlds, had no idea what kind of opponent he was facing. The difference between Professor X, who had been enslaved and tormented by Ultron for countless years, and him was like heaven and earth.
So much so that, in his terror, Maximus was unaware that his mind was already like a book at his fingertips, being turned page by page in Professor X's hands.
Professor X saw the history of Maximus' universe and how the Avengers used a time-travel backdoor to defeat Ultron in that universe.
He comes from a parallel universe where Ultron failed to destroy the world.
"You are so lucky, child."
Unsure whether to feel envy or jealousy, Professor X flicked his finger, expelling Maximus's mind from his own before it was completely torn to shreds and tainted by the memories of the deceased mutants.
"A lot has happened in the past."
He has obtained enough information and no longer needs to lure the enemy in.
"Superman, I have a suggestion."
After this seemingly long, but actually less than a second, mental exchange ended, Professor X immediately sent a message to Joey's mind:
"Kill them all!"
Why?
While Joey was talking to Professor X, he casually dodged Proxima Midnight's spear thrust, and Corvus Glaive, which had been smashed to pieces, was resurrected.
"You have to give me a reason, right?"
The blade in Corvus Glaive's hand is imbued with his soul, much like an enhanced version of Voldemort. As long as the blade remains intact, he can resurrect indefinitely.
Although these opponents, who were randomly matched with him, were somewhat reckless and attacked without warning, Joey felt that he could understand their madness in this life-or-death situation. So, after all this time, he still held back and didn't actually cause a single death.
Moreover, the Earth beneath their feet had already been completely destroyed and was worthless. In order to temporarily preserve the two universes that were about to collide, Yang Yi felt that giving up the space was not unreasonable.
If all the multiverses are colliding, then anyone who can still think will need some breathing room to come up with a way to save everything.
Professor X, who should be a moderate, immediately said "It's red bean paste," which was so extreme that Joey was a little uncomfortable.
Professor X was preparing to deliver more information and reasons when the enemy on the other side made a new move.
Maximus, who had just lost the mental clash, had bloodshot eyes that were almost bulging out, and blood was flowing in and out of his mouth, nose and ears.
The battle with Professor X had left him severely weakened, but after the initial shock subsided, he showed no signs of backing down. Instead, he turned his attention to the most powerful person on the battlefield.
The "Sun God" that Neptune Namor mentioned earlier.
If the group works together and can take him down first, even if Professor X is mentally strong, he will not be able to withstand the physical attacks of the Dark Order members.
With that thought in mind, Maximus focused his attention and suddenly launched an attack into Joey's mind, penetrating deep into the depths of his consciousness, ready to pry open the latter's mind.
Professor X, who was conversing with Joey in his subconscious, observed all of this, shook his head almost imperceptibly, and sighed softly:
"idiot."
Maximus looked up at the warm red sun, his feet on the hard gravel desert, surrounded by endless mountains and wilderness, and a gentle warm breeze on his face.
Maximus was overjoyed that this powerful man's mind was almost completely unguarded and that he could penetrate his heart without any hindrance.
He had even already planned how to control this body, so that he could personally tear Professor X, who was hiding elsewhere, to pieces.
Then he felt a blur before his eyes, and a rock in the previously empty, desolate Gobi Desert seemed to move.
As the boulder changed shape and began to stretch out its bone spikes and healing teeth, he realized that it was not a rock at all, but a humanoid monster that was three or four meters tall.
Its camouflage allows it to blend perfectly into its surroundings, and when it is not moving, almost nothing can detect its presence.
"What the hell is this?!"
Before even making contact, Maximus had already sensed the power of this unknown monster through a vague telepathic connection. He was terrified and prepared to escape from this mental world, but the monster had already grabbed him.
In the mental world, Doomsday's giant hand gripped Maximus like a mouse and then put it into its mouth.
Just like everything it went through at birth, it devoured everything whole, wasting not a single ounce of energy.
In the real world, Maximus rolled his eyes and collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.
After all this was over, several memories that did not belong to him appeared in Joey's mind, who was originally talking with Professor X in the mental world.
"you're right."
Joey's eyes glowed red, his heat vision began to fully charge. Professor X's advice was spot on; he had been too conservative this time.
"We need to get the whole picture."
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