Shadow of the Beautiful World

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Merlin stood in the wilderness of southern Texas. In front of his eyes was an impact crater like a meteor falling to the ground.

The irritable energy exploded uncontrollably on the ground, comparable to a large-yield bomb exploding in front of Merlin's eyes. He should be thankful that this is not a densely populated residential area, otherwise this explosion would definitely bring him great pain. Big trouble.

There is still some black smoke left in the pit, and the surrounding soil is full of eruptions, showing traces of melting into colored glaze.

But that mutant...

That strange mutant wearing armor and possessing multiple abilities, the culprit of that mutant's disappearance, that dangerous guy, disappeared through this explosion.

Merlin completely lost track of him, and Raven Victor also lost track of him. That guy moves very fast, not to mention he can teleport.

That's a dangerous criminal.

Judging from the brief fight between Merlin and him just now, this guy has a lot of abilities,

Super strength, mind projection, psychic seduction, super speed, teleportation, energy projection, toxin conversion and more.

Merlin looked down at the unconscious mutants at his feet. He saved 2 of them, and 1 of them was drained of power before the battle. That guy was miserable. Not only did he lose his power, but his appearance and figure were all different. Altered, almost twisted into another person.

This means that the red predator still has a weak power to modify reality.

This also explains why the agents of s..l.d. and the assassins of the League of Assassins, the two groups with super execution ability, have been searching together for so long, but they failed to find the missing mutants...

Because they have all been modified identities.

The appearance and body have been changed, even the memory and personality have been modified, completely turning into another person.

The predator, he didn't kill them, he just took their power, turned them into normal people, and threw them back into the society.

It's really a mysterious operation.

After Merlin confirmed that the guy whose body had been changed was still alive, he shook his head. It was difficult for him to understand the thinking of this predator, and it was also difficult for him to evaluate this behavior.

Judging from the situation of the mutant at Merlin's feet, the more than 160 mutants who disappeared before should have encountered the same situation.

There are more than 160 radical or neutral mutants missing in this world, and more than 160 ordinary people without characteristics.

Professor, are you all right?

Merlin put away the weapon, he picked up the severed armor remnant from the mountain on the ground, he touched the cold metal, he asked:

Can we still find him?

I'm fine, it's just that the collision of spiritual power made me a little weak. In addition, the predator has hidden himself, Merlin. You caused him harm, and he may not appear for a long time.

The professor's tone was a little weak, and he said:

That person's control over the power of the mind is no worse than mine. If he is determined to hide, then it will be difficult for me to find him. However, when I was in contact with his mind just now, I discovered something related to him... You may be able to come to Xavier College tomorrow, and I will organize my thoughts and information first.

All right.

Merlin grabbed the three unconscious guys on the ground, and he said to the professor:

I will visit on time tomorrow, Professor, I am sorry to trouble you today, please rest first.

Merlin took one last look at the impact crater that was still emitting smoke behind him. He cast the Displacement Curse and brought the three unlucky guys back to the ghost base. A few minutes later, Agent Trip, who was on duty tonight, arrived at Merlin's office, and he took the prisoners with two agents.

I found the missing mutants.

Merlin leaned back on the chair and said to his subordinates with a headache on his face:

Go and check to see if there are any strange homeless people near the place where they disappeared, or if the local police department has received any weird assistance applications... They have all been turned into mutants by that red lunatic, and their Faces and their bodies have been reshaped, and even the spirit and personality have been modified.

Merlin says:

I know this sounds a bit far-fetched, and I know it's troublesome, but I believe that these things will definitely not be hard for you.

I don't doubt your statement, sir.

Trip pushed the toad mirror on his face, and the shrewd and capable agent said to Merlin:

I have seen too many bizarre things in s..l.d., and my mental capacity is already very strong. But I still have some doubts, that predator, that red lunatic, why did he do this? Why To transform those mutants into ordinary people?

He absorbed the abilities of those mutants.

Merlin explained:

But I suspect that he absorbed it selectively. If he really absorbed the abilities of all 160 mutants, then it would be very difficult for me to repel him tonight. As for why he turned the mutants into ordinary Man... before the war, he did.

He said that he was helping us, that radical thinking must be completely cleaned up, so that mutant civilization can truly move into the future.

this...

Trip blinked his eyes in surprise, and he said to Merlin:

It doesn't sound like a casual statement, sir. Looking at the information we have collected so far, most of the missing persons are radicals, a small number of neutral mutants, and most of them are guys who tend to think radically. ..He seems to be really doing what he claims, but it's just a means... how should I put it, it's a little incomprehensible.

Yeah, I don't know what to do with him now.

Merlin looked at the piece of paper with ? on his desk, and said:

He committed the kidnapping, but there's a good chance he sent them all back.

What he hurt was some thugs, just like those self-proclaimed righteous superheroes, who punished radicals and criminals in their own way, but he didn't kill them, but gave them a new life.

It turns out he's not as badass as we thought, but he's still dangerous.

He said to Tripp:

He has extreme thinking, as well as growing strength, and the ability to execute his ideals into action. The combination of these three makes him more threatening.

Sir, what do you mean?

Tripp asked.

Merlin glanced at him and said softly:

I'm referring to the plan to capture him...go ahead and we'll have to put up a targeted defense. If he's really an idealist who wants to use this transformation to bring about mutant peace, then the prisoner The ghost base of so many radical mutants is where he had to come.

The good news is that he is not invincible...

At least not now.

After I get more information from Professor Charles, we will start to set the trap.

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Early the next morning, Merlin arrived at Xavier College on time.

Ororo was already waiting for him.

What did you do with the professor last night?

The Storm looked at Merlin suspiciously, and she said:

The professor was injured last night.

Um?

Merlin pushed his glasses, and he asked:

Is the injury serious?

It's serious.

storm says:

When the professor came out of the secret room where the brain wave enhancement machine was stored, his body was covered in blood, and his spirit was shocked. You should know that since the last battle with Magneto, the professor's health has not been very good.

Well, it seems that the good old man still concealed his injury.

Merlin says:

We hunted down the guy who's been preying on mutants last night... had a fight with him, the professor had a psychic confrontation with him, maybe it triggered some old wounds.

You two!

Storm Girl said angrily:

Shouldn't we be notified about this kind of thing? If we were there, maybe the professor wouldn't be hurt.

You have to understand, Ororo.

As Merlin and Ororo walked towards the castle, they explained slowly:

What we are facing is a mutant who can be mentally manipulated, and he can also absorb the abilities of other mutants. I saw it with my own eyes... He is very dangerous to you. Maybe the professor foresaw this crisis, so He didn't involve you in it.

The good old man is trying to protect you, just like before.

But at what cost?

Ororo whispered:

He is not invincible, he has suffered pain and injury for the mutants again and again, he may fall, after he falls, who can replace him?

At this moment, there is only the last distance to the peaceful world he wants to see, and he is the one who needs to be protected.

You should tell the professor face to face.

Merlin said calmly:

It's useless to tell me this, and he won't listen to me, and I'm not a mutant.

Looking back at Ororo, he said:

If you care about him, you should let him know that he is a lonely old man, and he needs care from the students. As far as I know, the professor has no children, right?

In fact, there is one, only his closest people know.

Ororo said softly:

But... well, it's hard to say.

A trace of curiosity flashed in Merlin's eyes, but he didn't continue to ask, but quickly came to Professor Charles' office.

The old man was still immersed in the affairs of the mutants, maybe he was preparing another speech. Merlin could tell at a glance that the professor was weaker than before, and even his huge spiritual power was a little unstable.

There you are, Merlin.

The professor raised his head, his pale face was full of smiles, and he said to Merlin:

Sit down and talk. Ororo, can you pour us a cup of tea?

Storm gave the professor a worried look. She turned and left the office. After Ororo left, Merlin took out the metal wreck that he got last night from his pocket. He put the metal wreck on the professor's desk, and said:

My agents tested the composition of this thing overnight, and it turned out that the material of this thing is very similar to the Edman alloy in Logan's body, but it is different. While maintaining its strong characteristics, this metal is also Endowed with other odd abilities. Professor... have you ever seen such a thing?

Well, I've seen it.

Professor Charles stroked the cold metal fragment, he said to Merlin:

This is an Edman alloy mixed with n-metal. Do you know n-metal? Merlin.

heard about it.

Merlin answered truthfully:

From another mutant, he told me that this metal has subtle magical powers, and can perform a series of rituals such as purification or sealing. It is a very magical metal. It does not exist in nature in physical form, and must go through complicated purification. .”

Well, that's true.

The professor said softly:

Erik and I, when we were young, saw metals like this a long time ago, after World War II, when some radical human scientists were advancing a project called 'Sentinel' A secret plan to discover and eliminate mutants hiding in the crowd.

Those scientists, they invented a unique tracking robot. In order to counter the power of mutants, they added a lot of special abilities to those robots, including this metal that can absorb and store the abilities of mutants... that The plan fell through, and with Logan's help, Eric and I destroyed all of the Sentinel prototypes. At least we thought we'd destroyed them all.

But the mutant last night, I saw something in his memory.

Professor Charles looked up, and he said to Merlin:

His name is Angsrat, and the nickname he gave himself is 'Frenzied Attack'.

He found the remaining sentinel robot modules in an abandoned laboratory, and then hijacked some engineers, and used those materials to make him a set of armor that can absorb the abilities of mutants, but the armor is not the most important thing. ...Merlin, it's the one hiding under the armor that we should focus on.

The professor's expression became serious, and he said:

His mental strength is huge, not weaker than mine, and he is very aggressive. You can regard him as another me who has no bottom line... You must treat him carefully, and you must not relax in the slightest. He is very cunning, Knows how to hide.

Well, that's true.

Merlin also nodded cautiously, and said:

But I'm even more curious, how did such a powerful mutant come into existence? Why did we never know about him before? A powerful mutant like him shouldn't be so unknown.

He was born by accident.

Professor said:

What I see is also very limited. I only know that it was a special energy chaos that woke him up...he was born in the last few years.

He said he was an idealist who shouldn't have been born.

Merlin said to the professor:

I always feel that there is some other meaning in this sentence, but I can't figure out what he wants to express.

I don't really understand either.

The professor lowered his head, he looked at the metal fragments on the table, with a slightly dim light in his eyes, he said:

Perhaps, as he said, he is a life that should not have been born.

The professor sighed, he took his eyes off the purple metal fragment, then opened the drawer, took out a folded paper, handed it to Merlin, and said:

Compared to the disappearing mad attack, Merlin.

I have another problem now.

A...big trouble.

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