It doesn't feel good to fall down in the void.

With no protection from the stairwell and even an arm wrapped around Elizhe, West could only curl up as much as possible to avoid his head-down position. At the same time, he should also stay as far away as possible from his old enemies who are free-falling with him, so as not to fall into the wind after falling to the ground because of his unquick reaction.

In my ears, there was a sharp wind whistling by, and the dim light overhead gradually faded from sight. After just a few seconds, in a huge impact that almost crushed his back, the hermit felt as if he had broken something, and before he could react, he fell the hard ground again, even if the impact had been slowed down a lot, but it still made people lose consciousness for a moment.

Looking at the large hole in the ceiling that they had just knocked out, the light was so bright that it was almost dazzling compared to the dungeon just now, and he reflexively closed his eyes. West gasped several times, unable to even move his fingers, so he just lay on the ground, waiting for the sharp pain that swept through his entire body to fade.

Fortunately, Elizhe is not much better than him. Apparently he had fallen quite badly, and the man fell motionless five paces away from West, his breathing was so weak that he could barely hear it. If he hadn't been sure that his chest was still trembling slightly, West might have thought that this old immortal was so happy to be a dog.

"Don't think I don't know what you're sorry for."

Just after the boy pondered whether he should crawl over and strike a fatal blow or wait until he could stand up before settling the ledger. The old enemy beside him, who seemed to have fainted, suddenly spoke like this, not loud, but enough to resent, comparable to a midnight terror, which really scared West.

"You're still alive?!" I can't control this sentence with a mouth. Since the two of them were lying on the ground now and couldn't get up, the expected battle would have to wait, so the hermit simply let himself go.

"At this height, even you can't fall to death, and it's a little difficult for me to fall to death." With a cold snort, Yi Laizhe glanced at the wrist that the young man was holding on his chest at an abnormal angle: "It's not honest to waste a hand...... I should have broken both of your legs just now. ”

"Huh."

I didn't bother to quarrel with him, and expressed my contempt in just one word. West looked around at the room they had fallen into, the lights were as bright as day, empty and empty, but they were nothing like the atmosphere. As if some terrible monster was closed, the only entrance was the thick and thick door and the humanoid hole in the ceiling that they had just smashed through.

Kind of familiar.

He stretched out his intact right hand and touched the ground, and unsurprisingly touched the dried bloodstains. West pursed the corners of his mouth in disgust, although he believed that he could be indifferent to most of the familiar places of this base, but this alone was really unbearable.

Because, it was here that he accidentally killed Adelaide, and since then he has entered the darkest fork in the road of his life.

"I have a question."

Still lying on his back on the ground, Elizhe's voice came intermittently from the other end, "How did you rebel against α?" She died at your hands, but now she is willing to betray me for you? ”

He bred this gram. When he was in the body, he deliberately kept all the memories of the girl, just to use that part of the undisguised anger and hatred towards West. And Adelaide has indeed become the best tool in his hands as he thinks, and he has not spared any hands in the few meetings with West...... However, now he chose to stand on his side when he was almost able to destroy the hermit again?!

Elizhe couldn't figure it out.

"I did cause her death, I have never denied that."

This is not too surprising. Although he was a little incredulous when he received Adelaide's telepathy, when he thought about it, West felt that it was easy to understand:

"But, Elizhe. The person who gave her this painful fate was you from beginning to end, and Alai would never hate you less than he did for me...... I was able to atone for my sins for twenty years, willingly accepting her vengeance and punishment. And you, apart from using her, you don't have even the slightest remorse for the mistakes you have made! ”

He couldn't read Adelaide's heart, but that didn't stop him from using the gift of another time to read the indifference in the girl's eyes. She was locked up in the darkness of the earth before her life was blooming, and she had reason to hate the executioner who inflicted it on her rather than the merciless fate. Elizhe, who was about to fail, would obviously disgust her more than West.

Therefore, West did not panic, anyway, he had already given her the right to judge himself. If Adelaide really wants to accomplish any revenge, he killed Elizhe, and then the girl took his life, which is already the most perfect ending in the hermit's mind.

And now, he is about to take the first step towards the finish line.

"If you can't kill me this time, then you're not the only one I'll destroy."

Having begun to regain control of his body, West lay on his back on the ground, gathering strength, as if he had not recovered his strength, and muttered as if he had not recovered his strength.

He didn't look at Elijah, and his voice was soft, but the hermit knew that the man would be able to hear it.

"I'm looking forward to it." As if the corners of his mouth were bent, Yi Laizhe turned his head, his gaze was as cold as ever: "But, you won't have this opportunity......

Almost at the moment when the words landed, the man who had been lying on the ground and seemed to have fallen lightly suddenly rose up, and he did not have the weak appearance just now. At the same time, West also supported the ground with his uninjured right arm, twisted his waist and abdomen, and kicked in the direction of Yi Laizhe with a sweeping leg, so strong that he could even hear the roar of the air being torn.

However, he calculated the recovery limit that Yi Laizhe might have, and calculated the best moment for his old enemy to attack, but he didn't expect that Yi Laizhe, who got up, did not pounce on him at all, but shook his body and threw himself towards the wall closest to him with all his might.

only kicked the air in front of him, and his body leaned forward due to inertia, and he almost fell again. West watched in amazement as his nemesis almost hit the wall, groping for something, and while he couldn't understand the meaning of his move, it wasn't going to be a good thing.

And after such a delay, Yi Laizhe also opened the insurance mechanism hidden in the Migli when the hermit regained his center of gravity. Before West could react, the day-bright lights above their heads suddenly turned into a flickering dark red, and the only gate to the outside world was connected with three secret locks, and the heavy steel plates embedded in the walls also fell at the same time, completely sealing the entire training ground into an impregnable fortress!

"From now on, no one will be able to appear before us again, Hermit."

Turning around, his gaze fell on the young man's bewildered face. Yi Laizhe laughed casually, and casually picked up the scalpel that I don't know who forgot here from the experimental table on the side: "As your last pastime for me, do you want to make a bet with me?" ”

"What do you want to bet on?"

Flickering warning lights cast brief shadows in the darkness. West tore off the corner of his shirt and tightly tied his broken left wrist, his eyes as clear as a clear look in his blue pupils.

"I know you've destroyed all my pawns, and I know that your companions are just outside the base and can turn this place into ruins at any moment."

Step by step, it seems to be stepping on these twenty long years. Elizhe shook his head slightly, and looked at the young man with a sarcastic gaze, as if he was looking at a child who had never been obedient:

"I can admit my defeat, West...... But I will never use my failures to accomplish your victory. ”

"Just now, I activated the insurance mechanism for the entire base, and in twenty minutes at most, this place will completely collapse and be buried forever under the Alps. As the core of the base, this proving ground will be locked up until the base is destroyed, and no one will be able to enter. Of course, no one was able to leave. ”

"So, that means that if you can kill me in those ten minutes, you might be able to break the safety mechanism I have at hand. And if you can't...... I'm sorry that Charles Xavier is losing his adopted son forever today. ”

So, it's a five-to-five gamble. One is the leader of the reformers, and the other is the leader of the X-Men, and with both losing their superpowers, a close white-knuckle battle may be suitable to draw an end to this twenty-year long-cherished wish.

Either only one will die, or they will all die, West knows very well. Yi Laizhe really didn't plan to live anymore, and under the premise of giving it a go, all that person wanted now was to pull himself into the abyss of death.

Now, the teenager has no other choice.

However, he also has no intention of letting his old enemy get his wish.

"There's no one outside this room expecting you alive anymore, Elijah. So, you can die with peace of mind. ”

The corners of his mouth raised contemptuously, and West looked coldly at the man in front of him who was still smiling casually, and tied a knot on his unconscious left wrist.

"And I'm not like you, I still have a reason to live...... Even you can't take it away a second time. ”

- No matter what, he will be reborn in this place that once ruined everything for him.

… …

"It's going to collapse here."

In the chaos, all oncoming onslaught was blocked. The Demonic Girl carried the groggy Merlin, and Adelaide protected the two of them, blocking Cyclops and Wolverine in front, and soon fought their way out under the siege of the reformers, retreating outside as they fought.

And just as they were about to leave the core area of the secret base, all the lights in the corridor suddenly went out, and in their place, there was a constant flickering red light that symbolized danger, and falling objects that kept falling from the ceiling, which was enough to show that the last habitat of the transhumans had fallen into a crumbling situation.

"So," said the person with a calm expression as if he was about to be buried in the ground was not himself. Adelaide paused, met Raven's twitching gaze beside him, and said in a calm tone: "We have to find a way out." ”

"Of course I × the hell and know to get out quickly!!" Pull the steel claw out of the chest of some hapless transhuman in front of him. came out, but there were still opponents several times their own who came forward one after another. Wolverine, who has never had a good temper, felt like he was going to explode:

"Scott, have you done a good job?! What the hell is so beautiful about that broken wall!! ”

Because most of this base is buried in the mountains, and the area where they are located is locked, they have to drill holes in the wall to break through. And what Cyclops is doing now is to find the most suitable place to amplify the move, so as to avoid directly shooting through the main load-bearing part of the base. Otherwise, it wouldn't take more than twenty minutes, and as soon as he started to do it, all four of them would have to be crushed to death by the collapsed building at once.

This work sounds simple, but in reality, Laser Eye is under a lot more psychological pressure than usual. After all, none of them knew about the structure of the base, and the only thing they might know was a kid who had just defected, and he might not be able to understand what they were struggling with. Therefore, now that he had three lives in his hands, Scott was expressionless, and even Logan's taunts were useless, and he reached out very seriously and drew a circle in the direction of eight o'clock behind them.

"Here, there should be access to the ground."

Thinking about whether to adjust the gears layer by layer after a while, or to take off the glasses in one step, he hesitated for less than half a second and chose the former. Cyclops turned back to ask for the advice of his companions:

"If you don't object, I'll make a hole here?"

"Hurry up!!" Wolverine, who had attracted all the enemy's firepower, was already tired and just wanted to end the fight quickly.

"Let's fight."

Nodding, she still trusts the X-Men captain's judgment, and the Demon Girl has no opinion. Merlin was still nearly unconscious on her shoulder, and Adelaide was too young to understand what they were doing, so it was impossible to object. So, after taking a deep breath, Scott pressed his glasses, first stewed the transformers in front of Logan, and then turned his head, and the super destructive laser light instantly broke through the entire wall, almost from the center area directly to the outside of the base where Jean is now!

"Looks like you're pretty accurate."

After waiting for a while, I didn't notice that the surrounding collapse tended to be more violent. Logan glanced at his companion, who was visibly relieved, and withdrew the three sharp blades between his fingers.

"Thank you." Just as Wolverine was complimenting himself, Scott shrugged his shoulders and raised his legs to run out of the passage he blasted out.

However.

'Boom——!! ’

Pulling back the squad leader who was almost crushed under the stone slab, Logan sideways dodged the rubble that was smashing at his head, turned back with a dark face, and unsurprisingly saw Adelaide protect Raven and Merlin under her wings, dodging a wave of collapse that almost buried the entire dungeon.

it? Thousands of calculations, still not hit the right place?

Lasereye is not good right now.

"Hmm...... Didn't destroy the load-bearing part, but directly burst the entire force system, you are indeed quite accurate. ”

Sticking out her head to observe for a moment, she then helplessly understood what the situation was, and the demon girl rolled her eyes at the ceiling: "So, how long do we have now?" Five minutes? Ten minutes? ”

"......" Scott almost wanted to bury himself in the rubble.

Time has become the most precious thing at such a time, and there is no room for delay. There was no time to lament that he might be a negative number of luck points, Cyclops only thought for a few seconds before coming up with another remedy, and dealing with the unexpected was simply poignant skill.

Although, compared to the previous one, this scheme is simply simple and crude, a bit excessive.

"Let's just rush out."

Press your glasses, pick a random direction and prepare to take it off. While the ultimate result of this approach was to further accelerate the destruction of the base, it was no longer much to care about.

"Cowest ......"

Seeing that Scott had already begun to tear down the wall, Logan looked at the place where the boy had disappeared, and his expression unconsciously showed a little anxiety. After all, he was now inhibited, and in such a place that could collapse at any time, no one knew how he was going to protect himself.

Wolverine thought maybe he could leave the team for a while and take the people out with him.

Nodding, obviously agreeing with Logan's proposal, Cyclops was about to agree, but he didn't expect to be directly interrupted.

"West said, you must get out of here at once. Leave him alone. ”

Unexpectedly, Adelaide, who had been standing quietly on the side as a background board, opened his mouth at this moment. She had in fact been in contact with West, and after telling the Hermit about the current situation, he had given him the order to retreat immediately, and not to delay for anything.

And the reason for his decision is unusually simple. This base is about to collapse, and if Scott and the others are allowed to help him, it is likely that everyone will be buried in the end. Rather than this, it is better to sacrifice the least amount so that they can get out of this endangered building in time.

As for how Cyclops would react when they heard it, and whether they would obey his orders, West was not worried at all. After all, Adelaide is also a psychic person, and Merlin, the only one who is not affected, is not very sober - anyway, whether it is voluntarily going out or being brained, the effect is the same, so why bother arguing about whether this decision should be carried out or not?

Tilting her head, the little girl felt that what her eldest brother said was indeed very reasonable.

…… The current psychic ability is really getting more and more arrogant.

So, before they could express their objections, when they were already standing under the Alpine Snow Mountains to breathe in the fresh air, Cyclops and the others couldn't help but think so. Jean and Bond, who had been waiting outside, listened with interest to their chatter and complaints, occasionally glancing at Adelaide who was standing by innocently blinking. Especially 007, he has the impression that this little girl was West's sworn enemy not long ago, and now that he has become his own person, he will have a better chance to observe this little guy who has left a deep impression on him.

However, although it was Adelaide who directly brained people out of their minds regardless of their will, Cyclops didn't want to break back again. After all, in addition to a few of them working the front line, Professor X is also thousands of miles away in New York, always paying attention to every movement here, since he did not stop Adelaide, it means that the professor acquiesced to the decision of his adopted son, rather than risk the destruction of the army, it is better to leave everything to West, and he will make the end.

Although that's not quite right. But there is no doubt that if it was just an order from the hermit, Cyclops would have weighed it in his own mind, and Charles's words, he would definitely not have any objections.

So, after muttering to each other for a while, the demon girl put Merlin on the ground and motioned for Jean to find some ice packs to apply to Merlin, who was still dizzy and suspected of having a little concussion. Cyclops and Wolverine watched from the outside of the still collapsing base building, perhaps with absolute trust in West, and although the expressions on their faces were serious, there was no tension.

Only Adelaide.

Although it was her who conveyed to West, and it was she who brought the X-Men out, the girl had been standing where they had run out, looking at the buildings that had collapsed in front of her, and a trace of worry crossed her green eyes like new leaves.

Now, there's only time left to put an end to it. And a scarred West, who has also been suppressed by superpowers, faces Yi Laizhe, between the two people she is most familiar with, the most lacking is probably time.

Nearly ten minutes later, when the hermit she thought would appear soon was still nowhere to be seen, she knew that her terrible premonition had come true.