In Canada, there is an artificial lake called Ekali. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is a large artificial levee built by the Canadian government after World War II with the US government funding. In order to facilitate artificial irrigation and prevent summer flash floods in the area.

Due to the abundant rainfall in the area, the dam was built to form a huge artificial lake. As a result, farmers and residents in the surrounding areas began to consciously migrate here. In just over a dozen years, a large enough town has been formed.

For the townspeople, the lake, named Ekali, has become an indispensable part of their lives. A large part of their livelihood needs come from this lake, and this has been the case for generations. But the inhabitants of the area would never have imagined that the lakes and dikes they are familiar with and the dikes that have been abandoned for decades hide amazing secrets.

This is where General Stryker's secret base is located, and the mysterious organization he leads is hiding in the abandoned dam.

He put a lot of effort into renovating the dam. Its main purpose is to prevent mutants with all sorts of abilities from entering or leaving the place. He sees mutants as lifelong enemies, and even his base is designed to deal with them. And in this base, in addition to his soldiers, the most are mutants who have been imprisoned by him.

Decades of hard work have left his base crammed with his prisoners. Those are mutants from all over the world. Some of them were arrested for crimes and then moved here using their connections, but many more were captured by his men, and until then, they didn't even think about whether the people they arrested were good or bad. What's more, many of the mutants they captured were still children.

In the eyes of Stryker and his soldiers, mutants are not human, and in this regard, even mutant children have no bearing on their hearts at all. You can even watch these mutants being subjected to all sorts of inhumane experiments as if they were animals.

Just like it is now.

A mutant who was constantly struggling was locked to a seat, and several guys in white coats turned their heads at a high speed to make a small hole in his skull, and then injected a strange-looking liquid into it with a slender needle.

The surrounding soldiers didn't even change their expressions, as if in their eyes, the guy being tested was not a human, but a guinea pig with a human appearance. They are used to it, to everything in front of them, to the wailing and screaming in their ears. It's already an integral part of their daily lives.

No one was interested in the pleading and suffering of their experiment, they were interested in what the outcome of the experiment was.

Watching the mutant's pupils gradually dilute, the struggling behavior slowly stopped. Instead of the previous physiological fluctuations that were almost out of control, several white coats around looked at each other. They saw a common look in each other's eyes - joy.

"General, we seem to have succeeded." A guy in a white lab coat said to a man standing next to them who was not smiling.

This is a man who has gray hair, but still looks quite tough. He wears old-fashioned glasses, a neatly groomed beard, and closed lips suggest that he is a rather serious guy. Always upright waist and steady pace make his behavior full of strong military color. This is William. General Stryker, the supreme commander of this secret military base.

Hearing the researcher's report, General Stryker walked briskly over to the subject. In normal times, the mutants here would cower like a frightened quail when they saw him come to them, if not gritting their teeth with hatred. He is the devil in the eyes of all mutants, even he will not deny it.

And at this moment, the mutant's expression is a little weird. His eyes were fixed on Stryker, but there was not a single fluctuation in them, as if he were facing a stranger. And this does not summarize all his abnormalities, if I have to describe it, I can only say that his expression is unusually pure, as if he feels like a baby.

Stryker stared at him, and after a moment pressed his stiff face to him, whispering to him at such close proximity.

"Listen, Kane. I am the person you respect the most, and you have always obeyed my commands. Whatever I tell you to do, you will do it. You always think that everything I say is right, and that you will do whatever it takes to do what I say. ”

The mutant named Kane tilted his head and stared at Stryker, as if to understand what he meant.

Seeing Kane's reaction, Stryker waved his hand and said, "Soldier, untie him." ”

"General, I don't advise you to do this. Subject 254's abilities are dangerous, and we don't need to test them this way! The white coat on one side listened to Stryker's order and hurriedly dissuaded.

This is only the most preliminary experimental results, and there is no need to use this dangerous way to determine how effective the experiment is. If the subject does get out of control, with his abilities, there is a high probability that he will pose a great danger to everyone present. It's not just Stryker, but even they could be injured or even killed.

"One of the most important things I don't like about you guys is that you don't have the guts." Stryker tugged at the corners of his mouth, which was the maximum expression he was willing to show. "Fulfill my orders, soldier. Unleash his bondage. ”

For the soldiers here, Stryker's orders need to be carried out unconditionally. Whether or not they are actually in danger, as the researcher said.

Under Stryker's orders, several soldiers stepped forward. They unfastened the locks that were cuffed to Kane's limbs, freeing him from the hard steel seat once and for all.

Kane, who had left his seat, didn't make any worrying moves, he looked left and right for a moment, and then slowly walked behind Stryker, like his shadow.

The corners of Stryker's mouth curled in a curvy arc, and it was clear that Kane's performance pleased him.

"Good, Kane. Now, I command you, transform. He turned around and whispered a command to Kane behind him.

Kane took two steps back slightly, and then his whole person began to change dramatically. His body was rapidly rising, and the texture of his skin was like wood. Soon, his whole body turned into this, and it looked like a huge human statue carved out of wood.

"No, no, Kane. It's not like this kind of petty fight. I want you to turn into your most terrible form. That gigantic form. ”

Kane's wooden-like eyes rolled a few times, showing some hesitation. But soon he nodded, and his body, which was already more than two meters tall, changed again.

The wooden skin began to quickly crawl with bark-like shells, and his height rose again, soon reaching the top of the laboratory. On his head, the skull had changed into a shape that spread outward, and a thick layer of green leaves covered the entire top of his head. At first glance, it makes you feel as if you are looking at the canopy of another tree.

And the changes in his limbs are just as striking. The huge arm could no longer be seen in the shape of a human arm, but a thick stump with roots, the thickness of a normal person's waist, extending from the position of the shoulder, swaying with the sway of his shoulder. In his lower body, the same stumps stood there, but the difference was that the roots of his lower body were thicker and more powerful, and these thick roots even tore through the thick concrete floor, firmly digging themselves deep into the earth.

At this time, Kane could no longer see the appearance of a human at all, and if he had to say, he looked like a large tree with a slight human form.

This is Kane the Treant's ability, fully unleashed, he can grow into a humanoid tree that is a full four meters tall, in this form he can perform slow movements, but can use extremely great power. The huge stump of the arm alone can cause a heavy impact of about two tons. And as long as there are tree roots deep in the ground under her feet, she will continuously absorb nutrients and strength from the land, and recover herself from all kinds of injuries.

And his hard, wooden skin can even block the bullets fired by normal automatic weapons.

According to Stryker's records, Kane the Treant is superior in strength, defense, and recovery to the average mutant. He was also quite a dangerous type among the many prisoners under his command.

However, this danger is well within the scope of what can be subdued. Because Kane's ability can't be maintained forever. If Kane maintains this ability for a long time, his brain will gradually become a tree, and at that point he will really become a tree. Therefore, after a certain period of time, he will take the initiative to remove this form, and this time is not long, only about an hour or two.

Watching Kane transform into a giant tree, Stryker wasn't surprised. He was waiting, waiting for the final result. It will be interesting to see if Kane will always follow his orders, or take the initiative to disarm this form out of self-preservation.

As the minutes ticked by, Kane's bark-like face, which looked like a silhouette, gave a look of difficulty. However, he did not move, and still maintained his tree form. And Stryker just kept looking at him, watching his expression stiffen, watching his originally slightly shaky movements gradually grind to a standstill, watching him just turn into a real tree in front of him.

Two hours later, Stryker knocked on Kane's body, and a dull sound came from his hard body. That's the sound of high-quality wood.

"Kane, Kane. Please reply when you hear it! He tried to call a few times, but Kane, who had completely turned into a tree, had completely lost the ability to speak. Although he is alive from a life point of view, from a human point of view, he is actually dead. Brain death.

Stryker, who couldn't wait for Kane to reply, pulled out his side gun and shot it against the tree a few times. The bullet tore through the outer layer of bark, but it was embedded in the middle of the wood. If it were Kane in his usual days, he might have made some moves when he could still feel the pain. But now, the whole tree is stationary.

"Looks like it works!" Having come to this conclusion, Stryker put away his gun and ignored the trees in front of him. "Soldier, clean up this guy. Just chop it up and throw it out. Don't stay in the way! ”

"Now, tell me. How sure are you that you will repeat such an experiment? How many doses can be made? ”

The white coat discussed it for a moment, and quickly responded.

"If the raw materials can support it, we can make a dose of about 10 people. If more, at the very least, is to wait until Subject 147 recovers himself. ”

"Use all the materials you have first. I have a plan to use them. Stryker waved his hand and ordered. Then he looked out of the lab.

There, in the patches of prison, many prisoners were looking at him with a look of sorrow and hatred. They are all mutants.

"Mutants are pretty useful tools, and with them, my plans will soon come true." Talking to himself, Stryker clenched his fist fiercely. He had waited too long for this day.