Professor Charles's back was cold, he didn't want to stay here for a moment, and he used his magical powers, and the wave-like mental explosion attacked Magneto and Leon.

However, before Professor X's psychic detection took effect, Leon and Magneto had already turned their magnetic fields, and the majestic and powerful magnetic fields enveloped the two of them, blocking out the storm-like telepathic waves.

"Don't worry, Professor Charles, I don't want to go toe-to-toe with the X-Men," Leon reached out and patted Charles on the shoulder, and said calmly, "You made the request to negotiate with us first, so now you'd better calm down and listen patiently to what I have to say." ”

The X-Men who arrived from the rear saw that Charles was being held hostage, and just as they wanted to come to the rescue, they heard the noise and the Brotherhood mutants stopped him.

Quicksilver in a cleaner's uniform, a Scarlet Witch with a bucket, and a Burning Man in latex gloves – while their former opponents may look funny, their abilities aren't fake.

The scene was a stalemate for a while, Professor Charles's face was gloomy and uncertain, Rao was generous in temperament, gentle in personality, and it took a lot of effort to barely suppress his anger, and said indifferently: "You speak, I'm listening." ”

"Very good." Leon nodded and began his peaceful narration,

"The other day, I was invited by His Excellency Magneto to the Brotherhood's base in the city. There he told me that he wanted me to develop a hydroponic meat that would allow ordinary people to activate stealth genes in their bodies, with the aim of expanding the mutant population. ”

Charles's heart moved, his face was silent, but he silently wrote down this matter in his heart.

Leon ignored the X-Men with different looks, and continued to himself, "But in the process of research, I accidentally discovered the mysterious characteristics of mutant genes. ”

"It is well known that up to 8% of the sequences in the human genome come from retroviruses.

Most of the time, these retroviruses make sequences that are non-coding, but at some point, it also actually encodes proteins. ”

Professor Charles nodded, as a member of the mutants, he had devoted a lot of time and energy to the field of genes, and he was naturally no stranger to this kind of problem.

The so-called retrovirus refers to a type of virus that converts RNA into cDNA under the action of reverse transcriptase, and then replicates, transcribes, and translates into protease in the DNA.

In short, a retrovirus is a piece of foreign body that lives in a genetic sequence.

"There are 99% non-coding sequences in the human genome, and occasionally one or two more retroviral results are irrelevant, and even beneficial to humans in some cases," said Leon. ”

He pushed Professor Charles's wheelchair and walked through the central passage of the laboratory, picked up an experimental report, and handed it to the old man to read.

"In 2010, Nature Genetics published an article in the journal Nature Genetics about how the expression of three embryonic stem cell regulatory proteins – OCT4, NANOG and CTCF – is altered by the influence of embedded viruses. Tracing back to its origins, the syncytial protein required for placenta formation in euhavirian subclasses was originally a viral protein. In other words, the world's first placenta was brought by a virus. ”

On the reverse side of the report handed by Leon was a strange stick figure of a curled baby, lying among plant seeds.

Professor Charles knows this painting, which is the manuscript of Leonardo da Vinci, a great all-rounder of the Renaissance, and tells the story of his magnificent imagination of the origin of mankind.

"Viruses and cells have been loving and killing each other for hundreds of millions of years, which is partly a major cause of the thriving life on Earth today.

But on second thought, if we think of viruses as not ignorant proteins, but something that has a meaning to exist, say..."

Leon stopped his steps and spat out an indifferent word from between his lips: "Weapon." ”

For no reason, Professor Charles felt the temperature around him drop a little, and he looked at Magneto behind him, but the confidant and friend who had been friends for many years just kept a solemn face and didn't say a word.

"The virus is not only a weapon, but also a way of regulation."

Leon said softly: "After comparing the genetic maps of ancient humans, I found that human beings underwent a great change about a million years ago. ”

He handed Professor Charles another report with a genetic comparison of ancient humans versus modern humans.

Professor Charles couldn't read the tedious genetic data, but after turning the page, there was a more understandable comparative legend printed on it.

On the tower-like double helix of DNA, hundreds of ATGC chains are painted with red circles, marking the differences.

"Whether it is ancient humans in Africa, Europe, North and South America, their genetic sequences were embedded in a line of copies of viruses a million years ago."

Leon's smile grew more and more eerie, not so much mocking and sarcastic as an interesting smile.

"This copy is in a region closely related to the regulation of gene expression and is activated by external and internal factors."

Professor Charles guessed something, and his teeth began to tremble uncontrollably.

However, as if he didn't see the old man's struggle, Li Ang indifferently commented: "And this activation is actually the awakening of mutants. ”

Professor Charles's eyes widened with rage, and he could no longer pick up the reserve and gentleness, and roared violently: "Impossible! ”

Leon stretched out his hands, pressed them on his shoulders, stuffed the old man back into the wheelchair, and said peacefully: "The mutant gene seems to have appeared in humans all over the world overnight.

One night a million years ago, countless ancient humans invariably raised their heads, looked at the vast galaxy, stretched their arms, and released their powers.

Tell me, what do you think of? ”

As if he were about to grit his teeth, Professor Charles fixed his hateful eyes on the form on his knees, not saying a word.

Li Ang said gently: "It is impossible for an ignorant virus to do this to this extent, and there is only one force that can sow the seeds of supernatural abilities to the human race all over the world in a very short period of time - God. ”

"God, or supercivilization, visited the earth millions of years ago, embedding viruses into the genetic sequence of human beings as a means of regulation, tampering with the genetic sequence of human beings in a brutal and vicious way, distorting the path of human evolution, and creating mutants."

"In other words, mutants are not a natural evolutionary choice, never noble, and not the result of the natural evolution of human beings."

"You are a product with a trademark label inserted into the genetic sequence, a lowly laboratory creation."

"You are man-made."