||||->-> TextThis day was a day of fear for others, but for Eric, it was an extremely busy day: in addition to briefly explaining the situation to those close to him, there was also a lot of outside affairs that he had to deal with personally. In just a few hours, the people who talked came and went, and the telephone communication was not interrupted during this time.

Like at this moment, he had just finished a video conference with a bald man, and then another communication request lit up again, and after clicking OK, the familiar woman appeared in front of him again.

With thick blond hair, fair skin, bright red lips, and sharp eyes, her words were equally straightforward and unadorned.

"The first domino has fallen, and the rest of the dominoes will soon have a chain reaction, in my opinion, your affairs can no longer be hidden, what are you going to do?"

"What is there to hide, it was just an accident, things have turned out so far that we expected them to happen, maybe this will make people look forward to it even more. Not. Wrong. The best always doesn't come out until the end, doesn't it – we should uphold that tradition. Eric replied with a smile.

"Tradition?" The other snorted from his upturned nose, seemingly unimpressed by his answer. "What tradition, the tradition of detonating nuclear weapons underground in London?"

Knowing that the other party had a grudge in his heart, Eric appeased him at the right time.

"That's none of my business, my dear, you can't hold me accountable for what your fellow countrymen have done, and there haven't been any major casualties there, have you...... As for the traditions I'm talking about, of course, the traditions of being coerced, attacked, and forcibly evicted from their homes by terrifying monsters or evil aliens, haven't New Yorkers been doing this for so many years...... Of course, this is their tradition, and my tradition is to rescue them from danger when the crisis spreads. Eric raised an eyebrow and spread his hands as if innocent.

"And then they put all their hopes on you for safety, just like S.H.I.E.L.D. has since become another arm of your world domination?" The woman across from her sarcastically said that even though decades have passed, her personality is still as proud and stubborn as when they first met. It fully proves that roses have thorns.

Eric could understand her feelings very well, just like he poured his heart and soul into the academy, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was also her brainchild, so he just smiled, wisely closed his mouth and did not continue the topic, and the two of them communicated for a while and soon the communication went dark again.

Now that he had finally gotten rid of all the complications, Eric poured himself a cup of tea and sat down in his chair and savored it slowly, this room he hadn't been back to for a long time, and it looked a little strange.

But fortunately, people haven't changed. Although after so many ups and downs, Selena, who had run away, returned to his side, and after cutting off external interference, this time she would never leave, and Jean did not wither alone in the darkness according to her original fate, she was now more noble and free than the real empress, her strength and soul were perfectly united, and she would never repeat the mistakes of the past. Compared to them, Storm Lady Auroro is the least demanding. As long as everyone is around her, she's happy—and that's what Eric is trying to protect.

In any case, Eric's hard work in this world has not been in vain, he has written his name here deeply, and reaped his own happiness.

No matter how many twists and turns lie ahead. He didn't care, just walked step by step, until one day he completely walked out of a new world.

This time he will definitely get what he wants.

As he pondered, there was a soft knock on the door from outside. Then John and the others, who had changed their equipment, walked in one by one.

"Chief, thank you for everything you've done for us." The fire man solemnly pressed his right hand to his heart and took the lead in bowing to the mentor. The others followed suit, all wearing the Gift-Transformation armor, and even Scott and Bobby who stayed in the academy received this precious gift without exception. This armor originated from Trask's dream, he originally wanted to create a super weapon that could restrain mutants, but things changed so strangely, the wisdom of the dwarf scientist did not fulfill its original purpose, but became a sharp knife in Eric's hands, and will be widely known to the world as an important equipment exclusive to mutants in the future.

However, Trask did not regret it, he received enough support from Eric like Stryker, without a lot of money and material investment, the bankrupt dwarf scientist simply could not afford the minimum expenditure for research, and without the personnel of the academy to take the initiative to provide him with materials, he could not accumulate research experience, even if the final decisive breakthrough was also obtained from the captured Strull, it was still related to Eric. It was with so much help that the current super armor was created.

Trask named the armor "Sentinel", believing that this was just the beginning, and that there would be more and better works to come.

Eric was convinced.

"I promised you that one day we would personally end the sufferings of the past, and whatever suffering we had experienced before, they would end today, and then ......" He walked over to the dark green curtain, exhaled a hollow breath, and then pulled the thick curtain open, letting in the golden sunlight outside.

The room was suddenly lit up by sunlight.

"Then, it's our time."

Eric whispered, his gaze merging into the vast expanse of the world outside.

***

At the same time, the war in New York continues, and after the elite troops rushed back from the small northern towns into the city, the humans once thought that they could redeem their disadvantage, but soon they realized that ordinary people were destined to exist only as dragons in this war, and those Zitarians who seemed to be vulnerable to superheroes could be torn apart and crushed into flesh as soon as they approached the American soldiers, a merciless slaughter was staged.

Under the watchful eyes of citizens and television viewers, hundreds of millions of people witnessed how the catastrophe occurred, and the normally flaunting soldiers were easily broken through like pieces of paper by aliens who swept by at low altitudes. Machine gun bullets and MANPADS have little effect on the ugly black armor, occasionally causing careless guys to fall off the aircraft, but they don't hurt them enough, causing unnecessary danger to nearby buildings.

Faced with this embarrassing reality, some of the soldiers became mechanical, shooting in vain, allowing the electric motors on the machine guns to spin at high speed to produce a hoarse beep, as if the sound could anesthetize the mind, while large-caliber bullets were quickly fed into the chamber and poured down the barrel of the combined gun, stirring up countless sparks on the enemy's armor.

With a flash of blue light, the armored car blocking the front was destroyed, and the raging flames and the air waves generated by the explosion suddenly pushed the soldiers behind more than ten feet away and fell heavily to the ground.

"Squeak!" The approaching Zetari opened their sharp mouths and roared fiercely, and were about to pursue them again, when a round shield with the pattern of the Star-Spangled Banner swirled and knocked his head flying.

The shield encountered resistance and flew back again, Captain America caught it with both feet just landed, and then fell into a heavy encirclement, fortunately Hawkeye and Natasha arrived in time to share his pressure, but it didn't take long for the blue light of the wormhole in the sky to vibrate violently, as if an invisible hand held its edge, allowing the passage to slowly expand, and when this expansion reached its limit, a huge roar came from the distant star field, and a monstrous behemoth like a giant snapping turtle came out of the wormhole.

Even the superheroes were silent at the moment as they watched the huge body floating in the air, covered in bone armor and sharp mouths, as they watched as the giant beast swam over their heads, rubbing the nearby tall buildings all over their bodies.

And this was not the true purpose of the behemoth, as it wandered through the air, sharp-eyed people could occasionally see the scales on its two sides flash, and then rows of Zitari emerged from its massive body and jumped into the outer walls of nearby buildings to break through the windows and attack the citizens who had taken refuge inside.

"Stark, do you see that?". The captain asked, pressing the headphones for a moment.

"I saw it, but I still couldn't believe it." A voice inside answered him immediately, but it didn't sound as unorthodox as usual. "Where's Banner, hasn't he come yet?".

"Banner ......", the captain was about to reply, when he suddenly heard the sound of a motor behind him, and then he saw Bruce, who had turned back into a normal person, riding a light motorcycle all the way down the street that was about to turn into ruins.

"I think we found him." Steve replied to Tony succinctly, and Natasha and Natasha met Banner.

"I'm sorry about what happened last time." Bruce got out of the car and looked at Natasha and said.

"It's okay, we need something worse now." Natasha didn't bother with him, and now she wanted to see a Hulk who was angry and vented on the intruders.

Soon she got her wish, and Banner walked over to the giant monster that Tony had lured, his body gradually swelling and turning green, and with a final roar, he announced the return of the Hulk with action.

"yes, that's exactly what I wanted, so let's start partying." Tony circled the sky, attracting the behemoth again, but this time there was far more than one - as many as five giant snapping turtles were lured by him, closing in on the tiny position from the sky.

"I don't think it's worth the." Natasha's eyes widened and she grumbled.

Before Hulk could make a move, a yellow giant jumped out from behind and knocked the snapping turtle to the ground with a punch.

"This is...... Hate? Thor jumped off the top at some point, and he immediately recognized it as Bronski, who was making a big show in a small New Mexico town. (To be continued......)

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