Chapter 12: Alliances
This is an old man with a white beard, his face is engraved with the marks of time, his forehead is full of light, and his eyes are kind and full of wisdom.
Although he no longer has the image he once had, the moment Shen Yi saw him, he still seemed to see the Professor X in the movie.
Yes, this person is Professor X, Professor X who was reborn with the help of a patient's body. Although his appearance has changed, his temperament is not imitated by anyone.
Professor X in front of him seemed to have been hurt in some way, his face looked a little bad, and a trace of blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Beside him, a girl is rubbing a blood stain on him, the little naughty in the X-Men.
"Professor X?" Shen Yi asked tentatively, "You don't look very good." ”
Professor X shook his head weakly: "It's nothing, the mental labyrinth was forcibly broken through, which caused me some damage and made my thinking a little disordered, but it would be good to rest for a while." ”
He looked at Shen Yi, then beckoned to him with a smile: "Come on, young man, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”
Shen Yi walked forward: "Professor, please tell me what happened just now." ”
Professor X pointed to the chair in front of the desk, Shen Yi sat down, and the little mischievous glare at him again, before leaving, gently closing the door.
Professor X coughed lightly a few times before he said slowly, "To be honest, you have stumped me with this question, and I don't know how to answer you." Looks like the little girl you remember...... She is amazing enough to sense your consciousness and enter your mind. ”
"You mean...... She's not my subconscious?"
"At first...... But apparently not anymore. Can you tell me who she is, and how did you meet her?"
Shen Yi sighed: "I'm sorry professor, I can't tell you clearly." I had no idea who she was or even what she was. The first time I met her, it was by chance......"
Regarding the situation of how to meet that ghost, Shen Yi did not intend to hide it, he explained the process at that time very seriously:
“...... Soon after that, when I met her again, it was in a very dangerous situation for me. At that time, I was concentrating on thinking about ways to solve the problem. That's when she showed up and ...... here."
Shen Yi pointed to his head: "She told me the path to success...... Although it was tough. It's a pity I can't tell you more about this. All I can say is that girl is my puzzle. If the first time I met her was an unintentional coincidence, and the second time I met her, it was likely to be intentional, then this time it should be an accident caused by special reasons. She was supposed to be a subconscious projection of me, but suddenly she became a real being, even breaking through the labyrinth of your mind...... Professor, you're an expert on the mind, what do you think that means?"
It means that there is some kind of communication between you and her. ”
"Channels of communication?" Shen Yi was slightly stunned. Was he referring to the ability to communicate?
"Yes, it's funny, in the process of building a psychic labyrinth for you, I discovered that you actually have the abilities of a mutant, and that you are a familiar friend...... You didn't have that ability last time. ”
"Yes, Professor, do you think everything that happened has anything to do with that?"
"I don't know, maybe it's related, maybe it's not related, maybe there's something else...... That's not the point, the point is that you have to find out for yourself. ”
"In that case, what is the purpose of you calling me here......"
"Just to find out if you're going to cause trouble for the peace deal. ”
Shen Yi understood.
For someone like Professor X, a peace agreement between humans and mutants is what he cares about most.
No matter what kind of strange origin Shen Yi has, this is not the point.
Professor X does not want the hard-won peace to be destroyed by the presence of a group of uncontrolled people, even if it is a world controlled by God, and they still have a goal to strive for.
So he made an appointment with Shen Yi, he wanted to get to know them, just he didn't want their actions to hurt the peace agreement.
Shen Yi nodded: "So you know the answer now?"
"Yes, the Labyrinth of the Mind is a manifestation of a person's true heart. I am glad to see that when you are in a labyrinthine environment, you do not take reckless and forceful measures, but first carefully observe your surroundings, and take all kinds of tentative methods, and even try to build bridges of communication. You have behaved calmly and steadily, and your approach shows that you are not a person who relies on force to solve problems, but you will never hesitate to use force when you think it is necessary. You are a strong-willed person, and I rarely see anyone who is so strong-willed...... But that's why I'm worried. ”
"I don't understand, Professor. ”
"You see the road ahead, you know it's a difficult road, the end is far away, but you still keep going. As you reach the finish line, no amount of obstacle can shake you. This means that if something gets in your way one day, you won't hesitate to kick it out...... It may not be your goal for you to break the peace agreement, but if it can help you achieve your goal, you will do it. Yes, that's what I'm seeing and that's what I'm worried about. ”
Shen Yi was slightly silent, and after thinking for a while, he finally nodded: "Yes, professor, you are right." Maybe I never wanted to destroy the hard-won peace between humans and mutants, but if one day I deem it necessary, I can't be sure I won't make that choice. ”
"For example, you have chosen * bank right now. ”
"I need a lot of money. ”
"How much?"
"It's too much you can't imagine...... Hundreds and hundreds of billions. ”
"Why?"
"I need to build a factory to produce something I need. Of course, I assure you, it's never for mutants, not even anyone here. ”
Professor X let out a long breath.
A factory worth hundreds of billions of dollars, even Professor X was shocked by Shen Yi's handiwork.
He pondered for a moment and asked, "Tell me why you want to come to me." ”
"I need your help, Professor X. While it is true that I am a person who will stop at all means to achieve my ends, I will try to avoid this as much as possible until I get there. If you can help me, the chances of this happening will be greatly reduced. Of course, you can also choose to kill me and destroy my factory, which may be easier. But I'm not that easy to deal with, Professor, and even if my factory is destroyed, as long as my partner and I are still alive, the factory will be rebuilt. Even if we all die, someone will still come...... There are some things you can never avoid, you can only face them. ”
"What kind of help?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then replied: "Capital, technology, and human resources, I need support from many aspects. Professor X, I don't expect the factory to be built overnight, but I hope it will continue to function and develop in my absence. Even though I've hired some credible people, I need someone to keep it safe. In the future, this factory will produce many miracles that may attract the eyes of some greedy humans. I don't want those greedy guys to cause me unnecessary trouble. As for now, I first need to borrow a batch of medical equipment......"
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When Shen Yi came out of the building, three hours had passed.
Gentleness greets you: "How's it going?"
Shen Yi beckoned to Hong Lang first, asked for a cigarette, and lit it for himself before replying, "I made a deal with the professor. ”
"I know you won't make this trip in vain. King Kong smiled: "What deal?"
"The professor has agreed to use their medical equipment, you know it has the best medical equipment in the world, and the mutants will be responsible for the protection of the factory while we are away. ”
"What do we need to do for them?" Hong Lang asked. It's clear that mutants can't do things for adventurers for no reason. Even if the bloody city eliminates the hatred of mutants for adventurers, it is only to eliminate the hatred, the memories of the past are still impressive, and the minimum vigilance still exists.
Shen Yi first took a puff of Meimei's cigarette before saying: "First of all, we must ensure that we will not break the peace agreement under any circumstances, and if necessary, we will even try to maintain peace." In this regard, we must stand on the same side as mutants. ”
"Wow, enemies have become friends, and we have become allies?"
"It's not unusual. The other thing is that we have to lend our bodies to them. ”
"Lend them your body?" the Flood Monster cried.
"Yes. Shen Yi blinked, "Professor X is very interested in why we have the ability. You know that in addition to being a psychic expert, he is also a polymath who knows a lot about genetics. Mutants have abilities because of their genetic mutations, so what about us?"
Gentle Honglang looked at each other.
For a long time, Jin just replied in a dumb voice: "Our ability comes from the city's giving. ”
"Yes, but the problem is that it should always have a manifestation. What form do these abilities take -- genes -- or something else? To be honest, I'm curious. Shen Yi laughed as he spoke.
"They never want to find out. "King Kong Dao.
"Maybe. Shen Yi smiled: "But I still promised them." ”
"Are you kidding? Just take the body to them for research?" called out King Kong.
"Don't worry, they won't slice us. ”
Saying that, Shen Yi glanced at the Blood Emblem: "We still have thirty-two hours, and we will immediately prepare for the mechanical warrior transformation plan." The time was too short, and the first batch of mechanical warriors was set to ...... Five of them. ”