West Chester, New York, School for Mutants.

The West Chester School for Mutants was once destroyed due to the Civil War. It was not until after the peace agreement was signed that the school was re-established. The mutants, led by Professor X, not only help mutant children everywhere develop their abilities and control abilities, but most importantly, instill in them the truth of being human beings, know how not to use their abilities to do evil, and how to get along with humans.

When Shen Yi, Wen Rou, Hong Lang, King Kong and Luo Hao came to the mutant school, the first colorful garden they saw.

Some children were playing happily in the garden and square, some were playing ball, and some were sitting on garden benches quietly reading books. At the back of the square, a large red building can be seen.

That's where mutant kids live and learn.

"Are you new teachers?" a voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Everyone hurriedly turned around, but saw that it was a small tree beside them who spoke. The little tree shook a few times, and turned into a little girl in a grass-green dress, looking at them curiously.

"Amy, don't be naughty!they're the professor's guests!" said Stormgirl to the little girl. The little girl named Amy grimaced at them, then giggled and ran away.

Shen Yi was a little curious: "How many mutant children are here?"

Stormgirl replied: "There used to be only a few dozen, but after the end of the civil war, the human government wanted to have a better way to control the mutants without causing a mutant backlash, so it expanded the scale of this place in the process of rebuilding. There are about two hundred mutant children here now, and there may be more in the future. ”

"Take care of more than 200 mutant kids...... It must have been hard. Gentle and leisurely.

Stormgirl nodded, "Their ability to get into trouble is extraordinary. ”

As the Storm Girl's voice fell, only a muffled sound was heard, and a weeder in the distance suddenly emitted black smoke.

A child shouted, "Ike, you bastard broke the lawn mower again." This is the third time this week!"

Next to the weeder, a little boy who looked to be only about six or seven years old was looking at everyone with innocent eyes.

"Oh, God!" Stormgirl patted her head helplessly. She rushed over and shouted, "Ike, you go get Jerry over and have him fix the weeder." Mao, take Ike away, I told him not to touch the machine. He doesn't quite control his power right now. ”

Shen Yi walked over with a smile: "Let me come." ”

As he spoke, he put his hand on the weeder and activated it.

The weeder is back in motion.

The Storm Girl looked at Shen Yi in horror, she covered her mouth: "Oh my God, you actually have Jerry's ability!"

Even Wolverine and Bobbi the Iceman were stunned by the scene in front of them.

In the distance came a big boy, it was Jerry Lasio.

The moment he saw Shen Yi, he was obviously stunned, and then he jumped up excitedly and threw himself into Shen Yi's arms: "Hey, I knew I could see you again!"

After a year of not seeing each other, little Jerry has obviously grown a lot taller, and his body is obviously much stronger.

Shen Yi gestured at his height, then smiled: "Look, our little Jerry is starting to develop." ”

Little Jerry blushed a little, and then he asked Shen Yi, "Where have you been during this time?"

Shen Yi touched little Jerry's head and smiled: "I went to a far place." ”

Little Jerry's eyes rolled, and then he asked, "God's place?"

During the X-Men mission, little Jerry once heard Shen Yi claim that they were God's mercenaries, so he immediately realized where Shen Yi was talking about far away.

Shen Yi smiled: "Maybe." Some people think it's heaven, others think it's hell...... Jerry, Professor X invited us here, and I think Professor has a lot to say to us. ”

Shen Yi didn't plan to discuss this topic too much.

Jerry immediately became excited, he pulled Shen Yi and shouted, "Follow me, I'll take you to see the professor!"

But the Storm Girl stepped in to stop: "No, no. ”

"Why?" shouted Jerry.

The Storm Girl ignored him and turned her head to look at Shen Yi: "Before the formal contact, the professor hopes to talk to you alone first. He is waiting for you in the study on the second floor. ”

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Entering the building, Shen Yi's steps were slow.

In front of me is a row of classrooms, with oil paintings hanging on the walls, the environment here is pure and elegant, and you can faintly smell the fragrance coming from the window.

Walking up the stairs, Shen Yi looked left and right.

A man in the right aisle is feeding a puppy. Surprisingly, the puppy eats upside down. Its two front paws clung to the ground, its entire body standing upright in the air.

Shen Yi took a few steps forward: "Hello, do you know where the study is?"

The man raised his head to look at Shen Yi, and Shen Yi realized that he had no face.

The faceless man looked at Shen Yi, and then pointed to the end of the study.

"Thank you. Shen Yi nodded to the faceless man.

He made his way to the end of the hallway.

The corridor is not long, but after walking for a while, Shen Yi found that no matter how he walked, he couldn't reach the end.

Suddenly there was silence, as if even the wind had stopped shaking.

Shen Yi looked back at the faceless man.

He just stood there, motionless.

At his feet, the dog was looking at him in the same way, with a strange glint in his eyes.

Shen Yi tried to take a step closer to the faceless man, but found that he couldn't close the distance with him no matter what.

He stood between the faceless man and the study, but he couldn't walk either way.

Even the surrounding walls are like this, they seem to be close and far away, and Shen Yi can't even touch them.

Shen Yi's brows furrowed slightly: "Professor X, did you use this method to entertain guests?"

He didn't know what was going on, but he was able to quietly put himself in a situation where he couldn't get in or out, and I was afraid that there would be no one else but Professor X.

No response.

Only Shen Yi's screams kept echoing from far to near.

This strange atmosphere made Shen Yi feel suffocated.

He loosened the tie around his neck slightly, then closed his eyes and walked towards the study.

One step, two steps, three steps......

After taking ten steps, he opened his eyes, only to find that he was still standing still.

The faceless man stood behind him, looking at him all the time.

What the hell is going on?

He casually took out the spirit fire gun and pointed it at the study door in the distance: "Professor X, dispel the illusion, otherwise I will shoot." ”

After waiting for three seconds to no avail, Shen Yi shot decisively.

Then he saw that at the moment when the bullet flew out of the chamber, it was frozen in the air.

The attached flame bloomed like a flower.

Then the whole building went out on fire.

"No......" Shen Yi muttered, "It's not true...... These are all hallucinations. ”

He tried to reach out and touch the flames, only to hear a soft flutter, which had left a small scorch mark on his fingers, with a clear pain.

If it's an illusion, how can it burn itself?

Shen Yi looked back and saw that the faceling in the distance was still standing there.

The Faceling suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Shen Yi and then at himself.

Shen Yi was slightly stunned.

He noticed that the Facelings were referring to their own heads.

He seemed to be reminding himself of something.

"What do you want to tell me?" Shen Yi shouted.

The Faceling shook his head.

He stepped back, step by step, and disappeared into the flames.

As the faceling vanished, a white figure appeared in front of him.

It turned out to be the girl in white?

She stood in a corner of herself not far from herself, barefoot, in the middle of the flames.

Her long hair obscured her face, making it impossible to see her countenance.

Shen Yi looked at the girl in white in a daze, and suddenly his heart was clear.

He threw his head up and shouted, "Professor X, is this the psychic labyrinth you created for me? You deliberately designed this, what are you trying to find out of my head?!"

A melodious sigh finally sounded: "I'm sorry, young man, please believe that I have no ill intentions, I just want to know more about you." ”

Shen Yi turned around and watched: "Why don't you directly spy on my mind?"

"I tried, I couldn't. ”

"But you didn't give up, but instead made me a maze out?"

"No, exactly, I just let you into your own mind. What you see is what you fantasize. It is a subconscious refraction of your mind. I hope to be able to discover some of the secrets I am looking for through them, and also to make you see yourself more clearly. ”

Subconscious?Shen Yi was stunned.

Could it be that the faceling, the dog, the flames, and the girl in white are all things that his subconscious is seeking?

As if knowing what Shen Yi was thinking, Professor X's voice came from the air: "The Facelings represent your confusion about some unknown power. From your subconscious manifestation, it is benevolent, which means that you think that there is a force in the dark that is helping you, or has helped you, and you lack understanding of it. As for the dog that eats upside down, it represents retrograde, that is, the consequence of going against something, and it's a dog because you can't be sure what it is. As for those flames, it means that you understand the situation around you. You can see that the environment you are in is so dangerous that you could be engulfed in flames at any moment. You're going to be burned by the flames, and that's because you've been in pain. You can see the study, but you can't get close to it, because you know that the path you're walking has an end, and you're going to have to struggle to get there. Look at where you are now, you ...... It's only been a fifth of the way through. ”

Shen Yi understood.

All of this is the embodiment of his own consciousness.

Interestingly, the consciousness that Professor X is talking about is some subconscious that he has not self-discovered, in other words, Professor X's explanation may or may not be right.

That doesn't really represent Shen Yi's thoughts.

As for what these subconscious minds represent, even Shen Yi himself can't be sure, let alone others?

Fortunately, Professor X has no ill will towards himself, he just wants to take the opportunity to discover something that is inconvenient for him to say. As for how much he can see and understand, that's his personal problem.

Shen Yi pointed at the girl in white and said, "What about her? Is she also my subconscious embodiment?"

"There are many kinds of subconscious, some are vague and abstract, some are concrete and real. Those vague things are things that you can't be sure of yourself, such as your future, and those that are specific are things that have been deep in your memory, such as this girl. ”

Is that so?

Shen Yi looked at the girl in white in front of him in a daze.

He involuntarily raised his hand towards the girl, trying to part the long hair that covered his face.

He wanted to see the face under the long hair, although he also knew that the girl was just a projection of his consciousness, and he could not project the girl's face at all without seeing the girl's true face.

However, when he brushed his long hair, he was surprised to see a snow-white face with closed eyes.

The face was very beautiful, and there was still immaturity on the green face. She seemed to be asleep, her expression was as peaceful as that of a newborn baby, her brow furrowed slightly, and she twitched a few times from time to time.

At that moment, Shen Yi suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

Sadness, sorrow, despair, helplessness, confusion and other emotions are all in the heart. It was as if he had experienced countless changes in life and death, time expanded into an extended straight line, with no end in sight, and his mood went up and down rapidly......

The girl's originally closed eyes suddenly opened and looked at Shen Yi.

Shen Yi only felt that his brain was in pain like a needle piercing.

He let out an "ah" and flew backwards.

As soon as he stepped away, the girl in white had already turned and ran backwards.

"No!" Shen Yi shouted, "Wait a minute!"

He chased after him, and the girl in white waved her hand, and the space changed suddenly, the flames disappeared, and everything disappeared without a trace.

Time and space changed, and the whole world became trembling, and Shen Yi found himself walking back in the corridor of the study.

He walked to the study.

This time, he easily came to the door of the study.

Pushing open the door, an old man was sitting opposite.

Professor X!