Chapter 171: 20,000 "Weapons"
A valley shrouded in dense forests somewhere in the Canadian Rockies.
The strong air flow of the aircraft crushed the trees in the dense forest and prevented them from raising their heads.
Shh~
The aircraft landed smoothly in a clearing on the cliff.
As the hatch opened, Raven held his wheelchair in both hands and pushed the smiling Professor Charles to slowly walk down first, followed by Hank and seven or eight young mutants.
Taking a deep breath of the extraordinarily fresh air, a relaxed smile appeared on Charles' face.
"Let's go, go meet our new companion."
Revan and Hank smiled at each other and pushed Charles into the woods.
The dense forest was overgrown with bushes, and it was easy to get lost in it without guidance, but Charles and the others did not hesitate and went straight in a certain direction.
A five-centimeter-thick steel gate is hidden deep in the bushes and blends in with its surroundings.
This place, if you don't have a map, is really not something that ordinary people can find.
In the sound of mechanical friction, the gate slowly rose, and Fury led a group of mermaids out to Charles and the others who had been waiting for a long time.
"Professor, long waiting."
With a gentle smile on his face, Charles said unhurriedly, "Thank you very much, Director Fury." ”
Fury staggered a step, revealing a group of trembling, ragged men with fearful eyes behind him.
Charles looked at these ragged mutants, and the gentle energy of consciousness covered everyone like a spring breeze, soothing their emotions.
"Kids, you're safe, we're here to take you home."
Under the soothing of Charles's conscious energy, these suffering mutants slowly calmed down, staring at the kind and kind smile on Charles's face, everyone seemed to see the warm sun.
However, their own experience has made them very wary of strangers.
Charles does look like a kind and kind old man, but there are not too many people in this world who wear the mask of hypocrisy.
Their guard against Charles's group of strangers still hasn't been down.
"Who are you?"
An older young man asked warily.
Charles wasn't angry because of the attitude of these young mutants, there was only pity and distress.
"I'm Charles Xavier, and they call me Professor X."
"You're Professor X?"
There was an exclamation from the crowd.
Charles smiled and nodded, "If there is no second Professor X, then I think I am the person you think I am." ”
"Woo woo ~ great, we are saved."
It wasn't until this moment that the group of young mutants believed that they were truly free, and there were surprises and choked voices of disbelief.
Charles and his X-Men are not well-known in the outside world, but they are famous among these imprisoned mutants.
Over the decades, Charles led the X-Men in destroying many of the X-Sector bases and rescuing many mutants, many of whom were transferred from other destroyed bases.
Originally, they were quite numerous, but the number of mutants has been decreasing over the years, and the only reason why they have been able to maintain their self-awareness until now is because they are too young to meet the criteria for being X-weapons.
Lucky and unlucky.
"Alright, kids, it's all over." Charles soothed the young mutant who was a little out of control, and said, "Raven, you take them out first, and Hank and I will take the rest over." ”
Raven looked at Fury on the side with hesitation, and nodded reluctantly: "Okay, Charles, be careful." ”
"Don't worry, I'm here."
Hank put his arm around Raven's shoulder and patted him gently.
When Raven left with the young mutants, the smile on Charles's face faded into a serious expression.
"Director Fury, take me to see it."
Fury said in a deep voice, "Charles, I want you to keep your sanity for a while. ”
"I know, I will."
Charles's expression was serious, but his face was calm.
The group re-entered the base under the leadership of Fury, and in the deep and dim passage, only the dull footsteps echoed.
The people who originally belonged to the X department were taken away long before Charles and the others came, and although the two sides had an agreement, Fury was still afraid that Charles would not be able to resist killing all the people from the original X department.
The entire base is now only cleaned up by a few people brought by Fury, so it seems a little empty.
After taking the elevator to dozens of meters underground, and dozens of laps in the labyrinth-like passage, the group finally came to a safe door like a bank vault.
Coulson and Hawkeye had been waiting for a long time.
"Sir."
Fury nodded at the two: "Open it." ”
The heavy, sturdy security door slowly opens with the sound of machinery, revealing the ultimate secret of the X Division, which has been in secret for decades and has been built specifically for mutants.
The cold fog cleared, and an underground space the size of a football field appeared behind the security gate.
The size of the space was not enough to make Charles's face fluctuate in the slightest, but the rows and rows of cylindrical refrigerated cabins densely packed throughout the space made Charles, the mutant leader who had always been known for his gentle temper, unable to control the anger in his heart, and his color changed.
"Roar~"
A low beastly roar echoed through the underground space, containing monstrous fury and murderous aura.
The windless underground space was filled with a strong air current, and the lights on the surrounding walls exploded, and the thick cables connecting the refrigerated compartments continued to flash dazzling sparks.
"Charles, calm down." Fury was shocked and hurriedly spoke out to reassure.
Call~
A white mist shot out of Charles's mouth like an air arrow, and it didn't disperse for a long time.
"Is that all?"
Charles's tone was not very good, but a big stone in Fury's heart finally landed.
To be able to speak means to be able to talk.
When he first arrived, Everry's rock-solid heart was almost so angry that he wanted to kill.
"And four more."
There are five thousand refrigerated compartments behind one security door, and there are five such security doors at this base, and all but one is not full, and the other four are all crammed to the brim.
More than 20,000 mutants have been made into cold machines with no self-consciousness and no feelings.
Most of them are still failures.
Fury only knew that Stryker's Weapon X program was to use mutants for human experiments, but he was still shocked by the number of mutants.
Fortunately, Charles didn't lose control, and if Raven was here, I'm afraid he would have killed Red Eye.
"I'm sorry, Charles, I didn't expect that."
After hesitating for a long time, Fury felt that he still had to say something, although it seemed unusually pale to say it now.
Charles was silent, and Hank, with a dark face and a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes, pushed his wheelchair towards the refrigerated cabins.
Looking at the pale and unfamiliar faces in the cold cabin, Charles's eyes flashed with despair and grief.
Not long after leaving, Charles's gaze was fixed on a refrigerated cabin marked 0.
"James?"