Chapter 52: The Apocalypse "Ideal Country"
Mommy! People know, Laura is well-behaved, I don't believe you go back and ask the 'Silver Fox' teacher! β
In the western wilderness of Texas, outside the innermost mirror space that divides the battlefield, the mages have arranged a relatively simplified illusion barrier, cutting off the sight of ordinary people and planes that may pass through the sky.
Seven days and nights have passed, Emma Howlett has just spoken to the academy on the phone, and she told her daughter Laura a few words uneasily, she looked back at the mirror world, if the battle in it was not for such a magical mirror space barrier, I am afraid that a city would have been burned down long ago
"That's it!"
The little wolf girl hung up the satellite phone, immediately changed her well-behaved and sweet face, smiled evilly and hugged her nephew Kurt, and said to a few friends around her:
"Hee-hee, mom's check-up is over! I'll give you a chance to come up with ideas and see where to go. Grammar class is so boring, more boring than arithmetic! β
Laura wore a denim jacket and black boots, in addition to her roommate Jean Grey and her nephew "Little Blue Devil" Kurt Howlett, and Kurt's roommate Warren Worthington and a Chinese girl Jubiletsine Lee, also named Li Qianhuan.
A few of the little guys who are six or seven years old are the youngest students of the Chaoying Academy, but under the leadership of Laura, they have become the most unprovoked group in the entire academy.
"It's not okay not to go to class, Laura, you've failed your arithmetic, if grammar too"
Jean sat on the edge of the bed and dangled her calves obediently, in addition to the control of her own ability, Jean Grey has always been very obedient and sensible in the academy, covering up a lot of trouble for Laura on weekdays.
"Ahem. Jean's proposal was rejected! I want to remind you, Jean, if you hadn't used your ability to help me hand me a cheat sheet, I would have passed the arithmetic class! Warren, tell me about it. β
Warren Worthington, who was wearing an off-white knitted sweater, short blond hair, and a fair-skinned fleshy grandmother, puffed out his chest, shook his small wings behind his back, and said the opening words of a typical rich young master:
"My dad has a ranch in Kentucky! There are cows, there are horses, there are sheepdogs."
"Stop, stop, Kurt and I grew up on the ranch, which means that you spend every day in New York City and rarely go horseback riding and herding cattle, and then take you to my old house, where there is a whole valley of pastures!"
Warren's little white wings drooped lonely, and his roommate Kurt sneaked around and plucked his feathers, and the two were placed in a dormitory, called the "Angel and Devil" duo by the students at the college.
When Warren first woke up, he was really excited for several days, and the children who were originally playing together suddenly stopped looking at it, but after entering the Transcendent Academy, especially after transferring to the "Chaoying Academy" under the operation of his father, the pride of the little master was gone.
The Worthington family is an old wealthy aristocracy in New York, and the little guy's surname should be added to the "third", Warren Worthington III.
Two years ago, at the oracle bone of Warren's back and shoulder, a white bone stubble gradually protruded, and as it continued to grow, snow-white feathers emerged and grew into a pair of small wings.
Mr. Worthington, who had resisted the propaganda of the evolutionary mutation of all mankind, saw that his only son had really become a mutant, and his position and thinking changed rapidly, and immediately arranged for his son to enroll in the best transcendent college.
But at present, the small wings on Warren's back do not have much effect except for looking beautiful and cute, and the wings less than half a meter long can only barely soar a few dozen centimeters when they are flapped desperately, and no other abilities and characteristics have been found for the time being.
It was the time when the Howlett Super Elite Evolution Academy was founded, bringing together the best teenage mutants from all the transcendent colleges in the United States.
Mr. Worthington was not far behind, and he was afraid that he would miss the only "Ivy" college in this transcendent college in the new era of mankind, and finally sent him in after spending a lot of effort when his son's ability was not selected.
After all, Worthington Industries is currently one of the world's top 500 companies, and has always had business dealings with the Howlett Group, and Warren Jr. is one of the few mutants with the ability to fly, and the potential that can be tapped is unknown.
Another mutant with wings in record is the former "X-Men" angel, Miss Salvador. It is said that she now has a restaurant in New Mexico and business is booming.
Li Qianhuan, a little girl with black hair and black eyes, timidly raised her hand as if answering a question, and said in a soft voice:
"If I can go out at night, I can set off 'fireworks' for everyone to see, and I will put a variety of colors."
Laura's eyes lit up when she heard this, and even the piano on the side was a little moved, and the little wolf girl slapped her face with a smile and encouraged:
"Good! Qianhuan, this is a good proposal, it will be arranged like this tonight, but now"
"βLaura!"
A gentle female voice sounded outside the dormitory door, and the "Silver Fox" principal of New York's Transcendent Academy knocked on the door, and then pushed the door in.
In the days when the teacher "White Queen" was out on important matters, the silver fox Kayla temporarily took over the daily affairs of the "Super British Academy" and part of Emma's teaching work, but this eldest lady of the Howlett family really gave the acting principal a headache.
"Laura, and a few of you, why don't you go to class?"
Kayla hugged her arms with a helpless expression, and the little wolf girl jumped out of bed, took her hand and shook it and said:
"Oh, Ms. Kayla's grammar class is all super childish children's stories, and then it's just reading words and memorizing sentences, just let me go! Hee-hee, don't tell my mom! β
"No! Don't skip class, and you five little ones still want to skip class together, it's too bold. β
"Silver Fox" crossed her hips with her hands, and her naturally gentle and kind appearance could not produce much majesty even if she pretended to be angry, she thought for a moment and continued:
"Today's course is a mutant history knowledge development class with the senior grades, and it will talk about the mysterious mutant 'Demon Monk' Rasputin in Russia more than half a century ago!"
"Huh? Mutants from more than half a century ago! It's not amazing, I haven't fought with my dad! β
Laura was immediately interested when she heard this, and her favorite stories in the past were powerful mutants or magical events that had appeared around the world.
also made a list of the so-called strongest mutants with his friends, and threatened that he would fight them one by one in the future.
The little ones followed Kayla towards the classroom, tilting their heads to listen to her talk about a bizarre incident that had not been re-examined until recent years.
"Yes, yes! At that time, my grandfather and my father were already invincible on the African continent, and I had never heard them mention this Russian! β
"Silver Fox" Kayla held Warren and Jean's little hands, listening to the little blue devil Kurt keep teleporting and flickering beside him and asked, I couldn't help but be a little nervous, the Howlett family has a big background, it is simply the "royal family" of the mutant race.
She cleared her throat and said slowly like a story:
"Ahem, at the end of Tsarist Russia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there was a famous favorite - the 'demon monk' Grigory Rasputin. It is said that he is very good at hypnotism, and even has the ability to divination, prophecy, and cure diseases."
"After Rasputin prophesied the drought and revived the dying dog of a noble Grand Duke, his fame spread to the Russian Imperial Palace, when the Empress's youngest son was ill with a strange disease, and no one or means did anything until the 'demon monk' was invited."
At some point, Caliban wore a pair of indigo-blue full-body armor that was somewhat similar to the armor style of the Apocalypse.
The ancient Egyptian-style battle skirt and shoulder armor wore a blue insect-shaped helmet that symbolized the plague, and except for the marble-like arm muscles, the other parts were tightly covered.
The Apocalypse travels on the vast plains of the Siberian permafrost, stepping on the treacherous natural environment, the ice sheet is branded with huge iron boot marks, and the burly and sturdy figure strides through the blunt knife-like wind and snow.
In the midst of the howling snowstorm, the dilapidated wooden and stone houses of the village looked very desolate, as if abandoned by the modern civilized world.
Caliban is one position behind his master, Apocalypse, and the blizzard creates an eerie vacuum around him, as if bypassing Apocalypse.
With the secondary mutation of the mutant gene after being promoted by the apocalypse, Caliban's "X-factor detection" ability has also been greatly amplified, and even the scale of a medium-sized city can emotionally perceive the existence of mutants.
And this feeling is different from Professor Charles's brainwave recognition.
He continued to tell the story of the Rasputin family as he guided his master in the direction of his goal.
"The strange thing is that Rasputin, known as the 'demon monk', not only cured the Tsar's youngest son, but when he left the palace, the prince quickly lost weight, and as soon as Rasputin returned to the palace, the prince would immediately get better."
"The power of the mind and spirit. Release the disease, hehe. What else, go on. β
Apocalypse listened to a few casual comments, and asked Caliban to continue with interest.
"Yes, master. Later, the 'Demon Monk' exerted many miraculous abilities and gained the incomparable trust of the emperor of that country, and he gradually began to go crazy and conceited, causing trouble in the palace and noble ladies, meddling in the affairs of Russia, and finally under the design of the ministers, he first ate food infused with poison, and the result was unscathed."
He was shot three more times by another nobleman, one of them in the forehead, but after a few minutes Rasputin woke up again, and was eventually embraced by a large number of soldiers, thrown into the river, and struggled for nearly ten minutes before drowning.
Woo woo.
The cold wind on the tundra whimpered and wailed, and patches of white-haired wind and frost blew across the dark earth.
The two of them stopped and came to a crooked stone house, and Apocalypse had already sensed that there was more than one talented mutant in the room.
His blue-gray eyes looked at this dead and desolate land, and Gu Jing Wubo's cold face trembled, and he sneered twice:
"Foolish and pathetic, treacherous before the false kings of mortal slaves, proud of vain pleasures, dying of their own weakness. My 'plague' knight, are you content to live in such a weak mortal world? β
Caliban was stunned for a moment, and his tower-like figure in heavy armor slowly lowered his voice:
"Master, the life of mutants is already very good now, and even many ordinary humans want to-"
"Ridiculous!"
The muffled voice of the apocalypse overshadowed the whistling wind and snow, and rebuked angrily:
"Settle for a little bit of a mortal favor! We are born to be powerful, we are born to be rulers! All men are like slaves, except my people! β
"Mortals are all pigs and dogs!"
(End of chapter)