Chapter 1040

Eyes open and close, a day passes.

Eyes open and close, a year passes.

Eyes open and close, twenty years pass.

Su Quan was happy and didn't want to return; he didn't feel much, but little girls like Mariko Yashida and Yukio around him had already grown up and were mature enough to bloom and bear fruit.

The number of mutants on the island was increasing; besides the *The Gifted* world sending mutants over regularly, Jean Grey and Storm would occasionally bring people back when they returned to the 【Old Timeline】.

Not to mention the 【New Timeline】 where Void Island is located; although Void Island is isolated overseas, the Hellfire Club has been developing all along.

Besides the mutants brought back from the club, in the mutant circle of the general public, Void Island, this mutant paradise, has also been famous for a long time.

Many people endure hardships and difficulties to find Void Island, begging to join.

To this day, more than ten thousand mutants have lived on Void Island; such a scale is already comparable to small towns in many non-core areas, and it is completely self-sufficient and forms its own school.

The various details won't be repeated one by one, just talking about the several teams established.

X-Factor.

X-Force.

And the Void Guard.

X-Factor is led by the White Queen, with the little White Queen in charge, and Dr. Reyes and others participating, specifically responsible for training new mutants to master their abilities.

X-Force is led by the Black Queen, with the big Raven in charge, and Nightcrawler and others participating, specifically responsible for confronting enemies and protecting Void Island.

And although the Void Guard is named after the Void Guard, it is actually Su Quan's private guard, specifically responsible for Su Quan's related matters.

At the same time, this team also has the attribute of maintaining the order of the multiverse, but the relevant content and personnel have not been perfected, so it is temporarily ignored.

The current members of this team are still very gorgeous: Captain Red Queen, Deputy Captain Phoenix Jean Grey, members Polaris, Kitty Pryde, Lifeguard, X-23, Lauren, Rogue, little Mystique, Blink, and big Blink.

Of course, these are just tentative members and may change at any time.

Egypt, Cairo.

In a certain market, Su Quan rented the best restaurant nearby.

Saying it's the best is actually all due to the setting of peers; in fact, it doesn't even have decent doors and windows, which can be called semi-open-air.

Plus, there are yellow dirt roads outside, and when the wind blows, dust flies, and the sky is full of yellow sand!

If it weren't for Su Quan using some means to carry out spatial isolation, let alone the dining experience, just sitting here would get your face blown full of sand.

Su Quan brought his own drinks and food, leisurely sipping while looking at a girl with a mohawk hairstyle in the market outside the window.

"No wonder you didn't let Storm come together; I really didn't expect the young Storm in this world to look like this."

Jean Grey sat opposite Su Quan, also looking at the girl, shaking her head and teasing.

Cairo, mohawk hairstyle—obviously, this girl is the future Storm of this world, Ororo Munroe!

If it weren't for Su Quan, she would encounter the just-awakened Apocalypse soon, and then be strengthened by Apocalypse, becoming one of the new generation of Four Horsemen.

As for now, whatever Apocalypse can do, Su Quan can also do; whatever Apocalypse cannot do, Su Quan can likewise do!

Instead of following Apocalypse to be one of the Four Horsemen with no future, wouldn't it be better to follow Su Quan?

Her good luck had arrived.

Of course, Ororo Munroe had no idea that the good fortune of a sudden rise to the top was about to fall upon her; at this moment, she was searching for a target to strike.

Suddenly, her eyes brightened slightly, and she locked onto a money box at a nearby stall.

She looked left and right, and seeing no one paying attention, her pupils instantly turned white, and immediately after, a gust of wind carrying yellow sand suddenly whipped up.

The people around subconsciously turned their backs to avoid it; Ororo Munroe saw her chance and rushed toward the target, directly opened the money box, grabbed a handful, and then took off running amidst the shouting and cursing of the stall owner.

"Damn thief, catch her!"

The stall owner called for his friends while giving chase relentlessly.

Watching Ororo Munroe run out of the market and into an alley, Su Quan curled the corner of his mouth and ordered: "Lauren, Raven, go bring her here."

"Okay."

Lauren and Raven stood up, walked out of the restaurant, and headed toward the alley.

In the alley, Ororo Munroe was blocked, caught between the front and the back.

In front was a burly man holding a club, behind was the stall owner pulling out a dagger, and on both sides were high mud walls; her situation could be described as having no way to fly out.

"Do you know what the fate of a thief is?" The stall owner laughed heartily, looking triumphantly at the girl who had nowhere to run.

Call the police?

Lock her up?

No, no, no, there is an unwritten rule here: whichever hand stole the item, that hand gets broken!

"Which hand do you choose!" The stall owner looked at her two hands mockingly.

Ororo Munroe panted in panic; although she had special abilities, her powers were too weak, and they could not possibly help her escape, let alone defeat these two men.

She was afraid—afraid of having her hand broken, and even more afraid that after losing a hand, she wouldn't be able to get money to support herself and the children who were even younger than her.

As things stood, she only had two choices.

Either fight, or beg for mercy.

Ororo Munroe took a deep breath, and just as she was about to open her mouth to beg for mercy, she suddenly heard a soft shout.

"That's enough!"

The stall owner turned around at the sound, looked at the two young and beautiful women, and smiled.

He brandished his dagger and scolded: "This has nothing to do with you. If you're with her, I advise you to get out of here quickly!"

"If we're with her, you're advising us to leave? Hehe, you're quite fair, aren't you?" Lauren said with a grin.

Twenty years had passed, and Lauren's appearance hadn't changed much, except that she had matured significantly, grown taller, and her assets had become larger.

"Before I change my mind, get out of here!" the stall owner said impatiently.

Lauren shook her head and said regretfully: "I'm afraid that won't do. We are under orders to bring her back; if you don't let her go, we'll have a hard time reporting back."

Under orders to bring me back?

Under whose orders?

Bringing me back—back to where?

Ororo Munroe was confused, but she was clever enough not to make a sound; no matter who they were, she had to get past this hurdle first.

"Get lost, or I won't be polite to you!" The stall owner gestured with the dagger at Lauren and Raven.

Raven snorted, waved her hand to push his arm aside, and kicked him right in the calf.

"Boom!"

The stall owner felt the pain, his calf kicked backward, his knee bent, and he fell directly onto one knee on the ground.

"Boom!"

Raven's knee slammed into the stall owner's face, the stall owner let out a muffled groan, and he went straight down.