Chapter 267: Conclusion

A tiny sun flew out from Ye Nan's hand, slowly pushing toward Magneto.

Magneto looked at this small sun with a solemn expression; he could feel the immense energy contained within it.

The small sun flew at a very slow speed, and during its flight, it continuously absorbed energy. He wanted to dodge it, which would be very easy, but he could not dodge. If he dodged, everything here would be reduced to ashes, and his painstaking efforts would be completely wasted.

"Ye Nan, you are ruthless enough." Magneto's expression was gloomy, and his gaze toward Ye Nan was like a hungry wolf choosing someone to devour, ready to pounce at any moment and tear Ye Nan into pieces.

He knew very well that this was Ye Nan's overt plot—an overt plot that left him no room to dodge, and also an overt plot that forced him to make a choice.

"But you underestimate me, Magneto." Magneto opened his hands, and a magnetic force surged from his palms, controlling Ye Nan's entire body. "I only need to control you and wait for the time to end. When the time comes, you will naturally die."

"How is that possible?" Ye Nan just wanted to move, but he felt his body stop obeying him, as if he were being controlled by someone.

"Don't struggle anymore; your body has already been controlled by me." Magneto pushed his right hand slowly, and the small sun that had been pushed out by Ye Nan was actually pushed back slowly.

"When a person's brain is thinking, it emits a kind of magnetic field, and this kind of magnetic field happens to be within my control range."

"Although I cannot deprive you of your consciousness in an instant like Charles and turn you into my puppet, I can still manage to manipulate you for a short period."

"I have won this war."

Hum! Hum hum...

At the top of the four rotating steel pillars, a ray of light was born from within, and as the speed of rotation increased, this ray of light became brighter and brighter, continuously spreading outward.

"No, no." Rogue looked at the light in fear. The emotion of fear occupied the bottom of her heart, and she became panicked.

"Save me quickly. Save me quickly, this thing is absorbing my power, come and save me..."

Rogue cried out in fear. She looked at Ye Nan with pleading eyes, hoping that this man could save her.

"Don't worry, your sacrifice is great, and the Mutant Brotherhood will remember you, this brother." Magneto's face carried a smile as he gently comforted her; that familiar confidence and calmness returned to his face.

Although accidents kept appearing, it was ultimately proceeding according to the original plan. As long as this machine extracted Rogue's power, it could convert this magnetic force into a special radiation ray.

This radiation ray could invade human cells in a short period, induce human mutation, stimulate the instincts hidden within their bodies, and turn humans into mutants.

The blue light formed a curtain of light. It passed through Ye Nan's body, forming a blue lotus covering the ocean, and surged toward Ellis Island like a tide.

When the blue tide submerged Ye Nan, Ye Nan clearly felt that he had a hint of difference. This difference came from within his body, as if something was breaking through shackles and struggling to sprout.

Ye Nan's body trembled, and his skin turned pale. Under the illumination of the light, his skin was alternately painful, pale, and then light blue.

"This state is..." Magneto looked at Ye Nan with uncertainty.

He was all too familiar with this state; it was a reaction that occurred when humans turned into mutants under the influence of radiation.

"Could it be that mutants created by technology will also undergo a transformation under this kind of light?" Magneto stared fixedly at Ye Nan, terrified that Ye Nan might suddenly launch a surprise attack....

Thousands of experiments had proven that this radiation only acted on ordinary humans and was completely ineffective radiation for mutants. But now, Ye Nan, a mutant created by technology, had undergone a violent change under his radiation, which aroused a hint of curiosity in him.

"I don't know what a mutant will look like after being stimulated."

Magneto trembled with excitement. As a scientist, he was interested in unknown things, and now, a mystery appeared before him and was about to be revealed soon. This feeling was simply impossible to describe in words.

At this moment, Ye Nan didn't know at all that Magneto had become interested in him. He only knew that his whole body was hot, as if he were in a furnace, being scorched by raging flames.

Inside his body, a small sun slowly rose. This sun was not a real sun, but a virtual energy sun. If it were ordinary steel or some other material, it would have long since been reduced to ashes under the collision of the virtual sun. But Ye Nan's body seemed to be exactly the same as the energy of the virtual sun; apart from feeling scorching heat and pain, he had no other feelings and suffered no damage.

When the small sun rose, some fragmented patterns appeared in Ye Nan's mind, as if it were a heavenly kingdom emitting light, and as if it were a dark abyss without a bottom. The magnificent Heavenly Court, the gloomy and deathly Netherworld—all the scenes that should or should not appear flashed through Ye Nan's mind. He wanted to remember them, but he couldn't.

Accompanying the images were some indescribable emotions. Accompanying the heavenly kingdom were emotions of courage, justice, kindness, happiness, satisfaction, etc. Accompanying the dark abyss were emotions of fear, evil, dread, sorrow, etc. And the other Heavenly Court and Netherworld each had their own representative emotions, but in terms of emotional expression, the Heavenly Court and Netherworld were slightly neutral and not extreme.

"Could this be the source of mythology?" A thought suddenly popped into Ye Nan's mind. If some mutant suddenly awakened in ancient times and then saw these images, and one of the mutants described the images, then mythology was born.

Of course, there were also factors of superpowers in this. For example, Jesus, when he awakened, saw these images, so he pretended to be a god and called them Heaven and Hell, claiming to be the son of the Lord.

"Very likely." Ye Nan analyzed carefully, trying hard to remember these images. From these scattered images, he saw many buildings he had never seen before, and saw many people and things he had never seen before.

There were those who were completely naked, those wearing gold and jade, those dressed like ancient Chinese Daoist priests, and European white-robed priests. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, everything in mythological legends appeared inside, and even some mythological people and things he had never heard of appeared in the images.

He knew very well that it was not that these myths had not been passed down, but that the influence of these myths was relatively small.

"But, where did these images come from? Aliens? Or are there really gods?" Ye Nan thought to himself, but found that unknowingly, he had regained consciousness.

Ye Nan opened his eyes abruptly, saw the machine that was continuously emitting light curtains, and reached out to grasp the void. A scorching flame hand suddenly appeared and grabbed the top of the machine.

With a boom, the top of the machine suddenly exploded, and the rotating steel pillars bounced off and fell into the sea. The entire machine was destroyed just like that.

The originally spreading blue lotus disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, like a dream bubble.

"No." Magneto roared, his mind in chaos. His plan failed when it was about to succeed. This blow to him was truly too great.

The feeling of falling from heaven into the abyss was probably just like this.

"I want to kill you." Magneto roared, and endless magnetic force radiated from his body. The entire spire trembled, and the surrounding air became distorted.

Ye Nan looked at the angry Magneto and aimed his hand at Magneto. A flame hand was born from the void and grabbed Magneto.

"Is this my ability?"

Ye Nan murmured, still in disbelief, not daring to believe that everything in front of him was done by him.

Whether it was manipulating the flame hand to destroy the machine or manipulating the flame hand to grab Magneto, these were just things he thought of, and then he did them.

It seemed different from the obscure spirit and speed; manipulating the flame hand was as simple as breathing, completely his instinct.

It was precisely because it was too easy that it was difficult to control. Breathing only required inhaling and exhaling, while flame manipulation required precise control. He finally understood why many mutants would hurt others when they awakened; it was not only because it was difficult to restrain their own desires, but also because of their lack of mastery over their own abilities.

"Manipulating flames? Ye Nan, I didn't expect you to awaken again. No, impossible, a mutant cannot awaken twice, unless you are not a mutant created by technology at all." Magneto was grabbed by Ye Nan's flame hand, but he was not in a hurry, only manipulating magnetic force to protect himself, separating himself from the flames.

Strange to say, this flame seemed to have an extremely high temperature and was a raging fire, but Magneto, who was surrounded by the flames, could not feel the slightest temperature, as if this flame were air and did not exist at all.

If he hadn't truly felt the energy contained within it with magnetic force, he would probably have mistaken this raging fire for a clumsy illusion.

"I am indeed not a mutant created by technology, because my power does not come from mutants; it comes from some research in my own laboratory, so don't underestimate the heroes of the world." Ye Nan glanced into the distance. Seeing that nothing had happened on Ellis Island, he felt relieved and began to deal with Magneto with all his might.

"This world is not just about mutants; even the intelligence network of Jewish bankers cannot be all-encompassing."

If there really were a Superman in this world, then who would have thought that Superman was an alien from outer space, and who would have thought that the body of a small reporter contained enough power to pry the Earth?

Although the intelligence networks of major organizations covered the globe, they were still powerless against hidden forces.

"Indeed, you are right, this world is very mysterious. So what is your next choice? Kill me?" Magneto's expression was calm, not caring at all that he was in a dangerous situation.

"You seem to be full of confidence?" Ye Nan looked at the calm Magneto and became cautious himself. "Your power has weakened, and my power has increased, but why are you so calm? I don't know if you can clear up my doubts."

As Ye Nan spoke, he prepared his power. The heat that had been gathered was released, and the steel under Magneto's feet slowly melted under the impact of the flame's heat.

"Because you cannot kill me. Do you remember your own promise? You lost the bet back then, and now it is time to fulfill the promise." Magneto's mouth twitched; he wanted to smile but couldn't.

From a small perspective, he won; Ye Nan could not kill him at all. But from the big picture, he completely lost; his conspiracy plan had already failed.

"However, as long as my life is still here, I can make a comeback."

Ye Nan was stunned upon hearing this and immediately stood on the spot, thinking.

He did indeed lose the bet and owed Magneto a promise, and now Magneto was demanding this promise, which seemed reasonable. However, he was also somewhat unwilling to just let Magneto go like this.

"Is there no way to fulfill the promise and also keep Magneto from leaving?"

The idea of letting Magneto go and then taking the opportunity to kill him was first discarded by him. Although this could be justified in terms of the promise—after all, he had already let Magneto go, and the subsequent killing had nothing to do with the promise.

But he couldn't bring himself to do that kind of rogue behavior.

"If you have no way, you can consider my suggestion."

Professor X's words suddenly appeared in Ye Nan's mind, making Ye Nan's face sink suddenly.

"Professor X, it is unethical to drill into other people's minds casually."

"I just wanted to give you an idea, no need to be so nervous." Professor X said gently, without any emotional fluctuation because of Ye Nan's ugly face.

"You don't want to let Magneto go, and you want to fulfill your promise. You can hand Magneto over to me, and I won't kill him either, just lock him up. How about it, consider it."

Ye Nan was silent for a moment, then nodded and agreed quickly. "Your idea is very good, I can agree to you, but you must guarantee to me that Magneto will not come out again."

"Rest assured, Eric and I have known each other for a long time, and I have a profound understanding of him. I also have a way to suppress his control over the magnetic field, so you can rest assured completely." Professor X guaranteed with certainty.

Ye Nan shook his head and said, "Who do you plan to let take Magneto away?"

From the movie, he knew that Magneto would eventually escape from the plastic glass prison that Professor X built for him, but Ye Nan had no choice but to do this.

Magneto's ability was to control the magnetic field, and any prison was a mere formality to him. Don't look at how honest he was now; as soon as he recovered his power, he would immediately start a massacre, and Ye Nan could not stop him at all.

And it was not that Ye Nan hadn't thought about making a prison that could control Magneto using plastic and glass himself, but after thinking about it, he gave up. He really didn't want to take the risk.

"I will let Jean take Magneto away. With her ability and my cooperation, it is enough to suppress the weak Magneto."

Soon, a figure flew up from below. This figure was Jean, who came in response to Professor X.

"I'll leave this to you, I hope you won't let Magneto escape." (Your support is my greatest motivation.)