Chapter 4700

The meeting returned to a familiar rhythm. In a sense, this was Magneto's comfort zone, because he hadn't been researching blowing this up or fighting that for most of his life. He wasn't good at construction, but he was very skilled in the process of surprise attack operations.

"Although I have decided to go myself. Lorna told me she also wants to go, but the two of us are not enough, and we lack data on the external defense devices."

"I'll go too." Apocalypse said, "I am immortal, they can't kill me. As for the external defense, just hit it directly, why think so much?"

Exodus hugged his arms and looked up, nodded slightly and said: "That's right, why care so much. I don't believe anyone can beat us joining forces."

"Just a bunch of iron shells." Others said, "The previous surprise attack squad was wiped out because they were too careless. We are well prepared this time, what are we afraid of?"

"I must remind you." Magneto said in a deep voice, "In the previous surprise attack squad, there were Cyclops, Phoenix, and Wolverine. They were also very powerful mutants, but in the end, they also folded in the Red Orchid factory."

"This is different." Apocalypse said, "The X-Men who are often active on Earth have had their information collected by Sentinel robots. That kind of robot is too restraining for you; as long as you make a move, you can't run. But we are different."

"We rarely appear on Earth; even the strongest main Sentinel lacks experience in confronting us. Even if they are prepared, I'm afraid it's difficult to go head-to-head with us."

"No." Magneto spoke again, "After the Mother Mold wakes up, the Nimrod-class Sentinel robot will soon be online. That is a super Sentinel that indiscriminately restrains all mutants; I'm afraid we are not its opponent either."

He paused and continued: "I say this not to dampen our confidence, but because we must come up with a foolproof tactic. Mutants no longer have room for failure."

"What do you think? Doctor?" Professor X asked Schiller in his mind; he believed Schiller would have a way, and now was the best time to bring it up.

Schiller shook his head and replied to Professor X in his mind: "The foolproof tactic is not to go."

Professor X frowned, but Schiller continued: "I don't express an opinion because I know I can't stop it."

"Do you think this plan cannot succeed?"

"This plan must succeed, but it doesn't necessarily have to succeed in the surprise attack. Let them go, I'll handle the rest."

"Why do this?" Professor X asked very gently, "Erik values your opinion very much; if you say it, he should listen."

It could be heard that although Professor X wanted to save the members of the surprise attack squad, he didn't want Magneto to go himself, or he wasn't optimistic about Magneto's action this time, and was full of worry about it, even hoping Schiller would come forward to stop it.

"No, Professor. War is not gambling; those who can win wars have never been gamblers who accurately calculate pros and cons. If you choose to retreat because the risk is too high, then you can't protect anything. The things that make them go forward without hesitation despite knowing the danger ahead are the key to the homeland you guard being able to exist for a long time. How can I persuade you to give up these?"

Professor X was silent; how could he not know? He was also precisely for this reason that he couldn't directly persuade Magneto. He knew that if this rescue plan failed, mutants would have no future, but if this rescue plan succeeded, condensing all mutants and building a truly great country would no longer be a dream. No one would not be moved by this rescue operation.

It's like the plot in "Saving Private Ryan" or similar movies. You have to say, is it worth it to spend so much effort to save one person? From the perspective of resource investment, it's definitely not worth it. War cannot afford waste; every bullet must be spent in the right place to take a step closer to victory. No matter how powerful a soldier is, it's not worth investing so much to save him.

However, human nature cannot be measured by interests. When a war hero is trapped, but his motherland doesn't do its best to save him, the negative impact is immeasurable. So even if it's regardless of cost, he must be saved. And once successful, the benefits obtained are also unimaginable. A war hero who has survived hardships is a living spiritual totem of a nation and country.

To put it in a more popular way, once this skill is clicked, the combat will of all soldiers increases by 30%, public support increases by 50%, and national cohesion increases by 50%. And these things occupy a considerable proportion in war, and can even determine the life and death of a country and nation.

"However, isn't this returning to the mode of putting all eggs in one basket?" Professor X had heard all the conversations between Schiller and Magneto; he knew that Schiller didn't like this kind of move that tied life and death to a single line.

"I said we can't pin our hopes on surprise attacks and assassinations, but this can't be considered a surprise attack, at most it's a performance."

"What do you mean?"

"It means I have another plan." Schiller smiled and said, "Let them go, everything will be very smooth."

Professor X didn't understand, so he paid attention to Schiller's actions. However, after Schiller left the meeting halfway, he didn't do anything else, but returned to his room to catch up on sleep. After waking up, he began to travel in Krakoa.

However, the main universe Iron Man rushed out of his bedroom in a hurry. He shouted, waking up all the Avengers.

They were all very exhausted from the previous battle, and almost everyone was catching up on sleep. When they came out of their rooms, they were all sleepy-eyed. Lei Shen slammed his hammer on the table with a "bang": "You'd better have something important, Tony Stark."

Captain America was already used to it, used his fingers to tidy his hair, wiped his face, and went to sit on the sofa. Others also took their places. Spider-Man went to get snacks and drinks and put them on the table. Hawkeye opened a can of ice beer, and Lei Shen stuffed potato chips into his mouth in large mouthfuls.

"Something big happened!" Iron Man said, "Guess what I saw in the data left in the laboratory?"

"What?" Captain America frowned.

"Those mutants are likely not dead." Iron Man said excitedly, "Their bodies are gone, but their consciousness still exists!"

"How do you know?" Black Widow asked, somewhat confused.

"I discovered some clues in the transmission data sent back from the Red Orchid factory." The main universe Iron Man didn't care whether they understood or not, projected the holographic projection on the wall, and began to introduce it on his own, "In the latest system log, there is a clear anomaly here. The data record shows that something was uploaded to the factory's system. The time when all these abnormal data appeared is exactly the same as the time when the mutants died..."

Captain America's hand paused, and then he asked: "Then why didn't the administrator in the laboratory discover it?"

"They might have discovered it, but didn't care." The main universe Iron Man said.

"But this sounds like it should be a very major change." Dr. Banner frowned and asked, "How could they not care?"

"They not only didn't care, but also deleted this log. I found a way to recover the data, only then did I discover something wrong."

"Why would they do this?"

Others were still asking, but Black Widow already showed an understanding expression, and she said: "There are traitors among them."

"You mean mutants mixed in among them?"

"It's very likely that they are just workers who have worked overtime too much, have no bonuses, and still can't go home after the battle is won." Black Widow shook her head and said, "This is clearly a retaliatory act."

Some people couldn't understand, because they hadn't worked much. But Spider-Man nodded and said: "Indeed, if a person works overtime continuously because of a major event, and when he feels that he can take a long vacation and go back to rest after the matter is over, he is notified that he must continue to stick to his post, then he might only want the Earth to be destroyed quickly."

"But this thing shouldn't be seen by only one person." Captain America pointed to the projection on the wall, "It's impossible for everyone to rebel, right?"

"The first person who saw it deleted this thing, and the rest didn't have the energy to investigate." The main universe Iron Man said, "It's not that they are scientists if they enter the laboratory; most people have no inspiration and no interest in doing extra things. Most people are more like walking corpses working step by step."

"They are not willing to participate in this project." Black Widow pointed out, hitting the nail on the head, "No scientist is willing when they are taken away by the government and the military. Even if everyone tacitly concealed this matter, I wouldn't feel strange."

"What impact will this have?" Captain America asked again.

"Major impact, quite major!" Iron Man flew up directly. He came to the wall and pointed to the projection, "That group of people entered the factory system; do you know what this means? They might seize control of the factory in the form of virtual consciousness!"

"What?!" Lei Shen stood up with a "whoosh", "You mean this bunch of mutants can control the Red Orchid factory?"

"If we don't take action, I'm afraid it will happen sooner or later." Iron Man said, "The Mother Mold should have security measures, but the trouble is that there are also good hands among the mutants. Among the members of the surprise attack squad, many people's abilities are bound to the soul, such as Phoenix. What if she brings Phoenix, kills through the security measures, and directly controls the Mother Mold? How will she treat the human government that killed them?!"

Captain America gasped: "But the Mother Mold is used to produce Sentinel robots, and the Red Orchid factory shouldn't be able to hit the Earth directly, right?"

"It can't, after all, it's not a cannon. But what if they modify the Sentinel robot's program after controlling the Mother Mold and let it slaughter humans?"

Captain America couldn't sit still either, and said: "This is absolutely not allowed. The consequences of the factory being controlled by mutants are disastrous, especially since the surprise attack squad members who were killed are not rational. In a fit of anger, they might do many crazy things, and the Earth and humanity will be in danger."

"How do we stop it?" Dr. Banner asked, "We can't even break through the external defense devices now, how can we enter the internal system?"

"I don't believe they didn't leave a backdoor in the system." The main universe Iron Man thought for a moment and said, "Unfortunately, the plan to attack the laboratory didn't succeed, and those researchers were also taken away, otherwise we could find a breakthrough from them."

"Then what should we do now?" Captain America looked at him and asked.

"It's not the time for infighting." The main universe Iron Man was a bit overwhelmed and said, "We have to find the Avengers team of this universe and let them contact the human government. We absolutely cannot let the mutants control the Red Orchid factory."