Chapter 4726: X-Men: New Life (Part 8)

Lakes, oceans, and rivers are all different; they are neither as magnificent as the ocean nor as flowing as a river. When there is no wind, the lake surface will be as calm as a mirror. The azure sky paves the blue tone, but the lake water makes this color even more mysterious and deep, like a sapphire embedded in the earth.

But when the sky turns gloomy, the color of the lake will become deeper, as if a black hole suddenly grew from the ground. Thin mist ripples out from the lake surface little by little. The fishing line flickering with micro-light twitched slightly, and then pulled tight suddenly. Ma Te stood up from the stool and pulled the fishing rod back hard with his hand.

But the thing that took the bait seemed to have a pair of sharp teeth, and this tug-of-war ended before it even started. The fishing line broke with a 'snap' after being pulled tight. As Ma Te staggered backward, Peter, who had just arrived, rushed over and supported him.

"Be careful." Peter said, "Did the line cut?"

"Really bad luck." Ma Te shook his head, put the fishing rod aside, turned to look at the two of them and said, "How was the field investigation?"

"Not bad," Schiller walked up, the lakeside was still a bit cold, he tightened his windbreaker, glanced at the cut fishing line, and then said, "The soil quality is still quite good, although it cannot be planted on a large scale, but planting a few kinds of fresh vegetables is no problem. It's just that there are often storms at sea, I'm afraid we need to build a greenhouse to help plants grow. This requires professional help, and I can't handle it."

"This is really a treasure land," Ma Te sighed, "I can feel that there are many fish in the lake, and the ecosystem is very rich. Do you want to come over and sit for a while?"

Ma Te set up a small shed here, which seemed to be to prevent heavy rain. However, now the weather, although it has been gloomy, and the air is filled with damp smell, but it seems that it is not raining anymore.

Peter and Schiller lowered their heads and walked into the shed. One side was covered with thick soft cushions, the other side was placed with a recliner, and there was a cassette stove boiling coffee, and the coffee pot bubbled.

"When close to the ground, the humidity will be heavier." Schiller shook his head and said, "I have to find something to light a fire, it's too cold here."

"No need, I prepared charcoal." Ma Te pointed to a package on the side and said, "The branches and dead grass have been soaked in water for a night, and you can't burn them even if you pick them up now. It's better to make a charcoal stove."

Schiller nodded, and he and Peter first dug a small pit with branches, put the charcoal in, and then piled it up with small stones. The warmth emitted after the charcoal was lit was not so intense, but more long-lasting, and soon dispelled the dampness under the shed.

Ma Te sat on the recliner and cast a rod again. Schiller didn't take the rod, just sat on the cushion next to him and watched. Peter stood behind Ma Te, observing the fish situation at all times. The moment the float moved, he shouted. Ma Te hurried to lift the rod.

But strangely, this time the line broke as soon as he lifted the rod, and it was obviously bitten off by something in the lake. Ma Te threw his hand in anger. Schiller looked at the fishing line, and then said, "Do you have to fish for those fierce carnivorous fish? Why don't you change the bait to fish for small fish?"

"I used comprehensive bait," Ma Te's voice revealed confusion, "And it was cast very shallow. Logically speaking, it shouldn't attract carnivorous fish first."

Schiller flipped through his toolbox and saw the hook he was using. This hook was standard, and the poundage of the fishing line used was not low, combined with comprehensive bait, there were no loopholes. How could the line be cut twice in a row?

Peter became interested, took the fishing rod and cast it closer to the shore, because he felt that if it was closer to the shore, there would be fewer big fish. He didn't pursue the size of the fish, as long as he could catch it.

Peter didn't really know how to fish, just used Ma Te's set, threw it into the water and ignored it, and turned back to chat with the two.

"We can finally settle down," Ma Te said, "The two of us originally wanted little Jack to receive a better education, so we sent him to a private school. But who knew the school's atmosphere was bad, students were competitive, not only comparing themselves, but also comparing their families."

"Before, when I went to school to pick him up from school, I was discovered by his classmates that I was blind. Not only was little Jack bullied at school, but Elektra was also mocked when she went to the parent meeting. I was furious and took those parents to court directly. Although the lawsuit was won, little Jack couldn't stay there anymore."

"Later, I changed to a public school. But who knew, public schools also have public school troubles. This time, they didn't compare, but the teacher talked about his political views in school, and let the children come back to pull votes. Ma Te and Elektra were both abstentionists, and the teacher called to strongly incite us to vote for his party. I thought this wouldn't work, so I moved again."

"This time the community moved to is relatively conservative, and the school conditions are quite good in all aspects. But who knew, someone was secretly preaching in school, and it wasn't a decent sect, which scared Ma Te and Elektra to move overnight."

"After that, we did a lot of homework, selected a good school after careful selection. However, because of constant transfers, little Jack's grades were not very good, and he didn't pass the entrance exam. We had to hire a tutor for a period of time, and Ma Te and Elektra both put down their work to accompany him. After studying for a period of time, he finally passed the exam."

This experience made Peter and Schiller shake their heads repeatedly. Ma Te was really unlucky, but after being so unlucky, he still chose to go to school, how could it not be considered firm will?

There is no compulsory education in the United States, you can choose whether to go to primary and secondary school or not. Many families with good conditions will choose home education, that is, not going to school and learning at home. Wealthy families will hire tutors, and there are also middle-class families who blindly follow and imitate, don't have money to hire tutors, and insist on home education, finally leading to children not even having the most basic common sense and social skills.

Just like Stark's little Morgan, she chose home education, learning from Stark every day. It's just that the things little Morgan learned from her father, let alone children, most scientists don't understand.

Although having a genius daughter is a good thing, Stark was also tortured by little Morgan's questioning. After studying with high intensity for a period of time, he also began to take her to family gatherings, community gatherings, and even play in the Avengers base and S. H. I. E. L. D. base, the way of walking the baby is quite unique.

Before Helen took her to Asgard, she lived there for a few days, and five Destroyers appeared out of thin air in the Asgard warehouse, almost pulling a handful of beards off Odin who went to get things. Stark and Pepper could only go to Asgard together to apologize.

In fact, the place little Morgan comes to most often is Arkham Asylum. As soon as Stark has something he has to deal with, he sends his daughter here. But don't misunderstand, the one who brings the baby is not Schiller, but Gray Mist. It can't be said to be bringing the baby, they are very good playmates.

One has a genius brain, good at design and manufacturing, and the other can create materials out of thin air, achieving all the requirements for assembly. In the eyes of these two, the whole world is a huge Lego, playing happily, and every time they separate, they are reluctant to part, and they have to make an appointment for the next time they play together before they are willing to leave.

Of course, there are others who help Stark bring the baby. Eddie also suffered from the poisonous hand. Let's put it this way, Venom added a lot of trouble to Eddie when he first came, and little Morgan's one day is equal to Venom's three years. They still quarrel, and Venom can't win the quarrel, every time he is yelled at by anger, but he has no choice.

Families with children don't have to say more. Everyone takes turns bringing the baby, and when no one has time, they are all taken to the Andromeda Galaxy, letting mutants help look after them. Only a large group of Omega and Alpha mutants can look after them.

Although Schiller has no children, he can be considered to have heavily participated in the process of bringing babies in several other families. It's not that he hasn't received calls, asking him to "comment" using child psychology. So he picked a few embarrassing things about Stark bringing the baby and told Ma Te, Ma Te was immediately amused, completely forgetting his own troubles.

Just then, Peter had a fish on the hook. He hurried back to grab the fishing rod, because he had spider-sense, so his reaction was much faster than Ma Te's. The moment he grabbed the fishing rod and pulled it up, the fish had just taken the bait. He pulled it up like this, the fish didn't seem to have time to cut the line, and was immediately hooked.

Peter saw that there was a play, and used the strength of breastfeeding to pull it up. Seeing the black shadow in the lake getting bigger and bigger, Peter became more and more excited, thinking he had caught a huge fish. As a result, he didn't need to use his feet at all when he reached the shore, and the black shadow came towards him.

Bang! Splash!

The moment the fish jumped out of the water, a huge wave overturned the person and the shed completely. Even Peter was washed out very far, let alone Ma Te behind.

The lake water receded, and looking closely, the fish was not seen, only Namor floating on the lake surface roaring at the three:

"Do you have a disease?! Fishing once or twice is enough, what are you doing?!"

Peter was suddenly grinning, he thought it was at most a mutant strange fish, how could there be mutants here?!

"Uh, sorry." Peter knew he was wrong, and hurriedly apologized and explained, "We just saw a lake here, wanted to come fishing, didn't know you were in the lake. Really very sorry, did the fish hook hurt you?"

Namor looked speechless: "No one told you, I am repairing things under the water? Your fish hook scratched my hair!"

"So sorry." Ma Te also had to apologize, "Quicksilver reminded us, but we thought it was just some big fish in the lake..."

Namor waved his hand: "I am building the lake bottom passage of Krakoa, to facilitate the coming and going of the sea tribe. You guys don't follow along, go to one side!"

"Okay, we'll leave immediately." Peter apologized while walking out, wiped the water on his face, and looked at Ma Te, and the two laughed together.

"They should have landed on the night of the storm." Schiller dodged in time and was not washed by the water. He took two blankets and draped them over them, and then said, "Charles and Stephen and the others should be back soon, let's go to the pier to pick them up."

Several people came to the pier. At this time, the pier that was about to be completed had been completely dismantled. According to the shift arrangement, the mutants who were working were under Erik's command, building the foundation according to the standard engineering process. ===== CHAPTER 4727 =====