You Mention a 100,000-Fold Serum, and I'm All Ears
As it turns out, Magneto had indeed been planning something big for a while, developing a machine to forcibly turn all ordinary people into mutants.
Humans see mutants as different? Fine, what if the leaders of humanity all become mutants? Wouldn't that solve the problem?
But Magneto has clearly changed his mind now.
Duval pondered Magneto's motives. On one hand, directly antagonizing the entire world is somewhat unrealistic. Even if Magneto can withstand nuclear bombs, he's definitely not invincible.
On the other hand, it should be related to Professor X.
Duval had a telepathic conversation with Professor X, and he knew that Professor X was always nagging him, wanting to persuade him to be more stable in his actions and not become like Magneto, a villain in the eyes of the world.
How laughable. Duval is focused on his career and wouldn't waste time being a villain. If being a villain could help him achieve his goals more smoothly, he would seriously consider it.
However, Duval speculated that there might be other factors driving the reconciliation between the two, deciding to use the Global United Summit platform to announce some major news to the world.
"Is it because of the Deviants? Have you decided to stop being human?" Duval asked Magneto.
Magneto didn't respond, but Duval learned about a strange mutant from Mystique: Destiny.
"Destiny..."
As soon as Duval heard this name, he immediately became interested. This mutant can see through fate, which clearly means she foresaw a very bleak future for mutants.
With such a subordinate who has seen a fragmented script, it's no wonder Magneto deviates from the normal path in his actions. It would be abnormal if he didn't.
In addition, because of Duval, Magneto obtained a lot of information about the Deviants, secluded himself for many days, and who knows what kind of plan he came up with.
"So, in Destiny's predictions, where do I stand?" Duval was very interested in this.
"I don't know. Even when facing Erik, Destiny is taciturn and rarely gives clear and direct guidance. Even if Erik asks, she will even choose to ignore him completely."
"I see. Destiny either saw extremely terrifying future scenes that she can't talk about, or she can only see incomplete pictures that she can't explain."
Compared to the Ancient One, who wields the Time Stone, Destiny's ability is not outstanding, but as an external prompt, it can provide some guidance.
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The sky was gray, with a drizzle falling.
In the conference hall, countless people were dressed in suits and ties, looking serious, with forced ease occasionally appearing on their tense expressions as they chatted with acquaintances.
The Global United Summit is the most grand meeting on Earth.
This year's scale is even greater than before.
People are on edge because many dangerous individuals have come, and no one knows how many malicious people are hidden in the magnificent and solemn atmosphere.
"Even the mutants are here. I really don't understand what's going on."
"Give it a rest. At least everyone invited is human. They didn't invite the Atlanteans or the Inhumans."
"Interesting. Do you want to ask some representative mutants if they consider themselves human? Magneto would punch you to death."
Similar remarks echoed in various places. Passersby looked solemn and cautiously looked around, afraid that a terrorist would jump out.
At this moment, a meteor flew from the sky and landed on the square outside the conference building, landing on its feet with its arms raised high behind it, attracting a lot of attention, but no cheers.
"Mr. Tony Stark, we have prepared a special airport for parking flying equipment fifty kilometers away."
Immediately, dutiful security personnel surrounded him.
Tony impatiently pushed these people away. His strength, through the Mark 5 armor, only mobilized a little bit of power, which was completely enough to deal with ordinary people, but when he pushed, he was stunned because he couldn't push them.
This made him understand that these seemingly ordinary guys, even if they are not true superhumans, have been genetically modified.
"It seems that the Super Soldier Program has finally made progress. Is this how your superiors command you, to threaten a wise and charming citizen?"
Tony raised his eyebrows: "As for the flying equipment you mentioned, I don't have it. This is my high-tech prosthetic limb. Everyone knows that I'm usually busy dating a lot of girls. To save time, it's normal to do this, right?"
But several security personnel still didn't move, surrounding Tony tightly, which made Tony's face gradually darken. He is a particular person who cares about face, especially in such a globally watched occasion.
Click, click, click! A group of reporters surrounded him, carrying cameras and microphones, taking pictures frantically, and some people held microphones in the distance and shouted loudly: "Mr. Stark, will you refuse? Or will you send your prosthetic limb to the airport?"
Tony's face was gloomy. He didn't want to come to this kind of place, but when he thought that there were many ruthless characters here, he immediately changed his mind and planned to come here to see and collect more data and information to provide ideas for upgrading his armor in the future.
But these people actually want to take off his armor? Tony's sense of security all comes from this high-tech equipment.
While the situation was deadlocked.
*BOOM!*
A thunderclap suddenly echoed in the dim sky.
People subconsciously shivered and looked up at the sky in surprise. Immediately, their pupils dilated as they watched a lightning bolt, thicker than anything they had ever seen, surge out of the thick clouds, spreading as if tearing the sky apart, and finally descending straight down.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, a figure crashed down from the lightning, carrying a force more ferocious than a cannonball, slamming into the ground with a bang, shattering countless floor tiles.
"Looks like I didn't come to the wrong place, this is it."
Facing the crowd's astonished and excited gazes, Duval's expression was calm, not feeling that his behavior was out of line at all.
Nor would he care about the almost exploding mentality of the security personnel who were monitoring everything at all times.
A proper Global United Summit, first Iron Man made a showy entrance that was already annoying, requiring them to work hard to maintain order and seriousness, and now here comes an even more fierce guy with an even more gorgeous entrance?
"You're about to receive an astronomical compensation bill from them," Tony complained about this annoying guy who was stealing his thunder.
"It doesn't matter, I won't pay anyway. I have a large family to support, where would I find the spare money to compensate?" Duval said.
Tony thought that this was really impossible to refute. The number of this large family was a bit too much, they could be pulled to the Asgard battlefield to fight. The vampires had the most to say about this.
Duval looked at the security personnel surrounding Tony, swung Mjolnir and walked over, saying, "All of you, you have such great bodies, if you're really bored, why not come to my place and take a look, I have good stuff."
"If they had the guts, they wouldn't be standing here blocking me," Tony said mockingly.
Because Tony was still considered orderly, but Duval was different. He said it, and he really might do it.
"Times have changed, but they've changed a bit too fast. The guys behind you can't keep up with the pace, they should be eliminated," Duval swung Mjolnir, creating a large amount of lightning, blasting all these guys away.
He didn't have so many scruples.
"But, Lord Duval, are you declaring war on the whole world?" a security agent asked in a low voice.
"I can represent myself in declaring war on the whole world, can you represent the whole world in declaring war on me? I don't know how you were born, did you also drink the Serum? It rotted your brain. In this regard, that World War II hero is much better than you."
Duval pointed in one direction.
A man holding a shield walked over, his posture upright, his face full of justice, causing countless people to exclaim and shout excitedly.
Captain America had already been dug out of the Arctic by S.H.I.E.L.D..
"Enter the venue, staying here for a long time will only cause riots, violating your original intention of participating in the meeting," Captain America said with a face full of righteousness.
Tony scanned this guy repeatedly in disbelief, the mouth under his mask was opened into an "O" shape.
Duval asked directly, "Is that an order, soldier?"
"No, these are the meeting rules, whether he is a human or a god, or even a Xenomorph, they must be followed."
"Very good, I like guys with clear logic, you better manage these big-headed soldiers, some researchers haven't replicated your miracle very well, creating a bunch of inferior products."
Duval gave a thumbs up in appreciation, walked among a pile of fallen security agents, bathed in subtle lightning, dragged Tony, who weighed thousands of pounds with his armor, up the steps, and went straight to the conference building.
Of course, this dragging behavior shattered the majestic and iconic steps all the way. He wouldn't care about such trivial things, but others watched with twitching eyelids.
"Captain..."
"Don't say it, I know you're unwilling, but your purpose is not to start a war with these guys, even if you have ulterior motives, you have to choose a suitable time."
Steve had just woken up not long ago, but he was quickly adapting to this different era. At least superhumans could openly display their power without restraint, which was simply unimaginable in the past.
As far as he knew, this phenomenon had only occurred in the last month or two. A series of events were leveraging the whole world, causing this planet to sprint wildly in another direction.
The key figure who triggered all this was Duval, who only left his back to him.
Steve didn't know if this was good or bad, he was just an old soldier executing orders. Managing these super soldiers who didn't know what strange orders they had received in secret was what he should do.
God knows what the people who created the super soldiers were planning for Duval.
What made Steve even more headache was not knowing how many Xenomorphs were scattered around. Anyway, he didn't believe that Duval would really come alone and leave a large pile of Xenomorphs behind.
Duval's arrival was just the beginning.
Magneto simply flew across the sea, landed in the spotlight, with a cold face and a "no entry" sign.
The superhumans hiding in the dark, on alert, were all speechless.
"Perhaps Duval is right, times have changed. People who possess special powers can openly display their talents."
"That's right, but don't forget, we are also superhumans. Or are you saying that as a ghost, you don't consider yourself human?"
"Shut up, Mummy, you have no right to talk about me."
The Howling Commandos had naturally gathered as well, to prevent any emergencies, but facing one tough character after another, they didn't have any good solutions.
What's more, these troublesome guys hadn't gone on a killing spree, as if they really were here for a meeting.
The entire conference lasted for seven days, with all sorts of characters giving speeches. Some represented countries, some represented organizations, and some represented ethnic groups.
For example, right now, on the stage, a Mutant doctor named Jean Grey was speaking, using a large amount of research to demonstrate the X-Gene within Mutants, calling on everyone to view Mutants with the correct attitude and embrace peace.
Powerful individuals could feel a terrifying sense of oppression from Dr. Jean, their expressions stern, and the way they looked at Jean changed.
Next to the podium, there was a timid-looking guy preparing to go on stage to speak, not daring to look at Duval even from a distance.
Duval noticed this guy's presence, glanced at him, and then withdrew his gaze.
"Aren't you worried at all? He represents the Vampires, and he's going on stage after Jean Grey finishes speaking." A middle-aged man walked up to Duval.
This was normal. In such a large gathering, it would be abnormal not to take the opportunity to expand one's circle of friends.
Duval replied, "What should I worry about? Worry that he'll complain about how harsh the world is to Vampires? Didn't you see over there, Charles and Erik are both listening intently to Jean Grey's speech, not saying a word."
Vampires? Those guys are hated by everyone, pure parasites clinging to humans.
There are many of them, and they have the ability to convert ordinary people into Vampires in batches. Anyone would be annoyed.
Duval's Xenomorphs specifically target Vampires, plundering their wealth, and to some extent, are solving a stubborn problem.
"As far as I know, in your area, there are no Vampires anymore. As the other half of the Holy Shield Brotherhood, S.H.I.E.L.D. China Branch is on the right path."
Duval turned to ask the middle-aged man in front of him, "Zheng Xian, right? The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. China Branch. Perhaps you have some difficult criminals there that you can hand over to me. I'm not afraid of trouble."
"You're more candid than I imagined, but I think you could at least pretend to consider it, instead of directly asking for benefits."
"If you were Fury, I would be even more direct." Duval looked at this guy, "How about we change the subject: I guess you're very interested in the war going on on the World Tree, otherwise you wouldn't have come to me."
"That's right, although everyone doesn't say it openly, there are actually very few people who have access to information about the universe. S.H.I.E.L.D. once had designs on Thor, wanting to get in touch with Asgard, but failed because of you. We won't just sit and watch, we also have contact with another divine race."
Duval looked calm. He had known about this for a long time.
You should know that thousands of years ago, when Odin led the various divine systems of the World Tree to fight against the Celestials, the Destroyer Armor he wore was blessed by almost all the God-Kings of the divine systems.
S.H.I.E.L.D. can contact Asgard and absorb Thor into the Avengers in the normal timeline, and S.H.I.E.L.D. China Branch can also have intermittent contact with Da Luo Heaven.
"The war will not stop, it will continue, and my act of transporting troops will continue until Asgard achieves victory." Duval gave a clear answer.
"But Odin is dead."
"Who said that?"
"Everyone says so, Loki has even ascended the throne."
"Fake news."
"Why are you so sure? Did you or the Xenomorph generals you sent to participate in the war see Odin?"
"Odin is dead, why is Hela still nowhere to be seen? I don't believe that Odin's most proud descendant would be so bad that she can't even break the seal."
"Okay, we will default to your actions, and if conditions permit, we can provide you with all forms of convenience. But regarding the prophecy of Ragnarok, the core of this prophecy is Asgard. Once your new Thunder God has any major discoveries, I hope to trade for first-hand information from you."
After a few words, the two completed the exchange and left on their own.
The time node of Ragnarok is approaching. According to the prophecy, if Asgard is destroyed by a powerful force, other divine races will have to weigh their options.
Then, as Midgard, one of the three realms of the mortal world, is the central hub connecting the upper and lower parts of the World Tree, the key question is what position it should be in during this unprecedented crisis, whether to assess whether it will be affected in the future chaos, and whether its own strength can resist it. At the very least, a plan must be established.
Zheng Xian left, and the guy who really needed to use Duval to achieve ulterior motives soon arrived.
Colonel Stryker had been staring at Duval for a long time. This villain who specializes in dealing with Mutants didn't even dare to show his face in front of Professor X and Magneto, but instead sent a soldier to come over and negotiate with Duval.
"Colonel Stryker? I have no friendship with him, and I'm not interested. He doesn't really think he has any favor to ask of me, does he?"
Duval just shook his head, completely disregarding Stryker's invitation.
But when the soldier made a gesture, leading Duval into a room filled with countless high-tech devices, and showed him an encrypted document, Duval's expression changed slightly, and he immediately changed his mind.
"A Super Serum with 100,000 times Captain America Serum's effect, is actually this..."
Damn, this chapter wasn't fully pasted, the last two paragraphs were missing. It's fixed now.
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