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Chapter 141 Hulk Returns
In the mutant world, it was already the afternoon of the second day after the appointment with Du Mu.

Hank and Mystique, who had not yet received Du Mu's initiation but had already learned the basic moves of Four-phase Fist, were eager to try it, but Eric, who had received individual instruction from Du Mu, was even more impatient.

He even planned to run to the small island with the portal by himself and go to the martial arts gym through the portal.

As for how to get there... naturally, we would steal a plane and fly over.

Fortunately, with Charles's dissuasion, Eric gave up the idea.

The main reason was that Charles also had some ideas about how Eric could enhance his abilities, so he assisted Eric in practicing in the morning, making the other party feel that he was not wasting his time.

Charles has noticed that the release of many mutants' abilities is related to their mental state.

In the past, Eric used anger to strengthen his abilities, which allowed him to manipulate magnetism to lift heavier metals, but it also prevented his control from ever increasing.

Charles, relying on his mutant abilities, unearthed Eric's latent memories that he had forgotten, which were memories of his time with his mother.

Sebastian Shaw was the murderer who killed Eric's mother, which is why Eric was determined to hunt him down at all costs.

But hatred and anger made Eric forget many details of his time with his mother. Whenever he recalled his mother, all he could think of was the pain and despair when she was shot.

Charles helped him find the center point between anger and calm. Only by maintaining that high yet rational emotion could Eric exert his most powerful strength at the moment.

Just at this time, Du Mu came over and took them back to the martial arts hall.

So Du Mu discovered that Eric, who came to the martial arts gym this time, was much calmer and no longer as impetuous and eager for quick success as a young boy.

Charles used his ability to keep Eric in high spirits. This state of mind that Eric had never reached before made his mental strength almost escape from his skull, and his fighting spirit was incredibly high.

Seeing this, Du Mu asked Eric to repeat yesterday's practice.

Eric looked confident as he controlled all the weapons on the weapon rack to fly up, then twisted and entangled with each other, turning into a huge wrinkled metal ball.

"There is too little metal here. I think I can lift at least tens of thousands of tons of weight now." Eric said to Du Mu with great confidence.

At the same time, Du Mu could also feel that his control over magnetism had deepened a lot. It seemed that Charles' auxiliary training for Eric was very effective.

Now, even if there is no electricity in the metal, Du Mu can clearly feel it. At this time, if there is an electromagnetic storage device, Du Mu can obtain magnetic force to control the surrounding metal.

But it doesn’t matter if there is none, because there is a man in the martial arts hall who constantly creates a large amount of free electromagnetic energy.

Du Mu directly took over the magnetic force created by Eric and took away Eric's control over the ball of wrinkled metal.

Eric's eyes suddenly widened.

He saw that the wrinkles on the metal ball were slowly smoothed out, and the entire metal no longer seemed to be twisted bit by bit by violence. Instead, it was like water, dissolving and blending together, and smoothly turning into a perfect sphere.

There were no bumps on the surface of the metal ball, and it was as clear as a mirror. Eric could even see his own reflection in it.

Du Mu nodded in satisfaction. Although he only gained the insights and improvements from Eric's two days of training, coupled with his stronger mental power than Charles, he directly reached the level of control over metal that Magneto had in his old age.

Next, as long as he obtains the Ark Reactor and produces electromagnetism continuously, even without Eric's x-gene, he can still freely control magnetism and metal like the other party.

Eric was amazed.

In his opinion, Du Mu's actions obviously integrated or erased the chemical bonds in the metal. In the other's hands, the metal was no longer a square object with a specific shape, but something like flowing water, composed of countless tiny water droplets.

Eric had only one urgent thought in his mind: I want to learn this!

So much so that Eric didn't want to waste time trying to improve his power output, which he had just improved with Charles' help.

Would being able to lift larger pieces of iron be useful? Maybe, but not much.

If one could truly make metal an object that one could manipulate at will, or even turn it into mist and seep into the air the opponent breathes, then one would not need much output power at all, and could easily kill an enemy that could not be killed even by lifting a cruise ship.

Eric looked at Du Mu and asked earnestly, "How did you do it? Did you change the chemical bonds? Can I learn from you?"

Du Mu nodded: "Of course you can learn it, and I didn't modify the chemical bonds inside. My control is not yet so subtle."

"I just manipulated the magnetic force more evenly, allowing the magnetic field to be evenly distributed in the irregular metal and then controlling it... If you don't understand what I mean, just imagine the metal as plasticine and practice slowly."

Du Mu casually assigned Eric a homework and instantly divided the metal ball into dozens of pieces and handed them to Eric.

Eric immediately took control of them, like a child clumsily trying to play with plasticine for the first time, and began to use his mutant abilities to knead the metal.

Just when Du Mu was about to teach the next mutant student, his expression changed slightly and he looked towards the southwest.

From the information conveyed by the prismatic stone ten kilometers away, Du Mu sensed that a familiar figure was approaching quickly.

Is it Hulk?
It's only ten kilometers, and I should be able to reach the martial arts gym with a few more jumps.

Could it be that they have already solved the problem of the blood sacrifice in the Shun Dynasty court? What a quick move.

At the same time, Du Mu also felt that the true energy that he had previously fed back through "faith" should have almost reached the destination.

And the energy of faith almost instantly became many times brighter and tighter, and its number also increased.

Although everyone's beliefs were of little use to Du Mu, with the power of many hands contributing, Du Mu still felt that his mental strength had increased slightly.

But this growth is somewhat troublesome.

Du Mu frowned, feeling that a part of his mental power was somewhat out of tune with his overall mental power.

They were very messy, empty, and contradictory... but fortunately they were all positive emotions, so Du Mu did not feel uncomfortable.

Du Mu thought about why Luo Zu of Luojiao never preached, because he was afraid that his spirit would be influenced by believers.

In the past, people who "believed" in Du Mu were basically those who had been with Du Mu, and were familiar with him, so the influence was not obvious. But this time, the beliefs of the refugees rescued by Banner and Peter were described in a layer, and they relied on their imagination to reprocess them in their minds, so their images were all kinds of strange.

Du Mu does not need this little bit of mental power. Others lack the methods to increase their mental power. Facing these messy beliefs, it may be like drinking poison to quench thirst, but he can still rely on the martial arts school to improve step by step. It is better not to have this impure mental power.

Du Mu waved his hand and temporarily blocked the connection between the prismatic stone and himself, so that the power of faith was temporarily disconnected from him so that it would not affect him.

Next, while waiting for Hulk to arrive, Du Mu directly gave Charles, Hank, Mystique and Siren an infusion of true energy through the air.

The four of them began to perform the moves of the Four-phase Fist in unison. Except for themselves who were a little confused, to outsiders, the same martial arts moves performed together were actually quite powerful.

The superpowers of these four people are relatively stable. They are not as easily out of control as Shockwave, nor do they have huge fluctuations in upper and lower limits like Eric.

In addition, they had already watched the teaching for most of the day yesterday and had a preliminary understanding of true Qi. In addition, Logan had given them a simple preview last night, so Du Mu didn't need to patiently guide them one by one.

Hank was the most excited. He did not need any individual guidance because his superpower was his beastly body. What Hank wanted most was not to become stronger, but to return to normal.

But apart from that, he is also a very studious scientist.

Therefore, even without Du Mu's individual guidance, he was already very satisfied that he could obtain the true Qi. Then he slowly became familiar with the control of the true Qi, and waited to return to Charles Manor to start studying the true Qi immediately.

Charles learned very carefully, fearing that he would subconsciously use mind reading on Du Mu and lose the other party's trust.

After practicing the true qi, the siren looked at her hands excitedly, and then looked at Du Mu expectantly, hoping to get Du Mu's guidance.

But Du Mu looked at Mystique instead.

Mystique looked embarrassed at this time because she had returned to her original blue skin and red hair appearance.

When she first came, she was still a blonde hottie, which was her transformed self without mutant abilities.

But in the process of training, she accidentally immersed herself in martial arts, forgot to maintain her appearance, and returned to her original form.

As a mutant who is self-conscious about her appearance, Mystique didn't dare look at Du Mu at all and just wanted to hide behind the people around her.

But no one looked at her. Hank was excited about learning the Chi, Eric was practicing a deeper control over magnetism, and Charles didn't dare to use his superpowers. No one noticed Mystique's condition.

Du Mu encouraged him, "Rainbow, you are very good. You are completely focused on learning the Qi training method. So your transformation requires you to stay focused at all times, right?"

Mystique lowered her head. Due to the exaggeration of Logan and Charles, as well as the incredible abilities and insights that Du Mu had demonstrated in recent days, she was a little afraid of such an authoritative person.

Therefore, they didn't dare to change back to the blonde without permission. Hearing this, they nodded and said, "Yes."

No wonder in the original book, Raven reacted so strongly to Eric's words of persuasion. For Raven, pretending is like carrying a mental burden at all times.

Eric asked her to be proud of the way she looked, which was equivalent to removing all the burdens that Raven had been carrying for more than ten years. It made her feel extremely relaxed and she accepted Eric's statement almost instantly.

Then I started to take off my clothes...

Du Mu shook his head secretly. This was not the way to bravely show yourself.

He looked into Raven's bird-like orange eyes and smiled, "Raven, do you really want to blend in with ordinary people?"

"Ah?" Mystique looked at Du Mu strangely, not understanding why he would ask such a question.

However, Mystique had never thought about this matter in the past.

Come to think of it, it seemed...she didn't really care about it.

What Mystique cares more about is what her close ones think of her. She doesn't want to be a star, so she doesn't care about how ordinary people view her.

Because she understood since she was a child that so-called ordinary people would never accept her. She never had any expectations, so naturally she had no disappointment or care.

Although Du Mu didn't know Mystique's specific thoughts, he could sense certain tendencies from her emotions.

No wonder Mystique followed Eric away in the movie.

Charles hoped that Mystique would always keep her human appearance and blend in with the crowd. However, when he saw Mystique's true appearance... when she was not wearing any clothes, he was too fussy to take a closer look because of the gender difference. Mystique took it as a sign that he did not accept her true appearance.

This should have been a big blow to Mystique. At the same time, after hearing what Eric said about the idea of ​​mutants being superior to ordinary people, she was attracted by the vision of standing openly in the sun, so she followed Magneto away.

To be honest, Du Mu didn't know how to persuade people with such thoughts.

Du Mu had indeed never experienced a situation where he was unable to accept himself due to image issues.

Even if he was in an orphanage in his previous life, he was not adopted because of his congenital disease, not because of his physical disability.

Du Mu could only honestly express his thoughts: "After all, you have the ability to transform into any environment. Perhaps your real appearance is so special just to let you distinguish who accepts your fake appearance and who accepts your real appearance?"

When Mystique heard this, she instantly felt that it spoke to the heart of her heart.

For a person who does not have a fixed appearance, self-positioning is the most difficult thing. For a person with a fixed and unique appearance, the opinion of close people on his or her appearance is the most important.

Her eyes subconsciously swept towards Charles.

After all, this time Mystique is still wearing clothes, unlike in the original book where she listened to Eric's encouragement and directly exposed her body, so Charles did not show any fear of looking directly at her.

He looked seriously at the current Raven, his good friend who grew up with him, and smiled encouragingly: "Raven, your true appearance is also very beautiful, and it is both unique and beautiful, fully showing the external expression of the x gene."

"Honestly, if I didn't want to expose you to the public, I would have written several papers based on your appearance and genes. I have quite a few ideas in mind."

Mystique smiled helplessly. This was indeed the kind of compliment Charles would say.

At the same time, except for Eric who didn't care about the situation here, Logan who had long been accustomed to Mystique's appearance, and Hank who had a puzzled expression, the others all began to praise Mystique's true appearance.

Mystique's eyes gradually brightened as the people around her recognized her. She was a high-spirited woman by nature, but in the past she didn't dare to be too ostentatious because of her special appearance.

This time, the few friends she cared about all understood and recognized her... This was enough for Riven.

And she understood that these people were absolutely sincere, because they were actually mutants like herself, and outliers among ordinary people.

They are compatriots.

For the first time, Mystique had a deep understanding of the concept of compatriots.

However, Mystique looked at Du Mu in front of her again and said secretly: There are people from another world.

Anyway, there are enough people who recognize her, so why should she care about what ordinary people think?

So Mystique stopped being timid and didn't change into anyone else. She just stood in the martial arts gym with her original appearance.

Du Mu looked at the four people in front of him and did not notice any other improvements except the increase in true Qi.

It seems that I still need some individual guidance...

Then continue to guide Mystique before Hulk returns.

Recalling the Sentinel robot in the movie that obtained Mystique's x-gene, Du Mu was also somewhat curious about Mystique's mutant abilities.

So Du Mu said to Mystique, "Can you turn into me?"

Mystique nodded and smiled, "Of course."

In an instant, another man in a black robe stood in the martial arts hall.

Du Mu nodded, they looked exactly the same.

But he wanted more than just this.

Du Mu waved his hand, and a ruby-like flying sword appeared beside him.

The other Du Mu saw this and immediately shook his head and said, "Sorry, my transformation cannot bring out the mutant abilities of my compatriots, so I don't think your ability will work either..."

Du Mu encouraged with a smile: "You can give it a try. Don't forget that you now have a different energy in your body."

Mystique was startled, and suddenly felt excited.

Eric, who was standing by, finally wiped the sweat from his forehead after hearing this, put the metal ball, which still had some cracks but was already very neat, into his pocket, and watched Mystique's performance with interest.

He was too lazy to participate in the process of Mystique seeking recognition, but if the other party could really gain another person's mutant ability through transformation...

Perhaps, Riven is the one with the most potential among them?

So Mystique looked at Du Mu's flying sword and began to seriously try to condense it in front of her...

Almost in the blink of an eye, a flying sword that also exuded a ruby ​​luster appeared in front of Mystique.

It worked!
Riven couldn't believe it, how could it be so easy to succeed?
Everyone else was also very surprised, except Logan.

Apparently, the future Mystique will also have similar performances after practicing Chi.

However, Du Mu realized that Riven's magic flying sword was just a facade. It was essentially a mimicry of true energy and did not possess the true power of a magic flying sword.

But even so, this is still very impressive, at least it can be used to bluff people.

Eric didn't expect it to be possible. He immediately turned to look at Logan who had returned from the future and asked, "Can Mystique, who has learned true energy in the future, replicate the abilities of other mutants?"

Logan scratched his chin and said hesitantly, "How should I put it? It seems to be true, but it's not."

"For example, she can transform into Cyclops... oh, Alex's brother, and release red blasts."

"But the power of that red shock wave is only equivalent to her own true energy. It only increases the attack distance, but does not have the power and temperature of the red shock wave itself."

Eric nodded, a little disappointed. Was the simulation of ability just a facade?

Shockwave Alex opened his mouth, his voice was a little distorted, and his expression was distorted: "Wait, you said my brother is also a mutant? And his abilities are similar to mine?"

Logan was stunned: "Don't you know yet?"

"I do not know!"

Alex suddenly felt a little uneasy. He looked at Du Mu and Charles and said with embarrassment, "I'm sorry, can you let me go home first? This ability is too easy to get out of control in the early stages. I'm worried that my brother will be the same. I don't feel comfortable for him to stay with our parents."

Seeing that Du Mu and Charles both nodded, Alex immediately tore off the patch on his wrist and disappeared in the martial arts gym.

At the same time, Du Mu also felt that Hulk had returned to Kowloon Bay.

(End of this chapter)