Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 683: Mutants Appear (Three in One)

In the X Academy's ancient castle, in the reception room.

Charles, Eric and others gathered together, anxiously waiting in front of a big-butt TV.

An urgent announcement was made that the President of the United States would deliver a pre-war mobilization speech.

Although they did not hold much hope for this in their hearts, what if, what if both sides realized that there would be no winner in a nuclear war and shook hands and made peace with each other, then Xiao's conspiracy would fail.

Never underestimate the intelligence network and think tanks owned by a superpower. Since the end of World War II and the formation of a new world political landscape, lighthouses and alliances have begun to compete and confront each other.

In the field of science, the two superpowers can be said to be in healthy competition. Each of them is eager to defeat the other in the fields of atomic energy, high-energy physics, space, etc.

Correspondingly, both sides have placed countless spies within each other's ranks to obtain the slightest intelligence on the other side's movements at the first possible moment.

As for Lighthouse, there is a team of more than a thousand professional analysts and think tanks who are analyzing the detailed reasons for the current friction between the two sides.

The little actions of Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club behind him naturally could not escape the eyes of professional intelligence personnel.

Knowing it is one thing, but even a superpower would feel frustrated as it has the power but nowhere to use it when dealing with this group of mutants who have all kinds of strange abilities and appear out of nowhere.

On the front battlefield, even level 4 mutants like Shaw and Eric are nothing more than cannon fodder under fire coverage. They can hold out for a while, but not forever.

The abilities of mutants are essentially the psychic power of the subspace. Even if the subspace sea of ​​this universe is extremely calm and the ether currents are not too corrosive and corrupting, mutants still have a limit to what they can endure.

As time goes by, their spiritual energy will be exhausted and they will naturally turn into ashes.

They knew that the mutants were stirring up trouble, and there was nothing they could do except to step up vigilance.

What Xiao said was not entirely unreasonable. They were just adding fuel to the flames of the nuclear war.

The main reason is the mutual hostility between the two superpowers and the self-destructive nature of human beings, which has led to the situation reaching this point.

“This country’s policy is to view any nuclear bomb that crosses the Cuban red line as a nuclear deterrent to the beacon.

This is an act of aggression by the Alliance against the free world. In order to defend our freedom, Lighthouse will launch a full-scale nuclear retaliation against the Alliance at all costs."

"We call on the people to trust our army and not to run a run on supplies. Our production lines are sufficient to meet the needs of the entire nation. Even if a nuclear war breaks out, we will be able to survive."

On the ridiculously blurry picture of the black and white TV, President Kennedy, who would soon have a burst of imagination, was giving a solemn speech.

"If I hadn't seen the emptied supermarkets and the re-used underground air-raid shelters from World War II, I would have believed his words."

Eric folded his arms across his chest and looked at the president's speech with disdain.

Magneto has always had a bad attitude towards human officials, who are essentially the same kind of people as the rulers of the concentration camps.

The other mutant students around also had heavy expressions on their faces. It seemed that all diplomatic means had failed.

In this case, the only choice left to them is to join this war.

“Brothers and sisters, at this critical moment, we should stand up and stop the conspiracy of Xiao and the forces behind him.”

"Please allow me to call our alliance the 'X-Men'. We must defend the future of mankind. No matter who wants to destroy it, we will not allow it!"

Charles turned off the TV and looked at his comrades around him.

"Without further delay, let's go."

The next moment, all the X-Men in the living room disappeared in a shining teleportation light.

When everyone opened their eyes again and looked around, they had already arrived at a beach with warm sunshine and sea breeze.

At the end of everyone's sight, a transport ship "Aral Sea" carrying nuclear weapons was sailing alone towards Cuba.

The original escorting alliance fleet was already confronting the Seventh Fleet from a distance. The former was betting that no one dared to destroy the transport ship, while the latter was betting that the transport ship would not dare to cross the red line.

This is a psychological game, and the bet is on who will lose patience first and be defeated.

"Xiao is definitely here. Even if the two superpowers suddenly regret it and don't want the conflict to escalate, he will take action to make everything develop according to the original trajectory."

Eric and Charles were on high alert, and the other mutants were also ready for battle.

In comparison, Luo Xi and Sharokin seemed extremely relaxed and comfortable.

The two of them found an unmanned high ground and silently watched the advancing Aral Sea and other warships preparing to fire.

Sharokin loved watching the sea, but in the Terra he remembered, the ocean had long disappeared.

Even the concept of the ocean on Terra was sacrificed by the mother of the Adeptus Adeptus La Endymion. An ocean can no longer gather on the human home planet, even if seawater is airlifted from other planets.

"Although the battleships and cannons of the second millennium were primitive and backward, the tactical thinking was not much different from that of our time."

Sharokin couldn't help but comment as he looked at the fleet that was turning its ships around and facing the enemy with the broadside of its warships.

"Although it sounds a bit funny, it is true. In our time, even more ancient tactics such as boarding have reappeared on the battlefield and have been proven to be effective."

The Warhammer universe is so weird, with advancement and backwardness coexisting, science fiction and barbarism intertwined, and the humans in that universe living among wreckage and ruins, have to form this extremely special state of existence.

"They can't fight. I've seen the Alliance's warships adopting a retreat tactic. If they really wanted to attack, they wouldn't be like this."

Sharokin's analysis was extremely sophisticated. Although he had no experience in commanding warships and naval battles, his long time of service to the Emperor had destined him to have a clear understanding of other war situations.

Even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. Now even if Sharokin is appointed as the commander of a space fleet, he can still demonstrate an excellent command level.

On the virtual display screen of the tactical helmet, the Aral Sea and other warships have been clearly scanned by the auspicious device, and their movement trajectories are displayed in a concrete way.

On the command bridge of the Seventh Fleet at the lighthouse, the commander, who had already changed into a life jacket and put on a helmet, watched the Aral Sea approaching with a heavy heart.

"Target ship angle 1-8-0, speed knots."

"There are three minutes left before it crosses the red line."

The signalman was so excited that he could hardly conceal his voice, but the fleet commander remained calm.

"If they cross the line, may God bless them..." He paused, "and us."

"Everyone, prepare for battle! Repeat, everyone, prepare for battle!"

All the battleships of the Seventh Fleet turned their guns around, and those black cannons exuded a terrifying deterrent force.

In this era, although various missiles have replaced the strategic position of the giant ships and cannons of the past, these steel monsters can still bring humans a powerful sense of deterrence and oppression that far exceeds that of missiles.

The Aral Sea was getting closer and closer, and both sides were nervous.

"Damn the Alliance, are they really going to start a war?!" the commander of the Seventh Fleet cursed in his heart.

"New order, the Supreme Leader has indicated that the Aral Sea's mission to cross the line should be terminated, and the ship should be turned around and returned to Odessa Port to wait!"

The commander of the Union Navy felt relieved instantly, and he immediately ordered the messenger to pass the order to the crew command room of the Aral Sea.

However, their command radio came down like a storm, and the crew of the Aral Sea did not respond at all. The entire transport ship was still moving rapidly towards its original destination.

"Damn it! What's going on?"

The commander instantly slammed the steel command platform, but no one could answer his question.

Now, with only a little over a minute left, the Aral Sea will break through the red line set by the lighthouse. There is no other way except for them to destroy it with artillery fire first.

"Eric, you prepare to intercept the missile!"

"I will control the alliance's warships and let them destroy the transport ship themselves!"

Charles could no longer sit still. He used his telepathic ability to detect that there were no living people on the transport ship.

Shaw's men quietly assassinated the crew members and turned the ship's engine output to maximum.

"Intercept missiles?" Eric's eyes flashed with a strange look, "No, it's not necessary."

This mutant who can manipulate magnetic fields condenses the magnetic field and repels the earth's magnetic field beneath him.

Supported by invisible magnetic force, Eric accomplished the feat of flying in the air.

"I am already much better than before, why should I passively take a beating?"

The next moment, Eric used the magnetic field to accelerate and launched his body directly into the sky.

If his body could only withstand this kind of acceleration, Eric would even be able to use the Earth's magnetic field to accelerate infinitely until he approaches the speed of light.

With the help and guidance of Roxie, Eric finally took the first step from Magneto to Magneto.

Although this step is still just superficial, a qualitative change has already taken place.

Eric closed his eyes and felt the vast power of the planet beneath him.

His ability gives him special vision. He can see with his own eyes the traces of magnetic lines of force, a world more complex than visible light.

The Earth's magnetic field blocks the solar wind and binds atmospheric matter, giving the planet the potential to support life.

This is a force that far exceeds human limits. It belongs to nature and operates perfectly according to existing rules.

Eric looked at the beautiful earth's magnetic field and suddenly felt how foolish he was in the past. The power was right in front of him, but he always turned a blind eye to it.

He used the magnetic field to create a shield in front of himself, which greatly offset the air resistance and even allowed his speed to break through the sound barrier.

The Mach ring appeared beside him, and Eric's appearance instantly attracted the attention of both parties in the confrontation.

"Oh my God, what the hell is that!"

The commander of the Seventh Fleet took off his hat in disbelief to free up a wider field of vision. He vaguely saw something that looked like a missile flying in front of the fleet.

"The radar can't scan the opponent's trace, he is too small!"

Eric came to the top of the transport ship Aral Sea. He straightened his back, spread his hands, and controlled the magnetic field to magnetize it instantly.

If it were before, he might have used his magnetic field power to forcibly stop the transport ship, which would undoubtedly be the simplest and most brutal method.

But individual strength is always limited. With Eric's current ability development, it is far from enough to pull this 10,000-ton ship.

But as long as it is magnetized and the magnetism is adjusted to a state that repels the Earth's magnetic field, the ship will naturally be lifted up by the Earth.

The Red Devil, who was controlling the direction of the Aral Sea at this moment, suddenly found that the ship had stopped moving. Even if he turned the engine power to maximum, the propeller was as weak as stirring in the air.

"It's that damn electromagnetic guy!" The Red Devil cursed inwardly, then chose to abandon the ship and flee, disappearing into the cabin of the Aral Sea in a red mist.

It was as if an invisible giant hand was holding the hull of the Aral Sea. Its waterline dropped rapidly, and a large amount of attached seawater instantly fell down under the pull of the earth's gravity.

Eric gritted his teeth, a rapturous smile on his face. He continuously manipulated the Earth's magnetic field, forcibly pulling the giant steel ship out of the sea. The commanders of the Alliance and the lighthouse ordered their men to cease operations, then pulled out their simplest and most practical telescopes to observe this miraculous scene.

They saw a man in a black robe stretching out his hands, as if grabbing an eraser that had fallen to the ground, and pulling the "Aral Sea" that was about to cross the line out of the sea.

In this era, although many people have already known that there are a kind of monsters called mutants around them.

However, most people's understanding and cognition of mutants is still based on subjective negative impressions such as dirty monsters and ugly Frankensteins.

They may have some magic-like abilities, but compared to the price they pay, they are useless.

And now, under the gaze of countless people and in front of various wireless media, after Eric lifted the Aral Sea transport ship out of the sea, people all over the world will look at mutants in a new light.

"Look, see the power of mutants."

"A new race will rise. Humans, are you ready?"

Eric whispered softly, and he was like a god descending to the earth. He held up the Aral Sea in one hand and slowly placed it on the surrounding coast.

This ship is carrying the Alliance's tactical nuclear weapons, so he dare not be careless at all.

"Magneto, you still like big scenes so much..." Standing on the high ground by the coast, Roxie looked at Eric's big move with a little helplessness.

However, his pretense actually helped Luo Xi's plan.

As early as when Roche and Charles were discussing how to help mutants escape from their original situation of discrimination and isolation and successfully integrate into human society, he pointed out that humans must see the power and value of mutants, otherwise everything would be just wishful thinking.

If we seek peace through struggle, then peace will exist; if we seek peace through compromise, then peace will die.

Human beings are such a race that they are more likely to remember the pain they have suffered than the benefits they have gained.

The power displayed by Eric has obviously surpassed the limits of most humans' imagination. Only then did they realize that the mutants, whom they had looked down upon before, could actually possess such strategic-level terrifying power.

For a while, the friction that broke out in the Cuban waters had faded, and both sides became more curious about the mutants that suddenly appeared.

Moreover, Eric taking the ship away undoubtedly gave both sides an acceptable way out. The Lighthouse and the Alliance did not want a real nuclear war to break out in the first place, and now they were just going to take advantage of the situation.

"Stop the war, stop the friction. War will never eliminate conflicts, but only intensify them."

"Dear Alliance, Lighthouse Commander, there is no reason for you to fight each other. It is a group of ambitious people hiding in the dark who are pushing for the outbreak of war!"

Charles used his telepathic abilities to directly contact the commanders of the two opposing sides.

These two battle-hardened commanders, whose mental will was as firm as steel, began to doubt their lives for a moment.

Just now, a mutant used his own strength to pull a 10,000-ton transport ship to the coast, and now there is another mutant who can speak directly into their minds.

Oh my God, are they crazy or is this world crazy?

With such capabilities, why bother inventing nuclear weapons? As long as the mutant can directly control the enemy's brain, the enemy will not even have the ability to start a war.

At the same time, the commanders of the two warring armies, and even the top leaders of major powers who were remotely watching the battle in the rear through radio signals, were aware of the subtle change in the situation.

These mutants...seem to be cleaner and more efficient than nuclear weapons that kill indiscriminately!
"I remember that your CIA seems to have opened a new mutation department recently, right?" President Lighthouse asked the officials around him.

"Yes sir, in order to deal with the potential threat of mutants and apply supernatural powers to the field of national defense, our CIA has indeed created a new department, and you have also received a report from their Minister Oliver."

The secretary helped the president recall, and he immediately remembered the guy who looked harmless.

"I want to meet him and listen to his report on mutants. You and I have seen it. If neither side wants a nuclear war to break out, mutants may become our new strategic weapon in the future."

"I think Minister Oliver will give me a satisfactory answer. Those two mutants who performed brilliantly on the battlefield are most likely ours."

"This means that we have gained an advantage in the mutant race with the Alliance."

The president's vision was extremely sharp. He deeply grasped the psychological bottom line of both sides, which was that no one with a normal mind wanted a nuclear war to break out.

The reason why nuclear weapons are called epoch-making weapons is that their emergence has exposed the lives of the top figures on both sides to threats.

After all, all beings are equal under a nuclear explosion. No matter you are an ant at the bottom or an aristocrat at the top, you are nothing more than a layer of carbon shadow under the radiation shock wave.

In the past, even if a war was lost, the only ones who died were lower-level soldiers and officers, and there was no deterrent effect on them at all.

Such a rude and barbaric war really made these upper-class people very unhappy.

While Charles was still worried, wondering whether it was right or wrong for the mutants to appear on such an occasion that attracted worldwide attention, representatives from the president and other senior officials had already rushed to the X-School in New York State.

Charles was extremely excited when he saw that the impending war was contained on the eve of breaking out.

He constantly used his telepathic abilities to reassure the commanders on both sides, asking them to remain calm and restrained.

At the same time, he was constantly looking for Sebastian Shaw's exact location.

Even if you use your butt to think, you know that this guy will never miss such a crucial moment.

Once an accident occurs when the two superpowers are about to take the final step and both sides calm down, Xiao will definitely give them a helping hand.

Just as Charles guessed, Xiao, who was hiding in the submarine at the moment, was already in a state of out-of-control rage.

"It's that damn electromagnetic boy, and that telepathic boy!"

The Red Devil flashed back into the submarine and reported the situation outside to Xiao.

"These two idiots! I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted and let them go!"

Xiao was wearing a helmet that could block mental control, and for the first time he felt regretful.

He originally thought that those two mutants with great potential would at least stand on the side of mutants, even if they would not agree with his ideas and join his camp.

The outbreak of a nuclear war would be a huge benefit to mutants. Don’t they understand that?

What are they doing? Superheroes from a comic book? They are helping those humans fight their own kind. Do they really think that humans will change their attitude towards mutants?
wrong! Big mistake!

Humans will only realize the power and threat of mutants, and realize that they have previously underestimated this subspecies that was born from humans but is different from humans.

Many people think that humans are fragile. This upright ape born on the earth does not have sharp teeth and claws, nor does it have strong muscles and bones. Compared with other ferocious beasts in nature, it is simply mediocre.

But Shaw sees it quite differently.

Human beings are the most dangerous life on this planet. This species has learned to use its brain, knowledge, and tools.

And from the moment it was born, this species almost symbolized destruction and death.

Wherever humans go, both herbivorous beasts and carnivorous beasts are defeated and extinct, slaughtered cruelly and mercilessly by humans.

What is even more fatal is that humans not only have an instinctive malice towards other species, but also towards their own race.

The Neanderthals, who were once related to Homo sapiens and were stronger and more brutal, were inevitably exterminated by their weaker cousins ​​in the competition. Except for some of their bloodlines being assimilated, they almost lost all traces of their existence.

After the Neanderthals became extinct, Homo sapiens began to develop a more advanced civilization.

Slavery, feudalism, capitalism...

But no matter how these systems change, their essence remains unchanged.

The change has only one goal - to kill one's own kind more efficiently.

After humans lost enemies that could pose a threat to them, they began to treat their own people as enemies, and thus began an endless hatred and hostility.

There has never been a race on Earth that is as keen as humans to use their knowledge to create a race that can kill their own kind in the most scientific and efficient way.

Humans use different cultures, languages, traditions, races, and even heights and appearances to differentiate themselves from one another, constantly refining their hatred.

Because of this, Charles and Eric are simply stupid in Shaw's eyes.

The two young men thought that his methods were too cruel and the crimes they had committed were too serious, and they were unwilling to go along with him.

Naive, so naive.

There is only a life-and-death struggle between races, and any naive fantasy will cost you blood in the future.

Either the enemy bleeds or you bleed, there is no other possibility.

Xiao also had a period of naive fantasy, until he entered the Third Reich and witnessed the primitive malice of man towards man in the concentration camp, he changed his mind.

Humans are like this to their own fellow humans, and they will be even more cruel and brutal to mutants.

The human species must be destroyed or enslaved. Such a race is too terrifying. Only by seizing the initiative and directly inflicting heavy damage on it can we gain a chance.

"I must correct everything before the trouble these two little guys cause becomes too bad."

Although Shaw is cruel and ruthless to humans, one thing is as he said, that is, he is indeed very good to all mutants.

He hopes that mutants can unite and pool all their strength to fight against the desperate humans.

Xiao immediately ordered Riptide and Red Devil to turn the energy reactor of the nuclear submarine to maximum.

He must draw enough strength to fight against these stupid fellows and those terrible humans.

Xiao entered the reactor compartment of the nuclear submarine again. The previous time he felt a strange feeling, as if his submarine was resisting the extraction of energy.

This sounded ridiculous, like the fantasy of a drug addict who had taken too much, but Xiao was always extremely cautious and he immediately moved away from the nuclear reactor.

But now, in order to gain more powerful strength, he no longer cares about so much.

The Red Devil adjusted the power of the submarine's nuclear reactor to the maximum. In an instant, the strong radioactive material in the sealed cabin had turned the walls into a light blue fluorescent color.

If an ordinary person is exposed to this kind of environment for even one second, their genes will disintegrate and they will die miserably like a puddle of mud.

Shaw's mutant ability is to absorb most forms of energy, and nuclear energy is his favorite.

The energy from atomic fission can quickly fill his body, bringing Xiao's condition to its peak.

This time, as Xiao absorbed more and more energy, the sense of repulsion from the nuclear submarine under him became stronger and stronger.

It is resisting and hating Xiao.

"Damn it, I'm going to destroy you after I finish this battle!"

Xiao remained unmoved and forcibly seized the energy of the nuclear reactor.

After more than ten minutes, every cell in Xiao's body was completely saturated. He even began to emit terrifying radioactivity, causing the Red Devil and the Torrent to retreat.

"Let me end this farce. Nuclear war is a script I have written. It should and must be realized."

(End of this chapter)