The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 648 Reed's Thoughts

After Yang Le returned to Earth, he found that the New York ruins were much more lively than he had imagined.

To be precise, the Viper Gang's base is very lively. Because he is still in the X-Man state, Yang Le can know all the information he wants to know just by thinking about it.

For example, if Yang Le wants to know how much time has passed since he left the Earth, a string of numbers immediately appears in his mind. This string of numbers is so accurate that it exceeds the human concept of time.

Maybe for some aliens, like the Clock King, the more precise the time is, the better, but Yang Le only needs to know the minute, and at most he will look at the seconds.

33 minutes and 43 seconds. Well, if we just go by the earthling's perception, Yang Le would think that only about 10 minutes had passed. It seems that the speed of time flow outside the multiverse is different from that within the universe.

And within 33 minutes after Yang Le left, the Viper Gang's base was attacked again. This time, they were attacked by Yang Le's old acquaintances, Reed and his group.

This surprised Yang Le greatly. He had never expected that Reed and his gang would take the initiative to provoke the largest gang in the New York ruins. This was somewhat inconsistent with his impression of Reed, who liked to come from behind and be the first to succeed.

When the question arose in Yang Le's mind, the answer followed immediately. This is the advantage of Superman X, he is omniscient and omnipotent, but it is also his disadvantage. After all, some people just don't like to skip the process to get the result.

Through his omniscience, Yang Le learned that the battle between him and the Viper Gang had caused too much noise. After all, his Swampfire clone had only taken over a few districts of New York. Although this place was not small, it was definitely not that big either.

The noise made when Yang Le fought the puff adder was definitely quite loud. If you think about it carefully, it was two monsters over ten meters long fighting each other. Even if you couldn't see what they were doing just a few blocks away, there was no reason why you couldn't hear the noise that was like an earthquake.

Reed and the others naturally heard the noise. Johnny, the fastest one, was sent out to investigate. When he came back, he brought the news that the Viper Gang was attacked by an unknown superhuman and suffered heavy losses.

After confirming with Johnny again and again, Reed calculated based on the scene situation brought back by Johnny that at least three leaders of the Viper Gang had been seriously injured, and based on this conclusion, he further planned a plan to raid the Viper Gang.

This plan was so bold that it was rejected by everyone except Johnny. Even the cynical Quentin did not agree with this plan which sounded no different from suicide.

Yes, a suicide attack, that's what Quentin called it. He even casually asked if Reed had any Japanese blood, but unfortunately, no one paid any attention to this infernal joke. (Except Johnny, but when he opened his mouth to respond, Susan glared at him.)
Reed, who was rejected by everyone, did not blush like the father who had a bad relationship with his children in "12 Angry Men". Instead, he calmly spoke and used theoretical basis to respond to everyone like the engineer who did not agree with the guilt at the beginning.

"The Vipers have suffered a heavy blow, that's undeniable." Reed tapped his drawing. "We don't know why that unknown metahuman wreaked havoc on the Vipers, but his actions undoubtedly facilitated our efforts."

"First of all, the Viper Gang has their sights on us. I won't discuss why we're being targeted. This will only create a rift between us, as it won't do any good."

Everyone nodded, agreeing with Reed's point. Everyone knew why these things happened, so there was no need to say it out loud.

"Then, because we resisted the first wave of attacks from the Viper Gang, I estimate that according to the Viper Gang's style of doing things, the relationship between the two sides should be a life-and-death relationship. In other words, there are only two ways to resolve the current situation." Reed raised his right hand when he said this.

"First, we submit to the Viper Gang. I suspect that with our superpowers, the Viper Gang, eager for talent, won't even give us a chance. As long as the Viper Gang leader isn't an idiot, he'll be able to distinguish the importance of a single rock python from seven superhumans with varying abilities."

Reid raised a finger, then continued speaking when no one interrupted him.

"Second, we must overthrow the entire Viper Gang and eliminate them before they eliminate us. As long as we handle it properly, we won't have to worry about subsequent retaliation."

Reed slowly raised his right hand with two fingers raised. Now that he had finished speaking, it was time for everyone to make a choice, or perhaps he was forcing everyone to make a choice.

Generally speaking, when a highly educated person talks to you about something that you must know at the moment, most people will choose to listen. However, when this person lists two methods for you to choose from, you will most likely be trapped by the choice he gives you.

Among this group of people, Reed is undoubtedly the most knowledgeable one, but he does not have a high credibility, so he has to spend some effort to guide the results to the one he wants.

That's right, Reed wants to destroy the Vipers. There are many reasons for this, so I won't list them all. In short, Reed wants to achieve this idea that everyone opposes.

Failing to achieve this goal, Reed was forced to resort to some techniques he had previously scoffed at, using words to incite others.

Changing a group of people's minds is both easy and difficult. First, Reed needs to find those who are easily swayed, so he will directly put forward his ideas instead of taking a step-by-step approach.

He had a good start and someone supported him. It was a pity that person was Johnny, but it was also a blessing that person was Johnny.

Unlike Reed and others, Tandy and the others didn't know much about Johnny. Their deepest impression of Johnny might be the fire just now. Those flames represented Johnny's strength and the weight he could gain in the hearts of Tandy and the others.

And now, Reed boldly speculated that Johnny should be the most important person in terms of martial arts in the hearts of Tandy and others. After all, he had just displayed his prowess, and the degree he got out of boredom should occupy the weight of knowledge in their hearts.

Now that Johnny, who likes to show off, stands on his side, the lobbying becomes much simpler. Tandy and the other two are not the top priority. How to convince Susan and Ben is the difficult problem that Reed should consider.

Of course, Reed could use his own and Johnny's safety to coerce the two of them and force them to carry out his ideas, but Reed didn't want to do that. His calculations were for outsiders, and he should be more emotional with his own people.

(End of this chapter)