American comics: Starting with mutants

After entering Akali Lake, Ethan soon saw the dam base that had been at the bottom of the lake for three years.

The crimson energy formed an impenetrable protective shield around it, blocking and absorbing the intrusion of lake water and the subtle but continuous energy from all directions.

Without hesitation, Ethan adjusted his position and quickly approached the dam base at the bottom of the lake.

This was called an energy field by the researchers at the X11 cloning base, but the protective shield, which he called the Crimson Energy Shield, could protect him from any poisonous gas and even prevent him from getting wet after entering the water.

But this thing currently has one major drawback.

That is, he cannot stay in this state for long.

It's not because there isn't enough energy to sustain it, but because once the energy shield is raised, it's impossible to produce the oxygen needed for survival within this completely isolated shield.

At least not for now.

and so……

We must act swiftly and decisively.

Ethan thought to himself, and in the water, like a crimson light, he sped straight toward the dam base at the bottom of the lake.

The surrounding lake water did not put any pressure on him.

As he swept towards the dam base at the bottom of the lake, he absorbed all the kinetic energy generated by the surrounding lake water.

soon.

Ethan adjusted his position and stood at the former dam base, but now the base entrance had been breached.

"Huh?"

"This is……"

Ethan arrived at the entrance and looked at the protective membrane that seemed to visibly separate the inside and outside of the dam into two different worlds. He raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and then passed through the membrane.

next second.

His toes landed steadily on the dry cement ground.

Ethan turned his head to look.

into the eye.

The endless lake water outside was completely blocked by this protective shield, preventing it from invading the dam base in the slightest.

But this is not a mutant ability.

This is why he used his cheat-like abilities to fuse and sublimate his mutant powers into a completely new ability, so he was not suppressed here. However, any other mutant who enters Akali Lake will completely lose their mutant abilities.

Ethan was certain.

"so……"

"Some kind of cutting-edge technology?"

Ethan looked at the endless lake outside, then at the dry ground visible after entering the dam base, and then took out a "portable air quality detector" from his pocket.

Whether William Stryker lured him here intentionally or not, it's always better to be cautious.

After all, the type of attack he fears most right now is that colorless and odorless poison gas attack.

Therefore, it is normal for him to carry a "portable real-time air quality monitor" that will sound an alarm when it senses any abnormality in the surrounding air.

After Ethan checked that the air at the dam site was harmless to ordinary people, he thought for a moment and then removed his energy shield.

The dry smell of the dam site hit you instantly.

Ethan followed the road in front of him deeper into the dam base.

The dam site still bears the marks of time, as if everything is frozen in the period when the dam collapsed.

The walls were cracked, the pipes were rickety, and the air was thick with the smell of X-energy suppressors.

Just as he crossed the passageway and arrived at a former dam base rest area that was about half the size of a basketball court.

Unexpected.

One by one, the lights around the square blazed on, illuminating the plaza that was originally used as a resting place for researchers at the dam base.

next second.

William Stryker's voice came from the moss-covered loudspeakers in the surrounding square.

"Number Sixty-Six..."

"wrong."

"I heard you gave yourself a name, what was it again?"

"Oh, right."

"Ethan Clark".

"I'm becoming more and more curious about you. I never expected that the X11 cloning base, which I cared about the least, could give birth to you and Jean, two clones that are unlike any other clones."

This is why William Stryker was not of Asian descent.

If he were...

William Stryker's quote should be changed to this.

"I never imagined that my X11 cloning base, which I cared so little about, could actually nurture you and Qin, a pair of outstanding talents."

"Mental mutants are the most difficult to clone."

"Because no matter how good a clone is, it is not a natural person and simply cannot withstand the mutant abilities of a psychopath."

"The best way is to separate them, distributing the mutant abilities of the psychic mutants in a manner similar to multiple births."

"I used quintuplets to successfully clone the White Queen."

"Therefore, I was very surprised when Qin Liuliu was born."

"At one point, I thought my research had been successful."

"I never expected..."

"Jean Grey, she really is back. It's not that my research was successful, but that Jean Grey has been resurrected, using the clone I developed."

"And her abilities are even greater than before."

"And what about you?"

At this point, William Stryker's tone shifted abruptly, as if confirming something with Ethan: "The Black King of Mutants, Sebastian Shaw!"

Ethan smiled.

After learning that Jean Grey was not a clone but a resurrected man, William Stryker also mistakenly believed that he was the resurrected Black King Sebastian Shaw.

but……

Ethan narrowed his eyes, looked up, and fixed his gaze on the brightly lit former dam base control room above him: "You're eager to know? Fine, you'll find out when we meet."

The words fell.

Boom!

A strange figure burst through the control room window and landed steadily in front of Ethan, then slowly stood up from the ground.

into the eye.

It stands two meters tall, its entire body gleaming with a high-tech silver-white color. It has a streamlined body and an inverted triangular head. It has no facial features, only a pair of narrow, red-glowing sensory devices.

"Do you know why I cloned mutants?" William Stryker's voice rang out once again at this moment.

"Is it simply because I hate mutants that I want to clone mutants one after another and then torture and kill them?"

"I am a scientist."

"I study mutants and create mutant clones because I know there is only one way to eliminate mutants."

"That means mutants are the only way to eliminate mutants."

"And everything I've done is for what you see before you."

"Let me introduce you to the ultimate weapon I've developed—the one designed to completely exterminate mutants!"

"sentinel!"

"..."