American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 83 The Predicament of Mutants

"What is his superpower?" Starlight asked.

"He has the superpower of flight, and his hands become extremely hard when he flies, easily piercing steel, and of course, easily piercing the human body. His wife and those black men were killed by Shi Shuaigen flying through the air and piercing their bodies."

Xiao Xian was somewhat speechless. This ability was fine for flying, but piercing others felt disgusting. Xiao Xian's assessment was that it was better to use a gun.

"The other information mentioned that Shi Shuaigen's son is not actually related to him by blood; he is the child of one of his wife's male best friends in China."

"This child is so pitiful. He lost his mother at such a young age, and his father isn't even his biological father," Xingguang said upon hearing this.

"Um," Xiao Xian had reservations about this. He felt that Shi Shuaigen was in a worse situation. Of course, considering the severe mental trauma Shi Shuaigen suffered later and his indiscriminate killing of innocent people, that was another matter.

"Judging from the description of superpower awakening, this person should be a mutant, right?" The White Queen looked at Xiao Xiandao. Strong emotional stimulation is a common way of awakening in the mutant world.

Besides awakening abilities, strong emotions can also enhance mutants' abilities. For example, Magneto initially struggled to even spin a coin using magnetic control. After Black King sacrificed Magneto's mother in front of him, he developed a strong desire for revenge and became a magnetic superpowered individual who could easily flip cars.

Later, with Professor X's help, Magneto regained his memories of his mother's love and successfully avenged himself, thus transforming into Magneto, capable of pulling submarines and controlling missiles.

Similarly, the White Queen herself awakened her abilities due to her childhood school experiences. She was kicked out of her home because of her parents' situation, and then she was hunted down by special human departments, constantly on the run. Through a series of experiences, her telepathic abilities continued to improve, from reading minds at the beginning to being able to control some people with weak wills.

Once the White Queen adapted to her superpowers, thrived in the human world, and lived a life of luxury and indulgence, her ability to improve actually hit a bottleneck.

Of course, this is telepathic ability. As for the ability to diamondize, Emma basically didn't improve it from beginning to end, except that she could only partially transform instead of having to transform completely.

In reality, most of the truly powerful superpowers among mutants can be enhanced by strong emotions, such as Magneto's magnetic control, Professor X's telepathy, Storm's weather control, and the White Queen's own telepathy.

This has led to mutants being somewhat similar to the Uchiha clan. Those who are too rational and normal are generally weak and have little presence, while the strong and famous ones are mostly those with distinctive personalities.

Others often don't see the majority of ordinary mutants; their focus is mainly on a small number of famous mutants, and they subconsciously assume that those famous mutants are what most mutants look like.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. The good deeds of mutant celebrities are far less widely known than their bad deeds. Coupled with the questionable actions of several mutant ambassadors, this has led to a decline in the reputation of mutants, who are now disliked and despised by many.

Magneto, Black King, and other mutant rights advocates are the main scapegoats for the tarnished reputation of mutants in this world. They don't even mention the numerous terrorist attacks they've carried out; they just shout slogans like "mutants are superior to humans" and "mutants rule or even exterminate humans," which basically means they've cut themselves off from human society.

Magneto, one of the two leaders of mutants, is already enslaving and even wiping out ordinary people. How can ordinary people expect to have any goodwill towards mutants? The fact that he hasn't directly carried out genocide against mutants is already a favor to Professor X. Of course, it's also possible that they're afraid Professor X will use his brainwave controller to detonate global nuclear bombs or cause many high-ranking figures to commit suicide.

It is precisely because of the instability of mutants, their dark history, and the fact that mutant superpowers are of greater research value compared to other superpowers that are almost impossible to replicate, coupled with the deliberate efforts of relevant departments to fuel the flames, that mutants in this world are so unpopular.

Compared to superpowered individuals who frequently involve gods, magic, the speed force, or the will of the universe, mutants, who can be studied using gene editing and cloning technology, are high-quality, low-barrier experimental subjects with a very high potential.

Of course, the X-gene of mutants can also be linked to the Celestials, who are theoretically not low-level, but the Celestials use genetic power to give mutants superpowers and don't care if others use mutants for research.

Let alone the world of superheroes teeming with talent, even in Xiao Xian's original world, cloning wouldn't be particularly difficult; many laboratories could do it.

Look at Ghost Rider, whose superpowers were granted by a contract with the Demon King. In reality, he was just stuffed with an angel. Strictly speaking, his power comes from God. Then look at The Flash, the destined creator of the Speed ​​Force, the origin of the DC universe, with the power to change timelines and even restart the world.

Even the not-so-great Green Lantern, despite his cuckolded image in the comics, is still a member of the Green Lantern Corps, a cosmic-level organization. Even if they don't care about Hal Jordan, Earth's leaders still have to consider the Green Lantern Corps.

These superpowered individuals are beyond the reach of Earth's technology, and even the brilliant scientists from Marvel and DC would struggle to study them. Moreover, they might attract the attention of powerful figures. With that kind of energy and resources, it would be much simpler and risk-free to spend a little money to hire an ordinary top-notch scientist to clone a few hundred White Queens.

Let alone other organizations, even Xiao Xian's first reaction upon encountering Magneto was to capture him for research. But if Xiao Xian had encountered Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze, he would have run as far away as possible.

"Many mutants are like this. When they awaken their superpowers, they can't control them well. In addition, the awakening usually happens under strong stimulation, so it's easy for them to go down a path of no return." The White Queen said with some sadness as she looked at Shi Shuaigen's file.

People like Xiao Xian, who gained superpowers by chance, can submit their resumes to Osborn. Like Spider-Man, they could debut even if they didn't steal things.

But someone like Shi Shuaigen, who kills a bunch of people as soon as he awakens his superpowers, will face endless pursuit unless his father is a big shot like Norman Osborn.

The only difference is that those with strong abilities and good luck can escape and join Magneto's team with hatred for humanity, while those with weaker abilities or less luck are directly captured and imprisoned, becoming experimental subjects.

(End of this chapter)