In the Marvel Universe: I can summon items from all dimensions.

The answer to Chapter 66's question about regeneration ability is indeed bizarre.

Looking around, the shattered shield did not completely dissipate, but spread further in the form of fragments. Countless strands of light strung them together like a spider web, and a large amount of black mist emerged from the shield fragments, covering a large area around the academy.

Mason shook his head and hissed as he remained seated cross-legged.

"What is this thing—?"

"Hmm, it's probably an application of telepathy."

Kuroshi Kasumi sat down in front of him, stroking her chin and said, "Very interesting. In human terms, these materialized mental energies automatically find what the person fears most and is most unwilling to face after contact with them, and then amplify that fear to the point of engulfing the entire mind. Hmm, if that's the case, there might be some subsequent changes, such as materializing those fears and using them as a weapon to attack enemies."

"—Does that sound familiar?"

Mason scratched his head, recalled the members of the X-Men, and immediately found someone who matched the description.

Creating terrifying mental illusions—that should be Danielle Moonstar's ability.

This Native American mutant possesses a very practical skill set, including but not limited to creating energy arrows, flying, communicating with animals, creating illusions, and more. She also appeared as the protagonist in the movie "The New Mutants," where her ability was changed to directly materialize what others or she herself feared deep in their consciousness into the material world, making her incredibly powerful in every sense.

Come to think of it, I just saw her in the conference room—a movie version of her face. That in itself is quite terrifying, because that movie, like "Dark Phoenix," was so bad that it left a psychological scar on Mason, to the point that he doesn't even want to recall it.

"To turn this ability into the academy's defense system—that's certainly a brilliant idea."

Mason rubbed his temples and said, "Your scope of business is certainly broad enough; you can even defend against something like this?"

"Ha, guest, don't underestimate the war experience of the Apo civilization."

Heishi Xiayu said with her face turned up, "Mental attacks are not uncommon in the universe. Many civilizations have weapons and defenses against them. There are also models in the Super Beasts that specialize in mental attacks. If I can't even defend against something like this, then my ability as a mercenary is flawed."

"—To be more specific?" Mason stood up and asked casually.

"The principle is quite simple—the client is like a hard drive, and the human brain also has RAM," explained Kuroishi Kasumi. "Mental attacks that target hallucinations and emotional manipulation first require implanting mental energy into the victim's thought process, then searching for 'the necessary content' within it—in other words, running a hacking program." She continued, "The Yabo civilization's defense against this attack is to fill the mental's 'RAM' with blank processes, leaving no room for external programs to execute."

Mason scratched his head: "————What a unique way of thinking."

"This is just one type; the classification of mental abilities is very complex," Kuroishi Kasumi continued. "Illusions like these, which are 'endogenous,' are easier to deal with, but if the enemy creates an illusory environment in the outside world, it becomes more difficult to identify."

"—If this topic were translated entirely into human language, how long would it take to discuss?"

"About three years?" Kuroishi Kasumi tilted her head and said, "Besides, knowledge comes at a different price. Many subjects are worth much more than me."

"That's not surprising, is it?"

Mason sighed. "So, what do you recommend doing next?"

Heishi Xiayu turned her head and looked at the other three men, who looked troubled and were sweating profusely. Who knew what they had seen in their hallucinations? After thinking for a moment, she stroked her chin and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this kind of attack is used by the people in the academy to defend against external enemies. So compared to you, the situation of that group of special humans should be much more serious. From the perspective of strategic thinking of the same camp, you might be able to go and see the situation, and try to kill a few people if conditions permit. But from the perspective of personal safety, I suggest you leave immediately, run as far away as possible."

".————

Mason tried to contact the academy using the communicator, but only heard a hissing sound in the earpiece; it seemed to be broken.

After taking the communication tablet from Scott and operating it for a while, they discovered the reason: most of the electronic devices around the academy had been destroyed by the violent mental energy storm, just like EMP. Even though the energy storm in their direction was relatively weak, remote communication was still impossible.

Why don't you try taking down a few members of the Brotherhood?

Haha, stop joking. Magneto, Zhu Shuai, and Scarlet Witch are standing there. If even one of them doesn't get hit, I, Mei, and Black Stone Xia Yu together might not be a match for them. As the saying goes, the most important thing is to know your own limitations. As a rookie in the X-Men, it's already good enough that I'm out patrolling with Old Wolf and the others. There's no need to court death in that direction.

For your own safety, you should go back to the academy and calm down.

Since the shield has already been broken, I can simply walk back.

"Alright then," Mason made the decision, "Take the three of them with us, and we'll go back—if we get mistakenly attacked by the academy's defense system on the way, please shield us."

"No problem." Kuroshi Kasumi gave an OK sign, then stood up and lifted Colossus, Logan, and Scott above her head in that order.

Just before setting off, Mason suddenly stroked his chin, a question arising in his mind: "Speaking of which, although I don't intend to go there myself and risk getting into trouble, is there any way I can take a look from afar?"

"Hmm?" Kuroishi Kasumi turned around in confusion. "Isn't that simple? You could do it yourself, guest, right?"

"Huh?" Mason was stunned. "I have that ability?"

"Why not?" Kuroshi Kasumi blinked. "Guest, there are some special uses for physical regeneration. For example, in this situation, you can just gouge out one of your eyes and throw it over to use as a remote camera."

"?!" This explosive statement stunned Mason, but his deep-seated suicidal tendencies made him subconsciously ask, "How—how?"

"Guest, the principle behind your regenerative ability is that it is achieved by absorbing a specific type of energy. People like you have a general ability: as long as there is enough energy, you can still operate normally even if you lose the physical connection with a part of your body."

With a nonchalant expression, Kuroshi Kasumi said something extraordinary: "Simply put, as long as enough energy is stored in a certain part—such as the eye—even if it is physically disconnected from you, it can still transmit optical signals to your brain through an energy connection. If you don't plan to grow another eyeball after using it up, you can clean it and put it back in."

"?!?"

In an instant, the image of himself in Mason's mind became terrifying.

But as surprised as he was, to be honest, he was actually quite daring in this area, and his curiosity was quite strong. Upon hearing of such an explosive move, his first thought wasn't rejection, but rather—

"Why don't you give it a try?"

Once the thought took hold, it was as difficult to extinguish as a flame in a summer forest. So Mason subconsciously gathered more than 30% of his light energy and put it into his left eye, making the entire eyeball glow. Then he placed his finger on the eye socket. It should be noted here that although Uchiha people can remove their eyes like pulling out a CD, in reality, it is almost impossible to remove the eyeball from the eye socket with a finger—after all, the diameter of the eyeball is actually quite large.

"You're really going to do that?!"

Even Kuroishi Kasumi was shocked by Mason's actions, but a moment later, she revealed a smile of interest.

"Do you need any help?"

"It's quite far from here. Even if you could remove the eyeballs from your body, it would be difficult to deliver them over there."

Kuroishi Kasumi said in a tone that made Mason feel she was deliberately stirring things up, "But I can precisely judge the distance before throwing it."

Mason: "————"

The so-called "courting death" is an instinct deeply buried in the human heart. Although it is a terrible thing, since it is feasible, Mason is naturally inclined to give it a try.

A few beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and fear inevitably arose in his heart, but it was quickly overshadowed by his curiosity. In just a few seconds, Mason made his decision.

"Give it a try," he said. "It does require motivation—although I can sense that I am capable of things like limb regeneration and organ reconstruction, without motivation, it might take a long time before I muster the courage to try."

"That's true, but those guys over there are pretty strong. If you throw an eyeball at them, they might spot you immediately."

"Don't they even know we exist?"

"That's true."

Kuroshi Kasumi stepped forward, smiling, and said, "Then let's count down and get ready—three, two—"

Before he could even count to one, Mason vaguely saw a shadow flash before his eyes, followed by an indescribable surge of pain—far more terrifying than when he jumped out of the car last time—that rushed into his eyes.

His vision dimmed by half in an instant, and the intense pain nearly shut down his brain. However, the light energy within his body started operating on its own, sealing the wound the moment the blood began to flow out, and the pain quickly subsided.

But the energy is still surging, seemingly intending to regrow the missing parts.

Mason stopped this from happening.

Sure enough, even if a limb or organ is missing, as long as there is enough energy, it can grow back. Considering its previous experience of regenerating even when its brain was damaged, the purity of its immortality seems to be much higher than expected.

I was careless—because this fact was really challenging my worldview, in the tension, I actually forgot to give Kuroshi Kasumi some pain-numbing toxin beforehand.

"Guest, this is your eyeball."

Kuroshi Kasumi extended her palm, in which lay a round sphere emitting a faint red glow.

Seeing body tissues other than teeth and blood detach from the body for the first time in my life—the complex emotions I felt were truly indescribable.

"That's really something—"

Mason's lips twitched a few times, but before he could express his feelings, his vision flickered a few times, and then his brain simultaneously received two scenes.

One is normal, the other is provided by the eyeball lying on Kuroshi Kasumi's palm—looking at herself from a lower perspective.

Fortunately, his experience with dual perspectives from manipulating Black Stone Cloud Feather via brainwave connection last time prevented him from immediately fainting and collapsing. After staggering a few steps, he managed to regain his balance.

"Just throw it over there."

He covered his head and said, "It's a bit creepy to keep watching this stuff."

"Okay."

Black Stone Xia Yu put down the several large men on her shoulders, then grasped Mason's eyeball and spun it around a few times with ballet-like movements. Finally, with a light motion, she threw the eyeball in the direction of Magneto and his group. The fragile eyeball was immediately crushed by the acceleration, but the light energy contained inside immediately took effect, quickly repairing the damaged parts. In this way, the eyeball traveled several kilometers in one go and finally landed near a bush.

However, the landing direction wasn't ideal. After the stored light energy was used to repair the eyeball that had been smashed into a puddle, Mason realized that his view was directed at a bush, which meant he couldn't see anything.

He instinctively tried to adjust his direction, and his eyes actually spun around in place, quickly spotting a group of large men dressed in strange clothes.

Mason was a beat slow to realize that he seemed to have been using the optic nerve bundle as tentacles.

Huh? This thing can move?!

Am I being a little too weird about my body structure?!

"It's actually... Moon Star's ability...!"

In a world of darkness, Moira looked at the large number of Sentinel robots that had appeared around her and finally realized what was happening.

The ability to make an enemy crumble without a fight by stirring up their deepest fears is as reliable as it is as troublesome as it becomes an enemy.

However, there are ways to deal with it.

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In her second and third incarnations, Moira served as Moonstar's teacher and was deeply involved in her ability development process, so she may know better than Moonstar herself how to use this power—and its weaknesses.

Moonstar's ability maximizes its effect by searching for what the enemy "fears most." But ultimately, fear is a subjective thing. For those with a strong sense of self, or even those who are fearless, Moonstar's ability may not be effective—it may even be used against them.

For example—if you hypnotize someone and make them believe that their greatest fear is a peanut butter sandwich, then Moonstar will waste a lot of energy to materialize a sandwich.

With a total lifespan approaching three hundred years, Moira naturally possesses exceptional self-management skills, and to a certain extent, self-hypnosis is not a challenge for her—currently, Moonstar's abilities are in the "retrieval" phase, confirming the deepest fears within someone by plunging them into this dark world before materializing them.

In other words, now is the best opportunity.

After forcibly suppressing her fear of the Sentinel robots, Moira found a wardrobe in her memory and then used the psychiatric knowledge she had learned from Charles to convince herself that the unremarkable wardrobe was the most terrifying thing in the world.

As a result, a large number of Sentinel robots in the Dark World disappeared, and in their place was an ordinary wardrobe.

Just when they were about to succeed, a ray of light suddenly flashed in the darkness.

"?"

A question arose in Moira's mind, which quickly turned into fear.

This light—she recognized this light.

That was a mutant's ability—he could absorb light energy and radiation of any frequency to enhance himself, thereby gaining incredible regenerative abilities, near-light speed, and the power to fire high-energy lasers. Later, he even shed his carbon-based biological body, transforming himself into a "photon life form" beyond human comprehension, becoming one of the few beings even Nimrod-class Sentinels were powerless against.

That's right, the man's name was Cecil, a monster bred by the Nazi remnants "Hydra." He viewed the existence of the Sentinel robots as a kind of "trial," believing they were a great filter sent down by the gods. Only those who emerged victorious from the blood and fire brought by the Sentinels were qualified to survive in the new world. To increase the difficulty of the so-called "trial," he even single-handedly slaughtered more than 400,000 mutants and tens of millions of humans. He was a madman who even God Lord Doom found extreme.

But Cisse's abilities should have been discovered after he turned thirty, so why is he here?

In utter shock, Moira even momentarily forgot to control her own consciousness—just for a split second. The flood of memories gave Moonstar's abilities an opening, illuminating a dark world with a cold light, and the ordinary wardrobe underwent a transformation.

The cabinet door was pushed open from the inside, and then a blurry figure radiating white light slowly walked out.

"No—no!!!"

Realizing what was about to happen, Moira let out a hysterical scream.