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"Stop dawdling! The master is about to make contact with the nuclear bomb. Come back immediately!" Athena snorted coldly and said, "If you don't come back within thirty seconds, I will close the portal and leave you to fend for yourselves."

“But I can bring those people over in just five minutes.” Although she didn’t know what had happened, Jean Grey was still unwilling to abandon her compatriots.

"I told you, come back immediately, or I'll kill all the mutants in the watchtower!" This time, Athena's voice sent a chill down Jean Grey's spine; clearly, the situation was serious.

Since Athena has presented a choice, and it was more or less those few people who were foolish enough not to listen to Quicksilver and retreat, Jean Grey has no choice at this moment, because there is only one reason why she could make Athena become like this.

Adam may be in trouble.

"Logan, let's go!" Jean Grey called out to Logan, who was standing not far away. "Hurry up, Athena is angry, something's wrong!"

"I'm coming!"

Logan shouted, kicking a Xiao Bing robot away. Like an old wolf, he darted to Jean Grey's side in a few leaps. The two had just stepped into the portal's range when they were taken away by a beam of light, and at that moment, a huge explosion seemed to be heard.

--------Watchtower--------

Inside the teleportation chamber, Jean Grey and Logan appeared, looking utterly terrified. In the last instant before they were teleported away, they witnessed a blinding light and a deafening explosion that nearly shattered their eardrums.

"The nuclear bomb exploded," Logan said slowly after a moment of stunned silence.

"Athena, Athena, where are you?" Jean Grey called out immediately when she realized that Athena, who should have been there, was nowhere to be found.

"What do you need your mother for?" a melodious female voice called out, and Jean Grey recognized her as Janata.

“Ganata, where’s your mother? And the others?” Logan asked immediately.

“Mom left before you arrived. As for the others, Mom said they were too noisy, so I put them to sleep,” Janata said with a grin.

"Sleeping...asleep?" Jean Grey asked incredulously, clearly thinking the worst.

“Yes, I’m Mom’s best daughter, of course I’ll listen to her.” Janata shrugged, then pointed in a direction and said, “Look, she’s sleeping over there.”

After saying that, Janata skipped away, not knowing where she was going to play. After all, her mother had said before leaving that these people should get some sleep, but not die. Now that Logan and Phoenix were here, this task would be left to them, the clever Janata thought slyly.

Jean Grey and Logan first went to check on their fellow countrymen and found that everyone was asleep except for a boy who looked like a student who was tied up and had a note left saying that he was a traitor. The two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What exactly is going on?" Logan scratched his head and asked.

"Do you remember the flash of light and the sound of the explosion?" Jean Grey asked with a serious expression.

"You mean that? Yes, I remember now, the sound and light of a nuclear explosion. I experienced an atomic bomb explosion when I was in Japan." Logan immediately remembered, then asked with a shocked expression, "Was it a huge explosion?"

"It's very possible. Athena's tone was a bit harsh before, and perhaps Adam already knew at that time that the nuclear bomb in front of him would explode at the slightest touch, and then he said goodbye to Athena," Jean Grey guessed.

"So Adam's in trouble?" Logan shouted immediately, then said, "No, we have to go back."

“I want to go back too, but look around you now,” Jean Grey sighed.

"What?" Logan looked around and saw that the door, which had been open a moment ago, was now closed. His consciousness was also beginning to waver. He immediately exclaimed in surprise, "What is this?"

“It might have been Athena’s arrangement. I suspect that Adam might have asked Athena to protect us and keep us here.” Jean Grey, because of her own strength, was not affected by this sleep magic. She reached out and took Logan’s hand to protect him as well, and said, “Based on my understanding of Athena, and considering what she suddenly said to us before, I think that Athena initially wanted to kill us all.”

"How could that be? Athena, she wouldn't do that, would she?" Logan said in disbelief.

“Don’t forget, Athena only has Adam in her eyes. Everyone else is Adam’s enemy, Adam’s friend, or insignificant people.” Jean Grey sighed and said, “Now we can only pray that nothing happens to Adam, otherwise who knows what Athena might do.”

"Why don't we go out? This room shouldn't be able to stop us." Logan said, ignoring his fatigue, and tried to stand up. After all, Adam was his friend, and Adam's well-being was something he cared about very much.

“We can’t leave here,” Jean Grey said with a wry smile.

"Ah, I can't leave, why?" Logan had just finished speaking when he saw Janata making faces at him from outside the glass door, and he instantly understood why.

Clearly, Ganata is the person Athena chose to look after them. Don't underestimate this child; those who underestimate her suffer the consequences.

===============Earth, New York City===============

Everything here is the same as usual, except that a strange sound and a bright light were heard just now. As for the light, the experts have already explained that it is nothing unusual, so all the citizens don't care about it at all. After all, it didn't happen in New York, so there's no need to waste their energy on such a thing.

At that very moment, on every electronic device in the United States—well, any electronic device capable of playing sound and displaying images—a stunningly beautiful woman suddenly appeared and began to speak.

"Humans, listen! Just now, the US government, disregarding international agreements and morality, launched a nuclear missile at Academy Island, the last paradise for mutants. Of course, all of this originally had nothing to do with me; after all, the lives of you humans and mutants are of no importance to me. However, they knew that my master, the superhero you all praise, was on that island, yet they still launched this nuclear missile. No, it should be said that it is because my master is there that they attempted to use this method to eliminate him." The beautiful figure's face was now icy cold, her eyes seemingly burning with hatred, and her words continued to convey to the humans through various channels: "Pray, pray that my master will be alright, pray that he will return safely, otherwise I will retaliate against you humans in the same way, wiping you humans from this world. Perhaps you should start now to try out whether your weapons are still usable!"

This stunning figure is actually known to most people; she was formerly the CEO of Dawn Group and is also Adam Stark's intelligent butler—Athena!

Chapter 415 Chaos

The entire United States, no, the entire world, was bewildered by Athena's ultimatum. Today isn't April 1st, so how could such a thing happen? But the facts before them forced them to believe it all. Could there really be some trouble between the US government and its people?

"What happened? How could something like this happen?"

"There must be some misunderstanding."

"Could it be that the intelligent system has rebelled? I knew this was God's punishment; the Creator doesn't want mortals to touch His realm."

Immediately, various discussions arose among the people, and all sorts of anti-social or pro-democracy remarks appeared throughout society almost instantly. Clearly, everything began to spiral out of control the moment Athena issued her ultimatum.

===============Pentagon============

With a loud bang, a general roared angrily, "What on earth is going on? Why has our system gone out of control? What are you doing?"

“I’m sorry, Athena is the most powerful artificial intelligence in the world as far as we know. We can’t compare to her at all, since most of our technology comes from Adam Stark’s support,” explained a soldier in charge of scientific research.

"This is not the time to talk about these things. Tell us quickly, has our nuclear base gone out of control?" another officer waved his hand and asked.

“Except for a few bases that have completely abandoned intelligent systems, most of the other bases are out of control. Unless we shut down the power directly, they will be controlled by that artificial intelligence once they are turned on,” the researchers immediately reported.

"Can't you use an energy shield to isolate external network intrusions?" an officer asked.

“This can only block attacks from ordinary intelligent systems or hackers. This artificial intelligence called Athena is completely different from what we think. As long as there is a circuit, she can invade any place she wants to invade. Even the energy isolation wall cannot stop her!” Another female researcher said with a serious face: “We have already tried it.”

"What should we do now? What did the president say?" the white-haired old general asked.

“We’re trying to figure something out, but I think with the help of those technologies, we might be able to keep Athena out completely,” a young researcher suddenly stood up and said.

"Locke, what are you doing here? This isn't a place for you to talk." The researcher who had spoken earlier immediately scolded the young man upon seeing him. "I'm sorry, he's my student, but I didn't know he would be here."

The elderly general waved his hand to shut him up, then said to the young man, "Your name is Locke, right?"

“Yes, General Stan Lee,” the young man named Locke replied without changing his expression.

Seemingly moved by the young man's courage, or for some other reason, Stan Lee looked at the young man with new eyes, chuckled, and said, "So, what were you trying to say just now?"

“My investigation revealed that a year ago, our country, or rather several world-class countries, acquired technology from another planet, which is why we have such power now. Even humans can have the idea of ​​controlling it.” Locke smiled arrogantly and said, “But I think you are being too cautious. You don’t dare to fully reveal these technologies. If you were to use their contents, a mere artificial intelligence would be no problem at all.”

At this, Stan Lee and the other generals' expressions finally changed. Stan Lee asked very seriously, "How did you find out about this? Who else knows?"

"Heh, as I said, we investigated some things before," Locke said calmly.

"Us? You're an organization?" Stan Lee stared at Locke and asked, "What exactly is your purpose?"

“Don’t be nervous, General. We’re not some organization, but a special chess team that was forcibly disbanded before,” Locke explained. “Although we were disbanded, our people were infiltrated in various fields and eventually uncovered the government’s secrets.”

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Stan Lee scoffed.

"We simply want to restore our original organization. As long as the government agrees, we can help you deal with Athena, that artificial intelligence." Locke continued without even glancing at his so-called 'teacher,' who was staring in disbelief at his words, "When we first discovered Athena's existence, we immediately began building an artificial system called 'Skynet.' However, some of our ideas simply couldn't be realized, and then we faced the crisis of disbanding. But heaven has eyes, and finally, while you were secretly researching alien technology, we discovered some things that could be used by us. With these, we humans can also possess artificial intelligence that is more advanced than Athena's. Therefore, Athena is nothing to fear!"

"Please step outside for a moment. We'll contact you again after we've discussed it," Stan Lee finally said after a long silence.

“I’ll be waiting for your news, General!” Locke said, grinning at his ‘mentor’ before leaving the conference room.

==================Over somewhere in western Russia=========

Iron Man Tony Stark, while flying high in the sky, made Captain America and Bucky fight five Winter Soldier-level soldiers by themselves due to some misunderstandings. This made Tony Stark feel a little guilty, especially since both Bucky and Captain America had suffered some minor injuries in the previous battle.

"Friday, have you made contact with my brother yet? We three can't possibly handle five level-one soldiers with just the three of us." Tony, unaware of what was happening outside, asked Friday as he flew at high speed.

"There's still no way. I've been trying to contact them, but there's been no response," Friday replied lazily. "Actually, you could have notified other people to come along."

“It was my own mistake, so I’ll deal with it alone,” Tony Stark said calmly.

"Then why are you looking for Mr. Adam?" Friday asked sarcastically.

“Don’t you know that if there’s a problem, you should go to your parents?” Tony Stark said without any embarrassment, “My dad has passed away, so he, Adam Stark, is my older brother. It’s not shameful for me to ask my older brother for help.”

"Very good, a very powerful theory."

After speaking on Friday, there was a sudden pause, almost causing Tony to lose control of his Iron Man suit and fall from the sky. Having finally regained control, Tony was furious; he'd almost lost his life!

"What on earth happened to you? You almost killed me. Looks like I'll have to fix your system when we get back." Tony was clearly angry; even his voice had changed.

“This has nothing to do with me, it’s Athena.” Friday said somewhat aggrievedly, “She suddenly tried to take control of the armor, and I was no match for her at all. I almost got stuck.”

"What exactly happened?" Tony asked, puzzled.

"I don't know either, but luckily she realized her master was flying, so she let go of the controls, otherwise you might have become the Iron Man who crashed to his death," Friday muttered.

"Enough talk, get to the bottom of this and find out what happened!" Tony said sternly.

"Okay, I'll connect to the satellite right away and see what's going on." After saying that, Friday suddenly shouted, "Wow, we're doomed! We're doomed! Humanity is really going to be finished! Athena has declared war on humanity!"

"What? Athena has declared war on humanity? What exactly is going on?" Tony asked in shock.

"Look for yourself, this is the final ultimatum Athena just issued to all of humanity!" Friday said, then suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "Miss Athena is so cool!"

Chapter 416 Adam Returns

After hearing Athena's words, Tony fell silent. Something he had never considered before was now before his eyes. He had had some doubts before, but he hadn't considered the worst-case scenario because he didn't want to believe it. However, through Athena's actions, he was now completely certain that the Avengers' civil war seemed to be instigated by the US military.

“This world is already over,” Friday suddenly remarked.

"Hmph, not so easy." Tony held a completely different view, saying, "My brother, he won't be defeated so easily. Athena is just being misled by what's happening right now."

“Oh, sir, you mean the person isn’t dead?” Friday asked.

"Death? Whether he's injured or not is a question. At most, he'll probably be stunned by the energy of the nuclear bomb." Although Tony was very worried about his brother, he still had faith in him and knew that the energy of the nuclear bomb wouldn't have any effect on him.

“You’re just blindly confident,” Friday said after hearing this.

“It’s not blind confidence, but based on some evidence,” Tony said, controlling the Iron Man suit as he continued to fly. “He’s a man who can walk on the core of the sun!”

"The energy from a nuclear explosion is more powerful than the energy from the core of the sun, isn't it?" Friday said, pursing his lips.

"Yes, it is indeed much more powerful than the energy of the sun's core, but the energy explosion of a nuclear bomb is instantaneous, while the energy of the sun's core is continuous, so there's no comparison," Tony shook his head and said.

“Okay, so what are you planning to do now?” Friday asked.

"What else can we do? Keep flying forward. Things over there are more important. Besides, I think it's time to put some pressure on the government and the military. Hmph, they've been playing me for a fool and are even planning to use me," Tony said coldly.

"Should I contact Miss Athena?" Friday asked.

"Just leave her a message; she probably isn't in the mood to talk to us right now." Tony shook his head slightly and said, "You keep an eye on this."

"Okay, I'll let you know if there's any new information." Friday's voice carried a hint of regret.