American comics: Omniscient and omnipotent, starting from the melting pot of concepts.

Aaron began to focus on the task at hand.

He absorbed bottle after bottle of reagents into the primordial furnace for smelting.

[Energy Absorption (Shockwave, Black Emperor Shaw): Similar abilities have been detected to have merged. You can absorb and store various types of cosmic energy, including radiation, electromagnetic, and thermal energy, as well as magical energy, either to temporarily strengthen yourself or to permanently evolve yourself.]

[Energy Conversion (Shockwave): Similar abilities have been detected to have merged. You can easily convert energy within your body into one another, including but not limited to plasma explosions, light energy, heat energy, electrical energy...]

[Ultrasonic Wave (Siren): You have gained more powerful ultrasonic abilities, allowing you to create ultrasonic waves that destroy the structure of matter at will, and even use them for flight.]

[Mental Immunity (Diamondization Trait): You can transform your life characteristics into a lifeless state, thereby becoming immune to all mental forces.]

[Wind Control: A similar ability has been detected (Atmospheric Control). You have complete control over the power of the wind, and can create tornadoes and hurricanes at will to destroy any target, or even fly.]

[Teleportation: A similar ability has been detected. You can now use your stamina to teleport short distances without consuming energy.]

[Super Simulation: Similar abilities have been detected (Venom Simulation). You can freely alter tissue structure and body cells, transforming into the appearance of any person or animal, including fingerprints, skin texture, voice, iris, and even gender, as well as clothing. You can also change the size, strength, hardness, mass, and density of your body.]

【...】

Although there are many different types of mutant genes here, not many of them actually provide any advantage to Aaron.

According to the mutant's design...

Most mutants' abilities remain at the useless level one or the barely useful level two.

This group experiences more physical changes.

For example, variant abilities such as being covered in thorns, being abnormally obese, being covered in feathers, having a bird's beak, or having chicken claws.

Aside from being uglier than ordinary people, their abilities are no different from ordinary people.

They struggle to survive in human society and are often seen as outcasts.

Second-level mutants don't look much different from ordinary people and can barely integrate into normal human society.

However, their superpowers are more or less flawed, or very weak.

They have some special advantages compared to ordinary people, but they are not very useful.

This group's genes constitute the majority, and for Aaron, most of them do not have positive traits.

It can only enrich the Primordial Forge database.

Only when they rise to the level 3 mutants do their abilities and characteristics have any value.

Even so, many of the abilities have lost their appeal to Aaron.

For example, psychic abilities, Darwin's survival of the fittest, the super brains and super strength of wild beasts, the corrosive saliva of the female angel El Salvador, and insect wings, etc.

Although the harvest wasn't much, Aaron was still quite satisfied.

After all, this was just a result he mentioned casually, so what's there to complain about?

Aaron then turned his attention to Stryker and the mutant academy.

Especially the former,

They're both mutant research institutions, but look at how efficient the Sentinel Special Operations Unit is!

what about you?

There's still no news.

The key is,

Everyone else gave gifts, but you didn't. Are you looking down on me?

Aaron is unhappy, and the consequences will be severe.

After making a phone call to the Ministry of National Defense and having a friendly exchange with the minister,

William Stryker was then forced to confront an awkward fact.

He lost his funding!

The Department of Defense, with its limited budget, considers William Stryker's experimental project pointless and has decided to conduct a new round of evaluation before considering whether to continue funding it.

During the conversation, the minister also mentioned, intentionally or unintentionally, that the efficiency of the Sentinel Service was very satisfactory, so he decided to increase investment.

Upon hearing this, how could Stryker not know the reason?

"Damn it, what a bunch of scoundrels with no principles and no bottom line!"

William Stryker was so angry that he started cursing.

"Aaron Group!"

Do you think you can control me like this?

"I will never compromise with any mutant, never!!"

In other matters, William Stryker might have given it more careful consideration.

but now,

Aaron has demonstrated extraordinary abilities and is also very close to the mutant school, so he is most likely another mutant.

How could William accept giving his research to a mutant?

This is capitalizing on the enemy!

This is handing over your weaknesses to the other party.

He will never allow it!

"Bring that devil up here; it's time for him to prove his worth one last time..."

the other side,

After seeing the images and information Aaron sent,

The information was immediately sent to Charles.

After learning about Trasc's research, Charles quickly summoned the X-Men to discuss countermeasures.

After Aaron finished his work and went back,

They found Qin alone in the living room.

He appeared dazed and depressed.

"Jin, are you worried about Project Sentinel?"

As Aaron approached, Jean Grey looked up, bewildered, and asked, "Do mutants still have a future?"

Why can't the world tolerate the existence of mutants?

"We didn't intend to do anything; we just wanted to live in harmony with ordinary people..."

Aaron walked over and plopped down next to Qin. He could vaguely sense a certain power within Qin that was eager to exert itself, and even Qin's eyes turned a little red.

Black Phoenix was already getting restless.

This is when Qin's emotions are most unstable, and it is one of the few opportunities for Black Phoenix to influence the outside world.

Aaron put his hand on Qin's shoulder, and the latter no longer rejected this kind of close contact.

Completely immersed in their own world.

"Mutants certainly have a future."

"There are actually many ways to change your situation."

Hearing this, Qin looked up. "What method?"

As Aaron continued to forge the power of the Black Phoenix, he casually remarked:

"The current situation of mutants is also related to yourselves."

"There are many mutants, but you have not united all the forces that can be united."

"Whether it's high-ranking officials and politicians, ordinary civilians, or even you mutants yourselves."

"As far as I know, the only mutant forces at present are the Brotherhood of Mutants and your Xavier School."

"However, even if you add all of you together, the total number of people is only a few hundred at most."

"Many more mutants are still living in other places, either enduring the strange looks of others or trying their best to hide themselves..."

"And you hundreds of people are divided into two factions, unable to even offer help to your fellow mutants who are being persecuted by others. How can you possibly make your voices heard?"

Upon hearing this, Qin retorted, "But the professor said that if we gather too many mutants, it will cause panic among the authorities, which will only make things more complicated."

Aaron scoffed: "Why would you think that? With Charles's abilities, surely he could gather mutants together without anyone noticing?"

There are at least hundreds of thousands of mutants worldwide.

"If you don't unite this force, you'll be a disorganized mess, so how can you inspire fear in others?"

Qin was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Charles could actually do it!

With his brainwave enhancement device, Charles's telepathy can spread throughout the world in a very short time.

(bffj) But...

Jean hesitated, then said, "The professor said that instilling fear in others is not a good way to solve the mutant problem; it will only make it easier for the higher-ups to make a full-scale crackdown on mutants..."

Aaron shook his head speechlessly.

"The professor said, the professor said, does that mean everything he says is true?"

Aaron looked intently into Jean's eyes, which were like rubies. "Do you really think that by portraying yourself as completely harmless, you can gain the favor and sympathy of others?"

"Ask them to be lenient?"

Aaron scoffed, "Even kindergarteners know that peace isn't something you beg for, it's something you fight for!"

"This has always been the case, without exception!"

"unless..."

"Unless what?" Qin pressed.

“You mutants are willing to become knives in other people’s hands, to become their weapons, to completely lose your freedom, and to be controlled by others.”

At this point, Aaron added with a playful tone: "You have to fawn over them like a pet dog, constantly enduring their exploitation and unreasonable demands. No matter how they treat you, you have to take the initiative to lick their pants legs."

"To completely entrust one's life to the other person, and to let the other person completely control one's destiny."

Qin felt quite uncomfortable with this description, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Doesn't that sound disgusting and cruel? But that's the truth."

"Look at the relationships between countries, isn't that how it is?"

"If you are useful, and you are willing to kneel down and sacrifice yourself for the other party, and you do not have the strength to threaten the other party's position, you can obtain a certain degree of peace, and occasionally even get some bones."

"Either you possess great power and the ability to threaten the other party, then the other party will suppress you, but will not dare to act easily, because they cannot afford the cost of taking action."

What kind of mutants do you think they are now?

Qin pondered for a moment.

Shake his head.

"neither."

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's more like a combination of the two."

Aaron nodded. "The problem of mutants is very complicated. You clearly have the strength to become the second choice, but you lack the corresponding courage."

"You want to choose the first one, but you are too powerful and the other party dares not trust you, and you can't let go of your pride and freedom."

"No one wants to accept the surrender of a group of people who are stronger than themselves, who may threaten them at any time, but who are not obedient or loyal enough."

Qin opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

What could she say?

Should we tell Charles and Magneto, "For the future of mutants, please die?"

Then let your compatriots send their own necks to the executioner's block, their lives and deaths depending on the whim of others?

That's all unrealistic!

For the first time, Jean began to question the correctness of Charles's approach.

As Aaron said, no one wants subordinates who are more capable than themselves and who have their own ideas and ambitions.