Chapter 317 16. What? Blind driving? Twelve points deducted! Revoke your driver's license!
The Hautley family’s farm was quiet, and the wind was blowing in the afternoon on the severely desertified land caused by the nuclear explosion. This movement covered up the screams of the Hulk trio who were being “learned” outside the door.
In the house, Mason is talking to the family.
The hostess of Hautley's house is obviously not as taciturn as her husband. Facing these outsiders who saved her family, despite the lack of supplies, she still tried her best to entertain them to express her gratitude.
Halley has befriended the Hautley children and is teaching them how to feed her two big circus dogs.
"Ms. Hautley, don't be busy, we just pass by here and want to ask for directions."
Mason glanced at the old Wolverine who was busy in the kitchen. He knew that guy didn't want to talk to strangers like himself, so he made a breakthrough on the unhealthy lady in front of him.
He looked at the glass of suspiciously colored water in front of him, pushed it away calmly, and asked in a gentle tone:
"Is a large area around here the territory of the Hulk Gang?"
"Yes, Southern California is controlled by them, and they occupy the clean water nearby, making us people pay rent every month to use it.
But their existence is not a bad thing. Going north is occupied by more ferocious Ghost Riders and monsters. Although the Hulks are barbaric, they will also drive them away.
It's hard to live here, but at least you won't die unexpectedly. "
Mrs Hautley sighed.
She sat beside Mason very tiredly, thinking that this young man was very polite, which is rare in this day and age.
The hardships of life made this once beautiful lady have gray hair, but Mason noticed the abnormal gray on her face, and realized that the ubiquitous radiation on this land had also harmed her health.
"You look like you need treatment, and I happen to be a pharmacist."
Mason moved out of his identity as a doctor and offered to take a look at Mrs. Hautley's body. The lady didn't think much about it. She just felt that Mason's image in her heart was better. bottle of potion.
After taking it, he felt drowsy and went back to the bedroom to rest. Until this moment, the old Wolverine, who hadn't shown himself, came out of the kitchen with a burst of anger.
"Get out of my house!"
He yelled at Mason very rudely:
"Get your freaks out!"
"Dad! He's helping us, and he's helping mom see a doctor."
The teenage boy may be in the period of rebellion. He is very dissatisfied with the sudden outburst of his father who is always useless. He jumped up to argue with his father.
But the old Logan simply ignored his son who had no experience in the world.
He reached out and grabbed Mason's left hand and lifted it up, revealing the golden apple on the penguin umbrella that was still emitting a faint light. He said sarcastically:
"Mind control, huh? Something's coming at me! You bastards!"
"This is just to let Mrs. Hautley sleep better. Her body is almost overwhelmed by various diseases. Logan, your wife is not an 'eternal person' like you, nor is she as hard as you." It is also a good body that can resist nuclear explosions."
Mason made no excuses.
He looked up and down the decadent old wolf in front of him, and said:
"The medicine I just gave her will make her feel better in the next six months, but I suggest you immediately take your family away from this nuclear explosion desert, at least change to a place where you won't get radiation sickness.
The two children are also here, and I have to help you take a look, this disease cannot be delayed. "
He turned his head and waved to the old wolf's son and daughter.
The two children are not fools.
After watching his father dismantle Mason's trick, the big boy grabbed his shotgun again.
But just at this time, the Son of Hulk's piercing scream came from outside the house, making the boy tremble. He suddenly realized that in the face of this group of people, an old gun whose rifling was about to be smoothed seemed to be somewhat... er, slightly disadvantaged?
"Mr. K let you pass, cuties."
Harry pushed behind them and said sharply:
"My little sweetheart is the most conscientious person in Gotham City, he will not do bad things, but Mr. K, I just showed the two cuties, and they are not affected by radiation sickness.
These two kids are incredibly healthy, like superhumans! "
"Mutant?"
Mason looked at the silent but clenched old wolf in surprise.
In order not to arouse the hostility of the weird old Wolverine in front of him, he took out his ID card of the Weapon X project from his pocket and put it on the table.
took a step back and said to the old wolf:
"I'm also a mutant, but my situation is special, this thing can prove my identity, Logan, I'm not here to find trouble, and it actually made me very happy to meet you as soon as I came here.
Believe it or not, you were one of the two people I admired the most as a kid. "
When he heard the word "mutant", old Logan's eyes jumped, and then he looked at the two cards on the table. As one of the former leaders of the X-Men, he could fully identify the authenticity of this thing. Fake.
And when he saw the card of the Weapon X item, the astonishment on Logan's face was even more unreal.
He picked up the card and put it in front of his eyes to check some details in a special way. After a few seconds, he looked at Mason and said:
"I thought you were all dead. On that night, I received a signal that the secret project was attacked by Hydra, but you disappeared! You disappeared seventeen years ago, and the transfer of outsiders took all people.
They say you're never coming back.
but why?
If you've left this hell, why come back here? "
"Looks like you're finally willing to talk to me, that's great."
Mason pulled back his chair and gave Harry a wink.
Ms. Robin immediately grabbed the two children and walked out the door. The children were unwilling to leave, but Halle dragged them away by their collars one by one, so as not to let them disturb the conversation between Mr. K and the old wolf.
"Listen to you, Logan, haven't other outsiders entered here in the past seventeen years?"
Mason asked a question.
Holding the card in his hand, Logan confirmed Mason's identity. He was no longer as repulsive as before, but he was not very enthusiastic either.
Facing Mason's inquiry, he nodded hesitantly and said:
"I've lived here all these years, and I haven't contacted the outside world for a long time, but there really isn't any news about outsiders in this world. After all, the great transfer seventeen years ago took away almost everything of value. .
Only a bunch of sinners are left to rot to death in this hell. "
"how about you?"
Mason asked:
"Why did you stay here? I asked Liana and Anna, and they thought you were dead. Anna also asked me to investigate the tragedy that happened at Xavier College in the past seventeen years.
She said that an unknown murderer slaughtered all the X-Men in the academy that night, so that they had no chance to participate in the action against nuclear war.
Even indirectly led to the defeat of the Avengers who needed support.
Do you know who did that? "
"I don't know."
The old wolf lowered his head, moved his lips, and said dryly:
"I missed those."
"Yeah, I guess you weren't there that night, too."
Mason sighed and said:
"If you are really here, with your character and vigilance, you will definitely not allow those murderers to kill your companions so cruelly"
"do not talk!"
The old wolf suddenly roared and interrupted Mason's words. Under the surprised gaze of the captain, the old wolf panted and waved his hands as if losing all his strength at once. He said in a hoarse voice:
"That's not something that makes people feel happy, don't talk about it, talk about you."
He picked up the card and bent it into a very special arc. In this arc, Mason could see a line of hidden text appearing on the card.
The old wolf said to him:
"They gave you a code name in the experiment, see, they called you 'Maia'."
"The **** of wind and rain, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus?"
"It's okay, barely suitable, but I'm more used to you calling me Mason, Mason Cooper."
"Okay, Mason."
Old Wolf sat down opposite Mason again.
He doesn't quite meet Mason's eyes, but accepts the cigarette offered by Mason, and after lighting it, the dour ex-X-Men says to him:
"I probably guessed what you were going to do when you came back, I did participate in the Weapon X project, which was re-created based on my evil project back then.
While inheriting the name from Weapon X, it was not used for nefarious purposes.
This plan was promoted by the Illuminati, and it is one of a series of prevention plans that were established after Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Alien prophet Ulysses successively predicted the situation of "the end is coming".
Its purpose is to cultivate Omega-level mutants through artificial intervention, so as to strengthen our strength to deal with unknown risks. "
"Can this really be done?"
When he heard "Omega-level mutant", Mason sat up straight all of a sudden, and he asked:
"Has the technology of this world advanced to that point?"
"No, of course it can't be done, but the plan is like this. If you want to swindle enough funds from the Stark Group, you must always conceive in a good direction and exaggerate appropriately by a few hundred million points."
Old Wolf shrugged, curled his lips and said:
"It turns out that the restarted Weapon X project is the same as what I participated in back then. No matter how we presuppose the conditions, the mutation ability of the X gene is highly uncontrollable.
So this plan finally turned into awakening as many mutants as possible before the end of the day to increase the strength of the population.
But your nameplate number is relatively high, which means that you are the first three batches of experimental subjects, Mason, and it is rare that you have reached the third stage.
This means that if we can really artificially produce Omega-level mutants, then you are definitely one of the closest samples.
But unfortunately, this thing is the same as opening a blind box.
Before you finally complete the third stage to unlock the ability, no one knows whether what you get is a mighty power that can control the common people, or just a little trick that doesn't matter. "
"Well, I knew it wouldn't be that easy."
Mason sighed, well, I was so excited just now.
The question is who to put in his position, who wouldn't be excited when he learns that he might become an Omega-level mutant? That's basically a step up to the sky.
What big super, what Wonder Woman, I will bury you with a wave of my hand.
"You must go to the base of the Weapon X project."
Old Wolf returned the card in his hand to Mason, he blew out the smoke ring and said:
"It has been closed since the nuclear war. With the current situation of the technological water section fault, no one should be able to open it. You must go to complete the final stage of ability awakening.
That place is not far from the old site of Xavier College, I can draw you a map. "
"No, Anna gave me the complete map."
Mason waved his hand, he looked at the old wolf, and said:
"But the situation is really bad right now, this new doomsday world seems a bit too barbaric, so, if possible, I hope you can"
"No!"
Before he finished speaking, the old wolf rejected him.
"I'm not leaving here again."
Logan threw the cigarette **** under his feet, stomped it out and said:
"Wolverine is dead, Mason, he died that night seventeen years ago, when my wife pulled me back from the tracks, and I'm no longer the man you adored as a kid.
I'm too old.
I'm too weak. I don't even have the courage to fight against the provocations of the Hulks. Although this disappoints you, I think you may have to go alone. "
Speaking of this, the old wolf glanced at Mason and said:
"However, you have those three powerful bodyguards, and you may be able to run amok in this wasteland, so you don't need me, a bad old man, to worry about your safety."
This refusal was firm.
There was something in his eyes that made Mason feel heavy. It is said that eyes are the windows of the soul, so the old Logan in front of him is basically equivalent to closing the window and locking the door, denying everyone from entering his heart.
Mason, who is familiar with Logan's character, knew that this matter was useless, but he still asked curiously before he got up and left:
"Don't you ask me, how are those compatriots who left this world seventeen years ago? You shouldn't be such a cold person."
"Don't ask."
Old Logan, who seemed to have lost all wolfishness, waved his hands and said:
"Surely better than this hell.
Mason, you see, I really only intend to die of old age in this place, I am not interested in everything outside, and I also thank you for treating my wife and scaring my children.
Please leave us alone if you can, okay? "
"What about the Hulk Gang?"
Mason says:
"Need me to do a small favor for the old seniors to eradicate them?"
"If you kill them, others will come. As I said earlier, this is hell, Mason. Those who stay here will suffer and rot to death.
We all deserve it. "
Old Wolf bent down.
The shadow cast in the dim light is like a broken spine, he said:
"I will find a way to solve this matter. Get rid of those three guys. It will be troublesome to stay. I have a little friendship with Banner. I will go to see him and it will be over."
"Well, if you insist, but at least I should help you pay the signed rent."
Mason reached out and took out a small bag from the luggage, and put it in Logan's hand. Inside were several golden precious metals. He said:
"There should be a black market in this place to replace these things?"
"Well, I know what to do."
Logan did not refuse the gift.
Judging from the dilapidation of his house, he really needed the money. After getting up and sending Mason out of the house, he whispered to the foreign compatriot:
"On this land, kindness is the most useless thing. Don't hesitate when you encounter things in the past. Violence is the only language left in this world.
Finally, never go near New Babylon. "
After finishing speaking, Logan patted Mason on the shoulder, took his children into the house and closed the door.
Halley walked up to Mason, she chewed the bubble gum and rolled her eyes and whispered:
"This old man hides a lot of things that he doesn't want to say. He is afraid to talk to you, sweetheart, he is afraid of something in you, and even looks away when he looks at you."
"Yes, he withheld a lot of information."
Mason nodded thoughtfully and said:
"I have to find a way to ask."
"Then we leave now?"
Batgirl leaned on the pillar of the farm and said:
"Go to a nearby city to inquire about news, or?"
"You guys go first, led by Barbara, I'll stay here alone."
Mason took out the long-unused invisibility cloak and put it on his body, and said to his team members:
"I finally met my childhood idol. It would be a pity to leave without a few autographs."
"team leader!"
Just when he decided to split into two groups, the blue beetle Jaime Reyes, who had been turning around at high altitude to familiarize himself with the newly adjusted scarab combat system, fell from the sky.
He put away the mechanical insect wings and pointed to the dusk desert in the distance, and reported to Mason:
"A strange car came over there! The destination is this farm, but the driver seems to be blind"
(end of this chapter)