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Chapter 466 The People Banished by the Illuminati
Chapter 466 The People Banished by the Illuminati
At Sentinel Headquarters, Mystique Riven Darkholme had reverted to her original form, with blue-purple patterned skin and long red hair.
However, her voice remained that of Darkholm, the Supreme Commander of the Sentinels, as she yelled into the phone, "Why! Why did the Sentinels bypass me and move out directly?!"
"Does this mean that as the supreme commander, my soldiers can disobey my orders?!"
On the other end of the phone was an old man's voice. Compared to Riven's rather angry tone, the old man was much calmer: "Don't worry, Darkholm."
"First of all, we need to correct one point: Sentinel robots are not soldiers. They are war machines built with government funding and should be directly under the command of the government."
"Secondly, these sentinel robots possess sufficient artificial intelligence to determine how to fight, eliminating the need for additional commanders to direct their actions."
"Darkholm, you only need to manage your own sentry special police. If you have any objections, a military court is welcome to come."
Snapped!
Mystique smashed the phone to pieces.
They say nice things, but in reality, the government just doesn't want her to have both the Sentinel SWAT team and the Sentinel robots in her hands, lest she have too much power.
She had anticipated this; the phone call just now was merely to maintain Darkholm's persona.
What truly enraged her was that, in order to rescue the mutants imprisoned in Garland Prison, she went so far as to issue an arrest warrant and successfully capture Polaris Lorna, attempting to use her power to help all her fellow mutants escape.
Now that hundreds or even thousands of Sentinel robots have been sent to suppress them, not to mention the mutants, even Polaris Lorna herself is likely to be in grave danger.
"What do we do? What do we do!"
Mystique paced back and forth in her spacious office, irritably ruffling her neatly styled long red hair.
The failed escape attempt by mutants in Garland prison means that their fellow mutants in other prisons will face the same fate:
They'll either be strapped to an operating table to have their genes extracted and used to develop stronger Sentinel robots, or they'll attempt to escape and be suppressed by the existing Sentinel robots.
Almost all the mutants with Alpha and Omega powers died from the M-pox disease caused by the Inhumans, and at this stage, no one can stop these Sentinel robots.
Both are dead ends, unless—
After a long while, she stopped scratching her messy hair, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.
She transformed back into Darkholm, walked to her desk, put on her headset, and whispered into the communication system, "I need the helicopter ready within one minute."
7
"Where to, sir?"
"New York, Dr. Douglas's laboratory."
"Is it Dr. Douglas, the one who discovered the mysterious messages from the depths of the universe?"
"That's right."
A minute later, on the rooftop helipad of Sentinel Headquarters, a helicopter slowly took off amidst the roar of its rotors, heading towards New York.
Garland Prison — perhaps it can no longer be called a prison at this point.
This place has been completely turned into a sea of fire.
Faced with the combined resistance of the Inhumans and mutants, the Sentinel robots did not choose to swarm in and compete in combat, but instead simply set fires on a large scale.
Flames engulfed the more than one hundred sentries, and rings of fire resembling solar prominences frequently appeared on their bodies.
The remaining Sentinel robots then gestured with their hands, and the flames from the Sentinel robots that used sunspot abilities immediately leaped and flew into their hands.
This is using the abilities of "Fire People." They cannot create flames, but their ability to control flames far surpasses that of sunspots.
A raging fire formed a circle, trapping the mutants and Inhumans within it.
The fire rings were not static; under the control of the Sentinel robots using the Fireman's abilities, they extended upwards and gradually formed a semicircle, enveloping the Inhumans and mutants within.
This involves using high temperatures and oxygen deprivation to arrest mutants without causing them harm.
Meanwhile, the Sentinel robots hid outside the circle of fire, constantly using various ranged attacks to wear down the mutants' stamina.
"Lorna, how are you recovering?"
Within the semicircle formed by the flames, Queen Medusa was anxiously asking Lorna, the North Star, who was sitting on the ground with her eyes closed, about her thoughts.
She led the Inhumans to confront the Sentinels head-on, but unexpectedly found herself trapped here.
Fortunately, Gorgon's seismic waves and the crystal's reverse manipulation of the Sentinels' flames bought them a lot of time, and there were also many mutants who could temporarily resist the Sentinels, so the two sides were deadlocked for a while.
However, if the standoff continues, the mutants and Inhumans will undoubtedly suffer a crushing defeat.
"Some parts have been restored, but if we want everyone to leave here unharmed, the restored parts are far from enough," Polaris Lorna said quickly with her eyes closed.
"These sentinels are made of flesh and are not metal. What means do you plan to use to eliminate them?" Queen Medusa continued to ask.
Her long hair flew as she continuously blocked the incoming attacks, without launching a full-scale attack.
Queen Medusa will only consider using her trump card if the mutants truly have no other options, but the current situation is not at the point where it is absolutely necessary to use it.
"Tear the earth apart and send this entire region flying into the sky," Polaris Lorna said, still speaking rapidly.
The mutants and Inhumans stood back-to-back, with Polaris Lorna in the center.
Besides her, there is another mutant in the central protected area, "Forget-Me-Not" Omega.
Instead of engaging the sentinels in battle, he deliberately hid to prevent them from gaining his abilities if he were killed.
How much longer?
Polaris Lorna frowned: "Fifteen minutes."
As soon as the words were spoken, the Sentinel robots launched their most ferocious attack to date. They seemed to have overheard the conversation and their artificial intelligence seemed to have determined that they absolutely could not allow Polaris Lorna to continue recovering.
Ah!
A scream rang out, and the first mutant had died. He was a mimic, whose ability was to imitate the abilities of others, but he was the first to die under the attack of the Sentinel robots.
Next was a member of the Inhumans, and then another mutant—
Under the fierce attack of the Sentinel robots, the Inhumans and mutants were routed.
Queen Medusa's eyes narrowed; she realized she could no longer hide her trump card.
In Dr. Douglas's laboratory in New York.
He became known to the public three months ago for discovering a mysterious message from the depths of the universe, the contents of which had already been deciphered by his team.
However, the deciphered content chilled him to the bone, so he did not disclose the information to the outside world.
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But then Darkholm, the Sentinel's Supreme Commander who was Mystique in disguise, arrived and said as his first words: "Douglas, I order you to send the coordinates of Earth into space. You should know the direction very well."
Dr. Douglas was being lifted into the air by Mystique with one hand, and he knew perfectly well what the cold-faced man in front of him was saying.
That was a signal sent by the Hulk, who had been banished from Earth by the Illuminati, and Mystique wanted him to respond so that the Hulk could return to this world.