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Chapter 414
Chapter 414: Invitation to Join! Standing on the Moral High Ground!
[Talent Skill: Mental Isolation]
[Fusion Condition: Get Remy LeBeau to voluntarily join Jie Er Company]
[After Fusion, the energy stored within the player's body can generate electromagnetic interference and mental isolation, making the player's whereabouts difficult to track. Friendly reminder, the upper limit of this ability is Gamma level. It cannot create an isolation layer around oneself. However, if the player creates an isolation layer, they can even make direct contact with Rogue.]
"Another extremely good ability." Although Xia Shang's standards had become somewhat picky now, Gambit's ability still felt very excellent to him. Moreover, he happened to lack mental defense. If he fused this ability, he wouldn't have to be so wary of Charles. Furthermore, when the day came that he analyzed Charles, if he had this ability at his disposal, it would likely prevent many accidents from happening.
"There's actually more."
[Talent Skill: Physical Enhancement]
[Fusion Condition: Absorb over two hundred milliliters of Remy LeBeau's blood]
[After Fusion, it will slightly enhance the player's agility, endurance, and physique...]
There was nothing to say about this ability. For Xia Shang, there was absolutely no need to fuse it, so he skipped it directly.
"Looks like it's only one more than Sabretooth." Xia Shang nodded imperceptibly, wondering if Gambit would gain another ability after being enhanced by Apocalypse.
With a thought, he closed the Panel.
Xia Shang turned his gaze towards Gambit and Quicksilver.
"Excuse me, are you two interested in joining Jie Er Company and becoming members of the Superhero?"
Facing the sudden invitation, a hint of surprise flashed in Gambit's eyes. "You want to invite us to become Superhero?"
"That's right. Are you two willing?" After reading the ability descriptions on the Panel, Xia Shang knew that his Memory Storm and Cognitive Intrusion would be ineffective against Gambit. Therefore, there were only two ways to get him to join Jie Er Company: either through force or coercion, or through gentle persuasion. However, due to the Fusion Condition for Mental Isolation, he decisively abandoned the former. He had to find a way to make Gambit voluntarily join Jie Er Company.
Fortunately, he had some confidence in this matter.
Seeing that the other party wasn't here to cause trouble, Gambit secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Sorry, I have no interest in becoming a Superhero at all. You should look for someone else."
"I'm not interested either." Quicksilver was someone who disliked being restrained. Unless someone had charisma like Charles, it would be very difficult to recruit him.
"Won't you reconsider? Our company offers excellent benefits and treatment. When there's nothing to do, you can basically rest all day, and the salary is more than three times that of ordinary humans... Most importantly, you won't have to keep hiding everywhere like before, and in the not too distant future, you'll be more famous than any celebrity, gaining countless crazy fans who support you."
Xia Shang smiled, speaking in an extremely tempting voice, "As long as you agree to join Jie Er Company, whether it's authority, fame, or money, it will all be within your reach."
Gambit was tempted, he was truly tempted. In the current environment, mutants might not be rats in a sewer, but they were certainly like cockroaches everyone wanted to step on. If what the other party said was true, then joining Jie Er Company might be an excellent choice.
"Pete, what do you say?" He calmed his restless thoughts, then looked at Pete beside him and asked.
"Sounds interesting..." Quicksilver pushed his chewing gum against the tip of his tongue and slowly blew a bubble outwards. However, as soon as the bubble reached the size of a jujube, it popped with a 'pop'. He then spat the chewing gum into the trash can. Of course, this action of his went unnoticed by both Gambit and Xia Shang.
Quicksilver, who had returned to his original position, shook his head. "Not interested. Can you let us go now?"
"Don't you want to know who your father is?" Xia Shang subtly frowned. Just now, he had used Memory Storm on Quicksilver, but it had no effect at all. He couldn't help but suspect that Quicksilver might have a second ability, or that his super-fast thinking speed and brain's nerves could make him partially immune to mental attacks.
Xia Shang personally thought it was the latter, because high-speed movement gave Quicksilver far more than just speed. It also included an above-average physique, a super-fast thinking mode, and the ability to affect the molecular structure of objects by rapidly vibrating them, etc.
"You know who my father is?" Quicksilver, who always wore an indifferent expression on his face, became slightly serious after hearing Xia Shang's words.
"Didn't your mother mention him to you?"
"She did. My mom said he could control metal, but I don't have much impression of him because he left my mom very early." Quicksilver pointed to Xia Shang's right hand. "If you don't want to be disabled, tell me his name. Of course, if you really don't want to say, that's fine too. Anyway, I'll save you before the card explosion."
Somehow, Gambit's playing cards had reached Xia Shang's hand. If Quicksilver hadn't said it himself, Gambit wouldn't have even noticed that the playing cards had disappeared.
"Does the Psionic Field have no effect on him?" Xia Shang lowered his head and looked at the poker cards in his hand, slightly frowning. No, it still had an effect, it's just that Quicksilver's speed was truly astonishing. The Psionic Field, like a Swamp, couldn't slow down his speed by much. One could only say he truly lives up to his reputation as the man who comes with his own soundtrack; his speed is indeed terrifying. "Magneto is really a scumbag. Quicksilver doesn't seem to have much feeling for him."
Xia Shang couldn't help but feel a bit stumped. Normally speaking, shouldn't Quicksilver be acting very excited, and then impatiently join Jie Er Company in order to know who his father is?
"Join Jie Er Company, and I'll tell you who your father is. Even if you don't care about your father, maybe your mother wants to see him."
This move really worked. He could see Quicksilver clearly hesitated. After all, he was raised single-handedly by his mother, and their bond goes without saying.
"Oh right." Xia Shang looked at Gambit and smiled slightly. "These things of yours can't hurt me at all. There's not a single possibility of blowing me up into a cripple."
Bang! The next second, a roar resounded through the entire block. Accompanied by the sound of the explosion, dazzling firelight enveloped Xia Shang's whole body. For a moment, centered around him, ripple-like explosion shockwaves spread outwards...
"He actually crushed my playing cards directly! He's truly a fucking lunatic!" Looking at the scene before him like a missile explosion, Gambit instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. He knew very well how great the power of his cards was; one could rival a grenade, let alone the fact that Xia Shang crushed a whole deck of playing cards! In the spreading smoke and dust, Xia Shang's figure, like an iron tower, faintly appeared.
"Impossible, it's impossible for a mutant to not suffer any injury in that kind of explosion!" Gambit stared intently at Xia Shang in the smoke and dust, even hoping he would fall headfirst.
However, Xia Shang once again severely proved him wrong. After the smoke and dust dispersed, except for getting some black ash on his hands, the fluttering star-spangled cape behind him was actually completely unharmed.
"Just how strong is this guy?"
Gambit, feeling his scalp tingle, swallowed. Compared to Xia Shang in front of him, Victor, whom he was wary of, was simply like a harmless little white rabbit.
"How have you two considered?" Xia Shang, who had slightly demonstrated his power, was still quite satisfied in his mind when he saw Gambit's shocked expression. It seems the deterrent effect was achieved.
"Pete, do you have confidence you can take me away from here?" Gambit said with a dry voice.
"Should be no problem."
This was also the first time Quicksilver had seen someone who could withstand that level of explosion in his life; he was simply an inhuman being.
"How about I deal with Stryker for you, and you join Jie Er Company?"
"Stryker?" Hearing this name, Gambit was a bit lost and said somewhat confusedly, "Who is this guy?"
"He hides very deep, so it's normal you don't know. Simply put, he's Victor's boss, the real culprit behind capturing mutants. Also, the Three Mile Island you mentioned just now has his experiment base on it, and the mutant prison inside is also his," Xia Shang said lightly, brushing off the black ash from his hands.
"So it was him!" As soon as he thought of the pain and torment he had suffered, Gambit's eyes filled with strong killing intent. "Okay, as long as you can kill him and destroy the experiment base on Three Mile Island, then I promise you I'll join Jie Er Company and become a Superhero."
"Very good. Do you want to go together at that time? A scene like a disaster should be very spectacular." Xia Shang smiled slightly, and from the corners of his raised mouth, one seemed to be able to see terrifying ferocity and brutality.
"Yes, I'll go! I want to see with my own eyes how that prison is destroyed!" Gambit also showed a smile, only the smile on his face carried an unresolvable hatred.
Quicksilver looked at the two of them, and finally said helplessly, "You bring that man to my mother, and I will join Jie Er Company."
"This request of yours is much more difficult than Remy LeBeau's, but for me, it's not a big problem." Xia Shang thought that releasing Magneto early could also gain a wave of Fantasy Value, which could be considered killing two birds with one stone.
"Is it difficult? Could it be that his identity is very special?"
"It is quite special. You'll know when you see him," Xia Shang smiled. How could the dignified founder of the Brotherhood of Mutants, the suspected murderer of the former president, the Magneto who almost caused the Cuban Missile Crisis, not be special?
...
"It's not impossible to attack Three Mile Island, but we have to stand on the Moral High Ground." The next morning, in the President's Office, Xia Shang, wearing a black suit, smiled after hearing Xia Shang's plan and said.
"What do you mean? I don't think I understand?"
Gambit scratched his head and said confusedly.
(end of chapter)
[Talent Skill: Mental Isolation]
[Fusion Condition: Get Remy LeBeau to voluntarily join Jie Er Company]
[After Fusion, the energy stored within the player's body can generate electromagnetic interference and mental isolation, making the player's whereabouts difficult to track. Friendly reminder, the upper limit of this ability is Gamma level. It cannot create an isolation layer around oneself. However, if the player creates an isolation layer, they can even make direct contact with Rogue.]
"Another extremely good ability." Although Xia Shang's standards had become somewhat picky now, Gambit's ability still felt very excellent to him. Moreover, he happened to lack mental defense. If he fused this ability, he wouldn't have to be so wary of Charles. Furthermore, when the day came that he analyzed Charles, if he had this ability at his disposal, it would likely prevent many accidents from happening.
"There's actually more."
[Talent Skill: Physical Enhancement]
[Fusion Condition: Absorb over two hundred milliliters of Remy LeBeau's blood]
[After Fusion, it will slightly enhance the player's agility, endurance, and physique...]
There was nothing to say about this ability. For Xia Shang, there was absolutely no need to fuse it, so he skipped it directly.
"Looks like it's only one more than Sabretooth." Xia Shang nodded imperceptibly, wondering if Gambit would gain another ability after being enhanced by Apocalypse.
With a thought, he closed the Panel.
Xia Shang turned his gaze towards Gambit and Quicksilver.
"Excuse me, are you two interested in joining Jie Er Company and becoming members of the Superhero?"
Facing the sudden invitation, a hint of surprise flashed in Gambit's eyes. "You want to invite us to become Superhero?"
"That's right. Are you two willing?" After reading the ability descriptions on the Panel, Xia Shang knew that his Memory Storm and Cognitive Intrusion would be ineffective against Gambit. Therefore, there were only two ways to get him to join Jie Er Company: either through force or coercion, or through gentle persuasion. However, due to the Fusion Condition for Mental Isolation, he decisively abandoned the former. He had to find a way to make Gambit voluntarily join Jie Er Company.
Fortunately, he had some confidence in this matter.
Seeing that the other party wasn't here to cause trouble, Gambit secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Sorry, I have no interest in becoming a Superhero at all. You should look for someone else."
"I'm not interested either." Quicksilver was someone who disliked being restrained. Unless someone had charisma like Charles, it would be very difficult to recruit him.
"Won't you reconsider? Our company offers excellent benefits and treatment. When there's nothing to do, you can basically rest all day, and the salary is more than three times that of ordinary humans... Most importantly, you won't have to keep hiding everywhere like before, and in the not too distant future, you'll be more famous than any celebrity, gaining countless crazy fans who support you."
Xia Shang smiled, speaking in an extremely tempting voice, "As long as you agree to join Jie Er Company, whether it's authority, fame, or money, it will all be within your reach."
Gambit was tempted, he was truly tempted. In the current environment, mutants might not be rats in a sewer, but they were certainly like cockroaches everyone wanted to step on. If what the other party said was true, then joining Jie Er Company might be an excellent choice.
"Pete, what do you say?" He calmed his restless thoughts, then looked at Pete beside him and asked.
"Sounds interesting..." Quicksilver pushed his chewing gum against the tip of his tongue and slowly blew a bubble outwards. However, as soon as the bubble reached the size of a jujube, it popped with a 'pop'. He then spat the chewing gum into the trash can. Of course, this action of his went unnoticed by both Gambit and Xia Shang.
Quicksilver, who had returned to his original position, shook his head. "Not interested. Can you let us go now?"
"Don't you want to know who your father is?" Xia Shang subtly frowned. Just now, he had used Memory Storm on Quicksilver, but it had no effect at all. He couldn't help but suspect that Quicksilver might have a second ability, or that his super-fast thinking speed and brain's nerves could make him partially immune to mental attacks.
Xia Shang personally thought it was the latter, because high-speed movement gave Quicksilver far more than just speed. It also included an above-average physique, a super-fast thinking mode, and the ability to affect the molecular structure of objects by rapidly vibrating them, etc.
"You know who my father is?" Quicksilver, who always wore an indifferent expression on his face, became slightly serious after hearing Xia Shang's words.
"Didn't your mother mention him to you?"
"She did. My mom said he could control metal, but I don't have much impression of him because he left my mom very early." Quicksilver pointed to Xia Shang's right hand. "If you don't want to be disabled, tell me his name. Of course, if you really don't want to say, that's fine too. Anyway, I'll save you before the card explosion."
Somehow, Gambit's playing cards had reached Xia Shang's hand. If Quicksilver hadn't said it himself, Gambit wouldn't have even noticed that the playing cards had disappeared.
"Does the Psionic Field have no effect on him?" Xia Shang lowered his head and looked at the poker cards in his hand, slightly frowning. No, it still had an effect, it's just that Quicksilver's speed was truly astonishing. The Psionic Field, like a Swamp, couldn't slow down his speed by much. One could only say he truly lives up to his reputation as the man who comes with his own soundtrack; his speed is indeed terrifying. "Magneto is really a scumbag. Quicksilver doesn't seem to have much feeling for him."
Xia Shang couldn't help but feel a bit stumped. Normally speaking, shouldn't Quicksilver be acting very excited, and then impatiently join Jie Er Company in order to know who his father is?
"Join Jie Er Company, and I'll tell you who your father is. Even if you don't care about your father, maybe your mother wants to see him."
This move really worked. He could see Quicksilver clearly hesitated. After all, he was raised single-handedly by his mother, and their bond goes without saying.
"Oh right." Xia Shang looked at Gambit and smiled slightly. "These things of yours can't hurt me at all. There's not a single possibility of blowing me up into a cripple."
Bang! The next second, a roar resounded through the entire block. Accompanied by the sound of the explosion, dazzling firelight enveloped Xia Shang's whole body. For a moment, centered around him, ripple-like explosion shockwaves spread outwards...
"He actually crushed my playing cards directly! He's truly a fucking lunatic!" Looking at the scene before him like a missile explosion, Gambit instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. He knew very well how great the power of his cards was; one could rival a grenade, let alone the fact that Xia Shang crushed a whole deck of playing cards! In the spreading smoke and dust, Xia Shang's figure, like an iron tower, faintly appeared.
"Impossible, it's impossible for a mutant to not suffer any injury in that kind of explosion!" Gambit stared intently at Xia Shang in the smoke and dust, even hoping he would fall headfirst.
However, Xia Shang once again severely proved him wrong. After the smoke and dust dispersed, except for getting some black ash on his hands, the fluttering star-spangled cape behind him was actually completely unharmed.
"Just how strong is this guy?"
Gambit, feeling his scalp tingle, swallowed. Compared to Xia Shang in front of him, Victor, whom he was wary of, was simply like a harmless little white rabbit.
"How have you two considered?" Xia Shang, who had slightly demonstrated his power, was still quite satisfied in his mind when he saw Gambit's shocked expression. It seems the deterrent effect was achieved.
"Pete, do you have confidence you can take me away from here?" Gambit said with a dry voice.
"Should be no problem."
This was also the first time Quicksilver had seen someone who could withstand that level of explosion in his life; he was simply an inhuman being.
"How about I deal with Stryker for you, and you join Jie Er Company?"
"Stryker?" Hearing this name, Gambit was a bit lost and said somewhat confusedly, "Who is this guy?"
"He hides very deep, so it's normal you don't know. Simply put, he's Victor's boss, the real culprit behind capturing mutants. Also, the Three Mile Island you mentioned just now has his experiment base on it, and the mutant prison inside is also his," Xia Shang said lightly, brushing off the black ash from his hands.
"So it was him!" As soon as he thought of the pain and torment he had suffered, Gambit's eyes filled with strong killing intent. "Okay, as long as you can kill him and destroy the experiment base on Three Mile Island, then I promise you I'll join Jie Er Company and become a Superhero."
"Very good. Do you want to go together at that time? A scene like a disaster should be very spectacular." Xia Shang smiled slightly, and from the corners of his raised mouth, one seemed to be able to see terrifying ferocity and brutality.
"Yes, I'll go! I want to see with my own eyes how that prison is destroyed!" Gambit also showed a smile, only the smile on his face carried an unresolvable hatred.
Quicksilver looked at the two of them, and finally said helplessly, "You bring that man to my mother, and I will join Jie Er Company."
"This request of yours is much more difficult than Remy LeBeau's, but for me, it's not a big problem." Xia Shang thought that releasing Magneto early could also gain a wave of Fantasy Value, which could be considered killing two birds with one stone.
"Is it difficult? Could it be that his identity is very special?"
"It is quite special. You'll know when you see him," Xia Shang smiled. How could the dignified founder of the Brotherhood of Mutants, the suspected murderer of the former president, the Magneto who almost caused the Cuban Missile Crisis, not be special?
...
"It's not impossible to attack Three Mile Island, but we have to stand on the Moral High Ground." The next morning, in the President's Office, Xia Shang, wearing a black suit, smiled after hearing Xia Shang's plan and said.
"What do you mean? I don't think I understand?"
Gambit scratched his head and said confusedly.
(end of chapter)
