After resolving the threat from the professor, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Mystique let Scanner maintain the collective consciousness while she transformed back to her original appearance.
Then, Magneto said to Mystique, "Contact Red Devil and tell him to come over; his Ability is very useful."
"Okay."
Mystique found a phone in the broadcast room and dialed Red Devil.
She said, "Azazel, come rescue me, and I'll tell you the child's whereabouts."
"Raven, you're truly capable, making a call from Isolated Island Prison."
Red Devil was a bit surprised and teleported to Mystique's side.
As soon as he appeared, he saw Magneto raising his hand towards him.
Red Devil, in his red mist state, changed his expression and immediately vanished.
Magneto was a bit astonished; when did Red Devil's teleportation speed become so fast?
"Raven, are you scheming against me? You'll pay for this."
Red Devil threw the phone away with hatred.
Fortunately, his strength had greatly increased recently, otherwise, he would have been tricked by Mystique and Magneto this time.
"No need to look for my son anymore.
Following the Demon King, I'll eventually be able to rescue our kin.
The Demon King is super powerful; my current strength is at least several times stronger than before."
Red Devil thought of something, picked up the phone, and called Andrew, saying, "BOSS, Mystique, Magneto, and the others are preparing to cause trouble again."
"Oh? So diligent?"
Andrew was a bit surprised and immediately turned his gaze to Isolated Island Prison, discovering that the entire prison had been controlled by Mutant and serious offenders.
S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were either captured or killed.
At the same time, Andrew also discovered John Garrett, the clairvoyant.
He was close to death, but his will was very strong, and he was gritting his teeth to hold on—he didn't want to die; he had held on for decades and intended to continue.
"A bit interesting.
It's time to plant a nail in S.H.I.E.L.D."
Andrew pulled Garrett into an illusion and said, "Sign the contract, give me your soul, and I'll guarantee your survival."
"I'll sign."
Garrett didn't waste any words and immediately signed the contract.
Then, Andrew teleported him to Ethan's laboratory in Rebirth Hell.
"Ethan, a new job."
Andrew said, "Give him a mechanical internal organ to keep him alive."
"Why mechanical internal organs again?"
Garrett was dumbfounded; wasn't this style a bit off?
In fact, Garrett had already prepared himself to be transformed into a demon.
Ethan examined some of Garrett's wounds and said with some hesitation, "Mechanical internal organs are still in the experimental stage.
His case is a bit difficult, and it might not succeed."
Andrew said, "It's fine.
If it doesn't succeed, I'll use healing magic to repair his wounds and restore him to normal."
Ethan nodded: "Then there's no problem."
Garrett looked at Ethan expectantly upon hearing this.
Ethan smiled, "Don't worry, I'll do my best to cure you."
Garrett said in a weak voice, "No, Doctor, please try to fail."
Ethan's face darkened a bit.
He had been a quack doctor for so many years, and this was the first time he had heard such a request.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll bet my mechanical body on this; I guarantee I'll cure you."
Garrett: "..."
Andrew smiled and left Ethan's laboratory to go outside, finding Hulk smashing robots with a sledgehammer under Taskmaster's guidance.
That's right, a sledgehammer; Hulk loved using hammers.
Taskmaster taught in a cool voice, "Hulk, don't just smash randomly.
Also, save some strength to switch moves; don't use all your strength."
"Hulk, smash."
Hulk didn't care and smashed wildly at the flying robots.
Taskmaster shook her head, not getting angry, and continued to teach Hulk.
Patience was something she never lacked.
"Quite a loving scene."
Andrew shook his head and went to Big Head's laboratory, asking, "How is the Cosmic Storm research coming along?"
"Cosmic Storm is a big project; it won't be researched that quickly."
Big Head said, "However, I've already made progress on the accelerated self-healing potion."
After speaking, Big Head took out a box of ointment and a bottle of potion: "This ointment can remove scars and shows results in one day.
This potion is a purified version of the previous one; after drinking it, wounds will heal quickly."
"Both are good, but their market potential isn't high.
Keep working hard; you can develop in the areas of skin whitening and youthfulness."
Andrew said.
The market potential he referred to wasn't how much money they could sell for, but how many souls they could exchange for.
"I'll try."
Big Head said.
His energy was mainly focused on Cosmic Storm and Hulk's blood; the rapid self-healing potion was just a minor project.
Andrew didn't say much more and went to check on Howard and Trask's research.
Howard was researching artificial intelligence and was close to success, while Trask was creating more Mutant instruments.
These instruments would provide him with rich experience, and eventually, he would create true Sentinel Robots.
"Very good, thriving."
Andrew nodded with satisfaction.
He looked at the factory area and secretly thought, "Now I have tens of thousands of souls.
Perhaps it's time to consider building a city and truly initiating a mechanical civilization."
At Isolated Island Prison, seeing Red Devil disappear, Mystique's expression was a bit grim.
She said to Magneto, "The plan failed; we can't ambush Mutant Academy."
"It's fine; things can't always go as planned."
Magneto didn't care.
He had failed countless times in his life and wasn't so fragile.
He thought for a moment and said, "We'll lead people to attack New York.
Given Charles's personality, he will definitely help S.H.I.E.L.D. block us.
At that time, you find an opportunity to contact Charles, then quietly go to Mutant Academy and use the Cerebro to kill all humans."
"Kill all humans?"
Andrew's eyes lit up upon hearing this; Old Magneto was reliable, with increasingly grand plans.
"After he and Mystique die, I must award them the Hell's Best Employee Award."
Andrew chuckled.
Of course, their plan might not succeed; the Superheroes were not to be trifled with, and more importantly, there was a super powerful figure on the X-Men's side.
"Whether it succeeds or not, it's just a show," Andrew said, indicating he wasn't in a hurry at all.
On this side, Mystique listened to Magneto and nodded, "That's how we'll do it.
Humanity's doomsday is coming soon."
Magneto thought for a moment and said, "Raven, record my X-gene.
If anything goes wrong, we'll team up to defeat the X-Men."
Mystique placed her hand on Magneto, smiling, "They definitely won't expect us to have two Magnetos."
After Mystique finished copying the gene, Magneto instructed Toad, "Go to the lowest level and release Abomination, Vampire, and Lizard, who are being used as test subjects.
I believe they'll be very happy to make humans pay the price."
Mystique reminded him, "Abomination is too dangerous; don't unseal him yet.
We'll just throw him down from the sky when the time comes; he won't die anyway."
Abomination had always been in a frozen state, and with his personality, he wouldn't docilely be a test subject.
"Understood."
Toad nodded and took a few Mutant to rescue those test subjects.
Then, Magneto connected mentally to all the prisoners in the prison and said, "Everyone go to the deck.
I will take you back to New York.
At that time, you can do whatever you want."
"Long live Magneto!"
The Mutant and serious offenders cheered in unison.
They held stolen guns, their faces ferocious; it was time to let the people of New York witness their wrath.
Magneto nodded in satisfaction.
He thought for a moment and transferred all the missiles and bombs in the prison to the deck; these things would be useful.
Fire Fox was also imprisoned in Isolated Island Prison.
She frowned and said to Sloan, "Sloan, you can't do this; they'll kill a lot of people."
"So what?"
Sloan held a gun, his face filled with malice, and said, "S.H.I.E.L.D. tortured me for so long; I want them to die a horrible death."
Sloan was also on the Space Station at the time, and Garrett had tortured him quite a bit during that period to confirm whether he had any Abilities.
Sloan was therefore filled with resentment, and his personality gradually became twisted.
Fire Fox shouted, "We are assassins of fate, not villains."
"Assassins of fate?"
Sloan sneered, "What would you think if I told you that the people you killed were actually all orders from black market customers?"
Fire Fox cried out in disbelief, "What? That's impossible!"
"Nothing's impossible.
You're just my tool, always have been, always will be."
As he spoke, Sloan opened his right hand, and a black worm the size of a fingernail flew from his palm and burrowed into Fire Fox's cheek.
Then, the black worm entered Fire Fox's brain through her bloodstream.
Fire Fox's eyes became vacant.
She stood expressionlessly beside Sloan, awaiting his command.
This was Sloan's Ability, the Brain-Eating Worm—the Brain-Eating Worm could not only control others but also devour the host's brain to reproduce more worms.
However, this type of worm had a fatal weakness: it feared low temperatures.
At low temperatures, the worms would die.
This Ability was terrifying, but its drawbacks were also obvious, which was why Sloan never spoke, no matter how Garrett tortured him.
As for blood tests and the like, the worms hadn't hatched, so they couldn't be detected at all.
After controlling Fire Fox, Sloan completely threw caution to the wind, controlling Big Back, Butcher, Tinkerer, and all the others.
He thought maniacally, "I'm going to use New York people to feed my worms; I'm going to turn all New York people into my servants; I'm going to rule New York, and even the whole world."
Soon, all the prisoners were transferred to the deck.
Magneto spread his hands, and cracking sounds came from beneath the deck.
A moment later, the deck detached from the prison, floated out of the sea, and at the same time, Isolated Island Prison slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
This wasn't over yet.
Magneto waved his hand, and the cover above opened, allowing the bright moonlight to flood into the prison.
Seeing the moon again, the prisoners were extremely excited, cheering loudly, and some even fired guns into the sky.
"Let's go."
Magneto laughed heartily, controlling the deck to fly rapidly towards New York.
"Magneto isn't that impulsive; his decision to attack New York must be part of a conspiracy."
In the S.H.I.E.L.D. command center, Nick Fury thought for a moment and skillfully opened the QuickShake live broadcast.
The new anchor of Horn TV Station was broadcasting news about Isolated Island Prison.
"Melinda is doing well; she's become an anchor."
Seeing the cool-faced Asian female anchor on the screen, Nick Fury nodded.
The other party was S.H.I.E.L.D. Level Seven Agent Melinda May.
Melinda said expressionlessly, "According to information obtained by this station, a riot occurred at Isolated Island Prison, and Magneto has escaped and is leading an army of prisoners towards New York."
Then, the screen split into two; one half was Melinda, and the other half was the flying prison deck—a high-definition image, much better than Nick Fury's satellite image.
"I believe everyone is wondering what kind of prison Isolated Island Prison is and why they've never heard of it?"
Melinda said, "This goes back to the beginning.
Viewers should remember that our Horn TV Station has been investigating a mysterious organization, an organization that hides the truth and secretly deletes our phone data.
After our station's investigation, this organization is called S.H.I.E.L.D., short for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
They are a United Nations agency responsible for handling strange events..."
"..."
Nick Fury was baffled.
He asked Maria Hill, "Has Melinda defected?"
"I think so."
Maria chuckled.
To find a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to reveal S.H.I.E.L.D. news, The Daily Bugle's editor-in-chief was truly talented.
She asked, "Should we interrupt Horn TV Station's live broadcast?"
"We can't interrupt it.
QuickShake has consistently ignored our requests for content monitoring."
Nick Fury shook his head and said, "Also, Horn TV Station is now very famous globally, and it's difficult to stop them.
America is a free society, at least on the surface."
"After this incident, the media and the World Security Council will all challenge me.
I must find a way to resolve this."
Nick Fury's eyes flickered slightly.
This world couldn't do without him; he couldn't step down.
Also, if he stepped down now, many things would be exposed, such as the money he embezzled, the safe houses he had been building, and his various hidden secrets.
Anchor Melinda's heart was pounding.
Would Director Fury make things difficult for her in the future?
Of course, this didn't stop her from continuing to reveal information.
"Isolated Island Prison is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s prison for special criminals.
Magneto, Abomination, and Mystique were all imprisoned there by them.
Unfortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D. messed up again, as usual.
Magneto successfully escaped and is leading a large army of vicious criminals to butcher New York, including Abomination, Lizard, and Vampire.
New York citizens, especially those in Brooklyn, please evacuate as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the disaster has begun again."
"S.H.I.E.L.D., I curse your entire family!"
New York citizens cursed loudly.
If you're incompetent, why do you contain so many criminals?
What's even more outrageous is that Isolated Island Prison was actually built off the coast of New York!
"I knew the disaster wouldn't let us go so easily.
Last time wasn't the end, just halftime."
An old New Yorker sighed, it seemed New York's luck hadn't turned.
While cursing and sighing, citizens in Brooklyn frantically ran out.
Magneto, Mystique, Abomination, Lizard, Vampire—this was the rhythm of the apocalypse.
"S.H.I.E.L.D., this is the organization that has been hiding the truth.
Also, my background is related to them."
Skye looked at the live broadcast screen, her eyes full of light.
At this moment, Gwen's voice came from the speaker: "Skye, Jessica and I are rushing to Brooklyn.
Can you help me calculate where Magneto and the others will land?"
Skye replied, "At a pier in Brooklyn.
S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Superheroes have already set up defenses there."
"Okay."
Gwen nodded and rushed to the pier at full speed.