"It hasn't exploded yet?"
Outside the Base's main control room, Stryker looked at the main control room door, which remained intact after several explosions, and felt a headache.
To ensure the security of the main control room, he had deliberately incorporated a small amount of Adamantium into the door, but he never expected it to backfire on him now.
Just now, through the surveillance, he suddenly saw his most prized creation, Wolverine, appear in the spillway. Even he couldn't resist and let him into the Base.
Only after meeting did he realize that the other party was not the real Wolverine, but it was too late.
Mystique, disguised as him, had infiltrated the main control room and closed its door.
"Colonel, this amount might not even explode it after more than ten attempts. We need to increase the dosage."
The Captain in charge of the demolition explained.
"No, any more power will threaten the entire dam."
Stryker frowned. If the dam had a problem and the lake water rushed into the Base, all of them would die.
"Abandon this place and go to the Cerebro Enhancement Chamber. Start the Mutant Extinction Plan immediately."
"But Colonel, the Cerebro Enhancement Machine has just been installed. It hasn't been debugged or tested yet. What if there's a problem?"
His subordinate's words were cut short by Stryker raising a hand.
"There's no time. Since Mystique is here, Magneto might not be far away."
He understood Magneto's abilities too well, and it was precisely because of this understanding that he knew how terrifying the other party was. His subordinates couldn't stop him for long.
Indeed, before he had even led his subordinates far from the main control room door, he heard the news over the intercom that all the spillway guards had been annihilated.
"Stop them at all costs!"
Helpless, he could only issue a death order to the remaining guards.
The longer they could delay, the longer the plan had a chance to be completed.
On the other side, led by Magneto, the five of them, including Hawking, didn't even need to make a move. They swept through everything and quickly arrived at the Base's main control room.
Actually, at this moment, he felt that if it weren't for Phoenix to determine the Base's location and to use Mutant Academy's jet, perhaps Magneto and Mystique alone could have cut through the entire Base.
Stryker Base's forces posed no threat to Magneto, and Death Woman, who was guarding him, was also completely countered by Magneto.
"Have you found Charles?"
Magneto raised his hand and directly removed the entire metal door of the main control room, then asked Mystique, who was operating the computer.
After Mystique's fluid operations, a three-dimensional projection of the Base immediately popped up, and a room at the end of the Base was specially marked by her.
"Most of the Base's power is currently being transmitted to this room. This should be the location of the Cerebro Enhancement Chamber."
"Can we shut it down directly from here?"
Storm asked.
Mystique shook her head:
"It has an independent switch control; it cannot be shut down from here."
Just then, Hawking saw Wolverine turn and silently leave the main control room.
He knew Wolverine had seen Stryker preparing to evacuate the Base on the monitor and was going to intercept him to figure out his past.
That year, Wolverine was hit in the forehead by a single Adamantium bullet from Stryker, losing over a hundred years of memory and living in a daze until now.
What Wolverine most wanted was to regain all his memories.
"Piotr, go with Logan and capture Stryker. We might need him later."
Turning to Colossus, he gave an instruction. Colossus glanced at Storm, and seeing her nod, Colossus also followed closely, leaving the main control room.
Why did he want Colossus to help Wolverine?
Because even if Colossus and Wolverine were with them, they would be completely countered by Magneto's abilities. It's better to go capture Stryker; that guy can't be allowed to escape again, or he'll be trouble in the future.
And if Wolverine went alone, facing Death Woman, who protected Stryker and also possessed Adamantium and healing abilities, he might not necessarily win.
In the movie, Death Woman's combat skills were superior to Wolverine's. In the end, Wolverine's victory mainly relied on his rich experience, by injecting Adamantium liquid into Death Woman's body.
Now, who knows if the outcome would still be the same? Perhaps Wolverine would be the one injected in the end.
One must remember that Captain America had become Captain Britain; some things are better to be safe than sorry, and one cannot blindly trust the plot.
After spending these two days together, he had developed a good impression of Wolverine. If he died here, he would lose a friend he could talk to in the future.
As for why Storm agreed?
Firstly, she greatly trusted Hawking's wisdom. Secondly, since she already knew Magneto might betray them, they might indeed need Stryker to open the door then.
"The blueprints for that Cerebro Enhancement Chamber were extorted from me by Stryker in prison. I know how to shut it down."
"How about this: Mystique and I go to rescue Charles, and you all go capture Stryker and deal with the soldiers in the Base."
At this moment, Magneto suddenly suggested.
Storm's eyes narrowed:
"No need. I think it's better if we all go together."
"Alright then."
Magneto and Mystique exchanged glances, then a strange look appeared in their eyes.
They hadn't expected Storm to be so vigilant.
However, now was not the time to turn against each other, at least not until the Mutant crisis was resolved.
"Load Goku Template!"
At this moment, Hawking also silently loaded the protagonist template.
From now on, Magneto could betray them at any time; he had to ensure his strength and safety.
"You remind me of a Mutant named Psylocke."
Looking at Hawking, whose hair stood up, clothes transformed, and a staff appeared on his back, Magneto raised an eyebrow.
Psylocke was a very capable Mutant who could use energy to enhance her body and conjure various weapons to fight. He thought Hawking should belong to the same type of Mutant as Psylocke.
"Is she good at fighting? If she is, I must spar with her when I have time!"
Hawking, under the Goku template, immediately brightened up.
Magneto smiled:
"She is quite good at fighting, but unfortunately, she doesn't belong to my Brotherhood but is a subordinate of the black market Mutant merchant Caliban."
"I know you're also very powerful. Want to spar sometime?"
Hawking stared at Magneto, his intense desire to fight practically palpable.
In his heart, Magneto was incredibly powerful, and precisely because Magneto was strong enough, he, influenced by Goku's personality, now became extremely eager to fight him.
Fortunately, his own rationality was still suppressing it.
"Want to spar with me? There will be an opportunity."
Magneto was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, then revealed a meaningful smile.
The group moved forward through the Base, and after dealing with several waves of blocking soldiers, they quickly arrived near the Cerebro control room.
"Watch out!"
Just then, two red lasers shot from the side, directly targeting the five people's location.
It was Cyclops, controlled by Stryker with brain fluid.