Caitlin had no idea what had happened and was about to walk in when Alex stopped her.
"What's wrong, Mr. John?", Caitlin asked. She also soothed the guide dog Arthur.
Alex cleared his throat and said softly, "It's happening again."
Caitlin immediately understood, "The Multiverse Gate?"
"It opened again?"
Alex nodded, "Looks like we'll have to leave Arthur here for now."
"Fortunately, he won't feel lonely, because we'll be back very soon."
Caitlin nodded. After going through the Multiverse Gate several times, she already knew that no matter how long she stayed in the other world, when she came back, only an instant would have passed.
So Alex led the guide dog Arthur to one side, "Sit, Arthur."
The guide dog obediently sat down and stuck out its tongue.
"Good boy."
Alex patted its head, then stood up and took Caitlin's hand, "Ready?"
Caitlin nodded.
The two of them walked into the brilliant, colorful gate of light.
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They barely felt any time pass before they heard laughter and voices.
Alex's eyes lit up as he found himself in a fairly spacious room.
Several young people had gathered here, two girls and four boys.
A beautiful blonde said excitedly, "We should give ourselves code names."
"We're agents now. I want to be called 'Mystique.'"
Only then did Alex realize that he and Caitlin had walked out through a door.
Behind the door was a passageway guarded by men carrying rifles who looked like soldiers. One of the soldiers gave Alex and Caitlin a puzzled look before closing the door.
"Hey, were you invited by Charles too?"
The blonde woman reached out her hand generously, "Hi, I'm Raven. What about you?"
'Charles? Raven?'
Alex immediately knew which world he had arrived in.
'X-Men!'
Sure enough, lines of information appeared before his eyes.
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[You have voluntarily initiated a Multiverse Event.]
[Event Name: X-Men: First Class]
[Description: At this time, Charles and Erik are still two young men who share the same ideals. After discovering that the war profiteer Shaw intends to start World War III, they invite other mutants to join the CIA in an attempt to stop Shaw's plot. Now that you have arrived, what changes will you bring to this world that is about to be thrown into turmoil?]
[Event Requirement: None.]
[Note: You may act freely. The event will end when you leave this universe. Your actions during the event will be evaluated, and rewards will be distributed accordingly.]
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[Event Begins!]
"So it really is X-Men."
"At this point in the story, Professor X and Magneto should be getting ready to leave for Russia. Raven and the other young mutants have gathered here, and Shaw will soon bring his people to attack this place."
In an instant, Alex had grasped the current situation.
"Hey, what have you been muttering to yourself about?"
Mystique, who still insisted on appearing as an ordinary human, asked curiously.
At this point, she was still young and lovely, just an innocent girl rather than a mutant warrior.
"It's nothing. Just an old habit. Sorry for making you laugh," Alex smiled.
"I'm John. This is Caitlin."
"Come, have a seat."
Raven warmly invited the two of them to sit on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling windows. Beside them were Beast Hank, Alex, and the others.
After Alex and Caitlin sat down, Raven said, "Let's continue."
"Darwin, what about you? What do you want to be called?"
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the Black man wearing a blue shirt.
Darwin, the mutant with the ability of "survival of the fittest."
Alex smiled faintly. He was very interested in this ability.
In the original movie, Darwin would die shortly, and even his ability could not save him.
But that was because Darwin himself was too weak. If Alex could obtain this ability, and combine it with Shaw's "energy absorption," he would become a Homelander version of Doomsday.
"Well, Darwin is already a nickname."
The man smiled, "I think it suits me pretty well."
"After all, my ability is 'survival of the fittest.'"
"Let me show you."
Darwin clearly liked showing off, though considering his age, that was perfectly normal.
He walked over to a fish tank and submerged his head in the water. Gills immediately grew on his neck, allowing him to breathe underwater.
This was "survival of the fittest." As long as he could adapt, he could survive in any environment and under any conditions.
Everyone applauded after seeing his demonstration.
Caitlin could not see anything, and being in an unfamiliar place made her nervous.
"What happened?"
Alex leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Nothing. Someone's performing a magic trick."
Caitlin asked, "Is it good?"
Alex shrugged, "So-so."
At that moment, Darwin pointed at the boy in red, who could release sonic waves.
"What about you?"
"I want to be called Banshee."
The boy in red answered seriously.
Beast Hank asked curiously, "Why would you pick the name of a screaming fairy?"
"Want to see?"
"Then you'd better cover your ears."
The boy stood up.
Everyone quickly covered their ears.
Alex covered Caitlin's ears for her. Banshee looked at him, and Alex shrugged, indicating that he didn't care.
"Go ahead."
The boy crouched down, took a deep breath, looked around at everyone with some self-satisfaction, then gave a light whistle.
Instead, a piercing sonic wave burst out, shattering the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"That's amazing!"
Raven took the lead in applauding.
"Your turn."
The boy in red looked toward the girl in the black leather outfit. She was a stripper.
She stood up, "My stage name is Angel."
She took off her jacket, revealing her back. A pair of insect wings spread open, and she flapped them, lifting herself into the air.
"You can fly?"
Raven looked genuinely excited.
"There's more."
Angel suddenly spat a mouthful of corrosive acid out the window, making smoke rise from the top of the bronze statue outside.
Alex kept shaking his head. He couldn't understand how someone with insect wings who spat saliva had the nerve to call herself "Angel." There wasn't anything angelic about it.
After putting her jacket back on, Angel looked at Alex(Havok).
"What about you? What can you do?"
Alex(Havok) nervously rubbed his head, "N-No, I can't do it here."
Clearly, Alex(Havok) did not want to demonstrate his ability.
But Raven and the others kept urging him, "Come on, Alex(Havok)."
"All right, all right."
"Let's go outside."
Afterward, Alex(Havok) twisted his body outside and fired a dark red, high-energy plasma arc, slicing through the bronze statue as easily as cutting butter.
After these young mutants had all demonstrated their abilities, their attention finally turned to Alex and Caitlin.
"What about you? What can you do?"
Raven came over like a curious child.
Alex chuckled. Just as he was about to make up an excuse, he heard a woman's voice from outside.
"What the hell?"
"What did you people do here?"
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