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The video abruptly cut off. The same patterns as Wendy's wound appeared on the surface of the black crystal, then it began to disintegrate. Countless black particles floated into the air, forming some kind of DNA-like structure.

Wang suddenly realized something: This isn't a weapon... this is a genetic lock left by your father!

The entire building shook violently again. Dust fell from the ceiling, and the glowing patterns beneath Lorna's skin grew increasingly dense.

Chapter 154 The Hydra Symbol

She looked at Wendy, who was interacting with the black particles, and suddenly had a look of realization.

It wasn't her guiding the particles... Lorna's voice was hoarse with pain; it was they that were healing her.

The basement door was violently forced open. The mechanical octopus's core processor bay had transformed into the outline of Magneto's upper body, and it extended a metal arm to grab Wendy: "Terminate the contamination source removal program."

The magical shield created by the king crumbled the moment "257" touched the mechanical arm. Lorna tried to activate her ability, but found that she could no longer sense any metal—the nanosensors had severed her neural connections.

At the critical moment, the black particles suddenly surged towards Wendy. The girl floated into the air, and when she opened her eyes, her pupils had turned completely crystalline black. She opened her mouth, but the voice that came out was that of an adult male:

Identification code: Magnetic Domination.

The mechanical octopus froze instantly. Its processor bay flickered violently, finally emitting a synthesized electronic scream: Genetic instruction overwrite... Self-destruct program initiated...

Wendy fell back to the ground and fainted. The black particles formed a protective shield that enveloped the four of them.

When the mechanical octopus exploded in the chain reaction, the sanctuary's basement was like a soda can being crushed by an invisible hand, but the area inside the black protective shield remained completely unscathed.

When the smoke cleared, Ron lay amidst the wreckage, covered in blood. His battle suit was tattered, but he clutched the data chip he had ripped from the mechanical octopus's core.

He found... the key Old Man mentioned... He tossed the chip to Lorna in Trask...

Wang suddenly looked up alertly: someone was using dark magic to track us! He quickly drew a portal, heading straight to Kamar-Taj, where—

Suddenly, a mechanical arm extended from the other end of the portal and precisely gripped the king's neck. A bald woman wearing a metal mask stepped through the portal, her mechanical eyes scanning everyone present.

"So that's where it is." The woman said in an electronic voice, "Magneto's last bloodline."

Lorna recognized the mask—it was the signature piece of equipment of her father’s mortal enemy.

Hydra... She struggled to stand up, Red Skull!

The woman let out a chilling laugh: "No, dear... I'm your sister." She lifted her mask, revealing a face that bore a striking resemblance to Lorna. "Father never told you he had a daughter raised in Hydra, did he?"

Sister? Lorna's fingertips dug into her palm, the fluorescent patterns beneath her skin flashing violently due to her emotional turmoil.

She stared at the face that resembled her own—the bald woman's left eye was surrounded by mechanical parts embedded in her face like spider legs, and the Hydra symbol was branded on her bare neck.

Nina's mechanical fingers tightened, and Wang's face flushed red. The black particles attempted to form a protective shield, but were dispersed by an electromagnetic pulse generator that suddenly sprang from her right arm.

My father always picked up stray cats and dogs. Nina's voice was crackling with static. When I was five, he left me at Hydra's lab to save three mutants he didn't know.

The basement suddenly shook violently, and rubble rained down from the ceiling. Ron dragged his injured leg to Wendy's side and covered the girl with his tattered battle suit.

Tommy wanted to rush over to help, but Nina froze him in place with a single look—the boy's limbs suddenly stiffened uncontrollably, as if being manipulated by invisible threads.

Chapter 155 The Last Gift

Nanobugs. Nina enjoyed watching Lorna's horrified expression. "Red Skull's little pets, raised in my blood, can control the nervous systems of all carbon-based life forms within a fifty-meter radius."

Lorna suddenly rushed towards the ruins of the spiral staircase, the metal handrail automatically snapping into sharp spears. But those spears softened abruptly half a meter from Nina, dripping like chocolate under the blazing sun.

"It's no use, sister." Nina kicked the liquefied metal on the ground. "I have nanobots in my body modified with Father's DNA, specifically designed to counter magnetic control." She suddenly ripped open her collar, revealing a diamond-shaped device embedded in her chest. "Look, this is a biochip made from his spine."

Lorna's stomach clenched. The tissue floating in the 13 devices did indeed emit a familiar fluctuation, just like the feeling she had when she touched her father's helmet years ago. The fluorescent patterns beneath her skin suddenly stung, and she knelt down, coughing up green blood.

Ah, the Sentinel nanotoxin is taking effect. Nina released the unconscious King, her boots crushing the remaining black crystals on the ground. "That idiot Trask, did he really think I'd help him perfect the Sentinels?" She crouched down to Lorna's eye level. "What I want is the key Father hid in your genes."

Ron's suit suddenly sprang up, and black matter shot towards Nina's back like arrows. But the matter abruptly changed direction in mid-air, binding him tightly instead—the Xuanming Body, under the control of the nanobots, had betrayed its host.

"Don't bother, Mr. Xuanming." Nina waved her hand without turning her head. "Hydra has been researching how to deal with you living black holes for fifty years."

Wendy opened her eyes at that moment. Her pupils were still a crystalline black, her gaze fixed directly on the device on Nina's chest. Nina suddenly screamed, sparks flying from her mechanical eyes, and she staggered backward, crashing into the wall.

"Impossible!" She clutched the device to her chest. The genetic lock should only recognize her father's bloodline.

Lorna seized the fleeting opportunity. She tore off the metal pendant from her necklace—the last gift her mother, Polaris, had left her—and plunged it into her arm. The instant blood soaked the pendant, the entire underground structure of the sanctuary suddenly began to hum.

The ancient metal hidden within the wall awakened. Twelve bronze statues of arcane mages burst forth from the wall, their weapons all pointed at Nina.

These creations are unaffected by nanobots because their driving core is a product of alchemy from 300 BC.

Nina's mechanical arm transformed into a rotating blade, slicing through the first three bronze statues that charged at her. But more statues surged in from all directions, forcing her to retreat to a corner.

Taking advantage of the moment, Lorna crawled over to Wendy and found the girl drawing symbols on the ground with her bleeding fingers—the emblem on Magneto's helmet.

What did he leave in your memory? Lorna 257 held Wendy's hand, their blood mingling together.

The basement lights suddenly went out. The only remaining light came from the lines flowing beneath Wendy's skin, the green light forming a holographic projection: Magneto stood in a room resembling an observation room, with two infant incubation pods floating in front of him.

If you're seeing this recording, it means Nina is still alive. Magneto in the projection looks haggard. "My biggest mistake was thinking that sacrificing one daughter would protect more people."

Nina's mechanical eyes suddenly stopped flashing. She froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, her true expression hidden beneath the visor.

Chapter 156 Breaking Through the Mirror Dimension

"The key isn't a weapon, it's a vaccine," Magneto continued. "It can rewrite the programming of all mechanical life forms based on my genes." The image shifted to another incubation chamber. "Lorna, your blood is the carrier; Wendy, your neural structure is the conductor—only when you both activate it can it be released."

The projection suddenly distorted, replaced by an encrypted data stream. Wendy let out a silent scream, her back bulging as if something was about to burst out of her body.

Ron wrapped her in his remaining suit, and the moment the black substance came into contact with the green light, a complex molecular structure diagram appeared.

Nina finally broke free from the statues' encirclement. Half of her mechanical parts were destroyed, but the device on her chest glowed a blinding red light: a touching family reunion, but alas—

Her voice abruptly ceased. Something beyond human comprehension had suddenly taken over all of the sanctuary's space.

The bronze statues knelt in worship, blood-like liquid seeped from the walls, and the symbols drawn by Wendy floated into the air, forming a blurry human face.

Magneto's biometrics have been detected. The Sanctuary's defense system suddenly announced in multiple languages ​​that the final protocol, Ragnarok, had been activated.

Nina's robotic arm reversed uncontrollably, its sharp end piercing the device in her chest.

She struggled desperately, but all the electronic components betrayed her: No! This can't be! Father is already—

Death is not the same as disappearance. The face emitted a voice exactly like Magneto's, and I uploaded myself into the master program of all the Sentinels, waiting to be awakened by the correct key.

Lorna's wound suddenly stopped bleeding. She saw her blood flow back into her body, and the fluorescent patterns under her skin reorganized into a precise grid like a circuit diagram.

At the same time, the bulge on Wendy's back burst open, and illusory wings made of green light stretched out—the outline of those wings was exactly the same as the cape of Magneto's battle suit when he was young.

Now. The face turned to Nina. "Let's end what Hydra did to my daughter."

Nina's mechanical eyes suddenly welled with real tears. Her remaining human limbs trembled, but her right hand stubbornly gripped Wendy: "You don't understand... Red Skull showed me the video... He abandoned me."

A lie. A face descended before her; Hydra had replaced the real Nina with a clone, and my daughter had died on the operating table when she was five. The image suddenly switched to a blurry video: a bald little girl struggling on an operating table, while a young Magneto was being attacked by dozens of Hydra agents.

Nina's mechanical parts began to malfunction one by one. She collapsed to her knees, her artificial skin peeling away to reveal her metallic skeleton: Then...who am I...?

You are Emma, ​​the first Sentinel to successfully fuse with mutant genes. A human face gently touched her forehead. "I've been waiting for you to find your way home." The Sanctuary suddenly trembled violently. Wang awoke, looking around in horror: someone was forcibly breaking through the Mirror Dimension!

The face turns to Lorna: The key has been activated, and all Sentinels will cease attacking mutants for 24 hours.

The images began to flicker, but Hydra had obtained your genetic samples, and they would soon develop new weapons unaffected by the key.

Ron suddenly pointed at Nina: She has nanobots inside her! If we reverse engineer...

The bronze statues suddenly melted, and molten metal enveloped Nina. She let out a scream that was not human, and her mechanical parts were forcibly ripped off.

Chapter 157 The End of the Mutants

When the metal was removed, only a bald woman lay unconscious on the ground, her mutilated body covered with surgical suture marks.

Take her to Kamar-Taj. The face begins to fade; the artifact left behind by the Ancient One can eliminate the nanobots.

Space shattered like glass. Seven arcane mages in crimson robes leaped out of the cracks, led by Dr. Strange.

He formed a hand seal, and golden chains bound the black, misty creature that was trying to escape—that was the true Red Skull consciousness.

"Got you." Strange's cloak fluttered in the wind. This time, he wouldn't be finding a new host.

Magneto's image showed a relieved expression. Before disappearing completely, he looked at Lorna one last time: Remember, the future of mutants is not in conflict, but in—

The remaining 257 sounds were abruptly cut off by the explosion. The entire western wall of the sanctuary collapsed, revealing the pitch-black night sky and a gigantic machine suspended in mid-air. The thing resembled a metal whale composed of countless sentinels, with hundreds of launch ports opened in its belly.

Warning: Unregistered Sentinel Mothership detected. Sanctuary System alerted, detecting Hydra energy signature.

Strange immediately deployed his protective shield, but the first wave of missiles had already arrived. Just as the warheads were about to hit, Wendy's green wings suddenly extended to their limit. All the missiles hovered mysteriously, then changed direction and fired towards the mothership.

Through the smoke and dust, Nina opened her eyes. Her pupils had turned the same crystalline black as Wendy's, but her voice had a mechanical quality: "Hydra's ultimate weapon identified: Leviathan. Immediate evacuation recommended."

Lorna picked up Wendy and found the girl as light as a feather. Her wings were dissipating, and the light beneath her skin was gradually dimming. Ron, dragging his injured leg, supported Nina, while the King had already drawn the portal to Kamar-Taj.

Wait a minute. Tommy suddenly pointed to the mothership, "There are people there!"

Through the gradually dissipating smoke, a figure in a white coat could be seen standing outside the mothership's control room.

Dr. Trask held up some kind of launcher, his mouth opening and closing. Although no sound could be heard, his lips clearly said: "Ultimate evolution begins."

Strange's protective shield suddenly cracked. An invisible wave swept over everyone, Wendy immediately fell unconscious, and Nina began to convulse violently.

Lorna felt a burning pain under her skin, as if the fluorescent patterns were on fire, and what was most terrifying was that she found she could no longer sense any metal.

Genetic weapon... Blood seeps from Strange's mouth; he's rewriting mutant genes!

The bottom of the mothership slowly opened, revealing thousands of cultivation chambers inside. Each chamber contained Sentinels with Thanos's face, but this time, they all bore the Hydra symbol on their chests.

Strange's protective shield trembled violently under the invisible genetic shockwave, cracks spreading like a spider web.

Lorna knelt on the ground, her fingers digging into the cracks in the floorboards—she could no longer feel the metal, as if the whole world had suddenly lost its magnetism.

He's rewriting the X gene! Wang gritted his teeth and erected a new magical shield, but the golden runes twisted and dissipated as soon as they took shape. This wasn't technology... it was a hybrid of black magic and biological weapons!

At the bottom of the mothership, Trask's figure was magnified by a holographic projection. His maniacal laughter pierced directly into everyone's minds through some kind of mental resonance:

Welcome to witness the end of the mutants!

Chapter 158 Black Pendant

Ron's suit suddenly spasmed, the black material peeling off as if corroded by strong acid. He groaned, kneeling on one knee, strange red lines appearing on his exposed skin—a sign of genetic interference.

The Xuanming Body... is collapsing... He struggled to lift his head. How is Wendy?

Lorna looked down at the girl in her arms. Wendy's breathing was weak, and the fluorescent patterns beneath her skin were fading at a visible rate, replaced by a sickly grayish-white. Nina huddled to the side, her mechanical eye flashing wildly, mechanically repeating:

Leviathan Protocol activated... Clearing all abnormal gene sequences...

Strange suddenly grabbed Lorna's shoulder: Her blood! Magneto's key is still inside her!

But her abilities are fading! Lorna roared.

It wasn't that it disappeared—it was suppressed. Strange quickly formed hand seals, and a golden runic chain wrapped around Wendy's wrist. Trask's weapon only temporarily blocked X-gene expression, but Magneto's key was another set of biological codes; it should still be functioning!

As if to confirm his words, a drop of blood, shimmering faintly, suddenly seeped from Wendy's fingertip. The drop of blood fell to the floor and, as if alive, meandered and crawled, eventually etching a complex symbol into the ground—Magneto's mark.

Nina's mechanical eyes snapped shut on the symbol, and her voice suddenly became clear: "Master control command detected... Gene lock intact... Requesting activation..."

Lorna looked up abruptly: "You can sense the key?"

Nina's mechanical finger trembled as she pointed to her temple: "Red Skull... a receiver was implanted here... I can hear the mothership's commands..." Her voice suddenly distorted, "They're calling me back..."

No! Lorna grabbed her wrist. You're Emma, ​​not a weapon!

Nina's pupils contracted sharply, sparks flying at the boundary between machine and flesh. She clutched her head in agony, her voice broken: "The mothership... its weakness is... the core reactor... but it requires... a bio-key to shut it down..."

Strange and Wang exchanged a glance and quickly reached a consensus.

I'm taking Nina and Wendy to Kamar-Taj; the Ancient One's scriptures might hold a way to break the genetic blockade. Wang quickly draws a portal. Strange, you're in charge of holding off the mothership!

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"Hold it back?" Strange sneered, his levitation cloak moving without wind. "I'm going to pull that thing down from the sky."

Just as Lorna was about to catch up with the king, Ron grabbed her: "Wait, your abilities are sealed. Going up there is just suicide!"

I don't need any special abilities. Lorna pulled a tactical dagger from her boot, its cold gleam reflected in her resolute green eyes. All I need to do is get close to Trask.

.. ..... ....

Ron stared at her for two seconds, then suddenly ripped off a black pendant hanging around his neck: "The backup core of the Xuanming Body, which can temporarily stabilize your body." He shoved it into her hand. "Don't die, Miss."

Lorna gripped the pendant tightly and charged toward Strange without looking back.