Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 374 Swearing Conference
In the principal's office, as Xu Yue's calm voice slowly echoed in the room, everyone in the room had different expressions when they heard it.

Among them, the professor and Hank, who had already known Xu Yue's general plan, were the calmest. The current situation was actually the result of their deliberate indulgence. Since ancient times, there has been no construction without destruction, and chaos can often build a ladder, so the mutants really need this war initiated by Magneto.

In the corner, Logan was puffing smoke from his mouth with an indifferent look in his eyes. To be honest, as early as after understanding the specific relationship between the human and mutant camps, he knew that war between them was inevitable. Even if there was no antidote, other fuses would appear sooner or later.

Although his memories of the past are still a little vague, this veteran soldier, who has experienced many battles, big and small, including the War of Independence, World War I, World War II, and even the Vietnam War, has long become numb to the idea of ​​war.

He had spent most of the first half of his life running around and fighting in various bloody battlefields. Even if he experienced another survival war between humans and mutants now, it would only be a return to the past. He was accustomed to it.

As for Scott, he is still far from recovering after suffering both mentally and physically. In this state, it is difficult for him to come up with any constructive and effective suggestions at this moment.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the room fell silent for a while. After a long time, Storm, who had spoken first, spoke again.

"I understand. I will continue to expand the size of the X-Men reserve force, at least to allow them to have the power to protect themselves."

Ever since Jean sank to the bottom of the lake and Scott became depressed, the professor began to intentionally delegate all powers within the college to Storm, so now all major decisions concerning the entire college are basically made by her.

In fact, it was not that she did not believe the war prediction made by Xu Yue, she just couldn't bear to send those fledgling students to the battlefield so suddenly. But in the current situation, perhaps being more ruthless could really help them.

After that, she pursed her lips, turned her head and looked at the professor on the side and said:
"Professor, since war and chaos are about to break out, do we need to temporarily send some of the students in the academy back home in advance?"

"No, as long as I'm here, the students will be fine. Just do your job."

The professor still had a gentle expression, but his words revealed extreme confidence. Normally, he would not make such a solemn promise, but during this special period, he needed to give his students enough confidence.

And the professor's assurance was not empty words. With his psychic abilities, which were unrivaled in the world, he could protect all the students in the academy as long as they were more vigilant.

On the other side, after seeing the professor comfort everyone, Xu Yue also glanced at the beast Hank who had been away from the room for many days. The other party's purpose of coming to the college this time was similar to before. They were all commissioned by the federal president to come and explore the attitude of X College towards this terrorist attack.

"Minister Hank, regarding the report in response to the Ministry of Defense, you should directly inform them that X Academy will not get involved in the conflict between the Brotherhood and the government. After all, we are just a college that teaches and educates people. We value peace."

"Ah!"

The perception of wild beasts is always extraordinarily sharp. After glancing at Xu Yue, who was surrounded by a faint murderous aura in front of him, and Logan, who was smoking and looking like a bandit beside him, Hank twitched the corners of his mouth and nodded in agreement.

"Well, that's what I would reply, but whether the Ministry of Defense believes it or not is another matter."

"It's okay. Soon they won't have time to worry about us."

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Magneto's live broadcast declaration of war had a wide impact. At the same time, as long as the TV was turned on, a silver-haired old man would appear on the screen, talking eloquently. His remarks swept the entire country like a storm.
Therefore, while everyone in the academy was discussing this incident, more discussions were also heard in various corners outside the academy, including the federal government, which is at the top of the country's rule.

Washington, Oval Office.

The president of the country, with a head full of white hair and looking a bit older than Magneto, was leaning on the soft reception sofa, staring at the TV screen in front of him with a gloomy face, and his slightly narrowed eyes contained uncontrollable manic rage.

It is no exaggeration to say that Magneto's remarks are almost trampling on the face of the entire federal government. He is threatening a country!
Sensing the growing anger in the president's eyes, a tall black man standing next to the TV decisively pressed the TV remote control in his hand, causing the live broadcast on the screen that had not yet ended to suddenly go out. Now that he had understood Magneto's threatening intentions, continuing to listen would be useless except to increase his anger, so it would be better to turn it off as soon as possible.

After doing all this, he crossed his hands in front of him, put on a solemn report and said:

"Mr. President, we are working hard to try to track him down."

After saying this, the president on the sofa once again glanced at the dark TV screen in front of him. Unable to suppress his anger, he simply stood up and walked around the sofa for half a circle before he barely suppressed the anger that was about to burst out of his mind. He turned around and said in a deep voice:

"We can't let him do whatever he wants!"

"I agree!"

Looking directly at the tall black man who was responding to him in a deep voice not far away, the president lowered his eyes and began to issue orders in a decisive manner:

"This is related to national security. Close the Worthington Laboratory immediately. I want all troops to be equipped with firearms containing the antidote. I will also contact Trask Industries and ask them to send a large number of sentinel robots to participate in the laboratory's protection system!"

"Okay, sir!"

"Triceco, find Magneto and stop him as soon as possible. Use any means necessary."

"Since Magneto wants war, I will give him a war!"

The cold and murderous voice continued to echo in the president's office and spread rapidly to the entire federation at an extremely fast speed. The most direct consequence was that a large number of soldiers began to pour out of the barracks and, under the effective dispatch of the government military, were scattered to key locations throughout the federation.

Especially in San Francisco, where the headquarters of the Worthington Group is located, it is a top priority for military gathering and protection.

On the second day after the decree was issued, those city residents who seemed a little uneasy because of the riots yesterday just walked out of their homes and were surprised to find that the atmosphere in the whole city had become solemn and murderous, and many fully armed soldiers were roaming in the streets of the city.

On the one hand, they were wary of yesterday's chaotic fighting breaking out again in the city, and on the other hand, they were constantly searching for Magneto's whereabouts.

In order to prevent their own weapons and equipment from being used in reverse by Magneto's metal manipulation ability, the government military even changed the equipment configuration of all soldiers in one night. All equipment with metal was discarded, and even the most important weapons were changed from the original long guns and short guns to the current special firearms with plastic gun bodies and antidote potions as bullets. This is the deterrent power of the mutant bipolar. Just preparing to be an enemy of it forces a country to retreat in advance.

After abandoning all the metal equipment, the army's lethality dropped drastically, but if they didn't give up, it is estimated that Magneto alone would be enough to slaughter all the soldiers within his sight.

However, the changes in the city went far beyond this. The Worthington Group, which controlled the antidote, was subsequently forcibly taken over by the military. The antidote injection points that were originally planned to be closed were reopened, and the number of injection points increased significantly, covering all major blocks of the city.

Its peripheral security personnel have also changed from the original police officers to the current heavily guarded armed forces, and the defense strength has achieved a qualitative leap.

Magneto wanted to use threats to force the antidote to be stopped, but the government did not compromise and back down. Instead, it expanded the scale of the antidote distribution. These actions conveyed a clear message to the outside world: if you want war, I will give you a war that will never end. Unless you are destroyed, the antidote will never be stopped.

For a time, a tense atmosphere of impending storm enveloped the entire city. Even ordinary residents who did not pay much attention to current affairs gradually smelled the strong danger signals floating in the air at this moment.

In addition to the above actions, the bigger changes are all focused on the Worthington Laboratory where the mutant Jimmy is imprisoned.

From the moment the president's decree was issued, the Worthington Laboratory and the Devil's Island where it was located were completely blocked at the first possible moment. All irrelevant personnel were cleared out of the island, and all routes connecting the island were also banned at the same time.

It didn't take much time for the government to quickly transform Alcatraz, which was already isolated in the San Francisco Bay, into an isolated island completely isolated from the outside world.

Then, more than a dozen large armed transport planes carrying a large number of troops and equipment began to take off from the military zone, and landed on Devil's Island one after another in the morning. At the same time, dozens of special-model sentinel robots produced by Trask Industries also quickly arrived near the island.

In just one morning, the military made the entire island watertight and full of dangers. The core of the antidote came from Jimmy's unique mutant gene, so as long as Jimmy did not encounter any accidents, Magneto's plan to stop the release of the antidote would never be realized.

To this end, the government has invested a huge amount of military forces in this critical location, just to ensure that when Magneto leads his men to launch an attack, they will have no chance of returning.

Of course, this is only the last insurance measure. If possible, the government is not willing to sit back and wait for the Brotherhood's attack. Being too passive will only add many unpredictable risks.

Therefore, while improving the defense capabilities of Alcatraz, they are also continuously sending troops outward to search for the specific location of the Brotherhood’s base, hoping to catch them first before they cause serious damage to the other party. This is the most reliable strategy.

Unfortunately, although the plan was good, its implementation was not smooth. After more than ten hours, the government still had no idea about the location of the Brotherhood’s base.

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While the human army was searching everywhere intensively, an impassioned oath-taking meeting was taking place in a remote forest on the outskirts of the city. This was the secret base of the Brotherhood.

In the dense jungle with towering ancient trees, there was a crowd of people. Thousands of mutants of all kinds gathered into a vast black crowd. The loud shouts and cheers even made all the surrounding trees tremble.

On the high earthen slope above the crowd, seven or eight high-ranking members of the Brotherhood were lined up in a row. In the front, sitting at the center of attention, was Eric Magneto, who was wearing a majestic black robe and a dark red cloak on his back.

At this moment, he was looking down at the densely packed fraternity members below, with an indescribable firmness on his slightly old face, his hands raised high and his words passionately, and soon an extremely inflammatory oath-taking speech aroused great fanaticism among everyone present.

"They want to cure us, but I tell you, we are the cure!"

"The antidote is for those weakened and powerless humans. They have their weapons, and we have ours."

As the spiritual leader who founded the Brotherhood, Magneto is not only powerful, but also has extraordinary ability to inspire people with speeches. He is in no way inferior to a certain failed art student. Every pause between his speeches can trigger the loud and enthusiastic cheers from the audience below.

When talking about weapons, Magneto paused and couldn't help but glance at Jean with flying red hair not far away. She was his greatest reliance for daring to confront the government head-on.

Omega-level mutants have powers comparable to those of gods. Magneto can take on an army, but Jean can destroy a country or even an entire world.

With this kind of power, it would be easy to wipe out at least a small Devil's Island. As long as Jean was still in his team, there was no possibility of failure even if the thousands of brotherhood members below were wiped out in the war.

In other words, from the moment Jean decided to join the Brotherhood after awakening, he was already invincible. Even if the X-Men led by Charles jumped out to stop him again, they were destined to be unable to prevent the Brotherhood's complete victory.

As for Qin's uncontrollability, haha, he had never thought of controlling a goddess. Look at what Charles had done before. It is meaningless to hide power blindly.

All he had to do was to guide the goddess to show the mutants the most terrifying anger and the most overwhelming destruction. Humans needed fear and awe!
Only then can mutants truly rise!

"We will attack the entire world with an unprecedented force of rage. If any mutants stand in our way, we will use this poison to deal with them!"

"We are going to Alcatraz, to control the antidote, to destroy its source, and after that, no one will be able to stop us!"

As the last declaration of 'no one can stop it' sounded, the entire dense forest was completely boiling in an instant, and fanatical shouts rose one after another, resounding through the sky!
As the loud shout spread, the huge noise also happened to attract the attention of a human soldier who was responsible for searching for the Brotherhood's location at the edge of the jungle.

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Federal Government, underground strategic command post.

This huge building, built deep underground, is equipped with many of the most advanced strategic instruments currently available. There are also a large number of government personnel in military uniforms or formal attire who are constantly busy moving around. For a while, the sound of conversations and the ringing of telephones were heard non-stop.

This command post has now become a strategic command center specifically for dealing with the Brotherhood of Mutants. The federal president, military generals, the Minister of Mutant Affairs and other high-ranking government officials have now all gathered in the command post, waiting together for effective intelligence on the search for the Brotherhood's base.

Suddenly, a secretary who was answering the phone in the corner of the command post quickly put down the receiver and shouted excitedly:
"Report to the commander, the Brotherhood's base has been locked!"

(End of this chapter)