Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 377: Antidote Battle Begins

Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay.

The setting sun was as red as blood, and as it met the sea surface, it suddenly dyed a large area of ​​red.

Above the bay, a giant metal bridge that stretches like a giant red snake is suspended in the air, one end connecting to the land on the other side of the bay, and the other end casting a heavy shadow on Devil's Island.

Although there was no strong wind blowing around, the dark red cloak behind Magneto was still fluttering and rustling, and the invisible magnetic force supported him to float quietly at the front end of the giant metal bridge.

Looking down, I saw that a large number of fully armed human soldiers had gathered on the Demon Island below.

Especially the Worthington Laboratory located in the center of the island, its periphery was surrounded by a sea of ​​people, and the mutant child who was the source of the antidote he wanted to capture was now imprisoned in this laboratory.

His eyes slowly swept over the special firearms held tightly in the hands of those human soldiers, and a hint of disdain flashed in Magneto's eyes. He was no stranger to this kind of plastic weapon with antidote as bullets. This thing was no different from a toy to him. Even if he could not manipulate it with magnetism, he had plenty of ways to destroy it completely.

In the face of the absolute power gap, the so-called firearms of mankind seem so powerless. Apart from anything else, just by controlling the 10,000-ton giant bridge under him to plow the island a few times, he can easily destroy everything on Devil's Island, of course including those densely packed human soldiers.

But the purpose of his trip is not just for simple destruction. If he just wants to destroy Devil's Island, he can easily do it alone, with fewer concerns and burdens. There is no need to spend so much energy to gather the current brotherhood of thousands of members.

The release of the antidote was an opportunity that effectively aroused the mutants' resistance and hatred. The increasingly large-scale parades within the city were the best proof of this.

Through the antidote, mutants gradually realized that humans actually possessed the ability and determination to exterminate them, and had already begun to implement it. If they did not choose to resist and fight, then perhaps in the near future, mutants would completely become a tragic disease that could not be cured by humans, a piece of illusory history buried in the dust.

The birth of this kind of consciousness is good, but it is far from enough, because the way most mutants choose to resist is still cowardly marches and demonstrations. How ridiculous it is. From ancient times to the present, bloodless struggles have never won any rights!
So Magneto wants to add fuel to this conflict, a raging fire that can completely ignite all the numb mutants who still have pathetic illusions.

And Devil's Island is the starting point of this raging fire. He wants to turn this island into a bloody meat grinder between the two races of humans and mutants. He wants to use massive amounts of blood and death to awaken his compatriots' extreme anger and their uncompromising will to resist.

In order to achieve this goal, the numerous human soldiers on the island, along with the thousands of Brotherhood members behind him, will become the best sacrifices in this battle of the rise of mutants.

Just as he had said at the swearing-in ceremony before, the Battle of Alcatraz was only a foreshadowing. After it was completely destroyed, the Brotherhood would attack the entire world with unprecedented anger and power, and they would eventually be invincible.

So even if he could end the entire battlefield by himself, he would never do so. At least in the early stages of the battle, the humans and mutants who were entangled with each other should be the absolute protagonists on this Devil's Island battlefield.

What Magneto wanted was never a one-sided massacre by a certain force.

Thinking of this, at an angle that no one could observe, a deep, faint luster appeared in Magneto's eyes. He did not control the bridge under him to continue moving forward, but stopped moving forward after the front end of the bridge arrived not far from the Worthington Laboratory.

It was as if he had expended enormous effort to tear down the entire Golden Gate Bridge, removing me simply for the purpose of using it as a means of transportation across the strait.

"Charles has always wanted to build a bridge, but he doesn't understand that in this cruel world, kindness and compromise can never build a solid bridge, because they are weak and will collapse at the slightest touch. Only steel and fire can do all this!"

A solemn declaration echoed from the sky. After the words were spoken, Magneto, who was suspended in the void, lightly pressed his hands. Then the giant bridge under him instantly lost all gravity and fell down with a loud bang under the influence of gravity.

The exaggerated weight of tens of thousands of tons poured down, and the violent roar caused it to shake the entire Devil's Island violently. In an instant, the island was shaking continuously, and smoke and dust rose up. At the same time, a sentry post responsible for vigilance right below was crushed into slag on the spot by the falling bridge.

At this point, the Golden Gate Bridge, which is more than 2,000 meters long, has finally landed again. After experiencing a violent demolition, it has successfully transformed from a metal bridge connecting the two sides of the strait to a new sea passage connecting the land and Alcatraz Island.

The rising smoke and dust gradually disappeared, and Magneto in the sky slowly floated down under the god-like gazes of the people behind him. It was hard not to submit to this kind of power.

Soon Magneto landed on the ground. He turned around and glanced at the crowded Brotherhood members behind him. He waved his hand to throw away the dark red cloak behind him, and walked towards the direction of the laboratory in front of him. Behind him was a dense crowd of people following closely.

Moving his eyes further back, the last rays of sunset were drowned by the thick lake surface. The deep night seemed to emerge from the bottom of the lake, spreading rapidly like a black flag foreshadowing the coming of death, passing directly over the members of the Brotherhood who were moving forward, and covering the entire sky in the blink of an eye.

After a few breaths, Magneto and his party slowly walked to the end of the bridge. Now the metal bridge has been completely embedded in the island, like a metal slope several meters above the ground.

Directly in front of us is a wide and flat ground, and behind it is the heavily guarded Worthington Laboratory.

"The child is in the southeast corner of the laboratory, but among these human guards there are many individuals with impressive energy fluctuations, and some of them do not seem to be mutants."

The voice of the Night Walker rang in his ears. The opponent's reconnaissance ability played a vital role on the battlefield. Not only did she lock onto the location of the mutant Jimmy in the first moment, but even the contractors hidden in the human army could not escape her reconnaissance perception.

At the front of the crowd, Magneto frowned slightly when he heard the words, and looked down at the human army holding various weapons not far away, with extreme coldness in his eyes.

"It seems that humans have come up with some new means besides guns and cannons. In that case, let's say hello to them first!"

With a cold arc on his lips, Magneto did not rush to order an attack immediately. Instead, he raised his arm slightly. The next moment, dozens of cars flew up one after another behind the crowd, and soon covered the sky above the island densely.

Because there are a large number of searchlights around the island, even though it is night, the area near the battlefield is still brightly lit.

Everyone in the field was able to look up and clearly see the dense black shadows of cars in the sky, and could even faintly hear some sad cries and wails coming from above, which came from some unfortunate civilians who failed to escape from the cars in time.

"my Lord……"

Weak groans rang out from all parts of the army. Although the scene at this moment was not as shocking as the giant metal bridge that spanned the sky not long ago, it was obviously not something that the weak plastic rifles in their hands could resist. In this world where the extraordinary exists, the deterrent power of firearms has been infinitely reduced.

As long as Magneto is willing, he has countless ways to destroy the entire island. Now it is just a small test.

"John."

He called out softly to "Fire Man John", who immediately understood. An endless stream of raging flames flew out from his palms and rushed straight into the sky, covering the car canopies above with a layer of flames.

In an instant, the bright flames illuminated the battlefield, and even the faint wailing became much clearer.

Ignoring the wailing coming from the sky, Magneto looked at the mutant youth beside him with satisfaction, then he pressed his palm down, and suddenly countless flaming meteorites fell from the sky one after another, smashing down on the human army that was ready in front of him.

"Take cover!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Some of the cracked commands were completely drowned out by the continuous and violent roar before they could even be heard. Every car that was burning with blazing flames would directly detonate its fuel tank when it crashed to the ground, creating an explosive fireball that spread over a radius of several meters on the spot.

The spreading flames and flying parts, the roar of explosions and the shrill wails sounded together. In just a few breaths, the flat ground in front of the laboratory turned into a sea of ​​fire and hell. At least hundreds of human soldiers died on the spot under the double attack of flames and explosions, and countless people were injured.

In this one-sided tragic massacre, many abnormal individuals with combat power far exceeding that of ordinary soldiers emerged. They either relied on brute force to smash the falling cars, or nimbly dodged all the explosion damage, or drove various extraordinary elements such as fire, frost, smoke and vines to protect themselves. In short, after a round of bombing, most of the contractors hidden in the human army showed up, and the huge difference in combat power was the most obvious feature.

What's worse, some of the contractors even chose to take the initiative to expose themselves in the first moment after the war broke out. Taking advantage of the gaps between the large number of flaming meteorites falling, long-range attacks suddenly flew out from all directions of the island. They had only one target, and that was Magneto standing on the top of the broken bridge.

The main reason why these contractors who participated in the defense of Devil's Island chose to join the human camp was not to recognize the human blood flowing in their bodies. What they wanted was that the human side had a legitimate reason to kill the mutant warriors at will, which also meant a large amount of the source of the world and treasure chest rewards.

Especially as Magneto is one of the world's top fighters, if you can kill him, the treasure chest reward you get will at least be a light gold level. If you are lucky enough to kill Jean in the Phoenix state, the golden treasure chest will no longer be a dream.

The generous rewards and the mutants' general characteristics of high attack and low defense have attracted countless greedy hunters on the battlefield waiting for their prey to take the bait. Among them, Magneto is the fat prey second only to Jean.

However, sometimes the identities of hunter and prey are not clear.

The flaming meteorites were still falling from the sky, but Magneto, the manipulator, suddenly narrowed his pupils. His keen perception allowed him to notice the attack the moment it came. He quickly raised his eyes and saw more than a dozen long-range attacks coming from all directions of the island.

Special bullets of unknown materials, light beams of various colors, wooden or energy arrows and crossbows, whistling or silent ghost-faced airflows and other various attack methods were almost included in Magneto's vision at the same time. They all have one common feature, that is, all attacks do not contain any metal materials.

"You are really well prepared and have put a lot of thought into this."

Magneto muttered silently in his heart, his eyes turned cold, and the powerful magnetic force around him was instantly mobilized, forming a high-intensity magnetic field invisible to the naked eye on the surface of his body. At the same time, more than a dozen silver metal balls flew out from his sleeves and shot away in the direction of the attack.

In the comics, Magneto, who controls one of the four fundamental forces of the universe, can pinch black holes with his hands, move planets, and even the magnetic defense field condensed by a wave of his hand can withstand the explosion damage of multiple nuclear bombs without any harm.

Although the Magneto in this world cannot achieve such an exaggerated degree, he is not only able to control metal roughly like in the movie. At least he can easily achieve the defensive method of creating a magnetic force field.

The small metal ball suddenly flew out, making a slight whistling sound at the side of his body. The next second, all the incoming physical attacks were directly shattered by the small ball. And those invisible and intangible magic methods, after penetrating the small ball, were also intercepted on the spot by the magnetic force field surrounding his body, like mosquitoes trapped in transparent amber, solidified in the void and motionless.

Magneto glanced at the attacks coming at him with disdain, and as he moved his arms, the vast magnetic force crushed the attacks.

If he could be hit by a long-range attack so easily, he would not have been able to survive until now despite the full-scale manhunt by countries around the world.

After dealing with these secret attacks, he looked up at the battlefield ahead. At this time, the continuous falling of flaming meteorites had stopped, and the flat ground was covered with charred pits, scattered parts, burning corpses, and struggling and wailing wounded. The scene looked extremely miserable.

Of course, there were also many scattered contractors who seemed somewhat out of place in the chaotic battlefield. Most of them were unscathed in this round of attacks. Even if the second-level contractors were auxiliary, it was unlikely that they would be killed by a mere car explosion.

Meanwhile, at the rear of the battlefield, the massacre by the flaming meteorites had not destroyed the morale of the human army, and numerous fully armed soldiers were continuously pouring out of the open gates of the base. The defense force stationed by the federal government on this island was far more than what was visible on the surface.

Even the sea area outside the island showed abnormalities. The calm sea surface suddenly rolled up waves, and then giant sentinels ranging from several meters to more than ten meters broke through the water one after another and flew rapidly towards the center of Devil's Island. These sentinel robots produced by Trask Industries were the main guard force deployed by the military on Devil's Island.

Soon, more than a dozen sentinel robots appeared above the laboratory. Their exaggerated sizes cast a large shadow below, which boosted the humans' originally flagging morale.

In a flash, the situation on the battlefield completely reversed. On the land, there were densely packed armies and various contractors mixed in them, while in the sky, there were giant sentinel robots whose numbers were still increasing. Judging from the momentum alone, the gap between the two sides seemed to be not much, and the human side might even have a slight advantage.

"Very good, this is a battle of equal strength."

Scanning the numerous enemies on the battlefield, Magneto's eyes were focused on the Sentinel robots in the sky. The human army on the surface was nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs, even if there were many powerful individuals among them, but he still didn't care about it. But the Sentinels were different.

This is his old rival. These special sentinels are all made of a unique biological material. While not containing any metal components, their combat effectiveness is also extremely strong. The repressive force brought by his huge size makes it very rare for his current subordinates to effectively cause fatal damage to them. In other words, he needs to take action personally to achieve steady suppression.

"Ximing, John, you guys command the battle on the ground. Don't advance rashly. I'll go deal with those old friends."

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Magneto opened his arms, and his body slowly rose under the support of the magnetic field. More than a dozen silver balls that had shot out not long ago also broke through the air and flew back, circling around his body. Many of the balls still had mottled blood stains on their surfaces.

Although these small balls seem ordinary, judging from the quality of the materials, they are at least dark purple metal materials. They may not be of much use in the hands of others, but in the hands of Magneto, they are indestructible weapons.

When he rose to a high altitude, he had a thought, and the small metal balls surrounding his body began to split into two, then four, and began to split into countless tiny silver iron sands. Then, a piercing whistling sound resounded through the sky, and the iron sands gradually formed a magnificent silver sand mist in the air.

The drifting silver mist seemed gentle and lingering, without any killing power, but wherever the mist passed, the three sentinels in the front row were wiped out in a few breaths, revealing extreme terror in silence.

.........

"Kill them!"

"kill!!"

On the island battlefield, as the screams in the sky resounded, the fighting on the surface also began. With a sharp shout from John the Fireman, the Brotherhood members on the bridge scrambled to jump off the broken bridge and launched a desperate charge towards the army in front of them. The crushing killing by Magneto had already completely aroused their manic desire for destruction.
Unfortunately, the first wave of charge did not bring any effective results. As soon as they entered the battlefield, this group of impatient soldiers were hit hard by the antidote bullets fired by the human army. The dense antidote bullets could hardly hit a being of Magneto's level, but they were a sure kill for these ordinary mutants.

Once hit by the antidote, they would passively fall to the ground in the weakened period of losing their mutant abilities, and then be torn to pieces by the human contractors who came to kill them, and turned into treasure chests that were collected by others.

This massacre without any resistance lasted for dozens of seconds until a mutant code-named Arclight from the Brotherhood took action.

She clapped her bluish-white palms a few times, and the surging and spreading shock waves destroyed almost all of the human side's plastic weapons in an instant.

At this point the situation on the battlefield began to turn around again, with the human side quickly falling into an irreversible disadvantage, and the Brotherhood's contractors took advantage of this opportunity to rush into the battlefield.

At the top of the broken metal bridge, Xi Ming slowly lowered his head and withdrew his gaze from Magneto's back. After truly seeing the other party's strength, the strong murderous intent hidden under the pale mask gradually faded away.

His original plan was to take advantage of the battle of Alcatraz to kill Magneto by backstabbing him and seize power in the Brotherhood, but the appearance of the opponent's magnetic field directly extinguished his next plan to launch a sneak attack to seize power.

Magneto's strength is stronger than expected. In this case, he will just lie dormant and wait for the opportunity quietly. Looking down at the chaotic battlefield filled with blood, Xi Ming spread his hands, and then dense white silk threads rushed out from the inside of the wide black robe, pouring down towards the battlefield like drizzles.

"Go ahead, the killing begins, bring a grand drama to the world!"

A chant similar to an aria came from under the pale mask, and then a series of contractors belonging to the Drama Adventure Group suddenly jumped out from behind Xi Ming. They were also all the contractors within the Brotherhood. As for those members who did not belong to the adventure group, they all became part of the drama in different ways, either actively or passively, a few days ago.

Under the command of Captain Xi Ming, they quickly leaped into the battlefield in the direction of the white silk threads. Limbs flew everywhere they passed and blood mist drifted, until they brazenly engaged with the other party's contractors in the center of the battlefield. Only then did they lose their unstoppable momentum in the entanglement.

(End of this chapter)