Chapter 440 55. Look at others and look at you. They are both mutants. Why is there such a big gap?
Mason analyzed the situation.
He felt that his most important task at the moment was to quickly save Superman's son from the Green Order of Swamp Thing. If something happened to Xiao Qiao, it would be difficult to ensure that Da Chao would not go crazy and go to extremes after waking up.
In fact, after it was confirmed that Black Adam and the stars would collude, Mason had to consider the problem from the worst-case scenario.
Perhaps this kidnapping was a sinister plan to block both sides from the beginning.
It would be best if the Justice League could be lured to kill them in the temple of the Egyptian god, but if a direct ambush fails, then killing Xiao Qiao to stimulate Da Chao might not be a backup plan.
Obviously, in the eyes of the bad guys, achieving a victory by any means is much more important than protecting the rights of children.
But this plan obviously did not come from Black Adam or Swamp Thing. The man behind the kidnapping of Chao has not yet fully surfaced, but he is obviously a very smart guy.
It's a powerful enemy!
After making a phone call with the old man, Mason guessed the guy's identity while walking into the gloomy swamp created by the swamp monster.
There is obviously some mysterious power here that blocks the communication, preventing him from contacting Harley, Zha and Ivy. There is also a layer of strange green mist lingering around the swamp, so he can only rely on the naked eye and perception to identify nearby existences. something.
But it didn't work on Mason.
Because he has a "special weapon" for this muddy environment.
"Qua"
With a weird splashing sound of mud, Kevin, the showman ooze monster, jumped in front of Mason, twisted around and transformed into Harley, posing and begging Mason for a hug.
As a result, the captain drove him away with a look of disgust.
"Where are they?"
Mason asked, and Kevin, who was covering his face "sadly", stretched out his hands and pointed in two different directions, representing the two directions where Poison Ivy and Zuckerberg were in the swamp.
As an ooze monster, it really likes the swamp environment.
Just like Mason has almost unlimited control over the water source when he is close to the ocean, Kevin the Power's power and ability are also greatly enhanced in the muddy swamp.
It has divided itself into several segments and is active in different swamp areas, serving as Mason's "living radar" to monitor what is happening in the entire swamp.
But this guy has never learned to speak or it prefers to use body language to express its meaning. In short, Kevin, the showman, expresses to Mason everything he saw in the swamp.
"Ivy and Groot were chased by swamp monsters as targets. Xiao Zha and Harley defeated the members of the Green Order of All Things on the other side but still failed to find the kidnapped Xiao Qiao?"
Mason roughly understood the meaning of Kevin's "sign language", and frowned and asked:
"Where is Xiao Qiao? Could he have been sacrificed?"
"Qua"
Kevin shook his head vigorously and turned around again to look like Xiao Qiao.
It had seen a photo of Xiao Qiao at Kent Farm, and its imitation was not perfect, but it bent down and fished it out in the mud, then grabbed a torn coat and handed it to Mason with both hands, and then pretended to make gestures. Running on tiptoe in the mud.
This time Mason understood. He raised his eyebrows and said:
"So Xiao Qiao escaped? This is really strange. He should be just an ordinary child, right?"
Kevin shook his head vigorously, widened his eyes and made a gesture of firing lasers from his eyes, correcting Mason that he had just seen the scene in the depths of the swamp where Little Joe used heat rays to attack the vines infested by swamp monsters.
"He awakened his Kryptonian abilities under pressure?"
Mason nodded immediately.
But then he reacted, looked at Kevin, and scolded:
"Did you see Xiao Qiao just now? Why didn't you bring him over?"
He thought it was the slime monster being playful.
But in fact, Kevin is also very aggrieved. It wants to bring Xiao Qiao back to Mason to claim credit, but the problem is that the naughty kid can fly as soon as he awakens his power!
Before Kevin even got close, the frightened Big Super Cub took off and plunged deeper into the swamp. At this moment, its two mud clones were looking around inside.
Hey, naughty kids are the most annoying thing, and I obviously still want to say hello to him.
——
The perspective shifted to Xiao Qiao's side.
This farm boy is currently running wildly in the dark swamp in disheveled clothes. He originally wanted to fly all the way out of this dark place, but on the one hand, his Kryptonian power has only just awakened and is not working at times.
On the other hand, the terrain created by Swamp Thing seems to have some kind of "forbidden air" power. The most he can do is fly to the treetops before being discovered by the surrounding vines.
Those monster plants that were like snakes and emitted poisonous gas were very difficult to deal with, and not just a Kryptonian kid could deal with them.
"It's too dangerous here."
Jonathan Kent was a little tired from running, so he folded his arms and hid beside a big tree, panting.
With his body covered in mud and dirt, he looked around with slight fear, vigilantly observing any signs of trouble around him. When he concentrated his energy, his senses were also strengthened, so that this dark place could not cover his eyes. He could even hear the conversations of the cultists a kilometer away.
"Here are animated plants, cultists shouting about the power of nature, and bewitched superheroes. There is also a mud monster! The mud monster that can transform into anyone!"
Xiao Qiao thought so.
He remembered the strange lump of mud he had encountered on the road after finally escaping just now. The latter seemed to want to talk to him, but it chose to turn into a superman, making Xiao Qiao very vigilant and ran away immediately.
His father told him that when you encounter a guy like this, you cannot defeat him with strength, but you must use your brain to defeat him!
But dad.
When he thought of Clark, Xiao Qiao's heart suddenly tightened. He knew that his father was caught by that strange woman because of his own reasons, and was brought here by wizards who could teleport.
If he hadn't had an argument with his dad last night and wandered outside during dinner, his father and son wouldn't have suffered such a nightmare.
I don’t know how dad is doing now?
Although he is the most powerful man in the world, these cultists also look very strong.
Maybe I should save him?
Jonathan thought so.
He couldn't help but clenched his fist and could feel the tremendous power coming from his arm.
This power was only awakened before. Just when the cultists were about to take him into the swamp and kill him, the fear of death and the weight of his emotions made him finally awaken the Kryptonian power in his blood. .
Fortunately, Aunt Kara had taught him some Kryptonian martial arts before. Of course, it was just for fun, but with Xiao Qiao's awakened power, even playful collisions and punches could still knock over the weird cultists who had merged with the trees. land.
"Hoo, hoo"
The Kryptonian kid was hiding in his hiding place and taking a deep breath. This was a method his mother, a "reporter man", taught him to get rid of his chaotic emotions and become calmer.
He knew that the entire swamp was now full of bad guys looking for him, and he had to find a way to escape.
But this swamp is like a magical maze.
The terrain here was changing all the time, and Xiao Qiao couldn't get out at all by himself, but soon he heard footsteps and the sound of fighting in the other direction, which made him blink and rush over there quickly.
"Burn! Burn them to death with fire! Ashley, Franklin vomited again! His condition has worsened, who will watch him and don't let him vomit on me, what the hell!"
Damian's roar echoed in the dim swamp, and then large flames spurted out from the flamethrower on Miss Iron Heart's arm.
The high-heat flames easily ignited the cultists of the Green Church of All Things when they came into contact with them. These monsters, which used disgusting methods to blend flesh, flesh and plants, screamed and retreated, but were quickly drilled out of the mud. The mechanical ants gnawed everything away.
"I still think it was a bad idea for us to barge in, Damian."
Jimmy Hawtley stood guard on the outside, looking around vigilantly, and then turned back to Damian and shouted:
"Our task is to attract attention, and we have done a good job. We should have waited outside the capital of Kandak as planned instead of rushing into this place that looks terrible at first sight.
We are trapped. This ghost enemy keeps changing itself and can't find a way out. ”
"And Franklin needs help, look at what he looks like now."
The wasteland spider girl was now half-kneeling on the ground, and Ant King Franklin was held in her arms.
The latter's face turned pale, especially after he drove the ants to tear apart the incoming cultists. It was as if it had hit his brain, causing him to start twitching like an asthma attack.
He had been saying that he was not feeling well before going on the mission.
At that time, Damian thought that this cunning guy was trying to be lazy, but now it seemed that he was not lying. His breathing rate and heartbeat were irregular.
As the captain, Damian felt the pressure again.
He also somewhat regretted his rashness, which put his team members in danger.
Damian squatted next to Franklin, grabbed the ant king's wrist and injected a potion to treat the injury, but the problem was that Franklin was not injured at all, he just had a high fever and he couldn't tell where his discomfort came from. .
"Maybe it's some kind of mutation?"
After burning the remains of the cultist, Iron Heart returned to her companions. She flicked off her visor and activated a biological monitoring program and put it into the Ant King's hot ear. The feedback reading made Morgan Stark look solemn.
She said to Damian:
"His intracranial pressure is rising, and the white blood cells in his blood are rising. It's like the immune system is fighting against some invading foreign body, but it's also like an allergic reaction.
We must return him to Osborne Towers immediately. ”
"But you can't get out of here."
Damian clenched his fists and said:
"Swamp Thing used his own power to shape this swamp. We are trapped in its body. I have read in Batman's database that unless Swamp Thing's body is defeated, such a magical swamp cannot use external force. Break."
"Damian!"
Jimmy, who was on guard at the perimeter, suddenly shouted in the team communication and quietly reported a direction. Damian calmly took out three batarangs from his arms, raised his head and made eye contact with Iron Heart.
Miss Morgan immediately activated the protection program of the armor and nodded inaudibly to the captain.
The next moment, Damian suddenly stood up and hit the batarang to his side, then pulled out his kinetic energy pistol and fired a wave of fire suppression in conjunction with Jimmy's wild charge.
Tie Xin's armor closed, and the missile pod popped out from behind to create a wave of explosions in the target direction, and then watched Damian and Jimmy rush into the swamp jungle on the left.
Within seconds they were dragging a wretched guy out of the bushes.
"匌"
The famous sword was unsheathed, and the sharp blade was pressed against the struggling Xiao Qiao's neck. Jimmy next to him grinned in pain. One of the bone claws on his left hand was broken in the collision.
This hiding bastard’s skin is so hard, like steel!
"Who are you! What are you doing hiding here?"
Damian was still getting angry because of Franklin's strange illness, and he was merciless when he scolded him. The chill radiating from his body made the farm boy Jonathan a little scared.
But just now he saw these young people burning the cultists to death, which made him know that they were not the same as those bad guys, so he said:
"I was kidnapped by them, I didn't mean any harm!"
"Kidnapping?"
Damian was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately. He said in a strange tone:
"You are Jonathan Kent? Da Chao's son?"
"Yes, I am."
Xiao Qiao responded immediately, but Damian asked back:
"How do you prove that you are Superman's son?"
"Whoosh"
Xiao Qiao tried to focus on his eyes, and then a short but hot ray of heat burst out of his eyes and ignited a nearby tree.
"Okay, identity confirmed, Jimmy, let him go."
Damian was a little surprised, but he still sheathed the knife.
He didn't expect that he accidentally rescued the rightful owner. Jimmy next to him touched his broken claw sadly, and glanced at the ignorant Xiao Qiao beside him and his outrageous steel body.
He secretly decided in his heart that when he returned, he would have to ask Mason to arrange for him to be infused with Anderman alloy. This feeling of not being able to break through the defense was really too bad for a man.
"We found Xiao Qiao and can retreat. His body of steel can help."
Damian turned around and said to Miss Tiexin:
"Morgan, prepare fire support. Let Xiao Qiao carry Franklin and fly up. You give him fire support to knock down those vines, ask him to send Franklin out quickly and call Mason for rescue."
"Look at Franklin!"
Ashley suddenly screamed, and she jumped up from where she was as if she had encountered something scary.
Everyone turned their attention to Franklin lying on the ground, and saw that the mud surrounding the Wasteland Ant King began to twist strangely and shape into a steel creature that looked very much like an ant.
It "swallowed" Franklin whole, hissed at those around him, and then attacked.
"What the hell is this?"
Tiexin fired three shots at it, not even breaking its skin, so it could only keep retreating. Damian pounced on it immediately, but was quickly knocked away by the latter and was caught by Xiao Qiao with quick eyes and hands. In hand.
Seeing that the Young K team was about to be wiped out by this weird thing, a few balls of mud jumped up nearby and transformed into Superboy and Batman, rushing to stop the steel monster from wreaking havoc.
"Appeared! Mud monster!"
Xiao Qiao screamed strangely, and was about to warn everyone, but Damian shouted to the lump of mud that was being torn apart and reorganized as if he saw hope:
"Kevin! Quick! Get Mason."
"Calling adults when you know you can't deal with it is a good tactic, and am I here? What are you shouting for?"
During the water body change, Mason appeared behind Damian with a helpless tone. He glanced at Xiao Qiao, who was unharmed, and then felt relieved.
But then when he looked at the big steel ant that "swallowed" Franklin Richards, his expression immediately became weird.
As a mutant, Mason was very familiar with the thing in front of him that was clearly out of control. It was not the giant ant itself that was transformed from mud into steel, but the power that promoted the transformation of matter.
It is not surprising that such a power that transcends reality and cannot be explained by any scientific theory is placed in mutants.
"Franklin Richards' X gene has awakened, which is really bad news."
Mason narrowed his eyes and said to several children around him:
"Stand back. Mutants in this semi-awakened state are the most dangerous. They will attack everyone around them indiscriminately who makes them feel uncomfortable or threatening.
You can't handle this. ”
"Huh? Franklin is still a mutant?"
Damian was stunned when he heard this, and he said suspiciously:
"Have you not checked before? He is just an ordinary child."
"All mutants are ordinary people when their X gene is not activated, but who knows what situations they encounter will suddenly explode. Although I am also a mutant, I don't know much about this thing than you do."< br>
He complained.
I thought that I had thought that Franklin Richards, whom I picked up from the wasteland, was an inferior version of "Magic Gathering", but now this little bastard had given himself a whole new life, and actually started the mutant awakening quietly. .
Maybe it's because he went to a different world after joining Team K and felt the pressure of growing up?
It is said that stress is also a necessary condition for the awakening of the X gene.
"Kevin, take these children to Zha and Harley, and ask them to go to Ivy to help deal with the swamp monster."
Mason rolled up his sleeves and planned to play on his own, and gave another order to his slime monster.
"Wait!"
Damian stretched out his hand to stop:
"I don't think Team K can compete with Swamp Monster. Maybe you should send us out?"
"Trust me, Damian."
Mason pushed up the glasses frame on the bridge of his nose and said to Damian and the young people:
"It's definitely safer for you to fight the swamp monster now than if you continue to stay here."
While he was driving the children of the Young K team to safety, he planned to personally suppress Franklin Richards, who was thinking violently.
But seeing the ant monster in front of him hissing at him made Mason feel a toothache.
If he remembered correctly, Franklin Richards was not only an Omega-level mutant, but also the most dangerous and powerful of all mutants.
His reality distortion can even reach the level of omnipotence, nicknamed "The Shaper of the Universe", which is much more powerful than the crazy Scarlet Witch.
While Mason took out the magic jar of the zombie Scarlet Witch from his arms, he said to the strange ant monster in front of him that Franklin created to protect himself while he was in a coma:
"I said, young man, you are a big shot who can be brothers with the invincible Uncle Tun, and for the sake of me bringing you back from the wasteland, if you really want to beat me later, remember to do it gently." (This chapter) End)