Chapter 665 32. My daughter, you have been a joke your whole life
On the planet rich in Compound No. 5, in the huge sinkhole that was still being annihilated due to the out-of-control Phoenix Power, Mason stood in the dark Phoenix flames and glanced at his hand.
The body that had been flickering like a lack of energy since just now is regaining its stability, and the most dangerous part of the vicious time attack has passed.
Apparently the Speedsters had protected him on past battlefields, preventing Kang the Conqueror from launching a fateful surprise attack on him.
Another death trap set by Old A has been cracked. The stability of the past is like shaping the foundation of a building, solidly and silently supporting the captain in pushing his story to the end at this moment.
In front of him, Madeleine's burning body was still firmly bound.
Those eyes that were beating with fire reflected chaotic light. With the help of the brainwave enhancement machine repeater inside the Lord of the Universe's power armor, White Queen Emma had entered Madeline's chaotic mind.
This is not exactly good news.
Because after losing the dominance of Madeleine's will, the dark Phoenix's chaotic power is no longer under control. It is gradually controlling the body that fits it perfectly and trying to weave Madeleine from a psychic power. Pulled out from the network to complete the final arrival of the Dark Phoenix in this world.
"Emma, hurry up."
Mason glanced at the declining shield value of the MAX-level energy matrix applied to the Lord of the Universe's power armor by the Star Emperor's Heart Main Processor, estimated the time it would take, and urged.
"I've found her!"
The White Queen responded:
"The flow of time in the spiritual world is much slower than that in the outside world. This family conflict that has troubled you for a long time should be resolved today. I will help you resolve it, son."
"I think you are thinking of a quite dangerous plan now, but whatever you want, I will continue to suppress Dark Phoenix, but you must take back your consciousness after three minutes.
Its energy level has been raised to the point where it cannot be blocked, which is enough to tear the world apart and send Ciri and I to safety.
Old A's trap is over! ”
Mason reminded, and the Dark Phoenix, who was bound in his hands, seemed to have a premonition of the crisis of being exploited.
In her rage, she carried out a more resolute and crazy offensive. The dark phoenix fire was transformed into swirling dark light spots, which were energy entering the ionic state. Every drop was enough to wipe out a city.
In the nearly zero-distance bombing, all of them were hit on Mason. The offensive further increased the load on the Star Emperor's Heart processor installed on the power plus, and even the core fire began to beat more violently.
The cunning Wild Phoenix seemed to have foreseen that the tragic life of Black Phoenix was about to end. It forced the cunning gods back during the peripheral battle. A flame turned back and rushed into the annihilation force field that destroyed the world and destroyed the world. With a pretty chicken thief He hid in Mason's power armor protective matrix, and got as close as possible to Madeleine to continue to devour the burning flames on her body.
It's rare that you get the opportunity to eat more justifiably. Although you're already very full, if you don't seize the time and eat more, I'm afraid you won't have the chance in the future.
"Ciri, let Gollum get ready."
Mason reminded the hunter in the unsightly communication that had been interfered with. Ciri asked in a surprised echo during the fierce battle:
"What are you going to do? Throw her next to Madeleine? This level of material annihilation will melt Gollum in an instant! Kryptonians can't withstand such an environment."
"No."
The commander-in-chief opened the storage compartment of the Lord of the Universe's power armor, clasped something in his hand, and stared at the chaotic burning eyes in front of him. He reached out and clasped Black Phoenix's chin.
When the latter opened her mouth and spurted out annihilating flames, he stuffed the object in his hand into her mouth and forced her to swallow it.
He corrected:
"I mean, let Gollum prepare to say goodbye to her friends. Even the life of a queen has a little more ceremony, right?"
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"I have imagined what the inner world of Dark Phoenix is like, but isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"
The White Queen frowned as soon as she entered Madeleine's mind. When the figure woven by her enhanced psychic power appeared, Emma raised her head and looked at the burning world in front of her.
In the reflection of the flames in the sky, you can vaguely see the impact of another world.
The surrounding area should have shown a complete view of a neighborhood, but at this time it had been turned into desolate ruins in the raging apocalyptic scene. Only a white house in front of him remained intact.
"She's hiding in there."
Emma moved her fingers and said softly:
"The power of the Dark Phoenix acts on matter and consciousness at the same time, destroying the outside world and destroying her sanity at the same time. This is the only fragment of her memory that is still intact, and it is a moment of great significance to her.
I guess it's the image of Madeleine's foster world being destroyed by the impact.
The child's life also took a turn at this time. One day she was a carefree little girl, and the next she would be sent to Utopia to face the darkest moment of her life.
This is her fate node.
Just like that night in Gotham City when my Mason got hit with that damn bottle, he would always tell me this bad luck story. ”
Emma, wearing the classic White Queen's battle suit, walked forward. The last sane hiding place left for Madeline in front of her did not have much obstructive force. After opening the door, she could see the panoramic view of the house.
The simple, everyday but warm internal structure forms a strong contrast with the shattering outside world. It seems that two completely different destinies have been shaped by a wall.
She locked herself here, like a "doomsday shelter" built for herself.
"Madeline? Are you there?"
Emma called out.
Then the door was pushed open, and the pale Red Queen appeared in front of her. She was not as fierce and chaotic as the outside world, but the flickering light in her eyes meant that she had guessed her ending.
"Mason, let her listen."
The White Queen called out, and the captain of the outside world reached out and flicked it beside him, turning on the playback device of the power armor of the master of the outside universe, and played back the words spoken by the bastion before and passed them into Madeline's mind. , the supreme beast’s desperate plan before his death and Doom’s arrangement for Madeleine are clearly stated without any modification.
But the Red Queen's expression didn't change much.
She's not a fool.
In fact, when she absorbed four Phoenix fragments and faced Professor Supreme, she already knew that she would not be able to escape the cruel future of becoming the Dark Phoenix.
"Let Gollum go! I've come this far all because of her, my only friend."
She didn't hide anything, trying hard to maintain her last dignity and calmness and said to Emma in front of her:
"If your son had not disturbed the situation that day, I would have been buried with Utopia. Lingdan had the Utopia cradle plan in his mind, and I am a mutant who manipulates the mind.
I already knew the truth when I killed him.
I was going to die there!
In the name of revenge, I died together with the professor. I knew that my people would eventually be free, which made me no longer worried about the future.
Mason, he shouldn't have interfered. ”
"That's not just my son, that's also your brother. Besides, if this is your complete revenge plan, that's too stupid! How could I give birth to such a stupid daughter like yours?"
The White Queen shook her head and said:
"It was you who pushed yourself to this point after a series of wrong decisions. Mason did nothing wrong in this matter. I guess you regretted it when the No. 5 compound was injected into your body.
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What is needed to fight against the Phoenix Force has never been strength. However, when your brother wanted to help you due to my unreasonable request, you turned to the wrong person for help.
But...I'm not here to argue with you about this. ”
Emma looked at Madeline.
This is the first time she has truly seen this girl who also has her own genes in her body. Drawing on Mason's relationship with her, there is no doubt that the Madeline in front of her is her daughter.
"Your best friend Gollum is outside. Mason brought her here. Her only request to serve your brother is to save you.
From this point of view you are lucky.
Your life may be dark, but your friendship is real.
I'm here to help you. Your brother is willing to give you one last chance. I can remotely back up your consciousness into the brainwave enhancement machine.
Provided you do so voluntarily. ”
The White Queen looked at the pale girl in front of her, she took a step forward and said:
"This is where you lost your parents, right?"
"I tried my best to save them and the community where I grew up, but I couldn't. My power awakened under the pressure of the apocalypse.
But that's not the power that can turn everything around. ”
Madeline had no ill intentions towards Emma, she knew the relationship between the woman in front of her and her.
But just like when Mason met Emma for the first time, the genetic or blood connection alone was not enough for the two strangers to become relatives or start a family.
She looked around the room with mixed emotions, and said to Emma in this place where memories are made:
"This is the end of light and the beginning of darkness. After possessing the power of the Phoenix, I once wanted to send myself back here, wanting to keep the only good things that had disappeared in my short and terrible life.
But I can't.
I can't hide myself in my own memories and be a coward. After they sent me to the first sequence of Conquerors, my compatriots who had the same experience as me needed me even more.
They need a leader.
They chose me.
I try to do my best and hope that my tragedy does not happen to other compatriots.
But unfortunately, I don't have Mason's wisdom and his luck. I can't make those wonderful plans or fight those malicious methods, let alone an ideal that is grand enough to hope to reverse the dark age.
I admit that I am a loser.
I failed miserably in my attempts to be a leader, a friend, or even a good person.
I really wanted to ask him to stand next to me, that son Mason who made you proud. I could see in your eyes that he was the perfect son in your heart.
After learning his story and what he went through, I knew Mason was the man his fellow citizens needed. ”
Madeleine, who had stripped away all external identities here and returned to her pure self, no longer denied her mistakes, perhaps because Mason's absence allowed her to be more honest.
She turned to look at Emma and said hoarsely:
"When I first met him, everything I told him was true. Except for the mind control part, I had no other friends besides Gollum, and it was difficult for me to learn to be correct in the environment in which I grew up. An expression of goodwill.
I'm sorry I ever tried to kill your son, it's always hard for me to control my emotions when the Phoenix Powers are in effect.
But I think there is no point in talking about it now. My story is coming to an end and Mason has chosen an ending for me.
I had no choice but to accept it.
I appreciate your kindness.
Even after I hurt your family, you were still willing to help me.
But it's no longer necessary.
The addition of Compound No. 5 allowed the Phoenix Force to integrate more deeply with me. The residence you see is my last sanity, and it has been locked by the Dark Phoenix.
I can't escape.
It won't let me leave, it needs a host to exert its full destructive power.
If you want to help me, then kill me. ”
This statement made Emma silent for a moment, and she said:
"I thought it would be difficult to convince you, but I didn't expect you actually know everything. The real you are really sensible and sober. If you and your brother had been so honest when they first met, then things might not have come to this point. .
But there is one thing you said wrong.
In addition to Gollum, you are not without friends. Although the mutants in the first sequence did not talk to Mason in advance, I guessed what they were thinking.
At this moment, they are fighting in hell.
It seems that the elites came out for a great goal called the future, but with the decisiveness of their actions, they also hope to use this kind of sacrifice to ask Mason to spare you.
Madeleine, you have done quite well in the position of leader, because your protection and leadership of them made them willing to obey you and make sacrifices to save you.
They remember you and still call you Commander-in-Chief.
What you did for your people will never be forgotten.
And even if Mason is put in your position, he may not be able to do better than you. That kind of collective hatred will not be diluted and given up just because of one or two people.
The choice of Professor Supreme at the last moment proves that he also knows that only the fall of Utopia can alleviate the hatred of the past.
You did nothing wrong in this matter.
Your only mistake is that you should trust your family more. He has been trying to get closer to you, but you have been stubbornly pushing him away, maybe because he failed to save you like others when you needed it most.
But you know it's not his fault. ”
She took a step forward, and when she was close to Madeleine, she could feel the soul-burning power coming from this will. It was the erosion of the Black Phoenix, but Emma did not retreat.
Under Madeleine's hesitant gaze, she reached out and took the girl's cold hand, and said:
"This is our first and last meeting.
I don’t want Mason to complete your execution with his own hands. It will have an irreparable impact on his sentimental heart, like a knife stabbing into his heart. That is mutual harm that should not exist between family members.
I will help you end this pain of loneliness, my daughter, by allowing you to die as Madeleine Prior, but perhaps before you do, you should see your friends again.
Sorry, kid.
I couldn't be with you when you needed it most.
But I promise, I will stay here with you until the end. You did do a lot of things wrong, but maybe at the last moment, you can tell Mason what you want to tell him.
Go ahead, at this time, you no longer need to hide your vulnerability, he won't laugh at you.
Go ahead, I will protect your 'sanctuary' here and wait for your return. ”
Emma's words made Madeleine silent for a few seconds, then she sighed and said to the lady in front of her:
"Thank you, Emma, you are a good person."
"I'm not, at least not until I met Mason."
Emma smiled and endured the burning of the Dark Phoenix and reached out to touch Madeline's hair.
She kissed her daughter on the forehead, then reached out and pushed, and with the burst of psychic power from the brainwave enhancement machine, she forcibly tore away the power constraints of the Black Phoenix, allowing Madeleine's last sanity to return to her body.
At the same time, Mason also let go of his hand in the outside world. He watched the annihilation energy of everything in front of him being suppressed and recycled into Madeleine's body.
The flames in those chaotic eyes were extinguished at this moment, and she looked at Mason with a very complicated look in front of her, who had taken off his visor.
The gray-green lips moved and whispered:
"I'm sorry, Mason, I must be troubling you with my presence."
"You should tell her."
Mason pointed behind him, and when Madeline turned around, she saw Ciri flashing over with Gollum.
The dangerous remnant of power landed in this hanging place, and the Iron-Blooded Fallen opened his face armor, so that there was no longer any worry or concern on the ferocious face.
"Gulu. (Little girl, are you okay?)"
She shouted, and the next moment, Madeleine threw herself into Gulu's arms with red eyes. She said with a cry:
"It hurts so much, Gulu."
The Queen hugged her trembling friend tightly, touched her shoulders, and said in a gentle voice that should not belong to a predator:
"GuluGulu (It's okay, it's okay, I'm here.)" (End of this chapter)