Becoming Stronger After Death: I Keep Seeking Death in the World of the Universe.

Chapter 114 Spider-Man at 70

"Spider-Man? There's not much to say actually."

The topic turned to Spider-Man, and Logan seemed a little melancholy: "He is also our old friend. I used to be annoyed by his mouth. But he is not as talkative as before now."

Charles also smiled and said, "This reminds me of what he looked like when he was young. I remember when he first came to school, I was still in my prime."

As he spoke, Charles seemed to start reminiscing about the past.

Xu Wang was a little surprised when he heard this: "What do you mean? Did Spider-Man in your world debut so early? He is an old Spider now? He also attended a mutant school? Is he a mutant too?"

Seeing Xu Wang's surprised look, Logan was also a little surprised: "Isn't this the Spider-Man you know?"

Before, Logan was still doubting whether Xu Wang and the Spider-Man they knew were the same person.

Now it seems that it is very likely not.

"Peter Parker is probably 16 years old this year. But he is not a mutant. He was bitten by a mutant spider when he was years old. Later, his family sent him to school as a mutant."

Whenever Logan talked about the past, he couldn't help but take out his cigar and take a puff.

Only he didn't have a cigar with him right now.

Poor Wolverine, he spent all his extra money on drinking.

"Wow, that's something I didn't expect. Where is he now? Is he still his good neighbor in New York?"

Xu Wang is really curious about the Spider-Man in this world. This is the first time he has encountered a multiverse variant with the same name but not the same person.

As he travels through more and more worlds, he will probably encounter many variants, right?
“A good neighbor in New York?”

Logan didn't understand what Xu Wang meant.

So Xu Wang gave a brief introduction to the normal daily life of Spider-Man.

After hearing this, Logan was confused and seemed unable to understand.

After all, the ordinary Spider-Man is more like a street hero in his daily activities.

The difference between the upper and lower limits of work content is too big!
Superheroes like the X-Men don't usually spend a lot of time patrolling the streets.

For example, small things like helping an old lady cross the street, catching a thief, or looking for a pet, people generally won’t do them unless they are hit in the face.

With a temper like Logan's, the most he can do is probably deal with some tactless thugs.

So, after listening to Xu Wang's introduction to other Spider-Men, Logan and Charles were quite surprised.

Charles laughed again immediately: "That's good, this is indeed something Peter would do. But in our world, he joined the X-Men and has been on missions with us for a long time. He didn't become a street hero."

"It wasn't until a few years ago that the X-Men were completely disbanded and he returned to ordinary life. He is now working in a flower shop in El Paso."

"Let's talk about something else."

Logan noticed that Charles' expression was gradually changing, so he immediately changed the subject and stopped talking about what happened before.

He stared at Xu Wang and said coldly: "It's your turn to speak, kid, about what you know."

Xu Wang also noticed that Charles' expression gradually became a little strange after he mentioned the past. Although he was very curious about Spider-Man's current situation, he did not ask much.

The topic naturally shifted to Xu Wang.

Xu Wang then told what he knew about "Logan".

Of course there are some omissions.

For example, Charles once suffered a sudden epileptic seizure, which caused his superpowers to go out of control and instantly killed hundreds of ordinary people and several X-Men.

This is not a good thing and there is no point in saying more.

What's more, I don't know what the world is like today.

The same thing happened when I asked Logan later.

The story of "Logan" is simple.

Logan, who drives a ride-hailing car, accepted a commission from a nurse to send a little mutant who escaped from the Ackley Genetics Company to seek refuge in North Dakota.

The little mutant was codenamed X-23 and named Laura.

Her mutant gene comes from Wolverine Logan. From a biological point of view, she can be considered as Logan's daughter.

Afterwards, the kind nurse was killed by the mercenaries of the genetic company, and their abandoned smelter was also invaded by the mercenaries.

This eventually led to Caliban's capture.

Logan, Charles and Laura, three generations of their family, avoided the mercenaries and fled to the north.

On the way, the three were taken in by a kind farmer.

The result was quite tragic.

A farmer's family of three was killed by the latest weapon developed by a genetic company, X-24, which was a clone of Logan.

Charles also died at the hands of X-24 that night.

The captured Caliban committed suicide with a grenade because he didn't want to be used anymore.

Only Logan was left, and he brought Laura to North Dakota to reunite with the other little mutants who escaped from the genetic company.

Afterwards, the lingering doctor from the genetic company and the mercenaries arrived.

To protect children crossing the border into Canada.

Wolverine fought with all his might and finally died in the forest of North Dakota.

Logan's life ended here.

As the Wolverine of that world, he is completely dead and there is no possibility of resurrection.

Although Wolverine appears again in "Deadpool vs. Wolverine", he is not the same person after all.

In the water tower room.

Xu Wang was leaning against the table, half lying on the ground, holding a potted plant against his chest, disguised as a tree branch piercing his chest.

There was red ketchup all over the corners of his mouth, chest and hands, and he looked seriously injured and dying.

“Drink~Drink~”

Xu Wang's chest rose and fell violently. He held the hand of Logan, who had a dark face beside him, with reluctance and deep affection in his eyes: "So... this is the feeling..."

As he spoke, Xu Wang's breathing became weaker and weaker. Finally, he lost all strength in holding Logan's hand and just watched Logan "die"...

Yes.

At this time, Xu Wang was playing role-playing.

He thought that simple storytelling was too boring.

So he played multiple roles by himself, treating "Logan 3" as a stage play and performing it in front of Logan and Charles.

What is being performed at this time is the death of Logan.

Although it was very uncomfortable to have Xu Wang holding his hand, I have to say that Xu Wang's acting skills were great, and this way of telling stories made people feel very involved!
Looking at Xu Wang who died with his eyes open in front of him, Logan felt very sad.

Not for myself.

But it was for Charles, for Caliban, even for Laura, whom he had never met, and the group of artificial mutant children.

In Xu Wang’s story.

Although the children all crossed the border and went to Canada smoothly.

But is that really safe?

It's easy to imagine that that's impossible.

Without the protection of adults, the fate of those mutant children can be imagined.

"Wait, wait, the story isn't over yet."

Watching Logan stand up and stop cooperating with his performance.

The "dead" Xu Wang jumped up. He looked at Logan and gestured: "Laura dug a hole to bury you, and then said a long line from a classic Western movie."

"There's no more gunfire in the valley or anything like that. I feel pretty good about it."

"After that, maybe a few years, all the flesh on your body will rot away, and only your adamantium skeleton will be left."

"Then an ugly superhero traveled across time and space, dug up your grave, and dug out your skeleton. He used your skeleton to sing, dance, and fight with people!"

"I think acting is a full performance. You are a well-known opera singer and have some professional qualities. Please accompany me to finish the performance."

Logan's originally somewhat sad mood was completely ruined by Xu Wang's nagging.

He looked at the young man in front of him unhappily and said, "You just want to experience the feeling of burying me alive and then digging my grave, right?"

Xu Wang was struck by what Logan said. He tilted his head to the side and whistled, pretending nothing had happened.

Although that's exactly what he thought.

On the single bed, Charles was very quiet.

But his eyes were silently shedding tears.

He felt sad for Logan and the others.

Charles took his own death very lightly.

He is so old, he should have died long ago.

But he knew that the reason Logan hadn't committed suicide yet was because he still had to take care of himself.

So, even for Logan, Charles has to live well.

Today, the two of them truly depend on each other.

Seeing the professor lying on the bed so sad, Xu Wang clapped his hands again. After attracting Charles' attention, he cleared his throat and said seriously, "The story is not over yet."

"Finally, Logan's savior! That's me, making a shining appearance! Before anything happened, I punched Dr. Rice, kicked X-24, and saved the last mutant!"

"Logan, Charles, Caliban, Laura and her friends all lived happily together."

At the end, Xu Wang hugged herself with both hands, closed her eyes, and looked intoxicated: "Isn't it very much like the ending of a fairy tale? If I were to travel to Disney, I would definitely become the most popular Disney princess!"

"Ha ha!"

Charles was finally amused by Xu Wang.

There were still traces of tears on his face, but he suddenly laughed out loud, but because of physical reasons, he couldn't help coughing twice.

Logan next to him said without hesitation: "It's late, go to bed quickly, there is no discussion this time."

Charles didn't want to rest so early.

He still had many things he wanted to ask Xu Wang.

But when Charles met Logan's eyes, he knew that Logan was serious this time.

So Charles could only lie down and mumble, indicating that he would go to sleep obediently.

Xu Wangze ran to Charles' side, squatted down, put his hands on the edge of the bed, looked at Charles and smiled: "Good night, professor, I hope you like my bedtime story."

Charles also smiled at the young man next to him and said, "I like it very much, kid. Of course, I mean the last part."

"Thank you for your love. Maybe I can become an idol star or something. I remember there is a company that specializes in operating superheroes, called Vought."

"If I were to join, I would definitely become a more popular superhero than Homelander!"

Xu Wang held his chin with both hands and said with a smile.

Charles liked Xu Wang, a young man he met for the first time.

Being beside him, I felt like I was many years younger: "That sounds like a story from another world?"

Xu Wang nodded with great interest: "Yes! Yes! That's the story of "The Boys"! But I haven't been to that world yet."

"You two! You've talked enough. It's time to turn off the lights and take a break."

Seeing Xu Wang and Charles chatting non-stop, Logan couldn't help but raise his voice to warn them.

"Okay, okay, Uncle Wolf, you're too harsh. You're just like the dorm manager in my middle school."

Xu Wang stood up and complained somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Charles had completely stood on Xu Wang's side at this time. He also looked at Logan with a common hatred: "Logan, why are you getting more and more nagging as you get older? Now you are like a woman."

Logan's eyes widened when he saw Xu Wang and Charles suddenly forming a united front!

What's the meaning!
It’s obvious that this kid just arrived!

Obviously, Charles and I have known each other for most of our lives!

"Go, go, go out quickly and don't disturb the professor's rest."

Logan was still in disbelief when Xu Wang walked up and blasted Logan out.

The two of them and the dog walked out of the water tower together. As the iron door slowly closed, Charles's old eyes gradually became lonely and a little dim.

An old man at his age.

In fact, there is not much left to ask for.

What I fear most is loneliness.

Especially Charles at this time.

He is already 90.

The body functions age and the health deteriorates.

Ironically, as the most powerful psychic in the world, he suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

To ensure that when an epileptic seizure occurs, the out-of-control super powers will not harm innocent people around.

They had to move to this abandoned smelter far away from human habitation.

In order to make money, Logan goes out early and comes back late, often not going home for several days. When he is tired, he sleeps in the car, and when he wakes up, he drives directly to take orders.

Caliban was the only one who took care of Charles.

But Caliban and Charles don't communicate much either.

This made the older Charles even more lonely.

He stayed in this dark water tower without even any windows all day.

There is nothing to do except pruning potted plants, reading books and listening to the radio.

The scariest thing is when he suddenly has an attack.

Alzheimer's disease causes Charles to be abnormally unfamiliar with everything around him!
The illusion of suddenly being in an unfamiliar environment, with objects around him of varying sizes and walking everywhere, made Charles feel helpless and frightened.

Today, Logan was acting out of character and suddenly brought a young man full of energy to the door.

It really made Charles feel the warmth of being alive again.

But what people fear the most is the sudden end of a lively banquet, leaving themselves alone facing an empty, cold room.

That kind of drastic contrast is not pleasant.

But at this moment, the door that was about to close suddenly opened again.

The moonlight outside the door shines in through the crack.

Charles saw Xu Wang sticking his head in from the door, his hands still on the door frame: "Hey~ Professor, I was afraid you would be lonely, so I left Tiezhu to accompany you. See you tomorrow! Love you~ Good night!"

As Xu Wang spoke, he drove Tiezhu into Charles' room, made a heart shape with his hands to Charles, and then closed the door.

Charles looked at the door that closed again, but this time he no longer felt lost or lonely.

Instead, he began to look forward to tomorrow.

Just like when he used telepathy to discover the group of artificial little mutants, he was also looking forward to the future.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow."

Charles smiled.

He turned his head while lying on the bed and made eye contact with the Husky beside the bed: "Your name is Tiezhu? Thank you for staying with me."

"Wang!"

Tiezhu let out a cry and then started spinning in circles.

Outside the water tower.

Logan watched Xu Wang leave the iron pillar in Charles' room, and he sat on the stair railing and slid down again.

When he came to him, Logan suddenly said, "I plan to move tomorrow, so you should leave tomorrow too."

Xu Wang, who had been very happy just now, suddenly became unhappy.

He stood in front of Logan, looking at this man who had aged a lot due to a series of hardships, and said in disbelief: "What do you mean! After listening to my story, you don't plan to change the tragedy, but actually want to run away!"

Logan seemed to dislike the word escape.

But that's what he really thinks now.

Logan, whose hair was already somewhat gray, stared at Xu Wang and said very seriously: "I've told you that there are no superheroes now. Since those people are so dangerous, I have to send Charles and the others to a safe place before the danger comes."

This is very consistent with Logan's mood at the moment.

Originally Xu Wang thought that after he told Logan the plot of "Logan 3", he would change his mind and regain his motivation to be Wolverine!
Show your claws if you don't agree with me!

In the end, Xu Wang overestimated himself and Logan.

How could people's thoughts be changed so easily?

Just like Logan in the movie, he was just forced to that point step by step.

If I had a choice, I would definitely do what I am doing now, and run away with the professor and not get involved in any disputes.

But it doesn’t matter.

Xu Wang was not the type of player who was good at talking.

He didn't bother to reason with Logan, and simply turned around and walked towards the water tower.

"What are you doing!"

Logan looked at Xu Wang's back.

"I'm going to complain to the professor."

Xu Wang looked like he was going to sue his parents.

How can Logan, with such a lifeless appearance, change the status quo and his life?

He must be given some shock, otherwise Xu Wang won’t be able to stand their daily emo state.

Logan is not afraid of anyone now, except Charles.

Seeing that Xu Wang had already walked up the stairs, he quickly stepped forward to stop Xu Wang: "Wait!"

Xu Wang still maintained the posture of going up the stairs, but turned his head and looked at Logan: "What? You don't want to escape?"

Logan was also a little angry because he was threatened by Xu Wang.

But he knew that Charles would definitely stand on Xu Wang's side now.

Charles was determined not to leave, and there was nothing he could do.

Perhaps only Logan knew that now he was actually somewhat glad that Xu Wang was so unreasonable.

Logan's inner thoughts were quite complicated at this time.

Naturally, he also wanted to try his best to change the status quo.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought Xu Wang home based on my intuition alone.

He just lacked an excuse.

What Xu Wang did was a good excuse.

"What are you going to do next?"

Logan inquired.

Seeing that Logan finally gave in, Xu Wang also laughed.

He turned around, put his hands on his hips, stood on the stairs, and looked down at Logan: "Don't worry! With my amazing wisdom! I already have a head full of plans!"

"Don't worry about anything else for now."

"Let's go to the motel first and see if Laura and the others are there. If they are, we'll bring her back to stay."

"Then the Acre Genetics Company that has been tracking Laura will definitely send people to catch up with us. We can catch them all right here!"

"As long as you can get rid of these annoying villains, you can live a good life in the future without being disturbed!"

I thought Xu Wang was so confident that he could have some brilliant ideas.

The result turned out to be such a simple and crude plan? !
Do not!
This isn't even a plan!
That was clearly his favorite tactic in the past, when he was young Wolverine!

Logan suddenly regretted trusting this unreliable guy in front of him.

"That's it? That's your plan? And you put Charles, Caliban, and that little mutant in danger?!"

Logan became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and grabbed Xu Wang by the collar.

Obviously he was not satisfied with Xu Wang's risky idea.

Xu Wang was not angry about Logan's questioning. On the contrary, he felt that Logan finally looked a bit like Wolverine.

So Xu Wang looked at Logan and said very seriously: "I won't joke about your lives, I swear! Whoever wants to hurt you must step over my dead body first!"

"If everyone really has to die, I have to die first! I have to die first!"

What Xu Wang said was all true.

Not a single word is a lie!

After all, he came here to die.

The more I talk, the happier I feel.

By following Logan and the others, we can lure out the big boss, the genetic company, behind "Logan 3".

Then you can face Wolverine's clone, X-24.

As long as you die at the hands of X-24, there is a high probability that you will be able to gain self-healing and adamantium enhancement.

Adamantium can cut through iron like mud and is extremely hard.

Xu Wang had a good idea about Wolverine's self-healing ability and wanted to try it out.

So if Uncle Wolf can't bring himself to do it.

It is very important to attract X-24.

Logan listened to Xu Wang's words, stared at Xu Wang's eyes without dodging, suddenly let go of the hand that was grabbing Xu Wang's collar, turned around and walked towards the warehouse.

The old wolf said nothing.

But Xu Wang already knew his choice.

Immediately, he laughed and followed behind.

Logan didn't say another word to Xu Wang after that. After entering the factory, he returned to his room.

Caliban actually prepared an empty room in the attic for Xu Wang.

There is a small round window next to the bed, through which you can see the railway tracks on the wasteland outside.

The room is not big, but it looks very warm under the orange-yellow light.

Xu Wang likes it very much.

After thanking Caliban, Xu Wang took off his dirty clothes and got into bed naked.

He didn't go straight to bed.

After finally having some alone time, he was finally able to study what the so-called black box was!

Take the black box out of your waist bag.

As the name suggests, it is really just a black box.

It is not very big, like a small cassette.

This size of black box gave Xu Wang a sense of déjà vu.

Then he looked at his left wrist again.

That was his own personal terminal.

After pressing the button, the upper part of the personal terminal popped open. Xu Wang compared it and found that the black box could be inserted just right.

Xu Wang did not hesitate and directly inserted the black box and closed the lid.

"Click"!
The personal terminal screen lights up!
The black box starts running.

A line of Federal language appeared on the screen.

[The portable universal workshop...has been activated...]

【Begin testing...】

(End of this chapter)