The Witcher: The Journey to Transcendence from Marvel.

Chapter 395-Awakening
The people of Washington State are like frightened birds at this moment. Their peaceful life in the past has been completely broken. An atmosphere of self-preservation permeates every corner. The streets and alleys are full of frightened eyes. The originally orderly public security has become extremely poor. Robberies, fights and other chaos occur frequently. It is as if the city has shed its civilized cloak overnight and fallen into a quagmire of chaos and disorder.

Such a large-scale awakening of super-powered people is obviously not an accidental incident. This phenomenon quickly caused an uproar in all walks of life, and countless experts and scholars have devoted themselves to the discussion of this matter.

Some people are optimistic and believe that this is a sign that human beings are beginning to evolve. These experts talk eloquently on the TV screen, explaining their views with great enthusiasm and depicting the bright prospects that human beings may have in the future.

However, the US Secretary of State turned off the TV with a tired look on his face.

The sound of "pop" was his silent rebuttal to this blind optimism.

"This is definitely not evolution..."

The Secretary of State rubbed his temples, his voice filled with fatigue and helplessness. He knew very well that things were far from as simple as the experts said, and there might be a huge crisis hidden behind it.

"Of course," Tony said, frowning as he looked at the table in his hand. It recorded some data about the awakening of superpowers and a brief account of related events. "If it's evolution, it won't just happen in Washington State."

He looked up at the Secretary of State, his eyes revealing wisdom and calmness. As a knowledgeable and sharp-minded person, he knew very well that there must be complicated reasons behind this matter.

"What do you think?"

The Secretary of State looked at Tony with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. In this tricky situation, he was eager to get some useful insights and solutions from Tony.

“It’s man-made.”

Tony's tone was firm, and various scenes of his previous interactions with Wes kept appearing in his mind. He became more and more convinced that all this was related to Wes, but there was no conclusive evidence to prove his inference.

After hearing what Tony said, the Secretary of State sighed helplessly: "We share your opinion."

During this period, he was under a lot of pressure. He had to face problems from all sides every day, and he was overwhelmed but could not find an effective solution.

What is even more troublesome is that it is not just ordinary people who have awakened super powers. People from all walks of life, including soldiers, politicians, wealthy people, capitalists, etc., have awakened super powers.

Moreover, the number of awakened people is still on the rise. According to incomplete statistics, it has now exceeded 10000 people. According to this development trend, it is likely that the number will easily exceed 10.

This is definitely not a good thing. The appearance of such a large number of people with super powers is like bombs that may explode at any time, bringing huge instability to the entire society.

The most critical question here is how to manage these people with super powers?
This has become an extremely difficult problem.

You must know that there is no sign when these people awaken, and they often burst out with powerful power suddenly without any preparation, which they themselves cannot control. This has caused a large number of casualties, and the buildings and public facilities in the city have also been severely damaged, and the damaged property is countless.

According to existing laws, their actions undoubtedly violate the law. From this perspective, they are all criminals.

But when it comes to dealing with them, we face many difficulties.

Put them all in jail?
Ordinary prisons simply couldn't hold people with superpowers like these. If they got emotionally agitated, they could easily break free from the prison's restraints, which would only cause even greater chaos. Furthermore, with so many people, simply imprisoning them all would be an almost impossible task.

Just dealing with the cases caused by these super-powered people has consumed a lot of human, material and financial resources of the US government. The police and military have long been stretched thin and are simply unable to cope with the situation.

But if people with super powers are detained and guarded together, what is the difference between this and a concentration camp?

Once it does this, the United States will inevitably be strongly condemned by the international community and fall into an extremely passive situation in international public opinion.

The top US officials have been discussing this for a long time. Each side has its own opinion and argues endlessly, but they have never been able to come up with a solution that satisfies both sides. In desperation, they can only seek Tony's help.

After all, Tony is considered one of the smartest people in the world. Perhaps he can use his wisdom to come up with a good solution to this problem.

However, Tony also felt very troubled at the moment. He frowned and fell into deep thought.

He has always seen things more clearly and farther than ordinary people. At this moment, he seemed to have seen the tragic situation that the United States might face in the future - the entire country was divided, and a fierce war broke out between the awakened and the ordinary people because of fear, suspicion and other reasons.

The United States will be plunged into the quagmire of a second civil war, which will be a terrible scene of devastation and devastation.

How cruel, Wes.

Tony thought to himself, he was almost sure that this matter had something to do with Wes.

This was, of course, Wes's masterpiece. Back then, Wes was truly filled with rage, intending to destroy the entire state of Washington, using his overwhelming power to give the United States a hard time and show them how powerful he was.

However, just as he was about to take action, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind, and then he thought of a more "clever" but more sinister method.

In the movie plots he had seen before, Hydra used the powerful power of the Mind Stone to artificially create beings with super powers such as Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, which gave Wes great inspiration.

Since others can do it, then with the Power Stone and Reality Stone in his possession, why can't he do the same, or even do it more thoroughly?

Just as Wes was using his methods to freeze the entire Washington State, this terrible plan began quietly.

He secretly used the mysterious power of the gem to quietly transform the genes of the entire Washington State population.

This is not a simple genetic adjustment, but a profound transformation with great uncertainty, which has planted a "time bomb" in the bodies of every resident of Washington State, regardless of gender, age or status.

The unaware residents of Washington State continued to live their lives as usual, unaware that they had become part of Wes's plan. Their fate was completely rewritten in that instant, and the entire Washington State, and even the entire United States, were about to fall into unprecedented chaos and turmoil because of this crazy move.

(End of this chapter)