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Chapter 279 Using Technology to Defeat Technology

Charles has joined the fraternity?!

Magneto was dumbfounded; he wouldn't even dare to dream of doing such a thing!

"Our fraternity is not quite the same as yours," Charles explained.

He had talked a lot with the future Logan these past few days and had roughly figured out what had happened in this world in the past.

Simply put, it's a world that Du Mu never existed in.

He and Eric parted ways due to ideological differences. One founded the X-Men, and the other founded the Brotherhood. Eric would often cause trouble, and he was responsible for cleaning up after him.

The endings are almost always the same: his X-Men triumph, and Erik goes in to work on the sewing machine.

Although Charles was quite pleased with his ability to keep Eric in check, he didn't like this turn of events.

"They're all the same, they're all the same."

Magneto waved his hand, his face crinkling into a smile like a chrysanthemum.

I don't care what kind of brotherhood it is, as long as it's the same name!

Just then, the temple gates opened, and Professor X emerged in a hover wheelchair, followed by Shadowcat and Logan.

Magneto quickly stepped forward: "Charles, come, come, let me introduce you..."

Professor X smiled and interrupted, "No need, I already know."

"No, I have to introduce it; it's very important!"

Magneto's attitude was unusually firm, and he solemnly said, "This is Charles from the past, from the Brotherhood!"

He knew his old friend was a little hard of hearing, so to accommodate him, he raised his voice slightly, especially the word "brotherhood," which was particularly loud and even echoed among the cliffs.

Charles: "

Du Mu chuckled as he watched the two old men bickering.

He stepped forward and said to Professor X, "I am the leader of the Brotherhood, the Black King of the Hellfire Clan. You can call me Du Mu."

"Hello, I'm Charles."

Professor X didn't react as strongly as Magneto.

The moment Du Mu and his group arrived, he had already used his abilities to find out the whole story, and incidentally had Phantom Cat stop his abilities to wake up Logan, who was still logged in from another location.

Professor X looked at Charles: "But you can call me Professor X, that way it'll be easier to distinguish."

Charles looked at his aged self before him, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "You are my future?"

Professor X smiled slightly: "That's right."

"So I'm really bald?"

Professor X's smile froze on his face.

This time, Magneto didn't mock his old friend. He understood that feeling all too well. Looking at his own infuriating face from the past, he wished he could slap him across the face.

Indeed, no one can empathize with their past selves.

Magneto looked at Logan, who had just woken up, and frowned: "So, can someone explain to me what's going on?"

"Charles."

Du Mu raised his chin at Charles.

Charles understood and immediately activated his ability to send a video file to everyone present.

The next second, everyone had a new memory in their minds.

"Look closely, this man's name is Logan..."

After they've processed this memory, the mutants of the future show a variety of expressions.

Storm murmured, "So, even if Logan went back in time, he couldn't change the future?"

They did everything in their power and spared no expense to send Logan to the past, only to find it was all for nothing.

The atmosphere instantly plummeted.

Du Mu glanced at them and said, "Don't be so discouraged. If you look at it from another angle, it might not be a bad thing."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, even if you could correct the past and change the future, so what?"

Du Mu stated bluntly, "At that time, only a completely new timeline will be created, which has nothing to do with your side. Your worldline will cease to exist, and everyone here will disappear along with it."

"To put it bluntly, all the things you risked your lives for in the end were just to benefit people in another timeline. No one even knew you ever existed."

"This isn't about saving your world, it's about dragging your entire timeline down with the enemy."

Everyone fell silent.

They certainly understand this principle.

They simply had no other choice but to deceive themselves with the excuse of "changing the past to save the future," at least giving themselves something to look forward to.

Professor X looked at Du Mu and asked seriously, "So what suggestions do you have?"

"Change the present, save the present!"

Du Mu answered crisply and decisively.

Magneto sighed and shook his head.

"If it were possible, we would have done it already. You have no idea how powerful those Sentinel robots are. Although we just won, this number is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the Sentinels all over the world."

He paused, his tone becoming serious: "And what's worse, even if we win this time, the situation will only become more difficult next time."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the future mutants present changed slightly.

The most disgusting thing about Sentinel robots is not their fancy ability transformations, nor their sheer number that makes them impossible to kill.

Rather, it's their constantly evolving system.

Every time a battle is lost, the Sentinel robot transmits the data to the central hub, recording all the mutants' abilities, exposed weaknesses, and tactical coordination.

Their systems will then continuously analyze and deduce the most restrained solution.

Many powerful mutants have fallen because of this.

They might be able to overpower the Sentinel robots at first, but as the number of encounters increased, they became increasingly strained. Their tactics were figured out, their weaknesses were exploited, and they were eventually worn down and killed.

For this reason, they dared not confront the Sentinel robots head-on and could only choose a tactical retreat.

Du Mu understood this as well, and waved his hand, saying, "It's not a big problem; I've already thought of a solution."

"What countermeasures?"

"If the enemy is massing units, then we'll mass units too; if the enemy is using robots, then we'll use robots too!"

As he spoke, Du Mu waved his hand, and a tall, metallic figure appeared out of thin air in front of everyone.

It was a silver robot that looked like Tony's Mark armor or Whiplash armor, but its overall shape was more humanoid.

Its eyes shone with a deep blue light, and a small arc reactor was embedded in its chest, emitting a bright glow.

"What is this!?"

The mutants in the future almost instinctively took a step back.

It's no wonder they reacted so strongly; after being chased and killed by Sentinel robots for so many years, they've developed a kind of stress response to the mere sight of a robot.

"I am the eighth-generation whip-rod robot developed by Dr. Hank."

It wasn't Du Mu who spoke, but the robot in front of them.

Its sound is flat, emotionless, and a standard mechanical synthesized sound.

"Artificial intelligence?"

Professor X, with his high level of education, immediately recognized that the robot possessed artificial intelligence.

Du Mu grinned: "That's right. The Whiplash robot is equipped with an independent artificial intelligence system. In terms of computational logic and self-learning ability, it is much stronger than the Sentinel robot's system."

"Furthermore, the Whiplash robot is equipped with a variety of advanced weapons and is powered by a small arc reactor in its chest, which allows it to sustain combat for extended periods."

This whip-rod robot was rebuilt by Hank using the technical information brought by Du Mu, based on the original whip-rod robot.

The technology involved is quite advanced, far surpassing even the first-generation whip robot in terms of sophistication.

Furthermore, the whip robot is equipped with artificial intelligence similar to Jarvis, but this artificial intelligence is not as human-like and intelligent as Jarvis.

Of course, Du Mu didn't dare to let Hank make the artificial intelligence too smart, as he didn't want to create any kind of artificial intelligence crisis.

Therefore, in the underlying logic of artificial intelligence, he added several constraints to Hank.

The most important rule is to always and unconditionally obey Du Mu's orders and to take Du Mu's orders as the top priority.

Logan was somewhat skeptical: "Are you sure this thing can defeat the Sentinel robots?"

Du Mu smiled confidently: "Of course not."

Everyone:

What are you showing off for here?

But Du Mu immediately added, "However, just because the current Whiplash Robots can't beat them doesn't mean they can't beat them in the future."

"What do you mean?"

Professor X sensed the hidden meaning in his words and slid his wheelchair forward half a step.

Du Mu said, "The original version of the Sentinel Robot was much weaker than the Whiplash Robot. Since the Sentinel Robot can be upgraded to its current version, why can't the Whiplash Robot do the same?"

You mean...

Professor X's pupils contracted slightly, as if he understood what Du Mu meant.

"That's right, use technology to defeat technology!"

Du Mu chuckled: "What is the core of the Sentinel Robots' evolution into this state? It's Raven's DNA that gives them the ability to change."

"What a coincidence, I happen to have a lot of these on hand."

As he spoke, Du Mu conjured a test tube containing blood out of thin air.

Before setting off, he specifically asked Raven to draw dozens of vials of blood.

Drawing so much blood at once would have crippled most people.

But Raven is, after all, a monster who can bleed for seven days every month and still be lively and energetic. In addition, she drank a life potion, so apart from being a little pale, she was basically fine.

As compensation, he promoted Raven back to her original position.

As for Qin, she will hold the title of deputy minister of the Sisters' Sect for now, and will take up the official position after she is promoted.

Du Mu continued, "In addition, I also have complete technical data on the first generation of the Sentinel robot, as well as all the research experience of Bolivar Trask, the founder of the Sentinel robot."

He pointed to the wrecked Sentinel robots on the ground: "With so many ready-made Sentinel robots on top of that, given enough time, Hank can deduce the technology behind Sentinel robots and build our own Sentinel robot army!"

After he finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent.

The mutants of the future looked at each other, their eyes filled with bewilderment.

They never even considered it.

After all, they are mutants. If they have mutant abilities and don't use them, who would bother with such crooked and unorthodox methods as technology?

Professor X and Magneto exchanged a glance, a glint of light flashing in their eyes simultaneously.

Use sentry robots to fight sentry robots.

This seems like it might actually work!

They were all old acquaintances of Hank, so they naturally knew how terrifying Hank's mind was.

If Hank hadn't gone astray, abandoning his promising career as a scientist to pursue politics and spend his days arguing with politicians in the White House, with his brilliant mind, he would surely have had a place next to that great man's photo with his tongue sticking out.

With Hank's intelligence, he might actually be able to develop his own sentinel robot.

It's done!

The two old men made their decisions almost simultaneously.

For them, they dared to go all in on even the absurd idea of going back in time to correct history, let alone Du Mu's plan, which sounded somewhat plausible.

Now they're like gamblers who've lost everything; they're willing to bet everything as long as they see even the slightest hope of turning things around.

Professor X took a deep breath and looked at Du Mu seriously: "Alright, go ahead and do it, we will fully cooperate with you."

Du Mu nodded in satisfaction: "With your words, I am relieved."

The two mutant leaders nodded, and the other mutants naturally had nothing to say.

Fearing that reinforcements for the sentries might arrive at any moment, they did not linger in place for long.

After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, the dozen or so people soon gathered together.

Red Devil reached out and put his hands on the shoulders of the two closest people, and the others followed suit, linking arms with each other and forming a group.

A plume of red smoke rose up, enveloping everyone's figures, and they vanished instantly into the ruins.

In a secret mutant base located in the East.

Because they have been hunted by Sentinel robots for years, mutants have multiple secret bases in various locations.

We have Magneto to thank for this.

Putting aside his other skills, he's really good at building houses.

With his ability to manipulate metal, he can easily set up a secret base wherever he goes.

Over the years, even Magneto couldn't remember exactly how many secret bases he had built.

The reason we came to this base in the East is mainly because the whole world is now dominated by Sentinel robots. The United States is the most extreme example, with more Sentinel robots than living people. It's almost become a robot nation.

On the contrary, the number of Sentinel robots is the smallest in the East, so mutants usually hide in the East to avoid the Sentinel robots.

With Magneto and Eric working together, they set up a decent-looking laboratory in the base in less than an hour, providing Hank with a suitable research space.

As for the research equipment, Du Mu brought it all with him. If anything is missing, it doesn't matter; he can just send Red Devil to steal it back. Anyway, no one can stop him.

As soon as the laboratory was completed, Hank immediately switched to his beast form and devoted himself entirely to the research.

The remaining people had nothing better to do, so they gathered together and started chatting.

Charles pushed the wheelchair up to Professor X, stared at the man's shiny bald head for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Um, what's the reason for your hairstyle?"

He was genuinely afraid of ending up like that himself.

Although Du Mu always said that a bald head was the mark of a big shot, Charles really couldn't bear to part with his thick head of hair.

Professor X smiled mysteriously: "Well, you'll find out later."

He could see right through Charles's thoughts, but since Charles had mocked his hairstyle, if he didn't have an umbrella, Charles shouldn't expect to have one either.

Charles persisted: "Couldn't you have given me a heads-up? At least I could have kept an eye out."

Professor X shook his head: "Many things are unavoidable. We only improve through experience, just like our legs. Hardships make us stronger."

Charles looked down at his legs and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with our legs?"

Professor X was stunned: "Of course, the bullet hit our spine, causing paralysis of our lower body and loss of feeling in our thighs."

"What are you talking about? I've never been hit by a bullet. My legs are perfectly fine."

Charles pushed aside his wheelchair, stood up abruptly, and bounced twice as before.

Professor X was dumbfounded: "Then why have you been in a wheelchair all this time?"

Charles scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "That was my disguise, but I got used to sitting and became too lazy to walk. Anyway, the wheelchair is quite convenient, so I've just been sitting."

Professor X: