The Witcher: The Journey to Transcendence from Marvel...

Chapter 395-Awakening

The people of Washington State are now like frightened birds. Their peaceful lives have been completely shattered, and an atmosphere of fear permeates every corner. Fearful eyes are everywhere on the streets and alleys. The once orderly public security has deteriorated to an extreme degree, with robberies, fights and other chaotic incidents occurring frequently. It is as if the city has shed its civilized facade overnight and fallen into a quagmire of chaos and disorder.

Such a large-scale event of superpower awakening is clearly not an accident. This phenomenon quickly caused a huge uproar in all sectors of society, and countless experts and scholars have devoted themselves to discussing the matter.

Some take an optimistic view, seeing this as a sign that humanity has begun to evolve. These experts speak eloquently and animatedly on television, expounding their views and painting a rosy picture of the future that humanity may have.

However, the US Secretary of State turned off the television looking exhausted.

The "snap" was his silent rebuttal to this blindly optimistic view.

"This is definitely not evolution..."

The Secretary of State rubbed his temples, his voice filled with deep weariness and helplessness. He knew that things were far more complicated than the experts had made them out to be, and that a huge crisis might be lurking behind the scenes.

“Of course,” Tony said, frowning as he looked at the form in his hand, which contained data on the awakening of superpowers and brief summaries of related events. “If it’s evolution, it wouldn’t only happen in Washington state.”

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

What's your opinion?

The Secretary of State looked at Tony, a glimmer of hope igniting in his eyes. In this thorny situation, he desperately wanted to get some useful insights and solutions from Tony.

"It was man-made."

Tony spoke with certainty, his mind replaying various scenes from his previous interactions with Wes. He became increasingly convinced that Wes was involved in all of this, but there was no concrete evidence to prove his deduction.

The Secretary of State sighed helplessly after hearing Tony's words: "We share your view."

During this period, he was under considerable pressure, facing a barrage of problems from all sides every day, feeling overwhelmed but unable to find effective solutions.

What's even more troubling is that it's not just ordinary people who have awakened superpowers; people from all walks of life, including soldiers, politicians, the wealthy, and capitalists, have also awakened superpowers.

Moreover, the number of awakened individuals is still on the rise. According to incomplete statistics, it has now exceeded 10000 people. At this rate of development, it would be easy for the number to exceed 10.

This is definitely not a good thing. The emergence of such a large number of superpowered individuals is like a series of bombs that could explode at any moment, bringing huge instability to the entire society.

The most crucial question is, how do we manage these superpowered individuals?

This has clearly become an extremely difficult problem.

It should be noted that these people awaken without warning, often unleashing tremendous power suddenly when no one is prepared, which they themselves cannot control. This results in numerous casualties, severe damage to buildings and public facilities in the city, and countless pieces of property damaged.

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

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

Should we put them all in jail?

Ordinary prisons simply cannot contain these people with superpowers. They might easily break free of the prison's constraints if they get emotional, which would only cause greater chaos.

Moreover, with such a large number of people, simply imprisoning them all would be an almost impossible task.

The US government has already consumed a lot of human, material and financial resources just dealing with the cases caused by these superpowered individuals. The police and military are already stretched thin and simply cannot keep up.

But if you lock up and guard superpowered people, how is that any different from a concentration camp?

If the United States does this, it will inevitably face strong condemnation from the international community and find itself in an extremely passive position in international public opinion.

The US high-level officials have been discussing this issue for a long time, with each side holding its own opinion and arguing endlessly, but they have been unable to come up with a solution that satisfies both sides. In desperation, they have no choice but to seek Tony's help.

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

However, Tony was also finding the situation very difficult. He frowned and fell into deep thought.

He always saw things more clearly and further than ordinary people. At this moment, he seemed to have already seen the tragic situation that the United States might face in the future—the whole country would fall into division, and a fierce war would break out between the awakened and ordinary people due to fear, suspicion and other reasons.

The United States would be mired in a second civil war, a terrible scene of devastation and loss of life.

That's ruthless, Wes.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Tony pondered to himself, and he was almost certain that Wes was involved in this matter.

This was undoubtedly Weiss's doing. At the time, Weiss was indeed filled with rage, intending to destroy the entire state of Washington, using his overwhelming power to give the United States a severe warning and let them know his might.

However, just as he was about to put his plan into action, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he came up with a more "ingenious" but also more insidious method.

In the movie plots he had seen before, Hydra used the powerful Mind Stone to artificially create beings with superpowers like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, which gave Wes great inspiration.

If others can do it, why can't I do it in the same way, or even do it more thoroughly, with the Power Stone and Reality Stone that I have?

Just as Weiss was putting his methods to freeze the entire state of Washington, this terrible plan quietly began.

He secretly used the mysterious power of the gemstone to silently alter the genes of the entire population of Washington State.

This is not a simple genetic modification, but a profound and highly uncertain transformation that has planted a "time bomb" in every resident of Washington State, regardless of age, gender, or social status.

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

(End of this chapter)