Chapter 339 38 The End of Twilight Wolf’s Lonely Journey

Chapter 339 38. The end of the Dusk Wolf walking alone

"Most of the instruments here are close to being scrapped because they were not properly maintained. The backup energy in the laboratory is also quite insufficient. In fact, even if we don't come, the power here will be completely cut off in at most seven months."

In Dr. Pym's secret underground base, Barbara, who was picked up by Zod, took over the laboratory's internal network and reported to Mason:

"No need to try, brother, the energy here is not enough to open the quantum tunnel. The amount of energy required to activate it at one time is an astronomical amount, and it is set with a very precise lock.

I can't even find the opening interface. "

"I knew it just now. I was just curious why Valeria didn't tell her brother this cruel fact."

Mason crouched in front of the delicate device that popped up from the laboratory floor, using his engineering skills to try to understand how this thing worked, and said:

"If she's half as smart as Franklin says she is, she already knew the outcome when they moved into the base."

"Maybe because you want to give Franklin hope?"

Barbara's eyes flashed red as she cracked the program, and she said:

“For an impulsive fifteen-year-old child, it is really unimaginable what kind of depravity he would have fallen into if there was no hope of escape to guide him.

Looking at the bones he buried in the ditch, you can tell that this kid was so ruthless that it was shocking.

But considering this is a wasteland, it's not surprising that he developed such a habit. "

"Can you please keep your voice down when you discuss me?"

The ant king, who was taking care of his sleeping sister, scolded unhappily:

"You know that I can hear what you are saying, right? Also! Most of the bones in the ditch were not made by me. The mechanical ant colony will actively protect this base in self-discipline mode.

Those unlucky ones all strayed too deep here by mistake and were attacked by ants.

In fact, if it weren't for me, no one would have been able to cross this road for so many years. In theory, it was me who controlled the ant colony and protected them, you bastards! "

"Sweetheart, I found a letter!"

Harley suddenly shouted, and Mason looked back. Harley was taking out a pasted letter from the depths of Valeria's biological cabin. She said in a sad tone:

"It should be the farewell letter that the poor little girl left for her brother. The little girl seems to know that she is not going to die soon. Do we want to take a look?"

"That's the privacy between two siblings, Harry. We good people shouldn't look at it without permission."

Mason waved his hand and motioned for Harley to hand the letter to Franklin.

He didn't even need to read it to guess what the letter said. It was nothing more than a genius girl who was worried about her brother's future and told him to live well after her death.

Compared with the Ant King, this thin but genius little girl is really a very good child.

However, this may also be because she has been well protected by her brother. After all, based on her physical condition, it would be difficult for her to live to this age without Franklin "robbing" outside all year round.

This is a wasteland.

The lack of resources makes children who are born weak almost a complete burden.

"There's nothing to see here. We have to take them back and Dr. Otto and Dr. Stein will help us decipher them."

Mason took the closed quantum tunnel in front of him from its base and put it into the suitcase factory, and then directed Barbara to collect everything of value and take it away.

He looked at the mechanical ant colony outside the laboratory that was still moving according to a certain pattern, and then took the worn-out Ant-Man helmet from Zod and handed it to Barbara.

Looking at the surprised Batgirl, Mason shrugged and said:

"Should you bring it yourself, or should I help you? It's your choice."

"Ha! Can't you choose a 'secret weapon' that is more in line with my taste?"

Barbara said with great resistance:

"I've said it before, I hate ants. Those things crawling around make me feel so uncomfortable."

"But you have to admit that the mechanical ant colony left by Dr. Pym is the most suitable for a master hacker like you among all the 'weapons' that Team K has encountered so far."

Mason said:

"Your brain-computer and hacker-line prosthetics are a perfect match for this group of mechanical ants who need a 'brain' to lead them. You must gain their authority and learn to use them, Barbara.

Otherwise, I will have to assign you to a logistics position.

You also know that the enemies we are facing now are getting more and more outrageous, and I cannot place a powerless person like you on the dangerous front line.

And what’s wrong with ants?

Throughout history, ants are a great species that has never been conquered! From the perspective of strong martial arts, they are much more powerful than humans. There is no one who understands the truth that unity is strength better than these little guys. "

Zod next to him nodded repeatedly, and the always silent Superman in black spoke:

"Mason's considerations are correct. If the enemy on the opposite side is a Kryptonian like me, then I can crush your heart before all your control methods take effect.

Barbara Gordon, you long to be Mason's helper, but you also don't want to be a drag on Team K, right? "

"Why didn't I notice before that you, the mute superman, always talk in the same way?"

Batgirl rolled her eyes and complained to Zod:

"Don't imitate Mason, he's a bad guy."

After saying that, she glanced at the old and dirty helmet in Mason's hand very critically, and gritted her teeth with her last insistence:

"Can you at least change my appearance to one that suits my aesthetics?"

"Bat Helmet! Got it."

Mason grinned and took out various materials from his bag, obviously intending to make it on site. He only needed to take out the technological modules from Ant-Man's helmet and put them into a new shape.

You don't even need to understand how it works.

This job is too simple.

Nearly an hour later, a group of people walked out of the underground laboratory.

Barbara has a black bat helmet on her head, and Mason also decorated her with some extra decorations to make the helmet look like a bat crown.

She was also carrying a mechanical suitcase.

It was filled with various data extracted from the laboratory, as well as some samples and drawings of the mechanical ants that were not damaged.

The ant colony left by Dr. Pym has not been well maintained for seventeen years and is on the verge of being scrapped. Therefore, after returning to Osborne Tower, Mason will use the drawings left by Dr. Pym to re-create Barbara specifically. Recreate a batch of fierce mechanical ants.

As for the two brothers Franklin and Valeria, they have been placed in Old K's apartment in the Suitcase Factory. Mason asked May Parker and Old Wolverine's wife Vanessa to take care of them, and also asked Jimmy Howter to take care of them. Leigh kept an eye on the irritable Franklin.

The kid was much less of a threat without the Ant-Man helmet, but Mason didn't want him to cause any more trouble in his suitcase that contained nearly a thousand people.

"It's time to split up."

Mason looked back at the underground passage that was slowly closing behind him, and he warned Barbara and Zedd:

"Eagle Eye is not in the right state. He regards supporting the resistance as his only remaining creed in life. I can understand his mentality and decision, but when he is connecting with the so-called resistance, you should keep an eye on him. "

"I know."

Barbara pushed her black bat helmet, she grinned and said:

"In the seventeen-year-long doomsday era, there is actually a group of 'resistance forces' operating in the enemy's heart base camp. No one with any brains would believe this.

Just to deceive a guy as obsessed as Hawkeye.

We will take good care of him. You and Lao Lang should also be careful when you go to the ruins of Xavier Academy, and contact him in time if anything happens. "

She patted the black-clad Superman next to her and said:

"We have Kryptonians now, and the distance of a hundred kilometers is just the blink of an eye."

"It's better to be careful."

Mason rubbed his heart and said:

"This trip is about to reach its end. With our luck, if something happens, it will probably happen at that time. But I don't know what kind of explosive ending this story will have?"

——

Xavier Academy for Gifted Youngsters, or Academy for Gifted Youngsters.

A well-known "holy place" in the mutant society, because it is home to the legendary Professor X and the X-Men, it can be regarded as one of the two poles of mutant civilization.

Normally, this college would be located on the outskirts of New York City, but that's obviously not the case in this world.

It was set up in an inaccessible place. According to Old Wolf, this place has been covered by the professor's exaggerated psychic power all year round, making it difficult for people without permission to even approach.

It seems that even in the prosperous era seventeen years ago, the relationship between mutants and ordinary people in this world was not very good.

Amidst the low sound of the motorcycle engine, the three Masons gradually approached this barbaric area that was no different from other parts of the wasteland. With the entire world being plowed by nuclear bombs, desertification of the land is the main theme of the world today. .

"Keep going, past that swamp."

The old wolf sitting in the flying motorcycle looked at the scenery in front of him that had not been seen for seventeen years with a complicated emotion. He lowered the worn cowboy hat on his head and looked at Harley who was driving and Mason who was walking parallel. explain:

"It's just ahead, the shielding should still be in effect."

"Did you go all the way to California?"

Mason used his upgraded Isu senses to sense his surroundings. The smelly swamp in front of him was really daunting. Both he and Harley put on breathing masks and asked in a low voice:

"Where did you meet Vanessa? You haven't told us the story about you and your wife yet."

Facing Mason's inquiry, Old Wolf hesitated.

Probably because he felt that the answer to the mystery was close at hand, he didn't hide any more. Under Harley's gossipy gaze, the sullen old man said:

"I probably wanted to commit suicide by a certain railroad track in Ohio, so I chose to lie down on the track in a daze."

"Tsk, what a novel way to commit suicide."

Mason complained softly:

"Don't you know how hard the Adamantium alloy in your body is? I guess that train derailed?"

"Well, it went off the rails."

The old wolf sighed and said:

“I really didn’t think about it that much at the time, I just wanted to free myself from the endless pain, even if it was only for a few seconds, it was just a locomotive, and Vanessa was on the front of the locomotive.

The town where she lived was affected by the war between heroes and villains, and she was the only one left in the family. She also escaped with difficulty, and I almost killed her.

She crawled out of the derailed car, found me with a shotgun, and fired all the bullets in her hand, but she couldn't kill me.

I don’t know what kind of mental state Vanessa was in at that time. In short, when I woke up from the coma, she had already taken me away from there.

The story after that is very cliche. "

Logan closed his eyes and leaned on the side of the car, not paying attention to the disgusting smell around him. Amidst the sound of the wheels stepping on the mud, he said:

"We followed a group of refugees to California. We planned to blend in, but someone spotted her. Beautiful girls like her were a rarity in the wasteland era.

I blocked a few bombs for her, and she saw me as a protector.

We live in isolation”

"Then do you love her?"

Harley suddenly asked:

"You both have children. I think there must be love between you, right?"

"like?"

Logan was stunned by this nonsensical question.

In this wasteland, he had not heard this word for many years. He shook his head and said:

"Hallee, you really remind me of people who were born in a time of peace. Well, maybe there was love, but Vanessa and I never discussed that and we're lucky to be alive."

"It must be love."

Mason chimed in:

“Vanessa has beautiful red hair.

As we all know, the lethality of red-haired women to Wolverine is at least 500%. In the past few hundred years of his life, all the women he had an intimate relationship with were red-haired.

This can be considered a special hobby. "

"Ah, isn't Barbara in danger?"

Harley exclaimed, and then she and Mason both laughed. The old wolf sitting in the carriage was expressionless, but after a few seconds, he also grinned.

This was the first time Mason saw this guy smiling so happily along the way.

There is even a sense of freedom and ease.

"You know me well, Mason."

Logan lit a cigarette and said:

"Is this the information you found outside? Does anyone outside remember me?"

"I don't know, they built a utopia outside, but because I'm not a true mutant yet, they didn't invite me there."

Mason said truthfully:

"As for the mutants I know, I can only say that they all thought you were dead. Liana, and the Rakshasa girl."

"Um, Anna."

Logan blew out a smoke ring and said:

"I remember that night they were on a mission in Europe. Colossus and Gambit led the team. They were so lucky to escape the crazy killer who killed the academy."

"Speaking of the killer."

Harley turned the handle of the car to keep up with Mr. K, and looked at the valley emerging from the end of the swamp ahead. She whispered to the old wolf:

"I heard Sweetheart tell the story of Wolverine. He admires you, second only to Batman. He said that if we can meet you, we can trust you at any time.

If those stories are true, then I think you will desperately seek revenge on the madman who slaughtered all your friends.

You are an immortal, and if you want revenge, no one can stop you.

So, did the madman die in the end? "

This question made the old wolf silent again, until they drove out of the swamp, Logan jumped out of the car and looked at the desolate ruins of the old college site in front of him.

A gust of wind blew here, causing the wild grass to sway.

He stepped forward and touched the remains of the collapsed wall, and it seemed that he could still see traces of blood on it. As Mason and Harley watched, Logan closed his eyes.

My thoughts seem to go back to the night seventeen years ago, so much blood and so much despair.

He said hoarsely:

"Of course I found the murderer, I fought like crazy with him, and I finally pressed him against a railroad track and killed him with the help of a train. Wolverine is dead!

He has been dead for seventeen years, and the murderer has been dead for seventeen years.

Yet I am still alive.”

These riddle-like words made Harley frown, but she quickly reacted, widened her eyes, held the pistol at her waist, pulled it out, and aimed it at the old wolf in front of her.

She exclaimed:

"You! Did you kill them?"

"Yes, it's me."

The old wolf didn't care at all about the gun aimed at his head behind him. He said:

"I tried everything I could to kill myself, but every time I failed, I knew I could drown, but the only source of water in California was in the hands of the Hulk.

He knew this too and he had been waiting for me to come over.

He wants a fight.

He also wants to die, carrying a heavy past like me. Unfortunately, we are no longer the fearless people we used to be, and we have lingered like cowards until now.

But I can finally die, right here, today, me."

"boom"

He turned around, and Harley pulled the trigger. The kinetic energy bullet accurately hit the old wolf between the eyebrows, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud. Mason glanced at Harry in surprise and said:

"I didn't ask you to shoot."

"Wouldn't this help you vent your anger? Sweetheart."

Harley stepped forward angrily and emptied a magazine at Old Wolf. She said:

"This bastard lied to us all the way!"

"But I already knew it. When I first met him, he thought he could hide his poor performance from me."

Mason shook his head and stepped forward to hold Harley's hand.

He looked at the ruins and said softly:

“I just want to hear him say it himself. Look here, it’s a really nice grave.”