Chapter 11 Mind Labyrinth

West Chester, New York, mutant school.

The Westchester Mutant School was once destroyed by the Civil War. It was not until the signing of the peace agreement that the school was re-established. The mutants headed by Professor X not only need to help mutant children from all over the world develop their abilities and control abilities, but most importantly instill in them the principles of being human, how not to use their abilities to do evil, and how to get along with humans.

When Shen Yi, Wen Wen, Hong Lang, King Kong and Luo Hao came to the mutant school, the first thing they saw was the colorful garden.

Some children are playing happily in the garden and square, some are playing ball, and some are reading books quietly on the garden benches. At the rear of the square, a large red building can be seen.

That's where the mutant children lived and studied.

"Are you new teachers?" A voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Everyone turned around quickly, but saw a small tree beside them who was speaking. The little tree shook a few times, and turned into a little girl in a grass-green skirt, looking at them curiously.

"Amy, don't be naughty! They are the professor's guests!" Storm taught the little girl. The little girl named Amy made a face at them, then ran away laughing.

Shen Yi was a little curious: "How many mutant children are there?"

Storm replied: "There were only a few dozen before. After the civil war, the human government hoped to have a better way to control the mutants without causing them to backlash, so they expanded the scale during the reconstruction process. There are about two hundred mutant children here now, and there may be more in the future."

"It must be very hard to take care of more than two hundred mutant children." Gentle and leisurely said.

Storm nodded: "Their ability to cause trouble is extraordinary."

As the voice of the storm fell, there was only a muffled sound, and a lawn mower in the distance suddenly emitted black smoke.

A kid yelled, "Ike, you bastard broke the lawn mower again. This is the third time this week!"

Next to the lawn mower, a little boy who looked only about six or seven years old was looking at everyone with innocent eyes.

"Oh! God!" Storm patted her head helplessly. She rushed over and yelled, "Ike, go get Jerry over here and tell him to fix the lawnmower. Mao, take Ike away, I told him not to touch the machine. He's not very good yet. Take control of your power."

Shen Yi walked over with a smile: "Let me come."

With that said, he put his hand on the lawn mower and activated the engine.

The lawnmower started up again.

Storm looked at Shen Yi in horror, she covered her mouth: "Oh, my God, you actually have Jerry's ability!"

Even Wolverine and Iceman Bobby were stunned by what they saw.

A big boy came running from a distance, it was Jerry Lacio.

The moment he saw Shen Yi, he was obviously stunned, then he jumped up excitedly, and threw himself into Shen Yi's arms: "Hey! I knew I could see you again!"

I haven't seen him for a year, and Jerry has obviously grown a lot taller, and his body has also become much stronger.

Shen Yi gestured at his height, and then said with a smile: "Look, our little Jerry has started to grow."

Little Jerry blushed a little, and then he asked Shen Yi: "Where have you been all this time?"

Shen Yi touched Little Jerry's head and said with a smile: "I went to a very far place."

Jerry Jerry rolled his eyes, then asked, "God's place? Heaven?"

In the mission of X-Men, Jerry once heard Shen Yi claiming that they are God's mercenaries, so he immediately realized where Shen Yi was talking about.

Shen Yi smiled: "Maybe. Some people think it's heaven, while others think it's hell... Jerry, Professor X invited us here. I think the professor has a lot to say to us."

Shen Yi didn't intend to discuss this topic too much.

Jerry immediately became excited, he pulled Shen Yi and shouted: "Come with me, I will take you to see the professor!"

Storm Girl stopped her: "No,

no. "

"Why?" Jerry yelled.

Storm ignored him, and turned to look at Shen Yi: "Before formal contact, the professor hopes to have a private talk with you first. He is waiting for you in the study on the second floor."

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Entering the building, Shen Yi's footsteps were light.

There is a row of classrooms in front of you, with oil paintings hanging on the walls. The environment here is clean and elegant, and you can faintly smell the fragrance coming from the windows.

Walking up the stairs, Shen Yi looked around.

In the right aisle a man is feeding a puppy. Surprisingly, the puppy was eating upside down. Its two front paws are grasping the ground, and its whole body is upright in the air.

Shen Yi took a few steps forward: "Hello, do you know where the study is?"

The man raised his head to look at Shen Yi, only then did Shen Yi realize that he had no face.

The faceless man looked at Shen Yi, then pointed to the end of the study.

"Thank you." Shen Yi nodded to the faceless man.

He walked towards the end of the corridor.

The corridor is not long, but after walking for a while, Shen Yi found that no matter how he walked, he couldn't reach the end.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, as if even the wind had stopped shaking.

Shen Yi looked back at the faceless man.

He just stood there, motionless.

At his feet, the dog was also looking at him with a strange light in his eyes.

Shen Yi tried to take a step closer to the faceless man, but found that he couldn't get closer to him no matter what.

He stood between the Faceless Man and the study room, but he couldn't reach either end.

Even the surrounding walls are like this, seemingly close but far away, Shen Yi can't touch it no matter what.

Shen Yi frowned slightly: "Professor X, is this how you entertain guests?"

He didn't know exactly what happened, but he was able to put himself in a situation where he couldn't advance or retreat without making a sound. Apart from Professor X, I'm afraid there would be no one else.

no respond.

Only Shen Yi's cry echoed from far to near.

This weird atmosphere made Shen Yi feel suffocated for a while.

He slightly loosened the tie around his neck, then closed his eyes and walked towards the study.

One step, two steps, three steps...

After walking ten steps, he opened his eyes, only to find that he was still standing where he was.

The faceless man stood behind him, always looking at him.

what is the problem?

He took out the spirit gun casually, and pointed at the door of the study in the distance: "Professor X, remove the illusion, or I will shoot."

After waiting for three seconds to no avail, Shen Yiguo disconnected the gun.

Then he saw that at the moment when the bullet flew out of the barrel, it actually stood still in the air.

The attached flame blooms like a flower.

Then the whole building burst into flames.

"No..." Shen Yi murmured: "This is not true... these are all illusions."

He tried to reach out his hand to touch the flame, only to hear a light puff, and the flame actually left a little scorching mark on his finger, with clear pain.

If it was a hallucination, how could he burn himself?

Shen Yi looked back, only to see the faceless man in the distance still standing there.

The faceless man suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed at Shen Yi, and then pointed at himself.

Shen Yi was slightly stunned.

He noticed that the Faceless Man was referring to his own head.

He seemed to be reminding himself of something.

"What do you want to tell me?" Shen Yi shouted.

The faceless man shook his head.

He stepped back, step by step, disappearing into the flames.

Following the disappearance of the faceless man, a white figure appeared in front of him.

It turned out to be the girl in white?

She was standing at a corner not far from her, with bare feet, standing in the middle of the flames.

Her long hair covered her face, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

Shen Yi stared blankly at the girl in white, and suddenly his heart became clear.

He raised his head and shouted: "Professor X! Is this the mind maze you created for me? You designed this on purpose, what do you want to find in my head?!"

A melodious sigh finally sounded: "I'm sorry, young man, please believe that I don't mean any harm, I just want to know more about you."

Shen Yi turned around and looked around: "Why don't you directly spy on my thoughts?"

"I tried and I couldn't do it."

"But you didn't give up, instead you created a maze for me?"

"No, to be precise, I just let you enter your own thinking. What you see is what you imagined. It is the refraction of your subconscious mind. I hope to discover some things about me through them. The secrets you are looking for can also make you see yourself more clearly."

subconscious? Shen Yi was stunned.

Could it be that the faceless man, the dog, the flames, and the girl in white are all things my subconscious is looking for? So what do they represent?

As if knowing what Shen Yi was thinking, Professor X's voice came from the air: "The Faceless Man represents your confusion about certain unknown forces. Judging from your subconscious performance, it is kind, which means that you Think that there is a power in the dark that is helping you, or has helped you, but you lack understanding of him. As for the dog eating upside down, it represents retrograde, that is, the consequences of violating something, the reason why it is a dog , because you are not sure what it is. As for those flames, it means your understanding of the situation around you. It can be seen that the environment you are in is very dangerous, so that you may be swallowed by the flames at any time. You will be swallowed by the flames Burning pain, it's because you have been in pain. You can see the study, but you can't approach it, it's because you know that the road you're walking has an end, but you have a hard time getting there. Look Where you're at now, you've just... just gone a fifth of the way."

Shen Yi understood.

All of this is the embodiment of his own consciousness.

Interestingly, the consciousness mentioned by Professor X is some subconscious that he has not discovered himself. In other words, Professor X's explanation may be right or wrong.

That doesn't really represent Shen Yi's thoughts.

As for what these subconsciousnesses represent, even Shen Yi himself is not sure, let alone others?

Fortunately, Professor X didn't have any malice towards him, he just hoped to take this opportunity to discover something that he couldn't say by himself. As for how much he can see and understand, that is his personal problem.

Shen Yi pointed to the girl in white and said, "Then what about her? Is she also a manifestation of my subconscious mind?"

"There are many kinds of subconsciousness, some are vague and abstract, some are concrete and real. Those vague ones are things that you cannot be sure of yourself, such as your future; those specific ones are things that were once deep in your memory. content, such as this girl."

Is that so?

Shen Yi stared blankly at the white clothed girl in front of him.

He involuntarily raised his hand towards the girl, trying to part the long hair that covered his face.

He wanted to see the face under the long hair, even though he also knew that the girl was just a projection of his consciousness, and he, who had never seen the girl's true face, could not project the girl's face at all.

However, when he brushed away his long hair, he was surprised to see a snow-white face with closed eyes.

That face is beautiful, and there is still immatureness on the green face. She seemed to be in a deep sleep, with a peaceful expression like a newborn baby, her brows were slightly furrowed, and she twitched a few times from time to time.

At that moment, Shen Yi suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

Sadness, sadness, despair, helplessness, confusion and other emotions are all in the heart. It was as if he had gone through countless life and death changes, time expanded into an extended straight line with no end in sight, and his mood went straight up and down quickly...

The girl's originally closed eyes suddenly opened, looking at Shen Yi.

Shen Yi only felt pain in his brain like a needle piercing it.

He yelled "Ah" and flew back.

As soon as he backed away, the girl in white had already turned around and ran back.

"No!" Shen Yi shouted: "Wait a minute!"

He chased after him with all his strength, and the girl in white waved her hand, the space suddenly changed, the flame disappeared, and everything disappeared without a trace.

Time and space changed, the whole world became trembling, Shen Yi found himself back in the corridor of the study.

He goes to the study.

This time, he came to the door of the study easily.

Pushing open the door, an old man was sitting opposite.

Professor X!