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Chapter 14: Number One

At a charity auction dinner...

"Margaret, I heard your son Dale got into Harvard. Congratulations!"

"Oh yes, we're so thrilled!"

"You must be so proud. I keep hoping my Jennifer will follow in his footsteps!"

Several elegantly dressed women surrounded Margaret Sterling at the exclusive charity gala, their conversation flowing over champagne and canapés.

Though everyone knew the Sterling family had made substantial donations to Harvard's endowment fund ove...

CHAPTER 148

A day later, Aidan's expression remained unchanged, though his muscles ached from maintaining the same position for twenty-four hours straight. The rotation of the circular rainbow liquid in front of him had begun to gradually accelerate, its surface tension shifting as it prepared for the final transformation. It was about to develop in the direction of solidification - the critical moment when success or catastrophic failure would be determined.

But his face remained calm at this time...

Chapter 13: Dark Horse

"Can anyone tell me where this 'Avatar' came from?" In the conference room, Brandon Sterling slammed the table and roared.

He never could have imagined that after fighting with ET Company until both sides were bleeding money, he'd discover that the real threat wasn't his established rival, but this dungeon called Avatar.

A dungeon that had been online for just ten days had suddenly jumped to third place. This upward momentum was simply shocking, and it made Marcus feel an enormous...

Chapter 130: Points

Grant and his two teammates were initially startled by the sudden appearance of the black and red figure that came before them like some force of nature,s evil given physical form. The creature's imposing presence and alien features triggered immediate fight-or-flight responses, but Grant's recognition was swift and brought visible relief to his exhausted features.

"Russell," he said, his voice carrying both surprise and gratitude at this unexpected situation. "What brings you ...

CHAPTER 147

Asgard.

Outside the main palace of Asgard, there was a gray-brown building that looked like it had been standing since the dawn of time. The architectural style was still that of an ancient castle, but with a grandeur that made Earth's greatest monuments seem like children's sandcastles. The building in front of the gate had a row of pillars, and the pillars were in the Doric column style - simple and rigid inverted conical truncated cones with unadorned capitals. The grooves of the col...

CHAPTER 146

"Well, if there's any problem that can't be solved in the end, you can come to me. As long as there are enough chips, I can help you out," Aidan smiled, then his expression grew more serious. "But when you're creating your AI, you'd better not add the rule to protect the planet."

"I'll think about it," Tony nodded, though something in Aidan's tone made him pay closer attention to the warning than he might have otherwise. "When're you gonna leave?"

"Let's go now. My apprenti...

chapter 145

The Baymax Company's Peripheral Research Laboratory hummed with quiet activity in the New Mexico desert. After the previous incident that had brought Thor crashing into their lives, Baymax had invested heavily in Jane Foster's astronomical research. The facility now bristled with cutting-edge equipment - radio telescopes, quantum sensors, and atmospheric analyzers that could detect dimensional disturbances light-years away.

Dr. Banner walked between workstations where robotic assistants...

Chapter 129: Loose Ends and New Beginnings

"Well, I don't understand a single word of this."

Russell closed the ancient tome with a mixture of frustration and resigned acceptance after spending nearly an hour attempting to decipher its mysterious contents. The weathered pages were filled with symbols that seemed to shift and flow when he wasn't looking directly at them, accompanied by diagrams that appeared to represent magical formulae or dimensional theories far beyond his current comprehension.

Just like the di...

Chapter 128: To Kill a Spirit

The impact of Russell's landing sent violent vibrations rippling through the underground cavern system like seismic waves traveling through the mountain's bones. The solid stone floor, which had been carved and reinforced over decades of careful engineering, instantly began to show spider-web patterns of cracks radiating outward from the point of impact. Dust and debris rained down from the damaged ceiling as the structural integrity of the settlement groaned under the sudden stress ...

CHAPTER 144

"The professor's ability violates people's privacy," Aidan said casually. "Most people respect him now, but eventually they'll get suspicious. And Charles might not always be able to hold himself back."

Magneto's face darkened as the implications sank in. The morning breeze rustled through the trees around them, but Erik barely noticed. Ever since he'd returned, the world felt completely different. Everything had shifted while he was away.

"You're saying Charles will become the ve...

Chapter 127: This is Your Hell

All the demons in the reception room stared at Russell with expressions ranging from confusion to growing alarm. The voice that had emerged from the supposed butler carried undertones that seemed to resonate from some darkness, making the elegant chamber's air feel thick and oppressive with barely contained malevolence.

All except the ancient Ancestor, whose shrewd eyes had sharpened with sudden, terrible understanding.

"You are not Winston, the butler of the Boar Clan," ...

Chapter 143

Dawn crept across the Xavier Institute grounds with the lazy pace of early autumn, painting the sky in soft pastels that made the yellowing leaves seem to glow from within. Morning dew clung to grass blades like tiny diamonds, each droplet catching the light before gravity pulled it earthward in slow, hypnotic slides. The air carried that crisp bite that promised cooler days ahead, tinged with the earthy scent of leaves beginning their final transformation.

After a full night o...

Chapter 142

After collecting Magneto's distinctive helmet from the evidence locker and signing what felt like an endless stack of release forms, the group finally escaped the bureaucratic maze of the federal prison system. The weight of Erik's helmet in Aidan's hands felt symbolic—a relic of warfare being returned to a man who might no longer need it.

Their black sedan cut through the late afternoon traffic toward Xavier's Institute, the route taking them directly through the heart of Ma...

Chapter 141

"The work you'd be doing with Baymax is actually meaningful," Aidan said to Professor X, the warmth of late afternoon sunlight casting long shadows across the Institute's grounds. The sound of distant laughter from the ongoing Transformer-mutant football game provided an oddly domestic backdrop to their conversation. "Like exploring and helping out around the world. Want to set up an expedition team? Baymax can fund it. Want to join some environmental group or animal rights thing? We...

Chapter 126: Explosion!

( SOME CHANGES IN NAMES ARE MADE )

Russell collected the valuable materials from the fallen demons scattered around the forest clearing, The harvest was substantial: two blue-quality [Half-Transformed Boar Spirit] essences that pulsed with residual magical energy, one blue-quality [Transformed Boar Spirit] that carried the distinctive aura of a fully realized demonic form, and most significantly, one gold-quality [Transformed Boar Spirit] that radiated power even in its crystallized st...

Chapter 125: I'm About to Become the Boss, Sir

Russell followed the demon in front of him through the winding underground passages, maintaining the careful silence that had kept him alive this long. The pig-spirit demon moved with the confident stride of someone familiar with these tunnels, navigating turns and intersections without hesitation.

The dim light sources mounted at regular intervals along the ceiling cast pools of wan illumination that did little to dispel the oppressive darkness between them. These weren't torc...