Tony Stark shot him a sideways glance and also chose D.
The remaining three players followed suit and made the same selection.
Homelander snorted.
"What, now you're all copying my answer?"
"No," Tony Stark shrugged. "To borrow your own words—these are all conclusions we came up with ourselves."
Soon, the correct answer was announced.
It was indeed D.
Homelander earned 4 points, while the other players each received 1 point.
Thanks to his successful buzz-in, Homelander reclaimed second place on the scoreboard. His confidence surged, and he felt his chances of winning the game had increased significantly.
Tony Stark, meanwhile, cursed silently:
"This guy's luck is ridiculously good—he keeps buzzing in and getting the answers right… Still, there's no way that kind of luck lasts forever!"
After the question ended, the light screen displayed the footage corresponding to the correct answer.
The scene showed that when En Sabah Nur awakened, the earthquake he caused propagated all the way across the ocean to America.
Even Professor X's academy felt the tremor.
It was daytime in Egypt—but nighttime in the United States.
Jean Grey was asleep, tossing and turning in her bed, clearly trapped in a nightmare.
In her dream, she saw the entire world engulfed in a massive inferno—towering flames consuming everything, a brutal apocalyptic vision unfolding before her eyes.
For an ordinary person, a nightmare would be nothing more than that—perhaps forgotten the next morning.
But Jean Grey was different.
She was an extraordinarily powerful mutant, and her dreams could influence reality to a certain extent.
Scorch marks began appearing on the furniture and even along the walls of her room…
Watching from outside the light screen, Tony Stark clicked his tongue in amazement.
"Wow. That kind of power—dreams, or imagination, altering reality—it's a lot like Wanda in my world."
As the Scarlet Witch, Wanda's signature ability was reality manipulation, and Jean Grey seemed to display something eerily similar.
Natasha Romanoff frowned.
"Her dream seemed to include En Sabah Nur, didn't it? I don't quite understand—just because this three-thousand-year-old relic is the first mutant in history, does that really mean he can destroy the world?
From what we've seen, that world may not be as advanced as ours, but they've already developed nuclear weapons…"
Erik Lehnsherr chuckled darkly.
"Come on, Natasha. Who do you think nuclear weapons are really meant for? Have you forgotten how your world was destroyed?
Nukes couldn't stop Ultron—they only wiped out humanity itself. The same applies in a mutant world. Trust me—forget En Sabah Nur. Even I could use humanity's own nuclear weapons to destroy humanity, if I wanted to."
Natasha looked momentarily stunned, instinctively feeling that Magneto was exaggerating.
Tony Stark, however, merely shrugged.
"Don't underestimate him, Natasha. He might actually be able to do it. His power is control over metal—even adamantium. Yes, I'm talking about Ultron—Magneto could take control of him outright."
As they chatted, they continued watching the future footage.
In the video, Jean Grey's nightmare alerted the other students in the academy, eventually drawing the attention of the headmaster—Professor X.
Charles Xavier, still awake late at night, rolled over in his wheelchair to investigate.
Hank McCoy cautiously opened Jean Grey's bedroom door but did not dare enter, afraid of being caught in the backlash.
Charles Xavier entered alone, approached the bed, and attempted to use his telepathic abilities to wake her.
To his surprise, Jean Grey's mental power was so overwhelming that he nearly lost control himself. Sweat beaded on his forehead before he finally managed to pull her out of the nightmare.
He couldn't help but exclaim,
"Jean, you possess the strongest psychic power I have ever encountered!"
Jean Grey showed no sign of happiness. Instead, she said dejectedly,
"I saw the end of the world… everyone dying. I thought I was better—that I had learned to control myself."
Clearly, although she had seen En Sabah Nur in her dream, she overlooked his presence and instead believed herself to be the source of the apocalypse.
Her power was simply too great. If it ever spiraled out of control, even she was afraid to imagine the consequences.
Outside the light screen, Tony Stark rubbed his chin and muttered thoughtfully,
"Why do I feel like this version of Jean Grey… is kind of ugly?"
He had previously seen the Jean Grey from Professor X's timeline (X-Men 1) and had been deeply impressed by that intelligent, elegant red-haired beauty.
Comparing that version to the Jean Grey currently shown on the screen, Tony Stark—true to his playboy nature—felt profoundly disappointed.
Natasha Romanoff heard his muttering and rolled her eyes hard.
"That's enough, Tony. Try to be serious for once instead of focusing on nonsense."
Tony Stark bristled immediately.
"What do you mean nonsense? Everyone appreciates beauty!"
Straightening up, he said earnestly,
"Natasha, you misunderstand me. I'm wondering whether Erik's world also has parallel timelines."
Erik Lehnsherr glanced at him and said thoughtfully,
"Of course it does. The quiz game has already revealed countless multiverses. We've even seen two different Logans, haven't we?"
They continued discussing while watching the footage.
On the screen, Charles Xavier comforted Jean Grey, repeatedly emphasizing that it was just an ordinary nightmare. He also shared his own experiences to encourage her, which seemed to help—at least enough for her to fall back asleep.
After Xavier left, Hank McCoy voiced his concern.
"Jean's nightmare wasn't normal. It may confirm the unusual seismic readings I detected earlier…"
He had discovered that a small earthquake had occurred on the other side of the world—in Egypt—and that it had produced an extremely intense and unusual energy fluctuation.
Hank had already been wary of this, and combined with Jean Grey's nightmare, he urged Professor X to investigate further using telepathy.
Xavier agreed that the matter couldn't be taken lightly. He went down to the underground facility, intending to use the psychic amplifier to conduct a thorough search.
Once Charles Xavier donned the helmet, his mental awareness expanded instantly, spreading across the entire planet.
He quickly located Cairo, found the female agent Moira, and entered her consciousness.
Though he did not yet grasp the full picture, he correctly deduced that the seismic event was directly connected to Moira's actions.
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