"Erik Lehnsherr, don't you think this is despicable?" Zhou Yi's roar couldn't be drowned out by the thunder. He was truly enraged at this moment.
"Despicable? Young man, when you've experienced as much as I have, you'll find that the honor you're so proud of is actually worthless. As long as you can achieve your goals, any means, no matter how despicable, are acceptable. Conversely, no amount of honor makes you anything more than a failure."
Magneto wore a scornful smile at Zhou Yi's anger. He even struck a lecturing pose, as if he were a social studies teacher expounding his philosophy.
"So, you can flaunt your despicable behavior without any scruples?"
Magneto retracted his smile.
"Indeed, you can't understand us. It was a mistake to say all this to you. So, the final choice. Surrender, choose your failure. Or, try to block my attack. Don't waste our time with the way you just did. I can tell you that my magnetic field sense has already sensed the electromagnetic fields of all the remaining humans in this city. If you keep delaying, I won't mind using their lives to give you a wake-up call!"
"Stop, Erik! They are just innocent people and have nothing to do with this." Zhou Yi, completely at his wit's end, could only hope to persuade the mutant leader to have a moment of compassion, but it was obvious that this was meaningless. Magneto's hardened heart was far stronger than his abilities.
"There are no so-called innocent people in this war. Too many innocent people among my people have sacrificed themselves, so it's time for these humans to taste this pain as well. Of course, you have other choices. Or rather, it all depends on you."
Zhou Yi closed his mouth, his eyes beginning to scan everything in the city. Hundreds of thousands of humans were frantically fleeing in the already chaotic city. The scenes of earthquakes and thunderstorms destroying the military had terrified these ordinary people. On the other side, Rogue was lying in a cage, nervously watching them.
This was the choice he had to make: admit his failure and let Magneto take Rogue. Or, continue the current stalemate and let Magneto vent his anger on innocent humans. Neither of these were things Zhou Yi wanted to see. Of course, he had other options.
"Come on, Magneto, Erik Lehnsherr. Just as you said, let me see your methods."
This was the final choice Zhou Yi made. He couldn't just let Magneto take Rogue; otherwise, his promise would be worthless, and his entire plan would essentially fall apart. The war between humans and mutants would become an imminent problem.
Of course, he couldn't stand by and watch Magneto slaughter the civilians of Paris either. Perhaps people died every moment in the world, but as a superhero, no one should die in front of him because of this. His sense of mission made him protect the lives of these innocent people, so he wouldn't allow Magneto to do such a thing no matter what.
So, only one choice remained: to block his two attacks in Magneto's domain. This was a very dangerous thing to do, but it was the only way to stop him under the current circumstances.
Hearing Zhou Yi's response, a smug smile appeared on Magneto's face. For him, this was the most satisfying answer. The abilities Zhou Yi had displayed made him feel fear, especially since he wasn't even a mutant yet. This situation caused Magneto to directly classify him as an enemy. And for enemies, especially those who were strong and threatening, the best way was to destroy them.
He had been a little worried at first, worried that this guy would make a choice between his own life and the lives of others, but he finally found that such worries were meaningless. He was the kind of hero who should die in an epic, but he would actually risk his life to save others. This determined his fate. And the fate of a hero could only be tragedy.
"You made a great decision, but it's definitely the wrong one." Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto, rarely showed such emotion. It had been a long time since he'd seen someone like this.
"That's not for you to judge! Come on, Erik. Let me see what Magneto is really capable of. If it's just these little lightning bolts, don't bother embarrassing yourself!" Zhou Yi sneered, stopping in mid-air. Lightning began to bombard his body, but the moment it made contact, it was warped away by a gravitational field. The blinding electricity could only circle around him, but it could never touch his true form.
This scene didn't surprise Magneto. In his eyes, this was the standard a superhero worthy of challenging him should possess.
"Don't worry, young man. You deserve a more grand, funeral!" He gestured towards the city below. "This is the target you want to protect. As a hero, what you need to do is simple: don't let me destroy it. If you fail, I won't need to do anything else, this place will naturally become your grave. Maybe many years from now, someone will offer you flowers here."
"If it's your funeral, I'd be very much looking forward to offering you flowers, maybe catalpa flowers would be nice." (Catalpa flowers, are said to be for gay men, seeing this flower can break the worldly views, and then be together. Magneto's actor, you know!)
"I hope you can still make such jokes in a moment!" Magneto's face darkened. He was already tired of being made fun of. Engaging in pointless arguments was not as satisfying as directly building his grave. So he ignored Zhou Yi and raised his hands towards the sky.
Zhou Yi followed his movement and shifted his gaze to the space above him. His super vision allowed him to see clearly what was above him.
It was a giant man-made machine traversing the endless space. A space crystal suspended in near-Earth orbit. It was also the largest spacecraft that humans could currently build—the International Space Station. A product of a super project jointly promoted by six major international space agencies, and a giant space platform developed with the participation of sixteen countries.
This spacecraft, the construction of which officially began only after the end of the Cold War and was recently completed, has a total internal space of 1,200 cubic meters and a total weight of 419,000 kilograms. In terms of technology alone, it has reached the limit of humanity's current technological capabilities. Many participating countries are proud of this project, but they could never have imagined that today, a mutant would turn this massive structure into a deadly weapon.
Yes, a deadly weapon. In Magneto's hands, the International Space Station has lost all of its original functions, and now it has only one purpose. To fall from space like a meteor and bombard the land beneath his feet.
This reminded Zhou Yi of a Space-Based Weapon system within the US Military called "Rod of God." This system is mainly composed of two satellite platforms in low Earth orbit. One is responsible for communication and target locking, and the other carries metal kinetic warheads called "Rod of God." The warheads are metal rods made of tungsten, titanium, and uranium, with a diameter of 0.3 meters, a length of 6.1 meters, and a weight of 100 kilograms. These metal rods are equipped with small booster rockets and can strike targets anywhere on Earth within minutes, relying on satellite guidance. When the metal rods fall from space 1,000 kilometers above the ground, their speed can reach 11,587 kilometers per hour, which is close to the speed of a meteor. Therefore, it gains a great deal of kinetic energy, and the destructive power when striking the ground also exceeds that of general strategic weapons.
Compared to Magneto's methods, the US Military's weapon system is simply pathetic. In Magneto's hands, Zhou Yi could clearly see the International Space Station, which had been invested with countless funds and manpower, being broken down into countless primordial metal particles in space, and then gradually reassembled into a huge Alloy Warhead. Then, under his magnetic control, it would be launched into the atmosphere with an extremely fast initial velocity through electromagnetic pulse acceleration. Soon, the flames of high-speed friction had covered its entire body.
According to the US Military's estimates for the Rod of God, a kinetic warhead weighing no more than twenty tons and with a volume of no more than five cubic meters can easily shatter the ground rock formations and trigger geological effects such as earthquakes and tsunamis to a certain extent, and there is a certain probability of causing small-scale plate movement. And Magneto's kinetic warhead will only be even more powerful. With its own weight, plus the acceleration from entering the atmosphere from the space environment, it far exceeds the estimated standard of the US Military's Rod of God. Once it crashes into a city, the huge destructive power it causes will definitely be at a disaster level, and it is very likely that this famous romantic city will be completely erased from the map.
This is not a wild fantasy, but something that is truly likely to happen. Magneto has such courage, and his weapon also has such power.
"This is my first test, Dawn Knight. The existence of a Space-Based Weapon developed by humans to replace nuclear weapons, the kinetic warhead. Think about its power to change the geology. I believe even you will be amazed by human intelligence. They always like to use their talents on these tools of killing. But thank them, they gave me inspiration to create. Go, Dawn Knight, now is your chance to perform. The lives of Paris are in your hands. If you win, they will survive. If you lose, then you will be buried here with them."
Magneto had stopped his actions. At this moment, the Alloy Warhead no longer needed his control, it only needed to wait for it to land, and everything would be settled. So he just looked at the superhero in front of him with some regret, and began to lament his life that was about to end. In his eyes, Zhou Yi was already a dead man. No one could escape from this kind of attack.
Zhou Yi didn't have time to listen to this guy's rambling. He had to seize every second and stop the Alloy Warhead before it landed. Otherwise, everything that happened would become an irreversible disaster.
So he directly soared into the air, his black figure like an arrow tearing through the sky, drawing a scarlet streak of fire as he flew straight upwards.
And on the ground, countless surviving citizens were watching him. Magneto's voice, amplified by the magnetic field, spread to every corner of the city. These survivors all looked up at the sky, where they could clearly see two streaks of fire extending from the ends of the heavens and the earth, gradually closing the distance between each other.
Under these circumstances, most of them had begun to lose their will to live. A weapon comparable to a nuclear bomb, just this sentence alone was enough to shatter their psychological defenses. The fragile ones had already knelt on the ground, weeping uncontrollably. Others had begun to pray without any purpose.
But there were always exceptions. These people watched the black shadow in the sky, as if they wanted to pour all their strength into that figure. In their eyes, this was hope, the hope of survival.
Zhou Yi seemed to feel this power. He pressed forward without hesitation, facing the giant Alloy Warhead.
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