Chapter 99: Scarlet Witch, Mind Invasion!

Huh.

  Logan stood in a sea of ​​blood. The scarlet blood was icy cold, like a steel needle piercing his bone marrow.

  What was before my eyes was an endless expanse of scarlet. The blood was washing over the corpses not far away like waves, beating against the gradually decaying bones.

  As Logan arrived, the corpses all turned their heads in unison, with some of the skeletons and corpses even turning 180 degrees.

  They struggled to stand up from the sea of ​​blood. There was no end in sight at first glance. Countless corpses stood in front of Logan.

  Some had already decayed into a pile of white skeletons, and the World War II uniforms they were wearing had been shredded into dirty strips of cloth. If their limbs moved slightly, their skeletons would make crisp creaking sounds.

  Some corpses were oozing thick water, and pieces of rotten, smelly flesh fell into the sea of ​​blood as they stood up. White maggots kept wriggling in the rotten flesh, and in some parts, the bones under the rotten flesh could be clearly seen.

  There were also some fresh corpses, with wounds all over their bodies, and blood seemed to be endless, dripping into the sea of ​​blood, with blood flowing from their pale faces and facial features.

  In the dim sky, the souls of the dead were floating, blocking out the sky. They were roaring and screaming, and the horrible sounds were like groans from hell.

  Logan was surrounded by ghosts and corpses, with countless pairs of eyes staring at him. On the sea of ​​blood, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the blood, and the hands with long teeth and five claws waved wildly, as if they wanted to grab people and kill them.

  "Logan, you killed us."

  The souls of the dead float in the air, wailing and roaring. The sound shakes the depths of the soul, as if it is vibrating the heart.

  "Pay your life, Logan, I want you to pay our lives."

  The corpses also opened their mouths, and the sharp sounds seemed to pierce the eardrums.

  "Logan, we all died because of you."

  In the sea of ​​blood, the professor appeared sitting in a rusty wheelchair. His body looked like a mutilated corpse that had been buried for a long time. Maggots drilled in from the top of his head, gnawing at the professor's eye sockets, then drilled out and drilled into his nostrils again, gnawing at the professor's face into a mess.

  Caliban was pushing the professor from behind. He also looked like he had died tragically. All his limbs were cut off and then roughly sewn together with ropes. Sticky liquid dripped from the seams. He looked at Logan with a miserable face, "Logan, you have too many enemies. He killed us. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have died!"

  Behind them, there are countless X-Men and old friends, including Cyclops, Beast, Storm, Victor, and even Laura, etc. Logan simply can't count them all.

  They all looked at Logan with a dull expression, whispering to themselves.

  "Why don't you save us?"

  "You could have saved us. We wouldn't have had to die."

  "Logan, you are the murderer, the murderer who killed us."

  The sounds of these ghosts and dead bodies came from all directions, echoing like Buddhist chants.

  While recounting their sufferings, they slowly walked towards Logan. Logan wanted to escape, but he was unable to move at all. The hand that stretched out from the blood grabbed him tightly.

  One corpse after another slowly came forward to bury him. They tore off Logan's flesh and blood, stuffed the bloody bones into their mouths, and chewed them with a crunching sound.

  But his self-healing factor quickly restored his mutilated body, and the corpses tore off the restored parts again.

  The pain of his body being torn apart was like being tortured by slow slicing. The teeth of the corpses kept gnawing at his flesh. The piercing pain made him tremble uncontrollably. He watched his former companions devouring his corpse with relish, and his former enemies tearing his flesh and breaking his skeleton as if to vent their anger.

  The pain that came from the depths of his soul almost made him collapse.

  "No…no…no!!"

  The fear that struck deep into his soul made Logan speak tremblingly.

  He pushed the corpses away violently, covered his head tightly, and tried to clear his mind.

  Now he knew very well that he was caught in Wanda's illusion, but everything before his eyes was too realistic, and the pain in his body was too real, he couldn't help but get deeper and deeper.

  "Damn it... This is an illusion, it's all fake, you don't exist at all, ah!!!"

  Logan raised his head and roared, his eyes were completely bloodshot, with bright red bloodshot all over his pupils. The shrill roar echoed back and forth in this gray space, as if trying to break through the current illusion.

  However, there seemed to be a mysterious force pulling him, preventing him from escaping, and constantly clearing the memories in his mind, as if to make him forget the reality and completely sink into the illusion.

  "No! I want to go out. I can't be here. I have to go out!"

  Logan roared, looking at the pile of corpses in front of him with horror.

  "Oh, right, free points, free points, I still have free points!"

  He suddenly remembered his new skill, called up the data panel, and added free points to his intelligence without hesitation, successfully raising his intelligence to 16 points.

  He remembered that intelligence was linked to mental ability. As long as his intelligence improved, his ability to fight illusions would also improve!

  As the points increased, the next second, everything in front of him froze completely, and the terrifying wailing sound also dissipated.

  The world seemed to freeze and become a photo pasted on the window.

  The windows gradually shattered, and everything collapsed with them. The sea of ​​blood, the corpses, and the dead souls all completely dissipated as the world collapsed.

  Logan woke up instantly. He saw the familiar castle basement in front of him. The dim room was silent.

  "call..."

  He looked around and couldn't help but lean against the wall and gasp for breath, with deep fear in the depths of his eyes.

  Fortunately, he had the habit of saving free points to save his life, otherwise he would have been completely trapped in the illusion this time.

  That real feeling, even now, still makes his hair stand on end.

  "No!"

  A terrified voice came from behind, as if someone had seen a ghost, "How... How is this possible!"

  Logan was startled by the sudden sound and turned around quickly to look.

  "Wanda?"

  As soon as he turned around, he saw the woman standing behind him, wearing a scarlet windbreaker, with a beautiful face and a wonderful figure. It was the future Scarlet Witch - Wanda!

  Logan looked at this woman who almost made him fall completely into the illusion, and then he remembered that the only one who blocked the Avengers outside was his brother Quicksilver, and his sister Wanda had been guarding the scepter.

  In order to find the scepter quickly, I forgot about this matter for a moment and almost fell into Wanda's hands.

  At this moment, Wanda's eyes widened, her expression was filled with shock and fear, "You are not an Avenger, who are you?!"

  At this moment, she was full of astonishment towards Logan. She couldn't even feel Logan's heart just now!

  This was the first time she made a mistake in all these years. She couldn't believe that someone could dodge her mental attack!

  Logan did not answer, nor did he intend to take revenge. He just looked at the scepter and said indifferently: "The Avengers are still outside. It is not a wise choice for you to stay here."

  Wanda noticed Logan's gaze, her expression suddenly turned cold, and she raised her hands suddenly. Scarlet light rippled around her like mist, and the strange energy spread, making the already gloomy basement even gloomier.

  "I warn you, this scepter is not something you can get your hands on."

  She stared at Logan, the threat in her eyes very obvious.

  Logan just glanced at her, not afraid of the raging energy. He just said indifferently: "You won't let me take it away. Are you planning to leave it to the Avengers and Tony?"

  Hearing Logan's words, Wanda was stunned for a moment, and the energy field in her hand dissipated. She looked at him in astonishment, her eyes full of disbelief.

  She didn't know why Logan knew her thoughts, but she really wanted to give the scepter to the Avengers.

  To be precise, it was given to Tony in The Avengers to take back.

  Of course, this was not because she wanted Tony to obtain the scepter, but because she wanted to use the scepter to completely destroy Tony.

  But no one knew this idea except his younger brother Quicksilver, so how could this guy in front of him know it? !

  "Who the hell are you?!"

  Wanda stared at Logan with a gloomy look, fearing that he would ruin her plan.

  Logan ignored her, strode to the scepter, and took it off directly.

  Holding this heavy scepter, Logan could clearly feel the unimaginable flow of energy beneath the scepter.

  Seeing this, Wanda no longer hesitated, and a strange scarlet energy suddenly burst out. The red light quickly spread towards Logan, as if trying to wrap him up.

  Seeing this, Logan immediately grasped the scepter and gently tapped Wanda with the spike of the scepter.

  In an instant, the scarlet energy faded away, and the terrifying aura emanating from Wanda also dissipated. She stood there in shock, and except for her eyes, her body seemed to be completely frozen, unable to move at all.

  Logan looked at Wanda, who looked like a statue, and couldn't help but weigh the scepter in his hand and sighed: "It is worthy of being called the scepter of the mind."

  With just a click, you can subdue the enemy. It is a powerful weapon in a battle, turning the opponent into a defenseless prey.

  Logan looked at the scepter, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and put it back in its place.

  The power of this thing is indeed fascinating, but not everyone has the ability to use it. If he takes it now, it will only bring greater danger.

  Looking at Logan's actions, Wanda was stunned and didn't understand what he meant.

  Logan looked at her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't take this thing away. I hope your plan will succeed and make the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. suffer."

  He knew very well that it would be unwise to take away the scepter at this critical moment.

  After all, SHIELD and HYDRA are both keeping an eye on this place, not to mention that along the way, his true appearance was seen by Tony and Wanda.

  If the scepter was taken away by himself, I was afraid that his face would appear on wanted posters everywhere, and both the black and white worlds would compete to use him to exchange for the bounty.

  As long as you show your face, you will be targeted and then besieged with unimaginable terror.  

  Logan didn't want that to happen.

  His main goal this time is actually the super soldier serum that he has already collected. These things can allow Victor and the professor to recover to a certain extent. This is what he values ​​most now.

  As for the scepter, the Avengers and SHIELD can take it if they like.

  Logan knew that Wanda wanted to use the scepter as bait to encourage Tony to create Ultron.

  And this in some ways also caters to Logan's ideas.

  Although the appearance of Ultron will bring tragic disasters to some people, what does that have to do with Logan?

  He hopes that Ultron will become more and more violent, completely disrupt the world, and attract the attention of SHIELD and the Avengers. Then no one will care about mutants anymore, and he can get some peace.

  Beep beep.

  At this time, the headset in Logan's ear made a connection sound, and Victor's voice also came from the ear, "Logan, the iron guy called for support, we will retreat first, you guys hurry out, they are about to enter the castle, don't run into those Avengers, let's gather behind the castle."

  "We'll be out now."

  Logan spoke into the headset, and then connected the communication between Klaus and Marcos, "The Avengers are about to attack, mission canceled, retreat!"

  After that, he turned off the headset and smiled at Wanda, "I'll leave the Mind Scepter here. I hope everything goes well for you. I'm leaving now."

  After saying that, Logan turned around and escaped towards the emergency exit.

  As Wanda listened to the footsteps gradually fading away, she couldn't help but frown. Scarlet energy surged in her body, and after a struggle, she released herself from the control of the Mind Scepter.

  Looking at the empty entrance, Wanda couldn't help but feel a chill on her back.

  She didn't expect that this guy, whom she had never met before, could guess her thoughts and plans!

  This made Wanda feel extremely panicked, fearing that her plan would be exposed.

  "It seems I'm late."

  Just as she was thinking, footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor.

  Seeing this, Wanda quickly found a place to hide and conceal her breath.

  After a while, Tony emerged from the passage and carefully checked the underground space.

  At this time, he had already taken off his iron armor and there were obvious bruises on his face.

  After seeing that there was no one in the basement, he walked in with confidence and saw the Scepter of Mind on the shelf at a glance.

  "Everyone, fortunately, we are not too late. This thing is still here. You can celebrate in advance."

  He reported to the communicator with a smile, then walked to the front of the scepter, looked at the scepter hanging in the middle by the magnetic levitation stand, thought for a while, and then stretched out his hand.

  The next moment, a pair of steel gloves flew in from the passage and were put on him accurately.

  With the protection of the glove, Tony reached out and grabbed the scepter.

  Looking at the genuine scepter, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't notice Wanda had appeared behind him.

  Buzz~

  A scarlet light emerged and penetrated into Tony's head.

  Tony was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence, his face was gradually replaced by fear.

  The whole person stood there in a daze.

  …

  …

  …

  Twenty minutes later, in the woods behind the castle.

  Logan met Klaus and Marcos in the woods, and also found Victor and John hiding in a big tree.

  "Where's the scepter?"

  When Victor saw them arriving, he jumped down from the tree. His chest was covered in blood, and his body was covered with scars of all sizes. His breath was a little disordered. He had just fought with Tony and suffered considerable injuries. His current self-healing factor could not repair him quickly.

  Faced with this question, Klaus and Marcos shook their heads helplessly, and then looked at Logan together.

  Logan also said helplessly: "I didn't find it either. The castle is too big."

  "What do we do now?"

  Marcus looked towards the castle behind him with a worried look on his face.

  "What can I do? Tell Maika the truth."

  Logan shook his head and added, "Now that the Avengers have all entered the castle, if we sneak in again, we will be dead."

  Hearing this, Marcos and others couldn't help but lower their heads and sigh deeply.

  Not only was the work in vain, but the mission could not be completed. Maca had to pay liquidated damages, which was a huge loss for the farm.

  Thinking about how they had failed the farm's expectations, Marcos and his companions felt a little depressed.

  Logan didn't know how to comfort them, so he could only helplessly say, "Okay, let's go back to the hotel first. Tony and the others have discovered our presence, so we can't stay here any longer."

  A few people nodded dejectedly and drove back to the hotel.

  Logan asked them to take a rest and then pack their luggage and leave.

  After Marcos and others entered the room, Logan quietly waved to Victor.

  Victor immediately understood and walked towards Logan's room. After closing the door, he stared into Logan's eyes and asked, "Actually, you found the scepter, right?"

  He knew Logan's character. If he really didn't find the scepter, Logan would not have this attitude. If he really wanted to get the scepter, even if those people were Avengers, he would find a way to get it. After all, he still had two killer moves that he hadn't used.

  Logan didn't hide it and nodded, "Yes."

  After saying that, he informed Victor of the pros and cons of obtaining the scepter. Taking the scepter away now would only bring greater danger.

  Victor smiled and said, "You're right, that thing is a bomb. Whoever touches it will die."

  Victor unconditionally supports Logan's actions.

  The two simply skipped over the matter of the scepter, and Victor asked curiously, "Why did you call me over here?"

  Logan smiled and took out the super soldier serum he had brought with him.

  Victor looked at these light blue serums with a confused look on his face. He didn't know what these things were and why Logan was so happy.

  Logan explained, "This is the Super Soldier Serum, something that both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. are researching. It can restore your body after injection, but it's probably a defective product right now. There are too few of them, so it may not work, but it's better to have it than nothing."

  After that, he took out three tubes of serum and said, "These three are for you to inject, and leave two for the professor."

  Victor looked at the serum, then at Logan.

  He knew Logan wouldn't hurt him, so he nodded and said, "Come on."

  After Logan asked him to sit down, he opened the injection ports at the bottom of the three serums, revealing the needles inside, and injected them all into Victor in one breath.

  As the light blue liquid was injected into Victor's body, the effect of the medicine took effect instantly.

  An indescribable feeling of relief made Victor unable to help but let out a long breath, and some injuries on his arms recovered quickly, visibly.

  Although the chest was still a bloody mess, it could not be healed directly.

  However, Logan could clearly see that these more serious wounds were healed at a very slow pace, and the recovery speed was also faster than before.

  Victor's eyes sparkled as he watched the minor injuries on his arms recover.

  Although the recovery speed is not as fast as when I was young, it has at least recovered a little.

  The physical comfort made Victor feel unsatisfied. He jumped up from his chair excitedly, "I didn't expect that what Hydra researched would be so useful!"

  He hadn't felt this kind of feeling for a long time. It was like his cells were coming back to life, and he felt a sense of comfort and vitality.

  Logan was a little disappointed when he saw the speed at which the wound was healing. "No, this is not enough. We have to find a way to get more serum."

  In order to fully recover Victor, at least dozens of injections of serum or other more powerful substances will be needed.

  Victor patted Logan on the shoulder and said, "Don't force it. I won't die in a short time."

  He could guess that these things must be very precious, and were rare good things that required a lot of hard work to obtain.

  Logan nodded. Now he could only take things one step at a time.

  Then he looked at Victor and said seriously, "By the way, don't tell anyone about the serum, including Maca."

  "He is not yet fully trustworthy."