[5] Level 5 Mutant

No. 233, Brooklyn, a small two-story building.

This is Brian's home, and it is also the only legacy left by Brian's parents besides the watch shop.

In the living room on the first floor, Brian held a cup of coffee in one hand.

In the other hand, he held an old-looking lighter and casually set his blood-stained clothes on fire.

Fuuu!!

In just a moment, the flames engulfed Brian's entire body.

However, Brian did not feel any discomfort.

On the contrary, his body was rapidly adapting and evolving.

In just a moment, Brian, who was originally a flesh and blood being, had turned into a silver-white metal figure.

At this moment, Brian resembled the Silver Surfer from the Fantastic Four movie.

When the flames disappeared, Brian reverted back to his flesh and blood form.

The fire had not left a single mark on his body.

This is the power of a level 5 mutant ability: the power of adaptive evolution.

Brian can adapt to any extreme environment.

Not to mention this small flame—even if he were thrown onto the surface of the sun, he would be safe and sound.

It's not just about the flame.

In the two hours after returning home, Brian conducted a comprehensive test of the adaptive evolution ability.

His current body is immune to cold, heat, electricity, radiation, poison, disease, physical blows, and energy attacks.

According to Brian's tests, his current body can even produce mental resistance.

Except for not being immune to aging, his current body is almost a replica of the eternal Titan body of Marvel's mad titan Thanos.

Unlike Darwin's first-level mutant ability, which could only survive in a single extreme environment,

the adaptive evolution that has grown into a level 5 mutant ability allows Brian to adapt to multiple complex extreme environments simultaneously.

This also makes Brian almost free of weaknesses.

The only thing that bothers Brian is that adaptive evolution is a passive ability. He cannot actively control it, and the direction of evolution is completely random.

This requires Brian to adapt to the situation after each adaptive evolution.

"I am a level 5 mutant."

Brian felt his body and smiled.

Yesterday, he was just an unknown mutant.

And now, only one day later, he has already stood at the top of the mutants.

He had become a level 5 mutant, at the same level as Professor X and Magneto.

"Oh, by the way, at this point in time, only Sebastian Shaw, the Black King, is a level 5 mutant. Professor X and Magneto are only level 4 and level 3 mutants, respectively."

After taking a sip of coffee, Brian began to think about his next plan.

There is no doubt that, at this point in time, the First Class storyline has just begun.

Professor X, Charles Xavier, has just become a university professor.

And Magneto, Erik Lehnsherr, is hunting down his lifelong enemy, the level 5 mutant, Black King Sebastian Shaw, across the globe.

And the only level 5 mutant, Shaw, is deliberately trying to provoke World War III.

His goal is to cause the world to undergo nuclear devastation, hoping to use nuclear radiation to activate the hidden X gene in humans and transform the world into a mutant world.

"Speaking of which, my current body should be able to withstand a nuclear explosion and remain unscathed."

Brian touched his chin and couldn't help muttering.

He once again realized an advantage of adaptive evolution—that it could withstand nuclear explosions.

The only one who could do this before was Wolverine Logan, the "child of destiny" in the mutant universe.

After recalling the plot of First Class,

Brian also knew how to successfully join Professor X's team.

The easiest way is to go directly to Oxford University in the UK.

Professor X has just become a professor of genetics at Oxford University. You only need to ask around to find Professor X.

If you can pass Professor X's mind-reading test, you can naturally join his team.

However, it is obvious that Brian, who just killed a fellow mutant, will definitely not pass Professor X's test.

Professor X, during this period, did not yet have any principle of not using his telepathic ability on people without permission.

On the contrary, Professor X during this period abused his ability without any restraint, using his telepathy to invade other people's minds at will.

Professor X used his ability to read all of Magneto's memories as soon as they met.

He also used his ability to make Magneto temporarily give up the pursuit of the Black King, Sebastian Shaw.

Brian didn't want his memories to be read by Professor X at will.

Although the ability of adaptive evolution provides some mental resistance, he was not sure whether the mental resistance brought by adaptive evolution could withstand Professor X's telepathy.

Therefore, before contacting Professor X, Brian needed to ensure that his adaptive evolution ability could allow him to resist mental attacks.

Brian tapped the table lightly with his fingers and determined his next target.

"Moira MacTaggert."

Yes, Brian decided to use CIA agent Moira MacTaggert as his breakthrough.

The cause of the First Class storyline was that Agent Moira MacTaggert discovered the existence of mutants at the Hellfire Club in Las Vegas.

So she began to seek the help of Professor Charles Xavier.

And if you want to contact Agent Moira, the best place is definitely the Hellfire Club in Las Vegas.

Brian glanced at the time. It was 8:15 in the morning. There was a direct flight to Las Vegas about to take off.

Now that he had determined his target, Brian wouldn't waste any more time.

He quickly packed his luggage, took the necessary documents and his M1911 pistol, and then went to the balcony on the second floor.

After looking at the ground below, Brian jumped directly from the balcony without any hesitation.

Bang.

The next second, Brian landed heavily on the ground.

He was unharmed after jumping from a height of several meters.

When he fell, his feet had adapted and evolved into cat-like pads.

The pads absorbed the gravity and impact of the fall for Brian.

The adaptive evolution ability, although lacking in offensive power, makes his survival abilities superior—even Wolverine, with his powerful healing factor, cannot compare to Brian in this regard.

Brian found a taxi and took it to Brooklyn Airport.

Half an hour later, Brian boarded a flight to Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Mutant's first battle, here I come."