Chapter 339 38. The end of the Dusk Wolf walking alone

"Most of the instruments here are close to being scrapped because they were not properly maintained. The backup energy in the laboratory is also quite insufficient. In fact, even if we don't come, the power here will be completely cut off in at most seven months."

In Dr. Pym's secret underground base, Barbara, who was picked up by Zod, took over the laboratory's internal network and reported to Mason:

"There's no need to try, brother, the energy here is not enough to open the quantum tunnel. The energy required to activate it at one time is an astronomical amount, and it is set with a very precise lock.

I can't even find the opening interface."

"I knew it just now. I was just curious why Valeria didn't tell her brother this cruel fact."

Mason squatted in front of the delicate device that popped up from the laboratory floor, using his engineering skills to try to understand how this thing worked, and said:

"If she's half as smart as Franklin says, she already knew the outcome when they moved into the base."

"Maybe because you want to give Franklin hope?"

Barbara's eyes flashed red as she cracked the program, and she said:

"For an impulsive fifteen-year-old child, it is really unimaginable what kind of depravity he would have fallen into if there was no hope of escape to guide him.

Just looking at the bones he buried in the ditch, you can tell that this kid was so ruthless that people were shocked.

But considering this is a wasteland, it's not surprising that he has developed such a habit."

"Can you please keep your voice down when you discuss me?"

The ant king, who was taking care of his sleeping sister, scolded unhappily:

"You know that I can hear what you are saying, right? Also! Most of the bones in the ditch were not made by me. The mechanical ant colony will actively protect this base in self-discipline mode.

Those unlucky ones all strayed too deep here by mistake and were attacked by ants.

In fact, if it weren’t for me, no one would have been able to pass this road for so many years. Theoretically speaking, it was me who controlled the ant colony and protected them, you bastards!”

"Sweetheart, I found a letter!"

Harley suddenly shouted, and Mason looked back. Harley was taking out a pasted letter from the depths of Valeria's biopod. She said in a sad tone:

"It should be the farewell letter that the poor little girl left for her brother. The little girl seems to know that she is not going to die soon. Do we want to take a look?"

"That's the privacy between two siblings, Harry. Good people like us shouldn't look at it without permission."

Mason waved his hand and motioned for Harley to hand the letter to Franklin.

He didn't need to read it to guess what the letter said. It was nothing more than a gifted girl who was worried about her brother's future and told him to live well after her death.

Compared with the Ant King, this thin but talented little girl is really a very good child.

However, this may also be because she has been well protected by her brother. After all, based on her physical condition, it would be difficult for her to live to this age if Franklin had not been "robbery" outside all year round.

This is a wasteland.

The lack of resources makes children with congenital weakness almost a complete burden.

"There's nothing to see here. We have to take them back and Dr. Otto and Dr. Stein will help us decipher them."

Mason took the closed quantum tunnel in front of him from its base and put it into the suitcase factory, and then directed Barbara to collect all valuable things and take them away.

He looked at the mechanical ant colony outside the laboratory that was still moving according to a certain pattern, and then took the worn-out Ant-Man helmet from Zod and handed it to Barbara.

Looking at the surprised Batgirl, Mason shrugged and said:

"Should you bring it yourself, or should I help you? It's your choice."

"Ha! Can't you choose a 'secret weapon' that is more in line with my taste?"

Barbara was very resistant and said:

"I've said it before, I hate ants. Those things crawling around make me feel so uncomfortable."

"But you have to admit that the mechanical ant colony left by Dr. Pym is the most suitable for a master hacker like you among all the 'weapons' that Team K has encountered so far."

Mason said:

"Your brain-computer and hacker-line prosthetics are a perfect match for this group of mechanical ants who need a 'brain' to lead them. You must gain their authority and learn to use them, Barbara.

Otherwise, I will have to assign you to a logistics position.

You also know that the enemies we face now are getting more and more outrageous. I can't put a "powerless" person like you on the dangerous front line.

And what’s wrong with ants?

Throughout history, ants are a great species that has never been conquered! From the perspective of strong martial virtue, they are much more powerful than humans. There is no one who understands the principle that unity is strength better than these little guys."

Zod next to him nodded repeatedly, and the always silent Superman in black spoke:

"Mason's calculation is correct. If the enemy on the opposite side is a Kryptonian like me, then I can crush your heart before all your control methods take effect.

Barbara Gordon, you long to be Mason’s helper, but you also don’t want to be a drag on Team K, right?”

"Why didn't I notice before that you, the mute superman, always talk in the same way?"

Batgirl rolled her eyes and complained to Zod:

"Don't imitate Mason, he's a bad guy."

After saying that, she glanced at the old and dirty helmet in Mason's hand very critically, and gritted her teeth with the last insistence and said:

"Can you at least change my appearance to one that suits my aesthetics?"

"Bat Helmet! Got it."

Mason grinned and took out various materials from his bag, obviously intending to make them on site. He only needed to take out the technological modules from Ant-Man's helmet and put them into a new shape.

You don't even need to understand how it works.

This job is too simple.

Nearly an hour later, a group of people walked out of the underground laboratory.

Barbara has a black bat helmet on her head, and Mason also decorated her with some extra decorations to make the helmet look like a bat crown.

She also carried a mechanical suitcase in her hand.

It was filled with various data extracted from the laboratory, as well as some samples and drawings of the mechanical ants that were not damaged.

The ant colony left by Dr. Pym has not been well maintained for seventeen years and is on the verge of being scrapped. Therefore, after returning to Osborne Tower, Mason will use the drawings left by Dr. Pym to re-create Barbara specifically.

Recreate a batch of fierce mechanical ants.

As for the two siblings, Franklin and Valeria, who have been placed in Old K's Apartment in the Suitcase Factory, Mason asked May Parker and Old Wolverine's wife Vanessa to take care of them, and also asked Jimmy Howter to take care of them.

Lee watched over the irritable Franklin.

The kid is much less threatening without the Ant-Man helmet, but Mason doesn't want him to cause any more trouble in his suitcase that contains nearly a thousand people.

"It's time to split up."

Mason looked back at the underground passage that was slowly closing behind him, and he warned Barbara and Zedd:

"Eagle Eye is not in the right state. He regards supporting the rebels as his only remaining creed in life. I can understand his mentality and decision, but when he meets the so-called rebels, you should keep an eye on him.

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"I understand."

Barbara pushed up her black bat helmet, grinned and said:

"In the seventeen-year-long doomsday era, there is actually a group of 'resistance forces' operating in the enemy's heart base camp. No one with any sense would believe this.

Just to deceive a guy as obsessed as Hawkeye.

We will take good care of him, and you and Lao Lang should be careful when you go to the ruins of Xavier College, and contact him in time if anything happens."

She patted the black-clad Superman next to her and said:

"We have Kryptonians now, and the distance of a hundred kilometers is just the blink of an eye."

"It's better to be careful."

Mason rubbed his heart and said:

"This trip is about to reach its end. With our luck, if something happens, it will probably happen at that time. But I don't know what kind of explosive ending this story will have."

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Xavier Academy for Gifted Youngsters, or Academy for Gifted Youngsters.

A well-known "holy place" in the mutant society, because it is home to the legendary Professor X and the X-Men, it can be regarded as one of the two poles of mutant civilization.

Normally, this college would be located in the suburbs of New York City, but that's obviously not the case in this world.

It was set up in an inaccessible place. According to Lao Lang, this place has been covered by the professor's exaggerated psychic power all year round, making it difficult for people without permission to even approach.

It seems that even in the prosperous era seventeen years ago, the relationship between mutants and ordinary people in this world was not very good.

Amidst the low sound of the motorcycle engine, the three Masons gradually approached this barbaric area that was no different from other parts of the wasteland. With the entire world being plowed by nuclear bombs, desertification of the land is the main theme of the world today.

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"Keep going, past that swamp."

The old wolf sitting in the flying motorcycle looked at the scenery in front of him that had not been seen for seventeen years with a complicated emotion. He lowered the worn cowboy hat on his head and looked at Harley who was driving and Mason who was walking parallel.
To be continued...