Unconsciously, a month passed quietly.
Within a month, under Luo Men's leadership and everyone's collective efforts, the base was almost complete; at least everyone could now live in single wooden cabins.
In a month, Luo Men had helped Mutant with only Level 2 abilities to evolve their powers.
After Sublimation, even a few individuals whose abilities were somewhat lackluster found their powers becoming much more useful.
For example, someone whose innate ability was to generate high-frequency static electricity evolved to control a static field, which was excellent for paralyzing targets within a certain range. It was a great help for hunting or fending off enemies. Luo Men also copied this ability after he became stronger.
Kenli's super sense of smell also improved by a level; although it didn't evolve into a new ability, its coverage significantly increased. Kenli made significant contributions to finding prey for hunting and preventing enemy incursions.
While the abilities of others did not become as powerful after their improvements, they were no longer useless.
However, due to his current strength, Luo Men temporarily couldn't Sublimate the little fatty Buck's ability. If Buck's ability were to Sublimate, he would likely become a Level 4 Mutant, and Luo Men currently couldn't sustain that level of consumption.
Besides internal changes, Luo Men also kept an eye on external information.
After using certain methods, Luo Men established a secure and hidden network access channel within the base, which wouldn't reveal the base's location but allowed him to access the internet and understand external changes.
Because he diligently learned hacking techniques, Luo Men could also gather more information online.
Recently, Luo Men learned that the Avengers had some problems, and the source of the problem seemed to be Iron Man, Tony Stark.
Although it wasn't widely publicized, based on the information he gathered, Luo Men was certain that the major event of this year must have already occurred.
The most dangerous event since the Battle of New York, the Ultron incident, was about to happen.
However, the difference from the Battle of New York was that the danger in the Battle of New York came from aliens, while this crisis came from some of the smartest people on this planet, led by Tony Stark.
The general origin of the matter was that the battle-hardened Super Heroes developed professional burnout, and Tony Stark, who had already taken off his Iron Man armor, therefore invented "Ultron" — a self-aware, learning artificial intelligence robot — and entrusted Ultron with the important task of protecting the world.
But, as expected, something unexpected happened.
To the Super Heroes' surprise, the constantly evolving Ultron concluded that "humans are the greatest threat on Earth" and began to implement a plan to eliminate humanity.
According to the intelligence Luo Men knew, the general situation that followed was like this, but it wasn't very surprising. Many times, the dangers in this world came from smart people like Iron Man or Mister Fantastic, with Mister Fantastic Reed being the chief culprit.
According to the intelligence known to Luo Men, Reed from Universe 1610 destroyed over sixty universes and performed craniotomies on Iron Man to extract the seventh Infinite Gem, earning him the nickname "Craniotomy Reed."
This subsequently led to numerous events, such as in the latest Universe 6160, where a theoretically impossible Spider-Man, a handsome middle-aged man whose wife is the red-haired, fair-skinned MJ, with a perfect emotional life, well-behaved children, and a middle-class status, could be considered the ultimate Spider-Man V3, a template for Peter Parker's perfect life...
But that's getting off topic. Returning to the current issue, Ultron's appearance is closely related to the Mind Stone.
Moreover, in this incident, there are also Scarlet Witch Wanda and Quicksilver Pietro. The only question is whether these two are related to Magneto and if they are Mutant themselves.
It's still unknown for now. The Ultron incident hasn't fully unfolded yet, so there's no need to worry for the time being. However, once Ultron completely loses control, Luo Men could consider temporarily disconnecting from the internet; Ultron, in the network, is in some sense invincible, and being found would be quite troublesome.
In the short term, Luo Men had no intention of contacting Ultron or meeting any of the Avengers. Getting involved in such a major event would be troublesome if it caught Ancient One's attention.
"It's troublesome, but how strong can Telepathy be when combined with the Mind Stone?"
Luo Men was a bit curious. Merely poking people to hypnotize, or creating Ultron or Vision, or even creating super-powered individuals, Luo Men felt it wasn't quite enough.
Since it's the Mind Stone, then giving it to a strong person with Telepathy, such as Professor X, should be able to unleash its strongest power.
However, Luo Men thought for a moment and decided that in the future, he could try to get in touch with the Mind Stone. If he had the chance, he could directly acquire the Mind Stone. A Telepath would definitely be the best match for the Mind Stone, and he was a Telepath.
As for whether Vision or anything else could be born, Luo Men didn't care at all, because it had nothing to do with him.
After surfing the internet for a while, Luo Men closed his computer.
After leaving his wooden cabin, Luo Men prepared for a good workout.
Over these days, Luo Men's strength had grown, but he was still in a growth phase. Therefore, if he had time every day, he would diligently train, such as practicing Sun Breathing.
Sun Breathing can be said to perfectly complement the Thermal Energy Absorption ability. This type of ability can inherently be strengthened through training, as can physical strength. And Sun Breathing can perfectly facilitate training, exercising Luo Men's body as comprehensively as possible.
However, because the training time was relatively short and Sun Breathing was too powerful, Luo Men's daily use of Sun Breathing was limited. Besides using Sun Breathing during training, Luo Men would use Thunder Breathing most of the time. Luo Men, who possessed the static field ability, was also very suitable for Thunder Breathing.
Sun Breathing, originating from Yoriichi Tsugikuni, was derived from his innate abilities, so its starting point was inherently very high. It belonged to a Breathing Technique with a high lower limit but also a higher upper limit.
Other Breathing Techniques, on the other hand, were developed by swordsmen themselves, and thus had more complete strength progression routes from weak to strong. They had a lower lower limit, but their upper limit was weaker than Sun Breathing.
Therefore, Sun Breathing is difficult to learn, but other Breathing Techniques are easier to learn.
Luo Men's training with Sun Breathing would be quite exaggerated.
Therefore, when Luo Men trained, he would not be in the base.
Leaving the base, Luo Men went to a secluded mountain spring, took off his clothes, and sat in the spring. The water level was just at his chest, providing sufficient pressure without being too restrictive.
As Luo Men began to breathe, the surrounding temperature also started to rise. A large amount of heat gathered from all directions, and soon, a large amount of steam began to evaporate from the mountain spring water.
If he were to cultivate in his wooden cabin instead of the mountain spring, Luo Men's house would most likely burn down.
Moreover, during cultivation, due to the accumulation of temperature, areas slightly further away would be very cold, which might have a relatively large impact on others. Therefore, Luo Men always trained some distance away from the base.
As Luo Men entered a state of cultivation, patterns of fire and lightning faintly appeared on his body, appearing and disappearing, looking very mystical.