Logan and Yuriko were engaged in a fierce and cruel battle to the death amidst the molten iron, while Wanda and Psylocke also exchanged blows in mid-air, unleashing all sorts of bizarre and unpredictable techniques.
However, Zhou Yi, at the center of the incident, was unusually quiet. He neither helped his teammates nor launched thunderous attacks on his enemies. He just floated motionless in mid-air, like a mere decoration.
And his appearance was precisely what Logan and Wanda least wanted to see. Because they knew that the reason he was like this was not because he was slacking off, but because he was facing the most terrifying Mental Energy attack in the World.
Professor Charles, combined with Great Master Jason, such a Mental Energy attack was enough to make every strong person in this World feel fear. Even Scarlet Witch Wanda, who stood at the pinnacle of Mutants and could resist Professor Charles's Mental Energy attack, could not guarantee that she would be safe under such a combined attack. Therefore, the critical situation Zhou Yi was in was completely imaginable.
They worried that Professor Charles and Great Master Jason would join forces to kill the strongest Superhero currently in this World. At the same time, they were even more worried that Dawn Knight would lose his will under their Mental Energy invasion and become a minion in Stryker's hands.
The first scenario would make them sad, while the second scenario would put their lives in danger. And they did not want to accept either. So they were fighting desperately, hoping to rescue Zhou Yi before all this happened. At the same time, they were praying in their hearts, hoping that Dawn Knight could hold on longer.
Meanwhile, in Zhou Yi's Mental Energy World, his situation was indeed extremely critical. He was experiencing an illusion he had never experienced before.
Opening his eyes, he found himself lying in a room filled with the smell of disinfectant. The white ceiling above his head and the beeping instruments beside him told him that he was in a hospital ward.
He wanted to stand up, but what came from his limbs and entire body was a blank sensation. He felt his body was as hard as a stone, and no matter how much he tried, he couldn't make it react in any way, not even the slightest tremor of a finger.
This strange thing made him feel great confusion and surprise. He had never lost control of his body, and this feeling made him very uneasy. He wanted to open his mouth and shout for help. But he found that he couldn't even make a sound. Besides moving his eyes, he couldn't do anything at all.
This feeling, like a person with complete senses being confined to a small container where he couldn't even move, was simply maddening. Although Zhou Yi didn't go mad, his mood was hard to calm down.
He began to ponder what had happened. However, when he started to retrieve his memories, he found that large blank areas began to appear in his memory.
Where he had been before, what he had done. Who his friends and family were. Everything was like being covered in a fog, completely unrecallable. The only things he could remember were his mother, his sister, and his identity.
Dawn Knight, Sun Deity. A Superhero with great power.
But even this meager memory was becoming somewhat blurry.
Not only because of an indescribable interference, but also because he himself began to question this memory.
From this body, which was like stone, he could not feel any power existing. Could such a person be the so-called Superhero? He didn't believe it, nor did he believe anyone would believe it. So, if even this was false, would his mother and sister be real?
He wanted to doubt, but he dared not. This remaining memory had become his most important possession. He began to silently repeat this memory in his heart, repeating it infinitely, imprinting it deeply into his mind and carving it into his bones. But how long this pale memory could last, he did not know.
Time passed little by little, every second as long as a whole day. Until the Sun rose and set, the Moon waxed and waned. Again and again, over and over. And for Zhou Yi, countless days and nights had passed.
Time is always the most terrifying poison, because it can strip everything of its original color. Even memories, Zhou Yi's memory, which he had recounted countless times, became hazy. Countless days and nights passed, and his World remained unchanged.
A terrifyingly white ward, an immobile body, and an irritating, maddening beeping sound. No one had ever come, and nothing had ever changed. It was as if only these things existed in the World. The eternally unchanging colors and scenery were enough to erase everything in everyone's heart.
Those memories began to gradually dissipate, despite some reluctance. But in the face of an unchanging reality, no matter how much reluctance, one could only compromise. His World only had these things, no family, no friends, no self. Everything began to sink into oblivion.
Zhou Yi's Mental Energy World was still maintaining near Eternity. But outside his mind, the World was undergoing drastic changes.
Having lost the Mental Energy amplifier's influence, the Seal Charles had placed on himself once again took effect. His power began to wane, and he soon lost the threat that was fatal to all Mutants. And when Great Master Jason and Charles joined forces to drag Zhou Yi into the deepest Mental Energy illusion, their influence on everyone dropped to the lowest level.
This meant that whether it was the Brotherhood of Mutants and the Academy, or the Mutants controlled by Stryker, most of them had recovered. Especially those who were controlled, when Jason was preoccupied, a slight hallucinogenic agent could no longer control their minds. They gained freedom of their minds.
However, when this freedom arrived, they also discovered that a terrible disaster was rushing towards them.
The Erica Dam had already been scarred by Cyclops's super ray, and the reason it was still holding on was entirely due to a fragile balance formed by Cyclops's ray and the surging lake water. The ray shot out from the cracks in the dam, evaporating all the incoming lake water, preventing it from impacting the dam.
This was like drinking poison to quench thirst, but it couldn't be said to be useless. However, when Cyclops regained his consciousness and subconsciously closed his eyes, this fragile balance was broken. The lake water, like a Beast breaking free from its restraints, rushed towards the dam.
The fatally wounded dam could no longer withstand the immense Water pressure and terrifying power. Starting from the huge breach, the dam began to disintegrate. Along with this Base, they were facing a terrifying natural disaster. Billions of tons of Water would completely submerge everything here.
The Mutants began to scramble for their lives. In the face of this natural might, they had no other choice, and no time to make other choices. The dam might hold for a little while longer, but for how long? No one would know, and no one wanted to know. All they thought about now was escaping this natural disaster.
Beast Hank, with his healthy body, picked up the unconscious Ororo, who had broken her legs from falling from a high altitude. At the same time, he also pulled Cyclops, Scott, who could only walk with his eyes closed at this time, having lost his eyes.
He was completely blind. Because he couldn't control his ability, he could only keep his eyes closed to prevent further damage.
As for Magneto's subordinates, they ran the fastest at this time, because they only had themselves to worry about. In this regard, it must be said that Magneto's education of his subordinates was an absolute failure. Survival of the fittest might create strong individuals, but it could not build a strong team.
Almost everyone was running out, but one person was moving against the flow of people. That was Jean, or rather, Jean, who had fallen into an ability rampage.
Professor Charles's previous Mental Energy annihilation had not caused any harm to this potentially strongest Mutant; quite the opposite. His Mental Energy attack caused Jean's fragile will to no longer be able to sustain itself.
The Mental Energy cage could no longer contain the nearly irrational Dark Phoenix. She began to contend with Jean Grey, the main body, for control of the body. And this resulted in a riot of her abilities.
Telekinesis, Mental Energy, and even the power of the Dark Phoenix to annihilate matter, decomposing everything from its Origin, at a microscopic level, all mixed together, forming a terrifying Mental Energy storm.
She walked forward step by step, and along the path she took, the cement and steel bars were all decomposed into tiny particles. She was accelerating the destruction of this dam. But no one dared to say anything to her. Because a visible storm surrounded her, and it was this storm that was causing everything they saw.
In the face of this destructive power, no one had the courage to speak. They could only bypass her from a distance, desperately fleeing from this place.
Beast saw Jean's presence, but he remained silent about everything he saw. He didn't shout her name, because he knew there was someone beside him who would disregard everything for her.
And even if Scott wasn't there, he wouldn't have the courage to stop him. As the Professor's former assistant, he also had some understanding of this potentially strongest Mutant and the Dark Phoenix deep within her. An existence that could be feared by the Professor would only deepen his apprehension. Just seeing her current appearance, he had almost lost his courage.
Smart people always do what they think is most correct, and what Beast Hank thought was most correct was to take the remaining fruits of the Academy and escape from here. Jean Grey had become the most feared existence in the Professor's words in his heart; he had already given up on her.
So, with almost no hesitation, he took Ororo and Scott and mingled with the crowd, escaping.
Jean naturally saw this scene. Jean Grey, as the main body, felt a trace of sadness, but for the Dark Phoenix, who was currently dominant in will, she didn't care at all. The thoughts of ants would never leave any trace in her heart. She only cared about one thing, and only this could she keep in her heart.
And now, what she felt made her fear.
Her Mental Energy, which was almost catching up to Charles's, at this moment, she had vaguely sensed the Mental Energy light of the person she cared about most. This light, under the guidance of two powerful Mental Energy, became like a flickering candle in the wind, seemingly about to extinguish at any moment.
And such a phenomenon was enough to drive her mad. Almost instantly, the Mental Energy storm around her surged, its destructive power even stronger than before. At the same time, this storm began to move rapidly, like a real hurricane.
It destroyed everything, with only one goal. Deepest within this dam.