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Although Little Logan looked tall and sturdy, he was actually not yet four years old. Ever since Alex had brought him back, he had stayed by Emma’s side, so naturally, Emma had become his little mother. Having inherited Logan’s gifts, Little Logan developed exceptionally quickly, and his intelligence was outstanding—barely inferior to that of an ordinary adult.

Seeing everyone’s expressions, Little Logan grew even more pleased with himself. "Little Mom, did I do a good job?!"

"My Little Logan is the best!" Emma scooped Little Logan into her arms and planted a fierce kiss on his cheek, thrilled beyond measure.

Howard took the item from Little Logan’s hands, fiddling with it as he asked, "Little Logan, where did you find this energy gun? In the forest?"

That was right. What Little Logan had brought back was an energy gun, a standard Hydra-issued energy gun. Hydra had used them during World War II, and after the war, the Hellfire Club mutants led by Sebastian Shaw had used them in the war between humans and mutants as well.

For such an energy gun to appear in the Savage Land, there was no doubt that it had been left behind by the missing AIM and Hellfire Club mutants.

Little Logan broke free from Emma’s embrace, swiftly snatched the gun back from Howard, and said with a solemn face, "This gun is my trophy. It’s mine!"

"It’s yours, it’s yours!" Eager to learn the exact details, Emma stuffed the gun back into Little Logan’s arms and hurriedly asked, "Little Logan, tell Little Mom, where did you get this gun?"

"The swamp." Little Logan carefully slung the energy gun over his back, raised his head and puffed out his chest as he swept his gaze over everyone. His faint brows furrowed cutely. "I searched there for a long time, but I never found any trace of them. So I suspect they’ve already slipped through the swamp and entered the Great Lake."

The Great Lake was the enormous lake beneath the Floating Giant Island, and the swamp’s waterways happened to connect directly to it.

After thinking it over for only a moment, Emma became certain that Little Logan’s suspicion was correct. She instantly sprang to her feet and turned to glare furiously at the people responsible for security.

Under Emma’s glare, the few of them shrank back, their faces flushing as red as monkey butts. They had barely arranged any proper guards around the swamp.

"Send people out immediately! Find them for me!" Emma suppressed the anger in her heart and practically roared the order.

The people in charge fled the Floating Temple as if escaping for their lives. Yet less than a minute later, they hurried back together, their faces filled with panic.

Seeing them return so soon, Emma could not help frowning. She snapped irritably, "Why are you back again? Did you find them?" "Headmistress, someone has broken into the observation area!"

"What?" Emma shot to her feet, her expression turning extremely ugly. "Didn’t I tell you to strengthen the defenses? How did you still let someone break in?!"

As she spoke, Emma raced out of the Floating Temple and charged toward Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, with Howard and the others close behind her.

When Emma’s group reached the observation area, they could hear fierce sounds of fighting from far away.

"Stay here!" Emma told Howard and Little Logan to remain behind before turning and rushing toward the observation area even faster.

Howard wanted badly to go and take a look, but he knew his own limits. Going would only cause trouble, so he sensibly accepted Emma’s instructions. Little Logan, however, was not nearly so obedient. With a whistle, he rode Little Fire Dragon and chased after her.

They soon reached the observation area. A crowd of students had blocked up the entrance, and inside, two groups of people could be seen locked in a vicious brawl.

When they saw Emma arrive, many people consciously made way for her, allowing her to quickly reach the front.

After a quick glance, Emma saw that while quite a few people had been released, truly important figures such as Sebastian Shaw were not among them. Emma had already transferred those people elsewhere, including Erik and the real Red Skull.

"What happened? How did they get in?" Skipping over the familiar faces, Emma quickly identified the intruders. There were quite a few of them—at least a dozen.

The person standing beside Emma explained awkwardly, "One of them can make a group invisible. They sneaked in without being noticed. We only discovered them when they revealed themselves to rescue people."

"Oh, there’s an ability like that?" Emma looked surprised and turned toward Tessa beside her. "Can you find out who it is?" Tessa possessed many Mutant Abilities, all of them highly practical. Perceiving Mutant Abilities was only one of them. Emma found this sort of group invisibility extremely useful and intended to keep that person for Alex.

"Found him!" Tessa quickly locked onto the target, pointing at a gaudily dressed young man. "But his ability isn’t group invisibility. More accurately, it’s dimensional movement. It’s even stronger than invisibility!"

At Tessa’s words, people had already rushed forward. In no time at all, they had captured the young man and dragged him back, with Emma’s help, of course. Without Emma using telepathy to control him, he would have slipped into another dimension long ago.

The dozen or so intruders, along with the hundred or so people they had freed, were no match at all. Before long, they had all been captured. Not a single one escaped.

Little Logan repeatedly tried to charge in and have a fight, but Emma firmly held him back. Seeing the battle end so quickly, he curled his lips in disdain. "They’re so weak. They practically came here to die."

The speaker had meant nothing by it, but the listeners took it to heart.

At Little Logan’s complaint, a shadow passed through Emma and Tessa’s eyes.

From Raven at the very beginning to these dozen or so people now, although their numbers had increased, it was clear that these people alone could never rescue those imprisoned in the observation area. Yet they had still sent people one after another, clearly pursuing some other objective.

"Tessa, do you think that place is safe?" Emma secretly contacted Tessa through telepathy. No one knew how many "undercover agents" were hidden across the Floating Giant Island, so some matters were best not discussed openly.

Tessa hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "On the entire Floating Giant Island, that should be the only place that’s safe."

Just as they spoke, a tremendous crash rang out from outside. Emma and Tessa exchanged a glance and rushed out. The first thing they saw was the lofty spire of the Floating Temple, situated in the center of the Floating Giant Island, slowly beginning to tilt.

"Oh no!" Emma and Tessa cried out at the same time and charged back toward the Floating Temple. After taking only a few steps, Emma did not forget to warn the guards watching the observation area, "Watch this place carefully! If even one person escapes, I’ll hold you accountable!" (Marvel’s Teleporter will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, along with 100% prize draws for everyone! Open WeChat now, tap the "+" in the upper-right corner, select "Add Friends," search for the public account "qdread," and follow it—hurry up!)