Crystal

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After Sebastian Shaw led his people away from the Floating Giant Island, Emma stopped pursuing them. She merely sent a small group to follow them for appearances’ sake while she led the majority back to the Floating Temple, which had already been reduced to ruins.

The moment Emma reached the temple, she saw the young man in charge of guarding the observation room. Before she could speak, he dropped to his knees and repeatedly blamed himself. "Director, it was all my fault. I let them escape…"

Emma swept her gaze over him but found not a single wound on his body, not even any sign that he had fought. She frowned and asked coldly, "What exactly happened?"

The young man did not dare hide anything and told her everything. After all that, even he did not know what had happened. He had simply fallen asleep while standing guard, and when he woke up, the entire observation room was empty.

"Hm?!" Emma had been suspicious at first, but as she listened, she understood. Sebastian Shaw’s men must have had a mutant with an ability like the hypnotic voice of the legendary Banshee. He had hypnotized all the guards, then easily rescued everyone. "This isn’t your fault. You may leave."

After offering a few more consoling words and sending the young man away, Emma turned and walked over to Howard, who was inspecting the ruins. She secretly transmitted her voice to him. "Howard, were the losses severe?" One plan had resulted in even the Floating Temple being destroyed. The more Emma thought about it, the more regretful she felt.

"Severe!" Howard’s face was bitter, his brows drawn tightly together. "The holographic console was completely destroyed. Controlling the Savage Land again is now impossible."

Emma froze and urgently asked, "Didn’t I tell you to move the holographic console beforehand?" Emma had valued it greatly. At the very beginning of the plan, she had instructed Howard to begin relocating it, afraid that this treasure might be accidentally destroyed.

"I haven’t even figured out the holographic console myself. How was I supposed to move it?" Howard sounded helpless, and there was a trace of resentment in his gaze as he looked at Emma. "I never should have agreed to your plan. Now look at us—we got nothing."

Emma was instantly dazed. Looking at the shattered stones and broken walls covering the ground, she hesitantly asked, "Is there really no way at all?"

"Forget about controlling it. We’ll be fortunate if we can even manage full surveillance now." As Howard spoke, he continued burying himself in the task of sorting through the holographic console’s wreckage.

Behind Howard, Emma let out a quiet sigh of relief upon hearing that. She patted her chest and said happily, "Surveillance is enough!" The holographic console’s ability to control the entire Savage Land was indeed impressive, but it was not particularly useful to Emma. After all, the plains could not be controlled.

As Sebastian Shaw led a large number of Hellfire Club mutants into a city of the Descendants of Atlantis, a golden-red-haired girl entered the Fetal Care Center in Attilan, the hidden city of the Inhuman race.

Hearing the approaching clatter of footsteps outside, His Highness Alex groggily opened his eyes. Looking at the mutation chamber beneath his hand and the person lying inside it, a trace of sorrow flashed through his eyes. His mood instantly worsened, and he roared at the approaching sound outside, "Whoever you are, get out immediately!"

The footsteps outside stopped at once, followed by a sweet voice. "Uncle Alex, it’s me, Crystal."

His Highness Alex paused slightly, then let out a long sigh. "So it’s Crystal. Come in."

As he spoke, a tall girl slowly entered. Her long golden-red hair cascaded over her shoulders, and a faint smile rested on her beautiful face. She radiated incomparable youthful vitality that made others want to smile along with her.

As if influenced by the girl, the corners of His Highness Alex’s lips rose slightly. "Crystal, shouldn’t you be training with Gorgon? What are you doing here?"

The girl called Crystal pursed her lips, her brows lifting slightly as she said with a grin, "I heard from my sister that Uncle had a child, so I came over to take a look."

At the mention of his child, His Highness Alex’s expression immediately darkened again. He turned to look at the mutation chamber, his despairing eyes like a stagnant pool without the slightest hint of life.

News about Alex had not spread through Attilan. Very few people knew about it, much less that Alex had undergone Terrigen Mist mutation. Crystal knew nothing of the situation. She thought Alex had only recently undergone mutation, and without noticing His Highness Alex’s expression, she leaned directly over the mutation chamber and carefully examined the motionless Alex inside.

"Uncle, he really looks like you!" After studying him for a long while, Crystal turned to look at His Highness Alex again and could not help crying out in delight. "But he’s more handsome than you! By the way, Uncle, what’s his name?"

Hearing Crystal’s cheerful voice, His Highness Alex’s mood gradually warmed again. He could not help letting out a soft laugh. "Alex. The same name as mine."

"Then Uncle is Big Alex, and he’s Little Alex!" Crystal giggled as she continued observing him. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Uncle, why is his hair black?"

"His mother had black hair. In fact, he inherited more of his appearance from his mother." As His Highness Alex spoke, his eyes grew slightly moist. He remembered the days they had once shared.

Crystal was a kind child. Seeing her uncle like this, she deliberately tried to cheer him up. "Uncle, tell Crystal about you and Auntie. I’ve never known what the outside world is like!"

"It was one winter when I secretly ran out of Attilan…" His Highness Alex did not refuse. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and sank into distant memories.

"Later, they discovered my whereabouts and wanted to take me back to Attilan. To avoid dragging Hui Ru down with me, I had no choice but to return with them." As he spoke, His Highness Alex could no longer hold back his tears. They poured forth like a breached dam. "But I didn’t know Hui Ru was already pregnant. If I had known, I would never have left her and our child, even if it killed me. I hate myself! I failed them both!"

Crystal panicked somewhat. Turning to look at Alex in the mutation chamber, she hurriedly tried to comfort him. "Uncle, your child came looking for you. You should be happy. Once he finishes mutating, the two of you can live happily together."

It would have been better if she had said nothing. Her words only tore open His Highness Alex’s wound, and he cried even harder.

Crystal was completely bewildered and had no idea what to do. Watching His Highness Alex weep bitterly, she was at a total loss.

After a long while, His Highness Alex stopped crying. After that bout of pain, his mood had instead improved considerably, as though the grief that had been building inside him for more than a month had all flowed from his body with his tears.

"Crystal, do you know?" His Highness Alex vigorously wiped his face and looked at the mutation chamber. His voice was calm and unhurried. "Alex underwent Mist Mutation Induction a month ago. At the time, he absorbed the mist produced by dozens of ordinary people undergoing mutation, and he has been asleep ever since."

While Crystal came to a sudden realization, her heart was also filled with shock. She finally understood what a foolish thing she had just said. "Uncle, I’m sorry…"

"It’s all right. I believe he will wake up." His Highness Alex spoke with certainty, as though he were speaking not only to Crystal, but also to himself. "I’ll keep waiting until he wakes up." (Marvel’s Teleporter will have even more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, along with 100% prize giveaways 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!)