Mist Mutation Induction

Terrigen Mist was a miraculous fog produced by the Terrigen Crystals buried deep beneath Attilan. The mist could cause Inhumans to undergo strange mutations and gain all kinds of superpowers. As the foundation of the Inhuman race, the Terrigen Mist was guarded with extreme strictness. No one could approach it without permission, not even the Inhuman King.

After that meeting of the three Inhuman leaders, Alex was sent to a secluded location to undergo Mist Mutation Induction.

On the day Alex officially underwent the Terrigen Mist induction, the three leaders gathered again. Even His Highness Alex had come. He looked rather similar to Alex.

"Is this my child?" His Highness Alex looked at Alex, who was still lying inside the induction chamber. He staggered over, leaned beside Alex, and examined him carefully. His right hand trembled as it reached toward Alex’s face, while tears streamed uncontrollably down his cheeks.

After staring for a long while, His Highness Alex suddenly turned to his elder brother, the Inhuman King. "Is there any news of his mother?"

The Inhuman King fell silent. After a long pause, he finally said, "According to Korlon, she is dead."

His Highness Alex froze, then suddenly burst into loud sobs again, repeating over and over, "I failed her. I failed her!"

"His Highness Alex, please do not interfere with our work!" His Highness Alex’s sobbing grew louder and louder. Several people frowned unconsciously, their eyes even revealing a trace of contempt.

The emotionally unstable His Highness Alex was first stunned, then enraged. Forgetting his low caste, he could not help but open his mouth to curse. But the Inhuman King reacted swiftly and covered his mouth before he could make a sound.

"Stop making trouble. You’ll only harm your son this way!"

The Inhuman King’s words immediately silenced His Highness Alex. He stopped struggling, and when he turned to look at Alex, his eyes were filled with tenderness and regret.

"It’s starting!"

As the cold voice rang out, a faint blue mist suddenly poured into the induction chamber. The moment the blue mist touched Alex’s body, it vanished without a trace, as though Alex had absorbed it directly.

Within seconds, the induction chamber was empty, without even a wisp of blue mist remaining.

"What’s going on?" The Inhuman King looked shocked as he turned toward the people responsible for the induction.

That person frowned as well, seemingly unsure of what had happened. After discussing it with several people beside him, he began injecting Terrigen Mist into the induction chamber again.

It was exactly the same as before. As soon as the blue Terrigen Mist appeared, Alex’s body absorbed it completely in no time.

They injected Terrigen Mist three times in a row, and every time produced the same result. Everyone was dumbfounded. Such a situation had never appeared in Inhuman history.

"Should we continue?" Even the person in charge of the induction hesitated now. He turned to look at the Inhuman King and the people from the Gene Council.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Inhuman King ignored the Gene Council’s opinions and said firmly, "Continue!"

To the Inhuman King’s surprise, the Gene Council not only did not object, but nodded in agreement.

With both leaders in agreement, the induction naturally continued.

Half an hour passed, yet Alex remained unchanged inside the induction chamber, leaving everyone in a dilemma. If they stopped, all the previous expenditure would be wasted. If they continued, no one knew how much more Terrigen Mist would be consumed.

Alex was like an unfillable Black Hole, endlessly devouring Terrigen Mist. The mist he alone had consumed was already enough to mutate more than thirty people!

His Highness Alex watched Alex with a heart full of worry, then turned to look at the others around him. He understood their thoughts clearly. Even his own brother was hesitating. After a moment of indecision, His Highness Alex dropped to his knees and begged, "Try one last time, please!"

Seeing his own younger brother kneeling before him in tears, the Inhuman King felt a pang in his heart. He turned to the others and asked, "Continue?" This concerned the very foundation of the Inhuman race, so the Inhuman King could not make the decision alone.

"Please, just one last time!" His Highness Alex trembled all over as he looked at the few people deciding his child’s fate, his eyes full of pleading.

After a long silence, the final dose of Terrigen Mist was injected into the induction chamber.

A startling change occurred swiftly before anyone could react.

After the blue mist touched Alex’s body, it was no longer absorbed. Instead, it clung to his body, gradually solidified, and finally became a thin layer of blue crystal that tightly encased Alex.

Seeing this change, His Highness Alex could not help but leap to his feet, weeping with joy. "It worked! It worked!"

After Inhumans underwent Terrigen Mist induction, blue crystals like the one covering Alex would also form around their bodies. This was the sign that the induction had been completed. All that remained was to wait for a new Inhuman to be reborn from the blue crystal. For some, this process took only a few hours; for others, it took several days.

"It’s finally done!" The Inhuman King and the others also let out quiet sighs of relief. Their gazes toward Alex now carried a little more anticipation. Having absorbed so much mist, the ability he eventually mutated would surely be exceptionally powerful.

But at that very moment, a sudden upheaval occurred in the Savage Land.

Strucker suddenly led tens of thousands of AIM agents into the Savage Land. With lightning speed, he swiftly occupied Poseidonia, which had already become ruins, then swept through and took control of every remaining city of the Descendants of Atlantis. By the time Emma came to her senses, the entire plains region of the Savage Land had become AIM territory.

"I should be the first to take responsibility." Howard looked shamefully at Emma, who was on the verge of exploding, and explained in a low voice, "I didn’t keep watch over the holographic control console in time…"

Emma suppressed the anger in her heart and turned to Howard, gently consoling him, "Howard, this isn’t your fault." The holographic control console could only control the forests and swamps here. The plains were completely sealed off; even observing them was difficult, let alone controlling or altering them.

"Let’s discuss what we should do next first." Since Alex left, Nick Fury had remained on the Floating Giant Island. He had originally planned to leave tomorrow, but he had not expected something like this to happen. "Strucker clearly came with bad intentions. I’m afraid he came prepared."

"If Strucker comes, then he comes. I’m not too worried about that." Emma supported her forehead with both hands and lightly massaged her temples, her face full of concern. "What I’m afraid of is that Tashim will appear again!"

Emma’s words made everyone’s expressions change.

Alex and Korlon, that Inhuman tracker, had both left. On Earth, there was probably no one who could suppress the terrifying Tashim anymore.