At this moment, Magneto, ever the showman, felt a slight pang of awkwardness. He had intended to appear before Jean Grey and the others as a savior, swooping in to turn the tide and prop up a crumbling edifice. But now, it seemed Nightcrawler had thrown a wrench into his plans.
"Erik, what are you doing here?" Jean Grey and Ororo looked at Magneto with some alert. "Aren't you in the plastic prison? Professor X and Scott went to see you. What exactly happened?"
"Whoosh!" Magneto waved his hand, bringing the plane to the ground. Looking at the largely shattered aircraft, Magneto shook his head helplessly and muttered, "I was planning to use it to travel, but it seems that's no longer possible."
"Charles and Scott have been taken. William Stryker did it. His goal is the Cerebro machine! He probably can't move the one at the academy, but he's likely preparing to build a second one..."
"How did he know about Cerebro? Did you tell him?" Ororo asked, glaring at Magneto with an unfriendly expression.
"There was nothing I could do. I couldn't resist his power..." Magneto shook his head frankly, raising the helmet in his hand. "Not just me, even a powerful telepath like Charles probably couldn't resist his power..."
"What? How is that possible? Professor X's psychic abilities are so powerful, how could there be anyone he couldn't resist?!" Ororo and Jean Grey exclaimed. In their minds, while Charles wasn't omnipotent, at least in terms of psychic abilities, Charles was unrivaled!
"Jason, that child, is William Stryker's son. He intends to use Jason to control Charles and use Cerebro to kill all mutants!" A hint of apprehension flashed in Magneto's eyes, and the helmet in his hand was ready to be placed on his head at any moment.
With this helmet, Magneto was confident he could survive, but his fellow mutants, he feared, might not. His lifelong pursuit would also vanish like smoke.
"Where has the Professor been taken then?" Jean Grey asked hurriedly.
"I don't know either." Magneto shook his head. "However, Logan once dealt with William Stryker. If he can remember, we might be able to find William Stryker's location."
"He's in Chinatown!" Ororo glanced at Jean Grey and revealed Logan's whereabouts. "We were going to go look for him, but now..."
"Then let's just fly to the city first," Magneto said after a moment of silence, looking at the damaged plane. "Anyway, your plane is most likely beyond repair, so why don't you just let me use it!"
As Magneto finished speaking, without giving Jean Grey and the others a chance to reply, he completely reshaped the plane, turning it into a metal box resembling a car. He packed everyone inside, then controlled the metal box to move towards Chinatown.
"Crack!" In Wong's room at the Wing Chun martial arts school, Wong, who was in seclusion, felt a slight cracking sound from his dantian, as if he had broken through some barrier. Immediately after, the internal energy in his dantian continuously contracted, becoming purer and more solid.
"Whoosh!" Wong opened his eyes, and a faint light shot out from them before disappearing. A hint of joy flashed in Wong's eyes. Finally, he had grown stronger on his own, and it was a crucial breakthrough from Transcendent to Legendary.
"Is this Legendary? Innate?" Wong combined his understanding with Bai Zhantang's perspective, nodding with some realization. Having just broken through to the Legendary realm, Wong had entered the Innate realm. However, Wong was unsure if the Innate realm was completely equivalent to the Legendary realm.
After all, Bai Zhantang's strength was already at the peak of his world, and he hadn't had the opportunity to reach higher levels.
"It shouldn't just be Innate.
After all, Legendary is already the third realm, and there are only three more realms after that. Those awesome beings in myths shouldn't be only three realms away from Innate!"
Thinking of this, Wong opened his character panel and took a look.
"Host: Wong."
"Essence: 1115 ? (+999) points."
"Qi: 101 points."
"Spirit: 11.1 (+9.9) points."
"Skills: Ip Man Ability Pack, Gun-fu, Baozi Bomb, Bai Zhantang Ability Pack, Sing Ability Pack, Dream Butterfly Escape, Indestructible Diamond Skill, Undying Body (from Rebirth Dragon Seal)"
"Items (currently equipped): Rebirth Dragon Seal."
"Evaluation: With the Rebirth Dragon Seal equipped, you are already a legendary master with comprehensive development in essence, qi, and spirit. But remember, do not rely too much on external objects. What you master yourself is truly your own ability."
"Indeed, I've fully entered the Legendary realm." Wong nodded with satisfaction, but the system's evaluation made him vigilant. The Rebirth Dragon Seal was, after all, an external object. Although Wong had found a way to prevent others from taking it, such an attached equipment was not as powerful as his own strength.
"Hmm?" Just then, Wong raised an eyebrow. Because he had just removed the special ability that sealed the room, he sensed that a group of people were approaching Chinatown.
Wong released his perception and saw a group of Chinese people, a group of unfamiliar Chinese people, approaching aggressively. These people, it was clear, were not the neighbors of Chinatown, and Wong had never even seen them before.
"Who are these people?" A hint of doubt flashed in Wong's eyes. Chinatown hadn't even opened yet, only a few early-rising neighbors were up.
And this group of people, with their unfriendly demeanor, definitely meant no good!
Thinking of this, Wong walked out of the room. He didn't jump directly from the second floor but walked down the stairs and opened the door of the Wing Chun martial arts school.
"Oh, is my nephew opening the door to welcome us?" The leading man saw Wong walk out after opening the door and suddenly laughed. "I heard that after your father died, your Wing Chun martial arts school made a lot of money..."
"So?" Wong's expression turned cold, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes as he asked.
"So, after the Golen Gang was wiped out, this area is now under our Star Gang's control! Nephew, I know you're a good fighter, even the boxing champion wasn't your match, but now things are different. Guns are the way of the world!" The man pulled open his clothes, pointed to the pistol inside, and laughed mockingly at Wong.
"Starting today, the entire Chinatown must pay protection fees. We don't ask for much, a monthly membership fee of 500 US dollars to join our Star Gang, plus thirty percent of your monthly income. This small amount of money, for someone who has made a lot of money like you, should be a trifle, right?"
"Star Gang?" A hint of understanding flashed in Wong's eyes. This was the gang that Uncle Zhong had tried to contact him about when he first transmigrated to this world, but Wong hadn't expected this gang to come seeking trouble.