While the Wing Chun martial arts school decided not to get involved in the mutant uprising, over at the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Cyclops had already returned.
Charles led Cyclops and Ororo to a secret underground room.
"Professor, are we really going to do this?" Ororo clearly couldn't understand Charles's intention, why he insisted on siding with humans.
"Why don't we just cooperate with Jean and establish a mutant autonomous region together?"
"That's not Jean anymore; Scott should be very clear about that," Charles said, shaking his head with a firm expression.
"Jean is currently controlled by another self; her power is uncontrollable and could erupt at any moment, even destroying this world..."
"We cannot let that happen, so we must try to stop her.
More importantly, if we truly cooperate and combine the two mutant forces, then humans will no longer hold back.
Only by fighting and sacrificing ourselves can we prevent humans from universally treating us as enemies.
Alas, my original plan had already begun to be implemented..."
Charles's final tone held a hint of helplessness.
Originally, Charles had been subtly influencing the US President to gradually accept the mutant community, and he was even preparing to have Beast Hank enter politics, but plans often go awry, and everything happened too suddenly.
"Regardless of whether she is Jean now, in my heart, she will always be Jean," Cyclops said, shaking his head with a firm expression, looking into Charles's eyes.
"Moreover, Jean's strength was originally stronger than all of ours, and now Jean is even more unfathomable.
There's no way we can be her match..."
"So, we'll have to use some other means..." Charles sighed softly, controlling his wheelchair to bring Cyclops and Ororo to a laboratory.
This lab collected blood samples from most of the mutants in this world, and the most abundant were from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and the Brotherhood of Mutants.
That's right, this secret laboratory was built jointly by Charles and Magneto.
Even within Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, few people knew of its existence; it was even more secluded than the Cerebro chamber.
"Professor? This is...?" Cyclops's eyes flashed with surprise as he looked at the unfamiliar laboratory.
He hadn't expected such a place to exist within Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
"This is a laboratory that Erik and I built a long time ago.
Originally, we wanted to research how we came into being, but by a stroke of luck, we obtained a special gene from Logan..." Charles said, pointing to a test tube nearby.
The test tube contained a red liquid, like blood, but with some differences.
Moreover, Cyclops and Ororo vaguely sensed an allure emanating from the red liquid.
"What exactly is this?" Cyclops felt a voice in his heart telling him to drink the liquid in front of him.
He suppressed the doubt in his mind and asked.
"Logan's special gene, along with countless genes from our brethren, eventually merged to create this liquid.
We call it Banshee," Charles said, his gaze shifting slightly.
"According to our speculation, this Banshee can enhance mutant abilities or turn ordinary people into mutants..."
"Magneto? That time with the senator?" Ororo's pupils constricted slightly.
She suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively.
"That's right, there wasn't just one bottle of Banshee back then.
Erik and I felt we didn't need this extra power, so my bottle was left here, and Erik's bottle failed..." Charles nodded calmly and said softly.
"Drinking it might strengthen your original abilities, or it might grant you new ones.
You two..."
"I'll do it!" Cyclops took a deep breath and stepped forward decisively.
After all, he was the leader of the X-Men, and since he chose to return, some responsibilities had to be borne by him.
"Good," Charles nodded, watching Cyclops walk over and drink the Banshee serum in one gulp.
As Cyclops swallowed the Banshee serum, his entire body instantly turned red and swelled up, his physique slowly transforming into an exaggeratedly powerful muscular state, and he occasionally let out a muffled groan.
"Professor, will he be alright?" Ororo asked, looking at Cyclops with some concern.
"If it were an ordinary person, they might not be able to withstand the genetic mutation, but Scott has already experienced an ability awakening.
This genetic mutation will not cause too much harm to him," Charles said calmly, shaking his head.
"What we need to be most concerned about now is how strong Scott will become, what abilities he will gain, and whether he can fight Jean, bring her back, and end this mutant uprising..."
Hearing "end this mutant uprising," Ororo fell silent.
Even now, she still didn't quite agree with Charles's viewpoint.
She didn't even understand why, when there was clearly a path that offered hope, Charles was unwilling to take it and insisted on sticking to his own opinions.
"Ah!" Just as Ororo was silent, Cyclops let out a scream, and then the glasses specially made for Cyclops, which controlled his optic blasts, suddenly exploded.
"Oh no!" Ororo exclaimed, worried that the entire laboratory would be destroyed by Cyclops in the next moment.
However, everything did not happen as Ororo had expected.
Cyclops was now wide awake, but there were no optic blasts shooting from his eyes!
"Scott? This is...?" Ororo looked at Cyclops with disbelief, her expression hesitant as she asked.
She wasn't sure whether Cyclops had gained enhanced abilities and could control his optic blasts, or if he had lost that ability.
"Don't worry, I can control it now." Cyclops's eyes slowly brightened, as if his entire spirit had received a huge boost.
His body was now full of robust muscles, as if proclaiming the immense power contained within him.
His eyes were incredibly bright, as if indicating that his optic blasts had been strengthened.
More importantly, Cyclops's body slowly floated up.
After swallowing the Banshee serum, Cyclops actually gained the ability to fly.
Controllable optic blasts, powerful physical strength, plus flight—at this moment, Cyclops could completely be renamed Superman!