Shen Mu was not without methods to resist the threat of the Red Sun; in fact, he had quite a few.
The simplest method was to create a device capable of shielding against the Red Sun's radiation.
Much like the protective suits worn by Superman's archenemy, General Zod, and his forces.
However, constantly wearing a suit of armor as a giant dragon felt a bit strange and didn't align with Shen Mu's style.
If it were the nano-armor invented by Tony Stark in the future, that would be a different story.
Additionally, another option was to find a Symbiote and allow it to transform into Symbiote armor at will.
Alternatively, Shen Mu could elevate his Sun God Power to an extremely high level, gaining the ability to control the Sun.
However, the time required for such an increase was visibly long.
Or, he could obtain other abilities through treasure chests, allowing him to possess transcendent power even if he lost his Kryptonian abilities.
Shen Mu wasn't particularly worried about the future shown by the Time Stone.
"Sorcerer Ancient One, I would like to request a Sling Ring and learn the teleportation magic. Would that be possible?"
With a clear plan in mind, Shen Mu began to state his purpose for coming to Kamar-Taj to Ancient One.
"Of course, it's possible. It would be even better if you could join Kamar-Taj. I could even break tradition and pass the position of the next Sorcerer Supreme to you."
Although Ancient One already knew that in the future, she would have a more outstanding disciple who could take over the responsibility of protecting Earth, that was what happened on the original timeline.
Now, Shen Mu's appearance had changed what she had seen in the past, so the choice for the future Sorcerer Supreme was not unchangeable.
Moreover, the potential in Shen Mu astonished Ancient One.
If Shen Mu could take over for her, Ancient One felt she could retire even earlier!
Instead of having to resist the invasion of the Dark Dimension while also drawing power from the Dark Dimension to sustain her life, as she was doing now.
Ancient One knew that if other magic users found out about her drawing on Dark Power, their minds would be greatly shocked.
Especially her disciple Mordo; Ancient One knew his character very well.
"I'm sorry, I have no intention of joining the Sanctum Sanctorum."
Shen Mu refused without a second thought!
Becoming the Sorcerer Supreme would bring him no benefits whatsoever, only endless trouble.
"That's truly a pity. If you agreed, you might have become the greatest among us in history."
Ancient One said with a hint of regret.
"This honor will be given to another poor sucker... no, I mean, to another excellent magic user."
Shen Mu almost blurted out 'poor sucker' but quickly corrected himself.
Ancient One pretended not to hear it.
However, Shen Mu keenly noticed her eyebrow twitch slightly just now.
"The Sling Rings are outside; you can go and take one yourself. As for teleportation magic, if you don't want to learn from Mordo, you can look for relevant magic books in the library."
"And if you're interested, you can also look at other books."
"Kamar-Taj does not forbid the learning of any magic knowledge; it only forbids the use of certain magic."
Hearing Ancient One's words, Shen Mu knew she had no intention of teaching him, but Shen Mu didn't mind.
"It seems being petty is truly a woman's nature; even the Sorcerer Supreme is no exception."
Shen Mu inwardly grumbled that Ancient One must have deliberately said that because she heard him call the successor to the Sorcerer Supreme a 'poor sucker' just now.
However, Shen Mu still quite admired Ancient One's character.
Noble but not rigid, protecting the light yet not minding placing herself in the dark.
While Shen Mu was busy imprinting Kamar-Taj's magic texts into his mind, in the year 2023, the Mutant race was facing an extinction-level disaster.
Ever since Mutants displayed their extraordinary and terrifying powers, the government had been secretly capturing and researching Mutants.
They were simultaneously cultivating ultimate biological tools using Mutant genes and trying every possible way to completely eradicate Mutants.
And some people also focused their attention on these exceptionally gifted Mutants.
Among the most obsessed was the founder of Trask Industries, the father of the Sentinel Robot
—Bolivar Trask.
Through cooperation with the government, he captured and researched Mutant DNA, eventually discovering that a special gene named X was responsible for their mutations.
In his mind, Mutants were both the hope for human evolution and the common enemy of all ordinary people.
Through these studies, he created the first generation of Sentinel Robots, capable of automatically searching for X-gene carriers within a certain range and killing them.
Mystique Raven discovered this fact and, to prevent him from further harming her Mutant brethren, she shot and killed Bolivar.
However, she herself was captured by the government as a result.
And because of her shapeshifting ability, which could lead to annihilation without anyone's knowledge, the government organization became even more convinced of Bolivar's Mutant threat theory.
So, by studying and deciphering Mystique's genes, they created the true Mutant killer, the "Second Generation Sentinel Robot"!
They could deploy corresponding counter-abilities based on different opponents, and thus, in a short period, they almost completely annihilated all Mutants!
At this time, the only ones left were a group of X-Men led by Professor X, making their final stand.
However, they were now pushed to the brink!
They placed all their hope on Shadowcat Kitty!
She had always believed her ability was to phase through walls, but later, she slowly discovered her true ability was to phase through everything, including time and space.
And it was through this ability that she sent Professor's consciousness back to the past, allowing the past Professor X and his team to receive information from the future, which enabled them to repeatedly escape the pursuit of the Sentinel Robots.
But this time, they needed Kitty to send consciousness back decades to reverse the future.
"Wait, Professor, while I can send a person's consciousness back a few weeks or a month, to send it back decades now, even if you have the strongest human brain, its mental endurance has its limits. Traveling through time and space will tear it apart."
"Professor, no one can withstand such a transmission spanning decades."
"I'm very sorry, I cannot stand by and watch you lose your life because of this."
Kitty said with a heavy expression.
She understood in her heart that if they insisted on the transmission, Professor X would only face death; there would be no other outcome.
Everyone's faces were somewhat grim.
"What if someone's mind could endure for over a hundred years without getting lost, and his brain could self-heal the instant it was torn apart?"
At this moment, Wolverine Logan, whose temples were already streaked with two patches of white, suddenly spoke.
As soon as he said this, everyone's gaze immediately focused on him.
They knew in their hearts that Logan was talking about himself; he had lived from the late nineteenth century to the present twenty-first century, relying on the powerful vitality brought by his super self-healing.
Instantly, everyone's recently shattered hope reignited!