Marvel: Killing Makes You Stronger

[Sponsored] Chapter 29: Weaving an Illusory Hell for Stryker

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The twin metal doors were flung open, and Xiao, followed by Stryker, stepped inside. Confronting the operator, who stood up in shock, Xiao pushed him aside, moved forward, and began typing furiously on the keyboard.

At this moment, the computer skills he had learned earlier came into play.

He quickly accessed the interface for the mind-control device. Seeing this, Stryker's pupils constricted in sudden fear, immediately guessing what the Asian boy was about to do.

In a swift motion, Stryker turned around, pulled a pistol from the operator’s belt, and aimed it at Bi Xiao.

But by the time he acted, it was too late. Bi Xiao had already disabled the mind-shielding device. With no mind shield active, his psychic power instantly spread, seizing control over Stryker and the operator.

Stryker, holding the gun, was still conscious, but his body was no longer under his control.

"You react quite fast," Bi Xiao commented, turning around with a cold smile towards Stryker. He glanced at the operator next to him and sent a psychic bomb his way, causing instant brain death and the operator collapsed on the floor.

Stryker, still wielding the pistol, heard the noise beside him and felt increasing despair.

"Let's see what atrocities you've committed over the years," Bi Xiao said, ruthlessly invading Stryker's brain and flipping through his memories. What he saw was a series of inhumane, bloody images that only fueled his urge to kill.

"So you really are absolute scum, viewing mutants as mere animals?"

"What do you consider life to be, Stryker?"

"They are just animals; they shouldn't even exist in this world. They are freaks, they disrupt social order, they all deserve to die, and so do you, you monster," Stryker ranted, knowing his end was near. No longer masking his disgust and hatred for mutants, he continued to curse madly, his eyes wild with insanity.

"Compared to those I've killed before, you are the real villain, Stryker. Death would be a mercy for you, but I won't let you die. I'll turn you into a walking corpse, watching yourself go mad in endless agony and torment on the streets, abused until death."

"Even if you plunge into hell, I will remember you. I will find you there and continue to make you suffer through the endless torment."

After saying this, Bi Xiao released a powerful psychic force, and at that moment, Stryker's eyes lost their sparkle, becoming dull.

Bi Xiao then used his vast psychic power to weave a fantastical yet real world for Stryker, a fictional hell where the world's most vicious punishments occurred, and Stryker would suffer endlessly.

He would also become one of the mutants who had endured bloody and brutal experiments, repeatedly reliving that role, watching as his former subordinates dissected him alive.

To prevent his brain death, Bi Xiao even programmed a special mechanism that would rejuvenate Stryker's frail psyche just before brain death.

To prevent others from detecting Stryker's condition and potentially using other psychics to free him, Bi Xiao set up three psychic barriers around the fictitious world, complete with traps, psychic bombs, and storms to deter any rescue attempts.

Indeed, he had prepared this for the world's two other psychic masters.

If they tried to interfere with his torturous plans, they couldn't blame him for being cruel.

After all this, Bi Xiao felt somewhat drained from crafting the illusionary world, creating psychic barriers, and setting traps. It was a huge task.

But Bi Xiao felt a deep sense of satisfaction.

Humans should not be as cruel as Stryker. If one ever came before him, he would make them endure a brutal set of tortures in a fictional hell.

After completing all this, the satisfied Bi Xiao ignored the now lifeless Stryker, whose mind was trapped and body moved like a zombie, but his survival instincts remained, teaching him to search for food and water, or scavenge from bins if necessary. He wouldn’t die.

Additionally, Bi Xiao whimsically implanted a magical seed in Stryker’s heart that would release energy to heal his body if it was ever severely damaged.

How considerate.

Moved by his own actions, Bi Xiao then headed to where the mutants were imprisoned. The original guards had been drawn away by his intrusion and subsequently wiped out in the ensuing assault.

The prison cells were deep within the base, beyond thick walls near Lake Alkali, under conditions that could drive even a sane person mad.

The metal net bridge formed the pathway, with cells on either side imprisoning mutants of various ages and races—Caucasians, Asians, African-Americans, and others.

True equality in misery—Stryker had captured mutants of every race.

As Bi Xiao appeared, the mutants silently clutched the bars of their cells, looking sideways at him.

Recognizing him as different from the other personnel at the base, and recalling the recent alarms and gunfire, hope flickered in their eyes.

However, due to numbness and fear, none dared to speak up.