The live broadcast ended, and before everyone could recover from the shock, major unrest began outside.
Every location that had previously purchased sentinel robots was attacked by red-eyed Sentinels.
The Sentinels activated automatically, and the human back-end controls were completely useless. The factions that had relied on the Sentinels to capture Mutants everywhere recently reaped the bitter fruits, suffering massive casualties in an instant.
Bases were destroyed and personnel were injured. However happily they had laughed before, that was how bitterly they were crying now.
The safety of ordinary people was actually not affected much, because there were no sentinel robots where they lived.
Of course, there was inevitable panic. After the Sentinels went out of control, the entire society fell into chaos. These machines, once hailed as the guardians of humanity, were now being treated as weapons of World destruction.
They didn't yet know the specifics of Fox, who claimed he wanted to save the World but was actually destroying it, but the Sentinels were already becoming more than humanity could bear.
Even most Mutants had no way to fight the Sentinels, and human weapons were almost useless against them as well.
After destroying the Bases of various anti-Mutant factions, the sentinel robots swarmed toward the nearest Military camps in groups.
"Fox's plan is obvious; he wants to first destroy humanity's armed forces and strip humanity of its resistance so that he will face no threat!"
At an emergency high-level official meeting, a Military representative gave an anxious briefing.
The President, sitting in the main seat, asked, "Can our army hold off the Sentinel attacks?"
In the United States movie World, one only needs to focus on the United States; that makes sense.
"Currently, a total of 35 Military Bases are under Sentinel invasion, with an average of three to four Sentinels per Base. I believe our heavy firepower..." Before the Military representative could finish, a Military intelligence report arrived at the meeting.
"The first wave of Military camps attacked by Sentinels has fallen! The Sentinels are now heading for the next wave of camps!"
The Military representative's face instantly became incredibly unsightly.
He had wanted to save face in advance, but he didn't expect that before he could finish speaking, he would only be able to write elegies for the army.
The high-ranking officials at the meeting also fell into a state of chaos.
"Where are our planes? And the tanks? Missiles?" someone asked hurriedly.
At this time, the intelligence summary from the first wave of Military camps that had engaged the Sentinels came in, and they quickly checked the specifics.
"Missiles can't lock onto the Sentinels at all?"
"Concentrated artillery fire can delay the Sentinels, but the damage caused is extremely limited?"
"During the battle, the thing the Sentinels spent the most time on was actually traveling?"
The officials simply could not accept that the World's most powerful Military force, which they had always been proud of, was actually vulnerable before the sentinel robots!
The President remained slightly more composed and immediately ordered: "Gather the army for a large-scale mobilization immediately and establish a defensive position to the northeast of Washington!"
Trask Industries' headquarters was in New York, which was also where the number of Sentinels was highest, so the defensive position definitely had to be set up in the direction coming from New York.
This measure also gave others some hope, because when the army operates in large formations, its combat power is completely incomparable to that of one or two Military camps.
Military Bases could be picked off one by one by the Sentinels, but a modern army would not fall so easily.
"The Air Force will conduct continuous attacks on the Sentinels coming from New York!"
"The Navy will also move the fleet near Washington to provide support!"
Washington is the capital, and Military defense focus would definitely be prioritized here. Only if the capital remained could the situation be better controlled.
An army of over a hundred sentinel robots set out from New York, flying toward Washington in a grand manner. However, they did not head straight for Washington; instead, they eliminated all the Military camps along the way, which happened to give the human army time to assemble.
The general public was naturally panicked as well. Residents in large cities fled to the countryside, mountains, and other places far from the battlefield. Fortunately, the sentinel robots' current targets were the human Military, so they did not specifically target the populace.
Of course, for New York, this was the place with the most Sentinels. Although most had headed for Washington, a small number of Sentinels still roamed the city.
Therefore, the number of people fleeing New York was the highest.
"This scene reminds me of that night we made a pact in New York before the Missile Crisis. Humans were also busy running around like this," Shaw said, looking at the humans blocked on the road from inside the X-Jet.
Fang Yuan also nodded.
At a glance, these were not authentic New Yorkers. Qualified New York residents are beings who remain calm during Terrorists attacks and escape safely during alien invasions.
Without nine ways to leave New York, how would you dare live there?
"Reminiscing is over, old-timers."
Storm sighed and said.
"We should think about how to solve this crisis."
Compared to the composure of Fang Yuan and the others, the X-Men were very anxious. In the Blink of an eye, Earth was actually facing the risk of destruction.
"In fact, this is a mess caused by humans. We warned them long ago," Shaw still maintained that calm and indifferent demeanor.
Storm was a bit angry: "If you hadn't insisted on a conservative approach, the sentinel robots might not have caused such widespread chaos."
"Then the humans would have gathered the army they are gathering in Washington in front of the gates of Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters instead." Shaw's single sentence dispelled her resentment.
The X-Men were suddenly discouraged. They knew Shaw was right. Before the Sentinels went out of control, if the authorities had to choose between Mutants and Sentinels, there was a high probability they would not choose to trust Mutants.
"Dammit, it's all that Fox's responsibility!" Cyclops, who was piloting the plane, suddenly said furiously.
This immediately drew everyone's agreement. The Sentinels were just weapons; the person controlling the weapons was the true Great Demon King.
"So this is the enemy that made the Professor and Magneto join forces to prepare for. Truly terrifying," Jean murmured.
After Fox appeared, the slight suspicions within the X-Men regarding Professor X and the others were swept away. Indeed, compared to the Sentinels, Fox looked much more dangerous no matter how you viewed it.
"Wait, Scott..." Jean suddenly had a Telepathy hit, "There's a Sentinel hunting humans at nine o'clock!"
Cyclops quickly turned the plane's direction.
"We haven't exactly prepared nothing," Sebastian Shaw said with a smile as he looked at these proactive juniors. "At least we can protect our own kind now."
By now, the Military forces near New York had been completely scattered. The only ones still able to operate here were the X-Men.
So they began to help search for and rescue those in need in the city. As for how they, as Mutants, could avoid the Sentinel's pursuit?
On everyone's uniform inside the X-Jet, there was an X-shaped emblem.
"The X-mark can only shield you from Sentinel searches beyond 20 meters. You must be careful," Fang Yuan reminded them.
Heroes in times of crisis are easily and widely publicized. Since the X-Men needed to be heroes, Fang Yuan would naturally provide the convenience.
"Remember, only bring the Mutants. We cannot save everyone. If humans want to live, they must rely on themselves!" Shaw also reminded them.
Jean and the others were silent for a moment, then finally all nodded: "Okay!"
Though cruel, what Shaw said was the truth.
"Let me go first!" Storm volunteered.
The hatch opened, and she was the first to jump down.
The sky was instantly covered with dark clouds, and after accumulating for a moment, violent thunder and lightning struck the Sentinel that was chasing humans.
The sentinel robot's upper body was hit by the lightning and pressed to the ground, but after the lightning disappeared, it quickly stood up again, and the injuries on its body were also rapidly recovering.
The Sentinels at this time had better performance than those in Fang Yuan's hands, mainly because the materials had been significantly upgraded, making them very resilient.
However, the Mutant gene pool at the Sentinel's core was not yet extensive enough; it lacked Rogue's genes and temporarily could not replicate Mutant abilities in battle.
So this also gave the X-Men a chance to join forces and defeat the Sentinels.
Blink opened her hands, and a portal appeared above the Sentinel's head. Sunspot released a fierce flame that shot straight at the Sentinel's head.
Bishop also picked up a self-made energy gun and fired wildly at the Sentinel. This gun helped Bishop release the energy within its body, similar to the limiter Alex Summers had on his chest at the beginning.
Although the Sentinel did not suffer much damage, its vision was obstructed. Storm took the opportunity to charge up again, and the lightning struck down, finally smashing the Sentinel's head.
The headless Sentinel instantly collapsed. Everyone then let out a sigh of relief and hurried to help the group of fleeing humans.
"A robot, and its head is actually a fatal weakness just like a human's?" Shaw shook his head and asked Fang Yuan in a low voice.
Fang Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Otherwise, how would the heroes make their grand entrance?"
The two smiled with tacit understanding.
If Fang Yuan were to design a sentinel robot normally, he certainly wouldn't leave such an obvious weakness. But the goal of Professor X and the others was to eliminate human prejudice against Mutants, and Fang Yuan also needed to build prestige for his employees. So for the convenience of the Mutant Superheroes, a flaw that could defeat the Sentinel definitely had to be provided.
But this flaw was useless to humans, because when facing humans, the Sentinels were all under the unified command of Athena. Forget about having its head smashed; even if half its body was missing, it could move if it wanted to.
So naturally, the human army suffered a crushing defeat and could only pin their hopes on large-scale Military operations.
"Please, take us with you!"
"Yes, please!"
A commotion came from not far away. Fang Yuan and Shaw turned to look. It turned out that when Jean and the others were taking away the excluded Mutants, other people crowded around, wanting to go with them.
Everyone had just witnessed the X-Men's strength and understood that only by following them could they survive.
Seeing that Jean and Cyclops were both in a dilemma, Shaw decisively walked over to play the villain.
"Sorry, we can only take Mutants," Shaw said with a smile, though his tone was not very polite. "In fact, saving you just now was already very generous considering the past. After all, you didn't want to live with Mutants anyway, did you?"
The crowd of ordinary people fell silent.
They had remained silent when Mutants were in trouble, so they truly had no standing to demand that the Mutants save them to the very end.
This scene was captured clearly by several live-streaming reporters in the crowd and transmitted through the broadcast signal.
With both Fang Yuan and Shaw involved, none of this would be a pure coincidence.
Broadcasting the X-Men defeating the sentinel robots was, of course, to demonstrate the X-Men's power.
But this time, Fang Yuan and Shaw forced Cyclops and the others to limit their saving of people.
Broadcasting the X-Men only providing full assistance to Mutants in front of the camera was to tell all of humanity—
Now, the situation between humans and Mutants has been reversed.
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