Brian and his team were startled, instinctively turning to look behind them while drawing their guns and aiming them at the source of the footsteps.
At that moment, they saw the appearance of the newcomer.
A young man in black, with a handsome face that seemed familiar— it was none other than the Messiah, whom they had been speaking with not long ago.
"Messiah?!"
Brian and his seven companions were stunned.
They could hardly believe that a routine search had actually led them to find the Messiah.
At that moment, their only feelings were panic and trembling.
"What do we do now?"
"This is the Messiah..."
Even holding their guns did nothing to reassure them. After all, the Messiah's formidable power was well-known to them; they knew that guns wouldn't have much effect.
They pointed their guns at the Messiah but no one dared to fire.
Syd (Su Yao) stopped in his tracks and faced them from a distance.
"Which agency's orders are you following?" he asked directly. "Are you searching for my location?"
"What is your purpose?"
One of the team members, trembling, finally spoke, "N-no purpose. We just wanted to confirm your location."
"Oh, really?" Syd's voice was cold. "I'll count to three. If you don't speak up, I won't be polite."
But even after he counted to three, the seven remained silent.
In the next moment, Syd's form slightly floated and then vanished.
Boom!
There was a sonic boom.
Syd appeared next to one of the team members and delivered a punch to his abdomen.
In the blink of an eye, the man was sent flying.
"Clayton!"
Brian and the others were alarmed, first worried about Clayton's safety.
Then...
"Such speed!"
"Was that a sonic boom?!"
They couldn't believe it.
When did the Messiah's speed become this fast? According to the intel, his speed shouldn't be this high, especially based on the video analysis of his missile attack from earlier. He definitely didn't have this kind of speed!
Sonic speed—can a human even reach that?
Could it be that the recent outrageous rumors were true, that the Messiah's growth rate was extraordinarily rapid?
Brian and the others couldn't believe it.
"Since you're unwilling to speak, so be it..."
Syd said as blue light began to glow from his hands.
[Spirit Power Experience +1]
With a boom, the blue light flashed...
In the end, Syd didn't get any more information, even the last person who was dying only mentioned that the military wanted to confirm his location, seemingly to see if there was an opportunity to use missiles again.
Syd didn't comment on this explanation.
As for the seven individuals, their fate was obvious.
After briefly cleaning up the battlefield, Syd quickly left, preparing to continue practicing his abilities.
As he traveled, a group in Cairo, Egypt, was searching for something in an underground cave.
Cairo, Egypt.
"Is this the place, the legendary resting place of the deity?"
Several Arab men, wearing turbans and sporting large beards, held flashlights and searched through the cave buried under rocks.
The light from their flashlights revealed a scene sealed underground for thousands of years.
Ancient Egyptian statues, murals, and mysterious hieroglyphs exuded an aura of antiquity and exoticism.
Tristan and the other six had come here after reading in an ancient book that, over three thousand years ago in Egypt, there had been a deity.
This deity was betrayed by the Egyptians of that time and ultimately fell into a deep slumber in this place—a pyramid ruin buried deep underground.
After some searching, they found a golden pyramid tip, which should have been at the top of the pyramid.
The tip seemed to be made of pure gold, covered in intricate patterns, and appeared very mysterious.
Tristan and the others first circled it, then, with reverence, began to chant around the golden pyramid tip.
"Omnipotent deity, grant us power..."
"Grant us authority..."
"Great... Omnipotent deity..."
"We are your loyal followers, please grant us light, great omnipotent deity..."
As they chanted, sunlight streamed into the cave, causing the patterns on the golden tip to glow brilliantly.
"Look, look!"
"Look, everyone..."
Seeing the golden tip shining brightly, the six showed excitement and chanted their prayers more fervently.
"Great omnipotent deity..."
As their chants grew more fervent, the ceremony interrupted by the betrayal of the Egyptians was restarted.
Golden patterns spread everywhere.
Then, deep in the shadows of the pyramid ruins, a man in blue armor, lying on a stone platform, opened his mouth and began to breathe rapidly.
The deity the group spoke of—Apocalypse—opened his eyes.
After adjusting to his body, Apocalypse looked at the stones surrounding him and activated his power with his eyes turning white.
Purple and white light flashed, lifting the stones one by one, causing the entire pyramid ruin to tremble.
"What's happening? What's going on?"
Tristan and the others above looked around in panic.
Seeing the shaking stones and falling dust, they quickly scrambled and fled toward the cave entrance.
Boom!
The pyramid ruins exploded, and a tall figure with blue skin slowly emerged from the rubble.
As for the six individuals, they were buried by the falling stones as they tried to escape.
Apocalypse, gazing up at the sun, looked somewhat disoriented.
After a while, he appeared on the streets of Cairo, Egypt, clad in a black robe.
Observing the strangely dressed pedestrians and the sudden arrival of cars, Apocalypse struggled to adapt.
What era is it now, and who is in charge?
Apocalypse was filled with confusion.
At the same time, he wondered about the current condition of his fellow mutants.
Is their situation better or worse?
How has it developed?
With these thoughts, Apocalypse walked through the streets of Cairo, observing his surroundings.
After a while of observation, he noticed their situation didn't seem very good…
It wasn't like this thousands of years ago; back then, he was even revered as a deity by humanity…
But now, what did he see? They were met with disdain from ordinary people, even being captured?
Had the situation for his kind become so dire?
End of Chapter