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Chapter 451
Chapter 449: Apocalypse's Followers! Visiting Cerebro!
Magneto and the others did not find traces of Apocalypse in Cairo, Egypt.
After all, Cairo is the capital of Egypt and quite large. Furthermore, Apocalypse was buried deep underground, in a state of hibernation, with extremely weak brainwaves. Without an accurate location, finding him would be truly difficult.
In the home of a wealthy Egyptian merchant named Khnum, the merchant was talking to Butcher's group.
"Since ancient times, we have believed in the Deity. He bestowed divine power upon all beings, thereby creating mutants."
"No offense, I'm not interested in your faith. We came to Egypt simply to find a mutant named Apocalypse."
Mystique noticed a strange tattoo on the man's neck. It looked like the tip of a pyramid and was likely an ancient hieroglyph.
The person who brought them here also had this symbol on their neck. Combined with Khnum's remarks, she had reason to suspect that the other party was a follower of a certain cult, and that this cult was related to mutants.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are Mystique, who publicly killed Dr. Trask in 1973, aren't you? Can I see your true appearance?"
Khnum looked at Mystique with an intense gaze. At the same time, he had his men bring out several cups of hot milk tea.
"You know me?" The blonde, blue-eyed Mystique didn't understand how she was recognized while hiding her true appearance.
"To be precise, I know the two gentlemen beside you, Billy Butcher and Magneto Erik. Your actions are something I've heard of, even here in Egypt."
Khnum took out two wanted warrants he had prepared in advance from inside his clothes and continued, "Since '73, when mutants first appeared in the public eye, we believed it was a sign of God's revival. So, we have been collecting information about mutants."
"That sounds a bit ridiculous. I don't think God's revival has anything to do with mutants," Magneto said with a cold face.
"If there's no relationship, why would you come to Egypt looking for that Lord of Light, the Almighty God?"
Khnum had someone bring over an ancient stone tablet engraved with many hieroglyphs. He then pointed to the symbols on it and said, "En Sabah Nur, the world's first mutant, the Progenitor of mutants born tens of thousands of years ago, which is the Apocalypse you speak of, the incarnation of the Deity in our eyes, the great Almighty God."
"Butcher, you brought us to Egypt just to find a mutant from tens of thousands of years ago?"
Magneto's face instantly fell, his voice even carrying a hint of anger. "Shetty! Are you fucking with me? Tens of thousands of years have passed; that guy named Apocalypse has probably turned to dust."
"Shut up! I won't allow you to insult the Deity like that!" Khnum reacted quite strongly. He rushed forward, waving his fist towards Erik.
"Don't move, or I'll send you to meet God."
A coin suddenly pressed against Khnum's forehead, seemingly about to pierce his skull.
The icy touch made Khnum stop his actions, but he still glared at Erik, his eyes seeming to spit out anger.
"Erik, killing him won't benefit us," Mystique grabbed Erik's arm and then returned to her original form.
Looking at the azure-clad Mystique, Khnum's face was tight, and he lowered his fist. "I believe He will appear again. To find His trace, we've spent vast amounts of manpower, material, and financial resources, searching through major ancient ruins around the world, and finally found the traces He left behind."
Then, the rich merchant said excitedly and passionately, "On this very stone tablet, it is detailed that He possesses a superpower: He can transfer his consciousness to others. This symbolizes that He will never die. Moreover, He mostly targets mutants for the transfer. He can absorb mutants' superpowers, thereby continuously accumulating power. Therefore, infinite lifespan is merely an insignificant ability to Him."
The rich merchant devoutly placed his hand on the stone tablet and said fanatically, "Legend has it that He will bestow strength upon others, making them the powerful and divine Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. As long as you have faith in Him, find Him, and awaken Him, He will give us everything we want."
"Then have you found where He is?" Butcher asked.
Khnum wiped the part of the stone tablet his palm had just touched with a clean handkerchief, then shook his head.
"Although we are doing our utmost to decipher the documents and information about Him, we have not yet found His location. However, what we can be sure of is that He is right here in Cairo, Egypt. Perhaps it won't be long before we find Him."
"If you find him, please be sure to tell us, because I am also one of his Followers," Butcher stepped forward and said solemnly to the rich merchant.
The rich merchant nodded doubtfully. Although he remained skeptical of Butcher's words, he believed that anyone who saw Apocalypse would submit to Him.
Leaving the rich merchant's house, Butcher and the others walked on the street. Mystique, who was disguised again beside them, frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really a Follower of that Apocalypse?"
"You believe whatever nonsense I spout? Apocalypse is a powerful mutant. If he can join our faction, then mutant rule over the world won't be far off," Butcher said.
"But... can we really control him?" Recalling what the rich merchant had just said, a hint of worry flashed in Mystique's eyes.
"Don't worry. As long as he doesn't side with humans, things will develop in a direction favorable to us no matter what."
Soon, Butcher and the others disappeared into the crowded streets.
...
At Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, invited by Charles, Xia Shang brought his assistant Kayla to visit the latest generation of Cerebro, jointly developed by Beast Hank and the government.
Compared to the initial version, the improved Cerebro was clearly more technologically advanced.
Passing through a circular steel door with a metallic luster, whose protection level was no less than a vault main door, what came into view was a spacious and tidy blue corridor. Charles, operating his wheelchair, walked in the front, followed by Alex, wearing a leather jacket.
At this moment, Hank, walking side-by-side with Xia Shang, introduced, "The security system here is absolutely the most advanced in the world. Just the steel door at the entrance weighs 75 tons, and not even a missile can blast through it. In addition, this place is also equipped with a facial recognition system, which can determine a person's identity through details such as their face and pupils."
To the right at the end of the corridor, there was another heavy steel door.
However, when the detection device in the center of the door detected Charles's face, while automatically opening, it shot out two beams of blue light, shining on Charles's face, forming an X-pattern symbol.
At the same time, a clear female mechanical voice sounded.
"Welcome, Professor Charles."
(end of chapter)
Magneto and the others did not find traces of Apocalypse in Cairo, Egypt.
After all, Cairo is the capital of Egypt and quite large. Furthermore, Apocalypse was buried deep underground, in a state of hibernation, with extremely weak brainwaves. Without an accurate location, finding him would be truly difficult.
In the home of a wealthy Egyptian merchant named Khnum, the merchant was talking to Butcher's group.
"Since ancient times, we have believed in the Deity. He bestowed divine power upon all beings, thereby creating mutants."
"No offense, I'm not interested in your faith. We came to Egypt simply to find a mutant named Apocalypse."
Mystique noticed a strange tattoo on the man's neck. It looked like the tip of a pyramid and was likely an ancient hieroglyph.
The person who brought them here also had this symbol on their neck. Combined with Khnum's remarks, she had reason to suspect that the other party was a follower of a certain cult, and that this cult was related to mutants.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are Mystique, who publicly killed Dr. Trask in 1973, aren't you? Can I see your true appearance?"
Khnum looked at Mystique with an intense gaze. At the same time, he had his men bring out several cups of hot milk tea.
"You know me?" The blonde, blue-eyed Mystique didn't understand how she was recognized while hiding her true appearance.
"To be precise, I know the two gentlemen beside you, Billy Butcher and Magneto Erik. Your actions are something I've heard of, even here in Egypt."
Khnum took out two wanted warrants he had prepared in advance from inside his clothes and continued, "Since '73, when mutants first appeared in the public eye, we believed it was a sign of God's revival. So, we have been collecting information about mutants."
"That sounds a bit ridiculous. I don't think God's revival has anything to do with mutants," Magneto said with a cold face.
"If there's no relationship, why would you come to Egypt looking for that Lord of Light, the Almighty God?"
Khnum had someone bring over an ancient stone tablet engraved with many hieroglyphs. He then pointed to the symbols on it and said, "En Sabah Nur, the world's first mutant, the Progenitor of mutants born tens of thousands of years ago, which is the Apocalypse you speak of, the incarnation of the Deity in our eyes, the great Almighty God."
"Butcher, you brought us to Egypt just to find a mutant from tens of thousands of years ago?"
Magneto's face instantly fell, his voice even carrying a hint of anger. "Shetty! Are you fucking with me? Tens of thousands of years have passed; that guy named Apocalypse has probably turned to dust."
"Shut up! I won't allow you to insult the Deity like that!" Khnum reacted quite strongly. He rushed forward, waving his fist towards Erik.
"Don't move, or I'll send you to meet God."
A coin suddenly pressed against Khnum's forehead, seemingly about to pierce his skull.
The icy touch made Khnum stop his actions, but he still glared at Erik, his eyes seeming to spit out anger.
"Erik, killing him won't benefit us," Mystique grabbed Erik's arm and then returned to her original form.
Looking at the azure-clad Mystique, Khnum's face was tight, and he lowered his fist. "I believe He will appear again. To find His trace, we've spent vast amounts of manpower, material, and financial resources, searching through major ancient ruins around the world, and finally found the traces He left behind."
Then, the rich merchant said excitedly and passionately, "On this very stone tablet, it is detailed that He possesses a superpower: He can transfer his consciousness to others. This symbolizes that He will never die. Moreover, He mostly targets mutants for the transfer. He can absorb mutants' superpowers, thereby continuously accumulating power. Therefore, infinite lifespan is merely an insignificant ability to Him."
The rich merchant devoutly placed his hand on the stone tablet and said fanatically, "Legend has it that He will bestow strength upon others, making them the powerful and divine Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. As long as you have faith in Him, find Him, and awaken Him, He will give us everything we want."
"Then have you found where He is?" Butcher asked.
Khnum wiped the part of the stone tablet his palm had just touched with a clean handkerchief, then shook his head.
"Although we are doing our utmost to decipher the documents and information about Him, we have not yet found His location. However, what we can be sure of is that He is right here in Cairo, Egypt. Perhaps it won't be long before we find Him."
"If you find him, please be sure to tell us, because I am also one of his Followers," Butcher stepped forward and said solemnly to the rich merchant.
The rich merchant nodded doubtfully. Although he remained skeptical of Butcher's words, he believed that anyone who saw Apocalypse would submit to Him.
Leaving the rich merchant's house, Butcher and the others walked on the street. Mystique, who was disguised again beside them, frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really a Follower of that Apocalypse?"
"You believe whatever nonsense I spout? Apocalypse is a powerful mutant. If he can join our faction, then mutant rule over the world won't be far off," Butcher said.
"But... can we really control him?" Recalling what the rich merchant had just said, a hint of worry flashed in Mystique's eyes.
"Don't worry. As long as he doesn't side with humans, things will develop in a direction favorable to us no matter what."
Soon, Butcher and the others disappeared into the crowded streets.
...
At Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, invited by Charles, Xia Shang brought his assistant Kayla to visit the latest generation of Cerebro, jointly developed by Beast Hank and the government.
Compared to the initial version, the improved Cerebro was clearly more technologically advanced.
Passing through a circular steel door with a metallic luster, whose protection level was no less than a vault main door, what came into view was a spacious and tidy blue corridor. Charles, operating his wheelchair, walked in the front, followed by Alex, wearing a leather jacket.
At this moment, Hank, walking side-by-side with Xia Shang, introduced, "The security system here is absolutely the most advanced in the world. Just the steel door at the entrance weighs 75 tons, and not even a missile can blast through it. In addition, this place is also equipped with a facial recognition system, which can determine a person's identity through details such as their face and pupils."
To the right at the end of the corridor, there was another heavy steel door.
However, when the detection device in the center of the door detected Charles's face, while automatically opening, it shot out two beams of blue light, shining on Charles's face, forming an X-pattern symbol.
At the same time, a clear female mechanical voice sounded.
"Welcome, Professor Charles."
(end of chapter)
