Chapter 416 Knight-Plague

The White House, underground command post.

In a spacious conference room somewhere, several senior officials from both the federal military and political parties were sitting on both sides of a long table. In front of them was an unfolded projection screen, which displayed detailed data of a giant sentinel and some bloody actual combat videos.

"Everyone, please take a look. After many days of research and development by our group, a new version of the Sentinel robot has been manufactured. After testing, all data, including its actual combat power, have greatly exceeded expectations. In terms of cost..."

Next to the projection screen, an Asian young man in a suit and tie was talking to the crowd. Suddenly, his preaching stopped, and his pupils, which had been focused, dilated slightly. In the depths of his black pupils, the image of a light blue virtual screen was faintly revealed.

[Notice to all: The hidden character Apocalypse has awakened in the current world. Because Apocalypse's strength seriously exceeds the balance of the camp, the main quests of all contractors will be changed accordingly...]

[Tip: The contractor belongs to the human faction Trask Industries, and the final ring of the main quest has been changed from "Destroy Kiyu Island" to "Eternal Sleep"]

[Main Quest: Eternal Sleep]

Difficulty level: Lv.14~Lv.18

Mission description: Give the mutant god who awakens from the depths of history the most thorough eternal silence.

Mission information: This is the final part of the main mission. Before Apocalypse causes serious damage to the human camp, it must be completely destroyed.

Task duration: 20 natural days.

Mission Rewards: The specific rewards depend on the extent of damage to the human camp and the individual contribution of the contractor during the killing process.

Mission penalty: All attributes -5.

...

"Apocalypse…"

His eyes flashed over the changed main mission, and the Asian youth in the conference room suddenly flickered and murmured in a low voice.

The people on both sides of the long table opposite also noticed his abnormality. After looking at each other, an old white man in military uniform spoke first.

"Dr. Richard?"

The question interrupted the Asian youth's wandering thoughts. After coming back to his senses, he was not panicked, but just smiled apologetically to everyone in the field.

"Sorry, I was distracted!"

"Nothing, it's just that simply explaining the data is a bit boring. Let's talk about something practical, Doctor."

As he spoke, the old man crossed his hands, his expression was solemn, and his originally calm tone began to gradually become higher.

"The Department of Defense has invested at least tens of billions of dollars in the Sentinel project, but has not achieved much so far."

"Now that the new Sentinels have been developed, how long will it take before they can be deployed in large quantities on the battlefield and completely destroy the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Mutants?"

"We've delayed this long enough, Doc!"

"Any time, General!"

Staring at the cold eyes of the white veteran, the Asian youth on the podium shrugged slightly, and then changed the subject.

"But the Brotherhood is no longer the most serious problem now. Our group's intelligence department in Cairo just received a message that a guy who is more troublesome than the mutant Bipolar has been awakened!"

"wake?"

"Everyone... have you heard of the Apocalypse?"

...

As the entire paradise's notice spread, the already turbulent federation became even more restless. Although all parties seemed calm on the surface, the forces in the dark all began to shrink and mobilize.

Cairo, the source of all these changes, quickly returned to its former tranquility after the shock that affected the entire city subsided.

Compared to the city war that caused heavy casualties more than 20 days ago, this is just a landslide in the slum area. Although it is a little more noisy, it still does not attract much attention from the people of Cairo.

In the west of Cairo, in an area on the edge of the city where low-rise houses and high-rise buildings meet, there is a constant flow of people and vehicles, and stalls and shops on both sides of the street are densely packed.

It was already afternoon, and day and night were about to turn, but the whole street seemed to be getting more and more prosperous. In the noisy crowd, a tall figure with a temperament that was out of tune with the people around him was particularly conspicuous. He was wearing a wide black robe that was enough to cover his entire body, and he walked slowly in the crowd. Under the hood, a pair of indifferent and detached eyes were scanning this new world that had been separated by thousands of years.

For Apocalypse, he only slept for a short moment, but in the outside world, thousands of years had passed, and it was gone in a flash. It is no exaggeration to describe the huge changes before and after as tremendous changes.

Whether it is the strange high-rise buildings in the distance, the endless stream of iron vehicles nearby, the dazzling image light sources in front of you, or the noisy language music in your ears...

In Tianqi's view, these were all unfamiliar things that he had never encountered before. In his long reincarnation career, he had changed many identities and experienced many changes of eras, but this was the first time that he felt so confused.

From the primitive age of ancient Egypt in 3000 BC to the information age in 2006 AD, what separates us is far more than just time. In addition, there are several eras of civilization that have been crossed one after another, which can be described as earth-shaking.

Everything around him was completely different from the First Dynasty of Egypt he had once lived in, but the only things that remained unchanged, apart from the eternally bright sun in the sky, were perhaps these always inferior and chaotic human lambs.

His sight fell on the two groups of street thugs on the right side of the street who were shouting at each other and were about to turn into physical fights. Apocalypse's eyes were full of sarcasm. No matter how long time has passed, the human species has always remained the same. They are stupid and aggressive. Although they are obviously weak, they always like to fight against each other.

Just like a flock of sheep scattered on the grassland, if they lose the correct leadership of the head sheep, the only outcome is that they will all perish together due to mutual aggression.

Now it seems that even without his rule, these humans who chose to betray have not become better, but are rushing towards an increasingly impetuous and evil direction.

In this case, let's destroy everything now. Only on the ruins can he build a new world.

The walking steps paused slightly, and Apocalypse's red eyes were gradually covered by pure white. Then the huge perception began to spread rapidly with him as the center, and soon the massive amount of disordered information emitted by the entire city was taken into his mind.

The hawking and bidding of merchants in shops, the idle chats in the streets, the bizarre film and television news on the screen, the secret and dirty transactions and violence in the dark...

However, within just a few minutes, Apocalypse used his unimaginable speed of thinking to analyze and absorb all this huge amount of information, which involved all aspects of current society and was even enough to paralyze a large server, until he completely understood it.

"2006 AD...Cairo...Presidential Republic...Industrial Revolution..."

After a moment, Apocalypse's understanding of this new world began to deepen at an astonishing speed. More importantly, in just a few minutes, he automatically learned the most common voice system of this era through the massive amount of information he collected, and was able to use it flexibly.

The next moment, Tianqi's paused steps resumed, and he walked quickly towards an open-air screen near a shopping mall. The moment his palm touched it, the advertisements that were originally scrolling on the screen disappeared immediately, and were replaced by many quickly flashing pictures and information materials.

"The Internet... the information age..."

"War... technology... weapons... mankind has never possessed such powerful power..."

"Weak humans rule the entire world... They are the ones who betrayed me... They forsook God..."

"The country... the false god... the leader... will eventually cease to exist..."

"I... am back... and a brand new future... begins from now..."

From economics and culture to political history, world order, and all weapons and wars since records began...

These contents, which involved all aspects of current society, appeared one by one on the electronic barrier at an extremely fast speed, and soon attracted the attention of a large number of people around the shopping mall. Equally conspicuous was the tall figure shrouded in a black robe right in front of the screen.

"It's broken, something seems a little off, as if that man in black is controlling it..."

"How did he do that, a mutant?"

"Mutants?! These monsters again!"

...…

Noisy discussions came from the crowd around, and with the word "mutant" coming out, the atmosphere near the mall became even more chaotic. The damage caused in this city more than 20 days ago by the annihilation of mutant terrorists was still vivid in people's minds, and the hatred caused by the heavy casualties of nearly 100,000 Cairo residents was not easy to dispel.

Now, after hearing the term again, the stress response brought about by the trauma made the crowd around them suddenly excited. Some people began to retreat in fear, while others had red eyes and reached out to grab the black-robed man in the center of the crowd with hatred in their hearts.

"You damn mutant monsters, you want to do it again..."

The angry words stopped before they were even finished, and those who rushed forward rashly found out in horror that they had just approached the suspicious mutant and had not even touched his clothes, when his outstretched arm turned directly into a handful of yellow sand and was blown away by the wind, followed by his entire body irreversibly following in the footsteps of the arm.

In an instant, the area within ten meters around the black-robed mutant became empty, with only yellow sand floating everywhere.

All the noise around stopped immediately, and the air seemed to be stagnant. The next second, screams of terror rang out one after another, and the crowd that had gathered in a circle exploded and fled madly in all directions.

On the periphery, a small team in military uniforms forcibly separated the fleeing crowd and went upstream towards the center of the riot.

...

Near the shopping mall, when Apocalypse's hand finally left the electronic screen in front of him, the surrounding commotion had disappeared without a trace, leaving only silence.

Raising his hand to pull back the black hood that covered his face, Apocalypse slowly turned around. The first thing that caught his eye was a gentle figure in a neat tuxedo, and dozens of neatly kneeling soldiers behind him.

When their eyes met, Ah Fu's eyes showed extreme reverence, and then he bowed decisively.

"Your loyal follower for thousands of years, Alfred, welcomes Your Majesty to your kingdom again!"

The light breeze carrying a little yellow sand spread the voice far away. His indifferent gaze fell on Ah Fu who was bowing respectfully in front of him. Tianqi's eyes moved slightly. In the brief process of collecting information just now, he also learned who had woken him up.

He was not surprised that there were still beings who remembered him after thousands of years.

Jehovah, God, the sun god Ra...

During his long reincarnation career, he left behind too many legends. As long as civilization continues, the mark he left in history will never disappear.

As for the loyalty shown by the other party, after experiencing the last betrayal, he no longer believed in such an illusory thing as loyalty, but he always believed in strength.

What's more important is that in his perception, this guy named Alfred is a mutant with great talents.

Glancing at the soldiers who were still rushing to the periphery to kneel and worship, Apocalypse could clearly sense that many of them were mutants with special talents, and most of them had been transformed by Alfred's talents.

Weak mortals were not qualified to serve him, but the same could be said for the extraordinary strong ones. This man's talent, plus the merits of awakening him, qualified him to become one of the four horsemen who followed him.

As he took a step, Apocalypse's broad blue-skinned palm gently pressed on Ah Fu's slightly leaning shoulder. A warm energy surged out from the palm of his hand, instantly spreading throughout Ah Fu's body and penetrating into his bones.

"Well done, kid."

"You have awakened the true God. As a gift, I will lead you into a brand new future."

"From today on, you will no longer be afraid or lost. Now, accept your true power. It is much more than this..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Fu's upper body, which had been bent low, immediately rose high. His lake-blue eyes had turned scarlet red, and at the same time, an invisible wave burst out from his body towards the outside world.

"Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka…"

Accompanied by the intensive sound of "cracking" of wood friction, Ah Fu's flesh and blood, starting from his head and face, instantly turned into hard wood with strange patterns. At the same time, at least two-thirds of the group of soldiers behind him, which had quietly expanded to hundreds of people, also turned into wood at the same time.

Then, the many puppet figures at the back began to automatically straighten their half-kneeling bodies, and then walked towards Ah Fu in front of them.

The moment the wooden limbs touched each other, all the puppets collapsed into wooden parts on the ground. First, the "cracking" friction sound intensified again, and finally the parts on the ground quickly climbed around Ah Fu's body like living things, and continued to splice, combine, and expand while wriggling.

Ten seconds later, many soldiers near the mall disappeared, and in their place appeared a nearly ten-meter-tall wooden giant.

Apocalypse quietly floated in front of the giant, watching in amazement as the giant's wooden skin squirmed for a while and then turned directly into real tough flesh and blood.

"This is the power you deserve. You will become my new knight - Plague!"

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Federation, X College,

When Ah Fu transformed into a giant, Xu Yue, who was still teaching, suddenly stopped and heard several familiar park prompt sounds in succession.

[Tip: The detected Servant Alfred has joined the Mutant Apocalypse camp. The final ring of the Hunter main quest can be changed from 'Independence' to 'Judgment']

[Tip: There is no penalty for this change, yes/no to accept]

[Tip: After the main mission is changed, the mission progress will not be affected, and the final reward will be changed accordingly...]

(End of this chapter)