Egypt.
In 1974, Egypt was being battered by its "father," the United States; even the Sinai Peninsula had been snatched away.
The Egyptian government was forced to choose between the Soviet Bear and the United States, and was currently in a period of indecision.
So even in the capital, Cairo, the atmosphere was somewhat precarious.
"It's fine, I'll take charge for you," Fang Yuan said silently to himself.
His Telepathy delved deep underground. Having been here once before, Fang Yuan quickly discovered an anomaly deep within the earth.
There was a faint psychic fluctuation there. Having fought Apocalypse before, Fang Yuan immediately recognized it—it was that big blue bald head!
A mass of black energy then appeared in Fang Yuan's hand; this was the weapon, eternal fall, obtained from Satan.
eternal fall could transform into any shape, so it could even become an entrenching shovel for digging.
Ahem, just kidding.
Why would Fang Yuan need an entrenching shovel?
Aiming eternal fall at Apocalypse's location, a black light flashed, and a deep pit immediately appeared in the ground, sloping all the way down to where Apocalypse was.
He quickly followed the tunnel down. This was a collapsed Pyramid; the golden tip of the Pyramid was still stuck in the ground, and Apocalypse was buried beneath it.
Apocalypse was almost the very first Mutant. The reason he was so powerful was that he possessed hundreds of superpowers, all transferred from different Mutants.
Whenever Apocalypse took an interest in someone's ability, or when his current body's lifespan was nearing its end, he would use this transfer ability to seize another person's body. Most strangely, Apocalypse didn't just possess them as a soul; he could even retain the superpowers of his original body.
However, the transfer ritual required sunlight. During a ritual to transfer a self-healing ability, Apocalypse was assassinated. The collapse of the Pyramid interrupted the ritual, and Apocalypse fell into a deep sleep.
If not for his habit of finding himself Four Horsemen of Apocalypse—one of whom desperately cast a gaseous protective shield over him—Apocalypse might have died on the spot.
But buried deep underground, he had no way to contact the sunlight. Without the awakening ritual, Apocalypse was just a blue Sleeping Arhat.
This sleep had lasted for five thousand years.
"Hehehe!"
Fang Yuan approached Apocalypse with a mischievous grin. He first used Mage's Hand to push aside the Pyramid tip and debris pressing down on Apocalypse, and immediately, Apocalypse's figure appeared before his eyes.
There was still a layer of white gaseous protective shield around his body. He didn't know what material it was made of, but it hadn't disappeared after so long.
Of course, this couldn't stop Fang Yuan. He raised eternal fall, which had transformed into a longsword, and gave it a poke; the gaseous shield dissipated.
Looking at Apocalypse so close at hand, it would be easy for Fang Yuan to take his life—just a matter of one strike.
Seeing this face, Fang Yuan thought of when he had been in close-quarters combat with Apocalypse. New and old grudges surged into his heart, so Fang Yuan decisively... took out a pair of purple shorts.
What a waste it would be to kill him; tricking him into becoming one of his own was the most useful path.
Fang Yuan held up the purple shorts to measure them.
"A bit big."
These shorts were unlocked from Hulk, so they were naturally Hulk's size. Although Apocalypse was considered burly at over two meters tall, he was still a bit lacking compared to Hulk.
"Whatever, I'll just add a belt if I have to." Ignoring everything else, Fang Yuan pulled them directly onto Apocalypse.
"Anyway, even with a 90% drop in IQ, I can still fool him," Fang Yuan muttered.
But unexpectedly, as soon as the shorts were on, they shrank to a size suitable for Apocalypse. As expected, special items weren't so rigid.
[Please select an effect, Host.]
[1: Intelligence decreased by 90%, Strength increased by 50%!]
[2: Intelligence increased by 100%!]
Needless to say, Fang Yuan definitely chose the first one.
[double shorts (A-rank) Intelligence decreased by 90%, Strength increased by 50% is now in effect!]
"Done!"
Fang Yuan clapped his hands. Now Apocalypse couldn't escape his grasp.
So Fang Yuan took eternal fall and stabbed straight upward, immediately piercing a hole leading directly to the surface. Even all the soil was annihilated by the energy of eternal fall.
However, the sky at this moment was a bit gloomy, just like the atmosphere in Egypt.
Fang Yuan directly took out the Thor Template and dispersed the dark clouds in the sky. Sunlight immediately spilled onto the ground, but it didn't reach the hole.
Seeing the angle was wrong, Fang Yuan immediately threw out a mirror. After the sunlight reflected, it successfully passed through the hole to the bottom, shining upon the tip of the Pyramid.
Instantly, the lines on the Pyramid tip emitted a golden light. The golden light then traveled down the grooves, turned a corner to the stone platform where Apocalypse lay, and finally merged into Apocalypse's body.
"Hmm?"
Apocalypse snapped his eyes open. His two round eyeballs looked very "intelligent" at a glance.
"I'm not dead?" he said to himself.
Although his IQ had dropped, Apocalypse's memories were unaffected.
"En Sabah Nur!"
Fang Yuan's voice suddenly rang out, full of majesty, making Apocalypse immediately look up.
"It was I who saved you!" Fang Yuan said.
In Apocalypse's line of sight, Fang Yuan stood sideways, the sunlight slanting in and providing natural lighting that filled his face with radiance.
"I am the King of Gods, your Creator!"
"Ah... is that so?"
Apocalypse tilted his head, a large question mark appearing in his eyes.
His words were so strange, but since he could say such a thing, there must be a reason for it.
This was what was going through Apocalypse's head right now.
But the fact that Apocalypse didn't believe him immediately surprised Fang Yuan slightly. It seemed that the IQ reduction buff from the double shorts didn't just numerically drop an IQ of 100 to 10.
So Fang Yuan continued to bluff.
"I chose you as the chosen one thousands of years ago because I wanted you to become a new god and lead other god-gifted people to rule the World. I didn't expect you to be defeated by ordinary humans."
Fang Yuan shook his head and sighed heavily. "You have disappointed me too much!"
Hearing such a strong accusation from Fang Yuan, Apocalypse suddenly panicked, truly thinking he had done something wrong.
He hurriedly apologized to Fang Yuan: "My apologies, My Lord Creator, please forgive my incompetence!"
As he spoke, the great Apocalypse actually knelt before Fang Yuan, repeatedly bowing and admitting his mistake: "It was my negligence that delayed your grand plan. Please calm your anger, Lord King of Gods!"
Well, although Apocalypse retained a bit of a brain, it wasn't much.
He was like a green youth just starting out, easily believing Fang Yuan's nonsense.
Experience and critical thinking were completely non-existent.
"To make up for your mistake, I had to personally leave the God Realm and come here, but because of that, I lost most of my power!" Fang Yuan continued sternly.
Apocalypse quickly begged for mercy; Fang Yuan spoke with such conviction that he certainly wouldn't be lying.
"But fortunately, I left a backup plan in you long ago."
Fang Yuan's tone suddenly softened. This push-and-pull tactic trained Apocalypse to be incredibly obedient.
"I allowed you to gain the ability to make others stronger. As long as you follow my words to use it, you can reduce the time it takes for me to recover my strength."
"En Sabah Nur, are you willing to redeem yourself through service?"
Apocalypse hurriedly bowed: "My Lord Creator, I am willing!"
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