Chapter 1227 STAGE. 2 Monument Valley

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The total length of stage.1 is 15 kilometers, and the destination is a Catholic church in the east.

In the eyes of all the 'qualified' trialists, where the end point is, there is a golden light rising into the sky, guiding them like a huge road sign, which is clearly visible even hundreds of kilometers away.

The Phoenix Apostle, who followed Colossus and rushed out of the crowd, was the first to gain the greatest advantage.

However, a large number of people looked at them who were the first to rush out with a joke-like attitude.

"Do we really not have to catch up? Tony."

Thor frowned and said in a deep voice: "If they are too far away, even if I go all out, it will be difficult to catch up with them. Are you planning to give up the 'time bonus' of the first stage? ?”

Seeing that it was getting further and further away, at least close to a thousand meters away, even he was a little anxious.

The Asgardian's super physique gave him an absolute advantage in this competition. He could still persevere in the 6,000-kilometer stage even without using any abilities.

But for humans on earth, even mutants, it is difficult to persist on such a long track.

In particular, it is strictly forbidden to use abilities to rush during the trial. This completely puts an end to the Phoenix Apostle's little tricks. In other words, he can recover his physical strength at most, but if the distance is too long, he may not be confident that he can catch up. .

"Of course we won't give up the 'time bonus', Sol."

Iron Man raised his hand and pressed Thor's shoulder, forcing the latter to give up the acceleration and pursuit, and then said to him meaningfully: "What do you think is the most important thing in the ultra-long track with a total length of 6,000 kilometers?"

"Physical strength? Willpower?"

Thor was a little confused, so he answered two factors casually based on his intuition, which he thought were more important factors.

In his opinion, to be able to persist in running a 6,000-kilometer track, willpower and physical strength must be the most important. The former is a psychological factor, and the latter is a physical factor. The two can be said to be indispensable.

"Congratulations, wrong answer."

Iron Man pointed to his brain and said calmly: "The correct answer is...reasonably plan the route and how to allocate the physical strength and speed used in each stage, even every meter."

Thor: "...I don't understand."

"Then let me keep it simple. You should have seen the marathon." Iron Man said: "The person who leads in the beginning may not necessarily win the final victory. The winner only belongs to those who are prepared."

"What have you prepared?" Thor asked.

"Based on Wednesday's calculations, I already have the perfect plan."

Iron Man smiled mysteriously, but did not reveal it: "Don't worry, as long as we follow my plan in real time, victory will definitely belong to us. Let's let them take the lead for a while."

"I hope you're not lying, Tony."

Seeing this, Thor had no choice but to suppress his impatience and stay quietly among the crowd.

"Tony is right, Thor." Captain America ran up from the side, breathing evenly, and said: "And running with the crowd can effectively disperse the wind resistance and allow us to save energy. This is very important."

"Don't think of me as an idiot, of course I know that!"

The God of Thunder glared at him angrily and cursed: "Just watching helplessly, those bastards are getting farther and farther away. I can obviously catch up with them, but they can only stay here. I really can't swallow this breath! "

"Patience for now, Thor."

Mr. Fantastic Reed said calmly: "With our current status, if we rush out too early, we will easily be targeted by the mutant group, so just like Tony said, after the second stage, we can perform our best. when."

"That's right, the time bonus of the first stage... will be given to them."

Iron Man pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, data stream flashed on the lenses, and the corners of his lips curved upward: "Thor,

You have to understand that we are not the only ones who regard the Phoenix Apostles as enemies. "

Hearing this, the God of Thunder was slightly startled, and then he felt malicious eyes from all around, as if he understood his plan.

It was obvious that in the face of the omnipotent opportunity to make a wish, even his former compatriots might not really obey the Phoenix Apostle. He had already seen several mutants showing murderous intent towards the four figures in front of them.

"Hahahaha, you still want to fight with us?"

The leading Colossus let out a thunderous laugh: "Just keep going, the time bonus of the nine stages will be won by our Phoenix Apostles!"

"Hmph, it's exactly what I expected."

Cyclops looked back and couldn't help but sneer: "In order to save energy, most of the people stayed behind, allowing us to easily overtake and distance ourselves. It went so smoothly. Everything went according to plan!"

"So next, do you want to distance yourself in one breath?" Storm asked.

Cyclops shook his head and said: "No need, keep a distance of more than one kilometer and give priority to winning the first stage."

"Why? Scott!" Colossus expressed great confusion about this decision: "Now that we have gained an advantage, shouldn't we take advantage of the situation to continue to distance ourselves and maintain or expand our advantage?"

"No, just keep the current speed."

Cyclops said coldly: "The following stages are still very long, we need to maintain our physical strength. Secondly... I am worried that if it is too conspicuous, it will attract other people's attention. Although it is not scary, it will delay and drain our energy.”

Naturally, others can only follow this decision.

Because the five Phoenix Apostles seem to be equal, in fact, Cyclops is the dominant one, and he is the real leader.

...

Santa Maria Novella Church, the end of stage.1.

As the 2,345 trialists crossed the finish line, it heralded that the first stage of the race had officially come to an end, and the Santa Maria Novella Church at the end would temporarily serve as a rest for the trialists. and supplies.

The Phoenix Apostle Colossus, without any surprise, became the winner of the first stage and received a one-hour time bonus.

According to the order of the finishing line, the top 10 rankings are displayed on the stone tablet erected outside the church.

In order, they are Colossus, Cyclops, Storm, Hope, Quicksilver, Kingpin, Punisher, Sabretooth, Beast, and Nightcrawler. uuread a book

Among the top ten, only Kingpin and the Punisher are not mutants, and the rest are all occupied by mutants.

The rest time is only a short hour.

After an hour of rectification, more than 2,300 testers continued on to the second stage of the race.

stage.2, across Monument Valley!

Different from the small fight in the first stage, the second stage is a real super long stage, which is a full 1200km and needs to cross the desert.

The Phoenix Apostle still maintained the leading position, but starting from the second stage, the route choices of the trialists were different, especially in the vast desert. Soon everyone dispersed and no one could be seen.

"It's so hot...I feel so hot."

Colossus wiped his sweat, and his breathing was not smooth. He felt as if there was a fire in his lungs. Coupled with the dry weather in the desert, his respiratory tract was burning and painful. He said: "Ororo, give me some water." , I want to drink a little, my throat is about to smoke."

Storm threw over a water bag: "Save some water. In order to reduce weight, I didn't take much water."

"I see!"

Colossus showed a look of disgust, picked up the water bag and put it to his mouth, preparing to drink heavily.

However, at this moment, a silver arrow shot through the air.

Snapped!

The water bag burst, and all the precious water resources were spilled on the hot sand.

The four Phoenix Apostles' eyes suddenly froze, and they all turned their gazes to the direction where the arrow had missed, which was about three hundred feet away from them, behind a raised sand dune.

The sudden attack made the four Phoenix Apostles tense up and immediately entered a fighting state.