Calm Down, I Still Have a Chance

A golden circular gate hung upside down in the sky, and as the gate opened, white feathers formed from holy light slowly descended.

The light spilled across the earth, instantly echoing the sky, and streaks of light rose up, filling this world with an aura of light.

Feathers fell onto Russell and slowly merged into him. His body gradually glowed, and two pairs of Wings of Light on his back unfurled again, making him appear even more sacred and majestic.

Viewers in front of their televisions, whether they believed or not, joined in the prayer.

If it sounds so real, I'll believe it just this once!

"What happened to the promised interdimensional exile? It feels like the other side is paradise to me."

Sensing the change in the Wings of Light, Russell was completely bewildered. He knew about the Gate of Heaven; he had specifically searched for a video online to watch when he drew the card. The special effects were mediocre, vastly different from what he had unleashed, and there was no added wing feature.

Could this card be a fake "Gate of Heaven"?

But how should a systematic evaluation be explained?

Russell suspected he had stumbled into a higher-dimensional debate, and a certain bigwig, recognizing his exceptional talent, deliberately added some special effects to embarrass the other bigwig.

What if the big shot who got beaten up, like him, isn't so magnanimous...

"Holy crap, this is like offending the abbot!"

The Gate of Heaven cast a directional gravitational pull, like a white black hole, continuously drawing in everything within the range of the Holy Light, except for Russell carrying the Cross.

On the ground, Apocalypse sensed death approaching and began a final desperate attempt. He used his ability to reconstruct matter to turn the spears on his body into sand and Teleportation away from the area covered by the holy light.

It failed!

The surrounding space was separated, and he belonged to two different dimensions from the outside world. Even if his ability was successfully activated, he could only teleport in place and could not move even an inch.

A powerful attraction pulled him away from the ground, and Apocalypse's body, along with the surrounding sand and pyramids, floated up from the ground.

Apocalypse used his flight ability to barely keep his body in place, but just like bouncing, the more he struggled, the stronger the pulling force became.

With his energy field, flight, Teleportation, and Mind Stone all failing, Apocalypse's eyes flashed with intense fear. In a desperate struggle, he unleashed his energy, manipulating the molecules within his body to alter its size and density, transforming himself into a gigantic blue giant.

The pulling force on his body increased instantly. Before Apocalypse could think, Tianqi pounced on the ground, turning the sand back into a hard block of iron, and slowly climbed towards the edge.

Because of his enormous size, he quickly climbed to the edge of the area covered by the holy light, where life was within reach.

Splash—

Seven or eight white chains shot out from the Gate of Heaven, wrapped around Apocalypse's limbs and torso, snapped back and tightened, pulling him off the ground and dragging him rapidly into the sky.

Russell: (っд)っ

Who, who hit too hard... who lost the chain?

Russell was completely dumbfounded. He would never believe that there was no one on the other side!

Apocalypse's enormous body rose into the air, roaring and struggling in vain. Once the chains were locked, no matter how much he enlarged or shrank, he could not break free.

As it approached Russell, Apocalypse seemed to resign itself to its fate and ceased its resistance, shouting, "Old Gods, with such power, why do you give the world to humanity?"

"You're too hypocritical. Your kindness has been misplaced. Human greed is boundless, and you will pay the price! Just wait, one day they will drive you down from the sky and dissect your internal organs in a laboratory!!"

"Hahaha----"

The voice of the Apocalypse reached every household, plunging the already shocked world into a deathly silence. People stared blankly at their televisions, their minds utterly empty.

Apocalypse was dragged into a white time by chains, and large swaths of sand rose from the ground. Only when Apocalypse's pyramid was also pulled away by gravity did the Gate of Heaven slowly close as if it had eaten its fill.

The radiant light flashed and vanished in an instant, the void rift dissipated, as if nothing had ever happened.

The Cross behind Russell dimmed and disappeared, and the two extra Wings of Light dissipated. At his feet was a large pit several tens of feet deep, and everything related to the Apocalypse was erased.

[Bite]

[Host has completed the World Quest, hero/villain has arrived! Personally defeat the supervillain/hero (6/6), start calculating mission rewards]

[Bite]

[Rewards are as follows: 12 points of Free Attribute Points, 50,000 Wealth Points, and four chances to Lottery Draw.]

[Bite]

[The host has completed the World Quest. You may end the world process immediately or remain in this world for a maximum of 24 hours. Please make your decision as soon as possible.]

"Same as always, stay for 24 hours... Wait a minute, system, explain yourself, how did the World Quest end up being completed?"

Russell flapped his wings and landed on the ground. After realizing what had happened, his expression changed drastically. He remembered clearly that when he killed the Juggernaut, the number of supervillains to be defeated was 4/6. Why did killing one Apocalypse turn it into 6/6?

Who taught this math? Just because Apocalypse is powerful, they're counting two of his heads?

Since it was about being abused, the system immediately spoke up to explain, "Uncle Luo, that move, Gate of Heaven, not only killed Apocalypse, but also a super villain."

Russell was furious. "That's utter nonsense!" he exclaimed. "There's another supervillain! Who is it, Paramecium?"

"Sabretooth!"

"Bullshit! This guy never even appeared! Even if he did, I've never seen him, not even once. How could I have killed him?"

Russell was furious. In his mental world, he grabbed the system and started punching and kicking it repeatedly, his fists even shoving into the system's loli face.

"Yes, Sabretooth made an appearance. He was chosen by Apocalypse and became one of the Four Horsemen. He died at the Gate of Heaven."

Upon hearing this, Russell's face contorted, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Damn Apocalypse, damn Sabretooth, how dare they plot against me! I'll kill them!"

"You've killed someone..." the system muttered under its breath, fearing it would be implicated, and it rolled and scrambled away, running far away.

Boom!!

A bolt of lightning struck, hitting the fleeing system directly and leaving a large, smoking black crater in its wake.

Russell spread his wings, his face grim. Who knew the Sabretooth was inside the pyramid? Now, he'd unexpectedly completed the World Quest, but he still hadn't drawn the Phoenix Force card.

"Calm down, I still have 24 hours, plenty of time. If I can make good use of my time here, traveling through one world per hour, that's 24 chances... Yes, I can make it."

On the TV station rooftop, Deadpool clung to the microphone, spitting rambling on through his mask. "I don't want to say much about Wade Wilson, but I can assert that as a superhero, he is undoubtedly the most outstanding one."

"Uh, sir, we..." The reporter reached out to grab the microphone back to interview others, but Deadpool held it tightly, and even with his face turning red, he couldn't take it back.

"Wade Wilson, battling cancer yet never forgetting his mission, is a dedicated superhero who dedicates himself to world peace. He works 30 hours a day, fights evil even with a fever of 100 degrees Celsius, and goes out to uphold justice despite multiple fractures... Wolverine Logan over there, am I right? Come here and be my witness."

"..."

Logan remained motionless, not even turning his head, as if his name wasn't Logan.

Deadpool shrugged. "Everyone saw it, he tacitly acknowledged Wade Wilson's greatness!"

"Sir, we have no interest in Wilson, we only want to know about the angel..."

"Get out of here, you Silly Bird reporter! Do you even know what an interview is? Every word I say is a bombshell, and do you know how much revenue this will bring to your TV station?"

Deadpool kicked the clueless reporter aside, instantly switching to a friendly demeanor, and said to the camera, "Continuing with the previous topic, we were just talking about Wade Wilson having 50 billion die-hard fans worldwide, and still keeping a low profile by wearing a mask and walking through the darkness of the streets and alleys... What kind of mask? Hehe, you've come to the right person, I happen to know... It's exactly the same as the mask I'm wearing."

Bang!

==)'д);

Russell flew over, delivering a Justice from Above to Deadpool's face, then grabbed him by the collar. "Wade, the next world is X-Men 3, or X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Got it? If you do, get to it now."

Deadpool covered his face, looking aggrieved. "How could you do this? My interview has only just begun. And why are you in such a hurry? Shouldn't you go on vacation to the Vatican first?"

"There's no time to explain. Pick any world, open the door quickly, and let's go now," Russell urged. He was in a real hurry and had no time for idle chatter.

"Okay! Okay..."

Deadpool got up from the ground, looked around, found the iron door on the rooftop, closed the stairwell, and when he opened it again, there was a pitch-black new world inside.

Russell strode forward, not even saying goodbye to the others, kicked Deadpool inside, and followed closely behind.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Angel, don't you want to say something?" The reporter ran over carrying a camera.

"What's there to say? I'm in a hurry to save other worlds..."

Russell reached for the doorknob, stopping halfway through closing the door. He then spoke seriously to the camera, "That blue-skinned guy is a fake. The real God doesn't bring dominion, nor does He need to be high above. Earth belongs to humans and the Mutants over there. We should all get along well... Don't ask, I won't tell you. This is God's will."

Before leaving, Russell decided to lend a hand to the Mutants, a matter of just talking to them; whether the humans listened or not was none of his concern.

Click!

The door was closed, and when the reporters opened it again, the dark new world had disappeared, and the camera showed an unobstructed stairwell.

Logan: "..."

They're leaving already? What am I then? Kicked out of the X-Force?

Logan's expression changed repeatedly before he finally burst out laughing. "Great! Long Silly Bird idiots!"

Professor X, far away at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, removed his helmet and smiled, "Thank you, my friend!"

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Brief summary: A director who owns a toy factory uses various tricks to swindle children out of their pocket money...

Note: There was no shady deal involved, and I don't know the author on the other end.

Also: These few lines are free!