Annihilated!

A deafening boom suddenly erupted from within Summit Base.

Immediately after, a dazzling golden streak pierced upward through the darkness.

Like a rising sun, it shot straight into the clouds.

Even from so far away,

Commander Old Mo and the others below could still vaguely make out a majestic, godlike figure within that gleaming golden radiance.

However,

to them,

he looked more like a Grim Reaper who had come to claim their lives!

That golden streak lingered in the air for only a few seconds before abruptly changing direction.

Like a comet striking the earth, trailing a long tail of flame as it crashed heavily into the area occupied by the Hydra squad!

Rumble...!!!

Carl struck what he considered an extremely standard superhero landing pose.

He smashed a massive crater more than ten meters wide into the ground.

The terrifying boom was accompanied by turbulent winds that swept out like a hurricane.

In an instant, many Hydra soldiers who had not found cover in time were hurled far away.

"Since you came all this way to hand over your heads, anyone willing to put down their weapons and surrender now will be given an opportunity for promotion and a pay raise..."

Carl's tall figure slowly floated out of the crater.

His eyes radiated golden light as impossible to look at directly as the sun.

He looked like a god descended into the mortal world, sacred and powerful!

"Damn it... How could this monster be so powerful?"

Commander Old Mo's pupils suddenly contracted, his face filled with indescribable shock.

As the commander of this operation, he had watched the combat footage of Carl slaughtering soldiers inside the base before setting out.

But he had been thoroughly dismissive of it.

Because in his eyes, Carl's fighting style in the footage had been utterly unstructured.

He had practically spent the entire fight recklessly charging around with his superpowers.

Compared with the superpowered individuals from Vought Group whom he had dealt with before,

Carl was plainly nothing more than an amateur who did not even belong in the field.

Why should they be afraid of trash like that, even if he had superpowers?!

However...

now that he was truly facing Carl,

he could finally understand just how terrifying the pressure radiating from this man was.

Whether it was his control over his strength or the calm composure on his face, he was completely different from the amateur in the video!

What the hell kind of person who had just gained superpowers looked like this?

This was clearly a veteran, wasn't it?!

Compared to this, the strength shown in the footage had only been the tip of the iceberg!

This was undoubtedly an extremely serious intelligence failure!

Everyone, including Baron Strucker, had underestimated the potential of the man before them.

Or rather...

they had all been deceived by him!

Wait?!!

A terrifying possibility suddenly flashed through Commander Old Mo's mind.

Could this bastard have been putting on an act before?

Was his goal to make us lower our guard so he could wipe out the reinforcements in one go?!

Hiss...

If that was true, then this kid's scheming was far too terrifying!

But it was already too late to say anything now.

He did not believe Carl would let them go so easily.

Knowing that they would likely be unable to carry out the capture order today, Commander Old Mo's eyes flashed with resolve.

He immediately decided to forcefully engage them despite the danger!

A soldier's duty was to carry out orders.

Today...

they would either succeed or die.

"Hail Hydra! All units, open fire!!!"

At Old Mo's command, the remaining soldiers unleashed their full firepower.

Energy beams, tranquilizer darts, and tractor fields flooded toward Carl as if they cost nothing.

"Tsk, tsk... Admirable courage, but your brains seem a little lacking."

Faced with the attacks raining down in an interwoven curtain, Carl clicked his tongue in boredom.

Over the past two days,

the naturally cautious Carl had thoroughly and meticulously tested both the weapons developed by Hydra and his own abilities with the soldiers' cooperation.

So although it looked as if he was outnumbered... the advantage was actually mine!!!

Carl suddenly spread his arms wide, striking a standard Super Saiyan transformation pose.

Boom...!!!

Dazzling golden light surged into the sky, and the powerful torrent of energy that erupted outward instantly scattered every incoming attack.

Bzzzt...!!!

Then two laser beams capable of melting steel shot from his eyes.

They directly blew apart the heads of several Hydra soldiers who failed to dodge in time.

Bang...!!!

Carl suddenly pulled both arms back.

Then, at the instant his palms slammed together before him,

the raging energy turbulence directly pulverized a huge boulder four or five meters tall in the distance,

along with the two Hydra soldiers hiding behind it and launching sneak attacks with Anti-Gravity Guns.

"Damn it, how... how is this possible? Even energy weapons and force-field weapons don't work on him?"

At that moment, Commander Old Mo's face was filled with terror and disbelief.

Those High-Frequency Energy Rifles and Pulse Blasters capable of piercing even the thickest tank armor,

as well as tractor fields that could effortlessly lift tanks weighing more than ten tons,

had all somehow become useless against the man before them.

What the hell was going on here?!!

But Carl on the other side clearly did not give him much time to think.

A one-sided bloody slaughter had begun...

Meanwhile, the entire battle at the foot of the mountain

was recorded by Pietro through a high-magnification ultra-low-light night vision device.

"This doesn't even need editing. Even if we upload the footage directly, it'll instantly blow everyone away!"

Pietro muttered excitedly to himself.

"Sigh, I just wonder when I'll be able to become as awesome as Carl..."

Inside a secret base deep in the mountains of the western Greater Caucasus Mountains.

"What did you say... The entire squad has gone missing??"

Baron Strucker slowly set down the document in his hand at his desk and cast a sharp look at the subordinate reporting to him.

Clearly, he was skeptical of and angered by what the man had just said.

The latter hurriedly straightened up and replied with a shiver,

"Yes, Captain Boka's squad unexpectedly lost communication shortly after reaching the target location."

"As of now, a full four hours have passed, and communications have still not been restored..."

"Furthermore, due to widespread cloud cover in the area, the Swarm Satellite is temporarily unable to scout or identify the situation at the target location."

"But once the weather improves, we will immediately—"

However,

before he could finish,

Baron Strucker waved a hand and cut him off.

"Don't waste your effort. If I'm not mistaken, they must have all been eliminated by Experiment Number 380!!!"