Night fell.
As news about Vought Group repeatedly topped the trending searches, the company's executives finally realized that the situation was getting out of control.
To salvage the unfavorable situation, they hurriedly held a press conference to respond.
Vought Group promised to voluntarily accept investigations from all parties.
At the same time, it would dispatch a superpowered team led by Homelander to help the authorities track down and eliminate Hydra's remaining forces free of charge.
However.
The enraged public seemed unwilling to accept this.
Vought Group's stock price continued to plummet, and its reputation hit its lowest point in recent times.
"Tut, tut, tut. What a clever move, shifting the blame..."
In the presidential suite of the New York Zhongyang Hotel, Carl, dressed in loose pajamas, watched the rolling news reports on television, a hint of surprise appearing on his face.
He had not expected the Security Council to react so quickly.
Not only had it successfully resolved the current deadlock.
It had even taken the opportunity to drag Vought Group into the mess and make it the scapegoat!
Looking across all of Marvel, the only one capable of coming up with such a sinister trick was probably that one-eyed old schemer, Nick Fury, right?!
But to Carl, this was also a good thing.
With Homelander, that "pseudo-Superman," getting involved.
Baron Strucker and Hydra would presumably have no choice but to flee for their lives next.
Naturally, they would no longer have the energy to deal with Carl and the Kingdom of Sokovia.
This was equivalent to adding a second layer of insurance to Carl's plan.
Naturally, he was happy to see it happen.
"Hmm... Prestige Points increased by this much?!!"
Carl casually glanced at the light screen, only to discover that in just a few hours, his total Prestige Points had surged to 28,902.
Moreover, they were still steadily increasing at a highly gratifying rate.
The portion with the gentler growth rate should have been contributed by the people of Sokovia.
As for the larger and fastest-growing portion, it had likely come through The Daily Bugle's publicity, gathered from the internet and major media platforms.
It had to be said that acquiring The Daily Bugle had truly been an incomparably wise decision.
And John Jameson, who understood how to grab attention and harvest traffic, had not disappointed him.
Although Carl was not the protagonist of this public-opinion storm, John Jameson's promotion had still allowed him to forcibly claim a share of the traffic pool and make a fortune.
However, the one thing he found somewhat regrettable was that The Daily Bugle was ultimately only a local powerhouse in New York.
Its influence had yet to spread to other parts of America.
Let alone the entire world.
But Carl was not in any rush. This was only the beginning.
He was confident that in the days ahead, he could turn The Daily Bugle into the most influential news media platform in America, or even the entire world!!
"Looks like it's time to upgrade Dimension Strength."
Carl's gaze settled on the two upgrade options: Dimension Strength and Dimension Scale.
In the end, he chose to improve the former first.
Because he understood his current situation very clearly.
If he could not raise Dimension Strength to above Lv3 within three months, Warp would face the risk of being exposed.
And once he lost Warp's Energy Transmission.
The "superpowers" he currently possessed in endless supply would disappear along with it.
Thus, his top priority now was to raise Dimension Strength with all his might.
As for Dimension Scale...
Carl did not plan to abandon his physical body and return to Warp anytime soon.
Naturally, the size of the dimensional space was not that important to him.
"System, spend 10,000 Prestige Points to raise Dimension Strength by one level."
As the command was issued, lines of notification text quickly appeared on the light screen.
[Congratulations, Host. Dimension Strength has successfully been raised to Lv2. Current available Prestige Points: 18,902!!!] [Current Dimension Strength: Level 2 Growth Dimension (0/100,000)]
Finally, it was at Level 2. One step closer to Lv3!
"Hmm? This feeling is..."
As if he had suddenly noticed something, Carl immediately began carefully sensing the changes within himself.
The most obvious change was that the range of Psychic Perception had increased severalfold.
Its original range of roughly one kilometer had now been directly raised to five kilometers!
It could be said that his crisis warning ability had been completely maxed out.
In addition, Mind Control had also been enhanced.
After testing it, Carl could finally manipulate someone else's consciousness without directly touching them.
However, seemingly limited by his human body, the amount of energy transmitted from Warp had not changed.
"I never expected upgrading Dimension Strength to bring such an unexpected benefit!"
Carl was very satisfied with this.
This upgrade had undoubtedly raised his overall strength by quite a bit.
Although he still could not reach the level of The Ancient One and Odin.
As a top salesman, patience was what he lacked least!
Now that Dimension Strength had only just reached Level 2, the power of the Mind Stone he could unleash already surpassed Loki's Scepter.
If he raised Dimension Strength to an even higher level in the future.
Wouldn't he be able to easily surpass the Infinity Gauntlet and become the best adapter for the Infinity Stones?
By then, as long as Carl could find a way to break through the limits of the human body and raise his physical upper limit.
He would presumably be able to receive more Energy Transmission and enter the top tier of Marvel's powerhouses.
Perhaps he could even transcend mortality with his physical body and surpass the gods!!!
Of course.
All of this depended on whether Carl could gather enough Prestige Points.
Thinking of this.
In high spirits, Carl picked up his wineglass and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Looking at the dazzling nightscape outside, he could not help but sigh.
Who could have imagined that such a bustling metropolis would be the most disaster-prone place in the Marvel Universe?
How did that saying go again?
No matter who invaded Earth, as long as New York remained standing, Earth would definitely be fine!!!
"Ah, such a beautiful night. If only I had a voluptuous, juicy young lady beside me to have some fun with, it would be perfect."
Carl took out his phone, wondering whether he should order some "Western food" to enjoy with his little brother.
But before he knew it.
Wanda's figure surfaced in his mind.
He wondered how that girl's spellcasting studies were going.
Had that bald old woman, The Ancient One, been giving her a hard time?
Wait... was this the legendary feeling of being in love?
Just as Carl hesitated over whether to call The Ancient One and personally head to Kamar-Taj to check on Wanda, his stomach let out a loud rumble!!!
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