A moment later.
When Karl walked out of the dilapidated experimental cabin alone, the Hydra Soldiers waiting outside were stunned for a moment, then immediately opened fire without hesitation!
But he was already prepared.
A dazzling golden "energy coat" instantly enveloped his entire body, directly blocking all the incoming bullets.
Then, using Energy Pulse Fists and Cyclops, he took them down one by one without a sound.
Leaving charred gaping holes in the chests of the stunned Hydra Soldiers.
"Detected collectible souls, Hyperspace souls +1, +1, +1..."
Waaah waah waah...
The piercing alarm sounded throughout the Base.
Presumably, the enemy had already discovered the anomaly through the monitors.
Not long after, at the end of the corridor, faint sounds of shouting and footsteps could be heard.
"Reacting quite quickly..."
Karl stretched his shoulders slightly and said confidently, "Then I'll just kill all these scumbags in one go, and then go find Wanda and Pietro!"
The next second.
Karl transformed into a golden stream of light.
Flying straight towards the crowded end of the corridor.
The time for slaughter begins now!!!
...
I bloom in slaughter, like a flower in the dawn!
...
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Screams and explosions echoed continuously within the Mountain Top Base.
Facing these heinous Hydra Soldiers, Karl showed no mercy whatsoever.
He went on a rampage, crushing everything in his path with an unstoppable force, directly tearing through the entire Base.
Wherever he went, it was a scene of rivers of blood and corpses strewn across the ground!
...
"Damn it, those cowards who surrendered voluntarily actually betrayed the organization at a time like this!!"
"Officer, all combat units have lost contact. Just how monstrous a creature did Dr. Lister create..."
"Have you contacted Baron Strucker?"
"Not yet, the communication signal seems to be severely interfered with, but some surveillance footage has already been uploaded to the cloud via an encrypted network..."
In the control center inside the Base, several staff members stared at the unusually bloody slaughter on the monitors, all scared out of their wits.
But soon, the images on the monitors disappeared one after another.
"We can't wait any longer, we must leave here immediately!!"
Ultimately, fear triumphed over loyalty.
Several staff members didn't even have time to go to the database to destroy the secret documents and data stored in the Base before they scrambled out of the door.
They jogged all the way to the helipad behind the Base.
A large number of deserters with the same idea as them had already gathered here.
But only five armed helicopters that could still take off normally remained.
Under the fear of death, these people began to fight and tear at each other for them.
Finally, five helicopters successfully took off.
And sped away in different directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
A golden figure trailing a long energy plume shot into the sky.
Then, in a few breaths, he blew up all five escaping helicopters.
Like five splendid fireworks exploding in the sky!
Thus, the battle within the Mountain Top Base officially came to an end.
This battle, from start to finish, lasted less than half an hour.
This was still with Karl completely unfamiliar with the terrain and not wanting to destroy the entire Base by using too much force, which is why it took so long.
Otherwise, if he had just used a descending punch, the entire Base would probably have been gone immediately!!!
And during this time.
Karl had successfully verified his hypothesis using the soldiers and researchers who had surrendered voluntarily.
That is, through direct contact, even the slightest touch, he could instantly change the other party's mind.
And instill his own thoughts and will into their brains, thereby controlling their actions.
To be on the safe side.
He even used his Mind Manipulation ability to imprint an unbetrayable "Thought Steel Seal" (which can be understood as a continuous buff) into these people's thoughts.
This undoubtedly gave Karl great confidence.
Allowing him to be more composed when facing various choices in the future.
"Job done, it's time to find Wanda and Pietro."
Karl's figure drew a graceful arc in mid-air.
Then flew towards a certain passage in the castle.
Under the continuous transmission of the Subspace Dimension, he currently doesn't need to worry about his internal energy being depleted or weakened.
Because... he won't run out, he simply won't use up this flow (energy)!
However.
Just as Karl was thinking about whether he should make a grand entrance like a God descending from the heavens.
To see if he could harvest a wave of Prestige from the imprisoned volunteers.
With a soft "crack" sound.
Spiderweb-like cracks, visible to the naked eye, appeared out of thin air in the space before him.
Immediately after, they shattered into countless flowing prismatic mirrors.
"Mirror Dimension?!"
Karl, who was in flight, had no time to react and plunged directly into the flowing mirrors.
....
...
As expected.
After entering the Mirror Dimension.
Karl was immediately greeted by a bald woman in a yellow robe, holding a small sandalwood fan, who was looking at him with a slightly strange and curious gaze.
Karl naturally recognized her identity at a glance.
Ancient One.
The Sorcerer Supreme who protects Earth from magical creatures and Dimension Demons (lords)!
"Why is she here..."
A flicker of vigilance flashed in Karl's eyes.
He immediately began to quickly analyze the reason for her appearance in his mind.
First of all, it was certain that Ancient One had definitely not come here specifically because of his identity as a transmigrator.
Otherwise, she would have appeared yesterday!
Secondly, the magic Ancient One just used was not a Portal, but the Mirror Dimension.
Which means...
She had actually been here all along!
She was just hiding in the Mirror Dimension observing, without showing herself.
Since Ancient One did not intervene when he went on a killing spree.
Then it was clearly not because he had changed this part of the original plot.
Otherwise, what awaited him now would not be a "meeting," but direct action!
This left only the most probable scenario...
That Ancient One had come specifically for the mind stone!!!
When it rains, it pours...
It seemed he couldn't avoid this one.
But if Ancient One asked him to hand over the mind stone, would he give it or not?
If he refused, could he defeat Ancient One?
In a flash of lightning.
Karl had already given himself the answer.
And was prepared for the worst!
Currently, the mind stone was crucial to him.
So even if it meant a direct confrontation with Ancient One, even if he knew he was no match, he would absolutely not willingly hand over the mind stone.
At worst, he would just return to the Warp and become a full-time Dimensional God.
He was a man with nothing to lose, so why should he be afraid of someone who had everything to lose?!