Beckett’s Forced Evolution

Hela ultimately could not suppress the doubt in her heart.

Though the curl was slight, though the length it had grown was so short as to be almost imperceptible, it was still an abnormality that had appeared on Beckett.

Hela found it impossible to ignore.

After all, in her eyes, this man’s increases in strength seemed to have something to do with his hair.

His black-haired normal state was utterly unremarkable, but once he switched to a golden hairstyle, his combat power soared as if he had turned on cheats.

Along the way, whether in Svartalfheim, Gafa, Sakaar, or Midgard, she had witnessed Beckett’s strength surge time and time again.

Hela had come to feel that the Saiyan race Beckett spoke of seemed to determine the level of their combat power through hairstyles and hair color.

With that misconception in mind, Hela naturally became exceptionally sensitive when Beckett’s hairstyle changed again.

"My hair is perfectly normal."

Beckett glanced at Hela, grabbed her wrist, and flung her away with a backhanded throw. Her formidable Asgardian body crashed directly into Planet Hala’s military base!

"Pah!"

"You bastard!"

Amid flying dust, Hela emerged from the war-torn ruins, cursing furiously as she pointed at Beckett soaring freely through the sky.

The exhilaration in her heart vanished without a trace.

Anyone would feel that way after being used as a human weapon. The fact that Hela had not rolled up her sleeves and rushed in for a fight already spoke well of her refinement as the princess of Asgard.

Though the main reason was that she believed she probably could not beat him.

"One day, I’ll dye that thing of yours green!"

Her teeth grinding audibly, Hela vented all the fury rising within her upon prosperous Planet Hala.

Her exquisite face, illuminated by the blood-red moonlight, along with Beckett’s fluttering golden hair, became firmly etched into the hearts of every Kree!

The Mind Stone embedded in her brow supplied energy again and again. With its inexhaustible power, Hela seemed to have evolved into a perpetual-motion woman.

Beneath the heavens, the blood moon hung high, while murderous intent suddenly flashed between her brows.

Her beautiful face should have captivated countless people, yet only cold ruins lay prostrate at Hela’s feet.

Buildings toppled, and the city shattered.

The Golden Flash from the Dark Order became the final memory of most Kree before death.

"No!"

"Help!"

"Help!"

"Where is our army?!"

"Where is our Supreme Accuser Corps?!"

"Why? Why are you just watching?!"

The hysterical howls and accusations of Planet Hala’s people echoed in the ears of every Kree Supreme Accuser alongside the end of their lives.

"Has the Supreme Intelligence’s response plan not been transmitted yet?"

"Our weapons cannot harm those two at all."

After receiving word that Ronan and his mother had safely entered the shelter, Accuser Cross let out a sigh of relief before turning his gaze toward the leader of the group.

"There is already an answer."

Before the Accuser leader had even finished speaking, every member of the Kree Supreme Accuser Corps had received an order from the Supreme Intelligence.

Using the damaged Thirteenth District as the center, generate an energy evolution magnetic field outward through the Sixteenth District.

At all costs, lure Beckett and Hela into the evolution magnetic field.

?

What were they supposed to do?

Help them evolve?

Cross was baffled when he first saw the order.

"The immense power possessed by Beckett and Hela does not come from themselves, but from the enhancement of the Infinity Stones."

"The power surging from the Infinity Stones is constantly transforming their bodies and souls. This is what we commonly call evolution."

"However, every race in the universe has limits to its evolution. Even these two are no exception."

"Lure them into the evolution zone and accelerate their growth, so that their bodies cannot withstand the power and damage brought by continuous evolution. When the damage to their bodies reaches the critical point of collapse…"

The temporary response guide personally drafted by the Supreme Intelligence gave Cross a headache.

This was the response plan formulated after meticulous calculations by the entity known as the AI God.

To make someone die, first drive them mad.

What the Supreme Intelligence intended was to use the lives of relatively few people, compared to all of Planet Hala and the entire Kree Empire, to make Beckett and Hela, intoxicated by slaughter, gradually walk toward destruction.

Toward the abyss of self-destruction.

It would make Beckett and Hela experience despair within the evolution magnetic field, then pay with their lives to console the spirits of the fallen soldiers.

"Fourth Fleet, all forces attack."

Though Cross did not agree with the Supreme Intelligence’s plan, he ultimately carried it out.

In the Kree Empire, no one yet dared defy the Supreme Intelligence’s orders.

Even knowing that this mission would likely be a one-way trip, they still had no regrets.

Whoosh!

The dense artillery bombardment constantly agitated Beckett’s mind, while the Mind Stone’s energy unknowingly stimulated his nerves.

His calm gradually faded, and bloodlust exhilarated him.

The rate of energy growth he had once experienced on U40 Planet quietly descended upon him once more!

Die!

All of you… all of you must die!

No one, no one could target me!!!

This was the price of setting your sights on me!!!

Intense killing intent accumulated within Beckett alongside his steadily swelling energy. Before they realized it, the two, already blinded by slaughter, had been lured into the trap laid by the Supreme Intelligence.

"Begin!"

At the Supreme Intelligence’s command, the evolution magnetic field specially constructed for Beckett and Hela activated instantly!

"What?"

The power within him surged madly, and Beckett immediately sensed that something was wrong.

When he looked back, Hela, standing behind him, displayed the same abnormality.

Moreover, the Mind Stone embedded in her forehead emitted a gleam Beckett found immensely familiar.

In the Dark Order, Thanos, who had been using the Artificial Intelligence Woz to monitor everything, abruptly narrowed his eyes.

With his vast knowledge, he had already recognized exactly what had appeared on the screen before him.

"Backup hidden energy source activated. Authorized by Thanos!"

"Woz, get Beckett out of there!"

Bzzzz!

With a piercing buzz, the hidden communication backdoor Thanos had left inside Woz instantly lost its function!

"Woz?"

The screen before Thanos went black, and he completely lost access to any information.

Thump!

Thump!

Within the evolution magnetic field, Beckett could already hear heartbeats that sounded almost ready to explode!

What?

Power…

This feeling…

The familiar sensation from U40 Planet once again surged into his heart.

Dazzling light burst from Beckett’s body, condensed into a crimson-gold pillar of light, enveloped him, and shot straight into the heavens!

BOOM!!!!

"Beckett!"