Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 240 Let's Begin Praying to God (A 5K-word Chapter!)
Yes.

Right below us, this cliff connects to the mountainside.

Hawke could sense it, and was quite certain of it.

because……

He saw it.

The interior of the mountain beneath our feet has been completely hollowed out, forming a huge dome that is about 100 meters high.

Platforms and corridors crisscross like a spider web, connecting one area after another.

There were no windows or natural light inside; only artificial, cold light illuminated everything.

There wasn't even a sound, only the breathing and footsteps of the crowd.

One after another, staff members in white coats held tablets in their hands, without exchanging any words or even eye contact with each other. They simply stared at the incubation chambers in front of them, making their own records like robots.

And those clone incubators contained none other than...

It was Hawke.

Lots of Hawke's.

Hawkes of all ages are available.

Hawke's six senses swept over it without any fluctuation; he felt no anger, only a sense of absurdity.

next second.

He hesitated no more.

boom!
The moment Hawke lowered his gaze, a blazing phoenix ray shot out, blasting a perfectly round hole in the ground beneath his feet.

The large hole continued to extend inward as the phoenix rays shot out.

Hawke's body was also falling rapidly until, with a loud bang, the dome of the laboratory in the mountain shattered, and accompanied by a phoenix ray descending from the sky, Hawke appeared, suspended in the huge laboratory in the mountain.

The piercing alarm of the cloning base suddenly blared.

Below, on the ground, one expressionless experimenter after another listened to the commotion and instinctively looked up at Hawk, who was hovering above them.

Their expressions remained unchanged. Instead, upon seeing Hawke, they smiled slightly, then turned around in unison and pressed the self-destruct button in the cloning chamber in front of them without hesitation.

next moment.

Accompanied by a blinding orange-red light, the flames that could no longer be contained erupted from the cloning chamber in that instant.

An explosion occurred.

Boom, boom, boom, boom—

One after another, orange-red flames, as if precisely timed, exploded in the cloning chambers while engulfing the experimental personnel in front of them who seemed to have no fear of death. Then, they connected with the explosion flames on the other side, forming an even more terrifying flame that began to sweep across the huge cloning cultivation area in front of them.

In the blink of an eye, the entire cloning area was filled with flames, and then, as if finding an outlet, they quickly rose upwards, rushing out through the tunnel Hawk had just dug.

The flames on the highest peak of the Wailuo Valley shone like torches.

Hawke did not stop it.

Even if these people didn't destroy this place themselves, he would have done it anyway. Now that they've destroyed it, he doesn't have to do it himself.

Moreover.

He had no interest in talking to the group of little karami.

Surrounded by flames, yet unharmed by them, Hawke hovered within them, his gaze fixed on the gates that had fallen around the cloning area the moment the alarm sounded. After scanning the area, he precisely locked onto one of the gates.

"Eye shock!"

"boom!"

The gate shattered with a crash, and the flames that were raging in the cloning area seemed to have found an outlet once again. Like a fire dragon, they roared and rushed towards the passage behind the gate the moment it opened.

next second.

A piercing scream came from inside the passage. Eight security personnel, armed with weapons, rushed into the passage as the alarm sounded. They were instantly engulfed in flames and instinctively dropped their weapons, screaming and running back as fast as they could.

This gate leads to the clone's memory implantation area.

Rows of clones sat in specially designed chairs, helmet-like devices covering their heads, their eyes moving rapidly under their eyelids, and their facial muscles twitching occasionally.

Like the cloning area, this place also has staff wearing white coats.

However, the staff here were more humane. Although they also heard the alarms and explosions coming from the cloning area, they continued to chat and laugh as if they were not affected at all.

until--

Six little firemen screamed as they opened the gate and stumbled out of the passage, a sudden turn of events that finally startled the researchers inside.

The first little fireman to emerge had already fallen to the ground, his right hand, still flaming, hanging limply, his throat moving as if he wanted to beg for help.

But he could no longer utter a single word.

The most important thing.

Hawke is here too.

Bang!
Under the scorching Phoenix Ray, the little fireman who tried to call for help was instantly vaporized. Hawke, who hadn't even had time to change his clothes and was still wearing a suit and looking very gentlemanly, looked at the experimental personnel in the memory infusion area who were looking at him with shocked expressions, and smiled slightly: "Surprise!"

While talking.

Hawke's eyes turned crimson once again, and the blazing phoenix rays instantly draped the already bright area in a crimson veil.

Ten seconds later.

The memory implantation area was also completely cleaned up. There were no clones, no experimental personnel, and no corpses. Only rows of cloning chairs and various electronic devices lying on the ground proved that there had been many people here.

Many, many people.

Hawke grabbed a clone chair that looked exactly like a VR headset, raised an eyebrow, and then put it on his head.

moment.

Images flashed by rapidly like a slideshow: a newborn baby abandoned at the church entrance, a child singing hymns with the church choir, a child living in a foster home, and then a boy kneeling on the ruins, roaring helplessly, vowing to become stronger...

This is his memory.

but……

It has been modified, and is ambiguous, as if someone had conducted a detailed investigation into his past and then created it based on the information obtained.

Hawke took off his helmet and tossed it aside.

He described this fabricated memory in just two words.

Idiot.

Just then, a blinding red light instantly spread throughout the entire memory cloning area.

With a thought, Hawke vanished from his spot in an instant.

next second.

boom!
The violent explosion, like a volcanic eruption, instantly destroyed the entire memory transfer area.

"Did you make it?"

In the most secluded silver room, which is like a spider web connecting the entire mountain, a huge screen displays the memory infusion area that is currently being consumed by flames.

Dr. Merrick, a tall, thin man wearing glasses and a white coat, who looked somewhat refined, quickly spoke up to inquire.

The technician sitting in front of the computer didn't speak, but instead accessed the omnipresent surveillance footage of the memory transfer area. He captured Hawke, who was still in the same spot in the previous frame but was gone in the next, at the moment of the explosion. Turning his head, he saw Dr. Merrick, whose expression was a mixture of fear and expectation, and shook his head.

"no!"

"Where did he go?"

"...dormant zone".

The technicians placed their hands on the keyboard, constantly switching between monitoring areas, until finally the large screen locked onto the clone hibernation zone.

Hundreds and thousands of clones stood quietly in the transparent chambers, completely naked, like museum exhibits or tools waiting to be used. Their breathing was slow, and their restless heartbeats were kept to a minimum to ensure they did not die.

And Hawke, the real Hawke, is in the hibernation zone.

Hawke moved swiftly through the warehouse-like cloning hibernation area, finally standing in the very center. He surveyed the surroundings, the densely packed hibernation pods, and himself seemingly asleep inside.

at this time.

With a hissing sound.

Hawke instinctively looked up at the source of the sudden sound.

next second.

Dr. Merrick's voice resounded through the loudspeaker over the cloning hibernation area.

“Mr. Hawk Phoenix, I didn’t expect you to actually find this place.”

“…Merrick?”

"it's me."

"Ah."

Hawke chuckled and looked in the direction the voice came from: "You're quite good. I thought you would have already fled for your life by now."

Dr. Merrick smiled.

“Why should I run away? You may be terrible, Mr. Phoenix, but I have God’s favor, and I serve God.”

"is it?"

"Yes, otherwise why do you think my cloning technology would succeed while others' wouldn't? It's because I received a divine revelation and guidance from God. This world is corrupt, and God has come to evolve the entire world."

"Then you'd better pray that your God will come to your rescue when I catch you."

As Hawke finished speaking, a phoenix ray shot out, piercing the loudspeaker hanging on the wall with a loud bang. The phoenix ray then descended, beginning an indiscriminate scan of the area. One after another, cloning hibernation pods vaporized instantly within the phoenix ray, including the clones within them maintained under minimal survival conditions.

In the blink of an eye, the warehouse that was filled with densely packed cloning hibernation pods one second became empty enough for a horse to run across the ground the next.

"hiss!"

Dr. Merrick, who was in charge of the Eden Base command center, gasped as he watched Hawke standing in the empty warehouse on the big screen. Without hesitation, he immediately gave the order.

"Activate Hydra Captain."

"Yes!"

"Put on the replica Iron Man suit too."

"clear."

Captain Hydra is their most successful Hawk clone to date. There were originally six clones before him, but they all exploded and died the moment they were successfully activated due to various cloning parameters being too small or too high.

Subsequently, all their clones were created through experiments of cloning the Hydra clone that they had perfectly cloned.

soon.

Just as Hawke finished cleaning another area and was about to turn and leave, suddenly, the ground cracked open not far away, and then a cloning hibernation pod hidden underground appeared.

As countless wisps of mist surged from the hibernation pod, the seventh android inside suddenly opened its eyes.

next second.

The moment Android 7 stepped out of its hibernation pod, the ground beneath its feet cracked open once more, and a life-size suit of armor opened up to Android 7.

Hawke stopped in his tracks as he watched this scene unfold. He looked at the clone before him, now dressed in the Iron Man armor, its green eyes fixed on him from beneath the mask.

Dr. Merrick's voice rang out again.

"Mr. Phoenix, let me introduce you to Captain Hydra, my Hawk!"

"Hydra captain?"

Hawke looked up in the direction Dr. Merrick's voice came from: "So, you're cooperating with God, and you're cooperating with Hydra?"

Dr. Merrick smiled and said, “I know what you’re trying to say, Mr. Phoenix. You think Hydra is bad, but God doesn’t think so. My cooperation with Hydra is with God’s permission.”

Hawke raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, that's what God told you."

"God said that the earth has been taken over by demons and that it needs to be evolved. He forgives Hydra for its mistakes."

"is it?"

"It's true."

"Once again, you'd better pray that your God will appear when I come to you."

"You should pray that you can defeat our Hydra captain."

"Ah."

Hawke scoffed, looking at the clone that Dr. Merrick called Captain Hydra.

"You mean this? This is what you've been tinkering with for half a year, thinking it can beat me? Just this? It's a fake."

"Kill you, and the Hydra captain will be the real deal."

"Really? I don't believe it."

“Let Mr. Phoenix see your strength, Hydra Captain.”

"Buzz!"

As Dr. Merrick's voice fell, the vibranium energy on the chest of the clone known as Hydra's Iron Man suit instantly began to surge.

The moment the Hydra captain bent his knees, the metal floor beneath his feet shattered, and his entire body shot toward Hawke as if it had been crushed.

Seeing this, Hawke raised his right hand.

Clang!
As the power of the sixth sense contracted, the Hydra captain, who had been moving through the air like a blur, was frozen in place.

Hawke waved his right hand lightly, and instantly, the Hydra captain, who had been frozen in mid-air, was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into the wall, which was also covered with a layer of metal.

next second.

Hawke squeezed his right hand again.

Before the Hydra captain could fall off the metal wall, he was pulled like a kite and instantly brought in front of Hawke.

Hawke laughed.

He looked up in the direction from which Dr. Merrick's voice had come: "Once again, what did you just say?"

The technicians in the command center stared wide-eyed at the scene on the big screen and looked at Dr. Merrick.

"That's impossible, Doctor."

"We have achieved a 65% contrast in strength with the Hydra captain."

"And there are also Iron Man suits."

"Based on the data comparison, our Hydra Captain, after donning the Iron Man suit, has an energy level that matches Hawk's strength without the Saint Cloth in the data."

"Can……"

"This is impossible!"

Dr. Merrick looked at the big screen and exclaimed in disbelief. He had placed high hopes on Android 7, thinking that even if he couldn't beat Hawk, he could at least teach Hawk a lesson. But now, Android 7 had been subdued by Hawk without even making a move.

Hawke looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar eyes floating in front of him, hidden beneath the mask, and chuckled softly.

next second.

boom!
To Dr. Merrick's astonishment, the Hydra Captain, on whom he had placed such high hopes, and the Iron Man suit that was designed for the Hydra Captain, turned into white smoke and vaporized on the spot.

"Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve, Dr. Merrick?"

"If so, I can give you the opportunity to use it."

"After all, I gave you more than half a year to create something that would impress me."

"But if your backup plan is that kind of garbage stuff you just mentioned."

"again."

"Now you can pray to God to come and save you."

After vaporizing the clone in front of him, Hawke put his right hand back in his pocket, looked up at Dr. Merrick with a smile, and calmly offered his advice.

"This is impossible!"

Dr. Merrick's voice dropped to a shrill tone: "The data doesn't lie. Without your Saint Cloth, you have no chance against my Hydra Captain."

Hawke scoffed, and hearing Dr. Merrick's broken-down voice, he understood one thing.

He had no other options left, or rather, his only option was the Hydra captain he had just wiped out with a flick of his finger.

data?

You big-headed devil.

obviously.

Dr. Merrick used his physical strength to compare with the clones.

but……

His power doesn't come from the Saint Cloth or his physical body, but from his cosmos.

The stronger his inner universe, the stronger he becomes.

and so……

Hawke, too lazy to respond to the distraught Merrick, gave a mocking smile: "You can start praying to God now, Dr. Merrick. I'll give you time to pray, but you'd better hurry, because I'm in a rush."

Say it.

Hawke vanished instantly.

next second.

Dr. Merrick and the Hydra agents in the command center saw on the big screen that Hawk was in the cloning hibernation area one second, and the next second he appeared in the Iron Man suit development area. In the blink of an eye, the agents in the Iron Man suit development area were vaporized on the spot, and then Hawk moved to another area.

A massacre, but a bloodless massacre, is rapidly spreading throughout this secret base.

The entire command center fell silent as they watched Hawke on the big screen, clearing area after area and rapidly approaching them.

A Hydra agent standing at the back took out his phone, lowered his head, typed a text message, and then, without making a sound, quietly opened the door and slipped out, glancing at the crowd whose eyes were fixed on the big screen.

until--

The sound of the door closing automatically woke up the Hydra agents present.

next second.

All the Hydra agents were completely jolted awake from their shattered dreams and ran towards the door in unison.

Will God come to save them?

They didn't know, but they did know one thing.

If they don't run now, and the Demon King comes here, they might not even have a chance to leave behind ashes.

but……

late!

……

(End of this chapter)