Let's put aside the issue of nutrients for now.
Anyway, it's not just 'nutrients' that can help me grow.
Don't forget that the power of destiny, which can be converted into skill points, can also enhance Kevin's strength.
And now, Kevin can feel the presence of the power of destiny.
It's on every person, and around every story mission.
It's everywhere.
It's just that at this stage, Kevin can no longer obtain more power of destiny in this world.
The power of destiny in The Boys world has merged with this world's perception of Kevin.
It has transformed into another kind of power.
That is the power of a god.
Or, according to Ancient One, it's the power of a Dimensional Lord.
Once he becomes a Dimensional Lord, Kevin will be omnipotent in The Boys world.
So it's not an exaggeration to say he is a god.
But this is only true in The Boys world.
"Alas, the power of destiny…"
Muttering to himself, Kevin's figure disappeared from The Boys world as he pondered.
When he reappeared, he was already in the void.
He looked at the timelines that had distorted into clumps, his eyes flickering slightly, then his gaze shifted left and right, landing on a Marvel timeline that had not yet come into contact with The Boys Universe.
That timeline was incredibly thick; it should be one of Marvel's main timelines.
He pondered for a moment, then flew closer to that timeline.
With Kevin's current power, even if the Marvel World and The Boys world hadn't merged yet, he could forcibly cross over.
Not to mention that the Marvel parallel universe was clearly in front of Kevin now.
Therefore, it didn't take much effort; Kevin, who had arrived next to the timeline, simply stretched out his hands, pulled them apart, and a rift large enough for him to pass through appeared in the timeline.
Immediately after, Kevin entered it.
Colorful streamers swept past him as Kevin walked through a special corridor with colorful glass on both sides.
This peculiar place, although part of the Marvel Universe, was actually higher in dimension than the Marvel Universe.
Because this was The Watcher's residence.
It was the place where the owner of that voice, who had been chattering in Kevin's ear when he first went to the Marvel World, lived.
This place connected to all possibilities of the Marvel Universe; from the colorful glass, one could see everything happening in all parallel universes.
This is why The Watcher is called The Watcher, because he can truly observe everything.
But at this moment.
It was empty here.
The hallway made of colorful glass seemed endless; after the Sacred Timeline was destroyed and countless temporal branches were created, this world became infinite.
Kevin walked through it, looking from side to side, searching for worlds that could potentially provide him with a large amount of the power of destiny.
But as he walked, Kevin's footsteps suddenly paused.
He felt as if he had bumped into something at his feet.
Looking down at his feet, he saw a human head.
It was The Watcher's head.
He was dead.
"…"
Looking at the head at his feet, Kevin was filled only with silence.
The Watcher was very powerful.
He could see the past and future of countless worlds, including Infinity Ultron; his future could also be seen clearly by The Watcher.
Kevin had never imagined that The Watcher would die here.
He had originally thought that once everything settled down, he would go find The Watcher to settle the score for all the chattering this guy had done in his ear.
But he never expected that their first meeting would be in this form.
Sighing slightly, Kevin stepped over The Watcher's head and continued forward, and after walking for not long, he saw another astonishing thing.
Infinity Ultron.
His corpse lay on the shattered glass surface, his eyes lifeless, his body blackened, and the six Infinity Stones scattered casually beside him.
"Infinity Ultron… how could he be here?"
Kevin remembered that he had stopped Ultron from becoming Infinity Ultron and turned him into his research material.
Why was this guy's corpse appearing before him now?
If the Infinity Ultron in front of him was the one who fought The Watcher in "What if," then who was the Ultron that Kevin dealt with?
Or, no matter how Kevin tried to stop it, would an Infinity Ultron inevitably appear in the multiverse?
Kevin felt that something was wrong.
He subconsciously stopped and looked back, at the path he had come from, always feeling that he had overlooked something.
It wasn't until he turned back around and saw a person in a red cloak standing in the distant light and shadow that Kevin remembered what he had forgotten.
Dark Doctor Strange.
This central figure, who ran through both seasons of "What if," should have appeared here.
After all, with Infinity Ultron dead and The Watcher dead, such a huge event, how could a multiversal-level figure like him not come to see it?
Yet, from the moment Kevin entered here until now, he hadn't seen him.
Even now, the red cloak Kevin saw wasn't the Dark Doctor Strange he had imagined.
It was someone else.
Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi.
"Yo, long time no see."
Wen Yi stood in front of Kevin, his voice becoming hoarser, and his face growing increasingly bizarre.
Black eyeshadow had become his skin tone, seeping into his skin, and his slightly upturned lips made him look as if he had been corrupted, appearing utterly evil.
Wen Yi stood before Kevin, greeting him, then threw something at Kevin's feet.
It was Dark Doctor Strange's head.
"You…"
Seeing Dark Doctor Strange dead at Wen Yi's hands, Kevin took a slight step back.
He looked up again, vigilantly watching Wen Yi:
"…Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, perfectly fine, it's just… I suddenly realized that no matter how much we struggle, we can't escape the end of death."
Wen Yi said with a carefree tone, as if he had come to terms with it.
"So you killed them?"
Kevin looked down at Dark Strange's head, becoming even more wary of the seemingly wonderful Wen Yi.
Wen Yi grinned at Kevin:
"Anyway, we're all going to die eventually, so what's wrong with me doing a test?"
"Test? What test?"
"To test my strength, and incidentally, to test if I can replace you, but unfortunately, it still didn't work in the end."
Wen Yi said with great regret.
He looked at Kevin, his eyes very complex, and the moment Wen Yi looked at him, Kevin was ready to fight him.
But in the end, Wen Yi did nothing; he just smiled:
"Don't be nervous, I can't kill you, nor do I have the strength; you are already half a high-dimensional being."
"…"
Kevin said nothing, just looked back at The Watcher's head on the other side of the hallway.
Logically, The Watcher should also be a high-dimensional being.
As if seeing through Kevin's thoughts, Wen Yi explained:
"Not a half-baked one like The Watcher, but a higher level, the world we were in when we transmigrated… no, the world you were in when you transmigrated."
"Reality."
"Yes, Reality."
Reality is above all else.
This was Wen Yi's conclusion.
Whether it was the Marvel Universe or The Boys Universe, or even the DC Universe, everything about them was merely a piece of text, a comic book, a movie in Reality.
For those here, Reality is the realm of the creator.
And it is a place they can never reach.
At this point, Wen Yi looked up, as if staring directly at someone, and murmured to Kevin:
"I used to think that we, these variants, were a part of you, but I was wrong.
"If we truly were a part of you, then no matter how small that part, it should at least have the characteristics of a transmigrator, possessing power from a higher dimension.
"But we don't."
Wen Yi explained his theory to Kevin.
Taking transmigrators from other works as examples.
Most transmigrators, after transmigrating, would acquire a so-called cheat ability.
This has become a common understanding.
But in Reality, most cheats, including the skill tree on Kevin, are actually a part of their bodies.
That is proof of falling from a higher dimension; those powers that transcend this world, powers that do not belong to this world, became the transmigrator's aid to better adapt to the world after transmigration.
In other words, if Wen Yi was truly a transmigrator, even if he was just a clone created by Kevin, he would definitely have his own 'cheat' power.
But he didn't.
Not only did he not, but none of Kevin's variants did.
This proves that they are natives of the Marvel World; they are not transmigrators, but rather someone completely injected Kevin's memories into their minds, making them believe they were Kevin.
And even because of these memories, they became Kevin's nutrients.
Possessing the same memories, their soul frequencies gradually converged towards Kevin.
When Kevin kills them, those souls assimilated by the memories will instinctively approach Kevin, the soul's main body.
Finally, they will merge with Kevin, becoming a part of his body.
At that time, the identical memories will be assimilated and integrated by Kevin, and memories that do not belong to Kevin will be erased and expelled like trash.
Kevin himself will obtain the purest power, pushing his growth and making him stronger.
And more…
"Mature!"
Wen Yi suddenly blurted out a word, the smile on his face becoming even more bizarre:
"Kevin, you say… if we are nutrients used to cultivate you, then who… are you?"
"I…"
"Nutrients, nutrients… normal living beings wouldn't use the word 'nutrients'; only plants, animals! Things used to cultivate them are called nutrients!"
Wen Yi stopped speaking at this point.
Kevin also remained silent, his eyes indifferently meeting his gaze.
What Wen Yi said was also what Kevin was thinking.
When normal intelligent beings grow, why would the things that make them grow be called 'nutrients'?
Hearing this word, Kevin at one point felt as if he was a fruit on a tree, and someone was cultivating him with nutrients.
Only when he matured would someone 'harvest' him.
It's just that Kevin had never dared to think deeply about it.
Because if it were true, it would be too terrifying and too despairing.
What kind of powerful existence was that unknown being that could treat himself, a 'god' who had already transcended here, as a fruit?
In any case, that was definitely not a role Kevin could contend with.
Just having similar thoughts made Kevin feel despair.
Therefore, he had never truly thought in that direction, until now, Wen Yi spoke out the conjecture he dared not think about, right to his face!
"You dare not think? Dare not admit? Well, I don't blame you."
Seeing Kevin fall silent, Wen Yi showed no disappointment.
He slowly walked towards Kevin and extended his hand to him:
"I will help you, help you achieve transcendence, help you completely leave this world! We can cooperate!"
"So that's it, this is your purpose…"
Kevin seemed to have guessed something, he looked at Wen Yi's outstretched hand and asked with a complex expression:
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"…"
This time, it was Wen Yi who fell silent.
Kevin continued: "…Perhaps things haven't reached their most desperate point, and besides, you won't succeed."
"How can you know if you don't try?"
Wen Yi retorted meaningfully, a mysterious smile on his face.
Kevin stopped trying to persuade him, he sighed and placed his hand in Wen Yi's:
"Then… as you wish."
Boom!!!
As their two hands touched, a thunderous roar echoed in Kevin's mind!
He closed his eyes, and Wen Yi likewise closed his eyes, both of them with their right hands clasped, eyes tightly shut, as if they were asleep.
But in an unknown place, in the depths of consciousness that no one could see, a deadly psychic storm swept through!
Kevin and Wen Yi's consciousnesses collided and vied with each other.
Their thoughts, spirits, and soul powers were all desperately struggling.
This was the confrontation that occurred when Wen Yi was trying to invade Kevin's soul, and Kevin was resisting.
Perhaps Wen Yi truly wanted to transcend, truly wanted to save this universe.
But his desire not to die was also true, and his unwillingness to become Kevin's nourishment was equally real.
So on the surface, he was extending an invitation to cooperate with Kevin, but in Reality, he wanted to seize this moment to make a final struggle.
If he could defeat Kevin and assimilate Kevin's consciousness with his own, then he would be able to take all of Kevin's being to a higher dimension.
And if he failed…
Wen Yi would, along with the souls of countless Kevin variants he had collected, become Kevin's nourishment.
To promote his growth.
Kevin sensed Wen Yi's thoughts.
The moment the other party extended the invitation, he sensed the other party's true intention.
This isn't to say Kevin suddenly became smart; it was simply because his life level had become higher, and his perception had undergone a higher-level enhancement.
He could vaguely sense some future possibilities.
And a more sensitive premonition.
And he sensed Wen Yi's malice and what was about to happen, which was why he said to Wen Yi, 'You won't succeed.'
If Kevin hadn't been on guard, it would have been a different story.
But now that Kevin was on guard, the one who would ultimately lose was undoubtedly Wen Yi.
There was no doubt about this.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!"
Wen Yi's voice roared in Kevin's mind.
The souls of the Kevin variants he had collected, along with himself, were being absorbed by Kevin, becoming part of the other party's power.
"Why not!! Why!!!"
Before being completely absorbed by Kevin, Wen Yi let out an unwilling question.
Why, even after doing so much, was he still no match for Kevin?
Why, after gathering the strength of countless people, did he still not escape the fate of becoming Kevin's nourishment?
Wen Yi wanted to ask these questions, to know the answers to these questions.
But unfortunately, he never understood why until his consciousness completely dissipated.
Kevin didn't know the answer either, and even if he did, he couldn't answer Wen Yi's question.
Because the other party's memories were assaulting his consciousness; those useless memories, which should have been treated as waste, were jostling to squeeze into his mind.
Not just Wen Yi's, but also the memories of many more people.
Those were the memories of the variant souls Wen Yi had absorbed.
It was only at this moment that Kevin finally understood the great deeds Wen Yi had accomplished during his absence.
He instigated the 'Kevin War,' causing all variants to divide into two… or even more factions to fight.
And in this struggle, he collected the souls of the dead variants, gathered them, and enhanced Wen Yi's own power.
He wanted to rely on this power to transcend predetermined fate.
But unfortunately, in the end, it still fell short.
"Why bother…"
A sigh escaped his heart, Kevin murmured softly.
He opened his eyes, ready to continue forward, but suddenly his vision blurred.
Before Kevin could determine the source of the blur, the scene around him changed.
From The Watcher's Multiverse corridor, it transformed into a place extremely familiar to him.
Kamar Taj.
Turning to look around, Kevin then extended his hands and looked at them, suddenly realizing something.
This was Wen Yi's memory.
…
Wen Yi was actually Kevin, who had no golden finger and had transmigrated to the Marvel Universe.
Unlike Kevin, who had a skill tree, Wen Yi, although a wizard from Kamar Taj, didn't have very high innate talent.
Let alone comparing him to Doctor Strange, he couldn't even compare to Wong or Mordo.
Therefore, after realizing he had transmigrated to the Marvel Universe, Wen Yi decided to leave Kamar Taj to find a way to enhance his strength.
After all, this was the Marvel Universe; not getting stronger was not an option.
Even though Wen Yi was a member of Kamar Taj, a wizard, inherently much stronger than ordinary people, he couldn't compare to those experts.
Just think of the disasters the Marvel World experienced.
Alien invasions, the Age of Ultron, Ego's Living Planet, Thanos's snap…
Oh, and there was also a crisis related to the Kamar Taj wizards.
The future event of Wanda attacking.
So Kamar Taj seemed safe, but later on, it might become the most dangerous place.
For this, Wen Yi had to become stronger.
At the very least, he needed the power to protect himself, so he wouldn't become cannon fodder like those killed by Wanda in Kamar Taj.
Wen Yi originally thought so.
However, after leaving Kamar Taj, he discovered that this universe was a bit different from what he had imagined.
This was not a purely cinematic universe.
Because here, besides the well-known Avengers, there were also X-Men, Fantastic Four, and even Inhumans.
But to say it was a comic book world, it didn't quite seem like it.
Because just a few days after Wen Yi came out, he saw news in the newspaper about Tony claiming to be Iron Man, which was the end credit scene of the first Iron Man movie.
So, this was another new universe born from the cinematic universe as its foundation.
Wen Yi, who knew about the theory of parallel worlds, was only slightly surprised by this and stopped investigating further.
Compared to these, Wen Yi was more interested in knowing if things that originally existed in the cinematic universe still existed in this world.
After that, Wen Yi began to wander the world.
He went to New York, fought alongside Daredevil, and battled Kingpin.
He also met the Avengers, helping them complete some tasks that didn't require public appearance, as a 'passerby wizard.'
He went to Kunlun to seek knowledge, and also used his relationship with Thor to visit Asgard.
Later, he even used this as a springboard to 'travel' the universe.
During this period, Wen Yi also gained many good things.
Such as the Super Soldier Serum, the Hulk Serum, and Wolverine's healing factor, and he even personally touched the Space Stone when it was still the Cosmic Cube.
He even imitated Captain Marvel, wanting to see if he could use the Space Stone to gain super strength.
But unfortunately, Captain Marvel seemed to be an unrepeatable case; although Wen Yi underwent a low-quality version of super serum enhancement and successfully gained a youthful version of the healing factor.
He couldn't obtain Captain Marvel's power.
However, having learned Kunlun's 'Qi' and possessing the physique of a Super Soldier, Wen Yi was already a very formidable existence on Earth.
But Wen Yi was still not satisfied.
After failing to find power to become stronger in the universe, Wen Yi returned to Earth again.
He opened other dimensions, attempting to seek new power.
Unfortunately, he was stopped by Ancient One, and almost sealed by Ancient One.
At a critical moment, Kaecilius saved him. This 'disciple,' whom Ancient One had set up as Doctor Strange's future opponent, although he was unaware of his own destiny.
But his desire to become stronger was the same as Wen Yi's.
Kaecilius saw Wen Yi's ambition and wanted to tempt Wen Yi to contact the Dark Dimension like him.
Wen Yi outwardly agreed, but secretly connected to another dimension.
And in the end, during Kaecilius's battle with Doctor Strange, he successfully escaped and cleared his name, becoming one of Kamar Taj's high-ranking members.
And after that, under Wen Yi's design, Doctor Strange and Thanos with all Infinity Stones perished together to save the world, and Wen Yi naturally became the new Sorcerer Supreme.
Yes, unlike Kevin, who was personally appointed by Ancient One.
All of Wen Yi's current status and power relied on himself.
Without the help of a skill tree, relying solely on his foreknowledge of the plot, he became the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar Taj.
He became a top-tier combatant in the Marvel Universe.
After becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, Wen Yi even took the lead in forming the Illuminati, using their wisdom to enhance himself.
Ten, twenty, thirty years passed like this…
Becoming stronger and learning more and more, Wen Yi finally discovered a terrifying truth.
That his own memories.
Might not belong to him.