American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

A secret meeting room in Hebron.

Luke, Captain Steve, Frank, and Nick, who had rushed over and learned a few things, were sitting in a row of chairs. In front of their table was a prisoner whose hands were still bound.

"Is he okay? I mean, just using those handcuffs on him?" Seeing the man, Nick was taken aback, seemingly not expecting that the other party was only handcuffed.

Although with Luke, Captain Steve, and Frank's three combatants present, there was no need to worry about the other party suddenly attacking successfully, he still asked for stability to avoid that situation.

"His alienated limbs are currently in a dormant period, which means he can't control his alienated mechanical limbs at all. There's no need to worry about him breaking free and resisting," Luke said softly, pointing to a palm-sized mechanical spider perched on the prisoner's mechanical shoulder.

This little mechanical spider has the ability to seal the mechanical organs of the alienated and interfere with neurons.

"Eric Savin? Formerly the head of the Army's super-technology project, a member of General Ross's side, an extremist," Nick used his authority and only spent a little time to find out the man's main past experiences.

Eric just had an inscrutable smile on his face, and remained silent without answering.

"You left the army a few years ago due to the dissolution of the super-technology project and worked for the founder of A.I.M. Sure enough, the latest mechanical virus was Aldrich Killian's doing?"

Nick didn't stop just because Eric didn't speak, and continued to talk to himself, but the intact single eye stared at Eric's face without blinking, trying to catch any subtle expression. Unfortunately, the other party's expression was very normal, always maintaining that cynical smile.

"The mechanical virus is a very good research result, but it's not perfect," Luke said suddenly from his seat, twirling a pen in his hand. Luke's voice attracted Eric's attention.

"You should be very clear that, in any case, A.I.M. will face some unavoidable disturbances next. It's not a good ship anymore."

"I know you, Luke Field," Eric finally spoke, saying his first sentence since entering. "Dr. Killian admires you very much. You were once one of his alternates."

As he spoke, Eric's gaze swept over the four people sitting in front of him one by one, and he chuckled: "I know how you see us, madmen! Criminals! Villains! Whatever. In my opinion, you are not much nobler than us. At least Dr. Killian still holds some great ideas. You think we are about to collapse, maybe we can make a comeback?

I really like a saying from my former superior: Whoever controls the weapon controls the right to speak. Currently, Dr. Killian also controls a weapon, a very powerful weapon with infinite potential! You can't do anything to him."

"Excessive confidence is arrogance. This world and us are not that simple," Nick said meaningfully. "Let's talk about Dr. Killian's purpose. I don't have any ill feelings towards his technology, but I'm dissatisfied with his spreading this immature technology to the outside world. I know there may be some figures in the military behind you and supporting you, but those people have caused enough trouble in the past."

"Killian can't perfect this technology, can he?" Luke suddenly spoke again.

Eric glanced at him, but didn't speak this time. But Luke didn't care, "In fact, he, or rather you, are already running out of time. If he can't perfect this technology in a short period of time, then soon, you will pay for this immature technology. With your lives as the settlement currency!"

This time, Luke's words finally made Eric's face change.

"I guess this technology wasn't researched by Dr. Killian either. It should have originated from an accident. You should have used some kind of medium to create this so-called [mechanical virus]. Is it the core of the Tinder Project, the Cosmic Cube? If there is no cube, will your technology become a source without roots?

Dr. Killian discovered the special nature of the cube and researched the technology to use the power of the cube. I guess he must have been ecstatic when he first researched this technology. But the experiment was a failure, wasn't it?

Looking at your face, am I right?" Luke leaned back on the chair, looking at Eric's ever-changing face, and grinned.

"Failure? Shouldn't it be a success? Those alienated people of theirs," Nick turned his head from the side. No matter from which aspect, the other party's alienated people, although they can't be said to be perfect, can't be said to be a failure. After all, after a few ordinary people are alienated, they can rely on the alienated mechanical limbs to fight against an ordinary team of agents. Not to mention the military, even he is a little envious of this technology. Even though S.H.I.E.L.D. already has various technologies provided by Hebron!

"I think Dr. Killian should have only solved the part about how to alienate people. He hasn't had time to complete the alienated program, or he can't complete it," Luke shrugged.

"Explain in detail," Nick ignored Eric on the opposite side and stared at Luke. Captain Steve and Frank also looked at Luke curiously, waiting for his answer.

"Stability and energy supply," Luke gave the answer. Under the gaze of Nick and others and Eric, he said softly: "I have dissected and analyzed the bodies of artificially manufactured alienated people. They are still very young, but their bodies are already riddled with holes. Even if they are not killed, they will not live long.

I think this should be because Dr. Killian's technology is not yet mature and he is eager to experiment, so after this group of alienated people are alienated, their bodies are already on the verge of collapse. The reason why they can still jump around and not be paralyzed in bed relying on life support systems should be because Killian found some way to forcibly glue the fragmented bodies together. Of course, the final effect of this stabilization technology is that it has a stabilizing effect, but it is not satisfactory.

Every time an alienated person uses their ability, they are shaking this stability and consuming their own [life]. The more powerful the ability obtained after alienation, the more severe the instability and backlash of the sequelae. I have watched your combat video and also used the detection system inside the all-metal battle armor to check your body. You seem to be different from the alienated people I dissected. You have a larger energy source in your body, which will reduce the burden you bear after alienation. Have you injected any super soldier serum?"

Eric was silent again.

Nick's eyes on the side dimmed again, and his interest in this alienation technology was greatly reduced. For him, what is needed is stable and listable technology, such as those products sold by Hebron. Although most of them have certain dangers, they are controllable under Hebron's technical control, and even if accidents occur, there will generally be solutions.

If it is unstable technology, the various messy items inside S.H.I.E.L.D. can create many super soldiers with great defects. Of course, his interest is greatly reduced, which does not mean that he has given up on this technology. That cube is obviously a dangerous item, and S.H.I.E.L.D. definitely wants to seal it up. Even if it is circulated, it can only be circulated within a controllable range of risk.

"Is it Extremis?"

Eric suddenly raised his head, looking at Luke in astonishment, seemingly feeling incredible about the words he said.

"How do you know?" Eric asked back. As a top secret within A.I.M., Extremis is a secret that only a few people and a few collaborators know. And obviously, there is no very close connection of interests between the company's internal and those collaborators.

"Using Extremis as the energy source for the mechanical virus? Double instability," Luke smiled. The people of this world are often so crazy. Every time they can't wait for the technology to be completely mature, accidents always occur that cause them to use these technologies prematurely or accidentally, and inject imperfect potions.

Using Extremis as the energy source for the mechanical limbs transformed by the mechanical virus is a very clever method. Worthy of praise. But the premise is that they are both stable.

If these two technologies are used in one person's body at the same time too eagerly, then the other person's body will not only be on the verge of collapse, but will be like a powder keg that may explode at any time, and the instability and uncertainty will be raised to a point that no one can determine.

Killian should also have a stabilizer in his hand, which is an important bargaining chip he uses to bind and control those alienated people.

"Do you know, Hebron has developed a new technology, consciousness telepathy! This technology can allow a person to peep into another person's deepest memories. So your concealment is completely unnecessary in my opinion." Looking at Eric, who had returned to a state of silence, Luke stopped speaking.

"Do you really have this technology in your hands?" Nick became interested. This technology is a perfect match for agents like them! If there really is this technology, then the difficulty of obtaining information will be greatly reduced. He can even use this technology to tentatively identify some hidden people within S.H.I.E.L.D..

He had several suspected candidates in his mind, but he lacked the right means to verify the truth of his suspicions.

"Of course. If you need it, I can demonstrate it to you on the spot. It's just that this technology has some sequelae," Luke said truthfully and falsely. Telepathy is naturally real. This technology is also very mature in Hebron, but it has not been made public for the time being due to some considerations. As for the sequelae? Of course, the latest version of telepathy technology is also problem-free. But who would throw the trump card at the beginning?

"What do you want to know?" Eric took the initiative to ask. He didn't know whether what Luke said was true or false, but he still recognized Hebron's technology and Luke's reputation.

Let people peep into their memories?

Eric respectfully declined.

What's more, even if he said it now, it wouldn't affect Killian. As a confidant, he naturally knew Killian's purpose and all plans. His disappearance will definitely attract Killian's attention and force the other party to take the final plan ahead of schedule. When he led people to hunt down Venom, Killian had already begun to prepare for a rainy day. Now that so much time has passed, Killian should have prepared everything.

"We just want to know, what exactly does Killian want to do? I have been paying attention to A.I.M. for a long time. In my opinion, a certain tendency you have shown is very dangerous." Nick temporarily put away the idea of ​​talking business with Luke on the spot, and looked at Eric, who was willing to speak, with a serious face.

"Transformation," Eric replied.

"Transformation?" Nick's expression became even more serious. This word on a person like Killian, who is a bit crazy, is not a cause for celebration.

"A transformation about evolution! This is the Tinder Project he formulated after experiencing the Chitauri invasion and obtaining the Cosmic Cube." Eric gave an explanation very readily: "The plan is to use the power of the Cosmic Cube to completely evolve mankind! Get rid of the weak human body, destroy the current political structure, and let the new managers gather the power of the entire world to allow mankind to enter the space age and become a member capable of surviving and being active in interstellar space."

"The plan is quite grand. So, who is this new manager? Killian?" A mocking sneer appeared in Nick's eyes. If it really came to that point, he would rather have Luke, the black-bellied businessman, or Stark, the arrogant and poisonous tongue, sit on it, and would not agree that the new position would be occupied by Killian.

"You don't understand the power of the Cosmic Cube at all, so you are so arrogant and ignorant that you think everything is under your control, and even if it happens, you can recover. In fact, you may already be facing a choice between two options: choose to die in evolution? Or join us, become one of us, and contribute to Killian's new world." Eric responded to Nick's tit-for-tat with a sneer.

"What do you mean?" Nick felt something bad from Eric's words.

"The meaning is that it's too late now, let's join this mechanical evolution together." The sneer on Eric's face turned into a crazy smile: "After I lose contact, Killian should have made preparations to launch it early. He will activate the energy of the Cosmic Cube and release them indiscriminately. The entire metropolis, the entire country, the entire world, will soon be exposed to the light of evolution.

At that time, everyone will have no other choice but to follow Killian's script. If you can't help him perfect the technical defects as soon as possible, then many, many people will die. And to live in the beginning, you need the stabilizer in Killian's hand."

Is this an ally?

Luke tilted his head subconsciously.