My Superhero Can’t Be This Jerk

Governor's Island, underground laboratory.

Bob, who was wearing a white coat and had thinning hair, welcomed Wei Chen in.

Walking with Wei Chen was Lian Luo, who was here last time.

She was wearing an open sweatshirt on her upper body, a pair of trendy jeans on her lower body, high-top shoes, and a long ponytail that was tied up, making her look very refreshing and neat.

After saying hello to the boss, Bob welcomed the two into the laboratory.

Is there any progress in the research of Compound No. 5?

Wei Chen asked.

Bob shook his head. Actually, we only know that its body is a superantigen virus, and the RNA characteristics contained in it can promote the evolution of the human body. We need further research on more characteristics.

Wei Chen nodded to express his understanding, and at the same time introduced Li'an to Bob, Miss Li'an has some information about Compound No. 5, I think it should be able to give you some inspiration.

Li An was holding a lot of documents in his hand, and after hearing Wei Chen's words, he gently put the documents on the conference table.

After organizing the language, he said: When my father was studying Orientalism at the University of Leipzig in Germany, he met a wealthy European businessman—Edward Travis. His grandfather, Oswell Edward Travis Weiss used to be an adventurer. Adventure and exploration were popular in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. Many young people who were interested in exploring the world and became famous in one fell swoop devoted themselves to this field, and Mr. Oswell was one of them.

Bob straightened his glasses, Yes, adventurous exploration was indeed popular at that time.

Lian continued: Influenced by David Livingstone's exploration results in Africa, Oswell went to the African continent five times to conduct exploration, and conducted research on the geography, climate, animals, plants, minerals, and folk customs of these areas. a detailed investigation.

During his fifth African expedition, he went to the Republic of Mali in West Africa, and found a special kind of ore in a Tuva settlement near the 'Death Delta' desert in Mali. The whole body is blue and irregular. body, the locals call it 'Julie Stone'.

Julie Stone?

Yes, 'Julie' means 'great miracle' in the local language. Mr Oswell hadn't actually seen it, because by the time he came to the enclave, 'Julie Stone' had been taken by the local authority He took it away, and he just recorded it based on the description of the locals.

While speaking, Lian took out a blueprint from the pile of materials, on which was drawn a blue, irregular block crystal stone.

This is the 'Julie Stone' described by Mr. Oswell in A Survey of Natural History of Africa. After Mr. Oswell returned to China, he suffered academic coldness. Good adventure fiction, but not academic.

Wei Chen picked up this hand-drawn picture, observed it carefully, and then asked Li An: Then what is the relationship between this mineral stone and the No. 5 compound of Water Company?

After Mr. Oswell was coldly received by the academic world, he fell into a slump and died of depression not long after. Not long after his death, someone came forward to retract all the Natural History Surveys of Africa ​​that had been circulated. You guessed it, this person who is it?

Federick Walter?

Bingguo! My father believes that Mr. Oswell's exclusion and disregard by the academic world is probably the result of Federik's manipulation behind the scenes, and his purpose is very likely to allow the Water family to enjoy Oswell alone. All the results of Er's exploration.

Wei Chen nodded, The initial accumulation of capital has always been bloody, which is very logical.

Lian took a sip of water and moistened his throat, Speaking of 'Julie Stone', this is not an ordinary stone. Anyone who comes into contact with the stone will have some kind of mutation in the body. Or some organs of the body have amazing changes. Variety,

Or have superhuman strength or speed. Unfortunately, some people died miserably after exposure.

Is it because of the radiation?

asked Bob.

It may be, Lian continued, Mr. Oswell obtained some powdered debris of 'Julie Stone' from a villager, tested the composition, and found that it is mainly sodium lithium borosilicate and fluorine. Limited by The conditions at that time were not measured in detail. It is a pity that the sample debris has been lost.

Rubbing his chin, Wei Chen asked, So it's possible that Federico Walter used this 'Julie Stone' as the model to make Compound No. 5?

I don't know, but it's very likely.

Li An just stated her inference, she was not sure.

Actually...

Bob pondered for a while, Our researchers discovered a certain viral genetic component from compound No. 5, which is not possessed by earth creatures. This may prove that compound No. 5 is indeed extracted from 'Julie Stone', or some Some components are associated with 'Julie stone'.

If we can get this thing, it must be able to help us analyze compound No. 5.

Bob looked at the hand-drawn drawing of Julie Stone with bright eyes.

Where is the location of that tribe? Can you still find it, Lian?

Um, I'll look for...

Lian rummaged through a pile of documents, and after a minute, he took out a piece of gray paper, This is a simple hand-drawn map, drawn by my father based on Edward Travis' description.

Put the map on the table, point to a point on the map and say: This is Mali's 'Death Delta', about 200 kilometers away from the capital Bamako. To the east of it is Mopti, an important town in Mali. Then go south along the Niger River to the ancient city of Timbuktu in the north. This tribe is located near this area.”

Lean's hand drew a triangle between the Death Delta Desert and Timbuktu.

The scope is very large, and according to what you said, this tribe has already died out long ago. If you want to find it, it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. Bob sighed.

So... I thought of a better way.

Lian blinked playfully, I asked Cullen to hack into the database of Walter Company to check, and I found something new.

What discovery?

Water Company has an African research center in the capital of Mali, which was established in 1943. I think this should be the clue we are looking for.

The corner of Wei Chen's mouth turned up, Very well, it seems that we are going to gradually catch Walter's pigtail.

While in a good mood, Wei Chen couldn't help but look at Li An with admiration. He only grasped a small clue and successfully straightened out the context of the matter.

This wisdom and insight alone are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Is it really worthy of being a Titan?

While thinking about how to reward Lian, Wei Chen called Grayson.

Ashley, I need a trip to West Africa, help me arrange that.

When?—of course the sooner the better.