Shadow of the Beautiful World

After the end of World War II, it is impossible for any researcher with the name of a biologist to have not heard of the Super Soldier Project.

Even now, 55 years after the end of World War II, Merlin knows that there are still several biological laboratories around the world that are trying to replicate the super soldier serum that created Captain America Steve Rogers back then.

But the difficulty of duplicating this thing is too high. For decades, so many biologists in the world have failed to come up with a practical solution, which has proved how complicated the secret of the super soldier serum is.

It has almost gone beyond pure biology.

Merlin has seen information about super soldier serum in some confidential materials of S.H.I.E.L.D. In the experiment, some kind of energy conversion equipment designed by Howard Stark is also a very important part.

In the absence of that special means of energy conversion, even if you get the super soldier serum, its transformation of the human body is far less amazing than that of Steve Rogers back then.

Merlin is a real example of this.

He also injected super soldier serum, although the amount injected into the body did not reach the theoretical optimal value.

But Merlin did not accept the complete super soldier transformation process. He used his magic power as energy to let the serum strengthen his body. As a result, Merlin can only be regarded as a half-baked super soldier so far.

The strengthening effect of the super soldier serum on his body did not reach the legendary effect of turning decay into magic.

However, human beings have an instinct engraved in their bones to transform their own bodies and discover their potential. Therefore, the theory of body enhancement is still a very hot topic of discussion among biologists.

As one of the top biologists, an important member of the Emperor Project, and Dr. Serizawa's disciple, Miss Vivienne Graham is naturally no stranger to this theory.

However, as an elite who received materialism education and grew up accustomed to cold data, even though she knew Merlin's true identity from her mentor and spiritual partner, she still had some doubts about magic. doubt.

This is normal, people will subconsciously stay away from things they don't understand.

Fork-tailed dragon spinal fluid flying lion venom gland, and this? What is this thing? The tongue of an albino banshee? Huh, it's disgusting.

Vivian read the formula Merlin gave her in a critical tone, and she said:

I know you're a wizard, Mr. Merlin, but with all due respect, I haven't heard of 90% of the above materials, but I've seen this potato root.

That's not a potato, Vivian.

Merlin was drinking watermelon juice, he corrected:

That's yam root, which is completely different from potatoes. Oyster is a common alchemy material. It grows in dark, humid caves that are out of the sun all year round. It will absorb a small amount of magic power to bloom and bear fruit. Wherever potatoes exist, they are places where magic power naturally gathers.

Of course, I won't let you find these materials.

Merlin took out a small wooden box from his pocket, pushed it to Vivienne's eyes, and said:

Here are the materials I have found. The ingredients for 2 trials. The compatibility process of the mutation potion does not require magic power to participate, but you'd better make it strictly according to the requirements of the formula.

You mean, we have to prepare two silver crucibles and a 13-tube spiral still?

Vivian looked at the wooden box in front of her, and said:

Couldn't it be replaced by a centrifuge and a beaker? I'm a biologist after all, not a potion-boiling witch

I don't know either.

Merlin shrugged and said:

So you can give it a try. I will send you enough materials for your experiments in the next few months. I only have one request, to find out the secrets of this potion for strengthening the body, and, must Keep it a secret! It's best that only you and Dr. Qin Ze know.

I still don't know what the function of this thing is?

Vivian put the wooden box into her handbag. She folded up the formula and put it close to her body. Then she stretched out her fingers and picked up a piece of delicious pizza. She rolled up the thin pizza, like eating a burrito, took a bite, and asked curiously while satisfying her stomach:

You asked me and my mentor to help you with the experiment. At least you should tell us the purpose of the experiment and the principle of strengthening. We are scientists, and our understanding of magic only comes from bedtime stories when we were young. Even if I am now responsible for helping you domesticate A group of dragons that can fly and breathe fire, but I still have a hard time accepting magic that is not scientific at all.

Okay. I'll explain it to you in detail.

Merlin also picked up a piece of pizza, he took a bite, and whispered:

This thing is called mutation potion, or grass potion. Don't worry about the name. I didn't come up with it. In short, it comes from a rather ancient inheritance. The first batch of grass potions appeared around the 1st century AD. Made by witches and warlocks, it was used to strengthen some warriors, allowing them to break away from the physical shackles of ordinary people, so as to gain strength and fight against the monsters that ravaged the world at that time.

But the original formula of this potion is um, cruel.

Merlin frowned and said:

Some information I found showed that at the beginning, this drug could only be used on underage children, and its success rate of inducing mutations was only 30%. Only 3 out of 10 children survived. Sometimes there are even less than 3. And even if the induction is successful, those children will lose their emotions and even their fertility.

Uh, is it so cruel?

Vivian stopped eating, and she said with some disgust:

It's a reckless disregard for human life!

Yes, in our opinion, this is a very irresponsible behavior.

Merlin nodded and said in agreement:

But the situation back then is beyond our comprehension. In short, although the birth of those warriors was accompanied by absolute pain, their appearance brought a ray of light belonging to human civilization to the Middle Ages, which was ravaged by monsters. It is difficult for people to know about the war, and that inheritance has continued until now, after human beings have the power to resist monsters and even crush them, those inheritances have withdrawn from the stage of history.

And the formula in your hand is an improved product obtained after thousands of years of research and experimentation.

Merlin says:

This improved formula will allow adults to accept mutation induction, and will no longer forcibly cut off their fertility. Although it will still strip emotions, it will no longer turn the experimenter into an emotionless person like before. The most important thing about Gears of War is that its success rate has been increased to 50%.

That doesn't make sense either.

The genuine biologist Vivienne said disdainfully:

There is no difference between 1% and 99% when it comes to human life.

That's my idea too, Vivienne.

Merlin says:

This is why I need you and Dr. Qin Ze to help me. Before putting this medicine into use, I must ensure that its induction success rate reaches 100%! Or let's put it another way, try our best to improve this medicine induction success rate.

Sounds like a difficult job.

Vivian frowned, and she said:

It may take years, even decades, to have an effect. After all, we know next to nothing about this thing. We don't even understand how it strengthens the body.

Oh, I can explain this to you.

Merlin stretched out his fingers and drew two interlaced rings on the table, he said to Vivian:

The ring on the left represents humans, and the ring on the right represents aliens.

The principle of the mutagen is to use some heterogeneous extracts to reshape the human body. You can understand it as a forced enhancement, or transformation.

Merlin pointed to the intersecting part of the two rings, and he said to Vivian:

And the final result is a new creature that is compatible with the characteristics of the two. It not only retains the human soul, but also has some alien abilities. And the specific working principle of the mutagen, well, I think about it, in the simplest terms, it is Tearing apart the originally stable physiological system of the human body is like opening a door of blocked potential, allowing the body to fully 'open', and then using alien mutants to induce the human body to strengthen and reshape.

Merlin moved his fingers and said to Vivian:

It's like plasticine, you understand?

Use this two-stage method to reshape the originally weak body into an extraordinary body.

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Vivian made a strange nasal sound, and she said:

That sounds like a pain.

Yes, it hurts.

Although Merlin has never drank the mutation potion, he has heard about the pain of the mutation process from Elsa and White Wolf. He said:

The emotional loss of those experimenters is not entirely due to the fact that a large part of the result of body remodeling is lost in the fight against pain. Do you know what is the cruelest thing?

The kind of tearing and healing pain imposed on the human body is not a one-off, nor can it be completed in a few minutes.

Merlin shook his head, and said sadly:

It is said that the process will last for a week, or even longer. Can you imagine the feeling of spending a week in that kind of pain far beyond the limit of ordinary people?

That will leave indelible damage to the body and will of normal people.

Vivian pushed her glasses, and she said to Merlin seriously:

Now I regret that I promised you to help. This is a very inhuman research behavior, Merlin, and it makes me feel full of guilt.

But that's why I'm asking you for help, Vivian.

Merlin twisted a cold French fries, and he said to the biologist in front of him:

I can distribute this mutagen to those experimenters without going through you. You should know that in today's society, as long as you have money, you can do anything. But I didn't do that, I didn't care about human life, I Seeking your help is hoping to use your professional knowledge to ensure that the flaws of this potion are perfectly supplemented.

I want it to be a harmless, or rather, ancillary material.

But is it really necessary, Merlin.

Vivienne was still a little hesitant, she asked:

In this age, peace

Don't talk to me about peace, Miss Vivian.

Merlin shook his head, he looked at the people coming and going in the night outside the window, those feasting lights, he said:

Just 3 days ago, we just finished fighting a group of vampires. Staten Island is still under martial law. There is a legendary vampire. Well, you can understand that a terrifying monster similar to a Titan has been awakened. If there is no People stopped it, and within a week, all of New York would be a dead city. We stopped it, and luckily no one died in this war.

But even if I send my most elite agents to the most fringe battlefields, there are inevitable losses in the battle. Many people will never be able to pick up guns again in this life, and there are a few unlucky ones, May be on crutches for the rest of my life.

I'm not telling you how great we are, I'm just stating a fact.

Merlin looked at Vivienne, he said:

This kind of secret war, when you are enjoying peace, the bloodshed and sacrifices that you can't see happen all the time. I am not a god, I can't make the whole world peaceful in the next moment, I can only do my best I do everything in my power to prevent bad things from happening.

Mutation potion is a cruel thing, but if my agents take it before fighting vampires, then they will not end up with a disability, or even death. Fighting is the bounden duty and mission of soldiers, and we will not escape These.

And what I want you and Dr. Serizawa to do now is to put on the strongest armor and forge the sharpest weapons for these warriors who maintain order, so that they can fight against evil. A little more possibility to protect yourself.

Of course you can refuse, and my soldiers and I can go on alone, but I hope that when we enter the next war, you can accompany us.

Merlin said in a gentle tone:

After you go back, have a good talk with Dr. Serizawa. I think he should be able to understand what I mean.

What's more, if I remember correctly, the emperor's organization also has an emergency response plan for Titans. What I mean is, Vivienne, at the time when the ancient Titans you studied rioted, you hoped to use the lives of ordinary soldiers to kill them. Fill the bottomless pit of war, or hope that a group of super soldiers can stand up at a critical moment to prevent disasters?

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Merlin spread his hands and said to Vivian:

This matter is not only beneficial to us, is it?