The biological warehouse was vast, containing a diverse array of species. Upon hearing about Ye Hai's intentions, the supervisor of the facility instructed a middle-aged woman to lead the two of them to the mutant storage area.
After passing through several checkpoints, they successfully entered the mutant storage room.
"The mutant storage contains blood samples from 56 mutants, hair samples, and remnants from 12 mutants, such as brains, arms, and thigh fat, among other things. Dr. Ye, what would you like to see?" the middle-aged woman explained as they walked. Her demeanor was very polite, and she showed no condescension toward Ye Hai despite his youth.
Ye Hai smiled and replied, "I want to see the blood samples from those 56 mutants, and also their ability descriptions."
"Alright," the woman said, connecting her laptop to the room's interface. After a bit of operation, the screen displayed the information about the mutants.
"The computer contains detailed profiles of these 56 mutants, including their names, birth details, addresses, genders, abilities, and a small number of videos demonstrating their abilities. Most are volunteers, but as you can imagine, there are very few. Mutants prefer to blend into human society and many are reluctant to reveal their identities."
Gwen asked in confusion, "But that's not voluntary. How did you obtain these samples?"
The woman hesitated slightly before glancing at the two, finally saying, "Most of them were acquired from the black market."
"The black market?" Ye Hai, being somewhat naive, looked quizzically at the two women.
Gwen rolled her eyes and leaned in to whisper to Ye Hai, "It means they hunt down mutants secretly through underworld connections."
"Ah?" Ye Hai was taken aback and felt a shiver run down his spine. Becoming a mutant meant being marginalized by humanity, which brought its own troubles and dangers.
"Should I become a mutant?" This thought quickly flashed through Ye Hai's mind, but he reassured himself, "As long as I become a powerful mutant, like Magneto with world-ending abilities, how could ordinary people harm me?"
With his growing understanding of biological sciences, Ye Hai was confident in his ability to become a strong mutant with the aid of the system.
He focused on the information about the mutants on the computer, reading through the various details.
"Hebrew Hill, female, 21 years old, living in New York, Ability: Left hand can secrete a neurotoxin more potent than that of a cobra, capable of causing death within a minute..."
"Neil Anderson, male, 35 years old, residing in Edward, Ability: Possesses immense strength and endurance; appears frail but can effortlessly lift a 5-ton truck..."
"Infant, male, 1 year old, has two heads, with an unusual appearance, abandoned by parents..."
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"Les Wood, male, 12 years old, living in New York, Ability: Has a cat-like face and is incredibly agile..."
"Becca Meredith, female, 26 years old, residing in New York, Ability: Danger sensing—can react in advance to impending danger..."
"Addison, male, 15 years old, living in Los Angeles, Ability: Can fly at will..."
"Cornell Warren, male, 24 years old, residing in Vancouver, Ability: Can secrete smoke that attracts males or the opposite sex..."
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"Cindy Watt, female, 34 years old, address unknown, Ability: Skin turns to stone, as hard as steel..."
"Calvin Stowe, male, 26 years old, address unknown, Ability: Hair can be cut and regrows quickly..."
"Odys Bowman, male, 8 years old, address unknown, Ability: Highly sensitive sensory abilities—vision, smell, hearing, etc., are very powerful..."
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After reviewing the abilities of all 56 mutants, Ye Hai realized that their powers were quite strange and varied, with many lacking significant practical use. Among them, he found the abilities of flight, danger sensing, super sensitivity, immense strength, endurance, agility, and the ability to attract the opposite sex particularly interesting. If it weren't for that smoke, it would be perfect. The most worthy of his research, however, was the ability for hair to grow quickly, as it could assist in studying rapid healing abilities.
After weighing his options, Ye Hai decided to take samples of the blood from those with flight, danger sensing, super sensitivity, immense strength, endurance, and agility, as well as the healing hair ability.
Having gathered the blood samples, Ye Hai asked Gwen to keep it a secret and enthusiastically immersed himself in the research. He had a perfect grasp of gene fusion technology, and with Osborn's well-equipped and advanced facilities, coupled with his activation of the third-level brain domain, he surprisingly completed the fusion of these abilities into a serum in just over three hours.
Looking at the serum in his hand, Ye Hai felt a surge of hesitation. Although he had successfully created the serum, he did not have full confidence that it wouldn't cause any issues. To know the results, he needed to conduct human trials, but once he did that, he would leave traces that could expose his findings to powerful entities such as S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, or even Norman Osborn, the boss of Osborn Industries, who was extremely eager to explore gene fusion technologies to cure his family's genetic illness.
As he was troubled by these thoughts, a voice echoed in his mind from the system.
"Ding! Detecting that the host has invented an experimental item. The quality monitoring system is officially activated. Activating the quality monitoring system..."
"Ding! Quality monitoring system activated. The host can now use the quality monitoring system to test experimental items. Each test costs 100 scientific points."
"Quality monitoring system?" Ye Hai exclaimed with joy, "Let's test this serum!"
"Ding! Quality inspection system initiated… the mutant serum has an 83% compatibility with the host. It is not recommended for the host to use it."
"What? Only 83%? I'm glad I didn't rashly use it; otherwise, who knows what kind of monster I would become," Ye Hai thought with relief.
Next, Ye Hai began to further refine the mutant genes.
Two hours later—
"Ding! Ding! Quality inspection system initiated... the mutant serum has a 90% compatibility with the host. It is not recommended for the host to use it."
An hour and a half later—
"Ding! Quality inspection system initiated... the mutant serum has a 95% compatibility with the host. It is not recommended for the host to use it."
One hour later—
"Ding! Quality inspection system initiated... the mutant serum has a 98% compatibility with the host. The host may use it."
Finally, it was ready for use. Ye Hai let out a sigh of relief but wanted to further improve it, so he continued his research.
Half an hour later—
"Ding! Quality inspection system initiated... the mutant serum has a 99% compatibility with the host. The host may use it."
"Ding! Quality inspection system initiated... the mutant serum has a 99.4% compatibility with the host. The host may use it."
…
"Ding! Quality inspection system initiated... the mutant serum has a 99.9% compatibility with the host. The experimental item is nearly perfect. It is recommended that the host use it."
"Ding! The host has achieved a 99.9% compatibility level for the first time, nearing perfection. The host is rewarded with 1000 scientific points."
Receiving 1000 scientific points? The scientific points spent on inspections had been recouped, which was indeed a pleasant surprise.
"System, can it reach 100%?" Ye Hai inquired.
"Nothing can achieve perfection, and this system is no exception," the system replied.
"Alright then, let's use it."
Ye Hai glanced at the laboratory; it was now nighttime, and the other colleagues had left work. Even Gwen, who often lingered around him, had gone home. The entire lab was quiet, leaving only him—perfectly positioned for his experiment.
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