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Chapter 1142 6.31 Mutant Customized Service
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According to Nathaniel Essex, the purpose of his human experiments was to test whether the mutant genes collected from dead mutants were still active.
That's why the genes of three dead mutants were transcribed on the warden's body.And from the effect point of view, it is also the result that Nathaniel Essex wants.He succeeded.
Which means, there's a good reason for that...
"Besides..." The Red Queen, who was shrouded in the power of the phoenix, swallowed his saliva: "Is there anyone else..."
"Yes." Nathaniel Essex stared at Wu Chen's faint eyes and smiled slightly: "There are many more."
"Why..." Maybe it's because she is also a mentally strong person, so the Red Queen, who is wearing a flight suit, is full of mysterious temptations that Wu Chen cannot resist.
"Because I'm a businessman!" Nathaniel Essex spread his hands. "The Essex Group provides customized services for all kinds of mutants. As long as there is a need and the price is right, we don't care."
"Custom mutant service?" Wu Chen suddenly woke up.
It made him have a very bad feeling!
"That's right." Nathaniel Essex was a little surprised by Wu Chen's reaction.Obviously, he didn't expect Wu Chen to be able to jump out of the Red Queen's spiritual charm so quickly.After a slight pause, Nathaniel Essex waved lightly, and the 3D imaging hidden in the office began to play the promotional video of the Essex Group.
Weapon X!
Not right either.To be precise...not comprehensive.
Not just Weapon X, the Essex Group also customizes many mutant abilities that are very attractive to Wu Chen.
For example, a simplified version of Mystique's imitation ability and an organic combination of self-healing functions.Think about it, having sex with different celebrities every day, and every time you break it, you can still recover...
Nima, this guy is really a genius (Darwin: ...)!
Wu Chen also saw a custom-made mutant with the ability of a toad... Is it because of the longer tongue?I'm going, heavy taste!
Some wealthy people with special idiosyncrasies don't want too much.The satisfaction that cannot be obtained by ordinary people can be realized by mutants!Moreover, Wu Chen was dazzled by all kinds of people watching, and his three views were severely refreshed!
The city will play!
Some, however, go well beyond the realm of bad taste.For example, a rich man with cannibalistic tendencies custom-made himself a mutant who can regenerate limbs...
It's scary just thinking about it!
From surprise at the beginning, to shock, to horror, and finally nausea.
Nathaniel Essex could see all the changes in Wu Chen's expression.
Although he obviously felt uncomfortable, Wu Chen still resisted to watch the entire promotional video.The moment the laser light went out, the lord subconsciously took a breath.
"How?" Nathaniel Essex said calmly.
"The front part is not bad, it can be said to be great. But the latter part is a bit scary." Wu Chen said truthfully.
"As I said before, we provide services, and the content of services is provided by customers." Nathaniel Essex smiled slightly.
From the perspective of 'I am a businessman', this sentence is indeed beyond reproach.Just like the saying of the arms dealer: "There is nothing wrong with the gun, it is the person who uses it."
"..." Wu Chen opened his mouth, "There should be a bottom line in service, right?" 'After all, I didn't say it.As he learned more about the city of New York and its people, his inner heaviness grew.The so-called bottom line, in the metropolis of New York where business is business and money is paramount, is simply a joke.
"Wu Chen, we are a company with a very 'moral sense' (please note the difference from 'moral')." Seeing that Wu Chen was unable to refute, Nathaniel Essex continued: "Think about it, What would those fetishes, ogres, do without us? I think they would probably lay their claws on innocent humans."
"Are mutants not human?" Mrs. Spiderweb, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak.
"Ma'am, it's you." Despite wearing a veil, Nathaniel Essex recognized Mrs. Web's voice.
"Nathaniel, you have gone too far." In terms of real age, Nathaniel Essex is much older than Mrs. Spiderweb, but how to say, because of immortality, It made him look much younger than Mrs. Web, who optically disguised her old and dying appearance.
"Ma'am, I am very happy for you to be able to stand up and walk." Nathaniel Essex said with a smile, "Your genes are very special. Next, repair your body. I am not surprised that Wu Chen can do it."
"Nathaniel, I'm not a mutant, you know that." Mrs. Web frowned secretly: "So your mutation gene therapy is useless to me."
"That's right. Just as the transcription of DNA requires a suitable parent strand, "mutant genes can only implant on DNA strands with mutation potential". Even if ordinary humans are forcibly transformed, they will melt due to genetic conflicts."
Wu Chen thought of Senator Kelly in X1.As a test product by Magneto, he was forcibly transformed into a mutant.In the end, it turned into a pool of cell fluid due to genetic conflicts.Indeed, ordinary people who do not have the X variant gene cannot transcribe the mutant gene.
In other words, when the Celestial God Group came to the earth and implanted the X gene in the ancient human body, it was also selectively implanted.Not everyone has the X gene implanted.In addition to the fact that the number of primitive human populations is too large to cover the whole.The bigger reason is likely to be that some ancient human genes conflict with the X gene.Therefore, the Celestial Group did not implant the X gene into these ancient humans with the 'X conflict gene'.
"Hedge gene." Nathaniel Essex said suddenly.
"What?" Wu Chen, who was still immersed in his own thoughts, asked casually.
"I call it 'hedge gene'." Nathaniel Essex could actually know what Wu Chen was thinking!
"Hedge gene..." Wu Chen thought of the famous hedge fund.
"That's right, as you think. Some human genes are naturally in conflict with the X gene. It's like white blood cells are to viruses. Or you can call the hedge gene carriers, called 'X virus' innate immunity. Their body The cells in it can kill the invading X-mutant cells. Just like leukocytes kill viruses.” Nathaniel Essex continued: “Just as AIDS is fatal to ordinary people, some people born with genetic defects , but can be immune to it. From the day of birth, the legend of life carried by human beings, even I cannot reveal all the secrets."
"That's right." Wu Chen agreed with this point.
"So, as you said earlier, humans still have limits." Nathaniel Essex finally set the tone for this conversation.
"It's good. Be in awe, and always know your own shortcomings and imperfections." Wu Chen laughed.
"Then, please tell me, Wu Chen. Who are you in awe of?" Nathaniel Essex said suddenly.
"Me?" Wu Chen smiled and said, "The one who created me."
"So, you also believe in a Creator." Nathaniel Essex's joy was beyond words.If it can be proved that man was really created, it means that Darwin's theory of human-monkey evolution by natural selection is completely wrong!
"I believe." Wu Chen nodded firmly: "Just like your cloning technology. Facts have also proved that the DNA of the human body is nearly [-]% similar to that of wax gourd. Therefore, there is also a possibility that the creator used monkeys to The original DNA template was used as the master, and a second upgrade was carried out to give birth to human beings. As for how many times it has been transformed, it depends on how many aliens with the ability of 'creator' visited the prehistoric earth."
"But humans prefer to believe that they are natural choices." Nathaniel Essex continued to ask.
"That's right." Wu Chen nodded with a smile: "That depends on how you define nature." Humph, don't you know that Lao Tzu is pluralism!
"Then how do you define it?"
"I think the so-called nature is the way things are. There is no artificial modification or tampering."
This seems to be a sick sentence.But Nathaniel Essex got it. "Okay, Wu Chen. Nice to meet you."
"Me too." Only then did Wu Chen remember that from the moment he entered the door, Mr. Shocking and Evil had unknowingly dominated the conversation.But Wu Chen's most important question has not been answered yet.
Thinking of this, Wu Chen finally asked: "What do you know about those mutants who were secretly captured?"
From the current situation, this seems to be two lines.The Sentinel is secretly capturing mutants, while Mister Sinister is semi-publicly customizing mutants.This is actually two things.It's just that at the beginning, Wu Chen confused them in general terms.
"I also found some traces." Nathaniel Essex snapped his fingers lightly, and a long list appeared in front of Wu Chen. The important information that TT40 searched hard but failed to obtain appeared in front of Wu Chen so easily, so that TT40 finally discovered the clue: "Master, his brain."
"what?"
"Master, his brain is the company's server host!" TT40 became more and more sure of his judgment.
"You mean... he turned his brain into a computer?"
"No. This is a kind of... the ability of the X mutant gene!" TT40 gave the most possible judgment.
In other words, Mister Sinister possesses some kind of ability to store massive amounts of information and data in his mind!Moreover, it can also be combined with electronic computers and information technology, so that it can be retrieved as it is used, and it can be delivered as it is delivered!
Similar to AI digital brain!
This strange ability...
Just like Wu Chen's own computer wizard, the X gene mutation is also a future-oriented ability!
No wonder the TT40 got nothing.
Mister Sinister has kept all the secrets in his head!
I don't know if this is his own ability that was naturally awakened, or someone else's ability was cloned!Anyway, just as Wu Chen used various high-tech means to ensure his information security, Mr. Shocking Evil is also using the ability similar to the X gene mutation to ensure his own information security.
Same way.
As expected of two heavyweight villains...
These lists made by Mr. Sinister are similar to the warden, who have received the so-called 'gene mutation therapy' treatment of the Essex Group, and are ordinary humans carrying the X recessive gene.When these people were successfully awakened with mutant genes and transformed into mutants, Nathaniel Essex installed advanced information bracelets for each of them.To record the follow-up efficacy of 'gene mutation therapy'.Of course, this information bracelet obviously also has a tracking and positioning function.
When the positioning signal disappears, the Essex Group's data center will automatically trigger an alarm.This is actually similar to the tracking system installed on the ankle of the prisoner.
These transformed mutants, without exception, never appeared again.
"The person who captured them seems to have the ability to interfere and shield electronic signals." Nathaniel Essex also had his own discovery: "So, it is impossible to determine their current location by conventional means."
Unable to determine by conventional methods?
Wu Chen's heart moved: "So, you actually know where they are?"
"Yes." Nathaniel Essex nodded lightly: "Among all kinds of strange mutant abilities, there is a type that I call 'detection ability'. Mutants with detection abilities can Sensing the number, level, degree of danger, etc. of mutants within a certain range."
Callisto the Night Walker!
In the X3 Battle of Alcatraz, the mutant who was electrocuted by the Queen of Storms!Since Mister Sinister can transcribe the mutant genes of the three death mutants into the warden, he can also transcribe the night girl Callisto into his subordinates, and even himself!
"So, although they can block the positioning signals of mutants, they can't block their abilities." Nathaniel Essex blinked lightly as he spoke, a map marking the location of mutants, It immediately appeared in front of Wu Chen's eyes!
New York!
The red coordinate point like a light bulb is the former X Academy and now the main base of the X Chapter!
"Sure enough, it's you..." After going around in such a big circle, I finally returned to the original point!
Is the conflict with the X battle group going to be staged in advance!
Seeing Wu Chen's expression was extremely resolute for a moment, Mr. Shocking and Evil reminded him friendly: "Wu Chen, don't underestimate this castle. They have excavated an extremely deep underground base below. It is like a castle built on No one knows what is hidden in the underground skyscraper. The most important thing is that our most powerful mutants dare not get too close! Therefore, it is extremely dangerous."
"I understand." Out of caution, Wu Chen did not invade Mr. Sinister's brain.After all, there is the Red Queen who is also a super mental power next to her.It is not known whether she is now just Madelyne Jennifer Pryor-Summers (Madelyne Jennifer Pryor-Summers), or has undergone a drastic change and evolved into the Red Queen.
However, referring to the plot line after X3, it seems that all this has not happened yet.The Red Queen has not yet met Cyclops Scott under the arrangement of Mister Sinister, so naturally she has not been able to get married and have children, and the future superhero, Cable, was born.
Judging from the existing plot line, it seems that there is no chance.Because at the beginning of X3, Scott was killed by the blackened Phoenix.
There is no need for Wu Chen to worry about this problem, because there is Mr. Scary Evil.Could he have cloned a Cyclops?Or directly use the DNA of Cyclops and Phoenix to give birth to a super offspring of test-tube babies through genetic technology?
This is very possible.
Of course, there are pros and cons.This project is completed, and next year I can safely code for everyone...
PS: Ask for some subscriptions and rewards?
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According to Nathaniel Essex, the purpose of his human experiments was to test whether the mutant genes collected from dead mutants were still active.
That's why the genes of three dead mutants were transcribed on the warden's body.And from the effect point of view, it is also the result that Nathaniel Essex wants.He succeeded.
Which means, there's a good reason for that...
"Besides..." The Red Queen, who was shrouded in the power of the phoenix, swallowed his saliva: "Is there anyone else..."
"Yes." Nathaniel Essex stared at Wu Chen's faint eyes and smiled slightly: "There are many more."
"Why..." Maybe it's because she is also a mentally strong person, so the Red Queen, who is wearing a flight suit, is full of mysterious temptations that Wu Chen cannot resist.
"Because I'm a businessman!" Nathaniel Essex spread his hands. "The Essex Group provides customized services for all kinds of mutants. As long as there is a need and the price is right, we don't care."
"Custom mutant service?" Wu Chen suddenly woke up.
It made him have a very bad feeling!
"That's right." Nathaniel Essex was a little surprised by Wu Chen's reaction.Obviously, he didn't expect Wu Chen to be able to jump out of the Red Queen's spiritual charm so quickly.After a slight pause, Nathaniel Essex waved lightly, and the 3D imaging hidden in the office began to play the promotional video of the Essex Group.
Weapon X!
Not right either.To be precise...not comprehensive.
Not just Weapon X, the Essex Group also customizes many mutant abilities that are very attractive to Wu Chen.
For example, a simplified version of Mystique's imitation ability and an organic combination of self-healing functions.Think about it, having sex with different celebrities every day, and every time you break it, you can still recover...
Nima, this guy is really a genius (Darwin: ...)!
Wu Chen also saw a custom-made mutant with the ability of a toad... Is it because of the longer tongue?I'm going, heavy taste!
Some wealthy people with special idiosyncrasies don't want too much.The satisfaction that cannot be obtained by ordinary people can be realized by mutants!Moreover, Wu Chen was dazzled by all kinds of people watching, and his three views were severely refreshed!
The city will play!
Some, however, go well beyond the realm of bad taste.For example, a rich man with cannibalistic tendencies custom-made himself a mutant who can regenerate limbs...
It's scary just thinking about it!
From surprise at the beginning, to shock, to horror, and finally nausea.
Nathaniel Essex could see all the changes in Wu Chen's expression.
Although he obviously felt uncomfortable, Wu Chen still resisted to watch the entire promotional video.The moment the laser light went out, the lord subconsciously took a breath.
"How?" Nathaniel Essex said calmly.
"The front part is not bad, it can be said to be great. But the latter part is a bit scary." Wu Chen said truthfully.
"As I said before, we provide services, and the content of services is provided by customers." Nathaniel Essex smiled slightly.
From the perspective of 'I am a businessman', this sentence is indeed beyond reproach.Just like the saying of the arms dealer: "There is nothing wrong with the gun, it is the person who uses it."
"..." Wu Chen opened his mouth, "There should be a bottom line in service, right?" 'After all, I didn't say it.As he learned more about the city of New York and its people, his inner heaviness grew.The so-called bottom line, in the metropolis of New York where business is business and money is paramount, is simply a joke.
"Wu Chen, we are a company with a very 'moral sense' (please note the difference from 'moral')." Seeing that Wu Chen was unable to refute, Nathaniel Essex continued: "Think about it, What would those fetishes, ogres, do without us? I think they would probably lay their claws on innocent humans."
"Are mutants not human?" Mrs. Spiderweb, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak.
"Ma'am, it's you." Despite wearing a veil, Nathaniel Essex recognized Mrs. Web's voice.
"Nathaniel, you have gone too far." In terms of real age, Nathaniel Essex is much older than Mrs. Spiderweb, but how to say, because of immortality, It made him look much younger than Mrs. Web, who optically disguised her old and dying appearance.
"Ma'am, I am very happy for you to be able to stand up and walk." Nathaniel Essex said with a smile, "Your genes are very special. Next, repair your body. I am not surprised that Wu Chen can do it."
"Nathaniel, I'm not a mutant, you know that." Mrs. Web frowned secretly: "So your mutation gene therapy is useless to me."
"That's right. Just as the transcription of DNA requires a suitable parent strand, "mutant genes can only implant on DNA strands with mutation potential". Even if ordinary humans are forcibly transformed, they will melt due to genetic conflicts."
Wu Chen thought of Senator Kelly in X1.As a test product by Magneto, he was forcibly transformed into a mutant.In the end, it turned into a pool of cell fluid due to genetic conflicts.Indeed, ordinary people who do not have the X variant gene cannot transcribe the mutant gene.
In other words, when the Celestial God Group came to the earth and implanted the X gene in the ancient human body, it was also selectively implanted.Not everyone has the X gene implanted.In addition to the fact that the number of primitive human populations is too large to cover the whole.The bigger reason is likely to be that some ancient human genes conflict with the X gene.Therefore, the Celestial Group did not implant the X gene into these ancient humans with the 'X conflict gene'.
"Hedge gene." Nathaniel Essex said suddenly.
"What?" Wu Chen, who was still immersed in his own thoughts, asked casually.
"I call it 'hedge gene'." Nathaniel Essex could actually know what Wu Chen was thinking!
"Hedge gene..." Wu Chen thought of the famous hedge fund.
"That's right, as you think. Some human genes are naturally in conflict with the X gene. It's like white blood cells are to viruses. Or you can call the hedge gene carriers, called 'X virus' innate immunity. Their body The cells in it can kill the invading X-mutant cells. Just like leukocytes kill viruses.” Nathaniel Essex continued: “Just as AIDS is fatal to ordinary people, some people born with genetic defects , but can be immune to it. From the day of birth, the legend of life carried by human beings, even I cannot reveal all the secrets."
"That's right." Wu Chen agreed with this point.
"So, as you said earlier, humans still have limits." Nathaniel Essex finally set the tone for this conversation.
"It's good. Be in awe, and always know your own shortcomings and imperfections." Wu Chen laughed.
"Then, please tell me, Wu Chen. Who are you in awe of?" Nathaniel Essex said suddenly.
"Me?" Wu Chen smiled and said, "The one who created me."
"So, you also believe in a Creator." Nathaniel Essex's joy was beyond words.If it can be proved that man was really created, it means that Darwin's theory of human-monkey evolution by natural selection is completely wrong!
"I believe." Wu Chen nodded firmly: "Just like your cloning technology. Facts have also proved that the DNA of the human body is nearly [-]% similar to that of wax gourd. Therefore, there is also a possibility that the creator used monkeys to The original DNA template was used as the master, and a second upgrade was carried out to give birth to human beings. As for how many times it has been transformed, it depends on how many aliens with the ability of 'creator' visited the prehistoric earth."
"But humans prefer to believe that they are natural choices." Nathaniel Essex continued to ask.
"That's right." Wu Chen nodded with a smile: "That depends on how you define nature." Humph, don't you know that Lao Tzu is pluralism!
"Then how do you define it?"
"I think the so-called nature is the way things are. There is no artificial modification or tampering."
This seems to be a sick sentence.But Nathaniel Essex got it. "Okay, Wu Chen. Nice to meet you."
"Me too." Only then did Wu Chen remember that from the moment he entered the door, Mr. Shocking and Evil had unknowingly dominated the conversation.But Wu Chen's most important question has not been answered yet.
Thinking of this, Wu Chen finally asked: "What do you know about those mutants who were secretly captured?"
From the current situation, this seems to be two lines.The Sentinel is secretly capturing mutants, while Mister Sinister is semi-publicly customizing mutants.This is actually two things.It's just that at the beginning, Wu Chen confused them in general terms.
"I also found some traces." Nathaniel Essex snapped his fingers lightly, and a long list appeared in front of Wu Chen. The important information that TT40 searched hard but failed to obtain appeared in front of Wu Chen so easily, so that TT40 finally discovered the clue: "Master, his brain."
"what?"
"Master, his brain is the company's server host!" TT40 became more and more sure of his judgment.
"You mean... he turned his brain into a computer?"
"No. This is a kind of... the ability of the X mutant gene!" TT40 gave the most possible judgment.
In other words, Mister Sinister possesses some kind of ability to store massive amounts of information and data in his mind!Moreover, it can also be combined with electronic computers and information technology, so that it can be retrieved as it is used, and it can be delivered as it is delivered!
Similar to AI digital brain!
This strange ability...
Just like Wu Chen's own computer wizard, the X gene mutation is also a future-oriented ability!
No wonder the TT40 got nothing.
Mister Sinister has kept all the secrets in his head!
I don't know if this is his own ability that was naturally awakened, or someone else's ability was cloned!Anyway, just as Wu Chen used various high-tech means to ensure his information security, Mr. Shocking Evil is also using the ability similar to the X gene mutation to ensure his own information security.
Same way.
As expected of two heavyweight villains...
These lists made by Mr. Sinister are similar to the warden, who have received the so-called 'gene mutation therapy' treatment of the Essex Group, and are ordinary humans carrying the X recessive gene.When these people were successfully awakened with mutant genes and transformed into mutants, Nathaniel Essex installed advanced information bracelets for each of them.To record the follow-up efficacy of 'gene mutation therapy'.Of course, this information bracelet obviously also has a tracking and positioning function.
When the positioning signal disappears, the Essex Group's data center will automatically trigger an alarm.This is actually similar to the tracking system installed on the ankle of the prisoner.
These transformed mutants, without exception, never appeared again.
"The person who captured them seems to have the ability to interfere and shield electronic signals." Nathaniel Essex also had his own discovery: "So, it is impossible to determine their current location by conventional means."
Unable to determine by conventional methods?
Wu Chen's heart moved: "So, you actually know where they are?"
"Yes." Nathaniel Essex nodded lightly: "Among all kinds of strange mutant abilities, there is a type that I call 'detection ability'. Mutants with detection abilities can Sensing the number, level, degree of danger, etc. of mutants within a certain range."
Callisto the Night Walker!
In the X3 Battle of Alcatraz, the mutant who was electrocuted by the Queen of Storms!Since Mister Sinister can transcribe the mutant genes of the three death mutants into the warden, he can also transcribe the night girl Callisto into his subordinates, and even himself!
"So, although they can block the positioning signals of mutants, they can't block their abilities." Nathaniel Essex blinked lightly as he spoke, a map marking the location of mutants, It immediately appeared in front of Wu Chen's eyes!
New York!
The red coordinate point like a light bulb is the former X Academy and now the main base of the X Chapter!
"Sure enough, it's you..." After going around in such a big circle, I finally returned to the original point!
Is the conflict with the X battle group going to be staged in advance!
Seeing Wu Chen's expression was extremely resolute for a moment, Mr. Shocking and Evil reminded him friendly: "Wu Chen, don't underestimate this castle. They have excavated an extremely deep underground base below. It is like a castle built on No one knows what is hidden in the underground skyscraper. The most important thing is that our most powerful mutants dare not get too close! Therefore, it is extremely dangerous."
"I understand." Out of caution, Wu Chen did not invade Mr. Sinister's brain.After all, there is the Red Queen who is also a super mental power next to her.It is not known whether she is now just Madelyne Jennifer Pryor-Summers (Madelyne Jennifer Pryor-Summers), or has undergone a drastic change and evolved into the Red Queen.
However, referring to the plot line after X3, it seems that all this has not happened yet.The Red Queen has not yet met Cyclops Scott under the arrangement of Mister Sinister, so naturally she has not been able to get married and have children, and the future superhero, Cable, was born.
Judging from the existing plot line, it seems that there is no chance.Because at the beginning of X3, Scott was killed by the blackened Phoenix.
There is no need for Wu Chen to worry about this problem, because there is Mr. Scary Evil.Could he have cloned a Cyclops?Or directly use the DNA of Cyclops and Phoenix to give birth to a super offspring of test-tube babies through genetic technology?
This is very possible.
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