Marvel's Speedster

"This bastard!"

Watching the triumphant Samuel walk out of the conference room, the doctor couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and slapped the table heavily.

Lizard scales faintly covered the back of the hand, and countless tiny cracks appeared on the walnut tabletop that had been hit hard.

"There's no need to be angry about this guy." Ross comforted. "The higher the cat climbs, the harder the fall will be. I will fully pay the insurance for the new company, and maybe we will receive a large amount of compensation soon."

"This is the best." Connors' face was livid.

For a doctor who has been cheated by his colleagues and lost his arm, there is nothing more hateful than a cold arrow from a friend, especially when he has been releasing goodwill, the damage of this deliberate manipulation will be multiplied.

"He won't reveal our secret, will he?" Restraining his anger, the doctor calmed himself down and thought about it carefully. He felt that Samuel's project team should have never been in direct contact with things like Mutant cells. The research group is more inclined to the category of applied research, which belongs to the downstream branch project, and does not involve the part that needs special confidentiality.

The truly confidential research has always been in charge of the doctor and Maya. Compared with Samuel, Maya has a more stable personality and a relatively simple life background, so the level of confidentiality is also higher.

But Samuel is a biologist with considerable strength after all, and he has the convenience of a laboratory, and his vision is broader than that of ordinary scientific researchers. If he really finds something special in his research, it may not be impossible.

Connors was very worried that in the process of forming the new company, this guy would leak the secrets of the laboratory to outsiders.

Ross shook his head disapprovingly: "What harm can it do to us if leaked out. It is said that we use Mutant for experiments and cross-species research. Don't other companies have similar experiments? Doesn't the government have similar plans? Even if our competition Competitors know that our main products use Mutant cells, they must first find an industrialized production model, and then they can reduce costs and compete with us for the market, and our position has already been consolidated by then.”

The doctor is still a little worried: "It's still too dangerous. If we pin our hopes on the inaction of the outside world, there will always be some people who will doubt our abnormality."

"Did no one suspect it before?"

Ross shrugged, stared brightly into the doctor's eyes, and asked again in a raised voice. "Didn't anyone want to know our secret before?"

Connors thought about it silently, and couldn't help but let out a long breath, his stiff body gradually relaxed, and the scales on the back of his hands retracted again.

"If when we first launched Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, the outside world jointly boycotted our sales, prevented us from obtaining funds, and used fishing boats to smear our reputation, then no matter how good our products are, it would be difficult to develop rapidly; if Watsonton Pharmaceuticals When attacking us, if other organizations are not behind the scenes or distracting Watsonton, it will be difficult for us to completely defeat it; if the military does not want to develop biological weapons, it is willing to do whatever it takes to support all organizations that can provide them with advanced equipment Arms dealers, we will not be so easy to become the seat of the Pentagon."

Ross looked around the conference room for a week, and pointed out to Connors the various awards commemorated by the laboratory in the past six months in the honor showcase, with an indescribable irony in his smile.

"Now that Watsonton Pharmaceuticals has closed down, the organization behind Malik has had its hands cut off, and other opponents can only rely on the original solution provided by us to maintain production. Although we are the beneficiaries of these incidents, some people may doubt it, but Department of Defense generals still send congratulatory letters to the lab, inviting us to direct research—our ascent is unstoppable."

"That's right, there are many people who want to dig our secrets, and many people are unwilling to let the market be monopolized by us, but more people want to benefit from our development. As long as these people cannot unite, they will not be able to share We get knocked down and can only hope for our own mistakes, only to find that we have to rely on us even more.

Ross looked into Connors' eyes and asked, "Will their hopes come true?"

"No, it won't." Connors straightened his body involuntarily. "They can't wait for that day.

"That's right."

Ross pursed his lips and smiled, and turned his gaze to the window of the conference hall.

The scenery outside the window is infinite.

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Coming out of the conference hall, Ross went back to his room.

Opening the secret door, a secret passage opened, and he walked in.

After going through strict security testing procedures, he came to a secret room.

The glass case on the edge of the secret room displays pieces of worn equipment, from the earliest cobweb elastic boots to the later GMO clothing, all kinds of equipment of various purposes and models are well preserved here. In the center of the secret room is a large glass incubator, where the Speed ​​III combat suit, which was severely damaged in the confrontation with Magneto a few days ago, is being repaired.

Through the glass walls and transparent nutrient solution, Ross saw his equipment.

At the moment, this biological costume has basically been repaired, except for a few of the most severely injured places where pink cells are still slowly growing [other parts have been restored to normal.

However, after the last battle, Ross has a new inspiration, and the speed four will replace this old equipment soon, and it will be put into the display case like the previous models.

In fact, before the battle, he already had a plan, and this battle only accelerated his determination to update.

In Ross's conception, compared with the light and thin Type 3 equipment, the new Type 4 equipment will place more emphasis on the conversion of energy, so as to further speed up.

Compared with the earlier Speed ​​1 and 2, the success of Speed ​​3 lies in its greatly reduced air resistance.

Anyone who has really experienced high speed will know that after the speed exceeds 20 miles per hour, 80% of the physical strength is used to overcome air resistance. At the moment, the superb physical fitness and the use of equipment have reached the limit. No matter how light it is, no matter how high the precision of the equipment is, and no matter how excellent the parts and components are, it is impossible to make substantial progress.

At this time, the extra kilogram of weight on the equipment will cause an increase in resistance, which is almost equivalent to negligible wind resistance, so the weight becomes a secondary factor, and the negative impact can be avoided through other means.

Moreover, the increase of wind resistance is proportional to the square of the speed, the faster the speed, the air resistance will rise rapidly.

In order to overcome air resistance, Ross borrowed from the spoiler design on the surface of super sports cars when developing the Speed ​​​​3.

The dynamically adjustable spoiler is usually invisible and attached to the surface of the body, and it will automatically pop up under the wind force only after the speed reaches a fairly high level. When fully opened, they look hideous and terrifying like sharp bone blades or some kind of bug's exoskeleton, but this special structure allows the wearer to achieve a perfect balance between power and resistance. This design makes Type-3 much faster than Type-2, and makes the human body more stable in complex environments.

But to achieve this level is the limit of the Type-3. It is impossible to maintain a stable speed above the speed of sound or even higher by relying on external designs such as spoilers. In the battle at the Bashi Building, the moment he broke out of the encirclement was an extremely profound lesson. If Ross hadn't rushed to the top of the building before the battle suit was scrapped, then he would face serious burns and blood loss. It will boil, like a meteorite falling into the atmosphere from space, and there will be serious bruises all over the body.

This is all due to air resistance.

In order to avoid this situation, Ross must jump out of previous experience and develop better new ideas in a targeted manner.

He already had some ideas about it.

"Pallas! Give me the data."

Ross gave an order, and the artificial intelligence system automatically released the projection.

On the screen of holographic simulation 517, the image of a middle-aged Caucasian man slowly rotates. This man has brown hair, blue eyes, and handsome appearance. Select the small frame next to him to display the microscopic analysis of his cell structure.

This is the body of Sebastian Shaw, the loot that Ross seized from the Stryker base.

In the world of Mutant, Shaw is a famous and dangerous person. He created Magneto by himself. Later, in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, he acted as a third party force other than the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, trying to Instigating a war between ordinary human beings, almost pushing the whole world to the brink of nuclear war.

If it weren't for the joint resistance of the young Professor X and Magneto, perhaps all human beings are struggling under the cloud of nuclear dust at this moment.

This person's experience is quite similar to Ross's.

Shaw was originally a Nazi scientist, an ordinary person without any super-ability. Later, he successfully transformed himself into one of the strongest mutants through the research of the young Magneto and other mutants. Ross's earliest trophy, the prototype of the helmet that Magneto used to isolate the mind Ability, came from this man. Although Magneto had a deep hatred for Xiao, and with the help of Professor X, he personally killed him to avenge his mother, but he has always agreed with Xiao's point of view and pursued Xiao's theory, so he has been fighting openly and secretly with the more moderate Professor X for many years. .

Despite Shaw's personal background, his Ability is also very interesting. As far as Ross knows, Shaw has the ability to absorb most forms of energy, convert it into his own power, and release the stored energy, or use it to restore youth.

Ross has always been very interested in this person's Ability.

As far as he knows, there is a substance whose effect is very similar to Shaw's Ability, that is, Vibranium used to make Captain America's shield. Ross sent John and Crowe to Africa to obtain samples of this substance for comparison.

If this energy-absorbing characteristic can be copied to new equipment, the appearance of the Speed ​​Four will not be far away. .