Marvel's Speedster

In the underground part of the cutting-edge technology laboratory, there is a little-known circular space, which is buried 130 feet deep underground and is more than 2 miles long. Taking a healthy adult man walking 260 feet per minute as an example, it is difficult for ordinary people to walk through it. It takes at least 45 minutes. Regarding this peculiar place, when describing it to the internal staff, the senior management of the laboratory all used the excuse of preparing for the installation of the Small Hadron Collider in advance, but in fact there was nothing there, just an empty circular corridor.

Although the first batch of employees had visited the site under the guidance of their superiors before joining the company, no one ever felt suspicious.

The obvious reason is funding. The larger Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, cost only 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, was jointly built by 40 countries, and usually has 7,000 scientists and engineers from about 80 countries for its operation Serve. Compared with CERN, S.T.A.R. is just an emerging economy, without the strong support of the federal government behind it, nor the deep accumulation like other big companies. Even though it is just a small hadron collider, it will also produce There is huge financial pressure, so it is really normal to temporarily seal it up there.

However, the vast majority of peripheral employees will not know that this hidden place that was originally empty and uninhabited in their impression is not as inaccessible as they thought. In fact, it has been used quite frequently, especially in recent days. Today, Connors, Maya and others continued to go down with Ross, making the final adjustments for the upcoming Speed ​​II equipment.

At this moment, in a spacious hall outside the circular corridor, more than a dozen reliable staff members are busy near the test bench, doing speed tests for Ross.

Amidst the howling wind, clear and crisp voices continued to resound in the hall.

...262.4 feet per second and still going up.

Maya's assistant stared at the timer counting down, and she herself was engrossed in observing the real-time body condition information from the smart device mounted on Ross's body.

...... The speed is 278 feet per hour, which is close to the highest speed of high-speed railway. "

The sound of the wind continued to howl, and as Ross ran, circles of air vibrations gradually spread outward from the body surface.

Connors stands next to Maya wearing glasses, followed by Professor X and Ororo Storm.

"Blood pressure is normal, heart rate is stable, brain wave frequency rises slightly..."

Ignoring the time to say hello to the instructor, Phoenix Qin, who walked out of the secret room, focused on cooperating with Maya to complete the calculation of Ross's current physical state.

Another 60 seconds passed, the speed fluctuated several times, and the small pass of 311.6 feet was climbed, and many people exclaimed softly.

"Ross, do you want to continue?" Maya asked loudly.

"Continue testing!" Ross's clear voice came from the speaker.

Connors and the others looked at Maya, she is a well-deserved top expert in human biology, seeing her nodding again, so the test continued.

Soon the white line representing the length of time passed through the next scale slowly and firmly.

Then another minute, and another minute.

The sound of the wind gradually increased, but the yellow line representing the speed was still climbing up bit by bit.

When the speed is close to 393 feet per second, the red line on the data screen, which symbolizes the temperature of the body surface, starts to rise like a poisonous snake that suddenly wakes up from hibernation [jumping all the way over Huamin 104 degrees.

This means that the equipment load value of biological materials has begun to lose balance. With the increase of Ross's speed, the friction between the body and the air will generate a lot of heat energy and electric charge. If this energy cannot be discharged in time, the temperature of the body surface will continue to rise. When they exceed the critical point that the mutant cells can bear, they will burn the equipment, bringing great danger to the users who are exposed to the air.

Fortunately, the situation is still under control, and the new Speed ​​II equipment has been specially adjusted for this phenomenon, and now is the best time to test it.

"426 feet".!" someone shouted.

The professor couldn't help moving the wheelchair and passed Connors' side.

The atmosphere on Maya's side was a little tense, but their movements remained stable, and they kept collecting information and data into the database for calculation.

Even if they are not experiencing it personally, Connors and others can feel the tense atmosphere and the feeling of fright.

No one knows where the speed limit of the high-speed Ross will be, and whether he will suddenly lose control and turn into a flaming fireball during the extreme speed movement.

It would not be surprising if that happens, after all, this is the first speedster in history to obtain Super Speed ​​artificially.

Looking at the gradually rising temperature, everyone fell into silence.

"How long has he been running?" Ororo couldn't help breaking the silence.

Qin glanced at her friend and answered briefly.

"fifteen minutes."

Storm was about to speak again when Maya interrupted her.

"The temperature has exceeded 113 degrees Fahrenheit and is now entering the red phase, everyone please be vigilant.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Everyone looked at the screen unconsciously, only to see the figure of Ross still passing in front of them again and again, the trend of increasing speed was still slow but firm, and the air waves that were discharged became louder and louder in the circular corridor, constantly spreading from one end to the other. At one end, the noise in the front has not disappeared, and the wave from the back swarms over again.

"Wow!" Suddenly Maya's researcher stood up and shouted impatiently at his boss.

"Speed ​​over 459 feet."

Qin had the fastest reaction and immediately looked at the body condition screen.

"Body temperature 122 degrees Fahrenheit!"

her assistant reported.

122 degrees Fahrenheit equals 50 degrees Celsius.

Generally speaking, the temperature of human skin temperature is between 20 degrees Celsius and 47 degrees Celsius. When the temperature is around 35 degrees, the human skin will feel temperature; when the temperature exceeds 45 degrees, it will feel hot or even hot; when the temperature reaches 47 degrees When the temperature is higher than 50 degrees, it will cause scalding and form blisters----there may be scalding if it goes up.

Ross is equipped with a new type of equipment, and was originally transformed by a Mutant. His tolerance to temperature is much higher than that of ordinary people, but his physical tolerance will never exceed 70 degrees. , Relying on his genetic modification and a thin layer of biological material equipment is still unable to resist the attack of high temperature, unless Ross is willing to turn himself into a fat man like "cousin".

Just when the bystanders were nervous and anxious, Maya's men shouted: "The speed exceeds 500 feet!"

When climbing just now, there were fluctuations between dozens of feet.

The same is true for occasional shocks in the range.

But this time, it was an unprecedented improvement. Everyone in the hall watched helplessly as the frequency of black shadows flashing past in the circular corridor increased rapidly, and faint blue lightning emerged from the darkness, constantly following the lightning that pierced the space. The figure flashed past, forming a series of exciting and leaping rays of light in the void.

"The body temperature exceeds 140 degrees and is approaching the critical point!"

Maya pushed the assistant away and yelled into the microphone.

At this moment, dozens of people present seemed to be in slow motion collectively, their bodies stiffened, their pupils constricted, their muscles tensed, and their foreheads were sweating...

When the slow state broke, all the researchers rushed to the workbench as quickly as possible, and loudly reported the data they observed.

"Speed ​​over 656 feet!"

This loud cry announced the end of the last silence.

Then there were endless shouts: "The body temperature is approaching 149 degrees."

"Speed ​​over 721 feet!"

"Blood sugar dropped below 70 mg per deciliter!"

"820 feet per second!"

"Body temperature 154 degrees!"

In an instant, the fluctuations of the air waves were no longer as faintly powerful as before, but directly turned into overwhelming waves, and the air waves rolled in with boundless thunder

Passing through the corridor in an instant. Before the sound dissipated, the air was propelled by the black shadow penetrating at an extremely fast speed. With scorching heat, waves slapped against the cold and hard corridor wall, and violent and sharp roars were wantonly in the enclosed underground space. spread.

"Ross, stop quickly, it's already in danger!" Maya yelled, her whole body froze.

Then Jean snatched the microphone from her hand.

A few minutes later, the slowly decelerating black figure reappeared in front of everyone.

"How do you feel now?"

The researchers swarmed over and helped Ross take off the smoking Speed ​​II in many places on his body. At the moment, his eyebrows and hair also had some burnt marks.

".~It seems that a switch is turned on suddenly, and then the whole world is different... Besides, there are some paroxysmal dizziness, but it is much lighter than last time." Ross took the big glass of sugar water, looked up His head was poured, and now his blood sugar level has dropped to a fairly low level, and his body is a little weak.

After all, he was not born with extreme speed. Up to now, he has never encountered a Mutant with real speed ability. The reason why he can have the current Super Speed ​​is completely relying on the power of technology to borrow the unique ability formed by other Mutant genes. If he took off this piece of equipment, his speed would quickly bring him unbearable pressure, and it might even lead to extremely dangerous consequences.

Therefore, under normal conditions, he must suppress his speed within the acceptable range of his body. Even if he is running in the city with equipment on, he must pay attention to the fluctuation of the airflow and the complicated external environment. Ignoring these factors will bring him difficulty. Forecast changes.

But despite all these limitations, Ross is still quite satisfied.

For the first time, the DNA of Burning Man John was integrated into this Speed ​​2 equipment. Pyro, who is good at manipulating flames, has never been very confident because he can't generate stiffness like his friend Zhongbi.

However, through research, the laboratory found that John's cells have special advantages in sensing and conducting temperature, so when they conceived new equipment, they specially arranged a network of fire cells on the front side of the new equipment like a spider web, Through this high-temperature control network, Ross can recover some energy when moving at extreme speed, and discharge the excess temperature to the body better. In this way, he has a more durable activity ability, and at the same time reduces the consumption of energy (Zhao Zhao Zhao).

Ross has nothing but praise for that.

"You have done a very good job, and the new equipment has exceeded my expectations." He enthusiastically gave the researcher a high-five, and promised a lot of rewards, making those who came here for the money smile, and others will not be disappointed. Ross always has a way to meet their needs.

"With the accumulation of experience this time, we will find that we can do more in the next step-such as improving energy conversion efficiency, optical invisibility, resisting physical shocks, and resisting high temperatures...It can even realize the function of material virtualization, I I remember that there are still some things in Lake Akalia that we didn't have time to take away. Now the federal government's attention has shifted. When the ice on the lake melts tomorrow, we can take those things out. I'm sorry for Sebastian Ann Xiao's Ability has long admired..."

Ross babbled on, constantly explaining the tasks, or arranging manpower to pay attention to the changes in the original Stryker base, or asking Toad Todd to go to Siberia to find the ex-Soviet scientists who were expelled by Stark, and the storm girl Ororo watched He looked very high-spirited,

Always feel a little uncomfortable.

As soon as the words fell, she couldn't help being sarcastic.

"Thousands of people here work for the laboratory, but you live a simple life. You can ask everyone to work for you with one sentence. Do you know how long you will keep others busy for you with just one request?

"I don't need to know." Ross glanced over lazily.

"I only know one thing, life is alive, or become a prey, or become a hunter, other than that, there is no other way."

He said casually, passing by Ororo. .