Chapter 662 Extremis Virus and the Zodiac

Constant experimentation, constant failure. Research projects can be like walking into a dead end. Maya Hansen was very hard-working and helpless. The Extremis project was not a simple thing to begin with.

It is too forward-looking, and the cost of research that has lasted for nearly seventeen years is staggering. No private enterprise is willing to invest money in this area.

For Maya Hansen, the Extremis virus is her most important treasure, and she expects this thing to change the world and human beings after its appearance.

Extremis virus, a thing that puts people to death and then revives them. It is essentially a special drug that can quickly treat the regeneration of severed limbs and various defects in the body.

In fact, many scientists around the world are doing research in this area. For example, Dr. Conners before, such as Maya Hansen.

To overcome various intractable diseases in the human body and make human beings more perfect is what many scientists are striving for and are willing to dedicate their lives to.

Like Maya Hansen. She is willing to do these things. She extracts the gene for rapid regeneration from a plant and begins to improve the gene.

This is a tedious and extremely expensive job. After working in the first laboratory for a year, the leader of the laboratory said that the investment was too huge and he could not see the output, so he drove Maya away.

So holding the plan of Extremis Virus, Maya began to look for people who are willing to invest in herself around the world.

But at the time, most people said that they were not optimistic about the project. After all, the Extremis virus plan sounded like a fantasy.

【Make up for the basic defects of the human body and completely eliminate the hidden Neanderthal genes in the human body. This primitive gene is the culprit for most of the human congenital diseases】

【Enhance the basic metabolism and genetic resistance of the human body, enhance immunity, kill most of the invading viruses through the autoimmune system, and begin to heal the existing sores. 】

[Through the super regeneration method, using the Extremis virus itself as the energy source, the damaged limbs will be quickly restored and the disability will be eliminated. 】

[Desperate reinforcement for some parts of the body. 】

Extremis functions well and is powerful. It is even more powerful than the lizard serum that Dr. Connors originally preset.

But the higher the preset goal, the more difficult it will be to achieve it. Maya needs research, and research needs money. Hitting the wall everywhere, she could only turn her attention to a special group.

Let me ask, is there any institution that can invest in scientific and technological research for more than ten years, or even decades, without seeking any short-term returns, but only seeking a breakthrough in science and technology?

The answer is national government organizations!

Only national government departments have this demand. For national strategic planning, they can invest billions or even billions of dollars in research, and can endure a research that lasts for 20, 30, or even longer.

Maya Hansen submitted her plan to the US government.

Here the divergence line of the world appeared. In the story that Li Jie had read, the birth of Extremis virus came from AIM. So after that guy who got the Extremis shot at a basketball game in New York.

Li Jie also set his sights on AIM, and asked Tony to check the company's bottom line.

But in this worldline, AIM has nothing to do with Extremis, not at all. Dr. Rice, the chief scientist of AIM, has no idea that there is an Extremis virus in this world.

So the investigation of the Extremis virus has actually made little progress. Because the direction of the investigation was wrong from the beginning. Li Jie fired a prophet, but the direction of the prophet was completely wrong.

Maya Hansen finally got the military's confidential research funding, because they valued the last point of the extremis virus [strengthening the body parts].

It's like for so many years, the super soldier plan has been restarted repeatedly, but it has repeatedly run aground. Be it the military or the government. They all hope to train a group of elite soldiers.

Maya Hansen does not want to cultivate a group of killing machines, but when people face ideals, sometimes they have to bow to reality.

But the sad thing is that even if you bow your head, your ideals still cannot be realized.

"The project team has been disbanded, Dr. Hansen." The military officer in charge of communicating with Maya expressed regret.

"Wait! Our project has just made progress and breakthroughs, as you can see, we only need to conduct some human trials to make more progress!" Maya argued vigorously.

"Impossible, Doctor. Let me tell you the truth, the Osborne Group's severed limb regeneration program has reached the level of market application. It has already begun to cooperate with the military to help veterans who have been disabled on the battlefield. "The person in charge of the military said calmly.

"This makes one of the most important projects of Extremis virus worthless, and at the same time." The military chief cleared his throat and said with a strange expression.

"I think you should know the doctor. Captain Rogers and the military before the lawsuit."

Maya nodded, and Captain Rogers and the military had a dispute over copyright, which became known all over the world.

"So you should know one thing, we lost all the copyrights of Captain Rogers. The annual income of more than 350 million US dollars was cut off." The head of the military said bluntly.

"The military's annual budget is limited, and Congress will not allocate unlimited funds to the military. For research such as the Extremis virus, Congress will not allocate funds to us at all."

The person in charge of the military, a colonel who was nearly fifty years old, looked at Maya with a face as firm as ice and said, "There is no such money, and the Osborne Group's limb regeneration program has already started. So Extremis Virus is on the mend." It must be done, Dr. Hansen, pack up your things, it's over. You should also rest."

The colonel patted Maya on the shoulder and turned to leave.

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"I need to conduct live experiments! I need to get enough data to convince the military to continue!" Maya, who was expelled from the military, was walking on the streets of New York City, muttering.

She wrapped her coat tightly, even in summer. Because hidden under her coat was an Extremis virus serum that was ordered to be completely destroyed by the military.

Maya is not reconciled to her more than ten years of research turned into water. She needs to do something. Even if it is breaking the law, she can't care about it now, and taking risks may be a kind of scientific spirit in her opinion.

And a drunk man who was drunk on the street came into Maya's vision, and this man was the unlucky Myron who sold snacks at the stadium (Note).

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"Damn it! What's going on?" Maya felt things were starting to get out of her control. Because Myron hadn't shown up for days.

She has been secretly observing Myron, recording his living conditions and his situation after being injected with the Extremis virus. She injected Myron illegally. And Myron became Maya's guinea pig while drunk.

So Maya couldn't directly knock on the door of Myron's house and do a questionnaire survey on him. She was trying to find Myron, but she couldn't find it.

Because Myron has been subdued by Li Jie and thrown into the secret laboratory of the Osborne Group, where strict control is being carried out.

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Maya was a beautiful woman who had charmed quite a few men when she was young. For example, Mr. Iron Man, who is now world-renowned, was once placed under her pomegranate skirt. Although she is now in her thirties and approaching her forties, careful maintenance and the use of the skin care lotion launched by Shuguang Company have rejuvenated her skin, returning it to the tightness of twenty years old. It made her appear more attractive than a younger girl.

But now she is unkempt and looks extremely haggard. Because Myron is completely missing, Maya can't find him anyway.

His only hope was also taken away. She felt that she had lost the meaning of living in this life.

The Extremis project was stopped, in order to prevent the leakage of secrets. The military destroyed all finished medicines and all equipment, and sealed up those that could not be destroyed.

It's not a good thing for anyone that I have worked hard all my life in vain.

So getting drunk at the bar has become a daily routine for Maya.

"Have another glass of whiskey." Maya said to the bartender with a three-pointed drunkenness. The bartender skillfully poured a small glass of whiskey from the Chivas bottle, but when he was about to hand it to Maya, the whiskey glass was snatched from the bartender's hand.

"Dr. Maya, alcoholism is a sin for any brain-based scientific researcher. You are murdering your own future." It was a man who snatched the wine glass.

He's refined, with round eyes, and looks like a philosopher when he smiles.

Maya glanced at him, feeling a little familiar, but she didn't think much about it again: "The future? I think there should be no more, you'd better return the wine glass to me. I paid for it."

"Well, it seems that you have forgotten me. Dr. Maya, we had a deep conversation at the New Year's Eve party in 2000 (Note 2), and I am deeply impressed by your desperate plan. Oh, yes , My name is Ethan." Ethan held out his hand to Maya with a smile.

The originally vague memory gradually became clear in Maya's mind. Yes, the New Year's Eve party welcoming the new century in 2000 was an important moment in her life, and she remembered many things fresh.

And Ethan's image gradually overlapped with an image in her mind, and she said with a little surprise: "It's you."

"It's me." Ethan replied with a smile.

Maya looked at Ethan's helpless wry smile and responded: "Please don't mention the Extremis Project, and there will be no more in the future. It has been completely canceled and sealed!"

Ethan looked as expected, and he said to Maya: "I'm here for this, Maya. I think the value of this plan itself is much higher than the Osborne Group's amputated limb regeneration plan .You're just one step behind the clock and not in good time."

Maya shook her head: "Doing the wrong thing at the wrong time is a mistake in itself."

"I don't think so!" Ethan interrupted Maya and said, "I want to say that the desperate situation has not stopped, you still have a wider stage. And I can provide this stage. Are you willing to join the Zodiac?"

Maya looked up into Ethan's eyes in surprise.

Note: Myron is the unlucky ghost who was injected with the Extremis virus and finally subdued on the basketball court.

Note 2: This New Year's Eve party is the opening party of Iron Man 3. Ethan was also involved, and it was the first time he met Tony Stark.

PS3: There is only one update today, so I'm a little tired. Take a leave of absence.