Chapter 3124: "Romantic" Wedding Season (XVIII)
Chapter 3098 "Romantic" Wedding Season (XVIII)
The beast left in a hurry, and soon a dark portal appeared above the airport, which was completely different from the white portal that Loki opened. This was Magneto's wormhole.
The movement of the beast's departure attracted the attention of others. It was almost lunch time, and everyone gathered in the lounge, discussing the Andromeda galaxy biological riot.
Stark and Reed both believed that this was most likely a genetic virus, and it only acted on a certain gene. The change based on the gene would not affect the blood and body fluids of the organism itself, or even the body structure.
For example, if the human gene was modified to have three hands, from a certain moment on, the children born would have three arms, and then only checking the blood and body fluids of the child would not find any abnormalities, and the data would be the same as that of ordinary people.
Similarly, if the tampered genes affect the brain structure, it is very likely that people will go crazy at birth or at a certain stage of growth. At this time, routine tests are still useless, and even brain scans may not show any abnormalities. The problem may be in the neurons, and human detection methods are not so precise.
According to the information provided by the mutants, some creatures have limb mutations, but the change is not large. It is not that they suddenly change from eight-legged crabs to two-legged people, but they grow sharper teeth, sharper claws, or lower limbs that can increase the speed of movement.
But without exception, all the rioting creatures have become extremely aggressive, and even some plants that originally had no intelligence at all have grown whip-like thorns that will tear every passerby into pieces.
So Stark and Reed both believe that the genes of the rioting creatures must have been carefully modified, which means that this must be man-made, not a natural disaster.
If it is a natural disaster, the mutation will be random, and many organisms will grow body structures that cannot adapt to the planetary environment, just like when the insects are enlarged thousands or tens of thousands of times, they will be directly crushed to death by gravity, instead of being alive and kicking like now, and having a lot of increased attack power.
This is actually good news, because after all, there are mutants who have been infected. If it is really a random mutation, many people may die, but if it is just strengthening the attack power and going crazy, it can always be controlled.
Sure enough, not long after, Professor X sent a message directly to Schiller, telling him not to worry, the problem is a mutant who can be animalized, and now it has been controlled.
After Schiller's detailed inquiry, he learned that this mutant was also unlucky. The planet he patrolled was very remote, and it would take a long time even if he drove a spaceship to go there. He was careless and didn't bring a communicator, so he plunged into the primeval forest.
When the disaster broke out, he didn't know at all. When they started to count the number of people and found that he was not there and found him, the creatures on the planet had already started to riot, and he was also infected.
The current situation is that he can't change back at all, and he has lost his mind and can't say anything, so he can only be detained temporarily.
Schiller knew that Harry came in person this time, probably because Osborn's research was not going well, and he wanted to get some clues from Stark and Reed. Although these two people are not specialized in biotechnology, they can also draw inferences from one instance to another. More importantly, what distinguishes them from ordinary scientists is that they are full of inspiration, and they may point to the truth in a flash of inspiration.
Reed took out the small box of tarantulas that Harry brought from the big box, stared at it for a long time and said: "Extracting the body fluids of the mutant samples and injecting them into the original creatures on Earth is an idea, but before you carried out this plan, did you not consider the risk of infecting all the creatures on Earth?"
"My father said no, he thought the mastermind was specifically targeting the creatures in the Andromeda Galaxy, and the creatures there have no relationship with the genetic sequences of the creatures on Earth."
"Did he guess it was a genetic problem at that time?"
Harry nodded and said: "But think about it, if it is such a low-level means of blood, body fluids or air transmission, it is impossible to infect more than 20 planets, two of which are even more than 100,000 light years away. What kind of animal can spray 100,000 light years with a droplet?"
Stark nodded and said: "I have no doubt that old Osborn has such decisiveness, otherwise he would not dare to take on this task easily. If the things on Earth are really infected, he will not die of illness, but be scolded to death."
"Are there any infections in other galaxies?" Schiller asked.
Harry shook his head and said, "Nothing has been found so far."
Loki also interrupted and said, "I haven't heard of any biological riots anywhere. This kind of infection is not weak. If there is, they will at least report it to the galaxy alliance. It is impossible that there is no news at all."
"So they are targeting mutants. In this case, why do they want to infect biological organisms? Why not infect mutants directly?" Peter asked with some confusion.
Schiller smiled and said, "Don't forget what the infected people show. They will attack the surrounding things like crazy. Which civilization can withstand the madness of Magneto and Professor X?"
"Oh, that's right." Peter finally reacted.
For other races, losing wisdom and only having attack instincts is a big weakening, but for the overly strong mutants, this thing is a battle cry buff. It is already strong enough. If it is strengthened again, and there is indiscriminate attack, can this universe still exist?
Thinking of the consequences of the indiscriminate attack of these two old babies, Peter couldn't help but shudder.
The purpose of the mastermind is to weaken the mutants, not to force them into a desperate situation and make them crazy. This proves that the other party is also wearing shoes and has assets to protect, rather than some madman who wants to destroy the universe. This narrows the scope a lot.
"Will Thanos have any clues?" Loki suddenly said, "How about I call him?"
No one objected, so Loki went out to make a phone call. After a while, she came back and said, "Saros said that the Andromeda Galaxy is strictly blocked by mutants. Under Professor X's all-round monitoring, almost no living creatures can get close to it."
"Does he have any news?"
Thanos only said, "The three empires did conduct biological experiments in some independent dimensions before, but this is legal, and there has never been a large-scale pollution leak."
"After all, the civilization forces of the entire universe are divided among the three empires, and it is not good for them to cause large-scale civilization destruction due to pollution leaks."
"There is no large-scale leak, which means there are still small-scale ones?"
Loki nodded and said, "This is also inevitable. Sometimes one or two experimental subjects will run out of the experimental base and cause a little trouble, but they will be cleaned up soon."
At this time, Schiller looked at Rocket Raccoon next to him. Rocket Raccoon looked at him and they obviously understood what the other was thinking.
The half-world where Rocket Raccoon used to be was a typical independent dimension used for biochemical experiments. Something happened there. A group of unknown people rushed in and slaughtered scientists and experimental subjects, causing chaos.
But the experimental subjects like Rocket Raccoon did not cause any trouble. Compared with the large-scale biological riot in the Andromeda Galaxy, it was nothing.
"Who among the three empires is willing to bear the wrath of mutants?" Schiller said, "In fact, no one, because mutants are equivalent to a group of wandering desperados. If you don't provoke them, they will only move around in the Andromeda Galaxy. But if you destroy the Andromeda Galaxy, what if they want to live in your capital?"
Others think that this is indeed the truth. Whether it is the Kree Empire or the Skrull Empire, there is actually no need to provoke mutants.
The Milky Way is relatively remote, and the Andromeda Galaxy is very close to the Milky Way and is also a suburb. In layman's terms, it is Zhangjiakou. If you destroy this place, what if these people can't think of it and insist on living in the second ring?
Basically no one in the universe wants to mess with these street urchins, just like Asgard in the past. If they are targeted by them, they will consider themselves unlucky. If they can hide, they will hide. If they can't hide, they will abandon their goods to save their lives.
Magneto also abides by the rules of the rivers and lakes. Apart from collecting protection fees, he rarely appears. Sometimes when there is a conflict between the caravans of two civilizations, he will take sides according to the amount of protection fees collected.
Some civilizations with lower civilization levels almost regard him as a patron saint. They give him whatever he wants, which makes the old man comfortable. He doesn't have so much free time to find trouble with these civilizations every day.
The three empires think they are a threat, but to be honest, who from the nine kingdoms is not a threat. Asgard has been riding on their heads and shitting for so many years, and they have never dared to touch Odin's hometown.
"I see." Peter suddenly said, "Look, if the mutants' homeland is destroyed, regardless of who they will seek revenge on, they will definitely find a new place to settle down. Where do you think they will choose?"
"They have worked hard to build the Andromeda Galaxy for so long, and it was reduced to ashes overnight. They must not be willing to start from scratch. At least they have to choose a place with a similar level of construction, which must be the territory of the three empires." Matt said.
"Yes, then there will definitely be a conflict between the mutants and the three empires." Schiller continued, "And if the mutants regard the three empires as the culprits of the destruction of the Andromeda Galaxy, then the conflict between them will be irreconcilable."
"Are you saying that the mastermind behind the scenes wants to sow discord?"
"That must be the case. Professor X must have thought of this, so he put the Andromeda Galaxy under full martial law." Schiller speculated.
All the members of the Glorious Alliance present could think that Professor X seemed to be preparing for the worst. Once they could no longer stay in the Andromeda Galaxy, they would definitely turn to the Shi'ar Empire and block the Andromeda Galaxy, just to prevent people from knowing where their next destination was.
Although the mutants indirectly controlled the Shi'ar Empire, they could not go too far, otherwise the public opinion would boil over and it would be difficult for them to deal with it. Therefore, there was only one chance to make the Shi'ar Empire give in and give them a piece of territory. If someone knew the target location and made moves there in advance, and wanted to grab the territory again, it would be a fight to the death.
"Can you give me a sample organism?" Reed suddenly said, "I am sure I can figure out the nature of mutation."
Harry looked at Peter first, but Peter did not respond, and then looked at Stark, who did not speak to stop him, and Schiller asked, "Are you going back to New York?"
"No, right here." Reed said, "I only need some basic equipment and enough draft paper."
Peter was about to speak out to stop him immediately. After all, if the experiment was not done in a professional laboratory, it would become a disaster if something went wrong.
But Schiller and Nick agreed with Reed. Although the experiment here was not professional enough, Reed's technical level could make up for it. More importantly, the Avengers and Gray Fog were here. If anything really happened, it could be solved on the spot.
The key point is that if something really went wrong, the SHIELD agents would have to rush over from New York to support them. It would be a huge travel expense. Isn't this the chance to get reimbursed?
It's so unethical