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Chapter 388
Chapter 388: The Laboratory! Analysis Begins!
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Bang! Victor, who had been slammed into the floor, didn't utter a sound. A large amount of blood flowed from beneath him. Enduring the intense pain, he immediately raised his left claws and lunged towards Xia Shang's arm, attempting to tear off a piece of flesh.
But the fact proved that his claws were not enough to tear Xia Shang's skin. The sharp tips of his claws scraped against Xia Shang's arm, producing a sound similar to metal grinding.
"Does this guy have no weakness?!"
Seeing this, Victor's mind was shaken. He had encountered quite a few mutants, and the vast majority of them had some sort of flaw, whether it was weak physical defense or poor speed. In short, this was the first time he had seen someone like Xia Shang, who possessed both defense and speed, was formidable in ranged attacks, and equally terrifying in melee.
He was practically a hexagonal warrior!
Seeing Victor lower his arm, a hint of playfulness appeared on Xia Shang's lips. "What? Giving up so soon?"
"If you've got the guts, just kill me," Sabretooth raised his head, speaking defiantly.
"Strange, where do you get that confidence? Do you think I don't dare to kill you, or are you relying on your decent regeneration ability and believe I can't kill you?" Xia Shang's five fingers suddenly tightened, fiercely gripping Sabretooth's neck and lifting him up.
One could see that the blood-soaked wounds on Sabretooth's body were healing at an astonishing speed. In just a few breaths, the originally bloody and deep-to-the-bone injuries had turned into shallow scars.
"Do you know who sent me?" Sabretooth, his face turning red from lack of oxygen, stared intently into Xia Shang's eyes. His breathing also became increasingly heavy at this moment.
"Don't care. I don't care who sent you."
Xia Shang's gaze fell on Sabretooth's chest. From his performance just now, this guy's regeneration ability was no worse than his own. He truly lived up to being Wolverine's half-brother; their abilities were so similar.
He vaguely remembered that Wolverine's regeneration ability, at its peak, could even withstand Phoenix's molecular disintegration head-on.
Sabretooth's regeneration ability, even if not as good as Wolverine's, wouldn't be far off. It definitely had value for analysis and fusion.
"General Stryker can make you stronger." Seeing that the other party was unresponsive, Sabretooth could only bring up Stryker. He refused to believe that Xia Shang was truly a saint who could resist the temptation of becoming stronger.
"Are you referring to Adamantium?"
Xia Shang smiled.
Although Adamantium could enhance his strength in a short period, this stuff was completely countered by Magneto. If he fused with Adamantium, it would be equivalent to adding a weakness to himself. He could even imagine that if he ever fought Magneto, before he could even make a move, the skeleton made of Adamantium inside his body would be directly pulled out by Magneto and exposed to the air.
"How do you know about Adamantium?" Sabretooth, gasping for air from being choked, his eyes widened in surprise, looking at Xia Shang in disbelief.
"A guinea pig doesn't need to know too much."
Xia Shang used Memory Storm and Cognitive Intrusion, then continued, "You just need to have a good sleep now. Nothing that happens will be able to wake you up."
"You can even use psychic attack!"
To Xia Shang's surprise, Sabretooth didn't fall unconscious immediately. Instead, he widened his eyes, attempting to resist Xia Shang's attack with willpower. His expression gradually became distorted, and terrifying bulging veins popped out on his jaw, as if the turbulent blood would burst his blood vessels and spray out in the next second.
"Abilities from a two-star world are indeed not very strong," Xia Shang pushed his superpower to the extreme, causing his eyes to gradually become filled with blood vessels. Soon, with bloodshot eyes, he released his right hand, allowing the unconscious Sabretooth to fall onto the floor.
"God, what just happened?" At this moment, John, who possessed teleportation ability, happened to break free from his memory. When he saw the scene before him, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"You're the most troublesome one," Xia Shang suddenly appeared behind him, his tone low.
"Escape!"
The thought popped into John's brain, and he instinctively urged his superpower, preparing to leave.
"I advise you to stay put, or I'll crush your heart."
Just as John was about to leave, Xia Shang suddenly extended his right hand, piercing through his skin and breaking his ribs! Then he grasped the soft, beating heart.
The sudden intense pain caused John's brain to crash directly.
"Begin analysis."
Xia Shang summoned the panel and began to analyze John before him.
"Ah!!"
Seconds later, John's expression became extremely painful, and large beads of sweat instantly covered his entire forehead.
"Don't worry, you won't die for now. I avoided your vital points, so even if I'm holding your heart, you can survive for a while. How about it? Isn't the human body truly marvelous?"
Xia Shang smiled, using flesh and blood tentacles to reconnect John's broken blood vessels, preventing John from dying due to massive blood loss.
"Fuck..." John's head drooped before he could finish his sentence.
Afterward, Xia Shang brought the few individuals to Jervis Pharmaceuticals' Underground Laboratory. Since the Laboratory had only recently been completed, some rebar was still exposed. Its overall shape resembled a World War II air-raid shelter, with an arched top and parts of the walls on both sides covered with several centimeters thick steel plates. Just the procurement costs for the rebar, cement, and steel plates cost Xia Shang nearly six million US Dollars.
Fortunately, the effect was good. Both its sturdiness and airtightness were no less than a Bank vault.
"Mr. Jervis, what you asked me to develop wasn't cold medicine at all! You lied to me!" Hank, wearing a lab coat and holding a bottle of pale green serum, walked up to Xia Shang, demanding an explanation.
Because Hank's cognition had been modified by Xia Shang before, even when he discovered during his research that he wasn't developing cold medicine, but a drug that could give people special abilities, he didn't stop. Instead, he developed the Temporary Compound V.
It wasn't until the research was successful that he realized something was wrong.
"Did you control my mind through some means? Otherwise, I couldn't possibly have helped you develop this stuff."
Hank's emotions were a bit agitated.
"Don't be anxious yet. I'm also thinking about the future of mutants," Xia Shang calmly took the compound from Hank's hand. "Think about it, what is the fundamental reason that caused the current situation for mutants?"
Upon hearing this, Hank could only suppress his anger and said in a deep voice, "Magneto and Mystique escalated the conflict between humans and mutants."
"Wrong. Magneto and Mystique at most served as a catalyst."
(End of this chapter)
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Bang! Victor, who had been slammed into the floor, didn't utter a sound. A large amount of blood flowed from beneath him. Enduring the intense pain, he immediately raised his left claws and lunged towards Xia Shang's arm, attempting to tear off a piece of flesh.
But the fact proved that his claws were not enough to tear Xia Shang's skin. The sharp tips of his claws scraped against Xia Shang's arm, producing a sound similar to metal grinding.
"Does this guy have no weakness?!"
Seeing this, Victor's mind was shaken. He had encountered quite a few mutants, and the vast majority of them had some sort of flaw, whether it was weak physical defense or poor speed. In short, this was the first time he had seen someone like Xia Shang, who possessed both defense and speed, was formidable in ranged attacks, and equally terrifying in melee.
He was practically a hexagonal warrior!
Seeing Victor lower his arm, a hint of playfulness appeared on Xia Shang's lips. "What? Giving up so soon?"
"If you've got the guts, just kill me," Sabretooth raised his head, speaking defiantly.
"Strange, where do you get that confidence? Do you think I don't dare to kill you, or are you relying on your decent regeneration ability and believe I can't kill you?" Xia Shang's five fingers suddenly tightened, fiercely gripping Sabretooth's neck and lifting him up.
One could see that the blood-soaked wounds on Sabretooth's body were healing at an astonishing speed. In just a few breaths, the originally bloody and deep-to-the-bone injuries had turned into shallow scars.
"Do you know who sent me?" Sabretooth, his face turning red from lack of oxygen, stared intently into Xia Shang's eyes. His breathing also became increasingly heavy at this moment.
"Don't care. I don't care who sent you."
Xia Shang's gaze fell on Sabretooth's chest. From his performance just now, this guy's regeneration ability was no worse than his own. He truly lived up to being Wolverine's half-brother; their abilities were so similar.
He vaguely remembered that Wolverine's regeneration ability, at its peak, could even withstand Phoenix's molecular disintegration head-on.
Sabretooth's regeneration ability, even if not as good as Wolverine's, wouldn't be far off. It definitely had value for analysis and fusion.
"General Stryker can make you stronger." Seeing that the other party was unresponsive, Sabretooth could only bring up Stryker. He refused to believe that Xia Shang was truly a saint who could resist the temptation of becoming stronger.
"Are you referring to Adamantium?"
Xia Shang smiled.
Although Adamantium could enhance his strength in a short period, this stuff was completely countered by Magneto. If he fused with Adamantium, it would be equivalent to adding a weakness to himself. He could even imagine that if he ever fought Magneto, before he could even make a move, the skeleton made of Adamantium inside his body would be directly pulled out by Magneto and exposed to the air.
"How do you know about Adamantium?" Sabretooth, gasping for air from being choked, his eyes widened in surprise, looking at Xia Shang in disbelief.
"A guinea pig doesn't need to know too much."
Xia Shang used Memory Storm and Cognitive Intrusion, then continued, "You just need to have a good sleep now. Nothing that happens will be able to wake you up."
"You can even use psychic attack!"
To Xia Shang's surprise, Sabretooth didn't fall unconscious immediately. Instead, he widened his eyes, attempting to resist Xia Shang's attack with willpower. His expression gradually became distorted, and terrifying bulging veins popped out on his jaw, as if the turbulent blood would burst his blood vessels and spray out in the next second.
"Abilities from a two-star world are indeed not very strong," Xia Shang pushed his superpower to the extreme, causing his eyes to gradually become filled with blood vessels. Soon, with bloodshot eyes, he released his right hand, allowing the unconscious Sabretooth to fall onto the floor.
"God, what just happened?" At this moment, John, who possessed teleportation ability, happened to break free from his memory. When he saw the scene before him, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"You're the most troublesome one," Xia Shang suddenly appeared behind him, his tone low.
"Escape!"
The thought popped into John's brain, and he instinctively urged his superpower, preparing to leave.
"I advise you to stay put, or I'll crush your heart."
Just as John was about to leave, Xia Shang suddenly extended his right hand, piercing through his skin and breaking his ribs! Then he grasped the soft, beating heart.
The sudden intense pain caused John's brain to crash directly.
"Begin analysis."
Xia Shang summoned the panel and began to analyze John before him.
"Ah!!"
Seconds later, John's expression became extremely painful, and large beads of sweat instantly covered his entire forehead.
"Don't worry, you won't die for now. I avoided your vital points, so even if I'm holding your heart, you can survive for a while. How about it? Isn't the human body truly marvelous?"
Xia Shang smiled, using flesh and blood tentacles to reconnect John's broken blood vessels, preventing John from dying due to massive blood loss.
"Fuck..." John's head drooped before he could finish his sentence.
Afterward, Xia Shang brought the few individuals to Jervis Pharmaceuticals' Underground Laboratory. Since the Laboratory had only recently been completed, some rebar was still exposed. Its overall shape resembled a World War II air-raid shelter, with an arched top and parts of the walls on both sides covered with several centimeters thick steel plates. Just the procurement costs for the rebar, cement, and steel plates cost Xia Shang nearly six million US Dollars.
Fortunately, the effect was good. Both its sturdiness and airtightness were no less than a Bank vault.
"Mr. Jervis, what you asked me to develop wasn't cold medicine at all! You lied to me!" Hank, wearing a lab coat and holding a bottle of pale green serum, walked up to Xia Shang, demanding an explanation.
Because Hank's cognition had been modified by Xia Shang before, even when he discovered during his research that he wasn't developing cold medicine, but a drug that could give people special abilities, he didn't stop. Instead, he developed the Temporary Compound V.
It wasn't until the research was successful that he realized something was wrong.
"Did you control my mind through some means? Otherwise, I couldn't possibly have helped you develop this stuff."
Hank's emotions were a bit agitated.
"Don't be anxious yet. I'm also thinking about the future of mutants," Xia Shang calmly took the compound from Hank's hand. "Think about it, what is the fundamental reason that caused the current situation for mutants?"
Upon hearing this, Hank could only suppress his anger and said in a deep voice, "Magneto and Mystique escalated the conflict between humans and mutants."
"Wrong. Magneto and Mystique at most served as a catalyst."
(End of this chapter)
