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Chapter 394
**Chapter 394: Serum Effective! Fusion Progress 29!**
By rights, he had already grasped quite a bit of the other party's top secret information. For instance, the formula for Compound V and Vought Pharmaceuticals' Underground Laboratory – these were things that couldn't see the light, and leaking even a little bit could cause a huge uproar in the United States.
Especially the temporary Compound V. If the US Military were to learn about this stuff, they would probably snatch it away from Mr. Jervis at all costs.
"Are you sure you don't want me to sign a non-disclosure agreement?" Hank didn't believe he could gain the other party's trust in such a short time.
"Completely unnecessary. I believe you won't speak of those things."
Xia Shang smiled and extended his right hand towards Hank. "If you ever need anything in the future, feel free to contact me anytime."
"Thank you."
Although he didn't know what trick the other party was playing, out of politeness, Hank also smiled and extended his hand.
However, the moment their palms touched, a strange energy surged along Hank's arm and into his brain.
Under Xia Shang's smiling gaze, Hank's eyes suddenly became particularly empty and dull.
"First, forget all memory related to Compound V and the serum. Second, you have been working at Vought Pharmaceuticals this whole time and helped me invent a pretty good cold medicine. Third, you have never met Victor, John, and Agent Zero; they have never appeared in your memory..."
Through the two superpowers, Cognitive Intrusion and Memory Storm, Xia Shang was gradually modifying Hank's original memory. To prevent any deviation in the other party's memory, he carefully patched and reinforced them.
Only when his eyes were covered in blood threads did he release Hank's hand.
Xia Shang, whose expression was slightly tired, closed his eyes, then opened them again, and his eyes had recovered as before.
"Mr. Jervis, then I won't bother you any longer." Hank nodded at Xia Shang with a natural smile, completely unaware that his memory had been tampered with.
"Thank you for your contribution to Vought Pharmaceuticals. The cold medicine you invented is really good."
"It's nothing, I just improved it a bit based on your original formula."
His heart rate was normal, with no micro-expressions that appear when lying. Memory tampering should have been successful. Seeing Hank's reaction was completely normal, Xia Shang was basically certain that the instructions he gave had taken effect smoothly.
Afterwards, the two of them chatted for a few more sentences.
After multiple tests and ensuring nothing could go wrong, Xia Shang watched as Hank pushed open the Office door and walked out.
Looking at Hank's back as he left, Xia Shang mused in his heart.
"It seems highly likely there won't be any errors. Even Charles, who has powerful psychic ability, I estimate he wouldn't be able to discover that Hank's memory has been tampered with in a short time. What's more, given Charles's personality, unless Hank himself notices something is wrong and actively asks Charles to check his memory, Charles wouldn't possibly use psychic ability on Hank."
After Hank left, Xia Shang sat back down on the office chair. He opened the Panel to check the ability's fusion progress.
[Ghost Teleportation fusing, current progress 12%]
To be honest, in just one week, the fusion progress could rise from 2% to 12%. This speed is not slow. Of course, this is also related to Xia Shang's frequent use of this ability. Facts prove that practice can indeed accelerate fusion speed.
"That is to say, without the help of external forces, wanting to completely fuse Ghost Teleportation would take roughly two or three months." Xia Shang observed the Panel while starting to absorb the serum he just obtained.
Initially, he only absorbed a few milliliters. Only after confirming the serum wouldn't cause any adverse effects on him did he slowly inject the liquid from the glass tube into his body.
[Ghost Teleportation fusing, current progress 12...13%]
Seeing the progress bar jump forward a bit, Xia Shang couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. It seems the serum is really effective. He just didn't know how the effect compares to Compound V, which is stronger or weaker.
Soon, he finished absorbing the entire tube of serum. At this time, the progress bar on the Panel reached 29%.
However, at the same time, Xia Shang's cells inside his body vaguely had a feeling of fullness, like eating too much in one go and feeling stuffed.
"Hank is indeed a genius." Having solved the problem of slow fusion, Xia Shang's mood was exceptionally pleasant. He got up and walked to the window, looking at the pedestrians passing by on the street, and began to ponder another question.
Whether he could find Apocalypse buried underground? Because in the old timeline, Apocalypse did not revive. The reason, according to Xia Shang's inference, should be related to that group of Apocalypse cultists. He vaguely remembered that the reason Apocalypse woke up was because a cultist accidentally stumbled into the tomb where Apocalypse was buried, letting sunlight shine in. So this was an accidental incident. Since it was an accidental incident, it's also normal that it didn't happen in the old timeline.
"Egypt... Cairo." Xia Shang flipped through the memory about Apocalypse in his brain, finally speaking out the region where Apocalypse was located.
However, while Apocalypse was sleeping, his brainwaves should be very weak. Even if he went to Cairo, Egypt, he might not necessarily find Apocalypse buried deep underground.
"Forget it. After I fuse Victor's regeneration ability, then I'll make time to go to Egypt." Xia Shang wanted to maximize his gain, so he temporarily wouldn't consider analyzing Magneto and Charles etc. Only after their abilities are strengthened by Apocalypse will it be the best time to make a move. Although doing this has a bit more risk, the greater the risk, the higher the gain! Just then, the Office door was knocked.
"Come in," Xia Shang put away the empty glass tube and said in a deep voice.
"Mr. Jervis, it's me, Camille."
Camille pushed open the wooden door with a creak, walked to the office desk holding a newspaper, and said with a joyful expression, "Good news, the sales of our second issue of Mutant Weekly are three times that of the first issue! Now newsstands in various cities have sent us massive orders! It's estimated it won't take long before our Weiss Newspaper Agency can squeeze into the top ten newspaper agencies nationwide."
Speaking of this, Camille paused, hesitating to speak.
Seeing him like this, Xia Shang immediately let out a cold laugh. "Are other newspaper agencies starting to suppress us?"
"Uh... That's right," Camille said. "Like The Washington Post and others, they have publicly condemned this behavior of ours in their newspapers, saying we are whitewashing mutants. Some extremists even burned our newspapers on the street to protest, causing multiple violent incidents during this period."
"Normal, just get used to it." Xia Shang clearly didn't take this kind of thing to heart. Before establishing Mutant Weekly, he had anticipated that similar incidents would emerge endlessly. The best way is to ignore them and not respond. Anyway, once Homelander's image is built up, this kind of person will only become fewer and fewer.
(end of chapter )
By rights, he had already grasped quite a bit of the other party's top secret information. For instance, the formula for Compound V and Vought Pharmaceuticals' Underground Laboratory – these were things that couldn't see the light, and leaking even a little bit could cause a huge uproar in the United States.
Especially the temporary Compound V. If the US Military were to learn about this stuff, they would probably snatch it away from Mr. Jervis at all costs.
"Are you sure you don't want me to sign a non-disclosure agreement?" Hank didn't believe he could gain the other party's trust in such a short time.
"Completely unnecessary. I believe you won't speak of those things."
Xia Shang smiled and extended his right hand towards Hank. "If you ever need anything in the future, feel free to contact me anytime."
"Thank you."
Although he didn't know what trick the other party was playing, out of politeness, Hank also smiled and extended his hand.
However, the moment their palms touched, a strange energy surged along Hank's arm and into his brain.
Under Xia Shang's smiling gaze, Hank's eyes suddenly became particularly empty and dull.
"First, forget all memory related to Compound V and the serum. Second, you have been working at Vought Pharmaceuticals this whole time and helped me invent a pretty good cold medicine. Third, you have never met Victor, John, and Agent Zero; they have never appeared in your memory..."
Through the two superpowers, Cognitive Intrusion and Memory Storm, Xia Shang was gradually modifying Hank's original memory. To prevent any deviation in the other party's memory, he carefully patched and reinforced them.
Only when his eyes were covered in blood threads did he release Hank's hand.
Xia Shang, whose expression was slightly tired, closed his eyes, then opened them again, and his eyes had recovered as before.
"Mr. Jervis, then I won't bother you any longer." Hank nodded at Xia Shang with a natural smile, completely unaware that his memory had been tampered with.
"Thank you for your contribution to Vought Pharmaceuticals. The cold medicine you invented is really good."
"It's nothing, I just improved it a bit based on your original formula."
His heart rate was normal, with no micro-expressions that appear when lying. Memory tampering should have been successful. Seeing Hank's reaction was completely normal, Xia Shang was basically certain that the instructions he gave had taken effect smoothly.
Afterwards, the two of them chatted for a few more sentences.
After multiple tests and ensuring nothing could go wrong, Xia Shang watched as Hank pushed open the Office door and walked out.
Looking at Hank's back as he left, Xia Shang mused in his heart.
"It seems highly likely there won't be any errors. Even Charles, who has powerful psychic ability, I estimate he wouldn't be able to discover that Hank's memory has been tampered with in a short time. What's more, given Charles's personality, unless Hank himself notices something is wrong and actively asks Charles to check his memory, Charles wouldn't possibly use psychic ability on Hank."
After Hank left, Xia Shang sat back down on the office chair. He opened the Panel to check the ability's fusion progress.
[Ghost Teleportation fusing, current progress 12%]
To be honest, in just one week, the fusion progress could rise from 2% to 12%. This speed is not slow. Of course, this is also related to Xia Shang's frequent use of this ability. Facts prove that practice can indeed accelerate fusion speed.
"That is to say, without the help of external forces, wanting to completely fuse Ghost Teleportation would take roughly two or three months." Xia Shang observed the Panel while starting to absorb the serum he just obtained.
Initially, he only absorbed a few milliliters. Only after confirming the serum wouldn't cause any adverse effects on him did he slowly inject the liquid from the glass tube into his body.
[Ghost Teleportation fusing, current progress 12...13%]
Seeing the progress bar jump forward a bit, Xia Shang couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. It seems the serum is really effective. He just didn't know how the effect compares to Compound V, which is stronger or weaker.
Soon, he finished absorbing the entire tube of serum. At this time, the progress bar on the Panel reached 29%.
However, at the same time, Xia Shang's cells inside his body vaguely had a feeling of fullness, like eating too much in one go and feeling stuffed.
"Hank is indeed a genius." Having solved the problem of slow fusion, Xia Shang's mood was exceptionally pleasant. He got up and walked to the window, looking at the pedestrians passing by on the street, and began to ponder another question.
Whether he could find Apocalypse buried underground? Because in the old timeline, Apocalypse did not revive. The reason, according to Xia Shang's inference, should be related to that group of Apocalypse cultists. He vaguely remembered that the reason Apocalypse woke up was because a cultist accidentally stumbled into the tomb where Apocalypse was buried, letting sunlight shine in. So this was an accidental incident. Since it was an accidental incident, it's also normal that it didn't happen in the old timeline.
"Egypt... Cairo." Xia Shang flipped through the memory about Apocalypse in his brain, finally speaking out the region where Apocalypse was located.
However, while Apocalypse was sleeping, his brainwaves should be very weak. Even if he went to Cairo, Egypt, he might not necessarily find Apocalypse buried deep underground.
"Forget it. After I fuse Victor's regeneration ability, then I'll make time to go to Egypt." Xia Shang wanted to maximize his gain, so he temporarily wouldn't consider analyzing Magneto and Charles etc. Only after their abilities are strengthened by Apocalypse will it be the best time to make a move. Although doing this has a bit more risk, the greater the risk, the higher the gain! Just then, the Office door was knocked.
"Come in," Xia Shang put away the empty glass tube and said in a deep voice.
"Mr. Jervis, it's me, Camille."
Camille pushed open the wooden door with a creak, walked to the office desk holding a newspaper, and said with a joyful expression, "Good news, the sales of our second issue of Mutant Weekly are three times that of the first issue! Now newsstands in various cities have sent us massive orders! It's estimated it won't take long before our Weiss Newspaper Agency can squeeze into the top ten newspaper agencies nationwide."
Speaking of this, Camille paused, hesitating to speak.
Seeing him like this, Xia Shang immediately let out a cold laugh. "Are other newspaper agencies starting to suppress us?"
"Uh... That's right," Camille said. "Like The Washington Post and others, they have publicly condemned this behavior of ours in their newspapers, saying we are whitewashing mutants. Some extremists even burned our newspapers on the street to protest, causing multiple violent incidents during this period."
"Normal, just get used to it." Xia Shang clearly didn't take this kind of thing to heart. Before establishing Mutant Weekly, he had anticipated that similar incidents would emerge endlessly. The best way is to ignore them and not respond. Anyway, once Homelander's image is built up, this kind of person will only become fewer and fewer.
(end of chapter )
