Volume 5: The Young Wolf Seeks Home Chapter 34 The Avengers' Final Treasure
"Mason, this is my self-review. I have written it very carefully. Perhaps you should...well, isn't this His Majesty Black Bolt? Are you here to visit as well?"
When they returned to the palace residence, Batgirl, with a look of regret on her face, handed Mason a piece of paper filled with inner reflections, and then she noticed Black Bolt following Mason into the room.
This prompted Barbara to respond with an immediate and polite greeting.
The man in front of you is a real king in a caste system country, and this city and everyone in it are his subjects.
Although the members of the Bat Family are well-informed, such big shots are not easy to come by.
When the other people who were writing self-criticisms in the room saw Black Bolt coming, they all stood up. Zod and Bizarro teleported over and stood guard beside Mason.
They all knew very well how powerful this seemingly gentle and frail old man was.
"Safe! Mason, you're safe with him! You're behind me, and I'll put you in danger."
Bizarro grabbed Mason's arm and tried to pull him behind him. The Alien Superman looked at Black Bolt with undisguised vigilance, but the old king didn't care.
In the eyes of the silent but clear-minded old king, Mason's servants are certainly full of potential, but now they are too immature and pose almost no threat.
"Okay, everyone, this person is not our enemy."
Mason explained to the team members who gathered around him:
"His Majesty Black Bolt is our new friend. He will join us in our ultimate mission in this world. Also, be polite to him. In a sense, he is also my 'adoptive father'."
"ha?"
This answer stunned everyone, including Barbara.
Everyone knows that Mason came to this wasteland world to look for his origins, and everyone also knows that Mason is a guy who is suspected to be a mutant, but how come he suddenly has an Inhuman adoptive father?
What? So your bloodline is a combination of mutants and Inhumans, right?
Super skewers, right?
Looking at the strange looks from others, Mason knew that explaining these things to them would take up a lot of brain cells, so he simply kept silent and let them let their imagination run wild.
"Professor Stein, and Jacks brat, follow me! I have something for you to do."
Mason snapped his fingers and asked the old professor who was studying kryptonite information on the table and the black football player Jax, who was frowning because the 4,000-word review was difficult to complete, to follow him upstairs. He also used his eyes to tell Barbara to take care of the rest of the people.
This royal residence was naturally large and had different rooms for different purposes. Mason randomly found a living room and said to Professor Stein and Jacks behind him:
"There is something I need you to see if you can replicate it using the arrangement of atoms. Now combine them."
"But I haven't finished writing my self-review yet."
Xiao Hei rubbed his head and said to Mason:
"You have to give me some time for this sudden mission, right, Captain?"
"If you can produce this substance, you won't have to write a self-criticism."
Mason rolled his eyes, and as Professor Stein shook his head helplessly, the two of them activated the Fire Storm Matrix and completed their fusion in the raging flames.
In the Firestorm state, Superman has long flaming hair fluttering and his eyes are burning with atomic flames, looking very cool.
The silent Black Bolt frowned and looked at this strange individual. He didn't notice this guy's peculiarity when he defeated them with sound before. Then, at Mason's eye signal, Black Bolt took out a small black box from his pocket.
He stroked the box affectionately, then opened it and placed it on the table.
Inside is a special irregular crystal, only the size of a thumb but emitting strange energy. This is the Terrigen crystal, an indispensable catalyst for the awakening of the Inhuman genes.
As a super-powered race that is very similar to mutants but actually has a completely different origin, it is impossible for the Inhumans to awaken through their own efforts.
The Terrigen crystal is an extremely important part.
Without this thing, no matter how great the potential of an Inhuman is, he can only live his life as an ordinary person, and even hurt himself and others extremely painfully in the precursor of genetic awakening.
The Terrigen crystals of this world have been completely destroyed in the Doomsday War. The small piece of crystal in front of him is the last "memorial" that Black Bolt tried his best to preserve.
Such a small amount of crystal is not enough for an alien to complete the awakening.
"Don't touch it with your fingers."
Mason told Firestorm:
"The Terrigen Crystal is the key to unlocking the Inhuman genes, but it is lethal to other gene sequences. I don't know if it can destroy your genes, but it's best not to take the risk.
Get a feel for the atomic arrangement and chemistry of this thing.”
He said:
"Just like you created Kryptonite out of thin air, it would be best if you could complete the reshaping of the Terrigen crystal."
"I advise you not to expect so much."
Firestorm sighed and looked at the special crystal in front of him.
He tilted his head to listen to the voice of another person in his mind, and then said to Mason:
"Professor Stein told me that it would take a long time for both of us to produce stable kryptonite. This crystal in front of me is more complicated than kryptonite just by its appearance.
We can only try our best.
But now I have to ask you to leave first. Sensing the arrangement of atoms is a very delicate process and I cannot be disturbed. "
Black Bolt nodded, stood up silently and followed Mason out of the room. As the door closed, a special energy gathered in Jax's argument with himself.
That's Firestorm analyzing the structure of the Terrigen crystal.
This is the "correct use" of Firestorm in Mason's mind.
For an "atomic alchemist" who can easily disrupt the arrangement of atoms to create new creations, it is a waste of talent to let such a talent go to the battlefield to fight.
The ability to create firestorms is absolutely what all alchemists dream of.
It's a pity that his origin process cannot be simulated at all, otherwise Mason really wants to repeat the accident and allow himself to have this atomic-level energy manipulation.
Lao Wang made a sign to Mason, meaning that he was leaving to inspect the city.
Mason nodded and was about to send Black Bolt out of here, but he heard some noise behind him.
Then the door opened, and Harley, wearing only clown pajamas, rubbed her eyes and poked her head out. When she saw Mason in a daze, she cheered, rushed out barefoot and jumped behind Mason.
"Hey, be normal, someone is here."
Mason drove the koala-like Harley down and introduced the identity of Black Bolt to Harley. When Harley heard the outrageous identity of his "adoptive father", she was horrified.
She ran back to her room, changed into decent clothes and ran back again. She wanted to do her best to show her decent side so as not to make her "elders" dissatisfied with her.
Who would have thought that the scene where she was watching Selina and Talia's jokes was happening to her again, but Harley was carrying a box when she walked out of the room.
This is exactly the "cargo" that Hawkeye is transporting this time.
Harry held up the strange silver-gray mechanical box and said to Mason:
"This thing keeps beeping. I suspect there might be a bomb inside! To be safe, Mr. K, we have to throw it away."
"This can't be a bomb..."
Mason was about to explain when he saw Black Bolt beside him suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him. The silent old king stepped forward, took the box from Harley and placed it on the table beside him.
He glanced at Mason, then took out a very special ID card from his pocket, inserted it somewhere in the silver-gray mechanical box, and then took a step back.
As the three people watched, with the sound of mechanical gears colliding, the sealed silver-gray mechanical box in front of them "stretched" in an unimaginable way.
Its cabinet itself is part of this engineering creation, not a separate cabinet in the traditional sense.
"This is an integrated design. No wonder my dwarf saber can't open it."
Mason went forward to check out the still-working box. Its ingenious design was obviously the work of a master.
As it unfolds in a complex trajectory, the large S.H.I.E.L.D. and Stark Industries logos inside the box also represent its origin.
This is a creation of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Ashley Parker says her father left her and her daughter to travel around South America in search of a mysterious inheritance!"
Harry held Mason's arm and whispered :
"So, this is the treasure of the SHIELD?"
"It's S.H.I.E.L.D."
Mason corrected his girlfriend's wrong remarks. After the box in front of him was fully unfolded, the several layers of sealed metal strips formed a fairly complete preservation structure.
He reached out and twisted the top of one of the silver-gray metal pillars, and then, amid the rising cold nitrogen gas, a special syringe containing blue liquid popped out.
Based on Mason's attainments in alchemy, he could tell at a glance that this thing was just enough to complete an injection.
No more, no less.
He turned around and looked at Black Bolt who helped him open the box. The latter took back his identity card in the Illuminati, made a "please" gesture, and then turned and left without any attachment.
The silent old Wang really didn't care about the things in the box. Perhaps it was just a small favor he did to help his "adopted son".
"This looks like some kind of wonder potion, sweetheart. "
Harley was relieved when she saw her "adoptive father" leave. She stared at the cold blue liquid in front of her and whispered to Mason:
"Use your magical alchemy to take a look. It might be something very powerful."
"I'm working on it."
Mason placed the delicate liquid wrapped in a special material that looked fragile but could withstand heavy blows in front of his eyes. After a few seconds, an information label popped up:
Super Soldier Serum [Perfect Remake]
Quality: Legendary alchemical creation, perfect craftsmanship
Effect: Injection of the serum allows the recipient to break through human limits and enter a superhuman life form within six hours, and continuously unlocks power based on subsequent enhancements until the super soldier is fully formed.
hint!
This alchemical has been perfectly modified to be compatible with all currently known standard humanoid creatures, and special ingredients have been added to the alchemical so that the originally cumbersome activation process no longer needs to rely on external energy.
warn!
This alchemical substance will affect the user's personality after being injected.
Producer: The biological research and development department of "Project Dawn" under S.H.I.E.L.D.
Item Description: This is the original version, and it's infinitely better than some people's third-rate potions made with their monkey hands. Why not consider getting yourself one?
Tip: The Super Soldier Serum Perfect Crafting recipe has been included! Now you can craft this enhancement with more precision.
"While the mutants are restarting the Weapon X project, other members of the Illuminati are also doing their best to contribute to the survival of the world.
And this box in front of us probably represents the efforts made by SHIELD for this purpose."
Mason sighed, took out a homemade syringe and put the serum into it, motioned for Harley to stretch out her hand, gave her an injection on the wrist, and then injected Harley with the Water of Life and Death to put her into a deep sleep to make the Super Soldier Serum more effective.
As Harley fell asleep in Mason's arms, humming like a kitten, the captain turned his head to take a look at the unfolded mechanical box behind him.
He had just injected one enhancer into Harley, and now there were 98 enhancers with the same effect in the box.
No wonder Hawkeye abandoned his wife and children to explore South America, which had become a desert ruin. No wonder he would rather spend ten years finding the box again.
That old guy must know what's in this box.
The reason why he traveled thousands of miles to deliver this box of stuff to the rebels in New Babylon was because he knew that this box of stuff was enough to rebuild a superhuman army consisting of 99 Captain Americas in this world.
Hawkeye longs to use this method to bring order back to this chaotic world.
"Barbara, come up here for a moment."
Mason said to Batgirl over the team comms and she soon appeared in Harley's room, Mason stood by Harley's bed and tucked his girlfriend in.
The latter was still mumbling nonsense in her sleep, like "Sweetheart, please don't do that". Who knows what kind of mess is going on in her little head.
"This is for you."
Mason took out two tubes of Super Soldier Serum, handed them to Barbara, and said:
“One for you, and one for you to carry with you. Once Blue Beetle unlocks the Scarab’s third-stage combat system, you can give it to him.
I will give the portions to the second barrel, Charles, Selina, and Captain Jack's trio when I get back.
By the way, do Grayson and Gordon need it?"
He pointed to the open mechanical box and said:
"I have a lot more here."
"Grayson probably won't. My fiancé inherited the same strange belief as Bruce. They both believe that only the power they gain through training is worth relying on."
Barbara sighed and said:
"But my dad...well, he'd definitely want it.
I know he's always envied the powers of superheroes, and considering his recent appointments with Dr. Leslie, I think the old man would be in desperate need of this.
But, Mason, I don't need it, right?"
She ejected the well-built mantis blade from her arm and said:
"This thing is of no use to me. I make a living with my brain just like you."
"But it can strengthen your physical fitness and reduce the health risks brought to you by prosthetic transplants. The biggest advantage of this serum is 'adaptive strengthening'."
Mason said:
"It will automatically strengthen itself based on the parts you need most. After using it, your brain will be developed again, which is equivalent to unlocking additional RAM biological cache. It is estimated that it will not suddenly overheat easily.
Considering that you will definitely need more advanced hacking programs and brain components in the future, I suggest you lay a good foundation now."
"Okay, I won't be polite then."
Barbara no longer refused. After putting away the two enhancers, she asked:
"How long do we have to stay here? Although it's a good thing that you suddenly found your 'parents', as the team's navigator, I have to regretfully inform you that our progress is seriously behind schedule now."
"I'll leave tonight."
Mason glanced at Harley, who was still talking nonsense, then checked the time on his watch and said:
"We will leave Attilan in six hours. By the way, please ask Hawkeye, who is still wandering around somewhere, to come here. I need to talk to him."
Batgirl turned to leave, and Mason moved his shoulders, opening his suitcase factory and releasing a person bound inside.
Ashley Parker adopted a confrontational stance the moment she was thrown out.
She looked at Mason and Harley, who was sleeping soundly on the bed beside him, with a look of scum. She screamed with contempt:
"You disgusting bastards! You actually did that on top of my head for five hours. That's so obscene!"
"Well?"
After hearing Ashley's scolding, Mason belatedly glanced at Harley, who seemed particularly sleepy today, and seemed to finally understand what had happened to him while he was comatose.
It turns out that there was a real fight with She-Hulk...
He sighed tiredly and said:
"Believe it or not, I am also a victim. Well, Spider-Man's granddaughter, we are going to talk about you now."
Mason sat on the bed, looking at the fierce Ashley in front of him.
He said:
"You have grown crooked, but you seem to adore your grandfather. So, are you interested in going with us to another world to see him in person?"
