Chapter 26: Iron Man and Spider-Man
Scientific research is a very expensive thing, and the most expensive of them certainly include basic scientific research and ultra-cutting-edge scientific research. There is no doubt www.biquge.info the investment-to-return ratio of these two types of research is quite disproportionate.
Needless to say, basic science is almost always a strategic project at the national level, and few private entrepreneurs are willing to spend a lot of money on it, because basic science is slow to produce results, and long-term investment does not necessarily have much return.
And ultra-cutting-edge conceptual science is another money-burning hole. Because this kind of scientific investment can easily become a trap for painting pies. Maybe you can make a successful investment and become an advanced technology that changes the world.
But it is more likely that after investing tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, the result is that nothing can be obtained, scientists do not find anything valuable, and investors' funds are wasted, and not even a single wave can be seen.
And Peter Parker is now studying something somewhat merit in this tendency. The Parker factor is a discovery that Peter Parker named after himself.
The discovery is a bit tortuous, starting with the Norman-Osborne inhumane experiments.
Because of the Osborne family's genetic disease, Norman made a deal with the demon god to extend his lifespan. He had to come up with a suitable genetic antidote in a limited time.
So hundreds, if not thousands, of lives were used by him to push the endless abyss, and Peter remembered seeing the inhumane experiments of the Osborne Group with Li Jie, the inhumanoid innocents tortured by the potion, who had originally come to the Osborne Group for help. In the end, it became Norman's test subject. (See above for details)
And during these experiments, because of the theft of some information from the Osborne group, Li Kit and Peter learned something. That is, Norman cares a lot about the key Mr. P, and Peter knows very well that Norman's so-called Mr. P refers to himself.
In the end, Norman died because of various things, but the genetic agent was also made through countless tests on human lives. Harry was cured and improved physically, reaching the pinnacle of human beings in terms of physical fitness alone, similar to Captain America's existence.
But this is the accumulation of countless people's lives, and Li Jie and Peter agreed that this matter must be kept secret, and no one will mention it to Harry. If he knew that his life was exchanged for the lives of hundreds or thousands of people, would this sunny boy accept it? It's too hard to say.
But Peter also kept an eye on it from then on, mainly because he was a little curious about why Norman thought he was the key Mr. P, was there something special about his body?
After becoming Spider-Man, Peter has been looking for a similar answer, he is not a mutant, why can he simply mutate?
And what exactly did his parents do? The notes his father left for him were the main basis for him to help Connor say that the Doctor had improved the genetic potion.
So what secrets are hidden in his body? Is there something that his parents didn't tell him? Peter Parker has a lot of doubts, but he can't simply confide in others.
Because this also involves the secret of another friend, and even the secret of his own background, this is a very, very private thing, even Li Jie and his uncle's family can't say it.
So the little spider began to secretly experiment in private, hoping to find out what was different in his body.
Calculation formulas, and manuscript paper for calculations are spread all over the basement of his home. He'd gotten the entire basement from Uncle Ben's hands, and he needed a place to do some experiments.
In addition to the royalty income of Spider-Man, which was donated to the fund to help others, he only left his college expenses and a small pocket money.
Most of the rest was invested in the purchase of various equipment, which Peter told Uncle Ben that was obsolete from the Osborne Group and had been given away for free.
Hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars are a lot of money for the average family, but they are a drop in the bucket for scientific research. Even the equipment bought can't be very good.
As a result, Peter's research has not progressed much, and he has not gained much useful beyond learning more about the special spider genes.
Until an accident in the Night's Watch base.
Remember the symbiote that Jack stripped from the Green Goblin mask left behind by Norman Osborn? It was locked up in the laboratory of the Night's Watch base, studied by Barbara the Voice-mimic Bird (she was originally a henchman inserted by Nick the One-Eyed Dragon, and is currently under the jurisdiction of Frank the Punisher). )
The black symbiote was named Venom by Li Jie, and from its water-like flowing form, as well as its teeth and claws from time to time, it deserved the name Venom.
This symbiote is an alternative life form that also needs to eat to live. Its food is special, it can absorb some of the radiant energy and store it as food.
So in order to raise it and study it, Frank found some radioactive mineral stones. Every once in a while, the venom is fed some radioactive minerals to ensure that it does not die, but not too strong.
That time it was Peter Parker on duty at the base, and he fed Venom a small piece of radioactive ore.
But an accident happened, and Venom, who was lying on his stomach in a petri dish like mud, suddenly became energetic when he met Peter.
Black venom flew into Peter, and it wanted to possess him.
"Damn!" Peter scolded, and quickly began to peel off the symbiote venom that stuck to his body like asphalt.
The UHF noise rang out, and Mike (a former SWAT member) with a special audio player appeared behind Peter.
Hearing this special sonic venom was like meeting a natural enemy, and the black body turned into a painful face, and finally retreated from Peter's body like a tide.
This is the biggest weakness that has been discovered in the study of Venom for so long, and it is particularly resistant to sound waves in a certain frequency band. Mike pulled Peter, who had just been almost possessed, up and asked, "Are you okay?"
Peter checked his body and said, "There should be no problem." ”
Originally, nothing else had happened, and Peter and Mike didn't tell anyone else about it.
However, when Peter returned home, he found a black mark on his uniform, which was tissue left by venom and looked inactive.
And it was this piece of organization that allowed Peter's stalled research to take a new stage.
In genetic experiments, he tried to fuse his own genes and venom's genes, and a super-active factor was born.
This factor has an extremely high ability to imitate learning and is extremely active.
What does the genetic factor of learning ability represent? Human learning ability is a very complex process, from babbling to learning to eat with utensils, to recognizing words, to learning basic culture.
Human life is a long learning process, and we are learning about our surroundings all the time to enrich ourselves. This learning is partly conscious, but more often than not.
For example, although some of the mother tongue I first learned came from my parents, it was more of a kind of ear and eye.
There is also such as unscrewing the lid of a mineral water bottle, which does not need to be taught, and many people may know how to open the lid for the first time they get the mineral water bottle. This is because you have seen countless people do this, and it is a subconscious learning.
Even looks unconscious in a sitting, standing position. It's all learning from the subconscious.
But the knowledge of this world is vast, and many people can hardly excel in a certain field even if they are extremely poor, and there are so many geniuses in the world.
But what if the genes in your body are inherently superior in learning? If you have memorized 12 out of 12 of a book while unconsciously flipping through it, how much can you learn in your lifetime?
And this is one of the particularities of this [Parker factor], and the other is the super activity of [Parker factor]. What kind of changes does this activity bring to human genes? Super physical fitness, super strength, or super recovery?
Peter didn't know, because the areas he was involved in were beyond his reach. Because the objective conditions of his research equipment are here, the laboratory converted in the basement can no longer meet him.
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In the reception room, Peter Parker used the front camera of his phone to look at his appearance. He felt that his hairspray Sanqi development type seemed to be a little messy, and he wanted to fiddle with it. By the way, I have to tidy up my collar.
Because the collar of his newly purchased shirt and suit was a little awkward, he had just moved his head and the door to the reception room was pushed open. A beautiful woman with blonde hair said in the doorway, "Next, Peter Parker!"
Peter immediately packed up everything he had just taken out, and he followed the woman. The beautiful woman led the way, and without looking back, said, "You only have three minutes, Mr. Parker." If you can't express your thoughts within the time, then it's time to make an appointment for another time. ”
Peter was a little confused: "What? Isn't it twenty minutes? I checked the Horizon Foundation's review criteria before, and the first preliminary interview review was twenty minutes!"
The blonde woman turned her head and smiled at him, "Because the person who censored today is Tony Stark!" As soon as she finished speaking, she pushed the door of the office in front of her open.
While Peter Parker has already met Iron Man Tony Stark in various places, this time is completely different. (Before, it was Spider-Man who met Iron Man, or Iron Man who met Spider-Man)
Tony is not Iron Man now, and Peter is not Spider-Man. The man with the beautiful beard across from him will be a problem for himself this time.
When Peter had just entered the room, Tony had already pressed the countdown timer in front of him.
"You now have three minutes to state your thoughts, young man. Tony said with all seriousness, "My time is precious, and if you don't have an invention or idea that can change the world, you'd better quit now." ”
Peter was instantly blinded by what Tony said, Tony may seem very slippery at some point, but when he is serious, the momentum of the world's richest man and scientist is revealed. Peter was so crushed that he could barely speak.
"Two minutes and forty seconds, thirty-nine seconds, thirty-eight seconds. Tony was reading the countdown to Peter: "Twenty seconds, if you have nothing to say, you can go out now, kid." ”
Peter only now came to his senses: "Wait a minute, I have a discovery, a peculiar factor. I'll call it the Parker factor. It has the ability to learn by imitation and is highly active. At present, I can only cultivate this factor in a small amount in the laboratory, but I want to know if this factor is universal in the world, and whether it can open another window for mankind!"
Tony looked at the timer: "One minute and fifteen seconds, fourteen seconds, thirteen seconds." ”
Peter began to speed up his words: "I know there is a point among mutants that mutants are the future of human evolution. Because of the X gene, because of all kinds of special abilities. But variant genes have all kinds of uncertainties and are very unstable. ”
"We all know that some mutants are strong, some are weak, and even some mutants' abilities can be described as [cruel lifelong diseases]. Add to that the uncontrollable explosion of the Ability Awakening period, and all of this doesn't do our world any good. ”
Saying this, Peter suddenly became louder and danced, he didn't care about the image anymore, as a science nerd, Peter had fallen into his own world: "If, I mean if." What if this new factor is more stable, and can even be fused with the X gene? [The Parker factor] is extremely inclusive, so can we be inspired by a new evolutionary direction?"
Peter Parker has been obliviously engaged: "I have a friend (Li Jie) who said that our world will enter the age of the universe, and this time is not too far away. The Horizon Foundation is studying cosmic sociology and cosmic politics, but why hasn't it thought about studying the biology of the human body in the universe? It's a big time, the times are changing, life is changing, why don't we follow the change together? I need money, a lot of money, Mr. Tony. I need a new lab, I need enough lab equipment. I need many, many things, maybe tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. ”
Peter Parker's cheeks were already bright red when he said this, not because of shyness, but because of the excitement of his blood. He was a young man, an eighteen-year-old, an eighteen-year-old with a mind full of all sorts of maneuvers to change the world.
He stared at Tony and said, "You just asked if there was a world-changing invention?
Tony glanced at the countdown timer in front of him, and he said nonchalantly, "You're out of time for three minutes, kid." ”
"Huh?" Peter was speechless by Tony's words, "I'm sorry then, Mr. Stark." He didn't think his speech had moved Tony.
As Peter was about to leave the house, Tony called him from behind, "Wait kid, do you have time to have lunch with me?"
When Peter heard this, it was a joke.
Tony continued: "Come with me if you have time. It just so happens that another friend of mine recently got an amazing set of kitchen utensils and is showing off his cooking, and I think you'll enjoy eating his cooking. ”
Hmmm, Peter wonders why Tony knows this person, too, and Li Jie, who is shopping for ingredients all over the world with Arashi and preparing to start his first trip to sell food in the other world, sneezes. He rubbed his nose: Is there anyone talking about my handsomeness behind my back?
PS: Peter has never met or communicated with Tony in his true identity, and this is the first time the two have communicated in their normal capacity.