Chapter 242: Mutation
"Good new hairstyle."
Stretching his stiff body, Ben appeared in the laboratory, looking at Reed, who was really engrossed in research, and his gray temples, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and teased.
"Hey, Ben, you're finally awake."
Turning his head to look at his friend who had woken up again, Reed hurriedly put down the experiment in his hand and happily stepped forward to hug him.
"You've been in a coma for three days, and I've been worried about you."
When the space storm hit, Ben was on a mission outside the space station, and everyone thought he would die.
"How's it going, Ben, is there anything wrong with your body?"
"Actually, I feel good." Shrugged his shoulders, and although he had been unconscious for several days, Ben did not feel any discomfort.
"But it's a thrilling scene, isn't it?"
Recalling the situation on the space station, even if he didn't suffer any damage, Ben still felt a little frightened: "What the hell is going on?" ”
"I don't know." Shaking his head silently, even Reed couldn't tell what had happened on the space station before: "I've checked the data over and over again, and it's all correct, but the result is ...... In fact, I was thinking that maybe this was a warning that I should give up on the study of cosmic storms in space......"
"Reed."
Looking at the guilty expression on Reed's face, Ben immediately interrupted his next words: "This is the mystery of the universe, you can't predict it all, at least we all survived that disaster." ”
After a few words of persuasion from his friend, Ben immediately turned the conversation to the meteorite in the center of the laboratory.
"So, this is the meteorite you brought back from outer space?"
"Actually, it was the space storm that brought it there."
Ben's words successfully diverted Reed's attention, looking at the strangely shaped meteorite in front of him, Reed's tone couldn't help but become excited: "I preliminarily scanned the internal structure of this meteorite, and found a lot of interesting things, maybe this meteorite itself is special, or it may be because of the space cosmic storm, in short, this meteorite is unusual." ”
"I was going to continue to study the meteorite in depth, but Victor didn't agree to my request."
Speaking of this, Reed's expression was a little helpless.
He was very interested in the meteorite, but Victor clearly had other plans.
Reed, who retracted his gaze from the meteorite brought back from outer space, looked still the same old and focused on research, and couldn't help but say: "Reed, although I shouldn't say these words from the perspective of a friend, after experiencing these things, I feel that there are some things in my life that are more important than work or research." ”
"What are you talking about?"
Reed looked at the meteorite in front of him and replied a little blankly.
Shaking his head helplessly, Ben continued, "I mean, it's time for you to find a girlfriend. ”
"Come on, Ben, you know, I don't have any idea of finding a girlfriend right now."
"Is it that you don't have an idea, or have you not forgotten Susan at all?"
Ben's words made the expression on Reed's face change a little, but he quickly reined in, shook his head and replied, "Ben, she is with the most suitable person now, so it's good for everyone." ”
……
"I've got to figure out how to get rid of this scar."
In front of the mirror, Victor looked at the tiny scar on his temple and couldn't help frowning.
"Actually, it's good for you, sir, to have a scar."
Hearing Victor's words, the secretary spoke, and the latest reaction was revealed: "There is a general feeling among the people that you look a little more merciful with your scars, and it also makes them sympathize with what happened to you in outer space. ”
"So, I should be thankful for this scar?"
Victor asked with a cold face, and tidied up his appearance in front of the mirror.
"How's it going?"
"The stock price is still falling, the impact of the space accident is still there, and the previous alien invasion has made everyone particularly concerned about events from outer space."
The secretary's report made the expression on Victor's face even colder: "What about the meteorite? ”
"It's a pity, sir, that they are generally not optimistic about the meteorites you brought back from outer space, and think that they are not of much value." Shaking his head, the secretary replied.
"Haven't they read the research Reed provides?"
Although, the previous space accident incident made Victor quite dissatisfied with Reed, because an accident not only severely damaged his prestige, but also caused him a huge loss. However, from a rational point of view, Victor had to admit that Reed was a smart guy, so he also believed in the research report on meteorites he provided.
Frowning, such a result made Victor a little difficult to accept: "This is obviously not an ordinary meteorite. ”
"But it's still a meteorite, sir."
The secretary replied calmly.
"These meteorites are not Tony Stark's steel suits, and it's hard to catch the eye of investors."
"Tony Stark."
Hearing the secretary's words, Victor couldn't help but mutter.
Even among the many billionaires, Tony Stark is quite a special one, especially after he became a member of the Avengers, the superhero who saved New York.
"Anyway, if you keep in touch, I think there will always be people who are interested in this meteorite."
Shaking his head and pulling his thoughts back, Victor commanded the secretary.
Turning around, he touched the pen on the table, and the next second a faint electric current suddenly surged out of his fingers.
"Sir?"
Looking at Victor, who suddenly fell silent, the secretary couldn't help but shout.
"Well, nothing."
Coming back to his senses, Victor looked at his palms and replied perfunctorily.
……
"It must be a cosmic storm, and the radiation from the storm changes our DNA ......"
While eating at the restaurant, Susan and Reed noticed something unusual about their bodies, which made them suspect that the previous space storm had affected everyone's bodies to some extent.
"Don't jump to conclusions, it's just your guess, we need more evidence to back up before we can make real conclusions."
Although he has experienced the strangeness of his body, Reed still maintains a rigorous attitude as a scientist and does not easily draw conclusions: "Perhaps, all this is just a hallucination caused by our poisoning of stale ingredients in the restaurant." ”
"Please, Reed, do you really think it's all just an illusion?"
"I'm just proposing a hypothetical possibility."
Here, Reed and Susan are arguing with each other over their own speculations, and on the other side, Johnny, who is wrapped in a pink down jacket on the lower half of his body, snaps his fingers and interrupts excitedly: "Guys, look at me." ”
Reed and Susan snapped his fingers, and a burst of fire appeared from his fingers.
With snapping his fingers to control the flames to burn and extinguish on his fingers, Johnny said excitedly: "I have a feeling that if I want to, I can let this flame burn anywhere on my body, anywhere." ”
“……”
"Cosmic storms change our DNA!"
Danny's living example makes Reed have to believe that everything is true.
"However, this is not logical, what exactly does the cosmic storm use to change our DNA, and is this change permanent or temporary?"
Although he admitted the fact of mutation, more questions arose in Reed's heart next.
"Transiently?"
Reed's words made Tony, who was originally silent about gaining extraordinary power, stunned, he liked his ability at the moment and didn't want it to disappear.
"Rather than that, I think we should go find Ben."
The opening interrupted Reed's speculation, and Susan said with concern.
Since the three of them have mutated because of the concern of the cosmic storm, then as Ben, who once faced the cosmic storm, should theoretically be the same as them.
While thinking, the three of them hurried to the room where Ben was.
However, the closed door of the room blocked Reed and his party from the door.
"Ben! Root! Are you okay?! ”
Standing outside the door, Reed stared at the door of the room, constantly slapping wildly, but getting no response from inside.
This unusual situation made Reed immediately start to worry.
Before, when I ate in a restaurant, I already showed an uncomfortable appearance. Now, the mutation of several more people suddenly made Reed uneasy.
"Susan, do you have the code to the door?"
Knocking on the door, Reed asked Susan beside him.
"I'll try ......"
Hearing Reed's words, Susan immediately went to the combination lock.
"No, I need a little time."
Through the transparent crack in the door, Reed noticed that something was wrong in the room, and his inner uneasiness quickly turned into anxiety. Looking at Susan, who was constantly trying to unlock it, Reed thought of the ability he had just shown in the dining room, and with the idea of being a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he immediately reached through the gap under the door and successfully opened the locked door in this room.
"It's disgusting......"
Looking at Reed's ability, Johnny said with some disgust.
Compared to such a cool ability as controlling fire, Reed's soft ability obviously doesn't have much appetite for him.
Bang –
Johnny's reaction left Reed speechless, and he opened his mouth to say something, when the next moment a loud noise came from the room and startled the three of them.
Rushing into the room, the large holes in the walls and the bent bed frame all show that something has happened here.
"Look! What is that?! ”
Pointing to the hole in the wall, Johnny exclaimed.
With Johnny's exclamation through the hole, Reed and the others immediately looked at the situation, and through the hole, they vaguely saw a yellow figure running in the forest in the distance.
"This is Ben?"
Looking at this strange figure, Reed said with some uncertainty.
Judging from the reaction in the room just now, Ben obviously also had a mutation, but what kind of mutation was it, and why Ben ran away, which made Reed a little puzzled.
"What's going on here?"
At this moment, a slightly surprised voice sounded behind the three of them:
The three of them turned to look at each other in unison.
I saw that Victor had come to the door of the room at some point, looked at the situation in the room, and asked with a puzzled face.
"Something's wrong, Victor."
Looking at Victor who appeared, Reed immediately explained: "The cosmic storm seems to have changed the DNA of our body, and the body has undergone some changes. ”
"It's not just Ben, each of us has different symptoms." After Reed's explanation, Susan spoke immediately.
"Symptoms?"
Susan's words made Victor's eyes change a little, and he remembered the changes in his body in the past few days.
"Symptoms, I don't think it's a symptom."
Hearing Susan's explanation of their physical condition, Johnny suddenly retorted with some dissatisfaction, and he raised his hand to generate a flame: "Now we have the same extraordinary power as the Avengers, maybe we can refer to the Avengers to also establish a superhero group, what do you think of the name Fantastic Hero, or Justice League?" ”
"We don't know if these abilities are harmful to the body."
In the face of Johnny's imagination, Reed began to splash cold water and said, "Before we determine the danger of these abilities, I think we should be careful." Even, we should use these abilities sparingly to avoid more serious things from happening. ”
"Hey, man, you've become transcendent, why are you so bored." Controlling the raging flame in his hand, Reed's words made Johnny a little disappointed,
"Johnny, now is not the time to joke!"
Looking at the flames coming out of Johnny's hands, Susan said with a displeased expression: "Put away your flames, don't you still think that the current situation is not chaotic enough." ”
"I'm not kidding."
Pouting, Johnny extinguished the fire in his hand. Although he is a little self-done and arrogant, he can still listen to his sister's words a little bit.
"If what you say is true, then Ben's current situation is not safe, and we should find him as soon as possible."
Withdrawing his gaze from Johnny's hand, Victor looked at the huge hole in the wall and pretended to be concerned.
"Maybe it's not the big man."
Looking at the big hole in front of him, Johnny didn't think there was anything unsafe about the guy who could make such a big hole.
"Maybe he just suddenly wants to go out and breathe, and when he's done breathing, he might come back."
"No, he should have gone home."
Reed looked at a picture falling on the ground and spoke.