Chapter 16: Suspension and Aftermath
Sitting in a helicopter, Mercer had taken on a human appearance, and had handed over Cruise's body to the S.H.I.E.L.D. men, now playing with the syringe in his hand.
Mercer devoured the corpse of a former Gentek researcher to obtain news of the potion.
This thing is the causative agent of the black light virus in the plot, but according to the researcher's memory, this thing is not a pathogen, but a symbiosis of the black light virus.
The black light virus was found from the inside of a meteorite, and this is another substance inside the meteorite, and the water inside the meteorite and the black light virus well do not interfere with the river water.
After observation, the structure of this substance is similar to that of the black light virus, and it is also a virus, but the characteristics are different from the black light virus.
Gentek has tested test subjects with this symbioa, and the subject's abilities have deteriorated, but the black light virus has not been eliminated, but has undergone more intense changes after a period of time.
Eventually, the subject became a Hunter-like creature, but not as strong as the Hunter, and was eventually killed by Gentek.
"Is this thing still useful to me?"
In the game, it was supposed to be this thing that temporarily caused Alex Mercer to lose his abilities, but Mercer regained his abilities with the help of Dr. Raglan and gained further strengthening.
Dr. Raglan was himself a researcher at Gentek, but later resigned to become a doctor. Now, the mother is dead, and Dr. Raglan has not appeared.
"Alex, what is this thing?" Coulson hesitated, but finally asked.
"Oh, it's not what you think, this is a symbiont of the black light virus, which can temporarily inhibit the black light virus infector, but then it will cause the black light virus to become more violent, and even mutate."
"And if you ......," Melinda asked.
"I don't know, it may not be of any use, and unforeseen results may occur."
Mercer looked at Melinda and said, with an indescribable meaning in her eyes.
"My existence is special, I am infected by the black light virus, but I can talk and think like the mother, and I don't need to follow the orders of the mother. So, I can't tell you how this potion will affect me. ”
"Can this kind of thing be cultivated?"
"No, this kind of thing can't be obtained through the mother like the black light virus, after so many years of attrition, there may only be three or four such amounts left, I didn't expect them to try to use this thing against me."
"And what are you going to do with it?" Coulson asked worriedly, his eyes looking at Mercer's dead gray pupils.
"Leave it alone, well, I'll keep it myself."
Mercer's hand turned into armor mode, then pulled the needle of the potion off, and then easily pinched the syringe mouth with his fingers, the metal syringe mouth in his hand like plasticine, and finally pinched and completely sealed.
Mercer then slipped the syringe into the pocket of his jacket and looked up at Coulson, who was speechless.
Mercer planned to take this thing with him, but he was confident that no one could snatch it directly from his hands, and when he found a suitable opportunity later, he would study the unknown substance.
"Don't worry, I just want to live my normal life as soon as possible, but I don't want anyone else to threaten me."
"Hmmm......"
Coulson couldn't just force Mercer to hand over this thing, he thought it was better to leave it to Nick Fury for a headache.
The helicopter quickly stopped near S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
"Aren't you worried about the location of your headquarters being exposed?" Mercer asked curiously, he hadn't remembered it last time.
"The location of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters is not a secret, and we are not an underground organization," Coulson said, with confidence in his tone, "and it's not as simple as it seems. ”
Mercer remembered the "Avengers 1" he had watched, in which the Helicarrier became the headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D., and I don't know if it has been researched now.
This time, Mercer was treated much better, and he was taken to a conference room, where Nick Fury was alone.
Mercer walked straight to a position in the middle of the other side of the conference table, pulled out a chair and sat down, his posture relaxed, his fingers rubbing slowly on the armrest.
Coulson and Melinda sat next to Nick.
"Mr. Mercer, the virus in the area around Gentek has begun to fade away, as you said, but the infected people at Penn Station are still the same as they used to be."
Nick Fury pointed to the projector, which showed surveillance video of the interior of Pennsylvania Station.
Mercer frowned, it seemed that things were not as easy to handle as they thought. The outbreak at Pennsylvania Station was caused by Alex Mercer's broken vial, and now it doesn't end with the death of the mother.
This means that viruses that were previously separated from their parent will still remain active, in other words, if Blackwatch has a preserved sample of the virus, it can still be used.
"What do you mean?"
"Mr. Mercer, first of all, I want to know if you can control the infected like a mother, or create hunters?"
"I can't."
Mercer didn't play the follow-up game, but he was curious to see if the prototype could control the infected, but he found himself unable to contact the other infected.
Could it be that the mother is not dead? Impossible. Well?
Thinking of this, Mercer suddenly remembered something else, and he stood up, and his chair fell to the ground.
"Not good, mother's son!"
Nick Fury asked, "Mr. Mercer, who is the son of the mother?" Infected? ”
"Alex, do you mean the baby Elizabeth Green gave birth to?"
Coulson had heard Mercer's story, and although he had relayed it to Nick Fury word for word, it was clear that he had a clearer impact on the story than Nick Fury.
"That's right, it's that Preah (Pariah=Untouchables). Elizabeth Green's biological son, he was born from the mother's body, and is estimated to have a similar function to the mother's body. ”
Mercer rubbed his brows, he thought that the black light virus had been solved, but he had forgotten about the key figure of Prea in his busy schedule.
Coulson twoiled the title and asked, "Have you ever touched it...... Him? ”
"No, I've been researching the Matrix all along, and he's under the continued supervision of the Black Watch Force, and Gentek doesn't have research clearance. By the way, are there any whereabouts for those bastards on Black Watch? ”
Nick Fury's face darkened even more and said, "No, it seems to have disappeared completely, we used all the methods, but we couldn't find any trace of each other." ”
"I guess Hydra did it," Mercer said.
Mercer's memories of the time trip were extremely clear, which also allowed him to quickly get out of the quagmire, but the Marvel movies he had seen were really limited.
Iron Man 1, Hulk 1, Thor 1, Avengers 1, and Spider-Man 1, 2
Mercer recalled that he had really only seen these few Marvel movies, after all, he couldn't count on a mercenary to be an otaku. It is worth emphasizing that "Avengers 1" was once watched in the cinema when he went into the city.
The phone rang suddenly, and Nick Fury's face darkened the more he listened, uh, Mercer felt that it was his own psychological reaction, after all, it couldn't be any more dark.
"Mr. Mercer, a hidden base of the Black Watch Force has been found, and the body of Gentek founder Raymond McMullan has been found, but the others are gone."
"So that means the Black Watch disappeared with Prea?"
"I'm afraid so," said Nick Fury, "Coulson, you lead the team to Pennsylvania Station, and then you lead the team to clean up the infected and check for virus residues. May and Mr. Mercer led the team to the base of Blackwatch. ”
After saying that, Nick Fury turned his head to look at Mercer, as if asking for advice.
Mercer shrugged, he was just going to go there, so he didn't have a problem.
PS: Melinda's full name is Melinda May.