Chapter 11: Titans
"Dr. Allen, what other superpowers do you have, demonstrate them!"
Margaret was in the mood.
Alan walked over to the vase, plucked a flower, and turned to hand it to Margaret.
"Miss, please put this flower in your pocket."
Margaret took the flower and tucked it into the breast pocket of her bib pants, her eyes curious, looking forward to Alan's next performance.
Alan turned around and walked to the bedside table, silently performing his "Exploration Technique" in front of the mirror.
The mirror glows with a magical halo, casting a hazy vision.
The fabric encloses the small space to form a dark pocket.
A crumpled flower, lying quietly deep in a pocket.
"Wow! This seems to be some kind of reconnaissance superpower! ”
Margaret raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"I know a few similar abilities, but it's the first time I've seen you through a closed pocket to scout internal objects! Dad! What do you think of Dr. Allen's abilities? ”
"Very good."
Dr. Solomon stroked his beard and smiled.
"Allen, although your teleportation and reconnaissance specialties have no combat effectiveness, they can play a huge role in the field of intelligence, and it is not a problem to be rated as A-level."
"I'm honored to have your affirmation." Alan looked flattered, "Director, according to what you say, I can get an errand in the intelligence department?" ”
"Don't be in a hurry for this first, you are not cured from a serious illness now, so you can recuperate for a period of time first, and then think about work after recovery."
Dr. Solomon stood up.
"Before I say goodbye, I'm going to give you a piece of advice."
"Director, please speak, I will accept your teachings with an open heart."
"Take advantage of this leisure time to familiarize yourself with the Titan Network and gather intelligence on all aspects of society."
"Dr. Allen, in the past thirteen years, the whole world has been turned upside down, and you must learn about these great events that changed the fate of mankind as soon as possible and fill in this missing memory gap."
"At the same time, you'll need to use the Titan Network to practice your teleportation and reconnaissance skills."
"Especially for reconnaissance skills, if you can extend the reconnaissance radius to the end of the network service area, then your future will be bright!"
"Thank you for your encouragement, I will try!"
Alan shook Dr. Solomon's hand vigorously, looking excited.
Margaret took the flower out of her pocket, sniffed it, and returned it to Alan with a smile.
"Come on, Doctor, I look forward to you coming to work in my department, and I promise you the best treatment."
Hearing what she said, Alan knew that the intelligence department of Solomon Corporation was presided over by this eldest lady.
Sending the father and daughter away, Alan immediately connected to the Titan network.
He has A-level access and can query most databases.
But there is also some data with a higher level of confidentiality that is currently inaccessible.
Alan thought for a moment, then turned and walked to the door.
Picked up a small wooden stick like a toothpick, which still had the sweet smell of candy and Margaret's saliva on it.
Alan evaded the surveillance, held the small wooden stick in his hand, and silently performed the "Prayer Technique", which was used as the casting material, simulating Margaret's biological characteristics and mental fluctuations, and used as an access key.
Soon, Alan managed to fool himself into the database with the highest level of secrecy.
The private files of all the high-level officials of the Solomon Company, including the information of Solomon's father and daughter, were all exposed to him.
The corners of Alan's lips rose slightly, and he copied all the information into his mind.
Half an hour later.
Eren exits the Titan Network, casts a spell to erase the traces of the illegal invasion, and falls into a long period of thought.
The entire Metropolitan Vault, with nearly a million residents, is the only registered "reincarnated person" of Solomon's father and daughter.
The father and daughter's own superpowers are only equivalent to ninth-order and eighth-order warlocks.
However, when they go all out, they can burst out with legendary level power.
This is because both father and daughter have transplanted organs that do not belong to humans - Titans!
The origin of the Titans begins with the extraterrestrial meteorite that crashed in the western Pacific Ocean 23 years ago.
The hard, dense shell of a meteorite is made entirely of crystal nuclei.
And inside this shell, there is a strange lifeform from the alien planet, which was later named the Titan Mother, which is the source of all the Titan cells in the world.
The meteorite crashed into the ocean, and the Titan parent split into five parts, which were washed away by the ocean current.
These five fragments are the so-called "Titans".
The predecessor of the Solomon Company, the Dusen consortium, salvaged two fragments of meteorites.
Biological tissues adhered to meteorite fragments, one large and one small.
The larger part looks like a humanoid head, but an eye is missing.
Dr. Solomon and his closest collaborator at the time, Professor Butler, named this section "The Know-It-All."
The smaller organ, which happens to be the missing eye of the Seeker, is named the "Starer".
The Solomon Research Institute, a subsidiary of Dusen Corporation, is responsible for recovering and studying the fragments of the two alien life forms.
The two directors of the institute, Dr. Solomon and Professor Butler, soon reaped a series of shocks.
The "Knowers" and "Gazers", despite their dilapidation, still retain their vigorous vitality, and can even emit mental fluctuations and telepathize with researchers.
The "Gazer" is a visionary supernatural, able to see through all lies and illusions, and to see into the deepest depths of people's hearts.
The "Know-It-All" has great thinking and computing powers, and an infinite amount of mystical knowledge is stored in the brain tissue.
Initially, researchers underestimated the dangers of acquiring this mystical knowledge.
In one experiment, an attempt was made to convert the brainwaves of the "know-in" into digital signals and decipher them.
As a result, during operation, the world's most powerful mainframe computer group at the time simply crashed.
The brainwaves of the "Knowers" penetrate the thick lead shield and spread throughout the experimental building.
The 146 scientific researchers at the scene, except for two, were all exposed to strong brainwave radiation, and their collective mental breakdown fell into a coma.
Seeing this, Alan suddenly woke up.
The original number one Titan Primordial "Knower" is the root cause of the experimental accident thirteen years ago, the initiator of the catastrophe that swept the world!
At the scene of the accident, the only two survivors were Dr. Solomon and Professor Butler.
There is no record in the archives as to why the two of them survived.
In hindsight, it is likely that the two had a spiritual exchange with the Titans and reached a deal.
The content of the transaction, as terrifying as it sounds.
Dr. Solomon and Professor Butler each sacrificed a portion of their flesh and blood.
After that, the two made a soul pact with the "Knower" and the "Starer" respectively, becoming the world's first Titan cell infected.
Dr. Solomon, it seems, sacrificed a part of the brain tissue, and filled the missing part with the brain tissue of the "Know-It-All", and since then has gained great spiritual power.
Professor Butler, sacrificing his right eye.
After the "gazer" shrunk, he parasitized his eye sockets, giving him magical visual superpowers.
Alan recalls the strange eyeballs that poked out from behind Professor Butler's compass visor when he first met him......
"It turns out that it's Titan-No. 2 'Starter'!"
"No wonder the mana of that eyeball itself is stronger than that of Professor Butler's host."
Alan muttered to himself.
Seven years ago, Solomon managed to recover Titan-3 "Missing".
Its appearance and function are similar to that of a biological heart.
The person who made a pact with the "Thinker" was Dr. Solomon's only daughter, Margaret.
The contractor must sacrifice a sufficient amount of his flesh and blood organs.
Margaret didn't want to damage her appearance, so she played a clever trick and sacrificed a part of the subcutaneous fat.
She felt that by doing so, she would be able to make herself slimmer and do no harm.
It's a pity that being smart is mistaken by being smart.
She wasn't fat, but after the sacrifice, the healthy fat cells were replaced by Titan cells, and subtle mutations underwent .
Each mutated cell, in a state full of magical power, will expand dramatically.
The original slender girl herself was like an inflatable ball, and since then she has become a big fat girl weighing more than 300 pounds.
In return, Margaret awakens multiple superpowers.
Two of the strongest of them directly invoke the power of the "Missing", and their power is comparable to legendary magic!
The Titans, numbered fourth and fifth, have also appeared in certain parts of the world, causing riots and disasters.
However, before the Solomon Company could recover it, its whereabouts were again unknown.
These two occasional Titans were named "Grabbers" and "Wanderers" respectively.
According to eyewitness testimonies at the scene, Primordial Object No. 4, the "Grabber", looked like a pale arm, floating in midair.
The image of the fifth prototype "Wanderer" is even more terrifying.
It usually appears as a headless corpse missing its heart and right hand, wandering aimlessly across the earth.
Attempts to track down the "Wanderers" have all been in vain.
Whenever they are close to their target, the "Wanderer" will teleport and disappear from their sight.
Solomon's research on the Titans has led to a catastrophe that almost destroyed human civilization, but it has also yielded many achievements that surpass human civilization.
For example, crystal nucleus generators, carcinogenesis inhibitors, and the Titan spirit network.
Dr. Solomon and Professor Butler's team discovered early on that the Titans were able to center on themselves and open up spiritual realms with a radius of thousands of kilometers.
All infected Titan cells are able to connect with each other and share their senses within this realm.
The superpowers awakened after infecting the Titan cells can also be strengthened in this area.
That's right, this special ability of the original is the core of the Titan Network!
The "Solomon Network" created by Dr. Solomon in the Metropolitan Vault uses Proto-1 "Knowers" as "web servers".
The hub of Professor Butler's "escapist network" in Liberty City is the "gazer" of the second primordial body in his eye socket.
Margaret's No. 3 primordial "Missing" is a backup of the "Solomon Network".
Alan also learned from this secret file that the Solomon Corporation had been working on the recovery of the remaining two Titans for years.
Dr. Solomon believes that the "know-it-all" who conveyed his mystical knowledge to him believed that by collecting all five primordials, he would be able to reassemble the Titan.
Those who complete this project will conclude a contract with the Titan Mother and become an SS-class "Ruler" who surpasses the S-class "Reincarnation"!
The "Dominator" has supreme power.
A single thought can make all the Titan cell infected people in the world bow down.
Dr. Solomon's ambition to become the "Ruler" was declined by Allen.
However, when reading this information, Alan was surprised to find ......
The fusion progress bar of the Origin of the Ancestor Titan has increased by a small bit!
It can be seen that the information about the Titan Mother is crucial for him to fuse the Titan Ancestor Origin.
Based on past experience, Alan had reason to speculate that in this origin space, it was useless to simply bury one's head in cultivation.
Even if the Titan bloodline is reawakened, it is impossible to increase the progress of the Titan Ancestor's origin fusion to 100%.
This trial, the last and most crucial part, is likely to be the fusion of the Titan Mother!
In order to achieve this, Eren must first find the two remaining Titans - "Grabber" and "Wanderer"!
……
Saturday.
Margaret came to Ellen and asked him how he was doing.
"The body has fully recovered, and the adaptability of the superpower and the Titan network is not bad, and it can be teleported and explored in the city."
Margaret nodded her head, satisfied with Allen's answer, and then asked, "The city you are talking about, does not include the ditches located below the surface, and the subway tunnels?" ”
Alan groaned and said cautiously, "I haven't tried it yet, but it shouldn't be a big problem, miss, what are your plans?" ”
"To tell you the truth, the police are planning a city-wide anti-crime operation, and we need the cooperation of our intelligence department."
Margaret pulled two lollipops out of her breast pocket and handed one to Alan.
Alan wanted to say that he was not interested in candy.
However, considering the years after the cataclysm, candy had become a luxury, and it was not easy to resist Margaret's generous gift, and she took it after thanking her.
Secretly turn on the system to detect the composition of the candy.
Confirm that there are no toxic substances, peel off the wrapping paper and hold it in the mouth...... Then he couldn't help frowning.
Margaret stared at him, a narrow smile on her leavened dough-like white cheeks.
"How's it taste?"
"It's so sour, it's like chewing a lemon raw."
Alan said with a wry smile.
"It's my favorite flavor, refreshing, and when you get used to this acidity, you'll be as addicted as I am!"
Margaret giggled and peeled off the candy wrapper and took another lollipop in her mouth.
While sucking on candy, he slurred his words to Alan:
"We've done similar things in the past, but they've not worked out well."
"The rats and hyenas hiding in the gutters, alert and cunning, always escape their nests before the police raid and disperse to the subway tunnels and sewage ditches with complex lines."
"These gangsters, who call themselves 'escapists,' are not within the scope of online surveillance, and once they are in hiding, it is almost impossible to track them down."
"However, now it's different."
Margaret pulled the lollipop out of her mouth, the fiery red and moist candy ball, and pointed at Allen, who was sitting opposite.
"The police's request for help reminds me of your superpowers."
"Dr. Allen, if your reconnaissance skills can accurately locate the location of the gang leader, even if the rats go deep into the gutter, they will not be able to escape the punishment of the legal network!"
"How's that, do you have the confidence to help me with this?"
Alan thought about it for a moment and looked up to meet Margaret's expectant gaze.
"Miss, I'm honored to be able to provide you with some valuable services, and now I need a blacklist."
"Great, that's exactly what I wanted to hear!"
Margaret trembled with pleasure.
"The list you need, it's available to you right now."
As she spoke, she wrapped the leftover candy in paper again and put it on the coffee table.
With both hands free, gently caress both temples with your index finger.
Alan immediately sensed that a wave of mental fluctuations had hit.
At the same time, the "Titan System" sends out a hint: the Strange ID is trying to telepathize with him.
Here are the three accompanying options:
A: Denied.
B: Accepted.
C: Accept and add it to your address book.
Alan chose option C.
So, on the first page of the blank address book, Margaret's name appeared.
A classified document, transmitted using brain waves as a carrier.
Rows of graphic data flashed in my mind, all of which were gang leaders that the police focused on cracking.
As expected, the target at the top of this blacklist is the leader of the Ditch Gang, "Crocodile King" Wei Lun.
Alan took a few minutes to read the information Margaret had sent.
"Miss, when are you going to do it?"
"Tomorrow evening at eight o'clock sharp."
"Okay, I'll sort out the hiding places of all the bandits on the list and hand them over to you before noon tomorrow."
"It doesn't have to be that early." Margaret waved her hand, "An hour in advance is enough, lest the hyena leave the nest temporarily and cause us to pounce." ”
"No problem, just do as you say."
Seeing Margaret away, Alan returns to the living room alone.
Seeing the leftover lollipop on the coffee table, he hesitated for a moment, picked it up, tore open the wrapping paper and smelled it.
It didn't have the pungent sour smell as expected.
Alan dipped his fingers in the moist and sticky sugar ball, and brought it to his mouth to taste, sweet with a slight acidity, far less acidic than his own.
“…… Is it fun to play tricks? Alan muttered, "What a naughty bag!" ”
Outside the door, there was a faint sound of laughter.
Alan had a depressed look on his face, but there was no trace of turmoil in his heart.
Of course, he knew that his actions were under Margaret's mental surveillance.
deliberately tasted the candy she left behind, and found that she was playing with her, in order to prove that she was not stupid.
After finding out that she was being tricked, she pretended to be unable to help but complain, in order to leave an impression that met her expectations for Margaret, who was secretly observing:
"This man is meticulous, but he is not as deep as the city government, and his psychology is dark, and he is worth cultivating."
……
Ask for a recommended ticket for a commuter pass
(End of chapter)