Chapter 207 Who is Patient Zero
The Shadow Cloak doesn't just look cool, Qin Su discovered another use for it, which is that it can absorb light like a black hole, which means that like lead, it can block the perspective of Superman and Doomsday.
With the help of the Shadow Cloak, Qin Su and Lina successfully arrived at the only resistance base in Metropolis, the Lex Group headquarters.
Although Lex Luthor has repeatedly lost in battles with Superman, there is no doubt that he is the person on Earth who has studied the Kryptonians the most profoundly. Most of the technologies he developed are aimed at targeting Superman, so when fighting against Superman During the Day of Destruction of a similar nature, the weapons in Luthor's warehouse played a key role.
But Doomsday is not Superman after all, and kryptonite has limited effect on them. What really helped Luther fight against Doomsday's army was not the kryptonite weapon, but something as tiny as possible...
"Why do we have to take a secret passage to enter your brother's company?"
Qin Su followed Lina as she walked through a secret passage. These passages extended in all directions and were all coated with lead without exception.
"There are two places in this world that Superman cannot see through the most. One is Metropolis and the other is Gotham, because these are the two places he travels to most frequently. Needless to say, this must also be Luthor's handiwork."
Lina, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and Qin Su almost bumped into her.
The mechanical arm made an overwhelming friction sound, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You are wrong, I did all of this."
"What?" Qin Su was surprised.
Lina was not surprised by Qin Su's surprise. Everyone knew that Luther was a rare genius in the world, but they didn't know that she was the woman behind Luther. Most of the patents of Lex Group came from her, but it was rumored that she was the one behind Luther. Named after Luther.
No one knows that Lex Luthor has a sister, and no one knows that this sister is as smart as her brother.
Qin Su didn't know the inside story. He had reviewed the comics, but most of them were studying the major events of the alliance. He was definitely not as clear as the person involved in the details, not to mention that the screenwriter probably didn't draw them...
But Qin Su could tell that whenever he mentioned Luther, Lina's breathing would become rapid, which was by no means a normal phenomenon.
"Are you okay?"
Qin Su stepped forward and asked.
Through the thick mecha, Qin Su couldn't see clearly Lina's expression. She said in a deep voice: "I'm fine. I'll arrive at my residence soon. Be careful not to talk nonsense. I will explain your origin."
Taking a secret elevator, Qin Su and Lina soon arrived at the top floor of the Lex Group headquarters. It was said to be the top floor, but it was actually a duplex secret laboratory with a terrifyingly large area.
Qin Su saw many different styles of weapons inside, each with a label recording their different effects on Superman, and most of the weapon racks were empty.
Lina detached herself from the mecha and landed on an electric wheelchair - she was a disabled person and had to use tools to move, so Lina was unable to perform the mecha's escape procedure. He couldn't even move a step and could only wait to die.
"Brother took out all the portable weapons to fight against the Legion of Doom, so this place seems a little empty. Would you like some coffee?"
"Add a few more pieces of sugar. I like sweet drinks. Also, may I ask, what's wrong with your legs?"
Lina glanced at Qin Su: "As a man, it would be too rude to ask such an intimate question when we first met. Or do you think I am not worthy of respect?"
"I mean no disrespect, just curious, and I want to help."
Lena is very casual about body matters, and she doesn't believe Qin Su can help her. After all, her brother is Lex Luthor, who has level nine intelligence, and Lena is not confined to a wheelchair.
"It's okay. I'm used to living in a wheelchair. I made this wheelchair myself. It can levitate to a certain height, so you don't have to worry about not being able to reach high objects..."
Lina said as she took Qin Su to a corner of the laboratory. Qin Su saw half a set of Luther armor and some daily necessities placed on the equipment modification table next to it.
"My brother asked me to add new functions to the armor. He went outside to collect combat data. I occasionally live here. This is how I do research. I work day and night to get more results... I'm sorry, I said it unknowingly. Too many.”
Lina explained for herself: "Very few people chat with me. My brother doesn't let me communicate with other people. He says I will be hurt."
"This is clearly overprotective."
No wonder Qin Su hardly saw Lina's appearance. It turned out that she was "hidden in the golden house" by Luther. It was hard to tell that Luther was still a girl-controller.
"We can't let my brother see Louise, we have to hide her."
Lina moved to the operating table, and after inputting a series of instructions, the equipment modification table split into two halves, revealing a downward passage in the middle.
"Welcome to the girl's secret room, you are the first guest here."
If DC was a girl's comic, Qin Su would have seen a pink room, but DC is a hero comic, so what he saw was a "storage room" with a red light on.
It is filled with miscellaneous technological equipment. The space here is larger than outside. It is obvious that space compression technology is used.
Outside is Luther's personal laboratory, and this is Lena's private customized space. Even Luther doesn't know the existence of this space.
Lena injected a tube of green medicine into Louise.
"This is an anesthetic developed for Superman. It can make him comatose for two hours. It should also be of some use to Lois."
Doomsday's regeneration ability is amazing. After a while, Louise's limbs have basically grown out, but they are still very thin and seem a bit uncoordinated compared to her huge body.
Qin Su put the Changhong Sword aside. The statue of the Holy Lord was too cumbersome and could not be stored in the warehouse. It was inconvenient to move around with it.
After placing Louise, a picture outside the laboratory popped up on Lina's wheelchair: "Brother is back, we have to get out quickly."
As soon as the two returned to Luther's private laboratory, the door opened automatically, and Luther walked in wearing a full set of war armor, his chest armor covered with dried blood spots.
"Lina, you are finally back. I just wanted to find you...who are you!"
Without hesitation, Luther opened the kryptonite light blade and pointed it at Qin Su: "Get away from my sister. Don't think that gaining superpowers will make you lawless. [Your superpowers are all given by me!]"
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Lina hurriedly stood in front of Qin Su: "Brother, he rescued me."
After hearing his sister's explanation, Luther turned off the laser.
Frankly speaking, I can't blame Luther for his overreaction. Qin Su's outfit with a cape, mask and sunglasses is no different from the attire of a street exhibitionist, and he doesn't look like a good person at all.
This was also deliberately created by Qin Su. He did not want people to have positive associations with him and increase the risk of his identity being exposed.
"Thank you."
Luther thanked Qin Su stiffly, then pulled Lina away from Qin Su, and said to her affectionately: "You shouldn't risk going out, Lina, there are bullshit everywhere outside now." The Doomsday virus, once you are infected... Oh my God, I can't imagine that."
Lina hugged her emotional brother back: "But brother, if you want to cure the Doomsday virus, you must find Patient Zero, otherwise no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain."
Patient Zero refers to the first infected person, not the ravager himself.
"I will find it. You don't need to take risks." Luther looked determined: "Remember what my brother said, all you have to do is help me modify the armor. After a while, I am going to fight that monster Batman. Fight.”
After hearing this, Lina lowered her head with a cold expression.
"I will, brother."
Letting go of his sister, Luther looked at Qin Su: "You can't stay here, the virus will infect Lina, come outside with me."
Luther would not allow Qin Su to refuse. He was the master of this place, before and even more so now.
Qin Su had no intention of disobeying Luther. On the contrary, he also wanted to follow Luther to learn more about the situation.
The two left the laboratory side by side, leaving Lina alone inside, just like before.
"How did you meet Lena?" Luther's tone was very stiff, which was strange.
Qin Su described what happened, and embellished the process a little. For example, he did not defeat the Doomsday, but only used his body that could regenerate at high speed to distract it.
"It sounds like your superpower is to liquefy your body, so why are you covering your face."
"Because I don't want to scare anyone, Mr. Luther."
Qin Su took the initiative to take off his sunglasses, revealing the fish eyes on both sides of his head: "This ability is very powerful, but the side effects are also huge..."
Luther looked at them seriously: "It's really big, but you're lucky, at least you still have a human form... look at them."
The two came to the floor-to-ceiling window. Qin Su saw no less than twenty "Eagle Men" fighting in the sky with the Doomsday. From time to time, heat vision flashed across, energy bombs, fire tornadoes, laser blades, and all kinds of superpowers were here. have.
"How come there are so many people with super powers?"
Qin Su was shocked. Luther actually formed an army of superpowers under Superman's nose. Is Superman blind?
"Are you curious why they are not infected by the Doomsday virus?"
Luther said rather arrogantly: "Because they are also virus-infected, but they are infected with the virus I created...
Amozo virus. ”
Amazo virus! The name sounded in Qin Su's mind almost simultaneously.
Yamo Zhuo is a robot that can collect data in battle and copy the opponent's abilities. Zhenglian has been involved in bitter battles with him many times, and like Doomsday, he can only be killed by the plot.
Luther proudly explained to Qin Su the manufacturing process of the Yamo Zhuo virus. He isolated an artificial enzyme from Ya Mo Zhuo's body and carried out gene replication to create a virus specifically targeting superpowers.
The ravagers spread the Doomsday virus through Patient Zero, and the metropolis was instantly reduced to ruins. No building could withstand the devastation of millions of Doomsdays.
Luther has always been a model of being prepared for danger in times of crisis. In times of crisis, his anti-Kryptonian mechanism worked. Luther was given enough time to think about countermeasures, and the submojo virus was the strategy he gave.
"Superpowers are a group of "patients". The Yamojo virus is like a genetic patch that can inhibit the superpowers of superpowers. I hope to use it to cure the people, but it fails.
Fortunately, people infected with the Amozo virus will not be infected with the Doomsday virus again, which can be considered a protective effect. However, in contrast, I did not expect that it would turn ordinary people into superpowers..."
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When Luther said this, he glanced at Qin Su thoughtfully: "You are very lucky. Although you are so far away from my company, you were infected with Yamo Zhuo first, not Doomsday."
Qin Su knew that Luther was doubting him, but he didn't panic at all. The ability he showed was to control water. No matter how hard Luther tried, he would never guess that he was Qin Su, who was good at using fire.
"Maybe it has something to do with my state at the time. I was swimming in the sea and accidentally drowned. As a result, I gained the ability to control water."
Qin Su's words attracted Luther's attention, and he said thoughtfully: "In this way, the submozo virus does not mutate randomly, but is closely related to the host's personal will..."
Luther thought of a new inspiration. He asked Qin Su to leave, and he returned to the laboratory to discuss with his sister.
Compared with the stability of the Lex Group headquarters, it is much more chaotic outside. Chaotic superpower attacks are flying everywhere. Some superpowers are still carrying weapons issued by Luther. In a short time, the Doomsday Legion was beaten back. .
Qin Su was not in a hurry to go down. He carefully observed the battle situation and found that the quality of these Doomsday Days was also mixed, and they were about the same as those of superpowers.
Not everyone infected with the Doomsday virus is as powerful as the Devastator, nor do they possess the immortality of Doomsday. The original Doomsday can even be reborn in people's memories of it, which later led to Batman blocking all references to Doomsday. The detailed description is changed to be recorded in a form similar to that of a certain foundation.
In the end, Doomsday was almost resurrected. The reason was that "the information about Doomsday was retained on the earth." It was outrageous to be reborn after being read by someone. This was close to the nature of an ancient god.
"There is no doubt that both Lena and Luther are hiding something from me. Neither of these siblings is a fuel-efficient lamp.
And Luther said that people infected with the Amojo virus will not be infected with the Doomsday virus again, so why is he worried that I will let Lina be infected? Didn't she become infected with Amojo virus? ”
But Qin Su clearly remembered that Lina's helmet was broken by Louise at that time. Normally, she must have been infected, but she was not.
"Lina has long been infected with Amozo, but Luther doesn't know it. She concealed her superpowers and even mentioned Patient Zero..."
Qin Su clearly remembered that in the comics, Louise was the patient zero of the Doomsday virus. She was the first one the Devastator found because in the Destroyer's universe, his Superman killed Louise, so he thought To make up for the regret and save Lois from the Superman of the main universe, the way is to become Doomsday.
"I have to go back to the laboratory and take a look."
Qin Su ran back non-stop. When he came to the laboratory door, the door opened automatically.
"[We] knew you would come back."
Lina was sitting in a wheelchair, as if she came specially to welcome Qin Su.
"Where's Lex Luthor?" Qin Su looked at the equipment modification station that had not been closed in the distance.
Lina answered the question incorrectly: "[We] want to thank you. Without your help, [we] cannot bring back Patient Zero."
Qin Su noticed Lina's strange self-promotion, and his heart sank: "You ran out specifically to find Louise. Damn it, I should have noticed it earlier. How could there be such a coincidence in the world.
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Louise is patient zero of the Doomsday virus.
You are patient zero of the Yamozo virus! ”
A strange smile appeared on Lina's face: "You guessed it right, thank you again for helping us gain the upper hand in this virus war. With Louise as a sample, she will soon be able to develop The serum that cures the Destroyer virus, then we can infect them.”
"Cure them just to infect them?" Qin Su's eyes flashed fiercely.
“What we see, we become.
We see you.
We spread, and we kill. ”
Lena's eyes were covered with black irises.
"Just like humans." (End of Chapter)