American comics: Becoming the god of technology from Osborn

Chapter 98 Outdated People
"I'm sorry, Captain America, you got the wrong person. My name is Sharon."

The woman's voice awakened Steve's mind, and the scene before his eyes gradually became clear.

Sharon's face looked very similar to the one he remembered, but a closer look revealed the differences.

"Where is this? How long have I been unconscious? Where's Bucky? How far has the war progressed?"

Steve sat up from the bed and asked Sharon beside him urgently.

"Calm down, Captain, calm down. I'm not sure you're ready to know this."

Sharon said solemnly.

"Preparation? What preparation?"

Steve looked puzzled.

"You were unconscious for a long time, much longer than you thought."

Sharon gave Steve a long look.

"...When we found you, you were frozen in a huge block of ice floating on the sea. There was only you and your shield in the ice. We did not find the whereabouts of Sergeant Bucky Barnes."

After listening to Sharon's narration, Steve's expression froze instantly.

"That war has ended. The Allies finally won and Hydra was defeated. It has been more than 70 years since then?"

He seemed to have suffered a huge blow, and he muttered to himself in a daze.

"I know it's hard to accept. Waking up and traveling back more than half a century to the future is like a dream. But this is an established fact, Captain. You have to accept it."

Sharon consoled her from the side.

"Cheer up, Captain. You still have a lot to learn about this era."

At this point, Sharon handed Steve a notebook and a pen.

"I guess you don't know how to use a cell phone yet, so use this to take notes first."

"What is a cell phone?"

Steve took the notebook and asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, you'll know soon. We'll buy you a new phone right now if you want to go out for some fresh air."

"You'll let me out?"

Hearing this, Steve looked at Sharon in surprise, "I remember you just said that SHIELD is the modern agency responsible for controlling supernatural humans. I thought I was also under your control."

"We only control superhumans who pose a serious threat to society. You are Captain America. No one in this world will force you to control."

Sharon seemed to be amused and couldn't help laughing.

"Now I'm beginning to believe what you just said, Miss Sharon."

Steve got off the bed and looked around, "Excuse me, where are my uniform and shield?"

"In the cabinet over there, the shield and clothes are all inside. However, we customized the clothes according to your figure. After all, your old uniform was badly damaged and a little too conspicuous in this era."

Sharon pointed to the closet in the corner of the room. Steve walked over and opened the door. Sure enough, he saw a neatly folded new uniform and a war-torn but still shiny shield. When Steve was putting on his uniform, Sharon turned her back and asked at the same time.

"Did you just now not believe that we are good people? Or did you not believe that you came to the future?"

“I don’t believe it.”

Steve replied calmly, "Don't easily believe what strangers say. This is the truth I learned on the battlefield. Although you look a lot like Peggy, it doesn't mean that I will believe that you are Peggy's niece. What's more, what you said is too fantastic."

After putting on the uniform, Steve hung the shield on his back. He did not suspect that the shield might be a counterfeit because he was so familiar with the shield that even with his eyes closed, Steve could immediately recognize it as long as there was a milligram of weight deviation in the shield.

"At the same time, you know that whether what I said is a lie or not, you only need to go out into the world to find out."

"Yeah, so what are we waiting for?"

Led by Sharon, Steve left the SHIELD facility.

When he passed other areas in the facility, he did not show much surprise on the surface, but he was actually greatly shocked in his heart.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost every step Steve took, he could see high-tech creations that were unimaginable in that era.

After exiting the facility, he stood there with his eyes wide open, because he actually saw a car flying through the sky! Or should I call it a plane?
But the thing had no wings at all, and from its overall outline, it looked like a car, minus the four wheels.

"What you just saw is called a hovercar. As the name suggests, it is a car that can fly in the air."

Sharon explained, "This is the latest product of the Osborne Group. It has just been on the market for a short time. It is also new to us, so many people who bought it still feel very fresh and want to show off. Recently, we can often see the hovercraft flying in the sky."

"Osborn Corporation? Like Stark Industries?"

Steve thought of a good friend of his who was also a genius inventor.

"Sort of, but not quite."

"Captain, you wouldn't believe how fast technology has advanced in the past seventy years. Organ transplants, pacemakers, disease immunity - these are things we've become accustomed to. We use ultrasound to take pictures of unborn babies to reduce the risk of miscarriage..."

Sharon introduced to Steve the conveniences brought by technological progress in a proud tone.

"Oh my god, you've missed so much. Polio? It's been conquered a long time ago. Cancer? More than 90% can be cured before it reaches the late stage. Not long ago, even humans have completely eradicated disability because a company called Osborne invented prosthetics. This technology will sooner or later allow humans to overcome all diseases."

“Imagine that in the future, no matter what disease you have or what injury you have, you only need to replace the corresponding part with a prosthesis and you will be healthy again immediately.”

"By the way, the hovercraft just now was also invented by the Osborne Group."

"Prosthetic body..."

After listening to Sharon's brief explanation of what a prosthetic body is, Steve subconsciously asked, "If a human's original flesh and blood body is replaced by a cold machine, can that person still be called a human being?"

"That depends on whether you think people are defined by consciousness or by the body, Captain. My current mission is to take you around the city, not to discuss philosophical issues here."

Sharon changed the subject.

Steve was not a philosopher, nor was he a debate enthusiast. He didn't say much, but just followed Sharon into her car.

Of course, it wasn’t a floating car, just a very ordinary Ford.

(End of this chapter)