Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 368 The Nationwide Ability User Plan?
night.

Seeing that Tony Stark still showed no signs of waking up.

Considering that this guy hadn't really slept well these past few days, Luca simply checked again to make sure he was still alive before packing up and leaving the lab.

'Since I've already informed Chili Pepper, I'd better not disturb their heart-to-heart talk.'

However, Luca did not choose to stay in New York after leaving.

He also had some minor matters to attend to, so he simply asked Spot to open the door for him and returned directly to Sokovia.

Back home, Luca didn't rest. He first took out the compressed cube that he had been carrying with him for many days and unsealed it with water.

"Let's synthesize it first. If it doesn't work, we'll send it to Sherry to take a look."

"Hmm, at this hour, she probably isn't asleep yet, right?"

Indeed, what Luca brought back at this moment were the two luminous core components he had found inside the Skrull space station.

What Luca wanted to show Sherry was this colorless, transparent biological reagent on the left.

【Compound No. 5】

The Boys World 1/5

[Manufacturer: Frederick Walter]

[Core Component: Super Skrull Project Genetic Sample]

[Synthetic Consumables: 1 can of blue dye, 1 cylindrical test tube, 1 gram of addictive substance, 100 ml of energy drink]

[Item Description: A gene-enhancing agent developed by Nazi scientist Frederick Wötter during World War II. Originally intended to create super soldiers to turn the tide of the war, but due to Nazi defeat, Frederick defected to the United States with the formula. He eventually collaborated with the military to develop a stable version of Compound V.]

Its fundamental effect is that it allows the injector of compound five to acquire a variety of amazing special abilities based on their own genetic traits.

However, despite being a stable compound, injection still carries significant risks. The success rate of adult individuals surviving and awakening their abilities is less than 1%. Injection during infancy guarantees survival, but the probability of awakening remains only 80%. Furthermore, because the awakening process is random, some individuals may experience physical abnormalities or other serious side effects.

[Friendly reminder: Not everyone will become a citizen of the motherland. Just as, isn't it a kind of superpower to make an awakened person firmly believe they possess extraordinary wisdom?]

Luca reviewed the description of [Compound No. 5] on the cheat code panel again, but the content still gave him a headache.

Only one copy of this substance can be synthesized, so it's definitely not feasible to use it directly for injection and waste it. We need to do some research and consider mass replication to make it more cost-effective.

However, setting aside the fact that the success rate of injections for adults is less than 1%, it is simply too inhumane to inject infants.

From the perspective of awakening ability alone.

This thing seems incredibly powerful, with its upper limit being the ability to create superhuman beings like Azu, but its lower limit is also very low.

If we end up with a bunch of creatures with gills on their bellies and thorns on their bodies, they might not be as useful as the [SMILE Fruit] we obtained before.

Moreover, Luca does have other means to awaken superpowers. The 'mind development project' used to activate the superpowers of the Maximov siblings can actually be used as a substitute for [Compound No. 5].

Of course, the most important thing is that this thing is just too random.

This results in a situation where even adults can reliably acquire the ability.

In order not to be burdened by his trash abilities, Luca would never use [Compound No. 5] on himself or anyone close to him.

However, there's a concern that it might develop ridiculously powerful abilities that are difficult to control, and using it on someone you don't fully trust is equally dangerous. In short, in Luca's view, while this thing is powerful, it's also somewhat of a double-edged sword.

"Well, let Sherry try to copy it first. If she can't copy it, everything else is pointless."

"If it is possible to replicate it while removing instability and various side effects, it could indeed be a good enhancement method."

"If there's really no way to get rid of the side effects..."

Thinking of this, Luca's eyes flickered.

If this [compound number five] could be successfully replicated, he would actually prefer to use it directly on Yuri's bio-clones.

Rapid growth and ease of control are only one aspect.

More importantly, for Luca, who possesses the [Superman Gene Extractor], if a clone were to awaken some top-tier superpower, he could indirectly obtain the same ability by extracting the 'superpower capsule'.

As for those clones who failed to awaken their powers, or those with only ordinary, useless abilities, they can be extracted in small quantities to enrich the diversity of the 'superpower capsule' inventory.

Or just send them to the dimensional battlefield to make the most of their remaining strength; even if they die, it won't be a big deal.

In fact, after obtaining the [Superhuman Gene Extractor], Luca's existing 'psychic stimulation to develop superpowers' also operates in the same way.

However, when this technology was used on clones created by Yuri Technology, most of them developed mental superpowers such as 'telekinesis', 'psychic perception', and 'mind control'.

Luca already has a considerable stockpile of similar 'superpower capsules,' but their effects are far inferior to the 'Quicksilver power capsules' he currently uses, unless they are ridiculously powerful.

'Hmm, but... Compound Five seems to awaken its abilities based on the user's own genes. I wonder if mass-produced clones will result in identical abilities.'

'Perhaps we'll need to try adjusting the genetic diversity of the cloned soldiers later.'

'Doing this might even help Shirley better understand and analyze the relationship between different genetic individuals and awakened abilities.'

While pondering these things, Luca's hands did not stop moving.

Although Luca hasn't returned to Sokovia these past few days because he's worried about Tony's condition, he has already instructed his men here to prepare all the necessary materials for the synthesis.

Uh, okay.

As for the 'blue paint' and 'cylindrical test tubes,' it's really not a matter of whether or not we prepared in advance.

Outline the magic circle, place the items, and silently recite the synthesis command.

After a flash of white light, the brand-new [Compound No. 5] appeared before Luca.

Picking up the tube of blue gene serum on the table, he thought of the 'superpower capsules' he could obtain using the [Superhuman Gene Extractor].

Luca suddenly had a bizarre idea pop into his head.

'If, after completing the drug replication and development, we can indeed mass-produce superpower capsules, and all of them will be replicable, mass-producible superpowers.'

'So, could we select some of the more common abilities and release them for sale?'

'Painless gene modification?'

"The Nationwide Ability User Plan?"

(End of this chapter)