Marvel Magic Case Files

Chapter 1197 Credibility (Second Update)

In a sense, the work of tracing the origins of the Super Soldier Serum has been of reference value to many genetic engineering projects in the Immortal City's Bio-Gene Laboratory. The knowledge summarized by many Brotherhood of the Shield scientists, the mistakes they made, the formulas they wrote, and the substances they discovered have greatly advanced the progress of the Royal Guard project, helping the bio-alchemists of the Sora Redwood Druid Order and the genetic engineering team led by Maya Hansen to supplement their basic theories and understand the tasks and advanced knowledge entrusted to them by the monarch.

Without the reverse engineering records of the Brotherhood of the Shield and Dr. Abraham Urkins, the creation of the Guardians would not have been so smooth, because the Monarch's genetic alchemy technology is too complex and arduous for ordinary people to fully understand all the knowledge points involved.

Lorna turned to page 126 of the file and saw the list of people who participated in the Brotherhood of the Shield's reverse engineering. Among them was a name that would shock the world: Sir Isaac Newton. Moreover, this person participated in the reverse engineering after the time of Sir Isaac Newton's known death. If others knew this, it might lead to a whole host of conspiracy theories.

But that wasn't the point. Salomon pointed to an underlined name: Dr. Abraham Erkins. This Dr. Erkins, described in American history books as having "unique insight," was also on the list, but he wasn't working alone; he was part of one of the research groups with two other researchers.

Professors Hans Brüder and Eric Schmidt were not only his research partners in the Nietzsche Project in the Third Reich, but also researchers in the Brotherhood of the Shield's genetic reverse engineering group. At the time, some members of the Brotherhood of the Shield supported the Third Reich, and Dr. Abraham Erkins originally shared the same political leanings. Therefore, he led his team to Germany to use German technology and resources to complete his project.

The archives contain copies of Dr. Abraham Urkins' work records used to corroborate certain data.

In his preparatory notes before the start of Project Nietzsche, Dr. Abraham Erkins wrote that he could attract Hans Brüder by tapping a beer bottle from a kilometer away, leading him to believe that the future super-soldier serum should possess this magical ability. However, the harmonious atmosphere was shattered near the project's end. Professor Eric Schmidt, because of his Jewish identity, was thrown into a concentration camp by the Red Skull and subjected to severe torture. This was the main reason Dr. Erkins defected to the Allies; he knew that if he didn't leave, the research results would not belong to him.

As Professor Eric Schmidt lay dying in a concentration camp, he told his story to his fellow inmates and injected one of his own creations, an unknown version of the Super Soldier Serum, into a cellmate named Kevin Marlowe, an American war correspondent. Kevin Marlowe escaped the camp using the serum and, under the name "Destroyer," became active on the Western Front, searching for Allied prisoners of war. After the war, Kevin Marlowe returned to the United States and lived a secluded life, passing away peacefully in peacetime, ending his legendary life. His daughter, Felicia Marlowe, became the only person in the world to possess some of the special mutated genes from the Super Soldier Serum due to genetic mechanisms.

Special genetic mutations create special base pairs, which in turn create special proteins. These special proteins have unique effects on the human body—this is the working principle of the Super Soldier Serum. This should have been a good thing, proving that the human body still has room for development and confirming that Salomon's proposed path for future human evolution is a feasible plan. The recipients of the mutated genes in the Super Soldier Serum completely eliminated the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease; this alone is enough to earn the researchers of the Immortal City a Nobel Prize.

However, in one of the files that Lorna saw, a story was vaguely recorded that contradicted many other documents: someone on Earth was corrupted by a malicious conceptual entity after passing through a portal, and brought the corruption back to Earth with them. Scientists from the Brotherhood of the Shield then conducted numerous experiments on the obtained samples, and the research team split into different factions: some believed this person represented the future direction of human evolution, while others believed that all the effects of this person must be eliminated.

Dr. Abraham Erkins and his associates belonged to the former group, believing that some kind of genetic mutation caused the person's extraordinary physical strength. However, the Super Soldier Serum created by Dr. Erkins was a defective product; it could not be artificially synthesized and had to be extracted from mice or even prisoners of war. The abilities exhibited by the first test subject (Red Skull) were far from what Dr. Erkins truly hoped for—the abilities exhibited by the source of the genetic sample. This even led to the scientifically inexplicable phenomenon that "evil people injected with the Super Soldier Serum become more evil, and good people injected with the Super Soldier Serum become more good."

"So, because of this story, you devised an entire plan, including getting Frank Cassel involved?"

Little Lorna was somewhat incredulous, but Salomon nodded seriously, indicating that this was the result of his careful consideration. Although they were just some contradictory and vaguely recorded documents, Salomon keenly realized that the author of that story had a very limited knowledge of the outer dimensions. Unless one witnessed it firsthand, it would be impossible to describe certain situations so realistically. Salomon used his knowledge to determine that this story was not fabricated, and this version of the origin of the Super Soldier Serum was the most credible.

When he had the opportunity, he instructed the Latvian medical department to conduct a series of psychological tests on Steve Rogers and James Buchanan Barnes under the guise of psychological and physical assessments. These tests included those similar to the Ganzfeld experiment, such as tests of calculation ability, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation. Then, an artificial brain sensitive to mental energy analyzed their brainwaves to determine whether the mental energy generated by their emotional fluctuations exceeded a dangerous threshold.

Fortunately, both Red Skull and Steve Rogers, who had received the Super Soldier Serum, were "dull" enough not to exhibit any negative traits. However, this granted potential ultimately took effect on the Tesseract, something many others had previously encountered without consequence. At that moment, a torrent of emotions—sacrifice, determination, despair, anger, and resentment—converged between the two adversaries, erupting in the Aether dimension and igniting the "Cosmic Secret Energy" [Note 1] hidden within the Tesseract. This demonstrated that Dr. Abraham Erkins' Super Soldier Serum possessed the potential in the invisible realm to elevate ordinary humans to a level of "slight talent." [Note 1: The naming of the Tesseract's energy in official documents from S.H.I.E.L.D., etc.]

And then, the story is one that everyone knows.

While not quite at the point of being able to bend a spoon with their thoughts, their slightly stronger mental power than the average person was enough to awaken the Infinity Stones. The outer dimension is like a mirror of reality; if left unobserved, it has no effect on reality. However, Steve Rogers and Red Skull's slightly stronger mental power caused ripples in the Cosmic Cube, a mirror containing a vast amount of "cosmic energy," reacting as rapidly as throwing a burning match into a pool of gasoline.

This explains why Salomon personally delivered the weapons to Lorna's Oxfordshire estate when she called to demand them, and why he carried out an unusual act of revenge – the side effects of the Super Soldier Serum were something he was concerned about.

This file doesn't explain the side effects of the Super Soldier Serum, the impact of Steve Rogers' emotional clash with Red Skull on the Tesseract, or the numerical values ​​of the Infinity Stones' reaction to extradimensional energy. For some reason, Salomon also didn't let Lorna see the relevant information; only with Athena's permission could Lorna access this higher-level knowledge.

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