Chapter 72 What? $50!? (Updated 810, please subscribe!)
Inside the Triskelion Building of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Sitting in the operations meeting room, Nick Fury stared at the documents on the table with a serious expression.
Then, he raised his finger and pointed at a video playing on the screen, and asked in a deep voice,

"Gentlemen, can anyone tell me why something that seriously violates the [Hazard Containment Security Protocol] is circulating in New York City?"

"I only found out about this when the UEP came to my house."

"I would like to ask everyone sitting here, are you just eating for free?!"

The rest of the agents lowered their heads and said nothing.

This five-minute video clip seems to have been taken urgently by a mobile phone, and the pixels are relatively rough.
But the content is shocking enough to make people wonder if it is a behind-the-scenes clip of a movie:
In a dark street corner, two groups of people who were obviously from different gangs gathered here, seemingly conducting some shady transaction.
Soon, when the final battle was about to be over, one of the gangs suddenly changed its attitude, raised its guns and planned to rob the gang.

The sudden attack caught the other gang off guard, and they were unable to fight back in time, resulting in a large number of people being hit by dense bullets, blood splattered everywhere, and they were forced to hide behind vehicles.

If the scene ended here, it would only be an accidental gang fight, not a big deal at all, not worthy of the attention of the two major forces of SHIELD and UEP.
But then, the camera turned and a strong man hiding behind the car door yelled angrily,

"Mazefak, huh, huh, huh, huh!"

Then, he took out a metal box from his pocket. The convenient sliding switch design allowed him to open the box easily.
But as if opening Pandora's box, a symbol of evil and madness, the sturdy man took out only one capsule-shaped particle from the box and threw it into his mouth without hesitation.

"Uhhhhhhhhh-"

Then he suddenly roared in pain, his face twisted, and he fell to his knees, scratching his body frantically, his clothes torn to shreds.
The body gradually swelled, blood vessels tumbling under the skin like a centipede, and ugly scales like snake scales gradually grew on the skin.

His eyes were covered with cloudy yellow animal pupils, and his increasingly tall stature made it impossible for him to hide behind the car. To be more precise, the car could not completely cover his body.

With a roar, the strong man who had completely transformed into another creature rushed forward under the dense firepower.
Although the newly grown scales on his body could not block bullets, the bullets could not easily penetrate the strong man's body.

In the end, the strong man successfully dealt with dozens of gang members armed with guns, just as easily as dealing with a large plate of hand-shredded boiled chicken.
But soon, the sturdy man, who was seriously injured and had dense bullet holes all over his torso, was seen by his companions who were still cheering.

With an expression of pain on his face, his originally bloated body now quickly deflated and sank like a punctured balloon, and finally turned into a curled up human-shaped mummy, as flat as a dehydrated freeze-dried fruit.

"I'm sure everyone has seen that a pill like this can give an ordinary person powerful strength, making him immune to fire suppression!"

“This is a very terrible thing!”

"There are far more terrible things than us allowing gun ownership!"

"Uncontrolled power will be like a wild horse running wild! It will wreak havoc on this land that pursues freedom and peace!"

"This is what we don't want to see! It will seriously endanger the life, safety and property of every American citizen!"

Nick Fury's deep voice continued, and the image on the screen froze on a special picture.

The photo shows a biosafety box with a silver metal exterior. The most striking thing about it is:

The red and white octagonal umbrella-shaped icon printed on the side of the box.

There is also a small row of English characters below it: [Umbrella]

"We currently know nothing about this so-called "Umbrella Company" that has emerged out of nowhere!"

"The only thing we know is that those dangerous drugs that can give humans tremendous power but are uncontrollable are transported and sold in boxes of this shape!"

"Now the underground forces in New York are all fanatically pursuing this exotic drug. According to the intelligence collected, its official name should be [Compound No. 5]"

"But more people like to call it [super drug]!"

"Do you know how much a super potency pill costs on the black market right now?"

"$50 million!"

"Those with so much money can't even fit in a carriage!"

"UEP personnel will also cooperate with us and work together to catch the mastermind!"

At Nick Fury's command, the giant SHIELD gradually began to operate, and a large number of people were put into it...

On the other side, the base of Vought Corporation is located underground in the suburbs:
Link tossed the double-helix tank in his hand with interest, then turned his head to look at Kurt Connors, who looked excited.
"Yes, you are indeed a genius!"

After experiencing Link's "violent taming" and the "PUA influence" during this period, he was conquered by Link's personal charm.

Kurt Connors has completely fallen into the same state as Justin Hammer.
He regards Link in front of him as a noble person who can save him from his unrecognized experiment and stabilize his own lizard genes and bring him to a controllable state!

Out of his mental cleanliness, Link did not provide his body fluids that were richest in genetic material, but instead provided some other fluids.

Besides, Louise wouldn't agree.

After Kurt Connors, who has deep insights and accomplishments in the field of biology, was confirmed as one of his own,
After getting the genetic sample provided by Link and Link briefly explaining some of the reasons,
He immediately went crazy and performed a simple test. He looked at the pale yellow liquid in the test tube in disbelief, as if he had found a treasure.
"I've been feeling a bit irritated lately (ω｀)"

"This is simply the key God has given to humans to unlock the mystery of genetics!"

"Oh no, you gave it to me!"

After that, Dr. Kurt Connors extracted the genetic material from it, edited and modulated it, and finally successfully developed the so-called "super drug".
Unfortunately, it did not meet Link's expectations. After taking this drug, one could only gain a certain ability randomly and temporarily, and then it would directly cause genetic collapse and turn into a "mummy", a horrible consequence.
After all, the amount of gene extract contained in each pill is not much, and it is not stable and has lost a lot of activity.

The specific reasons for failure still need to be verified with a large number of experimental samples, but there is no shortage of scum in this world.

So, Link named it "Compound No. 5" and maliciously used Umbrella as a cover to cover up this "grand experiment".

The already chaotic New York is now even worse...

(End of this chapter)