World Destroyer

With a Super Brain and the Meditation Experiment ability, Wang Khan was like a computer with cutting-edge hardware. Any AAA game could run smoothly on it. But a computer was still just a computer, and it needed software to function properly. Hardware without software was useless.

For Wang Khan, that "software" was the foundational knowledge of every field.

For example, when he had created Red Queen, he had crammed a great deal of computer programming knowledge. Otherwise, he would have had no way to create something from nothing.

There was another point as well: science and technology were as vast as the sea, and not every research direction was viable. It was like many unknown scientists in the real world who spent their entire lives without producing any worthwhile achievements. Was it because they did not work hard enough? Not necessarily.

Was it because they were not smart enough? That was even more absurd. The gap in intelligence between people was not that great to begin with, let alone among those outstanding scientists. Who was really that much weaker than anyone else?

The reason they remained unknown all their lives was that, in all likelihood, they had chosen the wrong research direction. As the saying went, one wrong step led to another, and by the time they wanted to turn back, it was already too late.

Therefore, when Wang Khan conducted research, he used a shortcut: he relied on the advantage of his foreknowledge as a transmigrator to study the black technologies that already existed—or would exist in the future—in the Marvel world.

Take Ant-Man's Pym Particles, for example. They were a black technology Hank Pym had developed decades ago, but even after all those years, he was still the only person who knew how to make them. Even Tony Stark's father, Howard Stark, had failed to research them.

But if Wang Khan started from scratch with quantum mechanics and retraced the path Hank Pym had taken, it would not take him long to develop Pym Particles. That was Wang Khan's shortcut.

He absolutely would not study black technologies that did not exist in Marvel. At least, he would not waste time on them at this stage.

For Wang Khan, the field in which he currently had the most complete reserve of foundational knowledge was biology. After all, he himself had a Master's Degree in biology and had also worked as Osborn's laboratory assistant for two years. Thus, in the field of human modification, his abilities were enough to place him at the very top of Marvel Earth's pyramid.

Looking at Skye's DNA sequence, Wang Khan wore an amazed expression.

"Sure enough, it's an extraterrestrial civilization. The Inhumans may be completely useless at running a country, but I have to admit, their achievements in genetic modification are truly unfathomable."

After organizing all the data, Wang Khan activated the Meditation Experiment. His stamina began to drain rapidly, while at the same time, his hands moved across the laptop at high speed, recording all kinds of experimental data as if charged with electricity.

Half an hour later, Wang Khan's stamina had dropped to the danger line, and he had no choice but to stop.

Moreover, unlike before, this half-hour Meditation Experiment had somehow failed to fully understand the Inhumans' genetic modification technology.

"1,524 experiments, and every one of them failed. It looks like this will be a long-term project."

Turning his head toward Skye, who was still unconscious, Wang Khan began considering how to deal with her.

"Judging from the plot of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. had been secretly monitoring her all along. It was even possible that her tragic childhood had been arranged entirely by S.H.I.E.L.D."

In an instant, Wang Khan thought of Naruto from Naruto.

Naruto's childhood had been meticulously manipulated by the Third Hokage. He had never gone berserk even once, yet everyone in the village knew that Naruto was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.

He was clearly the Fourth Hokage's only son, yet only the village's upper echelons knew it. As a result, Naruto had grown up surrounded by hateful gazes. His only ray of light had been the Third Hokage. It was simply insane.

But the results had been quite effective. From childhood to adulthood, Naruto had worshiped the Third Hokage immensely, and becoming Hokage had also become his lifelong obsession.

If Naruto had grown up in a happy environment, would he still have worshiped the Third Hokage so much? He probably would have respected him, but he would never have worshiped him like a family member.

Skye was much the same. After being taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D. as a child, she had spent her life being adopted, rejected, adopted again, and rejected again until she reached adulthood.

After she became an adult, S.H.I.E.L.D. had suddenly appeared like a savior and accepted her, giving her a family for the first time. Could Skye possibly not become utterly devoted to S.H.I.E.L.D.?

The later plot had proven this point. Even after S.H.I.E.L.D. collapsed following Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Skye had still firmly stood on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s side. Even after her biological parents appeared, she had still chosen S.H.I.E.L.D.'s faction. In the end, Skye had fought her own mother, and her father had personally killed her mother to save her. It was simply a tragedy of the human world.

"If the first half of Skye's life was a farce, then the second half is definitely a tragedy. Since S.H.I.E.L.D. can use her as a weapon, why can't I? At least I won't make her kill her own mother."

"Looks like I'll have to make some arrangements."

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. During that time, Umbrella Corporation had accepted two major orders from the FBI and CIA, with a combined value of two hundred million USD.

Moreover, European intelligence agencies had also sent people to inspect the goods, and they would most likely place orders as well.

It could be said that Umbrella Corporation had rapidly become a new technology giant in the United States. Although its foundation was far inferior to Osborn and Stark Industries, its potential was enormous.

However, the company receiving the most attention was still Stark Industries. The reason was simple: Tony Stark had openly admitted his identity as Iron Man in front of a crowd of reporters.

Those words—"I am Iron Man"—had caused a sensation throughout the United States and even the entire world.

With the help of that influence, Stark Industries' stock price stopped falling and began to rise. Within half a month, it had even broken through its historical high, leaving all the investors dumbfounded.

Inside Wang Khan's secret laboratory, after half a month of research and one Meditation Experiment every day, Wang Khan had finally reverse-engineered the Inhumans' genetic modification method after more than a hundred thousand failures. Although this method was only designed for Skye, if Wang Khan wished, he could now produce hundreds or even thousands of Quakes.

"For an Inhuman to complete the transformation, it must rely on the power of the Obelisk, or rather, the Terrigen Crystal. But the so-called Terrigen Crystal is merely a key. As long as the corresponding unlocking method is found, the transformation can be completed without the Terrigen Crystal. The advantage of the Terrigen Crystal is that every Inhuman can use it to unlock their abilities, while my method is equivalent to creating a custom key for each individual Inhuman."

Turning his head toward Skye, who was still unconscious, Wang Khan quickly devised a plan.

He placed Skye inside a sealed chamber, then took out an improved Super Serum—the Green Goblin Serum without its side effects—and released it into the sealed chamber in gaseous form.

While unconscious, Skye instinctively inhaled the green smoke produced by the Green Goblin Serum. Her body then began to convulse and writhe as various stress reactions appeared. As those reactions intensified, the entire sealed chamber, and even the entire laboratory, began to shake violently.

"Replacing the Terrigen Crystal with the slightly modified Green Goblin Serum really can trigger the Inhuman transformation. And with Quake's superhuman physical abilities, she'll be even stronger than in the original story. Perhaps she really can become the World Destroyer."

Looking at the laboratory as its shaking grew more and more intense, Wang Khan packed up all the experimental data. He could now replicate the same Inhuman Ability in his own body, so there was no need to stay behind. Turning around, he left without looking back.